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As the days get longer, more and more Americans are cranking up their air conditioners and turning on their fans. Meanwhile, their energy costs continue to climb -- and they're feeling it. In a poll last week nearly 8 out of 10 people said saving on energy costs was deeply important to them -- more important than issues like the federal deficit.
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As the days get longer, more and more Americans are cranking up their air conditioners and turning on their fans. Meanwhile, their energy costs continue to climb -- and they're feeling it. In a poll last week nearly 8 out of 10 people said saving on energy costs was deeply important to them -- more important than issues like the federal deficit.
This isn't news to the millions of low-income families who worry every single day about their utility bills -- the families who are struggling to stay cool as temperatures climb. But it is a good reminder to our nation's leaders that energy policies hit folks at home, and in their wallets. By making it a priority to help Americans achieve energy savings, our leaders can provide real help to struggling families.
Government has a big role to play in bringing energy savings to consumers. In fact, existing federal efficiency standards for appliances alone will have saved consumers a net $1.1 trillion by 2035, according to a recent report.
Cutting electricity use is also one of the best ways we can create good jobs for Americans. Upgrading and constructing buildings is labor-intensive, and the work has to be performed on-site, which creates lots of jobs -- jobs that stay in local communities.
There are a number of simple solutions that will create energy savings for more Americans -- including tax credits and innovative financing. And we can do it through efforts like MPower, our new program that brings efficiency upgrades to affordable housing and cuts utility costs for the people who need it most--our elderly, disabled, and low-income families.
But this isn't just about reducing costs and keeping homes comfortable. Using less energy helps fight global warming -- something that is becoming harder to ignore with each passing day. The U.S. just recorded the hottest spring in our history. The average number of heat-related deaths is expected to triple by the end of the century, according to a new report. Meanwhile, we're seeing tornadoes, wildfires, and other natural disasters become more frequent and more destructive.
Energy efficiency may seem like a drop in the bucket. But it is one of our most powerful weapons for fighting climate change. In fact, buildings account for a whopping 39 percent of global warming pollution produced in the United States. The only way to change that is to make them use less electricity.
Americans care deeply about saving energy because it affects our pocketbooks. It affects our lungs. Our livelihoods. Our safety. If our leaders fail to invest in energy efficiency now, we can expect to see more and more extreme temperatures. We can look forward to more tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires -- along with drought, famine, and disease.
If our leaders instead pause and listen to what Americans are saying -- if they make it a priority to help families cut their energy use -- we can steer away from these frightening weather extremes. We can steer towards a healthier, more prosperous and peaceful world -- and a brighter future for our kids and grandkids.


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The cast of Hocus Pocus cast is reuniting - here's how to watch
Fans of popular Halloween film Hocus Pocus will be happy to learn that the original cast is reuniting this October.
Actors Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy (who played the infamous Sanderson sisters) will reunite for a virtual 'Hulaween' fundraising event, in aid of the New York Restoration Project, with fans able to pay to reserve a space in order to be a part of the virtual event.
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The organisation, which was founded by Bette Midler in 1995, has planted trees, renovated gardens, restored parks, and transformed open spaces for communities throughout New York City.
How to take part in the event
Fans of Hocus Pocus can reserve a spot for the one-hour virtual event, which will take place on Friday 30 October at 8pm EST (1am in the UK).
Reservations cost $10 (around £7.70) per person. Your personalised access link will be emailed to you in advance of the event.
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Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy-comedy film, directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris.
Starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker as the Sanderson sisters, the film follows the trio of witches who are accidentally resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem on Halloween night.
The film is regularly watched by many around Halloween each year.
A sequel to the 1993 film is also said to be in the works, and according to Variety, the Hocus Pocus sequel will premiere on Disney's streaming service, Disney Plus.
However, it's not yet been confirmed if any of the original Sanderson sisters will appear in the sequel.


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After a hostage situation leaves Doctor Daniel Sheridan struggling with PTSD, he returns to Whisper Ridge. Joining his dad in family practice is a balm to soothe his exhausted soul, and somehow, he finds a peace he can live with. That is until he meets Micah in a frozen graveyard, and the years of anger and feelings of betrayal boiling inside him, erupt.
Two broken men fight and scratch for their lives and that of their families, and somehow, in the middle of it all, they find each other.
Is it possible that love can be rekindled and become a forever to believe in?
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2009, Daniel
A figure stood beside Isaac's grave and I knew immediately who it was.
There was no marker yet for the boy who had died two weeks ago and who would forever be nineteen. Flowers marked his resting place, but snow had long since covered them and softened the raised earth so it wasn't as obvious against the gravestones around the figure. A car accident had taken Isaac, killed him on impact, and his family grieved for a future that would never be realized.
I'd just left my brother, Chris, in the hospital, broken beyond repair in the same accident. At least we had the possibility of a future with him, even though the road to recovery would be hard. He was still in a medically induced coma, not yet awake to know he'd lost his leg, or that fire had marked his face. But he would wake up. They told us he'd live.
No one had asked me where I was going when I'd left Chris' room, each of us lost in various stages of shock and grief, and we all dealt with what had happened in our own way. I'd needed to connect with Isaac. Needed the peace to balance the loss and guilt that ate away inside me.
Isaac dead on impact, Chris' future destroyed, and in front of me, hunched over Isaac's last resting place, was the man responsible for it all.
The man who left my bed in the dead of night to become a murderer.
He was huddled into his coat, the January ice bitter by the buried, hands forced into his pockets, and his hood pulled around his face. Micah must have heard me, because he glanced my way, startled, grief written on his face. And then his expression changed.
He stepped toward me, his expression full of something like hope.
"Daniel?" he said. "Is Chris okay? No one will let me see him."
He stopped walking when I didn't reach out for him and looked at me uncertainly.
"His leg is gone, down from his knee," I explained dispassionately, and then touched my face, "and his burns are bad, the left side of his face from his temple to his chin."
"Shit. Shit." Micah bent at the waist, as if he couldn't breathe, and he was crying.
"How is it you don't have a mark on you?" I asked, still eerily calm, and utterly focused.
He took his hand from his pocket, and pulled up his sleeve, exposing bandages. "I was burned," he began. He dropped his hand when I didn't comment, forced it back into his pocket, wincing as he did so.
I imagined the burn hurt a little, maybe even a lot, but he was there, as whole and real as when he'd left my bed on that terrible day.
In my mind I saw Chris in the hospital, the covers raised over the cage which protected his surgical site, then dipping lower where his ankle should have been. I saw a clear image of Isaac the day before he died, knocking for Chris and grinning at me as if he had the greatest secret to tell his best friend.
And here was Micah, telling me he had slight burns on his arm? The same man who'd told me in one breath that he loved me and then had stolen my car, driving it into a bridge and killing one boy, leaving another maimed and in a coma.
My fist flew, clenched aggression targeting Micah's face, his cheekbone, and I heard a satisfying crunch. He staggered back a step, but he didn't go down, and he didn't take his hands from his pockets. I was too fast. I hit him again, blood flecking his face, dissipating into the icy air. He moved again, the force of my blows shoving him back.
Still, his hands remained in his pockets, and he was unnervingly quiet, taking my hits as if they were nothing at all. Another punch connected with his lip and split the skin, and this time he grunted in pain. He staggered backward toward the next grave and bent back over the stone marker with the force of that final blow. I stepped closer. I hit him again, connecting with his jaw, but the hit wasn't hard. There was nothing to it; he didn't move away.
"You took my car," I yelled, right in his face.
"You said I could borrow it," he pleaded.
I raised my hand to hit him again, but he winced, and closed his eyes, and I wanted him to look at me. "Open your damn eyes!"
He did, and he wouldn't avert his gaze, naked grief in his expression.
"Daniel, please listen."
"You've destroyed Chris' life."
"I know."
"You need to leave Whisper Ridge, and never come back. I don't want to see your face, I don't want Chris to ever see you again. You understand?"
"I understand," his tone low and broken.
"You will never come back here." I shook him. He was smaller than me, thinner, lighter, and I shook him so hard his head snapped back. "Promise me!"
"I pr—promise," he said through tears.
I was disgusted by him, hated him, wanted to kill him right there on Isaac's grave.
"I hope they lock you up and throw away the fucking key!" I was still shouting, and he didn't move, just stared at me with those pale eyes, red and wet from crying. He wouldn't stop crying. "Don't fucking stare at me!"
I shoved him one last time, and then before I could work out what the hell I was still doing there shouting at him, I pivoted and turned my back on him, and on Isaac's grave, and the entire carnage.
RJ Scott is the bestselling author of over one hundred romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn't with family either reading or writing.
The last time she had a week's break from writing she didn't like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn't defeat.


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Hologramophone has released a iPad drum machine app, Different Drummer – priced at $299.99 – that promises to let you 'use the innate rhythmic power of waves to control all aspects of drumming.'
Here's what they have to say about their approach:
Since waves are the primal source of all cyclical motion in the Universe, it makes sense to tap into them for musical purposes other than synthesizers. Not only can waves create sounds, they can play sounds too! Basically, we have discovered the "Fountain of Drumming" and we are sharing our discovery with the world!
- 8 Drum Tracks with 4-wave Cyclophone Controls
- Control drum pitches, rests, ties and dynamics
- Instant Capture in case you hear a killer beat you want saved
- Save Wave Sets to Wave Library
- String Wave Sets together in saved Sequences
- Export Wave Sets as MIDI Files (via iTunes)
- Over 70 stereo drum sounds (each update will have more)
- Over 70 musical scales
- Reverb effect and mixer
- Automation for randomizing and morphing playback
No demo videos or audio demos are available at this point for Different Drummer, and features like MIDI sync, found in other iPad drum machine apps, are missing in action. Other developers, though, have not tapped into the "Fountain Of Drumming".
Different Drummer is available for $299.99 in the App Store.


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Building on the success of the Enkei M52 and YS5 as inspiration for a lightweight new tuning wheel led us to create the all-new TSV. The TSV features 10 paired spokes that are spaced perfectly to evenly distribute the loads and stresses placed on wheels at the track. Doing this allows us to reduce the weight on the wheel without sacrificing rigidity. The result is a classic and clean wheel design that works beautifully with late model sports sedans and coupes. The TSV comes in 17" and 18" sizing and widths up to 9.5", and is available in Storm Gray, Gloss Black, and limited Gloss Bronze.
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Enkei developed a new manufacturing process to produce the next aluminum wheel generation. The Most Advanced Technology (M.A.T) combines one-piece cast wheel technology with a rim forming technology called spinning process. Using this new technology of casting and rim forming by M.A.T process, is critical to improve drastically the material property and strength of the wheels. Rim-Rolled technology shapes the rim to improve material elongation without sacrificing the wheels hardness.
All Enkei wheels are engineered to pass rigorous testing. In fact, Enkei established its own test standard called "Spec-E," which is tougher than JWL requirements. Enkei's Spec-E test setting requires a higher drop point in the impact test and 20% more cycles for the rotary bending fatigue and dynamic radial fatigue tests than JWL standards.The Spec-E represents Enkei's confidence in its technology and quality of Enkei wheels.
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In June 1942, six months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor that drew the U.S. into World War II, the Japanese targeted the Aleutians, an American-owned chain of remote, sparsely inhabited, volcanic islands extending some 1,200 miles west of the Alaskan Peninsula. After reaching the Aleutians, the Japanese conducted airstrikes on Dutch Harbor, the site of two American military bases, on June 3 and June 4. The Japanese then made landfall at Kiska Island on June 6 and Attu Island, approximately 200 miles away, on June 7. Japanese troops quickly established military bases on both islands, which had belonged to the U.S. since it purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867.
The Aleutians to Have Little Military or Strategic Value
Like the other volcanic islands in the Aleutians, Attu and Kiska appeared to have little military or strategic value because of their barren, mountainous terrain and harsh weather, infamous for its sudden dense fogs, high winds, rains, and frequent snow. Some historians believe Japan seized Attu and Kiska mainly to divert the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the Japanese attack on Midway Island (June 4 – 7, 1942) in the central Pacific. It's also possible the Japanese believed that holding the two islands could prevent the U.S. from any attempt to invade Japan's home islands by way of the Aleutian chain.
U.S. Bombing Raids From the Nearby Aleutian Islands
Americans were shocked that Japanese troops had taken over any U.S. soil, no matter how remote or barren. Some also feared that Japan's occupation of the two islands might be the first step toward an attack against mainland Alaska or even the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Despite nationwide anger, American war planners at first paid relatively little attention to the Japanese garrisons at Attu and Kiska, as they were still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor and in the process of building up forces in the South Pacific and preparing for war in Europe. In fact, in the initial months after Japan occupied the islands, the U.S. military conducted only occasional bombing raids from the nearby Aleutian Islands.
In the meantime, during the months following their occupation, Japanese soldiers learned to acclimate to the extreme conditions on Attu and Kiska, and the Japanese navy kept the soldiers well-supplied. But by January 1943, U.S. Army forces in the Alaska Command had grown to 94,000 soldiers, with several bases recently constructed on the other Aleutian Islands. On January 11, troops from the Alaska Command landed on Amchitka Island, only 50 miles from Kiska.
By March 1943, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid had set up a blockade of Attu and Kiska that restricted the flow of supplies to the Japanese occupiers. On March 26, 1943, Japanese ships in the Bering Sea attempted to deliver supplies and reinforcements to Attu; however, they were spotted by U.S. vessels patrolling the area, and the two sides soon engaged in what became known as the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. The Japanese fleet outnumbered the U.S. fleet and inflicted more serious damage on the Americans, but after several hours of fighting, the Japanese ships suddenly withdrew.
In addition to running low on fuel and ammunition, the Japanese reportedly feared the arrival of U.S. bombers. The Japanese were also unaware of the extent of the damage they'd caused to the U.S. fleet.
Following the battle, the Japanese soldiers on Attu and Kiska, now virtually isolated, were reduced to meager supplies sporadically delivered by submarine. Taking advantage of these conditions, the Americans prepared to land troops for ground combat against the Japanese garrisons.
American ships and planes bombed Attu and Kiska for several weeks before the U.S. military began Operation Landgrab on May 11, 1943, landing 11,000 troops on Attu. The Americans expected the operation to take no more than several days, but harsh weather and rugged, muddy terrain extended the combat for more than two weeks. The Japanese troops, greatly outnumbered, had withdrawn to the high ground rather than contest the initial landings.
U.S. soldiers, with uniforms and equipment ill-designed for the harsh weather conditions, suffered more casualties from frostbite, trench foot, gangrene, and other illnesses than from enemy fire. Food shortages added to their misery as they crisscrossed the barren island, fighting mostly small but fierce engagements while scouring the rocks and slopes for booby traps, snipers, and dug-in enemy troops. But the fate of the Japanese had been sealed when the Americans established air and naval supremacy over the island, cutting Japanese supply lines and making it unlikely that reinforcements would arrive.
By late May, the last remaining Japanese troops were starving and had insufficient ammunition when U.S. troops trapped them in a corner of the island. The Japanese commander, Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki, decided to make a last-ditch frontal charge. Shortly before daybreak on May 29, he and his soldiers began one of the largest banzai charges of the war in the Pacific. Yamasaki's troops charged wildly into the American lines, sweeping through their combat outposts and penetrating all the way to shocked support troops in the rear of the American camp. But the gambit ultimately failed.
After a final attack on May 30, U.S. soldiers counted more than 2,000 Japanese dead, including Yamasaki. The Americans lost some 1,000 men in the retaking of Attu. Within two days, U.S. forces secured the island, and the Battle of Attu; the only land battle fought on American soil in World War II, was over.
Having learned bitter lessons at Attu, American commanders made certain that their soldiers had better equipment and proper clothing for the assault on Kiska, code-named Operation Cottage, where they expected to encounter several times as many Japanese troops as they'd faced on Attu.
How Did the Battle of the Aleutian Islands End?
However, when U.S. ships arrived at Kiska on August 15, 1943, the weather was strangely clear and the seas quiet, and the approximately 35,000 soldiers landed unopposed. Then, after several days of scouring the island, they discovered that the Japanese had evacuated the entire garrison several weeks earlier, under cover of fog. On August 24, when U.S. troops declared Kiska Island secure, the Battle of the Aleutian Islands ended.
Following its defeat in the Aleutians, the Japanese navy reassigned some of its Pacific forces to defend Japan's northern flank against a possible American invasion from the Alaskan Peninsula. This decision removed a significant number of Japanese troops and resources that might otherwise have been committed to resisting U.S. forces in the South Pacific that were then island-hopping toward Japan. To fuel Japan's perception that it was threatened from the U.S. Northwest, American planes in the Aleutians conducted occasional bombing raids against Japan's Kuril Islands, which lie between Japan and Alaska.
Two years after the Battle of the Aleutian Islands, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, effectively ending World War II.
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The average person will spend about one-third of his or her life sleeping. Why do we need so much sleep? Basically, the quality and length of our sleeping hours affects the quality of our waking hours in a huge way. Without quality sleep, our bodies can't heal, rest or repair; our energy can't be replenished; and important hormones aren't released.
What Happens While You Sleep?
Sleep is broken into four main stages, and something different happens with the body in each stage. The first stage of sleep happens as we fall asleep and transition from being awake to being asleep. We experience light sleep during this first stage, and our bodies become more relaxed. We spend most of our sleeping time in the second stage of sleep. In this stage, our heart rate and breathing become slower and more regular. Restorative sleep, when your body repairs and heals itself, happens in the third stage of sleep and is followed by REM sleep. "REM" stands for Rapid Eye Movement, and in this stage of sleep our brains are active (this is when dreaming happens). The REM stage of sleep happens about 90 minutes after we fall asleep and continues to occur about every 90 minutes thereafter, as our sleep "cycles."
How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Sleep needs change with age. Most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night to get all of the benefits a good night's sleep has to offer. You'll know you've gotten enough sleep if you wake up feeling alert and refreshed. If you need a nap to get through the day, you may need more nighttime sleep. Some people have a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep. There can be a number of reasons for these kinds of sleep troubles, and a good place to start working on getting enough sleep is by practicing good sleep hygiene—and we are not talking about the "brushing your teeth before going to bed" kind of hygiene, though that's not a bad idea!
Sleep Hygiene
Sleep hygiene is important to allow our bodies to relax and prepare for a good night's sleep. A few recommendations for good sleep hygiene include avoiding caffeine, alcohol, disruptive foods (foods that may upset your digestion), nicotine or even bright lights within a few hours of going to bed. Another part of sleep hygiene is setting a regular bedtime and waking time, and sticking to those times even on weekends. Getting in a regular bedtime routine will help signal your body and brain that it is almost time to sleep. Also, make sure the room is cool and dark, without blue light from screens, such as TVs, cell phones and tablets. Studies have suggested that going to bed early (no later than 11 p.m.) improves your sleep quality.
There are a few things we can do during the day to help our sleep patterns at night as well. Regular exercise will help encourage regular sleep patterns. Seeing daylight during the day and darkness at night also helps regulate the sleep/wake cycle.
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Many patients who have received a chiropractic adjustment say they've experienced an immediate improvement in sleep. This may be for a number of reasons: The adjustment removed nerve irritation or pain that was causing poor sleep; the adjustment improved blood flow which improved sleep; and/or the adjustment created relaxation. No matter the reason, a chiropractic adjustment may help relieve some of your sleep problems.
Sleep is very important for functioning in everyday life. Without the quality or quantity of sleep we need, it is nearly impossible to achieve overall wellness, to allow the body to heal and repair, and to re-energize for tomorrow. Ask us for more suggestions to help get a better night's rest.


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Millions of Capital One customers have been affected by a data breach that the bank says happened in March when a software engineer allegedly exploited a vulnerability to access its systems.
Approximately 100 million people in the United States and 6 million more in Canada are affected, the company said, with about 140,000 Social Security numbers, 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers compromised.
If you're a Capital One customer worried about your data, there are immediate steps you can take to safeguard your personal information, experts say.
Here's what you should do.
Don't panic
First off, "get ready to spend some time and energy," to make sure everything's in order, said Erica Sandberg, a consumer finance expert based in San Francisco.
The bank says it will notify everyone who was affected by the breach, and offer them free credit monitoring and identity protection services.
Take advantage of those services.
Check your accounts now
Look over your credit card and banking statements, and report any suspicious activity to the bank as soon as possible.
"If you find suspicious activity on your credit card, banks like Capital One allow you to freeze your card so that purchases can no longer be made," said Sara Rathner, a credit card expert at personal finance website NerdWallet.
"You can do this easily on the Capital One app or online."
Some experts suggest being extra cautious to avoid potential future hacks.
"Change your passwords on all accounts," said Sandberg. "Yes, again."
Freeze your credit
Taking this step means that no one will be able to access your credit reports without your permission. In other words, if someone tries to take out a loan in your name, banks can't review your report so they won't authorize the credit.
"This can be done for free online through each of the three main credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax [and] TransUnion," said Rathner.
Just be aware that it could lead to inconveniences, too.
"You can unfreeze it for your own applications but there will be a short delay. If you're buying a home, vehicle, or applying for a loan or credit card, give yourself time to work on this," said Sandberg.
"A lender or business won't be able to gain entry to your credit file until you unfreeze it."
Stay vigilant
Cybersecurity attacks happen all the time, but there are some best practices that could help protect your information in the future.
The key is staying vigilant, experts say.
One way to do that is to sign up for a credit monitoring service, if you're not offered one by the bank and are still worried.
You could also check your credit reports yourself to make sure fraudulent accounts haven't been opened in your name — and flag any reported balances that don't match up to your statements, said Rathner. Do this at least once every quarter.
Another option is to request notifications about activity on your accounts from banks and other service providers. "If the companies offer activity alerts via text or email, it may make sense for you to sign up for them," writes cybersecurity giant Norton by Symantec.
Watch out for scams
"Don't respond to phone calls or emails from creditors," warns Sandberg. "Call them using the phone number you find on the legitimate website."
Also, check that you're only visiting secure sites when browsing the web. "Reputable sites begin with https://. The "s" is key," says Norton by Symantec. "This is especially important when entering credit card or other personal information."
Lastly: Remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere.
"There are countless hacks going on all the time. We just don't hear about them because they're smaller, and the lenders and security teams tend to catch them before damage is done," said Sandberg.
"I'm a Capital One cardholder and will be doing all of this."


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Lutein is one of 600 naturally occurring fat-soluble antioxidant carotenoid biochemicals that are found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, collard greens, romaine lettuce, leeks and peas. The central area of the retina in humans and primates is called the macula and contains lutein as the primary carotenoid. Lutein acts to filter and shield harmful blue light from the eye and protect against age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 65. One study indicated that adults with the highest dietary intake of lutein had a 57 percent decreased risk of macular degeneration compared to those with the lowest intake. Popeye, the popular cartoon character known for his timely consumption of spinach, was correct in his assumption that this unpopular vegetable is healthy eating. So was mom. Ounce for ounce, spinach contains more than 60 times as much lutein as yellow corn. Lutein and related carotenoids are now believed to protect against development of cataracts, and may have other health benefits as well. |
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Many people like to add walnuts to food to add some zest and a little crunchy kick, but walnuts are much more than a flavor additive, as they are chock full of healthy properties and have been used in Asia as an overall health tonic and brain booster for years. Let's take a nutty look at walnuts.
Walnuts, otherwise known as Hu Tao Ren in Chinese medicine, are used as a kind of herbal remedy. In Chinese medicine, they look at the quality, temperature, flavor and color of a food to uncover certain elements that are beneficial to those who need to balance those qualities in their body. For example, the walnut is classified as "warming". Warming foods tend to improve circulation and raise what is known as the yang qi. The yang is what is energetic, bright, outward, hot and moving (as opposed to yin, which is more inward, dark, still, cool and moist). Warming food is used in cold conditions; for example, if your stomach is cold from an overabundance of cool foods, you may have some digestive issues like gas and bloating due to slower digestion. In addition, the walnut is lubricating, moist and a bit greasy. This quality is helpful for lubricating the intestines and helping digestion and constipation.
In Chinese medicine, the element of the food goes to certain organs and is beneficial for them; walnuts are said to benefit the lungs, large intestine and the kidneys specifically. Walnuts strengthen the lungs to help chronic cough, asthma and skin conditions (which are connected to the lung, according the Chinese medical principles). Walnuts also are a kidney tonic and help urination; in addition, kidneys are said to influence libido, fertility, the back and knees and the aging process. Walnuts have been used to help libido and fertility, a 2012 study in Asia showed males who consumed walnuts had improved sperm quality. In addition, walnuts are used for insomnia. They help raise serotonin levels, which promote feelings of well being and help people sleep better. Finally, in looking at food as medicine, foods that resemble a body part often treat that organ. What does the walnut resemble? Two lobes of the brain, the left and right hemisphere. It is commonly known that walnuts are an excellent brain food.
Walnuts have been shown to have high levels of Omega-3, which is an essential fatty acid that helps brain and heart function. Walnuts are anti-inflammatory, have antioxidants and recent research has shown they may have anti-cancer properties and help diabetes due to beneficial fats. In addition, they have vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant, minerals and B vitamins. Walnuts help digestion and give a feeling of being full, so they aid in weight loss.
It should be noted that in Chinese medicine, most food recommended for health is used in a formula that is unique for you and an overall treatment plan is created. Walnuts are not a panacea for health care, and it's best not to self-diagnose; instead, visit an acupuncture provider to get a thorough diagnosis and a balanced formula right for you.
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New law will curtail fees and rate hikes starting in February. Industry opposition fell under populist push, culminating year's long drive by consumers.
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The House and Senate passed the legislation by overwhelming bipartisan margins earlier this week, despite strong objections by banking industry advocates who say it could result in tightened credit to Americans.
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The credit card rules would take effect in February 2010 and are not retroactive, meaning consumers could still face rate hikes until then.
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The Great Western Society Limited has appointed Emma Jhita as its first chief executive. Emma will join the management team at Didcot Railway Centre, the living museum of the Great Western Railway.
This follows the recent reorganisation of the board of directors of the charity over the past six months, with the appointment of four new directors last September, followed by the retirement of Richard Croucher as chairman in January this year, and the appointment of Richard Preston as his successor.
Emma Jhita has recently been director of development at the Jewish Museum London where she led a number of successful initiatives to secure funding as well as developing and implementing the business plan. Before this, Emma was campaign director at The Postal Museum during which time the museum implemented its Mail Rail project. Prior to this role, she worked in fundraising, marketing and strategy roles for a number of other charities including the Royal British Legion's National Memorial Arboretum.
Emma Jhita said: "I have long admired the development of the Great Western Society's museum at Didcot Railway Centre, and look forward to working with the board and all the staff and dedicated volunteers who work hard to preserve the history of the Great Western Railway through Didcot's unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock and artefacts. I recognise that the Society needs to ensure it can raise funds to continue with the conservation and restoration of its collection, and achieve its ambitions for development of Didcot Railway Centre. As an innovative heritage attraction and one of the most vital museums in our area, the centre offers a truly unique experience for all visitors – from young children to those who can remember the great days of the GWR."
Richard Preston, chairman of the Society said: "My colleagues and I are delighted that Emma is joining us. I believe that her management expertise, her people skills and her fundraising talents will help us achieve the longer term plans that we have been developing over the past few years."
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Capt. Art Conway of Conway's River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of Ed Allen's Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the high 70's to low 80's in the main lake on Wednesday (9/16/2015). The lake level was slightly above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.
Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. A few bluegill and shellcrackers were in small loose aggregates scattered along shorelines, around cypress trees, and just out from shorelines in the main lake. Other larger bluegill had moved out to mid-depths, especially around wood cover. Bluegill and shellcrackers were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.
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皇冠博彩官网是一所经江苏省人民政府批准设置的、由省交通运输厅与南通市人民政府共建的全日制普通高等学校。学校坐落于风景秀丽的长三角地区宜居花园城市,著名的"体育之乡""教育之乡""建筑之乡""长寿之乡"——江苏省南通市。学校隶属于江苏省交通运输厅,前身是1960年创办的江苏省南通河运学校,1979年开始向海上运输专业教育转型,1989年更名为江苏省南通航运学校,1996年被确立为全国首批高职教学班试点学校,2000年升格为南通航运职业技术学院,2020年更为现名。航海工匠精神穿越时空,航海职业教育薪火相传。60多年来,一代又一代航院人坚守著名教育家张謇先生的航海教育理念,以"自勉自奋 祈通中西"为校训,从这里奔赴海洋。
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Jiangsu Shipping Vocational and Technical College (hereinafter referred to as the college) is a full-time general college of higher education established with the approval of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and co-built by the Provincial Department of Transportation and Nantong Municipal People's Government. The college is located in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. It is a garden city in the scenic Yangtze River Delta region and is known as the "Hometown of Sports", "Hometown of Education", "Hometown of Architecture" and "Hometown of Longevity". The college is affiliated to the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transport. Its predecessor was Nantong River Transport School of Jiangsu Province, founded in 1960. In 1979, it began the transformation into an education institute specializing in maritime transportation, and in 1989 it was renamed Nantong Shipping School of Jiangsu Province. Established as one of the first experimental schools for higher vocational teaching in 1996, it was upgraded to Nantong Shipping Vocational and Technical College in 2000 and the name was changed to the current one in 2020. The spirit of seafaring craftsmanship goes through time and space, and the torch of maritime vocational education passes down from generation to generation. For more than 60 years, generations of people in the college have adhered to the famous educator Mr. Zhang Jian's concept of navigation education and set sail for the ocean with the motto of "Encouraging ourselves and fervently praying for the Connection between China and the West".
The college enjoys a high reputation and holds a prominent academic status among domestic higher vocational colleges. It is the construction unit of high-level higher vocational colleges with Chinese characteristics, the national quality higher vocational college, one of the first batch of national model (key) higher vocational colleges, the national model college of transportation vocational education, the excellent college evaluated by the Ministry of Education for personnel training in higher vocational colleges, the first batch of model higher vocational colleges of Jiangsu Province, the first batch of construction unit of high-level higher vocational colleges of Jiangsu Province, the president unit of the National Marine Vocational Education Group, the Chairman unit of Vocational Education Branch of China Transportation Education Research Society, the president unit of the Vocational Education Branch of China Society of Transportation Vocational Education, the executive vice president (legal person) unit of Jiangsu Navigation Society, and the president unit of Zheng He Research Institute in Jiangsu Province. It has been listed among the "Top 50 in the Country" more than 10 times in terms of comprehensive strength, employment quality, international influence, service contribution, teaching resources, student satisfaction and other aspects. In The 2022 Annual Report on the Quality of Vocational Education in China, the college was awarded as one of the top 100 excellent colleges in the Teacher Development Index of Higher Vocational Colleges, one of the top 100 excellent colleges in the Student Development Index of Higher Vocational Colleges, one of the top 60 superior colleges in the resource construction of higher vocational colleges, and one of the top 60 typical colleges in the service contribution of higher vocational colleges.
The college adheres to the college-running orientation of "based on transportation, serving the local area, facing the whole country, and reaching out to the world". It closely aligns its professional offerings with the national development strategies of "Transportation Power", "Maritime Power", "Shipping Power" and "Yangtze River Delta Integration". The college aims to provide high-quality technical and skilled personnel for the construction of comprehensive transportation system. It has formed a major layout of "water transportation majors as the main body, land transportation majors and aviation majors as the two wings, and the coordinated development of each major". The college is unique among national higher vocational colleges in that it has one construction base of national high-level professional groups, 4 key majors of national key higher vocational colleges, 9 national key majors, 3 national model majors of transportation, and 2 key majors of improving the development ability of professional service industry supported by the central government.
The campus covers an area of nearly 1,000 mu, with the building area of over 370,000 square meters. It has 9 national vocational education training bases, 13 provincial vocational education training bases and 6 Nantong key Laboratories. There are more than 10 provincial and municipal science and technology service organizations such as the Jiangsu Ship Engineering Technology Research and Development Center. There are 37 on-campus training bases and nearly 300 off-campus internship and employment bases. In cooperation with enterprises, the college has built three productive teaching practice ships, namely "The Boat of Hailan", "Changyang Gate" and "Changchun Gate". Established an integrated community of industry and education in port industry with Jiangsu Port Group, Jiangsu Ocean University and nearly 40 port units. Established Nantong Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Industry-Teaching Joint Venture with Haimen Economic and Technological Development Zone and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. It is rated as a provincial municipal industry and education consortium.
At present, there are nearly 13,000 students in the college and 7 secondary schools, including School of Marine Technology, School of Marine Engineering, School of Shipping and Ocean Engineering, School of Transportation Management and Economics, School of Traffic Engineering, School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Information, School of Humanities and Arts. It also has 2 general education teaching units, including School of Marxism and the Department of Basic Courses offering 42 majors in total. Build industrial college with industry leading enterprises. Established 9 Industrial Colleges include: Rail Traffic, Yihang Airlines, Intelligence Port, Haishun, Jingdong Intelligence Logistics, Merchants Heavy Industry, Sanji Intelligent Manufacturing, Zhongtian and New Yangtze Field Engineer. In order to build a professional co-construction, teacher exchange, resource sharing, talent co-education integration community.
The college has established and operated 4 sets of Quality Management Systems, including the Education Quality System, the Training Quality System, the Clean Government Risk Prevention and the Control System and Internal Control System, and obtained 6 certificates of quality system in accordance with ISO9001 Quality Standard, quality management rules of the National Maritime Administration and the Norwegian Classification Society. The college fully implements the deployment requirements of the national education administration department on teaching consultation reform, constructed and formed a distinctive internal quality assurance system, and passed the provincial on-spot review. The consultation reform case "Building a Long-term Mechanism for 1234 Consultation Reform Operation, Enabling Double High Construction and High-quality Development" was rated as an "Excellent Typical Case of Teaching Consultation Reform in National Higher Vocational Colleges" and was selected for national typical case compilation and Jiangsu excellent case collection.
At present, there are 655 full-time teachers in the college, including 66 with senior professional titles, accounting for 46.4% of the teaching staff. The proportion of teachers with master's degree or above is 74.8%, and the proportion of double-qualified teachers is 71%. The college has a large number of high-level leading talents of higher vocational education, including 3 recipients of the special allowance from The State Council, one renowned teacher of the National "10,000 People Plan", one Figure of the Year of 2021 "Moving Transportation", 7 renowned teachers of National Curriculum Ideological and Political Teaching, 5 professional leaders of National Higher Vocational Education of Transportation, 3 young scientific and technological talents recognized by the Ministry of Transport, 3 national renowned teachers of transportation vocational education, 5 renowned teachers of Jiangsu colleges and universities, 4 craftsmen of Jiangsu province, 18 renowned teachers of Jiangsu transportation system, 13 renowned teachers of Nantong colleges and universities, 19 high-level talents of "333 High-level Talents Training Project" of Jiangsu province, 14 young and middle-aged academic leaders in Jiangsu Province's "Qinglan Project" of Jiangsu province, 13 technical experts of Jiangsu province and over 100 outstanding talents at other levels, including candidates selected for the "100 Talents Project" of Jiangsu Transportation system. The college has one national teaching innovation team, one National curriculum Ideological and political teaching team, 3 national skill master studio, one national "double-qualified" teacher training base, one national teaching innovation team training base, 10 Jiangsu excellent teaching teams, 5 outstanding scientific and technological innovation teams in Jiangsu universities, 2 Jiangsu Skill Master Studio, and one double-qualified renowned teacher studio of Jiangsu vocational education and one skill inheritance and innovation platform of Jiangsu vocational education. Professional teachers of the college have actively participated in major national projects. One of them participated in the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, 10 participated in the national scientific survey in Antarctic and Arctic, and 2 participated in the reclamation project of islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
The college has made outstanding achievements in education and teaching reform. It has led the establishment of one national teaching resource repository and participated in the construction of 5 national teaching resource repositories. It has taken the lead in formulating 7 professional profiles and teaching standards of higher vocational education, including Marine Engineering Technology, Water Transportation Safety Management, Port Machinery and Intelligent Control, and Port and Waterway Engineering Technology, and 3 undergraduate profiles of higher vocational education. It has developed 6 national excellent online open courses and exemplary courses of ideological and political science, and 29 provincial online open courses, model courses of ideological and political science, and excellent courses taught in English. In 2014 and 2018, it was awarded the first prize of National Teaching achievement for two consecutive years, making it the only two-time champion of national transportation higher vocational colleges. In 2021, two textbooks edited by staff of the college won the first prize and the second prize of the first National Textbook Construction Award. In 2023, it won the second prize of national teaching achievements.
In accordance with the requirements of modern vocational education system construction and the concept of lifelong education, the college constructs a multi-form, multi-specification and multi-level educational structure, which integrates diploma education and vocational qualification certification, adult higher education and short-term training. It has set up the "National Vocational Skills Appraisal Institute", the "National Vocational Skills Appraisal Station of Transportation Industry of Ministry of Transport", the "Nantong Training Base of Education Management Information Center of Ministry of Education", the "Nantong Training Base of China Maritime Service Center", the "Jiangsu Waterway Skills Talents Education and Training Base", the "Jiangsu Seafarers Training Center", the "Jiangsu Province Veterans Personalized Training Base" and other training institutions (bases). The annual scale of vocational training reaches 26,500 people. The total number of adult education students is about 4,000. It provides a variety of pathways for academic advancement such as upgrading from high school to college, from college to bachelor's degree, and diploma to bachelor's degree for working professionals and full-time students.
The college actively engages in international exchange activities and extensively promotes Sino-foreign cooperative education programs. It actively explores innovative paths education internationalization. It is a member institution of the Global Maritime Education and Training Federation, offering education for international students in 6 majors. Under the "Belt and Road" Initiative, the college endeavors to serve companies in their internationalization efforts and has jointly built the cross-border college-enterprise community entity of "Sino-Singapore (Nantong) International Maritime Training Center". It has established overseas "Luban Workshops" in Myanmar, Cambodia and "Zhenghe College" in Indonesia, and has established good inter-instituional cooperation and exchange relationships with over 30 universities in more than 20 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Australia.
The college actively implements talent training models such as the "dual-track and four-stage" model, the "three-tier and six-stage integration of school and industry" model, and the "alternating between theory and practice" model. It deepens the cooperation between college and enterprises, and integrates industry and education to cultivate high-quality technical and skilled talents. The college actively serves local socio-economic development. It is the experimental college of the national "1+X" certificate system, and the employment rate of its graduates has consistently remained above 98%. With high employment quality and high employment rate in related fields, the college has been awarded the title of the Advanced Collective of Graduates' Employment in Jiangsu Province for four consecutive times, and has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Colleges in the country for examplary experience in graduates' employment work. In the past five years, students from this college have won more than 60 first prizes in various national and provincial competitions. The college won the Overall Champion of the National College Group in the 5th Chinese Sailor Skills Competition in 2019; the Gold Medal in the National Finals of the 7th China International "Internet Plus" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in 2021; the Gold Medal in the National Finals of the 8th China International "Internet Plus" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for College Students, the First Prize in the Ship Main Engine and Shafting Installation Competition of the Higher Vocational College Group in the National Vocational College Skills Competition in 2022; one Gold Medal in the 13th "Challenge Cup" Chinese College Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, and 2 Gold Medals in the China International College Student Innovation Competition (2023) in 2023. In terms of personnel training and innovation, the college has been in the forefront of the national marine vocational education.
In recent years, the college has won over 100 national, provincial and municipal honorary titles. These titles run as follows: National Advanced Vocational Education Unit, National Advanced Group of Transport Systems, China's Industrial, Academic and Research Cooperation Promotion Award, Advanced Unit for the Construction of College Teachers' Team of Jiangsu Province, Advanced College in Teaching of Jiangsu Province, Advanced College in Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, Advanced Unit for Student Financial Assistance Work of Jiangsu Province, Advanced Group of College Logistics Work of Jiangsu Province, International Cooperation and Exchange Advanced College of Jiangsu Education, Advanced Unit for Vocational Skills Assessment Work of Jiangsu Province, Civilization Unit of Jiangsu Province, Harmonious Campus of Jiangsu College, Moral Education Advanced College of Jiangsu Province, top 30 Vocational College Teaching Management of Jiangsu Province, Advanced Unit of Finance and Final Accounts of Transportation Department of Jiangsu Province, Green College of Jiangsu Province, Smart Campus Model College of Jiangsu Province, and the 8th Huang Yanpei Vocational Education Award "Excellent School Award".
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Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly low-tech protection: oysters.
The facility has allowed an environmental group to plant nearly a mile of oyster reefs about a quarter-mile off its shoreline to serve as a natural buffer to storm-driven wave damage.
Other military bases are enlisting the help of oysters, too. In June, environmental groups and airmen established a reef in the waters of Elgin Air Force Base Reservation in Florida, and more are planned nearby. Oysters also help protect Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
Three oyster reefs protect the USS Laffey museum in South Carolina. And military installations in Alabama and North Carolina have dispatched their enlisted personnel to help build oyster reefs in off-base coastal sites.
They are among hundreds of places around the U.S. and the world where oyster reefs are being planted primarily as storm-protection measures. And a bill just introduced in Congress would give coastal communities $100 million over the next five years to create "living shorelines" that include oyster reefs.
"Having a hardened structure like that oyster reef will absorb some of that wave energy," said Earle spokesman Bill Addison. "All the pipes and cables that are on the pier now, all of that was washed away and had to be rebuilt. And there was a lot of flooding that came into the base. Will this protect us against all of that? No, but it will do a significant amount of good to protect the base and the complex and our surrounding communities."
The NY/NJ Baykeeper group has been experimenting with oysters at the Navy pier since 2011, originally as a way to see if the shellfish, through their natural filtering ability, might help improve water quality in the murky Raritan Bay. (They did somewhat.)
In summer 2016, the group planted the oyster reef primarily as a storm protection measure — a trend that has taken hold around the world within the past decade or so, according to Bryan DeAngelis, a program coordinator for The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island. Every coastal state in America is using oyster reefs as either a combination storm-protection or a water improvement project, or both.
In addition to cleaning the water, the oyster reefs help blunt the force of incoming waves.
"They are nice speed bumps," said Meredith Comi, an official with the Baykeeper group.
Environmentalists say "living shorelines" including oyster colonies are far preferable to, and cheaper than, armoring the coast with steel seas walls or wooden bulkheads that invariably accelerate erosion of the sand in front of such manmade structures.
"Waves are affected by the roughness of the bottom," said Boze Hancock, a marine restoration scientist with The Nature Conservancy who has studied and participated in oyster projects around the world. "Picture a wave trying to roll over a huge sponge, compared to one rolling over an asphalt parking lot. The 'sponge,' or rough, uneven oyster reef, sucks the energy out of the wave as it rolls toward the shore."
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, recently introduced The Living Shorelines Act, which would make coastal communities eligible for $100 million over five years in federal grants for oyster reefs and wetlands plants. Its prospects remain uncertain in the Republican-controlled Congress.
In most spots, the oysters are designed not to be harvested and eaten. But in other places, including New Jersey, the oysters have been planted in polluted waterways where shellfish harvesting is prohibited, leading to concerns about poachers stealing them and sickening customers.
Such a dispute forced Baykeeper to rip out an oyster reef it planted a few miles from the Navy pier and relocate the shellfish to waters near the pier that are patrolled by gun-toting boats.


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When debris on a Seattle-area freeway pierced the battery of a $70,000-plus Tesla Model S and touched off a raging fire, it raised new safety concerns for electric-vehicle owners.
It also caused rare jitters among investors, who of late have viewed Tesla as nearly invincible.
Electric vehicles have scored well in government tests of front and side crashes — the Model S earned the highest score possible. But Tuesday's incident demonstrates that real-world driving could reveal some vulnerabilities that don't show up in laboratory testing.
"The safety challenges related to electric cars are still in the early stages of being tested and addressed," said Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book.
Tesla said the Seattle-area driver hit a large metal object in the road, which damaged a battery cell and caused a fire. The company said the car acted as designed by containing the blaze in the front of the car.
Still, experts said Thursday that while incidents like this will happen again, they are rare. And electric cars still are safer than those with gasoline engines that haul around a tank full of flammable petroleum. The Tesla fire also shows that automakers need to bolster the shields around batteries, and that firefighters need more training to deal with electric car blazes.
Of the estimated 194,000 vehicle fires in the U.S. each year, the vast majority are in cars and trucks with gasoline or diesel engines. Electric vehicles make up less than 1 percent of the cars sold in the U.S.
"If you think about what you'd rather be close to, 10 gallons (39 liters) of gasoline or a battery pack, I'd pick the battery pack every day," said Giorgio Rizzoni, director of the Center for Automotive Research at Ohio State University, where he is a professor of mechanical and electrical engineering.
Still, an Internet video of the Tesla fire spooked investors and caused a sell-off Wednesday and Thursday. Tesla shares fell 6 percent Wednesday, and they closed Thursday down $7.64, or 4.2 percent, at $173.31.
At that price, Tesla's market value has dropped about $2.4 billion in the past two days. Still, if an investor purchased a share of Tesla at $35 on Jan. 2, they're sitting on a gain of nearly 400 percent. Tesla has dazzled Wall Street by selling more vehicles than expected and posting its first quarterly net profit earlier this year.
Deutsche Bank analyst Dan Galves, in a note to investors Thursday, said he expects bad news and investor concern to push down Tesla shares in the short-term. Investors, he said, will be concerned because electric cars represent a new technology with a high sensitivity to safety risks. But he wrote that the Model S has been collectively driven more than 83 million miles (134 million kilometers), yet this is the first fire despite 12 significant crashes and extreme testing by the government.
"We have confidence that this is an isolated incident that could happen to any vehicle," Galves wrote. He still thinks Tesla shares will reach $200.
Tesla said that on Tuesday the Model S warned the driver of problems from the collision. He pulled off the road, smelled smoke and saw flames. A company spokeswoman said the fire originated in a battery cell damaged in the collision, and the car's design prevented the fire from spreading to the rest of the battery and contained it in the front.
Thomas Habetler, an electrical engineering professor at Georgia Tech, theorized that the highway debris punctured a shield and a battery cell, causing a short-circuit, bypassing fuses and electrically linking one battery terminal to another. "You're going to have arcing and sparking in that case, which can cause whatever it is to light on fire," he said. Leaking battery coolant also could have caused a short-circuit, he said.
Habetler and Rizzoni said electric cars are designed to withstand blows from highway debris. Fires are so rare that this one shouldn't give anyone pause if they're considering one, they said.
"My feeling is this was a case of prodigious bad luck," said Rizzoni.
Tesla said it already has inspected the Model S. Galves wrote that the company's ability to monitor cars remotely should result in a detailed report on the cause. It was still unclear Thursday if federal safety regulators would look into the fire because of the partial government shutdown.
Capt. Kyle Ohashi with the Kent, Washington, Fire Department said crews learned lessons from fighting the Tesla fire. For one, the dry chemical extinguisher seemed to work better than water to combat the blaze. And he said the department is now aware that accessing the battery pack in a Tesla is quite difficult.
Business writer Joseph Pisani in New York contributed to this report.


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