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A red dwarf is a small and relatively cool star on the main sequence, either late K or M spectral type. Red dwarfs range in mass from a low of 0.075 solar masses (M☉) (the upper limit for a brown dwarf) to about 0.50 M☉ and have a surface temperature of less than 4,000 K.
Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of star in the Milky Way, at least in the neighborhood of the Sun, but due to their low luminosity, individual red dwarfs cannot easily be observed. From Earth, not one is visible to the naked eye.[1] Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, is a red dwarf (Type M5, apparent magnitude 11.05), as are twenty of the next thirty nearest. According to some estimates, red dwarfs make up three-quarters of the stars in the Milky Way.[2]
Stellar models indicate that red dwarfs less than 0.35 M☉ are fully convective.[3] Hence the helium produced by the thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen is constantly remixed throughout the star, avoiding a buildup at the core. Red dwarfs therefore develop very slowly, having a constant luminosity and spectral type for, in theory, some trillions of years, until their fuel is depleted. Because of the comparatively short age of the universe, no red dwarfs of advanced evolutionary stages exist.
Description and characteristicsRed dwarfs are very-low-mass stars.[4] Consequently they have relatively low temperatures in their cores and energy is generated at a slow rate through nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium by the proton–proton (PP) chain mechanism. Hence these stars emit little light, sometimes as little as 1⁄10,000 that of the Sun. Even the largest red dwarfs (for example HD 179930, HIP 12961 and Lacaille 8760) have only about 10% of the Sun's luminosity.[5] In general, red dwarfs less than 0.35 M☉ transport energy from the core to the surface by convection. Convection occurs because of opacity of the interior, which has a high density compared to the temperature. As a result, energy transfer by radiation is decreased, and instead convection is the main form of energy transport to the surface of the star. Above this mass, the red dwarfs will have a region around their core where convection does not occur.[6]
As late-type red dwarfs are fully convective, helium does not accumulate at the core and, compared to larger stars such as the Sun, they can burn a larger proportion of their hydrogen before leaving the main sequence. As a result, red dwarfs have estimated lifespans far longer than the present age of the universe, and stars less than 0.8 M☉ have not had time to leave the main sequence. The lower the mass of a red dwarf, the longer the lifespan. It is believed that the lifespan of these stars exceeds the expected 10 billion year lifespan of our Sun by the third or fourth power of the ratio of the solar mass to their masses; thus a 0.1 M☉ red dwarf may continue burning for 10 trillion years.[4][9] As the proportion of hydrogen in a red dwarf is consumed, the rate of fusion declines and the core starts to contract. The gravitational energy generated by this size reduction is converted into heat, which is carried throughout the star by convection.[10]
According to computer simulations, the minimum mass a red dwarf must have in order to become a red giant is 0.25 M☉; less massive objects, as they age, increase their surface temperatures and luminosities becoming blue dwarfs and from that finally become white dwarfs.[8]
The less massive the star, the longer this evolutionary process takes; for example, it has been calculated that a 0.16 M☉ red dwarf (approximately the mass of the nearby Barnard's star) would stay on the main sequence during 2.5 trillion years that would be followed by five billion years as blue dwarf, in which the star would have 1/3 of the Sun's luminosity (L☉) and a surface temperature of 6,500‒8,500 Kelvin.[8]
The fact that red dwarfs and other low-mass stars remain on the main sequence while more massive stars have moved off the main sequence allows the age of star clusters to be estimated by finding the mass at which the stars turn off the main sequence. This provides a lower, stellar, age limit to the Universe and also allows formation timescales to be placed upon the structures within the Milky Way galaxy, namely the Galactic halo and Galactic disk.
One mystery which has not been solved as of 2009 is the absence of red dwarfs with no metals. (In astronomy, a metal is any element heavier than hydrogen or helium.) The Big Bang model predicts the first generation of stars should have only hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of lithium. If such stars included red dwarfs, they should still be observable today, but none have yet been identified. The preferred explanation is that without heavy elements only large and not yet observed population III stars can form, and these rapidly burn out, leaving heavy elements which then allow for the formation of red dwarfs. Alternative explanations, such as the idea that zero-metal red dwarfs are dim and could be few in number, are considered much less likely as they seem to conflict with stellar evolution models.
Many red dwarfs are orbited by extrasolar planets but large Jupiter-sized planets are comparatively rare. Doppler surveys around a wide variety of stars indicate about 1 in 6 stars having twice the mass of the Sun are orbited by one or more Jupiter-sized planets, vs. 1 in 16 for Sun-like stars and only 1 in 50 for red dwarfs. On the other hand, microlensing surveys indicate that long-period Neptune-mass planets are found around 1 in 3 red dwarfs. [11] Observations with HARPS further indicate 40% of red dwarfs have a "super-Earth" class planet orbiting in the habitable zone where liquid water can exist on the surface of the planet.[12]
At least four and possibly up to six extrasolar planets were discovered orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 581 between 2005–2010. One planet has about the mass of Neptune, or 16 Earth masses (M⊕). It orbits just 6 million kilometers (0.04 AU) from its star, and so is estimated to have a surface temperature of 150 °C, despite the dimness of the star. In 2006, an even smaller extrasolar planet (only 5.5 M⊕) was found orbiting the red dwarf OGLE-2005-BLG-390L; it lies 390 million km (2.6 AU) from the star and its surface temperature is −220 °C (56 K).
In 2007, a new, potentially habitable extrasolar planet, Gliese 581 c, was found, orbiting Gliese 581. If the minimum mass estimated by its discoverers (a team led by Stephane Udry), namely 5.36 M⊕, is correct, it is the smallest extrasolar planet revolving around a main-sequence star discovered to date and since then Gliese 581 d, which is also potentially habitable, was discovered. (There are smaller planets known around a neutron star, named PSR B1257+12.) The discoverers estimate its radius to be 1.5 times that of the Earth (R⊕).
Gliese 581 c and d are within the habitable zone of the host star, and are two of the most likely candidates for habitability of any extrasolar planets discovered so far.[13] Gliese 581 g, detected September 2010,[14] has a near-circular orbit in the middle of the star's habitable zone. However, the planet's existence is contested.[15]
Planetary habitability of red dwarf systems is subject to some debate. In spite of their great numbers and long lifespans, there are several factors which may make life difficult on planets around a red dwarf. First, planets in the habitable zone of a red dwarf would be so close to the parent star that they would likely be tidally locked. This would mean that one side would be in perpetual daylight and the other in eternal night. This could create enormous temperature variations from one side of the planet to the other. Such conditions would appear to make it difficult for forms of life similar to those on Earth to evolve. And it appears there is a great problem with the atmosphere of such tidally locked planets: the perpetual night zone would be cold enough to freeze the main gases of their atmospheres, leaving the daylight zone nude and dry. On the other hand, recent theories propose that either a thick atmosphere or planetary ocean could potentially circulate heat around such a planet. Alternatively, a moon in orbit around a gas giant planet may be habitable. It would circumvent the tidal lock problem by becoming tidally locked to its planet. This way there would be a day/night cycle as the moon orbited its primary, and there would be distribution of heat.
In addition, red dwarfs emit most of their radiation as infrared light, while on Earth plants use energy mostly in the visible spectrum. Red dwarfs emit almost no ultraviolet light, which would be a problem, should this kind of light be required for life to exist. Variability in stellar energy output may also have negative impacts on development of life. Red dwarfs are often covered by starspots, reducing stellar output by as much as 40% for months at a time. At other times, some red dwarfs, called flare stars, can emit gigantic flares, doubling their brightness in minutes. This variability may also make it difficult for life to develop and persist near a red dwarf. Gibor Basri of the University of California, Berkeley claims a planet orbiting close to a red dwarf could keep its atmosphere even if the star flares.[16]
Spectral standard stars
The spectral standards for M-type stars have changed slightly over the years, but settled down somewhat since the early 1990s. Part of this is due to the fact that even the nearest M dwarfs are fairly faint, and the study of mid- to late-M dwarfs has only taken off in the past few decades due to evolution of astronomical techniques, from photographic plates to charged-couple devices (CCDs) to infrared-sensitive arrays.
The revised Yerkes Atlas system (Johnson & Morgan 1953)[17] listed only 2 M-type spectral standard stars: HD 147379 (M0 V) and HD 95735/[21] and Boeshaar (1976),[22] but unfortunately there was little agreement among the standards. As later cooler stars were identified through the 1980s, it was clear that an overhaul of the M dwarf standards was needed. Building primarily upon the Boeshaar standards, a group at Steward Observatory (Kirkpatrick, Henry, & McCarthy 1991)[23] filled in the spectral sequence from K5 V to M9 V. It is these M type dwarf standard stars which have largely survived intact as the main standards to the modern day. There have been negligible changes in the M dwarf spectral sequence since 1991. Additional M dwarf standards were compiled by Henry et al. (2002),[24] and D. Kirkpatrick has recently reviewed the classification of M dwarf stars and standard stars in Gray & Corbally's 2009 monograph.[25] The M-dwarf primary spectral standards are: GJ 270 (M0 V), GJ 229A (M1 V), Lalande 21185 (M2 V), GJ 752A (M3 V), GJ 402 (M4 V), GJ 51 (M5 V), Wolf 359 (M6 V), Van Biesbroeck 8 (M7 V), VB 10 (M8 V), LHS 2924 (M9 V).
See also
- ^ "The Brightest Red Dwarf", by Ken Croswell (Accessed 6/7/08)
- ^ Exoplanets near red dwarfs suggest another Earth nearer, 6 February 2013, Jason Palmer, BBC, retrieved at 11 April 2013
- ^ Reiners, A.; Basri, G. (March 2009). "On the magnetic topology of partially and fully convective stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 496 (3): 787–790.
- ^ a b Richmond, Michael (November 10, 2004). "Late stages of evolution for low-mass stars". Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ Chabrier, G.; Baraffe, I.; Plez, B. (1996). "Mass-Luminosity Relationship and Lithium Depletion for Very Low Mass Stars". Astrophysical Journal Letters 459 (2): L91–L94.
- ^ Padmanabhan, Thanu (2001). Theoretical Astrophysics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 96–99.
- ^ Kaltenegger, Lisa; Traub, Wesley A. (June 2009). "Transits of Earth-like Planets". The Astrophysical Journal 698 (1): 519–527.
- ^ a b c Adams, Fred C.; Laughlin, Gregory; Graves, Genevieve J. M. "Gravitational Collapse: From Massive Stars to Planets". Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica. pp. 46–49.
- ^ Fred C. Adams and Gregory Laughlin (1996). "A Dying Universe: The Long Term Fate and Evolution of Astrophysical Objects". Reviews of Modern Physics 69 (2): 337–372.
- ^ Koupelis, Theo (2007). In Quest of the Universe. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
- ^ J. A. Johnson (2011). "The Stars that Host Planets".
- ^ Billions of Rocky Planets in Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs European Southern Observatory March 28, 2012
- ^ Major Discovery: New Planet Could Harbor Water and Life By Ker Than (Staff Writer) 24 April 2007 SPACE.com
- ^ "Scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth". Physorg.com. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ^ Mikko Tuomi (2011). "Bayesian re-analysis of the radial velocities of Gliese 581. Evidence in favour of only four planetary companions". arXiv:1102.3314 [astro-ph.EP].
- ^ Scientific American, "Red Star Rising", Mark Alpert, 2005 November 7
- ^ a b Fundamental stellar photometry for standards of spectral type on the revised system of the Yerkes spectral atlas H.L. Johnson & W.W. Morgan, 1953, Astrophysical Journal, 117, 313
- ^ MK ANCHOR POINTS, Robert F. Garrison
- ^ The Perkins Catalog of Revised MK Types for the Cooler Stars, P.C. Keenan & R.C McNeil, "Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series" 71 (October 1989), pp. 245–266.
- ^ A standard stellar spectral sequence in the red/near-infrared – Classes K5 to M9 Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Henry, Todd J.; McCarthy, Donald W., Jr., 1991, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 77, Nov. 1991, p. 417
- ^ An atlas of spectra of the cooler stars: Types G,K,M,S, and C. Part 1: Introduction and tables P.C. Keenan & R.C. McNeil, 1976, Columbus: Ohio State University Press
- ^ The spectral classification of M-dwarf stars Boeshaar, P.C, 1976, Ph.D. Thesis Ohio State Univ., Columbus.
- ^ A standard stellar spectral sequence in the red/near-infrared – Classes K5 to M9 Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Henry, Todd J.; McCarthy, Donald W., Jr., 1991, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 77, Nov. 1991, p. 417-440
- ^ The Solar Neighborhood. VI. New Southern Nearby Stars Identified by Optical Spectroscopy Henry, Todd J.; Walkowicz, Lucianne M.; Barto, Todd C.; Golimowski, David A., 2002, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 123, Issue 4, pp. 2002–2009
- ^ Stellar Spectral Classification Richard O. Gray and Christopher J. Corbally, 2009, Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12511-4
- Notes
- A. Burrows, W. B. Hubbard, D. Saumon, J. I. Lunine (1993). "An expanded set of brown dwarf and very low mass star models". Astrophysical Journal 406 (1): 158–171.
- "VLT Interferometer Measures the Size of Proxima Centauri and Other Nearby Stars". European Southern Observatory. November 19, 2002. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- Neptune-Size Planet Orbiting Common Star Hints at Many More
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Pizza Hut is going stale. It's struggling while its corporate siblings Taco Bell and KFC are doing reasonably well.
If the slowdown continues, should Pizza Hut owner Yum! Brands (YUM) consider selling the restaurant chain?
It's a legitimate question. Yum reported its second-quarter results after the closing bell Wednesday and the company's performance was clearly dragged down by problems at Pizza Hut. Shares fell nearly 7% Thursday on the news.
Same-store sales, one of the most important measures of health for a restaurant company, fell 3% at Pizza Hut. Sales were up at KFC and Taco Bell. Making matters worse, Pizza Hut's operating profits plunged 22% from a year ago.
Related: Would you order this $78 taco?
Brian Bittner, an analyst with Oppenheimer, asked Yum management during Thursday morning's conference call about whether or not Pizza Hut should be sold or spun off if the company does not turn things around. But executives were quick to shoot that talk down.
Yum chairman and CEO David Novak said that "we believe in the power of global brands" and noted that Pizza Hut is doing well in China. CFO Patrick Grismer added that it wasn't long ago that Pizza Hut was on top of the market in the U.S. and it won't overreact to short-term concerns.
That said, Novak and Grismer were both pretty blunt about what needs to be done to get back on track. Both referred to Pizza Hut being in "turnaround" mode.
Novak said he was "obviously disappointed" with Pizza Hut's results -- especially in the U.S., where same-store sales fell 4% -- and that full-year profits would fall short of forecasts. But he added that Pizza Hut will have a new marketing campaign in the fourth quarter and that the company wanted to focus more on millennials.
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Grismer added that Yum was not holding back on investments in Pizza Hut and that it needed to boost its digital initiatives in particular -- i.e. making it easier for consumers to order pizzas on their smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
Novak also urged analysts to try the company's new dessert, an 8-inch cookie that looks like a pizza and features chocolate chips from Hershey (HSY). Let's hope that Hershey's price hike doesn't make the pizza cookie more expensive!
Yum is big on what it calls "innovative" product launches. This is the same company that brought us the infamous Double Down sandwich from KFC and the new "quesarito" from Taco Bell. (I guess "burritadilla" didn't play as well in focus groups.)
But it may take more than culinary gimmicks to fix Pizza Hut. I think there are two big problems facing the company. And they are related. Consumers perceive it to be a stale brand. And there are a lot of other pizza chains out there. Several of my Twitter followers agree.
Ouch. If consumers don't like your product and can easily get something similar elsewhere, that's a bad sign. And Pizza Hut faces really tough competition from pizza pure plays (alliteration is fun!) like Domino's (DPZ) and Peyton Manning's favorite company Papa John's (PZZA).
One follower also suggested that Pizza Hut could differentiate itself from these two (and presumably the scores of other local by-the-slice mom and pop pizzerias throughout the country) by going more upscale.
Consider that Chipotle (CMG) is backing the founders of the original Pizzeria Locale to try and expand the concept beyond Colorado -- which is where both companies are based.
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Now to be fair, Yum managers deserve some time to re-bake Pizza Hut. As the company has noted, it wasn't long ago that it had the biggest piece of the market share pie. And Yum has been a phenomenal company. Just look at how much better it's done than McDonald's (MCD) over the past 5 years. It has outperformed the S&P 500 too.
But one could argue that Yum may also be better off focusing on KFC and Taco Bell instead and not worry about the distraction that is Pizza Hut.
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Taco Bell has made waves with the breakfast menu it launched in March. It's a chance to compete more effectively against McDonald's and even Starbucks (SBUX) during that key eating period.
And now that the worst seems to be over regarding a slump in KFC in China, the company can double down (sorry) on its attempt to become an even bigger player in India.
It probably wouldn't be hard for Yum to find a buyer. Private equity firms seem to have an insatiable appetite for well-known restaurant brands.
Wendy's (WEN) sold its Arby's unit to Atlanta-based Roark Capital Group in 2011. Chuck E. Cheese parent CEC agreed to sell out to Apollo Global (APO) in January. And in May, Darden (DRI) announced it was selling Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital.
Golden Gate is a big fan of restaurants. It bought California Pizza Kitchen in 2011.
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A Pizza Hut sale wouldn't be the first time Yum unloaded some struggling brands either. It sold the admittedly much smaller Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurant chains to franchisee groups for the two brands in 2011.
So if the new investments that Yum is promising in the fourth quarter don't pan (sorry again) out, then Yum should consider saying "arrivederci" to Pizza Hut.
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It looks like David Einhorn's latest prediction may be coming true.
Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), which Einhorn recently recommended shorting, got slammed after the casual restaurant chain reported earnings that fell short of forecasts. And, although revenue was roughly in line with estimates, investors were disappointed.
Chipotle's stock sank more than 10% after-hours Thursday. On Friday, shares fell more than 15% before gaining back some ground.
I fortuitously bumped into Einhorn MOREMaureen Farrell - Oct 19, 2012 10:23 AM ET
Tuesday brings the unofficial start to third-quarter earnings season, with aluminum producer Alcoa (AA) and KFC-owner Yum Brands (YUM) reporting after the closing bell.
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Hedge fund manager David Einhorn's newest short target: Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
Greenlight Capital's Einhorn thinks Taco Bell, owned by Yum Brands (YUM), will eat Chipotle's lunch with its new Cantina-style menu.
Chipotle was one of four stocks that Einhorn discussed during his presentation at the Value Investing Congress in New York. He also spelled out a case for why investors should buy General Motors (GM) and health insurer Cigna (CI). MOREMaureen Farrell - Oct 2, 2012 12:56 PM ET
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Cyclonic Storm Keila is known as Cyclone Keila, is the first named cyclonic storm and the first storm to reach cyclone intensity of the 2011 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Keila developed from a low pressure area in the Arabian Sea that organized into a tropical depression on October 29. At least 14 people are known to have been killed in Oman and more than 200 have been injured. As a cyclonic storm, Keila produced torrential rains over Oman resulting in six direct deaths
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Carrot shrikhand in meringue nests
Carrots are pretty simple, aren't they?
I have never really been one to be overly excited about a carrot, not even when it is dunked in the world's best hummus and I was one of those that drew them to a side at school when they appeared as boiled or soggy sides during forgettable lunch times. I don't feature them at Christmas and when a health visitor suggested that I wean my boy on boiled sticks of carrot, even I turned my nose. Whilst the foodie world fusses over damsons and aubergines, gelato and burrata here I am, talking to you about, well…carrots.
But, a couple of days ago Riverford sent me a generous bounty of perfectly fragranced and muddy carrots which, when the boy and I finished scrubbing, revealed to be some ultra-orange charms that tasted so sweet that it confused my mind a little. It was the kind of sweetness that you get when you roast a vegetable, you know, delicate but abundant. So then what to do with this princely amount?
So I did what anyone who needs a question answering does these days, I put it out on social media (yes, let's all roll our eyes a little at this, but look I haven't turned to telling my two-year-old son how proud I am of him over Facebook yet, so there is still hope). Anyway, social media responses suggested pickle (I have been thinking of it since so this will follow in due course, with lemon or limes), carrot halwa, carrot cake, and carrot juice…all sounding fab huh?
Given that these carrots hold so much sweetness and colour I am starting 'mission carrot' with a sweet dish and that is my beloved Shrikhand.
Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish made of strained yoghurt, which when it becomes thick and creamy is sweetened with sugar and then spiced with saffron, rose water, cardamom, pistachio and is so indulgent and lick-worthy. But you know me. I wouldn't be me if I didn't fusion-it-up. Behold the carrot Shrikhand that is juicy, creamy, royal-feeling and perfectly naughty on a crisp and airy meringue.
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1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup water
½ cup diced green bell pepper
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2 (14½-ounce) cans no-salt-added, stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 (15-ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
2 cups leftover turkey, shredded or cut in chunks
¼ cup pareve tofutti sour cream
Coat a Dutch oven with cooking spray, place over medium heat until hot. Add water and next 6 ingredients, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes. Add turkey and heat through. Ladle into individual soup bowls, top with tofutti sour cream. Yield: 1½ quarts.


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Usually painless, epidermoid cysts do not often require treatment. However, sometimes infection or appearance lead to people opting for removal. While there are certainly medical facilities equipped to handle the removal, many people opt for a more natural approach to healing. Here, we will discuss those options.
Home Remedies for Epidermoid Cyst Removal
Home Remedies for Epidermoid Cyst Removal
Fortunately, some home remedies can assist with the removal of a skin cyst. Home Remedy Hacks offer the following tips:
Apple Cider Vinegar- The acetic acid found in apple cider vinegar proves to be the helpful agent in combatting cysts. It works to protect the skin from bacteria and kill the infection brought on by the cyst. Just apply the vinegar directly to the infected area and cover with a bandage. The same process must be completed daily for a week until a hard layer of skin forms over the cyst. Remove the hard layer to allow the cyst to drain. Keep the area clean and within a week, new skin will start to grow.
Dandelion- One tablespoon of dandelion mixed with viola can fight infection brought on by cysts. Simply seep the mixture in boiling water for 45 minutes. Strain the concoction and drink it up to 4 times per day for up to 10 days. You can even use the solution to apply directly to the cysts for added relief.
Epsom Salt- Epsom salt soothes the infected skin. Fill a bathtub with water and use a generous amount of salt. Soak in the tub allowing the salt to relieve the pain and swelling associated with the cyst.
Aloe Vera- Aloe Vera has long been used as a soothing agent for various skin conditions. You may apply the sap from the plant directly to the cyst or for faster results; you can drink Aloe Vera juice.
Milk- Milk is a great option for cyst removal. Simply soak a tea bag in milk and place it on the cyst overnight. With repeated application, the cyst will reduce in size and heal faster.
Honey- A paste made with honey, wheatgrass and banana proves to be helpful for removing cysts. Put the paste directly on the infected area and cover with a cloth overnight. Regular application will lead to a faster recovery.
Castor Oil- For immediate reduction in size, heat and castor oil will do the trick. Apply castor oil directly to the cyst and cover with a hot bag of water or cloth. Overnight, the cyst will get smaller.
Epidermoid cysts are fairly common and usually should not be cause for alarm. However, if your cyst ruptures, becomes infected, or is the source of pain, then you should seek medical attention.
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Really wanted to be more active and not just in the first half of the race. I already was able to sit in for a couple of technical, non flat crits in the E3's.
Today was a mixed E3/E4 race but with mostly E3s. I had a good fifty minutes but unfortunately our race was seventy minutes. First four laps, sat in, covered a few moves. Fifth lap worked my way to the front on the four rollers, only sat on the front for a little bit but did too much during that lap and on the sixth lap could not hang on through the roller section. Got dropped and pushed myself to catch back up but totally blew up on the last roller, someone else who got dropped checked in to make sure I was OK when he saw me wobbling! Just did the last one plus laps solo. Probably should have saved my move for later in the race but at least I tried something a little different. Something to build on for next season.
This course is only going to be used for maybe more seasons. A veterans cemetary is being built and they will have a lot more traffic on these particular roads and the roads are probably too narrow to limit a race to half the lane.
2010 October 2 CCCX Circuit Race, Fall Series #3 E3/E4 from Steven Woo on Vimeo.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
The Best of the OLL No. 16: Leland Yeager, "The Positive Case for Free Trade" (1954) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2013). https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/2490,
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This is part of "The Best of the Online Library of Liberty" which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This essay is by the American economist Leland Yeager who has written on monetary policy and international trade issues. He summarizes the case for free trade very nicely and even argues that the unilateral declaration of free trade by a nation would bring considerable benefits to its consumers.
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A split second made Brook Stanbary's season. In one passing glance to his right on opening day of the first firearm hunting season, Stanbary spotted a huge whitetail buck just 35 yards away.
A split second made Brook Stanbary's season. In one passing glance to his right on opening day of the first firearm hunting season, Stanbary spotted a huge whitetail buck just 35 yards away. "He had come up over a ridge and was staring at me. I had the gun at the base of the stand and I knew it was now or never," said Stanbary, who lives outside Putnam. "Big deer like that can be gone in a split second." So Stanbary, 33, reached for his 20-gauge shotgun, shot once and hoped for the best. The buck ran just 75 yards before crashing down. "It happened so quick and that was probably good. There wasn't enough time to get excited," he said. "If I'd had my bow in my hand, I'd have missed that thing bigger than ..." Instead, Stanbary celebrated a 21-point Putnam County buck whose rack was green-scored at 216 5/8 inches (net). Anything over 200 inches is remarkable in the deer world - even this year when hunters have been registering 200-inch bucks with unusual regularity. "You look back at a situation like that and play it back and if I had been two seconds later looking that way he'd probably have been gone and I'd never have known he was there," Stanbary said. "You'd like to say it's your skill and hunting instincts, but it was plain, blind luck." Stanbary's father-in-law, Jim Real, had seen the buck that same morning while retrieving a four-wheeler but was unable to get off a shot. Stanbary also has a shed from the buck from two years ago. Unlike many areas of Illinois, the spot Stanbary hunts is fairly reliable at producing mature deer - thanks mostly to its location near Lake Thunderbird a refuge for mature bucks and deer in general. --- Remember Jennica Joos, the deer-hunting cheerleader from Deer Creek featured last Sunday? As predicted she had bagged a 7-point buck by 6:30 a.m. on opening day. And Joos had plenty of company last weekend. Successful female shooters included Kristie Knott of Mapleton, who had shot bucks the last two years with her father, Brian Knott. This year Kristie hunted on her own but still outdid dad by shooting an 11-point Schuyler County buck. Big-deer honors also went to Kandy Wright for the 13-pointer she shot on opening day. Not far back were Tammy Jo Stetler of Glasford and Sue Rowen of Bartonville with bucks better than mine. --- Don't tell Earl Martin III of East Peoria there are no big bucks on public land. Hunting last Sunday at Jubilee College State Park, Martin shot a massive Peoria County 15-pointer that took four people to load into his pickup. "It was a coincidence I got him. I was going back for an early lunch and happened to kick it up. He jumped up with a doe and I shot him," said Martin. After Martin shot, the buck ran off and he heard more shooting nearby. Though his heart dropped to think someone else had shot his buck, he kept tracking the blood trail before meeting two other hunters. "I asked if they saw a buck and they said 'No,' that they'd shot the doe that ran off with my buck," Martin said. "As soon as they said that I saw the buck down not 15 feet away. All I saw were antlers." Martin bagged one of 39 deer shot at Jubilee during gun season. His is also the third big buck shot at Jubilee this season, with two other 13-pointers taken by bowhunters earlier this fall. But there's hope for more in the weeks to come. "The monster is still out there," park staffer Janeen Stottler said on Thursday. "I saw him this week." That's worth noting since Jubilee has $5 standby permits for sale during the second firearm season this Thursday through next Sunday. --- Deric Kimler's hunting time has been limited this year due to his studies at Illinois Central College. So last Saturday was his first time in a treestand all fall. Not that you need feel much sympathy for Kimler, 18. The Williamsfield native needed just three hours to shoot the biggest deer he'd ever seen - a monster 15-point Fulton County buck. "It was all by itself heading back to where it beds behind me. So I had to shoot left-handed," Kimler said. "I didn't really get a good first shot." Though the buck had been gut shot it fell and was tangled in brush. That worked to Kimler's advantage, because he was able to get down from his stand and to make a kill shot. "Otherwise I figure he would have got up and been running." Ironically, several of the people Kimler hunts with had targeted the same buck. One archer even had the deer under his stand but was unable to shoot. "That deer had me speechless for about five hours afterward," Kimler said. --- Did prayers help Rudy Stinauer last Sunday morning? More likely it was perfect conditions. Whatever the case, 81-year-old Stinauer of Havana had the hunt of a lifetime by shooting an impressive 12-point Mason County buck. The buck made a scrape at 8:30 a.m. and former fisheries biologist Stinauer did the rest. Prior to his hunt, Stinauer was informed that his priest, Father Lopez had said special prayers for his hunt. "He still has a doe tag. Hopefully Father Lopez can help him with that too," son Bob Stinauer said. --- Here's a sign of the times in the deer-hunting world. Cody Wenger, 9, of London Mills shot his first buck last weekend and footage of the youngster shooting his Fulton County 9-pointer (which grossed 173 inches) will be featured in the upcoming Voorhees Outdoors Harvest Time video. . . . Luke Stoner, 14, of Pekin has been hunting once in his life. Naturally he shot an 8-point Knox County buck that green-scored 149 3/4 inches. . . . How good was opening weekend? Twin brothers Jordan and Josh Thompson of Danvers both shot McLean County trophy bucks that wound up in the taxidermist shop. . . . As usual, there was a full-velvet buck. The latest from the area went to Joseph Rohn of Edwards for a nifty 9-pointer. . . . Opening day offered quality time for the father-son duo of Gene and David Vaughan of Elmwood. Gene shot his Knox County buck in the morning and then was at David's side when he shot his later that day. . . . Among the many massive racks stacked up last weekend is the 13-pointer in Stark County shot by Roy Kraft of Wyoming and Joe Smith of Elmwood's massive 16-pointer. Jeff Lampe is Journal Star outdoors columnist. Write to him at 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643, call (309) 686-3212 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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For an in-depth discussion of ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder, see this Dr. Dobb's audio interview with Adobe's Adam Lehman.
"ColdFusion adoption has accelerated since we introduced support for Flex, AJAX and PDF with ColdFusion 8," said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. "The increased integration with everything from Adobe AIR applications to enterprise-based Adobe LiveCycle ES software enables companies to meet critical business needs quickly, while ColdFusion Builder provides developers with an enhanced workflow between ColdFusion and the Flash Platform for RIA development."
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Normally a 5 degree day would have been cause for grumbling and outright complaining. But after being polar vortexed twice in one month, the kids and I jumped up and down, tossing gloves, balaclavas, snowpants to each other, shouting, "It's 5 degrees outside!"
Perspective is a funny thing. From the outside, depending on the angle from which you catch it, it can seem like blissful ignorance, delusion, or Pollyannaish optimism. But from within, from the viewpoint of the person who has emerged from not one, but two polar vortices or suffered a devastating illness, there's a natural and undeniably sweet shift in understanding that comes from adversity.
Perhaps it seems crass to be grateful for what you have because you're comparing it to how much worse it could be, like when you leave a funeral service feeling inspired to "live better." But it's also just a beautiful function of our humanness: we pay more attention when we realize just how much we have to lose: health, loved ones, a warm home.
Yoga is an exploration of perspective. On a literal level, you are consciously placing your body in different positions than you are accustomed to, looking at the room, the world from a different vantage point, seeing what life feels like with your heels over your head rather than the other way around.
But you shift your perspective on another level, in a quiet reflective way, every time you come to your mat. Even if you were to just sit there, or do one restorative pose, or take a savasanap, the act of choosing something as slow, single-tasky, and low-tech as yoga is bound to be a counterpoint to whatever the rest of your day looks like.
Yes 5 degrees is still cold. Yes, it's annoying that I still have a lingering sniffle from the cold our family contracted two weeks ago, but when I get on my mat to be still, then breathe, then move, then blow my nose, then be still again, a little voice in my head chimes in: "At least you are well enough to do this."
This perspective voice is your friend. It does not intend to demean your life or its importance, but rather it serves to remind you that your life is so important that maybe you forgot because you were so distracted with work, your marital spat, a demanding pet, or children who alternately profess their love for each other, then kick each other in the shins.
The kids and I bundled up dutifully, even joyfully, having been sidelined from our daily outdoor time because of cold that froze my eyelashes in a matter of minutes. My son patiently asked for help with his boot rather than flailing and screaming that he was dying because his pant leg had bunched up to his thigh. With the perspective of what -15 degrees felt like, what -15 degrees meant to our normal existence, we laughed and shoveled, and spent a bundled up hour outside in the 5 degrees making the best darn backyard sledding hill around. When we got cold, we went inside and put our wet gear on the radiator, then we lay down on the basement floor with our feet cozied up to the furnace.
I'd like to believe we're cured of our winter complaining, just like after I've attended an inspiring memorial service I want to believe I'll never waste another moment watching old reruns because I'll be too busy knitting or volunteering or creating spontaneous poetry and finger-paintings with my kids.
But that's not really how perspective works. Heels can't perpetually stay over head, putting on snow pants and boots will sometimes make a small child feel like (and proclaim that) he's dying. Perspective relies on the existence of the normal, the mundane, the overlooked, the underappreciated. It is defined by our base state of being ungrateful and unaware.
Despite how it has seemed here in Chicago these past few weeks, it will warm up again, the snow will melt, and our awesome backyard sledding hill will fade, as will our joy at the "warmth" of 5 degrees. Come February, we will surely grumble, flail, and claim we are dying from all this oppressive snowgear as we overheat on our way out the door into the cold. But that's okay. There will be something else to remind us each time we forget.
Perspective can't be bullied or faked, but fortunately it doesn't take a -15 degree day or a terminal illness to access it. You need not channel your inner Debbie Downer. Perspective is just as sweet for the little things, just as uplifting when taken in small, consistent doses as when heaped upon you like a pile of snow.
Yoga is my sweet daily dose of perspective, the reminder that sometimes your quads burn in chair pose, but it's okay. It ends. We breathe in, we breathe out. Snow comes, and eventually melts. It's okay.
The further you get from the -15 degrees, the harder it is to appreciate the 5. But every time you come to your mat you have the opportunity to experience that state of grace called perspective. The stillness, the quietness the intimacy of breathing deeply with other human beings gives me the perspective to remember that despite all the details, hiccups, logistics, challenges, and irritations of putting on snow boots with bunched up pants, I am alive, I am healthy, I am okay.
And I don't need -15 degrees to feel that kind of joy. Thank goodness. Brrrr.


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The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library provides University Health Sciences students and faculty with free access to the clinical reference tool DynaMed. As described on its website, DynaMed is:
a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. DynaMed is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases directly and indirectly by using many journal review services. Each publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate representing a synthesis of the best available evidence.
In addition to the day-to-day usefulness of DynaMed, users receive a weekly update via email on additions to the database. As of the update for the week ending April 30th, 340 articles were reviewed and 189 of those added to DynaMed content. Each weekly update also includes "one article of significant interest" to include in the update. Best of all, clinicians can receive CME credits for reading these articles. Simply click on the "Earn credit for reading this e-Newsletter" link, set up an account, and take a short post-test after reading each article.


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When the leaders of the globe's biggest economies — the G8 — meet at Camp David in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains this weekend, they will have a plate full of problems: banking and liquidity and bonds and loan guarantees and such.
Somewhere on that plate there needs to be room for the world's poor, specifically for the hundreds of millions who go to bed hungry every night.
To their credit, the G8 have put food security on the agenda. This comes as a $22 billion, three-year pledge for food and hunger issues made at the 2009 G8 summit is expiring — even as only a fraction of that money has been spent. That pledge was in part a reaction to a sudden spike in food prices in 2008 that led to disruptions and riots, making many realize how access to affordable food is, in part, a national and global security issue.
Since then, of course, the world economy has continued to suffer severe setbacks. Greece is close to default. The eurozone is threatened. The United States' economy sputters along. Japan is still recovering from its tsunami. Many would say that the G8 has other, more important, things to focus on than hunger.
But one essential fact needs to be kept in mind: The poor of the world did not cause the financial crisis. They should not be the ones who suffer because of it. And suffer they will, if these wealthy nations turn their backs on the poor. Food prices did decline after that 2008 spike, but they have crept up ever since, in many cases surpassing 2008 levels.
President Barack Obama took an important first step, inviting four leaders of African nations — Presidents Thomas Yayi Boni of Benin, John Mills of Ghana and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia — to attend the G8 session on hunger. But he needs to follow through with firm commitments that cement the U.S. position as the moral leader of the world on this issue.
The other G8 members need to follow that lead, to show that they have a commitment to these developing nations that goes beyond pumping their oil or mining their resources. They need to renew the pledge of 2009 and commit to working within the framework it established, like country-led partnerships between G8 donors and national governments, including specific and supported roles for local and international nongovernmental organizations that in many cases have served poor communities in these countries for decades.
Let's be clear that when we talk about fighting hunger, we are not talking about simply handing out sacks of grain. Certainly, emergency feeding is sometimes necessary when drought strikes, as it did in East Africa last year and now in West Africa, or when an earthquake devastates a country like Haiti.
But these days, fighting hunger mainly means things like making sure that young children have proper nutrition so they grow up into productive members of their societies. It means agriculture projects and irrigation schemes and other development programs so that, someday, these countries will be able to feed themselves.
A country with a population that is malnourished will never develop a strong and vibrant economy. Better access to abundant supplies of healthy food helps create countries that will become trade partners for the G8 countries. In short, feeding people, and helping them feed themselves, is a good investment.
What sort of investment are we talking about? We at Catholic Relief Services and our colleagues in the humanitarian sector look for the U.S. to take a leadership position on this, by putting out $5 billion annually for fighting chronic global hunger, an increase of more than $1 billion over current spending. That is a certainly a lot of money, but consider that people in the United States spend more than $6 billion annually on potato chips. Or consider that one bank, J.P. Morgan, just lost $2 billion playing the financial markets — and expects little effect on its bottom line. That puts the amount in perspective.
The point is, we can afford to help the world's hungry. And we can't afford not to.
Carolyn Woo is president of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, the official overseas humanitarian organization of the Catholic community in the United States. Her email is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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JetBrains has released its PhpStorm 5.0 PHP IDE with a focus on new features for Symfony2 and Yii projects.
In addition to the previously supported Zend framework and the Drupal free and open-source content management system, the version 5.0 iteration will feature a "more sophisticated" type inference engine for PHP variables and class fields as well as a new MVC view for Symfony2 and Yii projects.
Also included with this release is a "Live Edit" mode for PHP/HTML/CSS/JS code with instant page preview in the browser.
There are reported to be "many additions" in SQL/Databases support, including live database schema refactoring, stored procedures editing, schema migration scripts generation, and improved SQL completion.
"This release brings a data-flow-based type analysis engine which significantly improves the precision of the code analyser, with no additional code annotations needed. We also believe that the new Live Edit mode will be a lot of help for web developers looking to boost their coding productivity," said Alexey Gopachenko, PhpStorm project lead.
Gopachenko has also pointed to improvements for editing JavaScript and CSS/Sass/LESS and built-in PSR1/PSR2, Symfony2, and Drupal-compliant code formatting.
PHP 5.4 is now fully supported, including traits and all the new syntax improvements: class member access on instantiation, short array syntax, array dereferencing on function call, binary literals, expressions in static calls, etc.
In related news, the firm has also released WebStorm 5.0 as an update to its JavaScript IDE. WebStorm 5.0 will feature live HTML/CSS/JS editing preview for Google Chrome, Google Closure Compiler JSDoc annotations support, initial Jade templates support, JSTestDriver tests debugging, project-level JS libraries, and improvements for Sass/SCSS: better code completion, navigation, code formatting, and support for advanced constructs.


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Effective Staff Review and Development: Practical for Reviewers Prerequisites
The Staff Review and Development (SRD) process provides the opportunity for supervisors, managers and academics to engage in constructive discussion with their staff or academic colleagues about current and future work and their personal and career development.
You must have completed the Effective Staff Review and Development: Online module before attending this practical. The online module focuses on an overview of the process, practical advice and useful reminders of good practice.
This practical session for reviewers is an opportunity to build on your learning from the online module, to discuss SRD with other reviewers, to practise and receive supportive feedback in a short practical activity and to ask any further questions.
University staff who will be reviewing others
- Further details regarding PPD's eligibility criteria are available
Please ensure you have completed the Effective Staff Review and Development: Online module before participating in this practical session
- to build-on understanding about purpose and outcomes of SRD, following the online learning module
- to discuss key stages for effective SRD with others
- to practise in roles of reviewer and/or reviewee
- to share tips, advice and good practice with others
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TONY's top 50 TV shows of the decade
The best stuff on the boob tube from 2000 to 2009.
It was a shitty decade for the auto industry and pager salesmen, but the aughts were remarkably kind to television. The small screen is no longer the ghetto for actors and production values that it once was—we're a couch potato nation, dang it, and we don't have to be ashamed. To celebrate the end of the '00s and the start of the tens (the teens? the tween years?), TONY picked the 50 best shows that made DVR ownership next to godliness. Our not-so-scientific method included casual debate and professions of love for David Simon; our only requirement was that the program made its biggest impact after the turn of the millennium (so calm yourselves, Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans).
Participants: Allison Williams, Amy Plitt, David Fear, Ethan LaCroix, Drew Toal, Sharon Steel, Noah Tarnow
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present)
On paper, this show shouldn't work: five deeply unlikable, morally bankrupt characters do icky things to themselves and others at a Philadelphia bar. But it does, thanks to a toxic cocktail of dark humor, absurd plots and go-for-broke performances—Danny DeVito, we're looking at you.—Amy Plitt
Alias (2001–2006)
The first season was stylish, heart-pumping and unapologetically fun, so it was kind of a bummer when J.J. Abrams's first adventure show went off the rails with a tangled mess of mythology in its later years. But whenever Jennifer Garner's bewigged superspy was kicking ass in high heels, it was perfect escapism.—Allison Williams
The Amazing Race (2001–present)
Few shows stick to a formula as stubbornly as this round-the-world trek, but after 15 circumnavigations, it's hard to argue with success. By filming contestants at a constant run and hustle, the show leaves little time for them to become narcissistic loungers. And the backdrops beat any Real World house ever, hands down.—Allison Williams
Dead Like Me (2003–2004)
When Six Feet Under became a hit for HBO, Showtime got into the death business with Bryan Fuller's comedy about an alienated young woman who is enlisted as a grim reaper after dying in a freak accident. At its best, it had viewers laughing at the inevitability of death for us all, and that was a valuable service in the 2000s.—Ethan LaCroix
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–present)
On most teen shows, a kid gets pregnant, considers an abortion and then conveniently miscarries before the deed is done. While we're sure Rep. Stupak is a fan of that model, this Canadian import has the gall to portray such aspects of teenager life in dramatic, rather than sensationalistic, tones.—Allison Williams
House (2004–present)
Sure, Hugh Laurie's House is a compelling focal point; the guy makes crabby, drug-addicted, rule-ignoring doctor Gregory House almost sympathetic. But let's not forget the real star of the show: the diseases and disorders that cause some poor patient's freaky symptoms ("Her skin fell off!" "His urine is blue!").—Ethan LaCroix
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000–present)
Stoners have to watch TV, too, you know. As the surreal flagship for the Adult Swim animation block, ATHF represents cartoons that are gonzo and weird, not smug (ahem, Family Guy) or for kids—and the talking ball of meat is just precious.—Allison Williams
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–present)
Leno's humor is broad and toothless; Letterman tends to look bored (or guilty); Conan O'Brien relies too strongly on his geek persona. But the Scottish Ferguson is playful and petulant without resorting to fratboy humor, delivering crisp, lively late-night banter free of baggage.—Allison Williams
American Idol (2002–present)
The Godzilla of TV talent competitions might be most notable for its size, but beneath the endorsements, the screams and Ryan Seacrest's bleached tips are sweet kids wanting nothing more than a shot at the big time. For all the dross in the lead-up, the best singers usually finish on top.—Allison Williams
Reno 911! (2003–2009)
The incompetent Reno police department made for one of the most entertaining cop shows on TV, and the inherent humor of police-issue short-shorts deserves applause all on its own.—Allison Williams
Deadliest Catch (2005–present)
Of all the places reality-show cameras have taken us, none is as flat-out impressive as the deck of an Alaskan crab boat in the dead of winter. Hardened fishermen just doing their job is the anti–Real Housewives, the anti–The Hills, the anti–stupid reality show.—Allison Williams
Sons of Anarchy (2008–present)
Call it the son of The Shield; when a writer-producer from that intense police drama crafted a show about outlaw bikers, he was smart enough to cast his wife, Katey Sagal, as the brittle matriarch. The twisted web of brotherhood and ruthlessness has been riding under the radar, but this Sopranos-on-Harleys saga is dirty, serious fun.—Allison Williams
24 (2001–present)
Between Jack Bauer and Dick Cheney, we'd definitely think twice before engaging in domestic terrorism. The adrenaline-pumped series should be commended not only for its tricky format, but for the fact that it featured the escape of a ravenous cougar as a major plot point and it still survives five seasons later.—Allison Williams
The Soup (2004–present)
It's the Friday night show everyone considers their own personal guilty pleasure: Comic Joel McHale snarks on the week's worst television moments in a revamped Talk Soup. Try to crib a Kim Kardashian–bashing joke from the master, though, and you'll find that all your friends recognize the reference.—Allison Williams
Carnivàle (2003–2005)
The story of a Depression-era kid with special powers and a weird destiny was cut short just as it was about to blow the lid off of its good-versus-evil battle. We don't know whether to blame the Christian mythology, the Masonic stuff or some roving carnival freak.—Drew Toal
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001–2006)
The epic culmination of the DC Animated Universe, Justice League was a veritable comics-geek orgasm, balancing Technicolor action with multishaded character development, and succeeding where nearly every superhero movie has failed. The triumphant finale—Superman, Batman and Lex Luthor unite against Darkseid—reminded us why these characters became icons in the first place.—Noah Tarnow
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Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Following the disturbing exploits of 46-year-old former junkie and prostitute Jerri Blank, who returns to high school after having run away two decades earlier, this send-up of After-School Specials launched the careers of Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert.—Ethan LaCroix
Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007–present)
DJ Lance Rock and his furry pals teach moppets manners, morals and the joys of dancing in Nickelodeon's trippiest show for kids (and, apparently, late-night clubbers). We'd like to have seen Mister Rogers pull off a form-fitting orange bodysuit.—David Fear
Glee (2009–present)
Whether these high-school glee kids are going for over-the-top emotion (the "Defying Gravity" diva-off), humor (the mash-ups) or poignancy ("When You're Smiling"), they always hit the right notes. And Jane Lynch as the cheer coach from hell is particularly delicious.—Amy Plitt
CSI (2000–present)
It's easy to take the procedural behemoth for granted now, but the first CSI was originally a Friday night show about forensic science, starring, uh, a bunch of nobodies. Even after the two spin-offs and massive ratings, the focus is still on clever whodunits rather than the actors, and the three-show empire has changed the way juries approach criminal evidence.—Allison Williams
Coupling (2000–2004)
Anything we can do the Brits can do in a fraction of the episodes. Their take on six urban singles goofing around lasted a mere 28 episodes, every one of them quotable. The show was tart and hilariously naughty in a way that American sitcoms still haven't mastered, so the 2003 U.S. version predictably tanked.—Allison Williams
Rescue Me (2004–present)
One of the medium's more trenchant responses to 9/11, Denis Leary's ode to NYC firefighters has morphed into a first-rate, testosteronized soap opera. If there's a more charismatic swearing, swaggering, womanizing and whiskey-drinking Irish-American prick on TV than Tommy Gavin, we haven't met him yet.—David Fear
The Colbert Report (2005–present)
We dislike Bill O'Reilly as much as the next guy, but if his continued presence on the air gives Stephen Colbert fodder for his hilariously ignorant television personality, then we can live with him. Buried underneath Colbert's blowhard exterior is true comedic talent, with the ability to skewer someone to their face without seeming like a jerk.—Amy Plitt
Saxondale (2006–2007)
How do you follow up a cringe-comedy creation like Alan Partridge? If you're Britcom legend Steve Coogan, you go the opposite route: His middle-aged rock-roadie-turned-exterminator Tommy Saxondale gave dignity to England's everyblokes for two remarkably funny, poignant seasons.—David Fear
How I Met Your Mother (2005–present)
Don't compare it to Friends—HIMYM is better, and has spawned a whole lexicon of catchphrases and relaunched the career of the erstwhile Doogie Howser, M.D. The sitcom's commitment to clever, Rashomon-as-high-comedy storytelling, as well as its heartfelt characters, will ultimately make it legen—wait for it!—dary.—Amy Plitt
Project Runway (2005–present)
The original fashion competition show brought couture to the masses, inviting us all to have an opinion about bubble skirts and ratty hemlines. Without it, Tim Gunn would be just another underappreciated educator instead of everyone's favorite "make it work" mentor.—Allison Williams
The West Wing (1999–2006)
Though its pitch-perfect premiere predates the aughts, Aaron Sorkin's sweeping political drama delivered some of its best punches in its following years, including an untranslated monologue in Latin. President Bartlet was a necessary retreat for bummed-out liberal daydreamers during the Bush era.—Allison Williams
The Comeback (2005)
Little could have prepared us for the humiliation pileup of this faux-reality documentary about a faded sitcom star; it mined the thrills of cringe-induction before it became the stock-in-trade of the American Office.—Ethan LaCroix
Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Go ahead, scoff—we don't care. For all of the criticism, HBO's girly comedy did something that few shows had done before: It focused exclusively on four women over the age of—gasp!—30. Underneath all the cupcake and vibrator froufrou was a fun show that often had more heart and feminist verve than it was given credit for.—Amy Plitt
Generation Kill (2008)
If you ever wondered exactly what the storming of Baghdad was really like, this peerless HBO miniseries will clear it up. By giving the Iraq War the Band of Brothers treatment, it refused to wait for the distance of history to unpack the war's ambiguities and heroism.—Drew Toal
Wonderfalls (2004)
Unmotivated, depressed college grad Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas) shows up at her dead-end job at a gift shop one day to find the souvenirs giving her cryptic orders—and her failure to follow them inevitably results disaster. Bizarre, yes, but also surprisingly moving.—Ethan LaCroix
Futurama (1999–2003)
The adventures of Fry, Leela, Bender and the rest were always hilarious (and smartly so, with pokes at Schrdinger's cat and the binary number system), but often surprisingly poignant. Here's hoping it proves more popular when it returns to Comedy Central in 2010.—Amy Plitt
Firefly (2002–2003)
Fox killed Joss Whedon's Orwellian steampunk romp after only one season, but it featured just as much violence, romance and snap-talking camaraderie as Buffy. Yeah, we got a movie in 2005, but that was hardly enough space cowboys for one lifetime.—Sharon Steel
Breaking Bad (2008–present)
When the going gets tough, the tough turn from teaching high-school chemistry to cooking meth. With his trusty sidekick (an ex-pupil) by his side, Bryan Cranston's Walt White is the quintessential '00s man caught between the forces of mortality and morality.—Allison Williams
Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
Though set in the 1980s, this was a universal slice of modern adolescence for every slacker, pothead, loser, nerd or lovesick ignoramus. Bridging 1999 and 2000, it found a fan base only after it was canceled and its stars (James Franco, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen, not to mention writer Judd Apatow) moved on to bigger fame.—Sharon Steel
Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
The WB's gentlest show celebrated smart chicks with DIY style and bullet-fast quips. It showcased the comic chops of Lauren Graham, who managed to make consectutive references to Pippi Longstocking and Saul Bellow seem both believable and charming.—Allison Williams
Deadwood (2004–2006)
The operatic cadences of Ian McShane's Swearengen monologues were works of art, especially when performed mid--blow job or to a decapitated head. With all due respect, Deadwood stands as one of the best Westerns ever. There, we said it.—Drew Toal
Lost (2004–present)
The island. The polar bear. The plane crash. The scientist cult. The inexplicable hilarity of two characters trying to explain time travel to each other. Every element of the supernatural drama is unique, yet all fade into the background during character studies of the evil, conflicted and remorseful castaways. And again, there's a frickin' polar bear.—Allison Williams
The Tick (2001)
This short-lived live-action translation of the beloved animated series had the potential for greatness. The big blue guy deserved better than nine episodes, but the silly parody remains a favorite.—Drew Toal
Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
This was the decade we gathered round the watercooler not to discuss trifles like Friends but to talk about the tale of an icy, emotionally stunted family reeling from the death of their undertaker patriarch. Alternately funny and devastating—often both over the course of a few minutes—it remained rooted thanks to the haunting performances. And don't get us started on the tearjerking seven-minute epilogue.—Ethan LaCroix
30 Rock (2006–present)
This behind-the-scenes look at a late-night comedy show allows the writers to take plenty of swipes at their own network, which they somehow get away with. And the supporting cast, particularly Jack McBrayer as the sweetly naive Kenneth the Page, is never overshadowed by the now-superstars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.—Amy Plitt
Veronica Mars (2004–2007)
Creating a neon noir aesthetic on a shoestring budget, the teen-detective drama cast away comparisons to Nancy Drew the moment its tiny blond protagonist told us she was on a post-rape revenge quest. The titular bitch on wheels solved mysteries using a suspicious, wounded nature that never rendered her a victim.—Allison Williams
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Sure, it killed most of humanity in the pilot, gave the genocidal robots a sympathetic side and turned its heroes into violent insurgents. But that's why we loved the genre-busting sci-fi drama, and a celebratory conference at the United Nations only cemented its thoughtful impact. So we all, dammit.—Allison Williams
Mad Men (2007–present)
Matthew Weiner's pitch-perfect drama about the golden age of advertising doesn't just view the Camelot era though the prisms of fetishized retro-fashion and nostalgia; this AMC series delves into today's McLuhan-on-steroids media with a vengeance. It also gives us a great existentialist hero in Don Draper, a walking identity crisis in a gray flannel suit.—David Fear
The Office (U.K.: 2001–2003; U.S.: 2005–present)
Ricky Gervais made us squirm in horror as inept office manager David Brent in the original humiliation-humor sitcom, setting the stage for the equally cringeworthy (in a good way) American adaptation. Thank the excellent cast of that import—many of whom do double duty as writers or producers—for making "That's what she said" funny again.—Amy Plitt
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The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Even with all of the Mafia shenanigans and spilled blood around Tony Soprano, at its heart this was a story about a middle-aged guy facing pressure from his family, his job and his own inner demons. The ambiguous series finale will likely remain one of the all-timemost debated ends to a television show.—Amy Plitt
Arrested Development (2003–2006)
Even if this absurdly hilarious comedy was never hugely popular, it helped propel its cast onto bigger things (oh, hi, Michael Cera)—and made us remember why we loved Jason Bateman so much in the '80s; dude can deadpan like nobody's business. We need the ber-dysfunctional Bluth family on the big screen.—Amy Plitt
Friday Night Lights (2006–present)
The dramas of small-town American life were rendered with such perfect grace, it's no wonder Time Out New York's late Time In editor, Andrew Johnston, inked CLEAR EYES, FULL HEART, CAN'T LOSE on his arm. The emotion seeping from the laconic Coach or injured quarterback socks you in the gut—never manipulative, ever purposeful and beautiful.—Allison Williams
The Wire (2002–2008)
David Simon's epic portrait of a crumbling Baltimore was unflinching, showing the forces at work—corruption, drugs, even capitalism—that contribute to the slow death of American cities. Has there ever been a television character as conflicted and surprising as the gay, shotgun-carrying thug-killer Omar Little? (Answer: no.)—Amy Plitt
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999–present)
Despite its format and preaching-to-the-choir attitude, Jon Stewart's nightly news chastisement was the decade's most impactful and interesting program. Though Stewart's tenure began in 1999 (and the show itself in 1996), the program's scathing parody blew up in its aptly named "Indecision 2000" coverage. Consistent, colorful and a time capsule of our decade, The Daily Show exemplified drama and comedy in ways most shows couldn't touch.—Allison Williams


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Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -ology. The word ology is therefore a back-formation from the names of these disciplines. Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), to speak. The word ology is thus misleading as the 'o' is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending. For example, the bio part of biology stems from Greek βιος (bios), life. This is why some of the words do not end in -ology (such as mineralogy).
Not all words ending in -ology are ologies in the above sense. In some words such as tautology and haplology, the -logy suffix is from the Greek λογοσ, word, and denotes not a field of study but a type of speech or writing. For example, haplology means the mistake of saying one letter, syllable or word when two or more are required, as in the example of pronouncing the word "February" somewhat like "Febuary". Even 'technology' isn't a discipline as such, more a description of an improvement.
It should also be pointed out that some words mean to study something, but aren't called ologies -- midwifery is one example.
A famous British television commercial of the 1980s has a Jewish student phoning his grandmother to confirm his exam results. He is disappointed that he has only passed Sociology, but his grandmother will have none of it. "Anthony," she insists, "if you get an ology, you're a scientist!"
Here is a list of some ologies:
please add more examples of real fields of study ending with -ology to this list
Words ending in -ology that are not fields of study, and thus not "ologies" in the sense of this article, are:
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