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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Any of various thermometers used for measuring high temperatures.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
- n. An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
- n. An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An instrument, in the form of a simple metallic bar, employed by Muschenbroek, about 1730, for measuring the changes produced in the dimensions of solid bodies by the application of heat. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Pyrometer: A pyrometer is a sophisticated thermometer used to measure high temperaturesin brick kilns.
A somewhat similar instrument is the Gauntlett pyrometer, which is largely used in the north of England.
The electric pyrometer, which is perhaps the most elegant and original of all William Siemens's inventions, is also the link which connects his electrical with his metallurgical researches.
Experience-based strategies could establish the heat of the kiln during for and during firing, and tools such as Wedgwood's pyrometer added further control for the process. 41
Jerry spaced the burns and kept an eye on the pyrometer, adding just enough heat to make up for routine cooling inside the envelope.
In his other spare time Stanhope invented a printing press, a pyrometer, fireproofing (his demo involved burning the ground floor while interested parties ate ice cream on the upper floor, unscathed), a multiplying-and-dividing machine, and a floating mine (before Fulton).
If I were doing this, I would get the gadgets in the USA - blower, pyrometer, and any controls you wanted (if you want them).
But that it might act with regularity, the apparatus must be kept in perfect order; so each morning Michel visited the escape regulators, tried the taps, and regulated the heat of the gas by the pyrometer.
A pyrometer monitors the temperature, which can be controlled by shutting or opening the holes, maintaining a temperature around 650° C for 2 - 3 hours.
The wire leading from the thermocouple to the pyrometer is made from metals electrically similar to the ones used in the thermocouple and if ordinary wire is used the pyrometer will not be accurate.


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If Bill Clinton and Tiger Woods were able to hold onto their jobs after hooking up with skanky women (whether paid or not), why the hell wasn't New York's infamous governor Eliot Spitzer? It's one of the many right-on questions asked by Alex Gibney's new documentary, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, opening in New York today.
The doc is a super-inside peek into what the hell went so wrong with the formerly popular New York governor (who resigned in 2008 amid reports he'd been paying thousands of dollars to hire prostitutes from an escort company), and unfortunately for Spitzer...
He agreed to sit down for Gibney's cameras and attempt to explain himself.
Of course, this is a huge coup for Gibney (and for us), but you soon see it's not just puritanical America—which seems to think some politicians are allowed to sin yet others aren't—that was to blame for Spitzer's downfall, it was Spitzer himself.
Gibney, whose Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room was nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar, is great at asking tough questions of famously flawed American figures. We only wish he'd managed to corral Tiger Woods into the grilling, too, and ask what the hell is it with these guys who think they can cheat with sluts on the one hand and give good American family sound bites on the other?
Perhaps that's a more specific doc Gibney will offer up later?
For now, we have before us the dark delight of Spitzer's often painful honesty on Gibney's stand, as it were. But we also have the man who many once thought might be a future president lying and evading better than any seasoned Hollywood press rep we know. And trust, that's saying tons.
So if Spitzer's show on CNN doesn't work out, he could easily come to T-town and defend sanctimonious starlets who think their rehabbed poop don't stink, that's for sure.

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August 2016 - Viking Magni to River Cruises - Europe
Dream Vacation? Nothing could be further from the truth
Missed 3 flight connections because Viking did not allow enough time between flights. Stuck at one Lock for 3 full days. Spent over 25 hours on busses and missed 4 tours as a result. Had to repack to change ships. Under-staffed. Service was average at best. Rooms not made up before 12:30 PM on multiple days. Poor time management, would often be 2 hours longer than told on bus trips. No exercise options, not so much as a treadmill, and even the short walking track was closed over 50% of the time. Have cruised 45 times but this was our first river cruise. Never again on Viking!


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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Published 8:00 pm, Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death for women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. It is expected that in 2009, 6,480 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in Michigan.
The best way to control breast cancer is to find it early. For women older than 40, early detection means an annual mammogram, but according to a recent study, mammography rates to detect breast cancer among women 40 and older fell by as much as four percentage points nationwide between 2000 and 2005.
If you are a woman over 40 and you have not scheduled your annual mammogram, do yourself a favor and call your doctor now — if you wait, you may forget. If you are close to a woman over 40, remind her of the importance of early detection — you may save her life.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's a time for all adults to reflect upon the impact breast cancer has had on our lives. The American Cancer Society recently released 10 reasons why mammograms still matter — for you, if you're a woman, and for all the women you care about.
1. Early detection is the best defense — When breast cancer is detected early, at a localized stage, the survival rate is 98 percent. Once breast cancer has metastasized and spread throughout the body, however, the five-year survival rate drops to 27 percent. Early detection can catch breast cancer in its initial stages, when it is most treatable.
2. Mammography works — Mammography can detect breast cancer an average of 1.7 years before it can be felt by a clinical breast exam. Although mammography is not perfect, the imaging technique does detect the majority of breast cancers and can provide women with an important lead in treating the disease. This additional time provides patients with more treatment options and better survival rates.
3. Risk increases with age — The risk of having breast cancer increases with age, which means that there is no safe age to stop having a yearly mammogram. The American Cancer Society advises every woman, beginning at age 40, go for a mammogram once a year, and to start doing so at a younger age if she has a family history of breast cancer or are known to carry the breast cancer gene.
4. Once a year is enough — On average, a mammogram appointment takes about 20 minutes from start to finish. While you may be hesitant to have your yearly mammogram, that is less time than your favorite half-hour weekly television program — and it could save your life.
5. Lead by example — Encourage the women in your life to get their annual mammogram by having yours. Peer counseling is especially effective and provides an added emotional support network. The American Cancer Society's Tell-A-Friend program can help you reach out to those you love in order to increase breast cancer screening and early detection through regular mammograms.
6. Lower health care costs — While mammograms range in cost from $75 to $600, early detection testing for breast cancer saves as much as $20,000 in initial treatment costs for each breast cancer case that is detected early. Moreover, an increasing number of health insurance plans are covering at least a portion of mammogram expenses.
7. Financial support is available — Women without health insurance are eligible to receive their annual mammogram for little or no cost. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) is a federal program that makes breast cancer early detection testing more available to medically underserved women.
8. The exposure to radiation is minimal — The risk of harm from radiation exposure during a mammogram is extremely small and cannot cause cancer. In fact, the level of radiation, during a mammogram, is comparable to the level of radiation exposure from a dental exam.
9. Mammography is safe and reliable — The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) is the federal law that ensures mammography is safe. All mammography personnel and facilities in the United States have met stringent standards, must be accredited, FDA-certified, and must pass annual inspections. The law also requires all mammography facilities to provide patients with an easy-to-understand report on their results, and access to their original mammograms when needed.
10. Get in the habit — Practice being proactive about your health. Early detection testing is available for other cancers as well, and research has shown time and again that early detection is the most effective way to fight cancer. Prioritize your health and learn the facts, because managing your health is your best safeguard against cancer.


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Keep Your Skin Clear And Healthy With These Tips
Your face is the first thing that you present to the world, and your skin is the most important feature of your face. Practicing proper skin care is an essential part of everyday life, and there are a variety of products on the market to help you with the process. The most important key to proper skin care is the overall cleanliness of your skin.
To protect your skin, you should wear sunscreen every time you plan to spend time outdoors. Sun exposure can damage your skin, leading to freckles, age spots, wrinkles, dry skin and possibly even skin cancer. Choose a sunscreen with a high SPF so that you can be sure it will provide adequate protection.
For great skin care after you wash your face correctly you should use a exfoliant. Find the correct one for your skin type and try to get a granular one. That way it can help scrub off your dead skin cells and help to smooth the rough areas on your face which ca help your lotion work better.
If you feel you must absolutely maintain a tan, seriously consider synthetic alternatives. Using bronzers are much better for your skin in the long run. Don't be ashamed to get your tan out of the bottle. Avoiding sunlight will prevent signs of aging and protect you from skin cancer.
Give yourself a spa day, every now and then. Not only will a facial, mud mask or detoxifying body scrub, help you release stress which is good for your skin, it will also give it a day of pampering. Try to save up each quarter and make it a special occasion.
Wipe a cotton swap lathered with a cortisone cream on a bothersome zit in order to reduce the size and redness. After letting it absorb for about five minutes, add a layer of Neosporin to kill any existing bacteria lurking in your pores and reduce the likelihood of leaving a scar.
For total body exfoliation, invest in a long-handled, natural bristle brush. Before you step into the bath or shower, brush your dry skin with vigorous, circular motions. In addition to leaving your skin feeling tingly and invigorated, dry brushing will also improve your circulation and slough away dead skin to create a glowing appearance.
If you are a man and tired of the burning and stinging of aftershaves, maybe you should try a balm instead. Aftershaves contain alcohol, which really sting if you happen to have nicks or cuts caused by shaving. You should opt for a balm that does not contain alcohol so that it soothes and heals your skin.
A clean and glowing face is vital to putting your best foot forward in this world. By following a regime of skin care that suits your skin type, you will be able to maintain and improve the overall quality of your skin. Whether it is lotions or just plain soap, finding what works for your in skin care will help you achieve the look that you desire to put forth to the world.


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This story is about the characters Andy Dalziel and Cap Marvell as they appear in Reginald Hill's books, not the TV series, although I hope that you need no prior knowledge of the books to be able to enjoy it. These characters belong to Reginald Hill, not me.
The first Dalziel and Pascoe novel which I read was The Death of Dalziel, and this story is simply something which I would have like to have happened afterwards. So, it can be taken as happening either instead of, or after, the events of A Cure For All Diseases - it doesn't really matter which.
Many thanks to my ever-encouraging and helpful beta RedSkyAtNight, and to anyone who reads and reviews!
"Bloody hell, I'll never get enough of yon view."
"It is rather amazing, isn't it?"
The view in question was indeed a remarkable one. From halfway up the Scottish hillside, they looked out over an intricate labyrinth of small islands and inlets, stretching away to open sea at the horizon. Now, in the early evening, each piece of land was just a dark silhouette, while the water reflected silver, just starting to be touched with gold as the sun dropped lower. The still sky was dotted with small lacy clouds, each picked out as though gilded at the edges by the setting sun. It was a scene of rare beauty and tranquillity, certainly unrivalled by anything Mid-Yorkshire had to offer.
Cap Marvell had been disappointed, she had to admit, by her first view of the bed-and-breakfast which she had booked for their holiday. When Andy Dalziel had first proposed taking her to Scotland, she had been, although she did not show it, more than a little touched that he wanted to share such a defining aspect of himself with her, and had got on the internet forthwith. The B&B had seemed perfect with regard to location, but any romantic notion she might have harboured about an old stone croft had been swiftly shattered when she caught sight of the unprepossessing modern bungalow perched on the hillside. The interior too had proved something of a trial, containing altogether too much chintz and too many twee little ornaments for her taste. However, all disappointment had faded into insignificance when the landlady had shown them their room, with its massive picture window looking out over the islands and sea. After all, who cared what the place itself looked like, when the view from it was so glorious?
The other good thing about the bedroom window was that it was not at all overlooked; in fact, no other dwellings were even visible from it. This meant that the inhabitants of the room were free to do whatever they liked, in whatever state of dress or undress they liked, with no need to close the curtains and thus deny themselves the amazing view. Although in actual fact, this was perhaps more of a mercy for any hypothetical onlookers than for the occupants themselves, as neither Cap nor Dalziel felt any embarrassment about nakedness. If not exactly exhibitionists, they could at least both be categorised as don't-give-a-fuck-ists.
They had arrived in mid-afternoon, having taken the train up to Glasgow the night before, stayed overnight in a hotel, and come up to Oban that morning on the slow but extremely beautiful West Highland line. A hire car had been waiting for them at the station. Cap had put her foot down about driving the whole way, insisting that Andy still tired too easily, following his coma after the explosion that had nearly killed him, and that there was no way that she was doing all the driving. So the train had taken the strain, which meant that after the landlady had left them to settle in, they were both feeling quite fresh and even ready to indulge in an activity which, at home, would certainly have necessitated closing the curtains.
After that, though, Dalziel did need a snooze; Cap had been right about his stamina not being what it was. She propped herself up against a couple of pillows next to his snoring bulk, and read a novel, a pleasure that she never seemed to get time for at home. Eventually, in the early evening, Andy snorted, roused, and uttered the already-quoted comment about the view, with which Cap could only agree. Then they showered, dressed, and walked three-quarters of a mile down to the small fishing village which contained the nearest pub.
The pub clearly made few concessions to tourists, and although the range of single malts was such as to gladden Dalziel's heart, the menu was somewhat limited. The rather sour woman behind the bar looked askance at Cap when she asked if there was a vegetarian option, and brusquely suggested an omelette. Dalziel, who was enjoying the exchange, thought the woman might develop apoplexy when Cap promptly asked whether the eggs were free-range. Once she had taken Cap out the back, however, and shown her the chickens happily scratching around in the garden behind the pub, relations between the two women thawed, and even began to approach cordiality. Dalziel merely ordered a mutton pie and got on with it.
At first the locals in the bar regarded them with some suspicion, but a little conversation with an elderly man revealed that he had known Dalziel's Uncle Hamish, who had hailed from the larger village a few miles away. Hamish had been quite well-known in the area as a fiddle-player and as such had often been invited to gatherings; it transpired that quite a few of the older occupants of the bar remembered him. Best of all, they learned that the following evening there was to be a ceilidh in the next village. At this news Andy's eyes lit up, and Cap, who well knew that few things animated him like the skirl of the pipes, happily acquiesced to going. Silently she was delighted; this, she thought, was just the kind of pick-me-up he needed.
They slept late the next morning, before tackling the formidable Highland breakfast prepared by the landlady. After that they took a leisurely drive up the coast, where more sublime and unpopulated views met their eyes at every turn, each made more beautiful by the hazy sunlight. On the way back they were able to take in a visit to a distillery, which further lifted Dalziel's mood before returning to the B&B to rest and prepare for the evening.
The ceilidh was a small affair, held in a community hall in the next village. The attendees were overwhelmingly locals, and no-one seemed to have dressed up for the occasion, but there was no mistaking the fact that everyone present had a genuine respect and passion for the music. The band – a drummer, accordionist, flautist, fiddler, and a singer – were excellent, playing all the old favourites, jigs and reels and stately strathspeys, and when they took a break, a local piper took their place and played slow airs of such melancholy beauty that it brought a tear to the eye of more than one there.
Dalziel was in his element; he grinned, clapped, sang along with every song, and danced as one born to it, displaying a lightness of foot which most people would not expect to find associated with such bulk. Cap had seen it before and was not surprised; nevertheless she felt more delight than she could put into words, at this further evidence of the return of the Andy of old. Gamely she joined him, whirling and reeling, grateful that her early years had given her a solid if uninspiring grounding in Scottish dance, yet aware that she could never be more than competent next to his flair.
His stamina was still compromised, and though sheer enthusiasm carried him beyond the limits of his physical ability, there came a point where he had to take a break. But after sitting out a couple of dances he was up again, and with only one more rest, able to see it through to the end. Eventually the piper's last notes died away, the company dispersed, and Cap drove an exhausted but extremely contented Andy back to the B&B.
Night-time took the view from the window to another dimension, as the moon, hanging like a ghost-light in the velvety sky, made a black and silver filigree of the lochs and islets. Beyond them, its reflection created a shimmering pathway, leading away across the open sea. It was an almost eerie tableau, enough to make someone of a more romantic or superstitious nature think of water spirits, of kelpies, fairies and ashrays. Both Cap and Andy would, of course, have dismissed such suggestions as so much rubbish; nevertheless, they were sensible to the scene's rare beauty. Loath to shut it out, they left the curtains open as they sat side by side in the moonlit bed, drinking in the view, his arm around her, her head resting peaceably on his chest.
"That were a grand evening," he remarked, casually.
"It was." Although Cap was feeling pleasantly drowsy, her voice was as crisp as ever. "I thought the band was excellent. Did they play your favourites?"
"Some of 'em." Dalziel was also feeling contentedly sleepy; Cap felt his voice rumble in his chest. "Some of the ones on that tape. You know, that you played me while I were in the coma."
At once she looked up, startled, turning wide, astonished eyes on his face. "You mean you could hear it?"
"Oh aye." He frowned in puzzlement, surprised at her surprise. "Didn't know where I was, like, or where the music was coming from, but I could hear it all right. Loud and clear. Reckon that was what kept me in the land o' the living, sometimes."
She stared at him, mouth open, trying to assimilate what he had said. The weeks when he had lain in the coma – when she had faced the very real possibility of losing the only person with whom she had ever wanted to share her adult life – had been unspeakably awful, matched only by those few fateful days, years ago, when she had thought her son was dead. No-one who observed her at the time, at Andy's bedside, would have guessed, from her calm and down-to-earth demeanour, just what inner turmoil she was experiencing. She had done what all the advice said you should do – keep talking to the person, play music, do everything possible to keep stimulating the brain and its connections with the world around – while all the time harbouring a deep, secret dread that it was all futile, that nothing was getting through. When Andy had at length recovered, she had been too relieved, too pleased to be once again looking to the future, to dwell on the past and the processes that led to his recovery. Now here he was, telling her – as though it was obvious and she really should have known it already – that what she had done had made a difference. Had even, perhaps, made all the difference.
Tears filled her eyes and a lump came to her throat as the significance of all this hit home. Seeing him still looking puzzled, she swallowed and tried to explain. "I never knew… that you could hear it," she whispered, aware of how inadequate she must sound.
"Course I could… some of the time, at least." Dalziel could see her distress, even if he couldn't understand it. He put both arms around her, pulled her close and kissed her forehead. "The music, you talking… even bloody Joe Kerrigan and his prayers. They all helped, I reckon."
Relief that her efforts had indeed helped to stave off an outcome too horrible to contemplate, made Cap voice an utterance that normally she would have gone to the ends of the earth to avoid. "Thank God," she avowed fervently, her voice stronger but still with a catch in it. "Thank God."
For a moment Dalziel was reminded of the odd conversations with God that had gone on in his head while he was unconscious, but he swiftly put the uncomfortable thought away. He was ninety-nine per cent sure that they had just been his imagination, anyhow. But Cap, and all she had done for him – they were real. "Nay, lass." He gently lifted her chin to look into her face, a rare gesture of intimacy. "Thank you."
She swallowed again, wiped away a tear and kissed him, a long, tender kiss that expressed what neither of them could say in words – how very, very glad they were to have, and to still have, one another. Then they lay down in each other's arms and went to sleep, the ethereal moon still shining in, bathing them and the room and the land and sea beyond in serene silver.


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The Red Sox released their 2014 spring training schedule today.
Pitchers and catchers report to Boston's spring training facilities at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 15 with their first workout Monday, Feb. 17. Position players are schedule to report by Feb. 18 and the team's first full-squad workout will take place Thursday, Feb. 20.
The team's annual split squad doubleheader against Boston College and Northeastern University, which commences the spring schedule, is set for Thursday, Feb. 27 at JetBlue Park.
The Red Sox open their major-league spring slate against cross-town rival Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 28. They visit the Yankees spring training quarters on Tuesday, March 18 and then host New York at JetBlue Park two days later on March 20. The Red Sox will also face their World Series opponents, the St. Louis Cardinals, twice. The Red Sox travel to Juniper, Fla. to meet the Cardinals on Wednesday, March 5. St. Louis visits the Red Sox at JetBlue Park on Monday, March 17.
The spring schedule concludes on March 29 at home against Minnesota. The team then travel to Baltimore for a three-game road series to open their regular-season schedule. The Red Sox home opener is Friday, April 4 against Milwaukee.
The Red Sox equipment truck departs from Fenway for Florida on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Here's the full Red Sox release on the spring schedule.


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Every day countless new animal cruelty cases are discovered where the extent of animal suffering purposely caused is sickening. There are many more animals that continue to suffer, undiscovered, often until it is too late.
In many cases, the animal abusers are not caught. When they are convicted, their sentences do not fit the crime, considering the terror and pain the innocent animals are forced to endure. In some countries animal abuse is not illegal and people are even rewarded for it.
The cases on this page are just a tiny portion of the horrors that happen every day to animals that are completely undeserving victims of such malicious and vicious abuse. The examples serve to remind us why we need to do everything we can to help-stop-animal-cruelty-and-suffering.
Above: This man from Greek Animal Rescue finds the body of a dog floating on the surface of the sea, with it's head submerged under the water. He reaches under the water and finds that the dog was purposefully drowned by heavy rocks being tied to it's collar. The man summises that the trusting dog probably wiilingly went in to the sea with it's owner, then was cruelly drowned this way. No matter how much the dog will have struggled, it will have run out of strength to fight against the weight of the heavy boulders put around it's neck. Animal Cruelty cases like these are not unusual.
Credit: www.greekanimalrescue.com
Monterion Dionte Davis
Above: Monterion Dionte Davis, from Forsyth in the U.S, tried to hack off this dogs head. A vet, Dr Caldwell, fought very hard to save her, and she was named Hope in the hope that she would pull through, but sadly she didn't make it. If you would like to, you can contact Dr Caldwell with thanks for his efforts, and with encouragement, at Caldwell Veterinary Hospital, 951 Hwy 41 S, Forsyth, Ga 31029. Phone: 478-994-8228, Fax: 478-992-8260.
You can also contact the man who inflicted this terrible suffering on this innocent dog, Monterion Dionte Davis, at 335 Old Brent Rd, Forsyth, GA, 31029-6914, Monroe County. Phone: 478-994-3662
Credit: petopitbulls.blogspot.com
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It wasn't CM at its absolute best, still I liked this episode. I haven't felt sorry for any unsub on CM for a long time but John Myers was a really sad, broken character.
I have mixed feelings about Alex Blake though. She's smart, sharp but she doesn't feel like a part of the BAU family. And I didn't like how she interrupted Morgan.
Rossi was almost invisible this time. Luckily, Garcia is great as always:)


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Seth, how did you discover your past? Could you give us that backstory I been asking for? It would help us try and understand you better.
Originally posted by kat2684
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Oh and "EKat", why the "E"?
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No problem, sir. Your discretion is commendable.
I am an adult female.
Armageddon and applying all my efforts to bringing it to reality.
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4) Are there consistent preferable qualities? Extra limbs? Is the classification of "woman" all about the mechanics? What if "she" has an outy instead of an inny? Is that a deal breaker at the Spider Robinson bar?
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I love tenticles btw. I actually meditated once on why that was, and might talk about that sometime.
Extra limbs, that's more Krishna...err, Lord Krishna
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I'm with you friend, been married for over half my life, and I have way more lady friends than men friends. I love them all, for each one is a small representation of the Great and Divine Mother Goddess, who lives in each one.
When I see my men friends, all they want to do is out do each other with stories of sexual conquests and how much money they make. My Lady friends, on the other hand, ask "how is the family? Can I get you some coffee, or something to eat?" And they will talk about most anything. I spend at least an hour each night talking to my wife
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The Toyota RAV4 EV just debuted at the LA Auto show. It's not much of a surprise, really. It's been known for a while that Toyota and Tesla were working together on the CUV EV. Tesla was tasked with the developing the power train, battery, electronics, electric motor, gearbox and software — pretty much the heart of the vehicle. The first crop are already on the road and seeing… Read More


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SP: Henry V
LP: Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven, Bonzo's Montreux from the album Coda), Metallica (Unforgiven)
Again, Michael is recycling past SP for his LP. In 2003, he used his 2002 SP (Malaguena) and added Concierto de Aranjuez. Now, he's using Metallica from his 2003 SP for part of his new LP. With so many choices out there, I don't think he needs to reach back from the past for music. Of course, there are no rules that prohibit this. Also, he is using Bonzo's Montreux - which to me will forever be associated with Kurt Browning (his 93 SP). Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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This is a simple theorem I have read online:
With the following proof:Let G be a group and let be commuting elements of finite orders m, n, respectively,
where . Then is the trivial subgroup.
The question is: What does "commuting element" mean? If it's the ordinary meaning (Like in ab=ba).Let . Then |x| is a divisor of |g| and of |h|, and so |x| is a divisor of
gcd(|g|,|h|)=1. Thus x is the identity of G.
What is the role in the proof and why cannot the above theorem be proven for non-commuting elements?


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So Willoughby & Baltic is going to put together an interactive Halloween show at the Charles River Museum of Industry.
It'll be in three parts, and the third part, the part that appeals the most to me, is a series of interactive "exhibits" of weird aquatic creatures that have been captured or created or something by a mad scientist, in approximately 1910.
I'd been thinking about getting some plastic creatures – fish, lobsters, reptiles – and hacking them apart and gluing them back together in ways Nature never intended, and then figuring out a way to animate them [It's ALIVE!!!].
And then I walked into the Walgreens near work, and found Ed.
Dead Ed, the Crawling Zombie.
When the switch in his hand is pressed (or, if he's set to react to noise/motion, when the noise/motion sensors are tripped), his red LED eyes light up, he moans and groans and says things like "I can only crawl after ya so fast!," and his arms start moving at a frantic pace, gradually pulling his legless body across the floor.
You can see the potential.
It took me a day or two to decide I really wanted to acquire one of these, because none of them in the store actually worked, and while it might have been due to dead batteries, maybe it wasn't. Well, it wasn't.
I tried Dead Ed out on the kitchen floor, with Claude perched inside my collar. In retrospect, that might not have been the most brilliant move on my part, but Claude is rarely inclined to giving me harsh warning bites when something frightens him. Instead, he kind of puffed himself up and growled and muttered while Dead Ed skittered around the floor and groaned about not being able to feel his legs.
When I offered my finger to Claude, suggesting that he go hang out on the floor and take a closer look, he refused utterly.
Later, after the birds were tucked into bed, I took Dead Ed up to my work space and got out a utility knife, to get to the business of figuring out what sort of mechanism and structure I really had to work with under that rubbery green skin.
I used a utility knife to cut around the base of the skin, thinking I could just roll it up over itself and remove it that way. During that process, I realized that the motion sensor was glued into the skin, so I had to cut around that, too.
It was fairly tricky to actually fold the skin back on itself, and I realized it would not be possible to pull it up over the shoulders. Unless I removed the arms, first.
So I cut the arms off at the seam – well, I should I say I pulled them apart at the seam, as the glue holding them on was quite weak. It was fairly easy to pull the arm skin off of the armature, which was nothing more than some stiff wire, bent into an arm shape (oooh! And bendable into other configurations!).
The left arm contained the wiring for the switch; the right arm was just a piece of wire.
I still had to remove the arms, which turned out to be fairly simple. Each arm (the stiff wire) was held in place by a piece of plastic that was screwed into the shoulder. Once the plastic cover was removed, the arm could be pulled free.
Note use of lid of sewing box to keep small screws and things from rolling away.
Once the arms were removed, the skin of the body was much easier to remove. It was also greasier inside than I expected.
Mmm, zombie grease.
It turns out that Ed's head was just a small block of foam with some wire inside it.
That's right, there were no brains.
The last step was to remove the LED eyes. They were glued in place, but some firm pressure was all that I needed to pop them out, and then the entire structure and mechanism was free of the skin.
There are a lot of wires and electronic bits, protected by a thin plastic shell.
The wires are easier to see without the cover. I need to remember to replace that before I put the new skin on. Whatever that is. I haven't quite figured it out yet.
The speaker I will be disabling. Probably by careful use of a pair of diagonal pliers to the wires.
Tired of taking things apart (well, fearful, really, that any further disassembly would lead me to a state from which I could not return), I reassembled Ed, leaving the skin off.
I used a safety pin to hold the LEDs and the motion/light sensor safely on top of the head.
And here he is, in action, Dead Ed the Skinless Crawling Zombie.
What's next? Well, I need to cut the speaker wires and create a new skin for this beastie. I have some stretchy snake-print fabric, and lots of random scraps of other potentially useful stuff.
I may also take a trip to the nearest cheap toy store and find something appropriate to cut up and attach to the existing armature.


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Students expose social ills at drama festival
Monday March 14 2016
Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County are the winners in the play category of the annual Kenya Drama Festival for schools, colleges and universities Aberdare Region that ended on Friday.
Thingithu Secondary School Laikipia County hosted the very best from Laikipia, Nyeri, Muranga, Kirinyaga, Kiambu and Nyandarua in the five day festival.
In an action packed closing ceremony, students presented items filled with topical messages that portray the social ills that threaten our economy, including exams cheating.
Mugori Girls High School's winning play was about the Kenya Drama Festival. Their play, The trials of Aristoto, scripted and directed by Munene wa Mumbi put the drama teacher on the trial.
Kianyaga High School also qualified for the nationals after their play Torrent of Rodents scooped second position.
At the centre of the conflict in this play is a child, baby Kauchumi who is about to be attacked by ferocious rats.
Who will rescue baby Kaunchumi? The play uses allegory and stage metaphors to portray the social ills.
Form One student Brian Kanai who acted as baby Kauchumi won the best actor award even though he did not utter a single word on stage.
His presence on stage as a baby wearing pampers was enough to create a powerful effect. Baricho High School were third while Mary Hills Girls were fourth.
In the cultural dance category Kangubiri Girls High School were the winners. The dance explored the importance of integrity and professionalism.
The dance was choreographed by Esther Mbuga.
They were followed by Iria-Ini Girls High School. St Ann Gituba were third, Gitugi Girls and Othaya Boys fourth and fifth respectively.
Mumbi Girls High School were the winners in the choral verse category. Tumumutu Girls were second, Ng'araria Girls third, Magomano Girls (fourth), Muguru secondary (fifth) and Muthua-aini Seconadary (sixth).
Alliance High School were the winners in the solo verse category followed by Chomo Boys and than Chinga Boys.
Kijabe Boys were the winners in the oral narrative category. Alliance Girls were second and Wahundura were third.
Meanwhile, Riara Springs Girls High School play came was the best in the Metropolitan Regional Drama festival that ended on Friday at Noon Kopir Girls High school.
Their play Pacification was about the plight of boys. Dawamu Leadership School and Liaser Hill stage the second and third best plays.
In the cultural dance category, Dagoretti High school took position one, and were followed by Kenya High and Nembu Girls.
Kwanthanze Secondary school were the winners in the choral verse category. Precious Blood were second and State House Girls third.


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The formula, published in this week's Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows a wide variation in risk.
Consider a 51-year-old woman who smoked a pack a day since she was 14 until stopping nine years ago. The formula puts her chances of getting lung cancer in the next 10 years at less than 1 in 100.
Compare a 68-year-old man who smoked two packs a day since he was 18 and hasn't yet quit. He has a 1 in 7 chance of lung cancer by his 78th birthday if he keeps puffing. If he quit smoking today, the risk drops slightly, to 1 in 9.
The formula only works for certain people -- those older than 50, who smoked at least half a pack a day for at least 25 years -- because it's based on a study that tracked cancer development in just those people.
Researchers from New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center created the formula and posted a version on the center's Web site Tuesday.
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I was looking at my 3-year-old daughter's feet the other day. They are the epitome of feet: smooth, rounded, 5 plump toes. As it happened I was also barefoot, and the obvious comparison to my own feet was not flattering. They're gnarled and coarse, with huge callouses, veins, grooves, sores, black toenails, and the works. They may be functional, but they're not attractive! :-)
Anyone else have a shameful secret to share?
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Hmmm, it doesn't sound like my feet are quite as narly as yours but I tend to get nasty callouses. I've found that a large emory board (specifically for callouses) does wonders to soften my foot callouses and make my feet a bit more tolerable to look at. I try to use the emory board once every couple of weeks. I should probably do it more often.
If I could just get my nails to stop falling off then my feet would be pretty decent. Actually, I ran four marathons last year and only lost two toe nails. I haven't lost one in quite some time. Either I'm getting better at taking care of my feet before I do my long runs or my nails are just getting thicker.
My wife keeps telling me to go with her to get a pedicure and that there's no reason to feell shy about it. She claims they can do wonders for my feet. I've been waiting for my last toe nail to grow back completely and then maybe I'll consider it.
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Once found only in isolated pockets scattered throughout a retail organization, analytics are now playing an increasingly significant role as a key driver of overall performance and competitive advantage. However, as the business importance of analytics expands, many retailers struggle to unlock their full value and turn their data into a key strategic asset.
A recent Economist Intelligence Unit survey of more than 600 executives revealed that 85% thought the biggest hurdle to unlocking value from analytics was not grappling with the sheer volume of data, but analyzing and acting on it. The majority of respondents said data was not viewed strategically nor incorporated into their organization's culture, hampering their ability to identify and act on the insights embedded within it.
But several leading retailers like Walmart, Macy's and CVS are overcoming the challenges and are successfully integrating analytics into their business practices and culture. In the process, they have improved business performance through better decision-making.
If the age-old retail challenge is getting the right item, at the right place, at the right time, at the right price, then analytics are providing a dramatically better way to achieve this goal. Retailers who have aggressively pursued an analytics-driven business model have seen a significant lift in performance. A recent analysis of 179 public companies conducted by the MIT Sloan School of Management found that firms that emphasize decision-making based on data and analytics performed5% to 6% better than their peers.
For example, a multibillion-dollar national supermarket chain realized that their one-size-fits-all approach to merchandising their stores left them vulnerable to more nimble competitors. Analyzing store-level data on customers, augmented with external data, they were able to develop localized assortments relevant to customers who shopped a particular store. Kurt Salmon then assisted them in integrating this new approach into their category and space planning processes. The new approach resulted in comp-store sales improvements of 2% to 7%.
Another Kurt Salmon client, a specialty retailer, is seeing a 10% to 15% reduction in total inventory and a 60 to 90 basis point increase in sales after we helped them strengthen their inventory allocation analytics and processes.
Through Kurt Salmon's work with retailers at all stages of analytical maturity, we have identified five steps that leading analytical retailers have taken:
1. Focus on business outcomes.
Many organizations begin, and unfortunately end, their foray into analytics by hiring a group of Ph.D.s and just setting them loose on their data. Like the "build it and they will come" mentality that continues to plague IT implementations, just setting up an analytics team is woefully insufficient. Without clear business objectives in mind and the organizational mechanisms necessary to translate analytics output into business outcomes, the organization will quickly start to question the value of analytics. Even worse, the analytics team will be perceived as a siloed group of intellectuals, divorced from the organization and unable to effectively contribute to the business's larger goals. Soon after, questions about the cost of analytics will follow, with some companies going so far as to consider reducing or eliminating the analytics team.
Instead, successful analytically driven organizations start with a laser focus on the end business objectives and then employ analytics to achieve those results. This may entail establishing or growing an analytics organization, but the analytics team—and the organization as a whole—now has much greater clarity on how analytics create business value.
At the end of the day, it is critical to understand that analytics are the means to an end, not the end itself. Working with a large European department store chain, Kurt Salmon helped them establish just such an analytics focus. They needed to improve their historically inaccurate buying and sizing processes, which resulted in both significant lost sales and large quantities of unproductive merchandise. Through our efforts, the retailer was able to use data on customer purchase patterns to better predict future demand and realize an average increase in profits of €260 thousand per store for the categories addressed.
2. Transform the culture.
As nice as it would be to believe that every retail organization is poised to become analytically driven, almost the exact opposite is true. With but a few exceptions like Tesco, using data, analytics and insights to make decisions isn't in the DNA of most retail organizations. As such, resistance can be severe and the objections to doing things differently numerous. As one senior executive at a retailer once said, "If I believed what the data are telling me, I'd have to change what I'm doing."
To overcome this organizational inertia, the leadership team must lead the charge and actively campaign on behalf of a data-driven culture. In our experience, it's not atypical that a company will spend vastly more time supporting cultural and business practice changes than generating analytics insights.
3. Build the "right" analytics team.
We've said that the answer to becoming a successful analytically driven retailer isn't to just hire a bunch of Ph.D.s. However, the importance of having high-quality data scientists as part of your analytics team can't be overstated. These individuals need to have the technical skills and intellectual curiosity to solve complex analytics problems, coupled with the desire to achieve business impact and not just build models.
We are also seeing high-performing analytics teams begin to augment their data scientist roles with a second group of analytics liaisons. Typically, these individuals combine technical knowledge with business acumen. They function as a bridge to the larger organization and, more importantly, are responsible for ensuring that analytics drive business impact. The liaison role helps generate new opportunities for the business, works with data scientists to uncover the requisite insights and then links those insights back to the business decision where they apply.
This combination of skill sets enables the analytics team to fully integrate with the business and focus on key business needs and decisions. The team doesn't replace the decision-making of the business manager; rather, they partner to drive smarter decisions. To borrow liberally from a dated advertising phrase, the analytics team "doesn't make decisions, they help make better decisions."
4. Embed analytics into day-to-day business operations.
When implemented well, analytics create impact throughout the organization by empowering better decisions. So it follows that to generate this impact, analytics need to be integrated into the key decision-making processes across an organization's functional groups—such as merchants using customer insights to develop localized assortments, marketers adjusting the depth of a targeted promotion based on customers' price sensitivity or inventory managers shifting product allocations to a specific store based on a weather forecast. Taking a step back, it's easy to see that there are numerous opportunities for retailers to use analytics to improve sales and profits.
5. Invest intelligently in technology.
While Microsoft Excel continues to be the Swiss army knife of many a retail organization, the reality is that unlocking data's full value requires the appropriate technology above and beyond Excel. The good news is that the technology is now more mature, computing and data storage costs continue to decline, and new delivery models like software as a service (SaaS) enable companies to access the technology they need much more easily. To ensure technology investments generate sufficient returns, companies should establish a collaborative partnership between the analytics team, end business users and the IT organization.
Working together, this partnership should first clearly identify the end business opportunity, the current hurdles to realizing the opportunity and the functionality necessary to clear those hurdles. Only then should they lay out the roadmap and business case for any technology investment required. In this way, the organization and, more importantly, the CEO and CFO, will have confidence that the investment is justified.
Without a doubt, investing in analytics can pay off. But to ensure it does, analytics must be integrated into the larger organization and engrained in its culture, embedded in clear business objectives, and used to drive key strategic decisions. And as more and more retailers develop advanced analytical capabilities and customers come to expect the personalization they enable, retailers who are slow to respond will quickly be left behind.
Think Analytics Aren't for You?
Analytics aren't just for online pure-play retailers. Many retailers across segments and channels are successfully harnessing the power of analytics.
» Macy's. With a national footprint and seven of every 10 U.S. households shopping them each year, Macy's faced the challenge of being relevant to each and every customer. By tapping a vast trove of customer data with the MyMacy's program, Macy's is able to create personalized customer experiences that manifest through both localized merchandise assortments in the store and targeted and timely customer communications through email and mobile.
» Safeway. The grocer recently announced customized promotional offers based on customer buying habits and says it may expand the program to include personalized prices tailored to individual price sensitivity.
» Sears. While many retailers typically make pricing decisions based on historical data augmented with a bit of competitive research, Sears is using a Hadoop-based analytics platform to determine the optimal price for millions of items every week—every day, in some cases.
» Amazon. Of course, no conversation about analytics would be complete without Amazon. In a recent letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos outlined his philosophy on investing in advanced analytics to drive business decisions."Technology infuses all of our teams, all of our processes, our decision-making and our approach to innovation in each of our businesses."As a result of that approach, Amazon has been able to use customer data to personalize search results; drive product recommendations; ward off fraud; determine which marketing channels are most effective; and support a variety of fulfillment, sourcing, capacity and inventory decisions.
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DALLAS -- On Monday, the Dallas Mavericks got to know a little bit more about some of their fans.
The Mavs hosted a workshop -- named Basketball 101 -- at American Airlines Center for over 200 women. And by all accounts, the workshop was a smashing success.
"This is a cross section of our fans,'' general manager Donnie Nelson said. "It's the Al- American moms,
grandmas and daughters.
"It's really a cool mother-daughter opportunity and event to come and to get kind of see the secrets that you normally don't see. They see the locker room, the practice court, and the war room
and such.''
The women were sent to eight different stations and spent eight minutes at each station. Nelson spoke about the franchise, coach Rick Carlisle talked about his team, assistant coach Monte Mathis lectured the women on defense, and assistant coach Jim O'Brien discussed offensive strategies.
Also, player development coach Tony Brown discussed the insights of his job, while guard Dahntay Jones and rookie center Bernard James shared their expertise while in the Mavs' locker room. In addition, head athletic trainer Casey Smith and assistant trainer Dionne Calhoun shared two stations -- one on the weight room and another concerning strength and conditioning.
Amanda Billings, a 29-year old nurse from Dallas, attended her sixth Mavs' workshop Monday. And she's getting more knowledgable with each trip.
"We just love coming here because it's always so much fun and they teach a lot,'' Billings said. "In the past they had referee stations and they always gave us inside tips about it's not always about what you see.
"Everyone was like why do certain players not get calls and some players do? And they were like people want to see a good game, and if you're a big man we're not always going to call every little thing on them.''
Billings was delighted to meet Casey, who has won two gold medals while being on the medical staff for the USA during the past two Olympics.
"He's fantastic and he knows so much, and it's real cool since he was the trainer for the Olympic team,'' Billings said. "I'm a nurse and I told him if you ever need a nurse I'm more than
happy to come help you out. He's a really cool guy.''
The Mavs have held one of these workshops for 12 years. And Nelson has attended all 12.
"It's unique, especially for us, because we don't have a chance to really bond like this a lot,'' Nelson said. "We live in a little bubble where the fans are up there.
"We have a chance to engage in 200 women, and its been neat.''
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Virginia will rebuild the Chesapeake Bay oyster population with a its biggest-ever replenishment program, a $2 million initiative beginning in May and continuing through the summer.
The program will spread 1 million bushels of oyster shells on public oyster grounds, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission said Thursday. Naturally occurring oyster larvae will attach to those shells and reach market size in about three years.
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Carlos Aranda's 90th-minute goal gave Real Zaragoza a 1-0 win at Levante in a King's Cup last 16 first-leg tie on Thursday while Real Betis were held to a 1-1 draw at second division Las Palmas.
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Aranda's superb lob from outside the penalty area at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium put Zaragoza in the driving seat as they seek a likely meeting with Sevilla who are virtually assured a quarter-final berth after thrashing Real Mallorca 5-0 on Wednesday.
Betis remain on course to meet Atletico Madrid or Getafe in the last eight despite surrendering the lead at the Estadio de Gran Canaria.
Substitute Ruben Castro curled a first-time shot into the top corner in the 67th minute to fire the 2005 winners ahead before Macauley Chrisantus poked the ball over the line to give Las Palmas hope for the return leg in Seville next month.
Most of Spain's big guns played their ties on Wednesday when Lionel Messi extended his record goal tally for 2012 to 88 with a double for holders Barcelona in a 2-0 win at second division Cordoba.
Real Madrid fell two goals behind at La Liga rivals Celta Vigo but Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike made it 2-1, giving the 2011 winners a good chance of turning the tie around in the second leg at the Bernabeu.
Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa had a wretched night as his side were dumped out by third-tier Basque neighbours Eibar on away goals in a postponed last-32 second leg at the San Mames that ended 1-1 on the night and on aggregate.
Eibar will play Malaga in the last 16 with a quarter-final against Barca or Cordoba the prize for the winners.
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T-shirts suck.
Well, generally. The 5-pack of white undershirts you buy while shopping for a garbage pail or plastic cutlery at Target (or whatever you actually get at Target), those flimsy shirts with strings and open seams hanging out of the collar band (which will most definitely "bacon in the wash" despite the claims of Michael Jordan) – those suck. The shirts that get shot out of a cannon at you by the mascot at Knicks games – those suck. The sad, roughed-up shirts you find dangling on the sale racks of off-price warehouses – those suck. So, in general, t-shirts suck.
Thankfully, there's a man in the t-shirt world who shares some of our frustrations with sucky shirts: Rob Jungman, founder of Jungmaven. Made in the USA from organic cotton and hemp, Rob's Jungmaven shirts are sturdy and incredibly comfortable – garments that are built to evolve with wear, much like your favorite pair of jeans. Whether you want an earthen-colored solid henley, or a hand-splattered tie-dyed tee, Jungmaven is the answer to those terrible t-shirt woes. Added bonus: they're also immensely beneficial to the environment. Think of them as a sort of sartorial crusade for the world's mistreated soils and trees.
We recently sat down with Rob to talk about his process and ideology, so we could share it with you, but after learning the story behind these beautiful shirts, we immediately realized that Jungmaven was a no-brainer for our own shop — so, we're geeked to announce that we are carrying 5 different styles for spring/summer! Consider your summer uniform decided. You're welcome.
BKLYN Dry Goods: How did Jungmaven begin?
Rob Jungman: My first company I started, in '93, was called Manastash. Manastash's logo was a raven, and the name comes from a mountain biking spot right near the middle of Washington state, where I'd bike almost every day in college. The name means 'new beginning' because Manastash is where the spring snow melted first, and Native American tribes could plant their first crops. I didn't know that when I first started it – I just thought it was a great mountain bike ride – but it fit perfectly. Now, if you take Manastash's logo – a raven – and put it together with the name Manastash, you get 'maven.'
At the time I was reading the book 'The Tipping Point,'so I sold Manastash and moved to Costa Rica – I was there almost 5 years – where I worked at this bed and breakfast on the beach. My old Japanese distributor called me up and asked if I could design a line, so I decided to go with 'Maven.' I went to trademark it, but some gentleman in the World Wrestling Federation had apparently already taken it.
I had this other line at the time called 'Jung' – after my last name, Jungman – so I put the two together, and it was just too bizarre for anyone to have. That made it super easy to trademark, get the website, and there you go. You have Jungmaven.
BKDG: So, you're originally from Washington?
RJ: I'm from Seattle, and Jungmaven's a Seattle corporation.
BKDG: But you're based in New York now?
RJ: Well, the factories we work with are in LA, but the showroom and main sales offices are in New York.
BKDG: Did you start Jungmaven with a couple of friends, or has this just been your own thing?
RJ: Yeah, I started it, and I ended up meeting this couple up in the Humboldt area who had a little operation going – working with fabrics and waxes – and we all just started making shirts for Jungmaven. There's no hand-on at this point; after about six months they went on their way. So since then, it's pretty much been a one-person operation – aside from the sales and showroom team in New York. And the team in the factories. It's pretty small.
BKDG: On your website you say your goal is for 'everyone to have a hemp shirt by 2020.' Why make shirts from organic hemp and cotton? How can this help both us as consumers and the environment itself?
RJ: Well, the 'hemp in 2020' thing started around 2010, and at first everybody kind of thought it was a joke (laughs). With the amount of t-shirts we have to produce, it can be kind of hard, but what we're really trying to do is change the t-shirt mindset; the paradigm of shirts. When you think of a t-shirt, you automatically go to 'cotton' – we want people to start thinking of hemp.
Cotton is one of, if not the worst, abuser of pesticides insecticides used on crops. It's also one of the worst abusers of fresh water, which is quickly becoming a natural resource of high demand. If you look at the areas where cotton is grown – the 'cotton belt' – those are areas which are facing heavy droughts; they're becoming deserts quickly. The best example is the Aral Sea in Russia – once the fourth or fifth largest body of water in the area – which has been completely drained of water, 90% of it because of cotton.
BKDG: Wow.
RJ: Yeah, just a classic example of abuse of a natural resource. Hemp, on the other hand, uses practically no pesticides or insecticides – the small amount of THC within it (which you actually can't smoke) acts as a natural repellent. It eats up a ton of carbon dioxide, it has a huge biomass (it's one of the fastest growing plants on Earth), and its root infrastructure is off the charts as far as helping soil. It used to be a rotation crop in America just for that reason – it would loosen up the soil for other plants.
Cotton is the complete opposite – it needs to be flooded and irrigated, therefore using tons of water. It's root infrastructure is also super shallow, so it does very little for breaking up soils and putting nutrients deep inside.
So, all around, hemp is just a way better crop for helping not only farmers, but our air, water, streams, oceans, food supplies…and on. There's just so much you can do with hemp.
BKDG: Is finding quality hemp or organic cotton difficult?
RJ: You know, I used to fight it, when I was younger in the '90s. I actually thought it was gonna be legal by 2000.
There's a system in place that supplies our hemp yarn – what we use to knit fabric out of. It goes through its ups and down of prices, and I hope American farmers are able to take advantage of it. I have – I've been on the Hemp Association Board since it began in 1994, where our goal is to get industrial hemp grown in the United States. As a business owner, however, I tell people that it's realistically not gonna be one of the top 10 things used for textiles in the U.S. It's hard to compete with China (as far as textiles), but it does make sense in food, in construction, etcetera. But, yes, there's a system in China where we buy our hemp from and that works just great.
BKDG: So, when you started Manastash and the other companies, was your main focus on environmentally conscious clothes or fashion? There's a good amount of companies with organic cotton or hemp shirts but their shirts aren't as nice-looking as yours. To us, at least.
RJ: That's a great question, I don't know if I've been asked that before. I had this great environmental studies professor when I was going to college, and he told me one day that we could be growing industrial hemp out in Washington, because Washington has its rainforests, deserts… my college was right where those two areas met, near a farmland-like area. I was a big outdoors person – I was rock climbing or mountain biking pretty much everyday, so the whole area was my playground. Now, rock climbing and mountain biking in clear-cut land isn't very fun, so if I could save these rainforests like my professor told me, I'd definitely want to do that.
Now, in the very beginning, I loved clothes. I've always loved clothes since I was a kid, especially altering and changing them. I'd have a lot of fun with it. With these companies, though, I wanted to create something capitalistic that, as it grew, would do really great things for the environment. So as people jump on this bandwagon, they're helping Earth in a way.
I love clothes, but I'd probably say I'm a conservationist at heart, and I wanted to create something that was primarily doing a good thing for an environment. Saving our trees, and doing all of the other things that this great plant can do. Hemp's also gotta look good and feel right, though, and I think hemp t-shirts just naturally feel right – they feel good when you wear them.
BKDG: You have such interesting dyes on your shirts – is that done by hand in New York or LA? How does the whole dye process work?
RJ: As far as dyes, there's this really cool dye-house out in LA we use. We love the hand-to-garment idea, touching each piece and adding something special to it. Stripes are hand-painted on. When you see checkered ones, those are rolled on using wax and paint, which is a pretty long process – you have to hand-paint a lot of the patterns on the shirt – and oftentimes it'll take 2 or 3 days to complete. They're a little bit more expensive, but we try our best to keep them affordable. We want everybody to have a hemp shirt, but the unique designs and patterns are also a great added touch.
BKDG: From looking at the shirts, in person and online, they seem to give off this retro-surf type vibe – like what shirts used to be like, or should be like. Has old surf culture or outdoorsy culture inspired you at all?
RJ: I grew up in Phoenix – I lived there from 5 years old to 13 – and I was just this little skater kid. I'd carry around Sex Wax in my back pocket – I didn't even know what to do with it, I think I tried to eat it once – it was just something you did out there to be cool. OP, Lightning Bolt… these were all super inspirational to me. I'd wear their t-shirts until they shredded – the uniform was OP shorts, t-shirt, and some Vans. Everyday.
I moved to Seattle and realized you could actually wear pants, scarves, jackets… parachute pants were in and I couldn't figure those out, so many zippers and pockets. My influence, though, was still the Southern California skate scene.
When I started Jungmaven, I was living in Costa Rica surfing almost everyday, so Jungmaven has really sprung from that. I always say Jungmaven's the Volkswagen van with a mountain bike, surfboard, rock climbing gear, a bag of Goji berries (laughs). It's really more of a lifestyle – it's all about living well, enjoying life, taking care of the environment. It's a soul-driven company that has a real environmental purpose, so we have a healthy one for many, many generations to come. The seed of it is from what we know – surfing, enjoying the outdoors – but it's really meant for everybody.
BKDG: Finally, what's your go-to Jungmaven product? If you had to choose one favorite piece you make or own, whether it's a henley, t-shirt, sweatshirt… what would it be?
RJ: Hm, that's a good question. The Baja tee is what we've been making for the longest – since 1996, with Manastash – it's heavier weight, 7 oz, more 'old school.' That's probably my favorite piece – it's the shirts I remember from childhood, ones you wear for 10 to 12 years. I actually have one in my closet that's been around for that long. Maybe not the best thing for re-selling, but it's a great product that's built to last.
BKDG: The classic.
RJ: Yeah, exactly. It evolves over wear… it doesn't just fall apart over a couple weeks or months like so many shirts do. It's my favorite product, and it's been with me the longest.
Unsurprisingly, Rob had to be on his way to a Jungmaven Earth Day event. In case you didn't understand it already, Rob's Jungmaven crew is really, truly, genuinely passionate about the state of our environment. So next time you're about to spend 10 bucks on that Hanes 5-pack, think about what Rob's said. It's bigger than fashion, and its bigger than us.
And even if it isn't bigger than fashion, who cares. These shirts are awesome-looking.
Shop Jungmaven here.


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Guild Education draws $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Redpoint
According to a 2014 report from Complete College America, a nonprofit group based in Indianapolis, just 19 percent of full-time students earn a bachelor's degree in four years at public universities. The stats are even worse at community colleges, where five percent of full-time students earn an associates degree within two years, and just 15.9 percent earn a one- to… Read More
Mixmax, Which Adds Rich Media, Polls, Scheduling To E-mail, Integrates With Google Inbox
Mixmax, an e-mail startup that recently raised $1.5 million from Harrison Metal and Floodgate, integrated with Inbox to turn e-mails into much more than just a text-heavy experience. With Mixmax, you can schedule calendar availability directly from where you're composing your e-mails from Google Inbox among other features. Mixmax was founded in the past year to turn e-mail from a static… Read More
Joyable Launches Online Tools To Help You Overcome Social Anxiety
There are lots of startups promising to improve your physical health — and with the imminent release of the Apple Watch, not to mention the flood of other wearable devices, it's a safe bet that they're going to keep coming. Today, however, a startup called Joyable is launching to tackle the mental health side of things, starting with social anxiety. The company is also… Read More
Yardsellr Scores $5 Million Series A From Accel To Become The eBay Of Facebook
Bringing social commerce to Facebook is a big opportunity attracting a lot of capital these days. Social swap meet Yardsellr just raised a $5 million series A financing, led by Accel Partners. Harrison Metal Capital, which previously put up $750,000 in seed funding, also participated. Yardsellr is an eBay for Facebook, except without the auctions. In fact, the company was founded by… Read More


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Lowry, Hutchinson lead Jets in 4-2 win over Stars
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Adam Lowry put in his own rebound to break a second-period tie as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Bryan Little, Dustin Byfuglien and Michael Frolik, with an empty-netter, also scored for Winnipeg. Michael Hutchinson made 26 saves for Winnipeg and has points in his last six starts (4-0-2).
Erik Cole and Jason Demers supplied the offense for Dallas, winless in its past four games and slipping out of the playoff picture in the Western Conference.
Jhonas Enroth stopped 21 shots for Dallas. He got the start after giving up six third-period goals in the Stars' 6-2 loss to Minnesota last Sunday.
It was the last meeting this season between the teams. Winnipeg has won three of the four matches.
Winnipeg took a 1-0 lead in the first period with Stars forward Jason Spezza penalized for cross-checking. Little's shot bounced off a Dallas defender and hit Enroth before going in for his team-leading 24th goal.
Dallas didn't record its first shot on goal until about seven minutes into the period, but it was Winnipeg's turn to lag on shots in the second period.
Cole scored his 18th goal 12 minutes in and Winnipeg hadn't yet managed a shot. Spezza fed Cole a pass across the front of the net for his 37th assist. Spezza now has points in nine of his last 10 games, including five goals and nine assists.
Lowry got Winnipeg's first two shots on goal in the period when he got his own rebound and then flipped the puck past Enroth at 14:34 for a 2-1 lead.
Dallas held a 20-18 edge in shots heading into the final period.
Defenseman Jacob Trouba helped stretch Winnipeg's lead when he sent a long pass to Byfuglien, who went in alone on Enroth and scored his 15th goal with a low backhand shot.
Frolik scored his 13th goal after Spezza turned over the puck and Frolik put it in the empty net with 3:07 to go.
Demers scored his third of the season with 1:07 left.
NOTES: Frolik was replacing right winger Blake Wheeler on the top line with Little and Andrew Ladd. Wheeler, who may be nursing an injury related to a shot he took in the knee in Winnipeg's 5-1 loss to Washington last Thursday, had his consecutive-game streak stopped at 227. … The Jets play their second game of a four-game homestand Thursday against St. Louis. Dallas hosts Colorado on Friday.
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New Guides Aim to Become the Yelp for MOOC's
Students looking for massive open online courses, or MOOC's, have many options, with a growing number of providers and course titles. A handful of Web sites have popped up over the past few months to help students find courses they're interested in, much as a restaurant-goer might turn to Yelp. Some of the sites let students review the MOOC's they've taken, incorporating their views into the sites' overall guidance.
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New Delhi, May 7 (CNA) Taiwan captured six gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the 13th Asian Physics Olympiad competition, held in New Delhi May 1-6. The medal haul left Taiwan as the second biggest winner at the annual physics event for high school students in the region, trailing only China, which won eight of the 30 gold medals awarded. Nearly 160 high school students from 21 countries participated in the competition. (By Ho Horn-ru and Elizabeth Hsu) enditem/ls
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FireMon has added a new market for channel partners with the launch Wednesday of a risk-assessment tool that improves network security by locating the most serious vulnerabilities.
Risk Analyzer gives FireMon's 75 partners the option of selling a new standalone product or using the software themselves to sell risk-assessment services, Jody Brazil, president and chief technology officer, said. The new product starts at $30,000.
Overland Park, Kan.-based FireMon targets a couple of niches within the security market. Its Security Manager builds a management layer on top of an organization's firewalls, while Risk Analyzer builds a priority list from the thousands of systems and application vulnerabilities detected by corporate scanners from vendors like Qualys or Rapid7. The new product stems from FireMon's acquisition in April of risk analysis firm Saperix Technologies.
Risk Analyzer crawls through a corporate network building a chart of the network systems that malware would travel through -- firewalls, switches, routers, proxies and intrusion detection and prevention systems. With the model, the tool presents a risk score that a company can use to determine whether subsequent actions taken actually decrease risk.
Along with the score, Risk Analyzer prioritizes vulnerabilities that need to be fixed as quickly as possible for the greatest improvements in security, Brazil said. The assumption behind the tool is that not all vulnerabilities are important. For example, a flaw in an application that's not exposed to the Internet would carry less risk than a vulnerability on a Web server. "There's a difference between vulnerability and risk," he said.
Making that distinction is how companies can get the most out of their security budget by spending money on the most critical problems, Brazil argues. In addition, Risk Analyzer can provide metrics when chief information officers ask whether security is improving. "This is a solution that helps answer that question," he said.