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Description Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale
Dandelion, which is a flowering plant, belongs to a plant family called Asteraceae. Lawn care involves weed control and Dandelion is among the major weeds found in lawns. The plant can grow up to 17 inches high. Actually, in various parts of the world, the plant is identified as a weed. However, in Belgium Dandelion is cultivated and exploited for its values such as root beer and wine production. Moreover, the roots of the plant can be used as coffee substitute. Dandelion is readily identifiable as a tough perennial weed. The base of the plant is rosette-like producing multiple leaves and numerous flowering stems.
Dandelion name derivation
The name dandelion was derived from French words "dent de lion" The later means lion's tooth. This name was chosen for this particular plant because of its leaves that are deeply toothed. In fact, it is believed that the English derivative might have separately evolved several times. The scientific name Taraxacum officinale is thought to be a derivative of a Persian word "rarashaquq" The latter was used by pharmacists. The plant species name is derived from the latin word "officina" meaning store-room, office or pharmacy.
Dandelions originated from Eurasia. However, they have spread to other parts such as New Zealand, North America, India, South America and many other countries. The wide distribution of the plant is due to migration of Europeans in many parts of the world. Much of this distribution owes to the fact that the plant has a lot of medicinal values. In many parts, it is identified as an invasive species out-competing the native species for habitats.
Dandelion is widely distributed throughout the world. The plant is very common in habitats that have an adequate supply of sunlight. In other words, it is identified commonly in temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. The common Dandelion habitats are lawns, grasslands, gardens, forest edges, and meadows. In lawns, the Dandelion is common as a broad-leaved weed.
Dandelions have seeds that appear as white balls (spherical collections). Each seed is enclosed by feathery bristles for easy dispersal by the wind. They can cover 5 miles before landing.
Dandelion produces composite flowers. This is in spring (between months of March and September). Its flowers are golden yellow in color. They are shaped like disks and have a feathery appearance. The outer bracts of the flower point downwards. The flower head is tightly packed with numerous tiny florets. In fact, a common characteristic of the family is that each petal represents a flower. Interestingly, the flowers have a behavior highly influenced by the sun. They open in the morning and when the sun sets in the evening they close.
The plant has leaves that have toothed edges. These leaves are basal i.e. they are found at ground level. They have deep lobes and have an appearance similar to that of Chicory leaves. They are 2 – 10 cm long. When you break any leaf milky latex oozes.
Life Cycle
Dandelions germinate from seeds (sexual reproduction). They produce viable seeds through the process of "apomixes" (no cross-fertilization). Notably, the resulting progeny is also capable of producing more viable seeds without cross-fertilization. That way a single dandelion can colonize your lawn within a little time.
Dandelions flower abundantly in spring. However, they can also produce flowers in the fall. After some days, flowers close and seeds develop inside. The seeds are enclosed in a fruit referred to as "cypselae". These seeds are formed on the flower stalk with each seed representing a floret. Every seed has a pappus (feathery bristles), that aid in wind dispersion. The flower stalk is elongated upwards as the seeds mature, raising the seed head into the path of breezes.
Why it's hard to control the weed
Once the seed germinates, a rosette of tiny leaves is produced close to the ground. They concentrate on developing a tap root, which grows deep in the soil. Hence, by the time you notice a dandelion plant, it means that it is fully established. For this reason, it's hard to eradicate the weed from your lawn.
In fact, every time there is a generation ready to replace the preceding one. Notably, a single dandelion plant can grow to a height of 50 cm. On the other hand, the plant can grow for five to ten years.
Lawn care
If you have a lawn, you must be well informed that getting rid of Dandelions is not easy. Seeds can be brown from your neighbor's yard. However, to enhance Dandelions control in your lawn here are tips.
• Never over cut the grass - Avoid cutting grass to heights less than 2 inches, 3 inches is even better. When you cut the grass too short, you allow a lot of light to penetrate and support massive dandelion growth and germination.
• Fertilizer use – Some people say that dandelions utilize fertilizers better compared to the grass and that fertilizer use should be limited. This may be true in that a dandelion will get bigger. However, most grasses have the ability to spread so as to fill in the empty spaces. So regular proper feeding of lawns will thicken the lawn to prevent dandelions from getting started in the lawn.
Bottom Line
Complete eradication of Dandelions from a lawn is not easy. However, through the employment of environmentally friendly lawn care practices, you can limit Dandelion populations in your lawn. Currently in Ontario, Fiesta is a herbicide that will give acceptable results if used regularly to control dandelions But, you need to accept the fact that you may still see a few dandelions from time to time.
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LAS VEGAS (March 7, 2017) – Mack Trucks today introduced the Mack Body Builder Portal, which brings all of Mack's body builder resources together in one convenient and easily accessible online location. As a one-stop shop for all body builder needs, the new Mack Body Builder Portal gives customers, body builders and dealers the tools they need to ensure a quick and efficient body upfit process.
"Mack's strong reputation for application excellence is built on delivering trucks that meet our customers' specific needs, which in many cases includes body modifications from body equipment manufacturers," said Jonathan Randall, senior vice president of sales, Mack Trucks North America. "With the new Mack Body Builder Portal, we're making it even easier for customers and body builders to easily access the information they need to best modify their vehicles."
Resources available through the Mack Body Builder Portal include wiring schematics and links to industry associations like the American Concrete Pumping Association, as well as contact information for Mack's Body Builder Support Team and Mack's exclusive concrete pumper support line.
Also included are revised body builder manuals for all Mack models, which have been updated with simpler navigation. A custom-designed PTO pump speed calculator is also available.
The Mack Body Builder Portal is the latest in a series of innovations from Mack to broaden its already extensive support for customers and body builders. In 2015, Mack created its Body Builder Support Team, including a body builder order manager position focused on ensuring effective collaboration among body builders, dealers and customers during the body ordering process.
"Our Body Builder Support Group helps connect customers and body builders to our product experts for any questions that might come up during the upfit process," said Tim Wrinkle, Mack construction product manager. "This cooperation allows us to address customer inquiries before, during and after a vehicle is put into service."
Mack's Body Builder Support Group is located within the Mack Uptime Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, near Mack World Headquarters.
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Congratulations to the ultra ladies Kami Semick and Bev Abbs for finishing 1-2 overall in the ultra category. Both had amazing seasons! Congrats also to Rob Apple for running 577 miles in 11 ultras - he should get a free couch or something.
Dale Reichneder won the marathon-and-under category hands down with his nationwide trek (and the grand prize), with Michael Robbert and Bernie Boettcher not too far behind and each winning their age groups. Tania Pacev pulled ahead of Angela Brunson to win the top female slot and fourth overall. I finished up fifth this year (aka, first loser ;-)).
CARBONDALE, COLO., NOVEMBER 23, 2005 - In its January 2006 issue scheduled to hit newsstands at the end of November, Trail Runner magazine announces the winners of the world's largest trail race series.
The 2005 Trail Runner Trophy Series, co-sponsored by outdoor company LaSportiva, lasted from March 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005, and encompassed 106 North-American trail races and over 20,000 athletes. The Series-divided into two distance divisions (Marathon & Shorter and Ultra)-gave runners the chance to compete for prize packages from sponsor companies and a Grand Prize trip to Italy's Dolomite Mountains. Athletes earned points for completing races, and bonus points for top performances.
Marathon & Shorter Division - Men
Malibu, California, attorney Dale Reicheneder, 39, led the Series from start to finish. He applied his hard-working spirit to the Trophy Series calendar and pieced together a mind-boggling racing schedule that had him traversing the country and Canada. He raced in 23 events, drove a total of 4800 miles to and from them and amassed 60,319 frequent flier miles.
In April, Reicheneder confessed, "I have been given a lot of latitude in leaving work early Friday to fly somewhere--although I'm often racing with only a few hours of sleep and jet lag."
Not even runner-up Michael Robbert of Littleton, Colorado, could match Reicheneder's frantic racing schedule. Robbert, who finished second to Woodside, California's Scott Dunlap in the 2004 Trophy Series, managed to run 13 races-the second-highest total behind Reicheneder. Dunlap also gave chase to Reicheneder, finishing fifth overall.
Reicheneder's relentless summer did take a toll. In mid-June, he said, "The list [of injuries] is long, but I keep pounding away-obviously some days are better than others." After the Series, Reicheneder joked, "More than once, people were calling me 'Ahab' [in Moby Dick the monomaniacal fisherman obsessed with catching a gargantuan whale]."
Reicheneder's race total also clinched the Trail Runner Trophy Series Grand Prize awarded to the athlete completing the greatest number of races. The prize package, provided by LaSportiva, includes a trip for two to the 2006 dolomite Sky Race in Italy, lodging in Italy's scenic Val di Fassa, rental car and two pairs of LaSportiva trail-running shoes.
Says Reicheneder, who is single and has never been to Italy, "I'm really amazed at how all the women I know are begging to go with me-there must be something special about Italy!"
To Reicheneder, however, the Series is about much more than a trip. "It represents a goal that no slouch could ever hope to win," he says. "Certainly, I could buy my own ticket and vacation in Italy anytime, but going by virtue of spending countless hours and miles of training, through the hardships, racing and personal sacrifice, is a feeling of accomplishment that can't be bought with a credit card."
Marathon & Shorter Division - Women
Angela Brunson, 33, from Los Angeles, California, sat in the Trophy Series driver's seat through August. She raced strong at several California events and also traveled to Trophy Series races in Colorado.
Tania Pacev, 45, methodically gained on Brunson with her annual barrage of non-stop racing. Pacev, from Littleton, Colorado, is a prolific competitor and a frequent fixture at many races in the Rocky Mountain region. Her schedule-and top finishes-had her nipping at Brunson's heels as the Series entered its final month.
That's when Pacev found a finishing kick. She sized up the schedule of remaining races and made arrangements to run in three of them. When she won the American Discovery Trail Marathon (Colorado Springs, Colorado) on September 5, she seized control of the Trophy Series lead.
Brunson placed second, first in the 30-39 age group.
Pacev, who also placed well in the Trophy Series Ultra Division, jokes, "I'm one of those people who likes to win overall, not just win the old-broad division."
Top 20 Overall: Trophy Series Marathon & Shorter Division
Ultra Division - Men
Ultra Division Champion Jeff Christian of Beaverton, Michigan, proved that trail running is alive, well and flourishing in the American Midwest. His Trophy Series race schedule focused on America's Heartland and included long-distance epics in Michigan, Illinois and South Dakota.
True to his roll-up-the-sleeves roots, Christian gutted out several top finishes, including an overall win at the Leanhorse Ultra 100-Miler in western South Dakota's Black Hills and a second-place finish at the Sulphur Springs 50-Miler in Ancaster, Ontario (Canada). Surprisingly, Christian, 31, is not a life-long ultrarunning ace. Although he ran high-school cross country (he was the state high-school champ in the two-mile and runner-up in the one-mile), he didn't run all through his twenties. Shortly before he turned 30, he took a look in the mirror, realized "I was getting too portly" and began running again. The results speak well of his natural athletic ability and his potential.
Christian barely edged out Kentucky ultraspeedster John Hemsky. Hemsky had an outstanding season, placing second overall in both the Kettle Moraine (Wisconsin) and the McNaughton Park (Illinois) 100-Mile Races. Over the course of his summer, Hemsky traveled thousands of miles, from Virginia, where he ran the Massanutten Mountain 100, to South Dakota, where he ran against Christian in the Leanhorse 100. Christian confessed to being a bit nervous and awestruck over the head-to-head showdown, "John Hemsky is one of my idols; it was exciting to run against him."
Ultra Division - Women
100 kilometers-62 miles-is roughly the distance between Denver, Colorado, and Colorado Springs, CO, or twice the distance from Seattle, Washington, to Tacoma, Washington. And Kami Semick, 39, covered that distance in trail races four times to win the Trophy Series Title. The Bend, Oregon, resident had previously run shorter distances, but decided that 2005 was her year to perfect a longer distance.
And she perfected the 100-kilometer distance with gusto. Semick won the competitive Miwok 100K (California), Kettle Moraine 100K (Wisconsin) and Where's Waldo 100K (Oregon). Just for good measure, she also ran the National 50-Mile Trail Championship at the White River 50 (Washington) in late July and finished second in a deep, elite field.
Semick, who is married with a three-year-old daughter, had to earn her Trophy Series stripes, outscoring perennial trail-ultrarunning star Beverly Anderson-Abbs of Red Bluff, California. Anderson-Abbs led in mid August, but Semick's second-place finish at September's Great Eastern Endurance Run 100K (Virginia) put her ahead for good. Semick and Anderson-Abbs finished 1-2 in the overall points standings, as well, beating out all male Trophy Series participants.
Top 20 Overall: Trophy Series Ultra Division
About the Trophy Series
As the world's largest trail-running series, the Trophy Series is a seven-month-long points-based competition with two categories: Marathon and Shorter Distances and Ultra Distances. Participants earn points throughout the series, and the winners receive huge prize packages-including gear packages provided through sponsors Kahtoola, HoneyStinger, Petzl, SofSole, ProTech, Insport, Princeton Tec, Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports, ProTec Atheletics and Maverick Sports Medicine, Montbell, Big Agnes, Injini, Salomon, DeFeet, highGear, Camelbak and Penguin Brands.
For complete details, including full results, additional age-group champions and past news releases, visit www.trailrunnermag.com. Contact Garett Graubins (above) to schedule interviews with any 2005 Trophy Series champions.
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Stainless Steel
Whether your choice of materials is metal, metal alloy, or polymer, you may use a wide variety of materials to accomplish your goals. The 3D materials shown below are all capable of being used for your next project, whether you're in need of parts for the medical, aerospace, automotive, energy, or mold and tooling industries. The list below are the most common materials used. If you are looking for a material that is not listed here, please reach out to B.C. MacDonald & Co. and we will find it for you.
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Titanium is a very strong, lightweight, corrosion-resistant material and is used mostly for medical parts production. 3D printed titanium has a matte gray finish with a slightly rougher and less defined surface.
Aluminum alloys feature good chemical resistance, are very lightweight, and feature one of the best strength-to-weight rations of any metal. It is the choice of many in the aerospace and automotive industries for its abilities to withstand harsh conditions.
Stainless Steel
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- 15-5
- 420
- 316
Stainless Steel is a good material for printing both functional and spare parts in 3D. The material is easy to maintain because it attracts little dirt and never rusts. Stainless is used to offer solid pieces and essential hygienics in medical, aeronautical, automobile and domestic products industries.
- 716
- 625
Inconel is a high strength, corrosion resistant nickel chromium super alloy ideal for parts that will experience extreme temperatures and mechanical loading.
Copper is a metal known for its fantastic thermal and electrical conductivity. Ideal applications for 3D printing in copper include induction coils, heat exchangers and electrical wiring.
Maraging Steel
Maraging Steel is a steel powder that's characterized by having excellent strength combined with extreme toughness. Parts are easily machinable after the building process and can be easily post-hardened.
Super Alloy
- Nitinol
- Haynes 282
- Tantalum
Super alloys are an important group of high-temperature materials used in the hottest sections of jet and rocket engines. They are based on nickel, cobalt or iron with large additions of alloying elements to provide strength, toughness and durability at high temperature.
Nylon (PA)
- Polypropylene
- Glass filled
Nylon is a polymer know for its high durability, strength and flexibility. It is ideal for printing functional parts and prototypes due to outstanding mechanical properties, and good chemical, impact and heat resistance. Parts printed in Nylon can be easily post-processed in any color.
ULTEM 9085 resin is a flame-retardant, high-performance thermoplastic. It features a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent heat resistance and high impact strength. It is an ideal material for use in the aerospace industry.
Carbon PA
Carbon PA is a composite material in which chopped carbon fibers are incorporated into a polyamide matrix, creating one of the highest performing 3D printing polymers in the industry. It is ideal for high-end mechanical applications.
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There are many different photopolymer resins available for 3D printing. They vary in strength, heat resistance, static dissipative qualities and other mechanical properties that allow engineers to produce unique parts for niche applications.
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PEEK (Polyetheretherketone) is an engineering thermoplastic characterized by properties ranging from high-temperature performance to mechanical strength and excellent chemical resistance. PEEK 3D printing is likely to be a key driver for the use of AM technologies in mass production.
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By: The American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
What is "wealth?" Upon hearing this question, your thoughts might run first to material possessions: money, real estate, and other assets. However, when you really think about it, your true wealth is much more than just your accumulated assets. It encompasses the financial and the non-financial, and many people would argue that the most important elements of true wealth are all those things that don't show up on a balance sheet, things like your life experiences, your faith, your values, your work ethic, and your family history. This distinction between simple financial wealth and true wealth takes on extra significance when you begin to plan your estate. Traditional estate planning focuses on distributing your financial wealth to your chosen beneficiaries in the most time- and cost-effective manner. Legacy Planning, on the other hand, goes several steps further. Not only does it accomplish the financial objectives of traditional estate planning, it also helps to preserve your financial wealth as it passes from generation to generation, and it helps to ensure that your non-financial wealth is handed down to your children and grandchildren. The result is that you have an opportunity to build a true legacy and bond within your family.
One method for leaving behind a lasting legacy is the Family Wealth Trust, a planning tool that is flexible in meeting the specific needs of you and your loved ones. Within a Family Wealth Trust, there are two levels of protection: the Family Access Trust and the Family Sentry Trust. Both allow you to do more than simply pass on your accumulated possessions at your death.
For parents whose children are mature and have proven themselves to be good money managers, the Family Access Trust provides a combination of financial protection and flexibility. Your children have broad access to their inheritances, but the Trust keeps those assets separate from their personal finances. This allows your children to have the maximum control over their complete financial picture, while protecting their inheritances from unexpected events, like a divorce.
For children who are inexperienced with money, or who are facing a substance abuse problem or a similar issue, the Family Sentry Trust goes a step further. Not only does it protect your children from divorce or lawsuits, it also protects them from their own lack of experience or ill-advised decisions.
The Family Wealth Trust also allows you to hand down the non-financial wealth that is so often ignored by the traditional estate planning process, but is often the most important part of your legacy. Not only can you make sure your valued personal possessions and family heirlooms make it into the hands of the appropriate loved ones, you can provide context and meaning to the inheritances you leave behind by passing along your memories, wisdom, and values.
No matter what your family's needs, a Family Wealth Trust can help you protect your true wealth and ensure that it is preserved from generation to generation. An experienced estate planning attorney who focuses on Legacy Planning can help you secure your family's future.
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Thanksgiving and Assurances for the King
1For the leader. A psalm of David.
2LORD, the king finds joy in your power;a
in your victory how greatly he rejoices!
3You have granted him his heart's desire;
you did not refuse the request of his lips.
4For you welcomed him with goodly blessings;
you placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
5He asked life of you;
you gave it to him,
length of days forever.b
6Great is his glory in your victory;
majesty and splendor you confer upon him.
7You make him the pattern of blessings forever,
you gladden him with the joy of your face.
8For the king trusts in the LORD,
stands firm through the mercy of the Most High.
9Your hand will find all your enemies;
your right hand will find your foes!
10At the time of your coming
you will make them a fiery furnace.
Then the LORD in his anger will consume them,
devour them with fire.
11Even their descendants you will wipe out from the earth,
their offspring from the human race.
12Though they intend evil against you,
devising plots, they will not succeed,
13For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bow.
14Arise, LORD, in your power!c
We will sing and chant the praise of your might.
* [Psalm 21] The first part of this royal Psalm is a thanksgiving (Ps 21:2–8), and the second is a promise that the king will triumph over his enemies (Ps 21:9–13). The king's confident prayer (Ps 21:3–5) and trust in God (Ps 21:8) enable him to receive the divine gifts of vitality, peace, and military success. Ps 21:14 reprises Ps 21:2. When kings ceased in Israel after the sixth century B.C., the Psalm was sung of a future Davidic king.
b. [21:5] 1 Kgs 3:14.
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22 Ways Drinking Soda Will Shorten Your Life
Numerous studies have shown the negative health effects of drinking soda on your waistline and your teeth. Drinking soda, however, has far more serious health risks than many of us may realize.
This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2016
According to Euromonitor, the average person in the United States consumes more than 126 grams of sugar per day. That's equal to 25.2 teaspoons, or the equivalent of drinking a little over three 12 ounce colas.
Numerous studies have shown the negative health effects of drinking soda on your waistline and your teeth. Drinking soda however, has far more health risks than many of us may realize.Regular consumption of sugary drinks is linked to numerous health problems including diabetes, heart disease, asthma, COPD and obesity.
So what are the risks and how much soda is too much? Let's take a look:
1. Soda can cause a decline in kidney function. In an 11-year-long Harvard Medical School study, including 3,318 women, researchers found that diet cola is linked with a two-fold increased risk for kidney decline.
2. Soda increases diabetes risk. High levels of sugar in soda places a lot of stress on your pancreas, potentially leaving it unable to keep up with the body's need for insulin. Drinking one or two sugary drinks per day increases your risk for type 2 diabetes by 25%.
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3. Soda cans are lined with BPA. Soda cans are coated with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA), which has been linked to everything from heart disease to obesity to reproductive problems.
4. Soda dehydrates you. Caffeine is a diuretic. Diuretics promote the production of urine, causing you to urinate more frequently. When the body's cells are dehydrated they have difficulty absorbing nutrients, and it also makes it more difficult for the body to eliminate waste.
5. Caramel coloring in soda is linked to cancer. The artificial brown coloring in colas is a chemical process, it is not made from caramelized sugar. It is made by reacting sugars with ammonia and sulfites under high pressure and temperatures. These chemical reactions result in the formation of 2-methylimidazole (2-MI) and 4 methylimidazole (4-MI), which in government-conducted studies caused lung, liver, or thyroid cancer or leukemia in laboratory mice and rats.
6. Caramel coloring in soda is linked to vascular issues. Dr. Nehal N. Mehta, director of Inflammatory Risk Cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania states that there is a link between vascular problems and caramel-containing products.
7. Soda is high in calories. A 20 ounce can of Coca Cola contains 17 teaspoons of sugar and 240 calories…empty calories devoid of any nutritional value. It would take the average adult over one hour of walking to burn off the 240 calories in a 20-ounce soda.
8. Caffeine in soda blocks the absorption of magnesium. According to Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. Magnesium is essential for more than 325 enzyme reactions in the body. Magnesium also plays a role in your body's detoxification processes and therefore is important for minimizing damage from environmental chemicals, heavy metals, and other toxins.
9. Soda increases obesity risk in children. Each additional soda or other sugary drink consumed per day increases the likelihood of a child becoming obese by about 60%. Sugary drinks are connected to other health problems as well.
10. Soda increases heart disease in men. Each soda consumed per day increases the risk of heart disease by 20% in men.
11. Acid in soda wears away dental enamel. Lab testing on soda acidity shows that the amount of acid in soda is enough to wear away dental enamel. pH levels in soda can be as low as 2.5; as a frame of reference, battery acid has a pH of 1, water has a pH of 7.0.
12. Soda contains high amounts of sugar. The average 20-ounce can of Coca Cola has the equivalent of 17 teaspoons of sugar, it's not hard to see that soda can be bad for your teeth and your overall health.
13. Soda contains artificial sweeteners. While many people opt for artificial sugar to lower caloric intake the trade-off for your health isn't so sweet. Artificial sugars are linked to numerous illness and diseases including cancer.
14. Soda depletes your mineral levels. Sodas that contain phosphoric acid removes much needed calcium from your bones. After studying several thousand men and woman, researchers at Tufts University, found that women who drank 3 or more cola based sodas a day, had almost 4% lower bone mineral density in their hips, even though researchers controlled their calcium and vitamin D intake.
15. Drinking soda changes your metabolism. Dr. Hans-Peter Kubis, the director of the Health Exercise and Rehabilitation group at Bangor University in England, has found that drinking soda on a regular basis can actually change the metabolism in the human body. Participants drank 140 grams of sugar every day for four weeks (that's less than two 20 ounce cans of Coke). The results: their metabolism changed after the four weeks, making it more difficult for them to burn fat and lose weight.
16. Drinking more than one soda daily, increases your risk for heart disease and metabolic syndrome. According to Ravi Dhingra, M.D., lead author of the study and an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School states "If you are drinking one or more soft drinks a day, you may be increasing your risk of developing metabolic risk factors for heart disease." The Framingham study included nearly 9,000 individuals, over a four year period. Researchers found that individuals consuming one or more sodas a day had a 48 % increased risk of metabolic syndrome compared to those consuming less than one soft drink daily.
17. Diet soda does not help you lose weight. A University of Texas Health Science Center study found that the more diet sodas a person drank, the greater their risk of becoming overweight. Consuming two or more cans a day increased waistlines by 500% greater than those who do not consume diet soda.
18. Diet sodas contain mold inhibitors. They go by the names sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate, and they're used in nearly all diet sodas. "These chemicals have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA in the mitochondria to the point that they totally inactivate it – they knock it out altogether," Peter Piper, a professor of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., told a British newspaper. The preservative has also been linked to hives,asthma, and other allergic conditions, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Note: Some companies have phased out sodium benzoate. Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi have replaced it with another preservative, potassium benzoate. Both sodium and potassium benzoate were classified by the Food Commission in the UK as mild irritants to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
19. Sodas containing ascorbic acid and potassium benzoate can form benzene, a known carcinogen. Benzene can form in beverages and foods that contain both ascorbic acid and potassium benzoate. According to the FDA, when benzoate is exposed to light and heat in the presence of vitamin C, it can be converted into benzene. According to the American Cancer Society, benzene is considered a carcinogen.
20. Daily sodas and other sugar sweetened drinks are linked to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). The 2,634 individuals in the study completed a CT scan to measure the amount of fat in the liver. They saw a higher prevalence of NAFLD among people who reported drinking more than one sugar-sweetened drink per day compared to people who said they drank no sugar-sweetened beverages.
21. Some sodas contain flame retardant. Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is added to many citrus based sodas and sports drinks to prevent the drinks from separating. What's the concern? BVO is patented by chemical companies as a flame retardant. It is also banned in over 100 countries, but it is still used in the U.S. Learn more here.
22. Soda is linked to Asthma. A study done in South Australia of 16,907 participants aged 16 years and older, showed high levels of soda consumption were positively associated with asthma and COPD.
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Does the fact that God is rational and consistent necessitate that present processes are the key to understanding the past?
Re: Evolution: The Anti-Science by Jason Lisle
First: Uniformity and Uniformitarianism are the same thing. Invariance (backwards and forwards) over time (Uniformity) of natural laws gives both: the future reflects the past and the present is the key to the past. If natural laws are invariant, then processes, which are the implementation of natural laws must also be invariant: a chemical reaction at STP done at T1 will be the same reaction at STP done at T2 regardless of T1 and T2.
Second: why do you insist the evolutionist justify Uniformitarianism? It is an axiom! A scientist (evolutionist or creationist) deals with the way the universe operates; he is not concerned with why it is the way it is. This does not make him inconsistent.
Third: Are you saying that Genesis 8:22 is the only rationale for Uniformity. One can infer Uniformity based on the nature of God who is beyond time, consistent, faithful, all powerful, omnipresent without invoking Gen 1–11.
First: Uniformity and Uniformitarianism are the same thing. Invariance (backwards and forwards) over time (Uniformity) of natural laws gives both: the future reflects the past and the present is the key to the past.
Uniformity is distinct from uniformitarianism. The former asserts a consistency in the way the universe operates (if conditions are the same, one can expect the same outcome). In other words, the laws of nature are constant, but conditions and specific processes may be quite different in time or space. Conversely, uniformitarianism asserts that there is a consistency of conditions and processes. Uniformitarianism, as it pertains to geology, asserts that the geological past must be understood in light of present conditions and processes.
I was taught the public school message of millions of years, and believed this to be true. I also collect fossils and minerals and gained identification knowledge simply by reading and studying for over 30 years. When I heard your message a few years ago, my eyes were opened. I was blown away!!! It has changed everything for me. I continue to be associated with earth science clubs and do a lot of lapidary work, but my perspective is so different now. My wife is a Christian school teacher, and I do the elementary chapel services. I recently taught the earth science section for her class and explained the age of the earth.
Thank you Ken and Jason for participating in the Great Debate. Inspite of the fact that the playing field was tilted to favour the old earth/evolution position, any clear-headed, spirit-filled Christian will have been challenged and edified by the points you managed to make.
There is much in the detail of the conduct and reasoning of messrs Ankerberg, Kaiser, and Ross that can be criticised, but I was left with one overall impression:
Men love their dreams and the creations of their own mind. There is a god that is beloved by, and revealed by philosophers, and there is the Creator God who is revealed through His Holy Word by the power of His Holy Spirit. Evolution and millions of years are the work of the minds of men—not of our Creator God. But the men who love these ideas cannot give them up. They would rather that God become less than He truly is to fit their ideas than give up their reputations and bow before Him. It is the Truth that sets us free. God Bless you and all at AiG.
Let us know what you think.
As an example, consider canyon formation. Today, in most cases, canyons are gradually deepening as water slowly erodes the surrounding rock layers. A person holding to uniformitarianism would assume that this has always been the case; he would believe that a canyon has formed by water slowly eroding the surrounding rock layers since "the present is the key to the past."
However, this need not be so. A number of geologists believe that many canyons (such as the Grand Canyon) were not formed (entirely) by the slow and gradual erosion from the river they now contain. Rather, some canyons were formed quickly under catastrophic conditions. So, the present is not the key to the past in these cases. Yet, the laws of nature presumably have been the same. Therefore, this is an example of uniformity, but not uniformitarianism.
If natural laws are invariant, then processes, which are the implementation of natural laws must also be invariant:
No, this doesn't follow logically. Many processes (such as erosion) are not only dependent on the laws of nature, but also on conditions. For example, during flood conditions, erosion happens much more quickly than at other times, even though natural laws remain constant.
a chemical reaction at STP done at T1 will be the same reaction at STP done at T2 regardless of T1 and T2.
Your analogy above is an example of uniformity—not uniformitarianism. If the conditions are the same, then the same result happens. However, there is no guarantee that conditions have always been constant. Chemical reactions in nature, for example, may have happened at different temperatures and pressures than today, leading to different results. So, we have uniformity, but not uniformitarianism. Hopefully the difference is now clear.
Second: why do you insist the evolutionist justify Uniformitarianism?
A belief must be justified if it is to be considered rational. Otherwise, it is merely an arbitrary "blind" assumption. Children believe things without good reasons; they are convinced that there is a monster in the closet. And they feel no need to justify their belief; it is enough that they act on it (by pulling the sheets over their head). But, obviously, more should be expected from adults. The rational person has a reason (or reasons) for the things he or she believes.
It is an axiom!
Even if we accept it as an axiom, a belief still requires some sort of justification if it is to be considered rational and not arbitrary. If it is arbitrary, then why not assume the exact opposite? Uniformity makes sense in my worldview: uniformity is what I would expect based on the Bible. I have a reason to believe in uniformity, and thus, I have justification for science. The evolutionist does not. He or she must either accept uniformity without reasons (on "blind faith") or justify it by the Bible, which is contrary to evolution. The evolutionist cannot escape the irrationality of his or her position. Incidentally, I reject uniformitarianism because the Bible indicates that past conditions (such as during the Flood year) were quite different than today's conditions.
A scientist (evolutionist or creationist) deals with the way the universe operates; he is not concerned with why it is the way it is. This does not make him inconsistent.
In order to study how the universe operates, we need to know something about why it is the way it is. The two are different, but not totally unrelated. If the universe is merely a mindless accident, why would we expect it to be orderly, or obey mathematical laws? Why should I expect my senses to reliably inform my mind, if both are simply the results of mutations that conveyed some sort of survival value in the past? There would be no reason to think that science is even possible in such a universe. On the other hand, the biblical worldview makes sense of science. So, the way in which we do science (and even the possibility of doing science at all) requires us to know something about how the universe came to be.
Third: Are you saying that Genesis 8:22 is the only rationale for Uniformity. One can infer Uniformity based on the nature of God who is beyond time, consistent, faithful, all powerful, omnipresent without invoking Gen 1–11.
Uniformity cannot be justified without the Bible. The divine qualities you listed are necessary but not sufficient to warrant uniformity. The reason is that although such a God has the power to uphold the universe in a uniform fashion, He might not choose to do so. A God who has revealed Himself to mankind is required. Without the Bible we would have no guarantee that God has indeed chosen to uphold things uniformly in the future. Nor could we know that God is indeed all powerful, beyond time, faithful, and so on unless He has told us so.
Although there are verses beyond Genesis 8:22 by which one might infer uniformity, a biblical worldview is required nonetheless. And since all the other books of the Bible depend on a literal Genesis in order to be meaningful, Genesis is required to justify uniformity.
Thank you for your message. I hope my response has been helpful to you.
Dr. Jason Lisle
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.


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After spending many years hunting down the world's most wanted man, why did the U.S. bury Osama bin Laden at sea within 24 hours of killing him?
The reason is bound up within Islamic practice and tradition. And that practice calls for the body of the deceased to be buried within 24 hours, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on Monday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters.
(More on TIME.com: See the top 10 defining moments of the post-9/11 era.)
"We are ensuring that it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition," confirmed the official. "This is something that we take very seriously. And so therefore, this is being handled in an appropriate manner."
But the lingering question is, Why at sea? The official said that finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult, so the decision was made to bury bin Laden at sea. Furthermore, one suspects that the U.S. would not have wanted there to be a grave site for fear of it turning into a place of worship for bin Laden's followers. There are rumors, however, that the U.S. asked Saudi Arabia to take the body (bin Laden was born there), but it allegedly refused.
(More on TIME.com: See pictures of Osama bin Laden.)
It's believed that DNA testing would have been carried out beforehand (and indeed TIME's Michael Scherer has had it confirmed by the White House that the DNA testing matched the slain terrorist leader) to verify that the body was that of bin Laden, as well as being proof against any conspiracy claims that could emanate to suggest that his death didn't take place. The exact location of the burial was not revealed. (via ABC)
See TIME's obituary of Osama bin Laden.
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From 'Health Day', a US online publication, 22 September 2011 (story by Amanda Gardner)
THURSDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have shot another arrow through the credibility of claims that a virus likely causes chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
This time, results from nine different labs around the United States failed to differentiate patients with CFS from healthy controls solely on the basis of whether they tested positive for xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV).
The study was published in the Sept. 22 online issue of Science, along with a partial retraction from the authors of the 2009 study that first fingered XMRV as a probable culprit behind CFS.
This is the 17th study to repudiate the 2009 findings, which were also published in Science, according to a statement released by the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America.
"We share the deep disappointment of many CFS patients and scientists that the initial data did not hold up. Whether you have been diagnosed recently or have been ill for decades, this news comes as a blow to hope for rapid advances in the care available to CFS patients," Kim McCleary, president and CEO of the CFIDS Association, said in the statement.
The 2009 findings raised hopes that there might finally be a concrete cause for this mysterious malady and perhaps, down the line, treatments for the disease. CFS strikes an estimated 1 percent of the world's population, and involves crippling fatigue as well as aching joints, headaches and various other symptoms.
But that hope has steadily been eroded as study after study failed to confirm the initial findings. One study published earlier this year dealt a devastating blow to the theory when it found that the XMRV pathogen spotted in human samples in the first study actually got there as a result of contamination.
At that time, the editors of Science issued an unusual "expression of concern." While they did not call for an outright retraction of the original paper, the editors pointedly questioned the study's validity.
XMRV is transmitted through bodily fluids such as semen, blood and breast milk, according to the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease.
In the new study, researchers took fresh blood samples from 15 people who had previously tested positive for XMRV or a related virus (14 of them had CFS), and 15 people without CFS who had previously tested negative for the virus.
Nine different laboratories, including two that were involved in the 2009 report, then tested the samples in a blinded fashion, meaning they didn't know which specimens were which.
The only labs to detect XMRV were the two from the original study and, even then, they found the virus just as often in people with CFS as in healthy controls.
One lesson to be learned from this, said study senior author Dr. Michael Busch, is that "we really do need to create blinded panels and validate the performance of tests before they get employed in larger studies so people aren't misled from early data from assays that aren't accurate."
The partial retraction from two authors of the 2009 paper conceded that some of the original blood samples were contaminated, but they stood by the rest of their research.
Although this latest report leaves the quest to find the cause or causes of CFS back where it was in 2009, the upside is that even the negative findings have stirred interest in the disease.
"I think the renewed interest and focus on CFS is good," said Busch, who is director of the Blood Systems Research Institute and a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "There is a lot of research that is going on."
The U.S. National Institutes of Health is sponsoring additional research on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome.
"The story doesn't end here. There are many important initiatives underway that give patients every reason to hope for accelerated progress," CFIDS scientific director Suzanne Vernon said in the statement from the association.


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"It most likely was eating grass, and most definitely was not cracking nuts," says geochemist Thure Cerling, lead author of the study published in the May 2 online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Study co-author Kevin Uno, a University of Utah Ph.D. student in geology, adds: "This study provides evidence that Paranthropus boisei was not cracking nuts, but was instead eating mainly tropical grasses or sedges. It was not competing for food with most other primates, who ate fruits, leaves and nuts; but with grazers – zebras' ancestors, suids [ancestors of pigs and warthogs] and hippos."
Cerling and colleagues determined the extinct, upright-walking Paranthropus boisei's diet by analyzing carbon isotope ratios in the tooth enamel of 24 teeth from 22 individuals who lived between 1.4 million and 1.9 million years ago and were closely related to and once thought part of the genus of human ancestors named Australopithecus. Both extinct Paranthropus and the human genus Homo arose from Australopithecus.
University of Utah researchers Cerling and Uno conducted the study with three scientists from the National Museums of Kenya – anthropologist Emma Mbua and paleontologists Francis Kirera and Fredrick Manthi – and with Frederick Grine of Stony Brook University, anthropologist Matt Sponheimer of the University of Colorado at Boulder and famed anthropologist Meave Leakey, who is affiliated with the National Museums, Stony Brook and the Turkana Basin Institute in Nairobi.
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Cerling used a drill to pulverize some tooth enamel into powder, but only 2 milligrams per tooth and only from the broken surface of broken teeth, leaving the original surfaces intact for future study. Still, there was anticipation among officials at the National Museums of Kenya, where the teeth are housed.
"The sound of the drill may make a lot of paleontologists and museum staff cringe, but as the results of this study show, it provides new information that we can't get at any other way," Uno says. "And we've gotten very good at drilling."
Carbon isotope ratios in tooth enamel can reveal whether ancient animals ate plants that used what is called C3 photosynthesis – trees (and the leaves, nuts and fruits they produce), shrubs, cool-season grasses, herbs and forbs – or plants such as warm-season or tropical grasses and sedges that use what is known as C4 photosynthesis. (Sedges vaguely resemble grasses, but their stems' cross-sections usually are triangular, which means "sedges have edges" when rotated between thumb and finger.)
The study found that not only did the Nutcracker Man Paranthropus boisei not eat nuts or other C3 plant products, but dined more heavily on C4 plants like grasses than any other early human, human ancestor or human relative studied to date. Only an extinct species of grass-eating baboon had a diet so dominated by C4 plants.
Carbon isotopes showed the 22 individuals had diets averaging 77 percent C4 plants such as grasses, ranging from a low of 61 percent to a high of 91 percent.
That's statistically indistinguishable from grass diets of grazing animals that lived at the same time: the ancestors of zebras, pigs and warthogs, and hippos, Cerling says.
"They were competing with them," he adds. "They were eating at the same table."
The researchers also analyzed oxygen isotope composition in the fossil teeth, which indicated Paranthropus boisei lived in semi-arid savannah with woodlands along rivers or lakes.
Research in 2008 on two teeth from Nutcracker Man in Tanzania also indicated the creatures ate a diet of grasses and perhaps sedges. But with teeth from 22 individuals, the new study shows the species was eating grass and other C4 plants over a much longer time period (from 1.4 million to 1.9 million years ago) and bigger geographic area (a 500-mile-wide swath of East Africa) than was known before.
"Wherever we find this creature, it is predominantly eating tropical grasses or perhaps sedges, which include papyrus," Cerling says.
Rethinking the Diets of Early Human Ancestors and Relatives
The new study of Nutcracker Man may provoke a major change in how we view the diets of other early humans and human relatives.
"Much of the previous work has been on the size and shape of the teeth, along with microwear analysis," Cerling says. "Our results [on Paranthropus boisei] are completely different than the conclusions based on 50-plus years of research along those lines. It stands to reason that other conclusions about other species also will require revision. P. boisei greatly extends the range of potential diets for early human lineages."
Specifically, scientists have believed human ancestors in the genus Australopithecus – which gave rise to now-extinct Paranthropus and to Homo or early humans – also had head and tooth features suggesting they ate hard objects like nuts.
Cerling says carbon isotope ratios in australopiths' teeth now should be studied, since the Paranthropus findings bring in to question interpretations that are made without isotopic information on diets.
"The high proportion of C4 vegetation in the diet of Paranthropus boisei makes it different from any other hominin to date, even its closest relative, Paranthropus robustus from southern Africa," Uno says. "The results make an excellent case for isotope analysis of teeth from other members of our family tree, especially from East Africa."
A Brief Biography of 'Nutcracker Man'
The cranium of the extinct early human relative now known as Paranthropus boisei was discovered by Meave Leakey's in-laws, Mary and Louis Leakey, in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, and helped put the Leakeys on the world stage.
Dated at 1.75 million years old, it initially was known as Zinjanthropus boisei (zinj for an African religion named Zanj, anthropus for ape-human and boisei after expedition benefactor Charles Boise) and later as Australopithecus boisei, before scientists decided it deserved a separate genus, making it Paranthropus boisei.
The discovery of other P. boisei fossils revealed the species lived in East Africa (including Kenya and Ethiopia) from 2.3 million years ago to 1.2 million years ago. The short creatures had big, flat premolars and molars; thick tooth enamel; muscle-attachment surfaces for large chewing muscles; and powerful jaws. Those characteristics earned Paranthropus boisei the nickname Nutcracker Man – a name that has been attributed to South African paleoanthropologist Phillip Tobias, a colleague of the Leakeys.
According to Dale Peterson's biography of anthropologist Jane Goodall, the Leakeys took privately to calling the Zinj skull "Dear Boy," and that it was Tobias who convinced them to switch the genus to Australopithecus and who also suggested that the thick molars made the skull look like a children's wooden toy named Nutcracker Man.
"So while the rather obscure and academic debates about naming and grouping the skull kept all the specialists entertained, for the public at large, this same fossil became simply Nutcracker Man," Peterson wrote.
"Nutcracker Man never has been used in the scientific literature, but that's the common name," Cerling says.
Source: University of Utah


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Timesheet Reports
There are three types of reports available for the Timesheet module. You would be able to view the overall performance on tasks in projects and the time spent on them.
Go to Reports > Projects and Timesheets to access all the timesheet reports.
Each report unfolds to another report. The first one is the Project Summary report when drilled down takes you to the Project Details report. If you drill further, you will be taken to the Timesheet Details report.
These reports can be obtained based on the date, tasks, users involved and projects.
Project Summary
This report basically shows the comparison of the following for all the projects.
- Between logged hours/amount and budgeted hours/amount
- Between Billable hours/amount and Non-Billable hours/amount
You can click the Customize Report option to generate a report based on the Customer Name and Status of the project.
Project Details
When you click on a particular project in the Project Summary report, you will be redirected to the Project Details report where each task of the project along with the following details would be present.
- TASK NAME - Name of the task
- LOGGED HOURS - Time recorded for that particular task.
- BILLABLE HOURS - Recorded time that can be added to an invoice to get paid.
- BILLED HOURS - Recorded time that were already added to invoices.
- BILLED AMOUNT - Under Billed amount, you would be able to see the total cost of the project if it was added to an invoice. If it is yet to be added, then you can see it under UNBILLED AMOUNT.
You can also generate this report based on the customer name, project name, task,staff involved in the project. To do so, just click Customize Report option on the top left corner. If you would like to print this report, click the printer icon on the top right corner. To view the same report in PDF or XLS or CSV format, click the Export As button on the top right corner. You can also view the same report in Zoho Sheet.
Timesheet Details
When you click on a task in the Project Details report, you will be redirected to the Timesheet Details report, where you can view
- The name of the Project
- TASK - The name of the task.
- STAFF - Name of the staffs who worked in that project.
- NOTES - Notes added to the project.
- LOGGED HOURS - Time spent on that particular project.
- STATUS - Status of the timesheet entry.
If you click the Customize Report option on the top right corner, you would be able to generate the same report based on the following:
- Date
- Customer name
- Project Name
- Task
- Staff
You would also be able to schedule this report by clicking the Schedule Report button on the top right corner. To learn more, click here


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Home buyers, especially first time home buyers, commonly fail to understand all the costs involved in buying a home. Everyone understands down payment, so no issues there. But mortgage loan closing costs are a whole different story.
I often hear potential home buyer comment that they thought they had saved enough for a down payment, only to be blind sided with mortgage loan closing costs.
All mortgage loans have closing costs. They include appraisal, credit report, state taxes, title company fees, loan origination fees, state deed taxes, and more. You also have what is known as pre-paid items, which include pro-rated property taxes on the house you are buying, and paying for the first years home owners insurance up-front.
Actual closing costs and pre-paid items can easily range from about 2% to 8% of the sale price of a home, depending on where you live, and the purchase price of the home.
Your Loan Officer will provide you with a detailed estimate of these closing costs based on the actual home once you pick it out, and can give you a good ballpark number during your initial loan review.
TIP: Anyone telling you closing costs are always a certain percentage is flat out simply wrong.
Yes, closing costs can really add up. If you were planning on a 10% down payment, this means you really need 12% to 18% of the purchase price of the home. Yikes.
The good news is, the mortgage industry understands this, and allows you to pay closing costs multiple ways.
Option 1) Pay cash out of pocket. Always the best move, but incredibly burdensome for most home buyer.
Option 2) Seller paid closing costs. You simply ask the seller to pay your closing costs for you when making your offer. Depending on the loan program you are using, the seller can pay between 2% and 6% of the purchase price in closing costs on your behalf. While this sounds free, because the 'seller' is paying them for you, the reality is the seller isn't paying anything. Rather, this is a method of you rolling the closing costs into the loan itself.
For example, the seller is asking $200,000 for the home. You offer $200,000 – but also ask the seller to pay $6,000 of your closing costs. If the seller agrees, many people think they just got free money. The reality is the seller has accepted $194,000 in their pocket. So you could have bought the house for $194,000, and paid your own closing costs. Instead you are buying the house for $200,000, and paying closing costs over time, versus out-of-pocket today.
It is a little more obvious to buyers that they are paying over time, when the same seller who wanted $200,000 refuses to budge, but you need closing costs rolled in to lessen your out-of-pocket burden. In this case, you'd restructure your offer to $206,000, and have the seller pay the $6,000 of closing costs. The seller gets what they wanted, and you rolled closing costs into the loan, again paying over time instead of out-of-pocket today.
Option 3) Lender Paid Closing Costs (also known as Lender Credits). Under this option, the lender will reduce your actual real closing costs by increasing your interest rate. You can choose to increase your interest rate a tiny amount, for a tiny reduction in closing costs, all the way to completely eliminating all of your closing costs with a much higher interest rate.
This isn't a good or bad option, rather it is a depends option. How much reduction do you need? Do you have all the closing costs money today? How much higher will the payment be? How long will you live in the home?
TIP: ALL LENDERS HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TRUE CLOSING COSTS. When shopping lenders, many people will receive a closing cost quote lower than someone else, giving the illusion of a better deal. Many banks and lenders claims things like they give free appraisals, or never charge loan origination fees. No closing cost loans were all the rage a few years ago.
Little do many people realize that all these lenders are doing is increasing your loans interest rate to cover these items, but not telling you they are doing it. They don't work for free, and someone has to pay the appraiser. This lower closing cost ploy makes unsuspecting home buyers potentially pick a lender based on a perceived better deal, when in fact, it isn't. You pay, you always pay. How do you choose to pay? Lower rate = higher costs. Higher costs = lower rates.
Option 4) Any Combination. This is actually the most common way people pay closing costs. Many ask the seller to pay some, maybe increase the rate 1/8 or 1/4% to pay some, and maybe a little bit out-of-pocket to pay the rest.
It is very common for many home buyers through these options, to completely eliminate closing costs as an out-of-pocket expense, leaving them with just needing their down payment to buy the house.
So don't ever let the fear of closing costs keep you from buying your dream home.


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Engineering Acoustics/Basic Room Acoustic Treatments
editMany people use one or two rooms in their living space as "theatrical" rooms where theater or music room activities commence. It is a common misconseption that adding speakers to the room will enhance the quality of the room acoustics. There are other simple things that can be done to increase the acoustics of the room to produce sound that is similar to "theater" sound. This site will take you through some simple background knowledge on acoustics and then explain some solutions that will help improve sound quality in a room.
Room Sound Combinations
editThe sound you hear in a room is a combination of direct sound and indirect sound. Direct sound will come directly from your speakers while the other sound you hear is reflected off of various objects in the room.
The Direct sound is coming right out of the TV to the listener, as you can see with the heavy black arrow. All of the other sound is reflected off surfaces before they reach the listener.
sound travels in the ground faster than in the air because the particles in the solid are closer so they vibrate faster and have a quicker reaction.
Good and Bad Reflected Sound
editHave you ever listened to speakers outside? You might have noticed that the sound is thin and dull. This occurs because when sound is reflected, it is fuller and louder than it would if it were in an open space. So when sound is reflected, it can add a fullness, or spaciousness. The bad part of reflected sound occurs when the reflections amplify some notes, while cancelling out others, changing the character of the sound. It can also affect tonal quality and create an echo-like effect. There are three types of reflected sound, pure reflection, absorption, and diffusion. Each reflection type is important in creating a "theater" type acoustic room.
Reflected Sound
editReflected sound waves, good and bad, affect the sound you hear, where it comes from, and the quality of the sound when it gets to you. The bad news when it comes to reflected sound is standing waves. These waves are created when sound is reflected back and forth between any two parallel surfaces in your room, ceiling and floor or wall to wall. Standing waves can distort noises 300 Hz and down. These noises include the lower mid frequency and bass ranges. Standing waves tend to collect near the walls and in corners of a room, these collecting standing waves are called room resonance modes.
Finding your room resonance modes
editFirst, specify room dimensions (length, width, and height). Then follow this example:
Working with room resonance modes to increase sound quality
edit1. There are some room dimensions that produce the largest amount of standing waves.
edita. Cube
b. Room with 2 out of the three dimensions equal
c. Rooms with dimensions that are multiples of each other
2. Move the chair or sofa away from the walls or corners to reduce standing wave effects
editThe sound that humans hear is actually a form of acoustic energy. Different materials absorb different amounts of this energy at different frequencies. When considering room acoustics, there should be a good mix of high frequency absorbing materials and low frequency absorbing materials. A table including information on how different common household surfaces absorb sound can be found on the website http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/home/speakers_roomacoustics.html?page=2#materials_table
Diffused Sound
editUsing devices that diffuse sound is a fairly new way of increasing acoustic performance in a room. It is a means to create sound that appears to be "live". They can replace echo-like reflections without absorbing too much sound.
Some ways of determining where diffusive items should be placed were found on http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-hpU9sw2hgbG/learningcenter/home/speakers_roomacoustics.html?page=4:
1.) If you have carpet or drapes already in your room, use diffusion to control side wall reflections.
2.) A bookcase filled with odd-sized books makes an effective diffusor.
3.) Use absorptive material on room surfaces between your listening position and your front speakers, and treat the back wall with diffusive material to re-distribute the reflections.
How to Find Overall Trouble Spots In a Room
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1.) Grab a friend to hold a mirror along the wall near a certain speaker at speaker height.
2.) The listener sits in a spot of normal viewing.
3.) The friend then moves slowly toward the listening position (stay along the wall).
4.) Mark each spot on the wall where the listener can see any of the room speakers in the mirror.
5.) Congratulations! These are the trouble spots in the room that need an absorptive material in place. Don't forget that diffusive material can also be placed in those positions.
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