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For a profound and insightful interview regarding the atom, please investigate with an "open mind" the EQAFE interview : "The Psychology of The Atom", explaining the creation and the function of the atom and subatomic particles from a perspective that has never been heard before.
Today I will discuss the atom. The atoms have been referred to by scientist as the basic building blocs of matter.
The concept came about through a philosophical question regarding whether or not matter could be divided again and again into infinity and maintain it's original properties, this question dates back to ancient India and Greece, over one thousand years ago, where they have concluded that there must be a basic particle / structure that matter consists of and that cannot be divided. The term Atom comes from the Greek word átomos, which means indivisible, "uncuttable" or "the smallest indivisible particle of matter", this term was coined by the Greek philosopher Democritus, the student of Leucippus in approximately 450 BCE.
To illustrate this point, imagine a chunk of gold, split it into two pieces, now you have two chunks of gold and both pieces will still retain their chemical identity as the properties of gold, split them again and again and again… eventually you will get to the most basic particle which will be identical in all substance as the building blocks of all matter, and thus will not have the qualities of gold anymore - this was the main hypothesis made by the Greek philosophers, though scientists have found that gold is a chemical element and it's atom defines and thus still has the properties of gold, because it was found in the 18'th and 19'th century that the atom isn't the most basic particle and can actually be split - but the idea of splitting matter until we find a basic particle still stands, we know today the elementary particles are the electron and other subatomic particles.
The idea and thus the name was given to the atom as the smallest indivisible particle, though, as mentioned above, more recent research has shown that it itself consists of smaller subatomic particles - what science know today is that and each atom is made up of electrons, that hold a negative electric charge, each electron is defined as -1, and the electrons surround a central nucleus that hold a positive electric charge, the nucleus is composed by neutrons, which as their name implies hold a neutral charge, and protons which hold a positive charge, each proton is defined as +1. The neutrons and protons are composed by even smaller particles called quarks which have been given the names of up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top. The up, charm, and top quarks have charges of +2/3 that of the proton, whereas the down, strange, and bottom quarks have charges of -1/3 that of the proton. The proton consists of two up quarks and one down quark, which you can easily show leads to the correct charge for the proton (2/3 + 2/3 - 1/3 = 1). Likewise, the neutron consists of two down quarks and one up quark, giving a net charge of zero (- 1/3 - 1/3 +2/3 = 0).
The name given to the atom, as you can see, is not as suitable anymore because it is clear that it can be divided into it's smaller particles, yet the name remained and the search for the smallest indivisible particle continues. The most resent and very exciting finding was the Higgs boson, which I have not yet investigated so will not speak of, but it appears that every new finding opens the way for more questions and more research so it seems to be a never ending story.
What I find disturbing about this quest for the elementary particles, is that scientific research has demonstrated time and time again that the goal of the research is not to understand our reality from a practice and livable perspective, but is to learn how to manipulate substance through the findings they have reached, in order to serve the perceived benefit of the human where as most of the findings end up being used as a play ground to build faster computer more sophisticated technology and more effective weapons - as most of the research is funded and used for military purposes - there is this aura about science and specifically physics as it is our way to improve our well being and for that justification so much funding is being pored into it, but in reality physics is not aimed to actually understand reality and the human within it, nor to find ways through the findings to bring about an equilibrium for humanity to exist as one with the rest of existence as a whole.
I realize and have stated in previous blogs that scientists are approaching science through their preprogrammed mind systems, and thus their starting point is a systematic starting point, one of separation - when we look at their approach to the physical, it is clear they perceive it as being something lifeless, separated from us, as we all probably do to some extent, but along side with the belief the physical is lifeless we the human, the scientists, believe we have the right to analyze and dissect it for our benefit, looking at it as a foreign object, separated from us which we define as life and as such the possibility that substance is the basis for our life here is not taken into consideration, clearly we would not be here if it wasn't for substance, it has been here way before we have, and it will survive all the manipulations we are inflicting upon it and still will be here to see us humans perish away if we don't "get our act together", we have a lot to learn from the physical and research is a cool way to approach it - but it all has to do with out starting point - are we going to continue investigating the physical in separation or are we going to allow ourselves to investigate it within a starting point of self reflection, within realizing that we are the physical, equal and one, and all the findings can shed another ray of light into understanding ourselves and our acceptances and allowances within this world as our existence.
Lets see some of the hidden assumptions that hold together the atomic theory, and the physics research in general:
1) It is an assumption that everything that is here, including humanity, human nature and consciousness started and originated from the atom as the structure we know and see today, another perspective could be that the atom evolved to be what it is today, manifested, created and designed to enslave the physical to energy and humanity to the mind.
2) It is an assumption that if we keep on searching we will find the elementary particle that cannot be split any further, another perspective could be that perhaps this quest is the biggest ever lasting distraction, keeping us from what really matters and can really influence our existence to the better.
3) It is an assumption that matter as the physical is lifeless, another perspective could be that the physical is the essence of life itself, and only through equalizing ourselves to the physical as life will we even know what life really is.
4) It is an assumption that we have the right to manipulate matter to our benefit while disregarding everything else in existence through not considering the delicate relationships that hold everything in balance, another perspective could be that our interference with the physical is abusive and distractive within our very starting point of separation, and that as long as we disregard the physical as life we are headed towards consequences that we are not equipped to handle
5) It is an assumption that what we are looking for can be found "out there" in research separate from us as we investigate matter as substance in separation from ourselves, another perspective could be that everything that we ever find is always pointing back to ourselves as giving us an opportunity to investigate the point within ourselves, to learn from what we find and apply it to and as ourselves - that the answer is within ourselves as who we are within what we do with and perceive our findings, and not the findings themselves.
6) It is an assumption that it's more valuable and beneficial for humanity to spend money, time and resources on research in the goal to solve existential questions, that is based mainly on curiosity rather than spending the money, time and resources to actually benefit the lives here on earth directly through implementing the vast amount of research and findings that have already been investigated and is able to end suffering and abuse for humanity and all life in existence.
7) It is an assumption that physics is not responsible to investigate human nature and is restricted to the realm of the lifeless physical, in the search of more life "out there" which will then be passed on to another department as of physics not taking responsibility for life, another perspective could be that human nature is obviously related to the physical as it is our habitat if nothing else, and that all life is connected to the physical and thus the responsibility of physics and all scientific discipline to address it and consider it.
If you haven't read my blog about scientific paradigm, please do so, and consider investigating the writings of Thomas Kohn in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - it is clear that these hidden assumptions and many many more have been the directive principle for the scientific research, and as the dominant paradigm, they have not been questioned sufficiently.
As in every scientific revolution, you must allow yourself to baldly go where no one has gone before, thus, allow yourself to investigate anything that is an assumption, ask yourself what is the starting point of such an assumption, is it ignorance, is it fear, is it greed, power, control, or is the starting point to investigate all things and keep that which is good, from the perspective of finding ways to benefit all life equally as what is best for all life - putting all the greatest minds together to find practical solutions, the same human minds that have thought of atoms 800 years before the technology to prove they existed, can surely come together and find practical, livable, uncompromising solutions that will be best for all life .
The splitting of matter into it's basic particles is a pealing off of it's self definition, it's individuality, when splitting it further and further it comes down to the same substance, I have interpreted it as follows:
1) the concept of atoms, the elementary particles, the building blocks of matter, represent the common denominator of all substance, thus it stands for equality within and all everything as we are all equally made out of the same basic particles.
2) our self definition is limited to our belief, we must ask ourselves what are we going to find if we allow ourselves to peal off all that we believe ourselves to exist as, we must ask ourselves and investigate what might remain as the essence of ourselves if we allow ourselves to let go everything we have defined as ourselves - as we have been looking for the essence of life, of matter, in the subatomic particles instead of looking at ourselves and finding the "subatomic particles" within ourselves as the beingness of and as ourselves, as life itself - what else are we going to find, when looking at the essence of life, but life?
3) the fact that we are all equally made of the same substance, the same life force, yet we are individualized, reflects that something more is going on - the relationships between the particles as substance that creates us as who we are - on one dimension we can see this through looking at the chemical relationships as the relationships between particles, pulling themselves together to form molecules, to form structure, enslaved to each other, interacting with each other, balance each other. On another dimension we can reflect this to all relationships and interaction in our existence - from the electrical, to the chemical to the biological to the psychological to the social - The atom shows us that we are all made of the same basic "building blocks" and thus are equal from that perspective, and it shows that everything these building blocks build is created through relationships as interactions - the laws of physics show us the possibilities of stable, effective and supportive relationships and the possibility of instable, abusive, destructive ones. As well it shows us through the human influence as we deliberately create imbalance in natural relationships as manipulation to substance, in the justification of research, though, even through seeing the massive destructive nature that creating a deliberate imbalance to the relationships of the atom, as substance, has on reality, as the obvious example of the atom bomb for instance, we have not dedicated ourselves to stabilize ourselves as making sure that we create balance and stable and effective relationships, where all participants in the relationship are taken care of, thus we have not been working towards equilibrium, even though we clearly see the destruction we create through manifesting an imbalanced relationship.
Here within the research of the atom, to sum it up, the three points we could investigate further and find how the atom represents these points from which we can learn and apply ourselves are equality, life and relationships - these are critical points to investigate within ourselves, as the laws of physics bring us back to them time and time again - we can align ourselves with what physics is showing us and thus walk with the forces of nature and be supported by them in harmony, or we can walk in conflict with nature, as we ignore the simple truths that are so clearly visible when one takes off the vale of the mind, as the vale of predetermined belief systems that investigate all in separation, and instead replace them in a humble investigation, within the starting point of self honesty, self responsibility and actually finding solutions that will benefit all life that live - I will investigate the definition of life further in blogs to come.
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I guess our BlackBerries are sometimes constantly with us, at our beck and call instead of the other way around. What I'm most thankful for is that my BlackBerry isn't a 250 pound man. Just sayin'.

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"There is a narrow parking lot in Cunningham Park in Queens surrounded by playing fields for adult softball and youth soccer and baseball. At one end of the lot, retirees arrive to practice their golf and mothers in minivans gather to wait for their Little Leaguers.
The other end is popular with another set with a much lower profile in this suburban setting: gay men cruising for sex. Their playing field is the parking lot itself and the goal is a sexual encounter, usually quick and anonymous."
Oh My Stars! What have we here? It looks like an intrepid reporter named Corey Kilgannon, has invented the wheel.!
"Manhattan may have its gay bars and such traditional pickup spots as the woods of the Ramble in Central Park and the piers of the West Village. But in the less-accepting climate of the suburbs and the boroughs outside Manhattan, gay men often resort to courting one another from the relative safety and privacy of their cars. They troll remote parking lots that become de facto pickup spots well known in gay circles but not to the general public.
Long Island spots include Two Mile Hollow Beach in East Hampton, the Field 6 parking lot at Jones Beach, a rest stop near Exit 52 on the Long Island Expressway and the park-and-ride lot on Route 110 in Melville. Each has its own culture and often its own set of protocols, ranging from parking position to the flashing of headlights or blinkers as mating calls."
Cue Jeanette MacDonald!
Speaking as someone born and raised in New York, who lived in Queens for close to thirty of my 58 years, I'm well aware of Cunningham Park, The Ramble, Field 6 at Jones Beach and a whole lot of other places. So nice of the NYT to finally catch-up with the real world for its own special brand of peep show delectation.
The parking lot in Queens seems to be especially popular with men who lead ostensibly heterosexual lives but show up for sex because it is quick, easy to get and secretive, regulars say. The lot, along Hollis Hills Terrace just south of 73rd Avenue in Queens Village, is close to several major parkways, and its location helps make it popular with men who commute between New York City and the suburbs, where they often have a house, a mortgage, a wife and children.
There's a marvelous scene involving a parking lot in L'Homme Blesse, Patrice Chereau's sublime study of a gay teenager. But in the scene in question the parking lot he happens upon is filled with straight couples.
"The vast majority of men who come here are married," said one longtime parking lot user, who like the other men interviewed there recently would not tell his name because of concerns ranging from embarrassment to fears of gay-bashing.
"I can't tell you how many guys I've had here who were wearing wedding bands, with baby seats in the car and all kinds of kids' toys on the floor. It's on their way home and they don't have to get involved in a relationship or any gay lifestyle or social circles. They don't even have to buy anyone a drink or be seen in a gay bar. They just tell the wife, 'Honey, I'll be home an hour late tonight.' "
Regulars say that the married men enjoy the risk and recklessness of semipublic sex, which usually means receiving oral sex in their cars or having other sexual encounters in the woods nearby.
"Some aren't getting it at home," the man added. "Some say, 'I'm not even gay. I'm just bored.' "
If that's your story, darling, you stick to it.
Almost any time from noon till 9 p.m., when the lot is officially closed, the scene is the same. The narrow section has two long rows of parking spaces into which the men back their cars, forming two rows of cars facing each other with a thoroughfare between them.
Each newcomer trolls this thoroughfare with all eyes upon him and surveys the other men in cars, who may either perk up and look interested or shut the window and look away. Then with a dramatic swoop, the driver will back his car next to the car of the man he is pursuing.
It all has the deliberate positioning, shifting and movement of a chess game. The parking lot is a fishbowl and the action unfolds like a soap opera each day. Some longtime lot regulars who are openly gay enjoy gathering to observe and narrate the forays and entreaties as they occur. The lot serves the lonely as well as the lusty, they said, helping men seeking friendship and a place to socialize and bond.
"There's so much loneliness among gay men," one lot user said. "A lot of guys just want someone to talk to."
Well don't talk with your mouth full. And don't talk to anybody from the NYT. Haven't you read Straight News ?
You haven't? Well be sure to get yourself a copy. It details the Three Card Monte game the Times has been carrying on with gay men's lives from the Abe Rosenthal era, all the way up to Jeff Schmalz's grand mal collapse
The parking lot's use as a gay cruising spot goes back at least to the 1960's, several older men said. "I spent the halcyon days of my youth here," one said. "This place was paradise back then."
Well I wouldn't go that far, dear.
As for sex, the regulars say that they prefer the parking lot to gay bars since there is little in the way of drugs and alcohol and there is more honesty about sexually transmitted diseases. Many regulars say they make arrangements to go home together or to a motel since a strong police presence makes sex in the car or the woods too risky. They add, however, that for certain men, this risk only increases the excitement and allure of on-site sex.
Hubba Hubba!
"You would not believe the guys who come here," said a 50-year-old Queens man who repairs boilers and is a regular. "You have judges, doctors, lawyers, firemen, cops, sanitation workers. You have guys coming here with totally normal lives, married with good jobs."
Another set of parking lot users is much more reluctant to discuss the cruising activity. These men begin to arrive sometime after 5 p.m. wearing shirts and ties and driving S.U.V.'s and snazzy sports cars. These men tend to be slightly jittery. Sometimes their cars have tinted windows. Generally, they refuse to discuss the parking lot with a reporter or say they have simply come to read a book or relax in their cars.
What books are they reading these days? Proust? Genet? Herman Melville?
While most lots are far from public view, the one in Queens is hidden in plain sight. The lot can be found on Web sites listing gay cruising spots, including one that describes it as a "cruisy parking lot" that "seems safe and private enough."
The activity seems not to be noticed by nonparticipants. Even the softball players who arrive after work and change their shirts outside their cars do not seem to notice the admiring audience they attract since most of the gay men do not leave their cars.
When contacted about the parking lot, the president of the Friends of Cunningham Park, Marc A. Haken, said he was "totally unaware" that there was sexual activity there.
Mr. Haken said that some years ago there was a well-known cruising spot in another parking lot, farther inside the park, and that many participants often repaired to the woods for sexual encounters.
Don't Ask. Don't Tell. And above all Don't Look!
"You would see one guy in a car and then another head would pop up, or they would gather and have sex in the woods," he said. The lot was partitioned off in recent years for official vehicles, he said, adding, "I guess that's when they – I hate to say 'they' but I don't know what words to use – they migrated to the other lot."
He said that there had been no complaints from park users and residents.
"But I don't think that 10-year-olds in a parking lot on the way to soccer should see some guy getting oral sex in a car," he said. One recent evening, a half-dozen mothers stood chatting, waiting for their children to finish soccer. A stone's throw away, a group of gay men stood narrating the attempt of a man trolling the lot in a tan sedan to woo the cute man parked in the black S.U.V. with tinted windows backed into a spot.
Hey, those kids are getting a REAL education.
"The guy in the brown car's a dog, he's always here," the man narrating said. "I've never seen the black car before. But watch, here he'll pull right up to him and see what happens." Within moments, the man in the tan sedan hopped into the S.U.V. and the windows closed.
"Woop, there he goes," the narrator said. "You go, girl."
Took the words right out of my mouth!
While gay gatherings take many forms in ethnically diverse Queens, from the scene in Astoria Park to the gay bars serving Central and South Americans in Jackson Heights, many ethnic groups have strong taboos against homosexuality.
"Society doesn't accept us and it's hard to meet people, sexually or socially," said a 42-year-old graduate student from Queens visiting the parking lot. "You know, not everyone who's gay lives in Manhattan and runs in packs like 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.' "
Indeed. Queens has always had its own brand of Queens. Long may they rule.
Now move along, breeders – nothing to see here.


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I2P dev meeting, December 6, 2016 @ 20:00 UTC
Quick recap
- Present:
echelon, manas, orignal, zzz
Registro completo del IRC
20:00:02 <zzz> 0) Hi
20:00:02 <zzz> 1) 33C3 planning
20:00:02 <zzz> 2) 0.9.28 update (zzz)
20:00:02 <zzz> 3) Tails maintainer (zzz) http://zzz.i2p/topics/2108
20:00:07 <zzz> 0) Hi
20:00:09 <zzz> hi
20:00:16 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] Hello :slightly_smiling_face:
20:00:44 <zzz> 1) 33C3 planning
20:00:54 <orignal_> hi
20:01:08 <zzz> ok, 3 weeks from today, anything we need to discuss?
20:01:38 <eche|on> I am reachable via twitter at least
20:01:49 <eche|on> I am in hamburg from 26th december on
20:01:53 <zzz> I assume we'll have our twitter DM group set up a couple days in advance
20:01:58 <eche|on> I´ll bring along the banner and laptop and stickers
20:02:10 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] I will be arriving in Hamburg on the afternoon of 26th Dec
20:02:11 <zzz> I'll bring stickers also.
20:02:21 <zzz> don't forget your power strip
20:02:39 <eche|on> the tickets are all payed and I´ll manage them to hand out to the folks
20:02:45 <zzz> usual story, those there on the 26th reserve a table
20:02:45 <eche|on> ok
20:02:57 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] Any tips/suggestions for people going to CCC for the first time?
20:02:57 <eche|on> yeah
20:03:12 <zzz> fluffypony + 1 on the monero side
20:03:29 <eche|on> manas: be there, suck all in, prepare your systems to be under fire 24/7, get a big HD, get some money, expect the unexpected^^
20:03:30 <zzz> general tips you can get after the meeting
20:03:35 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] :smile:
20:03:41 <zzz> anything else on 1) ?
20:04:48 <zzz> 2) 0.9.28 update
20:04:55 <eche|on> just: lets hope for a good 33c3
20:05:19 <zzz> 0.9.28 on schedule, checkin and translation deadline is friday, should get the release out early next week
20:05:35 <zzz> please help review the diff this weekend
20:05:57 <orignal_> anything new I should be aware about?
20:06:09 <orignal_> I mean 0.9.28
20:06:09 <eche|on> ok, I´ll be here until 19th december for doing stuff, and from 20th on somehour/day online
20:06:22 <zzz> i don't think so orignal_
20:06:28 <zzz> anything else on 2) ?
20:06:53 <orignal_> thanks
20:07:34 <zzz> 3) Tails maintainer
20:07:49 <zzz> we're in bad shape on tails. 3 maintainers have vanished this year
20:08:23 <zzz> a portion of the tails devs want i2p to be removed from tails, due to lack of attention to tickets over several years, and lack of stable maintenance
20:08:47 <zzz> sadie sent out a tweet this morning, and got one response
20:09:26 <zzz> we may need a big PR push from sadie... or maybe this new volunteer will work out
20:09:36 <zzz> anybody want to volunteer, anybody have any ideas?
20:10:34 <zzz> ok, I'll respond to the twitter volunteer and see how it goes
20:10:41 <zzz> anything else on 3) ?
20:11:34 <zzz> anything else for the meeting ?
20:11:35 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] I'd like to help out but I would need to do lots of reading up and learning as I'm not familiar with this.
20:11:46 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] I have the threads pulled up, will read
20:12:01 <zzz> i2p, tails, and debian package experience is required
20:12:08 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] My reseed's SSL certs may be expired or close to expiring, I will make sure those are updated
20:12:19 <orignal_> I2P should do more PR than now
20:12:54 <zzz> orignal_, I agree, please pass any ideas you have to sadie and str4d
20:12:56 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] letskencrypt (now called acme-client) has been going through a number of changes but it has stabilized now. I can automate updates of the SSL certs for the reseeds.
20:13:09 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] So reseeds may go down temporarily but they will return :slightly_smiling_face:
20:13:18 <zzz> manas, for any reseed issues, please work with firstname.lastname@example.com
20:13:24 <zzz> anything else for the meeting ?
20:13:28 <i2pr> [Slack/manas] Sure
20:14:44 <zzz> no meeting 1st week of january. We will have in-person meetings at CCC. Watch this channel for details, meetings may be scheduled on short notice
20:15:10 <zzz> a list of possible meetings is on a zzz.i2p thread, speak up there to add subjects or to ask to join remotely
20:15:23 * zzz **bafs** the meeting closed


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Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced it has been awarded three Telly Awards for its Thunderbolt™ Optical Cables by Corning video. The video received the 2014 Bronze People's Telly Award for a Commercial or Marketing Piece, in addition to two Telly Awards won in the Business-to-Customer Campaign and Art Direction categories.
Corning's video, titled Cables Just Got Better, demonstrates how Corning's all-optical Thunderbolt fiber cables use light to connect computers and devices at incredible speed and over long distances. The award-winning video is one in a five-part series created to show Optical Cables by Corning are longer, up to 50 percent thinner, up to 80 percent lighter, and stronger than their equivalent copper counterparts.
"We wanted to show professional users that their creative workflow is no longer limited by the cables that connect computers to critical peripherals," said Kim Hartwell, senior vice president and chief commercial officer, Corning Optical Communications. "This simple, minimalistic video cleverly illustrates how Optical Cables by Corning transform people's lives through innovation, and we're proud of the recognition it has received."
The first all-optical fiber cables for the Thunderbolt community, Optical Cables by Corning are enabled by Corning® ClearCurve® VSDN® optical fiber. With a "zero bend" radius, they can withstand bending, squeezing and tangling without damage or loss of function. They can also "daisy-chain" up to six Thunderbolt devices at the same time and are "hot swappable," meaning they can be attached and removed without interruption to the system.
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As part of its policy to engage young people in promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities, UN-HABITAT is inviting youth worldwide to submit original artworks, digital designs and imagery envisioning their future cities.
The artistic artworks will be under the theme "My Vision of an Ideal City".
Deadline for submissions is 28 June
The International Urban Arts and Design Competition acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of visual arts and designs in sustainable urban development. The competition will showcase the diversity of future cities as envisioned by young people.
The Competition is open to youth from around the world under two categories:
Four winners, two from the global north and two from the global south, will be awarded a cash prize of USD 500 each
Eight runners-up will be presented with a USD250 cash prize eachThe winners and runners-up will also receive UN-HABITAT gift items and their works will be featured online on the UN-HABITAT website, the Global Youth Helpdesk and the Urban Gateway. The winning entries will also be displayed at exhibitions during UN-HABITAT's events.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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He graduated with a first in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport in 2006. Guy began pursuing long term personal documentary projects while studying at Newport, one of which, 'Trading over the Borderline', won him the Guardian and Observer Hodge Award for young photographers.
He went on to pursue a longterm project on nationalism and the rebirth of the Cossack movement in Southern Russia and the Caucasus, which culminated in the documentation of the Russian/Georgia conflict in August 2008. From January 2011 he began to document the revolutions sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa, photographing the revolution in Egypt before documenting the civil war in Libya in April 2011. In 2012, his work from Egypt and Libya formed the basis for joint exhibitions at the Spanish Cultural Centre in New York, HOST Gallery in London, the Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff and the SIDE Gallery in Newcastle. He had his first solo show "Shifting Sands" at the Poly Gallery in Falmouth.
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In Pisa I gave a lightning talk about Perl Vogue. People enjoyed it and for a while I thought that it might actually turn into a project.
I won't though. It would just take far too much effort. And, besides, a couple of people have pointed out to be that the real Vogue are rather protective of their brand.
So it's not going to happen, I'm afraid. But as a subtle reminder of the ideas behind Perl Vogue I've created some t-shirts containing the article titles from the talk. You can get them from my Spreadshirt shop.


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Efficient Quiver: This appears to be a typical arrow container capable of holding about twenty arrows. It has three distinct portions, each with a nondimensional space allowing it to store far more than would normally be possible. The first and smallest one can contain up to sixty objects of the same general size and shape as an arrow. The second slightly longer compartment holds up to eighteen objects of the same general size and shape as a javelin. The third and longest portion of the case contains as many as six objects of the same general size and shape as a bow (spears, staffs, or the like). Once the owner has filled it, the quiver can produce any item she wishes, as if from a regular quiver or scabbard. The efficient quiver weighs the same no matter what's placed inside it.
Moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Craft Wondrous Item, secret chest; Price 1,800 gp;Weight 2 lb.
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Unusual Uses: Five Fresh Ideas for Christmas Lights.
Friends, it's 2009, and wrapping your holiday lights around a tree trunk and a few lower branches has simply been done.
So, if you're into trying something new, check out these five ideas assembled by Diane Rixon at DIYLife. The best part is - you probably already have most of what you need to try them out.
1. Paper Doily Wreath.
2. Cascade of lights.
3. Glowing hanging baskets.
4. Winter topiary.
5. Bright birds.
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I would like to thank A Vegan In Progress for nominating this blog for the Liebster Award! (I would also like to offer my sincere apologies for being so tardy in acknowledging the award! It is for lack of time, not lack of appreciation.)
- Answer the 10 questions that the tagger set for you
- Choose your 10 favorite new bloggers with less than 200 followers
- Create 10 questions for your favorite new bloggers to answer
- Go to their page and tell them
- No tag backs
While I love the idea of passing the award on, I honestly have not been following any blogs in the last few months (full-time work and the demise of Google Reader put a cramp in my style!), and the blogs I do manage to check in on occasionally, have more than 200 followers. So, I'm not able to participate in that part of the award, but I'll answer the 10 questions that A Vegan In Progress asked…
1. In this golden age of television, what's your favorite show currently airing?
Steph – I don't watch a lot of TV, but the shows I like to see are Parenthood, Parks and Rec, and Modern Family. I'm also a fan of So You Think You Can Dance, but only managed to catch about half of the shows this summer.
Alaina – I enjoy Downton Abbey in addition to the shows Steph mentioned.
2. Have you ever won anything (other than an Liebster nomination of course!)?
Steph – As a kid I won ribbons in 4-H and music festivals. But, I've never, personally won any big awards.
Alaina – We have gratefully received a few blog awards! Other than that, i won a couple of scholarships in college as well as 4-H awards.
3. What is your go-to cookbook?
Steph – Currently my go-to cookbooks are Nourishing Meals and The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook both by Alissa Segersten.
Alaina – Hm, probably my Bon Appetit cookbooks.
4. What is your first ever memory?
Steph – I was given a stuffed dog when I was born which I loved, but for some reason my little sister (two years younger) became obsessed with the dog and anytime she saw the dog I had to hide him. Eventually I caved and gave her the dog (which she adored, he even went to college with her!).
As for my first kitchen memory, it's probably decorating a cake for my mom's 32nd birthday.
Alaina – My first friends, Tammy & Jenny. They lived next door. My first ever kitchen memories is making eggs in the microwave and decorating a cake for our mom's birthday.
5. If you won the lottery, what would be your first expense?
Steph – My boring answer is pay off student loan. 🙂 But, I'd love to buy a little house with a place for a garden. I'd also love to travel!
Alaina – My boring answer is also to get out of debt. 🙂 Beyond that, I would buy a new van, build a house designed around the kitchen, take our kids to Asia, and start a non-profit grant organization.
6. Where is your happy place?
Steph – I most like it when I become completely absorbed in something I enjoy doing, such as reading or cooking or quilting or yoga or writing.
Alaina – The kitchen.
7. Where would you next like to travel?
Steph – I would love to travel internationally, but as I'm quite certain that the possibility of such travel is still a few years away, my closer to home travel dreams are the Grand Canyon and the Pacific Northwest.
Alaina – I LOVE to travel. My dream place (at the moment) would be an island with an umbrella drink. Realistically, I would like to travel to North Carolina to visit one of our sisters.
8. Did you complete any college? If so, what was your major or emphasis?
Steph – I have a Bachelors degree with a double major in English and Writing.
Alaina – Yes, I am a licensed dental hygienist.
9. What do you feel is the most important issue facing society that is largely being ignored?
Both – Tough question! We try to stay out of politics on the blog. 🙂
10. What is your favorite kitchen appliance?
Steph – Oh, it's too hard to choose! My food processor and blender get the most use. But I also love my waffle maker, Kitchenaid, slow cooker, and immersion blender. I'm of the opinion that if I own an appliance, I should be using it with some regularity, otherwise it is not worth the cabinet space.
Alaina – So many! Slow cooker is probably use the very most or maybe my Bosch. They are both must-haves for me. I also love my immersion blender, rice cooker, and food processor.


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grade retention has long term psychological effects on leaners who do not receive remedial and differentiated learning and support the year after they have been retained. This usually results in school drop out and lowers the economy of the country as such learners will be facing a bleak future and wont be employed as they do not possess athe necessary skills and qualifications required for a well paying position. Interventions strategies and alternatives to grade retention should be considered.
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The Reading Rockets service Ask the Experts gets a lot of questions about a lot of topics. Grade retention is one of the most common question topics, particularly this time of year.
As a teacher, have you considered retaining a student? As a parent, has someone recommended your child not be promoted to the next grade?
The research on grade retention (sometimes called repeating a grade), even in the earliest years of K-2, suggests that retaining kids does little to help them. At least that's the case when students receive little more than the same thing the second year in the grade.
In some situations, a carefully planned and executed intervention delivered during the repeated year by a reading specialist or other professional may produce the types of results teachers and parents hope for.
Below I've compiled some resources that provide you with a chance to read more on the topic.
[*]The National Association of School Psychologists issued a position statement about student grade retention and social promotion. In it, they identify characteristics of students more likely to be retained, and the impact of retention at the secondary school level, late adolescence, and early adulthood. They provide a long list of alternatives to retention and social promotion. Published in 2003.
[*]Shane Jimerson's 2001 paper from School Psychology Review titled "Meta-analysis of Grade Retention Research: Implications for Practice in the 21st Century." From the abstract: This review encourages researchers, educational professionals, and legislators to abandon the debate regarding social promotion and grade retention in favor of a more productive course of action in the new millennium.
[*]A part of a larger study by the National Center for Education Statistics on Elementary Persistence and Progress. From the document: Between 1995 and 2004, the percentage of youth ages 16-19 who had ever been retained decreased; high school dropouts were more likely than high school completers to have been retained in a grade at some point in their school career.
[*]From the North Central Regional Education Laboratory: Beyond Social Promotion and Retention — Five Strategies to Help Students Succeed. This article takes the approach that if we avoid school failure in the first place, there might be less of a reason to consider retention. Specific "strategies" are described, including intensifying learning, providing professional development to assure skilled teachers, expanding learning options, assessing students in a manner to assist teachers, and intervening in time to arrest poor performance.


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'Mystery Guests' Rank Churches Based on First-Time Visits
First-time visitors to churches across the country say churches with 300 to 500 attendees perform the best when it comes to first impressions, according to a recent report. Their experiences at mega churches and smaller-sized congregations weren't quite as enjoyable.
Faith Perceptions partnered with church leaders and sent out "mystery guests" to rate their first-time visits at churches varying in size from dozens of members to over a thousand. They found that "large" churches – with average weekly attendance of 300-500 – ranked "best in category" in nine out of 15 areas.
Such churches did particularly well with pre-service greetings, pre-service atmosphere, seating, in-service greetings, friendliness, directions and signage, according to how the visitors rated them. The overall experience was good enough that they gave a 7.48 score (10 point scale) on whether they would return – the highest score compared to other churches.
According to the scale used by Faith Perceptions, a 7.01-7.50 is marked as "fair," a 7.51-8 is "good" and over 8 is "very good."
But there were still some areas that the "large" churches ranked lower in compared to others. The only "poor" or "very poor" score that "large" churches received was with regard to its children's ministries.
First-time guests, meanwhile, found children's ministries to be the best at mega churches (defined as having at least 1,000 attendees). Mega churches also had the highest scores in the area of sermon, speaker and connect-resources.
What mega churches ranked poorly in, however, was the "post-service atmosphere" with a score of 4.73. And that's where micro congregations (with 0-80 in attendance) did best with a score of 7.88.
In terms of overall experience and whether one would return, micro churches ranked lowest.
Mystery guests surveyed 1,152 separate and unique church services using identical questions and criteria between 2008 and July 2012. The Faith Perceptions Church Index is designed for church leaders who want to understand how their church impacts first-time visitors.
According to Faith Perceptions, church leaders typically do not disclose their participation in the program to the congregation so that everyone will conduct "church as usual."
Mystery guests are found through advertising in a church's local market and paid for each completed survey. They are generally unchurched. Churches that participate have at least 12 of its services attended by mystery guests (each service is attended by a different individual).
For this report, 108 churches were surveyed and a majority of the services were traditional while nearly a third were contemporary. Ninety-one percent of the mystery guests believe in God or some higher power and the average age is 41.
Faith Perceptions began in 2008 as it adapted its mystery shopping program for businesses to the church environment using unchurched mystery guests.
Currently, the firm has approximately 4,000 mystery guests in 43 states.


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An understanding of medical law is increasingly important for all health professionals and this new ABC provides a basic introduction to the legal issues faced in health care that is accessible to anyone without any legal knowledge, The ABC of Medical Law provides ideal guidance to the practicing physician - covering just what you need to know without becoming embroiled in complicated legal discussion,
The ABC of Medical Law has up-to-date coverage of the legal issues to be found in daily medical practice, including confidentiality, research, consent, negligence, organ donation and human rights, as well as more contentious issues such as tissue retention and withholding/withdrawing treatment, Well illustrated and presented in a user-friendly format, chapters include summaries and cases to help clarify the points made,
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2 Consent in Adults 6
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4 Refusal of Medical Treatment 15
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7 Negligence: Causation 26
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8 Confidentiality 29
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9 Withholding andWithdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment 34
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The Ebola epidemic sweeping across Western Africa this summer shows no signs of slowing down as researchers say it's about to get worse. According to AOL, Health officials say Ebola outbreak about to get worse, Frieden, the director of the Center for Disease Control, said: "It is the world's first Ebola epidemic and it's spiraling out of control. It's bad now, it's going to get worse in the very near future." The World Health Organization told officials to "prepare for an 'exponential increase' in Ebola cases in countries currently experiencing intense virus transmission." The Who suspects that normal containment measures aren't working due to Ebola victims and their communities mistrust of medical experts. The New York Times: "Now, armed gangs chase health workers away from villages while the sick hide." As of Monday, The World Health Organization reports the virus has killed 2,105 people with half from Liberia and the rest from Guinea and Sierra Leone mostly. According to WHO: "The whole world is responsible and accountable to bring the Ebola threat under control. Let's do it. Action, action, and action." President Obama on Sunday's "Meet the Press" announced the U.S. military would deploy its resources and logistical expertise to help aid workers on the ground. NBC's "Meet The Press": "If we don't make that effort now, and this spreads … there is the prospect then that the virus mutates … and then it could be a serious danger to the United States." Currently, 53 percent of the people diagnosed with Ebola die as there is no cure for it. On Sunday, the Guardian reported a potential breakthrough saying the human trials were underway for a vaccine that worked on monkeys. However, best case scenario if a vaccine works it will take months to deliver it to victims while victims and people try to help them are on their own. Eleanor Goldberg reports, More Women Than Men Are Dying From Ebola, the current Ebola outbreak may infect as many ads 20,000 people with a disproportionate number being women, experts say. According to UNICEF, more women than men are contracting the disease as they traditionally serve as health care workers and are the ones who take care of the sick in their families. Women account for 55 to 60 percent of the victims who die from Ebola in the current epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The Washington Post reported, health teams in Liberia recently reported that women made up 75 percent of victims infected with Ebola. Irin News reports the outbreak can be attributed to the consumption of infected bushmeat of wild animals which many rely on for their livelihood and main source of protein. Sia Nyama Koroma, first lady of Sierra Leone, told the Washington Post: "Women are the caregivers — if a kid is sick, they say, 'Go to your mom. Most of the time when there is a death in the family, it's the woman who prepares the funeral, usually an aunt or older female relative." Marpue Spear, executive director of the Women's NGO Secretariat of Liberia, told Foreign Policy: "If a man is sick, the woman can easily bathe him but the man cannot do so. Traditionally, women will take care of the men as compared to them taking care of the women." Because of the confrontation associated with the disease due to military surrounding homes and healthcare workers not respecting a patient's traditions, Ebola victims do not go to treatment centers. However, if these relationships can be mended, then these epidemics could be stopped before they spread to this level. Frankfurter wrote in a blog for Wellbody Alliance: "Health workers should acknowledge, publicly, how frightening this disease will be for affected communities and how difficult it is for families to part with loved ones to likely die in isolation wards. Such sympathetic gestures would serve to align the priorities of communities and the public health response."
While the world fights to contain and stop the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa, the U.S. and other world leaders are discussing plans to rid the world of another political and social disease, ISIS. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance at a conference on defense innovation Wednesday that unsophisticated militaries and terrorist groups are acquiring destructive weapons and Moscow and Beijing are modernizing their armed services including electronic warfare and special operations capabilities, Lolita C. Baldor reports, Chuck Hagel: U.S. Needs To Maintain Military Superiority. Hagel said: "We are entering an era where American dominance on the seas, in the skies, and in space — not to mention cyberspace — can no longer be taken for granted. And while the United States continues to maintain a decisive military and technological edge over any potential adversary, our continued superiority is not a given. We must take this challenge seriously, and do everything necessary to sustain and renew our military superiority. This will not only require active investment by both government and industry — it will require us to once again embrace a spirit of innovation" in how American buys and develops new technologies. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad Wednesday to press Iraq's Shiite Leader to give more power to Sunnis or jeopardize any hope of defeating the Islamic State group as Iraq's new government has finally been put in place and the threat of ISIS increases, the Associate Press reports, Kerry to meet with new Iraqi Prime Minister. Kerry's arrival happened just two days after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was sworn in and seated his top government ministers. The trip marks the first high level U.S. meeting with the new prime minister and symbolizes the Obama administration's support for Iraq three years after the U.S. left. However, it also signals to the Shiite Muslim leader that the U.S. is watching to make sure he gives Iraqi Sunnis more control over local power structures and security forces. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Kerry will "meet with Iraqi government officials to welcome them on the successful formation of a new government" and "discuss how the United States can increase its support to Iraq's new government in our common effort to defeat ISIL and the threat that it poses to Iraq, the region, and the world." Kerry's trip comes on the eve of a meeting win Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he and Arab leaders across the Mideast will discuss what nations can contribute to the fight against ISIS. Officials hope to have a strategic blueprint against ISIS with specific steps nations are willing to take by the opening of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of the month. White House official said Tuesday that Obama will ask Congress to authorize the arming and training of Syrian opposition forces but will press forward without formal sign off from lawmaker on a broader military and political effort to combat the Islamic State. The president's broader strategy could include more wide ranging airstrikes against Iraq and Syria and hinges on military and political commitment from allies in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. A senior U.S. official said the conference participants will discuss how to dry up foreign funding for the Islamic State and counter propaganda used to recruit people into the extremist group. In addition, al-Abadi promised to create a national guard of local fighters to secure Iraq's 18 provinces run by a governor. This would ensure the Iraqi army and its mostly Shiite forces would not be in charge of security in Sunni regions along for salaried jobs, government pensions and other benefits to areas of Iraq where al-Maliki, the former prime minister, denied for years. Zeina Karam reports, UN Aid Reaches Record Number Of Syrians, the World Food Program has assisted 4.1 million Syrians in the last month reaching more of those in need with shipments traversing borders and front lines on Tuesday. Syria's civil war has touched off a massive humanitarian crisis, with some 10.8 million people in need of assistance, including 4.7 million in hard-to-reach areas, according to the U.N. Previously, humanitarian aid was block without Syrian government approval first ensuring the rebel held areas remained off limits, but in July, the U.N. Security Council authorized movement of humanitarian aid to Syrians in opposition areas without government approval. IN a statement Tuesday, the World Food Program said over the last six weeks it and its partners have reached more than 580,000 people with deliveries crossing battle lines. The August figures include five cross-border convoys that delivered rice, lentils, oil, pasta and other staples for 69,500 in difficult zones to reach in Aleppo, Idlib, Quneitra and Daraa provinces. Muhannad Hadi, WFP's Regional Emergency Coordinator for Syria, said: "We are reaching more people every day with urgently needed food assistance — many of them have been going hungry for months. We will build on these gains in the coming weeks and months and hope that all parties to the conflict will continue to facilitate our access to the women, children and families that remain out of our reach behind conflict lines." The U.N. agency said fighting and security concerns continue to hamper access to many areas, particularly in Hassakeh, Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces.
Meanwhile, the war on drugs, which has had little if any success, has left hundreds of thousands dead and fleeing, leading to demands to completely overhaul the drug policies around the world including legalization of psychoactive substances like marijuana. Matt Ferner reports, World Leaders Condemn Failed Drug War, Call For Global Reform, on Tuesday in New York City, 10 members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy urged all governments to embrace models that include decriminalization of consumption, legal regulation of drug markets and strategic refocusing of criminal enforcement. Sound policy, former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said, "does not allow human rights to be put aside in order to extend the repression of drugs." The commission consists of 21 former presidents and other prominent individuals who are trying to advance "humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies." Its members include Cardoso; former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss; former Colombian President César Gaviria; former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo; Louise Arbour, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights; and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Cardoso believes the new approach should stress public health and ensure drug users have access to health care. Gaviria argues the legalization of marijuana and other illicit substances "strengthens the fight against cartels." Cardoso said the world's governments must put pressure on the Untied Nations before the United Nations before the 2016 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) to begin incremental change in the "inadequate" strategies of the "war on drugs" found in current international conventions. Zedillo points out the current U.N. system of prohibition has led to increase in consumption and "created a disaster, not a world free of drugs." Cardoso said: "We cannot abolish the use of drugs. So we need cultural modification." Zedillo accuses the U.N. of straitjacketing the effort to adopt new policies, adding: "2016 is an opportunity to start a new international regime where governments can really control this drug problem. Our objective is to have a framework that empowers governments to pursue more rational policies. The specifics of those policies are to be defined by those governments and their civil societies." The report comes as punished for drug oriented crimes around the world are already being reconsidered and in some countries reshaped. Cardoso said there were experiments going on all around the world with great reform success in the United States, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Uruguay. he said: "We have experiences in Portugal since 1991, where they have decriminalized the use of drugs. Users get treatment assistance but are not put in jail. It has been very effective in Portugal; the results are quite clear." In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to approve legal regulation of the production, distribution and sale of marijuana. While the U.S. government bans the use, some states, Colorado and Washington, have legalized the recreational use of the drug and 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical use. Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority, in an interview with The Huffington Post, said: "These world leaders have seen, from their own experience, how the failed war on drugs harms countries and populations. I have no doubt that President Obama will evolve and join this group and the majority of Americans in at least endorsing the legalization of marijuana, just as he did with marriage equality. The only question is if this evolution will occur before or after his term as president ends. I'm sure the global commission's members would welcome him to their ranks as one more former head of state on the record for legalization, but it'll be a lot more impactful if he undergoes this transformation while he still has the power to change failed policies that harm people every day."
While the war on drugs seems to be making some headway in the world, the socioeconomic war being fought between classes, namely the wealthy and poor, has grown. Reuters reports, America's Wealth Gap 'Unsustainable' According To Harvard Study, Harvard Business School released a study Monday titled "An Economy Doing Half its Job" said American companies were showing signs of recovering their competitive edge in the world market since the financial crisis, but workers keep struggling to demand better pay and benefits. The report says "such a divergence is unsustainable" based on a survey of 1,947 Harvard Business School alumni around the world highlighting the problem with the U.S. education system, transport infrastructure, and the effectiveness of the political system. Some 47 percent said the next three years they expect U.S. companies to be both less competitive internationally and less able to pay higher wages and benefits versus 33 percent who though the opposite. According to the survey, the results are an improvement from a 2012 Harvard Business School survey of its alumni showing 58 percent expected a decline in U.S. competitiveness. However, Harvard wrote the respondents of the 2014 survey "were much more hopeful about the future competitive success of America's firms than they were about the future pay of America's workers." Harvard called on corporate leaders to help solve America's wealth gap by working to buttress the kindergarten-to-12th-grade education system, skills-training programs, and transportation infrastructure, among other things. The report said: "Shortsighted executives may be satisfied with an American economy whose firms win in global markets without lifting U.S. living standards. But any leader with a long view understands that business has a profound stake in the prosperity of the average American. Thriving citizens become more productive employees, more willing consumers, and stronger supporters of pro-business policies. Struggling citizens are disgruntled at work, frugal at the cash register, and anti-business at the ballot box." Meanwhile, in a speech given at the Urban Institute Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew put U.S. companies using tax inversion on notice, according to CNBC: "This practice allows the corporation to avoid their civic responsibilities, while continuing to benefit from everything that makes America the best place in the world to do business. … This may be legal, but it's wrong. And our laws should change." Lew urged Congress to address the problem through comprehensive tax reform, but also warned the Treasury would act independently to crack down on inversions in the very near future. Tax inversion, which involves a company relocating its headquarters to a low tax nation while still maintaining their U.S. operations, has become common practice over the last year with Burger King being the latest corporation accused of inversion after merging with Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. Bloomberg's Peter Cook says the Treasury's options are limited: "They have several ideas on the table, I'm told, at the Treasury Department. They haven't decided on one single fix. But Lew's message this morning was: we can only do this at the margins. Only Congress can have a real, long-term fix here." The Obama adminsitration estimates there are dozens of inversion in the works which have not been announced, but Lew urges Congress to make any legislative fix for inversion retroactive to all deals since May including the Burger King-Tim Hortons merger. According to Ryan Gorman, Amid tax backlash, Burger King acquires Tim Horton's but keeps US HQ, Berger King announced Tuesday it purchased Tim Hortons but will keep its headquarters in the U.S. after speculation that the it would move north to avoid taxes. In a Facebook post, Burger King said: "We hear you. We're not moving, we're just growing and finding ways to serve you better. Our headquarters will remain in Miami where we were founded more than 60 years ago and… BKC will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes." According to Congressional Research Service data complied by the Post earlier this year, Burger King would have been the 48th company to immigrate abroad with more than 70 making the move since 1983.