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Gogotte Sandstone Concretion Sculpture (2.3 lbs)
Sandstone Concretion sculpture gogotte. This one-of-a-kind piece has fantastic natural landscape details with unique color and shape.
classified as a "sand concretion", gogottes are of a special group of concretions that are visually and geographically distinct. They are only found within the Parisian basin (sometimes referred to as the "Fountainebleau sands") and have layered, three dimensional forms as opposed to the spherical, discoid and/or flattened sandstone concretions from of other localities.
A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral rarity consisting of tiny quartz fragments held together by calcium carbonate. A mineralogical work of art, each gogotte has a unique and otherworldly shape, which open each imagination to infinite interpretations.
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If anybody wondered why I wasn't blogging anything the past days, here is the answer:
I attended the ICS.UG conference in Bremen which was a great and successful event! I am dared to state that this event is THE upcoming usergroup conference in Germany for the next years. We got so many great speakers here sharing their knowledge. I had so many inspiring talks to almost everyone involved in the Yellosphere (and beyond). For me especially it was a pleasure to meet them all in person and at one location. It was just like being at Orlando. Many thanks go to We4IT & team for the perfect organization!
Another highlight was the transfer from Bremen to Ghent in Belgium where the next conference will take place: the Engage.UG. This is Europe's largest event in the ICS community. Almost all the speakers from ICS.UG that are also speakers at Engage.UG were on a VIP bus (internally called the "#LotusBeerBus"), enjoying drinks and music and just having a great time. This should be the way to travel anywhere (actually we thought about letting Ghent alone and going to Barcelona to have a quick bath in the ocean )
But we decided to go to Ghent finally - which I am looking forward to especially (I am a first-timer).
Long story short: until now this is by far the most inspiring, generous and hilarious time I ever had in my work-life!
I'm also very glad about meeting all of the new colleagues at We4IT in the past 3 days. I also already visited the office (the "intergalatic headquarter") and it blewed me away!
So I am looking forward to see some of the city of Ghent and having a great conference at Engage.UG - and also meeting the rest of the guys from the yellow bubble - some of them I already met tonight in the hotel.
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Industries > Packaging > Global Self-Adhesive Labels Market 2019-2029
Global Self-Adhesive Labels Market 2019-2029
Global Self-adhesive Labels Market by Type (Release Liner, Linerless), by Nature (Permanent, Removable, Repositionable), by Composition (Composition of Self-Adhesive Labels, Production Process), by End User (Food & Beverages, Consumer Durables, Home & Personal Care Products, Pharmaceuticals, Retail Labels), Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast
Market Definition:
• Self-adhesive labels also called as sticky labels are commonly used as packaging labels with necessary information of the product over it.
• Self-adhesive labels are usually made up of three layers namely; release liner, a layer of adhesive, and the face material.
• Self-adhesive labels are used to display important information regarding the product in brief, such as product's name/brand, product description, barcode, and authentication code.
Market Overview and Trends
• Self-adhesive labels are of two types namely; temporary or removable and permanent.
• Temporary self-adhesive labels are primarily used as price tags or advertisement materials whereas, permanent self-adhesive labels are widely used in electrical and electronic appliances.
• These labels are time-effective, cost-effective, long lasting, versatile, easy to apply, and its appearance boosts the shelf appeal.
• Currently, these labels are the most popular method of labelling products and are dominated the food and beverage industry.
• Along with providing product information of packaged food and drinks, self-adhesive labels also act as a crucial marketing tool for companies in the food and winemaking sector.
• They can help grabbing attention of customers and influence their purchasing choices.
• In addition to consumer packaging, there is an increasing need for self-adhesive labels in the supply chain and logistics sector. These labels allow product batches to be better managed and identified.
• Moreover, growing e-commerce sector also offer significant growth opportunities for the self-adhesive labels manufacturers.
Market Dynamics:
Factors Influencing the Market Growth:
• Globally, the packaging industry is experiencing tremendous boost. Growing urbanization and increasing consumer income levels in developing economies are collectively driving demand for packaged products.
• This is primarily fueling the consumption of labelling materials such as self-adhesive labels
• Growing e-commerce and food and beverages industries
• growing application of self-adhesive labels in consumer goods and home and personal care industry
• Increasing demand in emerging countries
Factors Restraining the Market Growth:
• Advantages of traditional wet-glue labels over self-adhesive labels
• Lack of awareness about various types of labelling techniques
Market Segmentation 2019-2029:
The self-adhesive labels market is segmented on the type, nature, composition, end user and geography.
• Release Liner Market, 2019-2029
• Linerless Market, 2019-2029
• Permanent Market, 2019-2029
• Removable Market, 2019-2029
• Repositionable Market, 2019-2029
• Composition of Self-Adhesive Labels Market, 2019-2029
• Production Process Market, 2019-2029
End User
• Food & Beverages Market, 2019-2029
• Consumer Durables Market, 2019-2029
• Home & Personal Care Products Market, 2019-2029
• Pharmaceuticals Market, 2019-2029
• Retail Labels Market, 2019-2029
• Others Market, 2019-2029
Geographic breakdown
Focused regional forecasts and analysis explore the future opportunities:
• North America Market, 2019-2029
• Europe Market, 2019-2029
• Asia-Pacific Market, 2019-2029
• LAMEA Market, 2019-2029
Competitive Analysis:
• The key players in the self-adhesive labels market adopt various organic and inorganic growth strategies to develop their market position and gain significant market share.
• Companies mainly focus on product launches and partnerships and collaborations to strengthen their product offerings.
• In December 2018 VPF launched environment-friendly self-adhesive label made of grass paper.
• Companies also focus on geographic expansion to enhance their customer base.
Major Market Players:
Avery Dennison, CCL Industries, Multi-Color Corporation, UPM-Kymmene, Huhtamaki, Coveris Holdings S.A., Americk Packaging Group Torraspapel Adestor (Part of Lecta Group), Fuji Seal International, and Lintec.
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Nike Air Max 90 (Infrared)
UPDATE: These are coming out this weekend in a full size run! May 16th, don't forget! Pics via Titolo and AWOL.
A sneaker that needs no introduction, the Air Max 90 'Infrared' returns for its 25th anniversary later this month. For longstanding Nike fans, this is your chance to re-up on a classic, and for newcomers this will be an opportunity not to be missed. Rumours have slated this for a mid-May release, stay tuned for details later this month.
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Putting Glass Walls on New York's Slaughterhouses So We Can
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Address: 922 Country Rt 53, Brasher Falls, NY, 13613
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USDA Inspection Report: 2 Jun 2011
Code: 03C02
Violation: 417.5(a)(1)
Citation: During a Food Safety Assessment (FSA) the following noncompliances were noted by EIAO 1) The establishment has not provided all LOGs for spices and packaging suppliers as outlined in the hazard analysis. This is a noncompliance with 9 CFR 417.5 (a) (1). 2) The establishment does not have an LOG on file for National Beef to support the decisions made in the hazard analysis. This is a noncompliance with 9 CFR 417.5 (a) 1.
417.5(a)(1) The written hazard analysis prescribed in §417.2(a) of this part, including all supporting documentation;
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Towing a Mini Cooper – Good idea? – Sure! Why not?
It was 2005 and Cheryl and I had owned our Mini Cooper S since early 2003. For a couple of years we had been towing that poor little car behind our motor home and traveling great distances. Cars behind motor homes suffer as they are bomarded with stone chips, mud and other debris kicked up by the


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10 sex and relationship podcasts to check out if you're feeling adventurous
30 November 2018, 18:55 | Updated: 30 November 2018, 18:58
Podcasts about sex, relationships, and intimacy told by hosts and guests from all backgrounds. Looking for podcasts that represent some of the most interesting, nuanced, and open-minded conversations about sex and relationships? These podcasts discuss LGBTQ relationships, sex positions, polyamory, breakups and more.
The best sex and relationship podcasts are rarely afraid to tackle the big topics. These shows have hosts who are sex experts, in dynamic relationship situations, or who just love talking about the nuances of human sexuality. Some of the best relationship podcasts like "Where Should We Begin" are fascinating examinations of what makes a healthy partnership.
Many of these sex and relationship podcast hosts identify as queer and polyamorous and some of them are professionals who have dedicated their lives to talking to couples and individuals about how to cultivate a healthy sex life.
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If you're looking for podcasts about sex as well some of the best relationship podcasts, look no further. Here are a few you should check out right now.
1) Food 4 Thot
Food 4 Thot is a conversation between friends on relationships, sex, identity and "everything at the intersection of queerness and brownness". You probably will not be able to listen to this with kids close by, but you will definitely laugh along with Dennis, Fran, Joseph, and Tommy, who are always funny and endlessly insightful.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Conversation podcast
2) Where Should We Begin?
Where Should We Begin is an absolutely fascinating look at how relationships can evolve over time and how many factors can impact the level of intimacy we share with our partners.
Esther Perel's podcast features real anonymous couples in real relationship counselling who share their own issues, many of which are common for people in long-term partnerships.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Advice-ish
3) Dear Sugars
The Dear Sugars archive is a wealth of compassionate and nuanced conversations that aren't solely focused on sex, but also the relationships people have with their parents, siblings, and, oftentimes, themselves. The letters they receive are usually compelling, intense, and even heartbreaking, at times.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Advice
4) Modern Love
WBUR's Modern Love recruits some of the most recognisable voices in the world to read "stories of love, loss, and redemption". Celebrities like Kristen Bell, Busy Phillips, Sandra Oh, and Olivia Munn have read beautifully written essays (other people's, not their own!) that really do capture the essence of modern romance, sex, and heartbreak.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Storytelling
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5) Turn Me On
The Turn Me On podcast features a polyamorous couple, Bryde and Jeremie, who discuss topics like butt play, threesomes, and opening up their relationship to having sex and relationships with people outside of their marriage. The pair are candid and incredibly likeable. Even if you can't relate to their experiences with polyamory, Turn Me On is really the definition of fearless and open conversations about sexuality.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Conversation
6) Sexplanations
The Sexplanations podcast comes courtesy of Dr. Doe whose knowledge and approach to conversations about sex and relationships will have you endlessly fascinated.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Educational
7) Nancy
Nancy describes itself as a podcast that shares "stories and conversations about the queer experience today." Hosts Tobin Low and Kathy Tu are members of the LGBTQ community who bring to life insightful and fascinating stories about identify, relationships (romantic and familial), and more.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Storytelling
8) Reality Bytes
Reality Bytes is a show about "sex love, relationships and dating in the digital age". Hosts of the show speak candidly about their own sexual experiences and also touch on topics like identity, homophobia, racism, and polyamory.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Conversation
9) Sex With Emily
Dr. Emily Morse of Sex With Emily is knowledgable, candid, and regularly brings on other experts to speak on subjects like sex positions, oral, foreplay, threesomes and more . You definitely can't listen to this with your kids around but you will walk away feeling like you learned so much.
Type of sex and relationship podcast: Advice
Chris, the host of Sex With Strangers, chats with people all around the world about how they have sex. He has spoken with people who are sex workers, individuals with very specific kinks, members of the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities on the different dynamics at play when they get intimate.


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Masaji Ishikawa was born a Japanese citizen to a Korean father and a Japanese mother. Because of his mixed blood, he was never fully accepted in Japan, and his upbringing with an abusive father was a difficult one. When Masaji was thirteen years of age, his father was lured to immigrate back to the newly formed, Communist North Korea by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a better life. Once there, though, the reality was far different than they'd expected. For the next thirty-six years, Masaji and those he loved struggled under the yoke of a totalitarian government, barely existing and always hungry. When faced with the possibility that he and his entire family might starve to death, he made the daring decision to attempt to escape from North Korea and go back to Japan, where he hoped to find work to help his family. After barely making it out with his life, his journey is fraught with the further difficulties of repatriating to his home country and the frustration of not really belonging anywhere. A River in Darkness is a shocking and unvarnished look at life in one of the most secretive and repressive governments in the world and one man's testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
A River in Darkness was our latest church book club read. It's the story of a man who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Korean father. When he was just thirteen, his father decided to immigrate to North Korea, lured by promises of a better life. What they found there was anything but what they had been told. For over thirty years, he endured abject poverty and hard labor while watching several loved ones die. Finally with the threat of starvation looming, he decided to make a daring escape and try to get back to Japan, where he hoped to find work and ultimately save the rest of his family.
With all the talk of North Korea in the news of late, this was a very timely read. It is a bleak, heartbreaking, and even depressing story, but at the same time, it's also a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It's hard to even imagine going through all the hardships this man and his family had to endure and still somehow manage to stay alive. It's also a very enlightening and eye-opening read for its details of life inside North Korea, one of the most secretive and repressive regimes on the planet. I learned a great deal from reading it. This is most definitely not an easy read given all the suffering contained within its pages, but I still think it's a very important one that certainly should not be overlooked.
I honestly think that books like this should be required reading for Americans (and residents of other developed nations) for the simple fact that it shows us we should never take things for granted. I believe those of us who were born in these countries tend to view the world through rose-colored glasses. I'm careful to cultivate empathy in myself, but at the same time, by virtue of my birthplace, I simply haven't experienced the kinds of adversity that those from many other nations have. The phrase "first world problems" cropped up for a reason, and we need to be more mindful of it when complaining about how bad things are. Because in places like North Korea, it's infinitely worse than anything we might experience here in the US. There's certainly poverty here at home, but at least we have charities, soup kitchens, food banks, and a government welfare program to help. In North Korea, the author of this book and his family had to resort to hunting through the countryside for anything remotely edible whether it was weeds, tree bark, acorns, or literally whatever they could find, sometimes leading to debilitating stomach cramps and nearly poisoning themselves, all out of abject desperation for food. There were even reports of some resorting to cannibalism. And despite all that, many still starve to death on a daily basis. In North Korea, if you don't work, you don't eat, so if you're elderly, sick, or disabled, you're completely reliant on the assistance of others, presuming of course they even have anything to share. It's simply almost unfathomable to our Western minds. I'm absolutely amazed that the author somehow managed to survive under such horrific conditions.
Of course, the hunger and poverty of the ordinary, every-day citizen laborers are only part of the picture. There's also the propaganda and indoctrination into the party principles that so many people actually buy into despite their dire circumstances. I think perhaps originally coming from Japan, the author had insights into what it was like outside North Korea, so he never fully believed any of the ideology he was being fed. But I can easily imagine how those born inside the country could go down that road when they know little more than what the government tells them. Still, it's an incredibly scary thought to consider how many people are incarcerated in concentration camps or even executed for small infractions against the party or the country's leadership. No matter how deeply flawed it might be, at least we have a justice system here in the US, while in North Korea, there's nothing but the military or police who might kill a person for little or nothing.
A River in Darkness was a very well-written book, and also clearly well-translated. It's fast-paced narrative flows along, keeping the reader engaged in all that happened in the author's life. It's a harrowing and heart-wrenching story that can really make the reader take a closer look at their own life, but this saddening tale is also underpinned by a spirit of dogged determination that is inspiring in its own way. After turning the final page, I realize that this book has done many things for me. It has taught me that we must always be vigilant against allowing this type of totalitarian government to ever take root in countries where democracy has long prevailed. It has taught me to be more mindful of the hardships people in other parts of the world might be facing on a daily basis. It has taught me that I should be more grateful for the things I have, many of which are by virtue of my birthplace. It has taught me that we should be vigilant against prejudice, because of how the author is a man who doesn't feel he fits either in Japan or in North Korea because of his mixed heritage. But most of all, I think it's taught me that no matter how bleak things are, hope can prevail, if we let it, and sometimes that's the only thing we have left.
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Impending snow doom? No problem. Embrace your inner homebody with these 10 snow day activities. From getting creative, to getting...drunk, we have got you covered. Kick back with a spiked hot chocolate, some BFFs, and forget all about the miserable weather. Who knows? You might even enjoy it.
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News from the preserves, parks and backyards of Princeton, NJ. The website aims to acquaint Princetonians with our shared natural heritage and the benefits of restoring native diversity and beauty to the many preserved lands in and around Princeton.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Huff and Puff of Hurricane Sandy
For a post at my princetonprimer.org blog entitled Thousands of Trees Remain Standing after Hurricane Sandy, click here.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Ode To Willow Oak Leaves
The piece below was published on the editorial page of the Raleigh News and Observer as one of their periodic pastoral pieces, almost certainly completely overlooked in the tumult following the Bush-Gore election that had taken place the day before.
The Work of an Autumn Breeze
The narrow leaves of willow oak spin earthwards, catching flashes of morning light. In walks along the treelined canyons of city streets, we are all victors in a ticker tape parade. The sun's rays, having lost their summer harshness, now angle into the sheltered air beneath trees, illuminating the languid descent of leaves from vaulted canopy.
Not all leaves are so elegant. Pine needles plunge earthward like clouds of arrows. The broader leaves of maples fall in rocking zig-zags. But willow oak leaves are so designed to celebrate their momentary freedom in one long graceful pirouette. They spend summer clustered overhead, anonymous in dense masses of green. Then, made expendible by autumn's chill, refined of all colors but gold, they become a million individualists in their first and last dance back to earth. In loose embrace with gravity they fall, each spinning in its own manner, at its own tempo, each captured by the sun's beaming light for all time and but for a moment.
The young girl next door tries to catch one, and quickly discovers how illusive they are--so tangible in their approach, yet like phantoms unwilling to have their only dance cut short. Having reached the ground, again anonymously massed, they mingle and merge and return by degrees to the soil from which they came.
At such times, it is hard to think of leaves as anything but a gift. In the competition between lawn and leaf for my heart, lawn has had to yield. I used to pick up the sticks, and rake the leaves, and mow threadworn grass. But now I channel my yard's sylvan tendencies rather than struggle against them. The leaves fall where they do for a reason: to soften the soil, to catch the rain, to help dogwoods through the droughts and give kids one more reason for delight. What pleasure to trace a leaf's whimsical flight, and find at bottom a sense of rightness and rest, rather than impending chore. The Triangle is a forest masquerading as metropolis, and we are the beneficiaries of its golden rain.
Durham, NC, Fall, 2000
Porous Pavement
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Evergreen Trees, Deciduous Needles
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Mega-spider Web Scares Geese Away
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Beauty in the Beast
Friday, October 12, 2012
Flowers Come Lately
Thursday, October 11, 2012
school garden project at PrincetonPrimer.org), is teasel (Dipsacus sp.).
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Pampas Grass
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Retention Basin Beauty
Eric Schrading of Partners for Fish and Wildlife came to the rescue, offering to replace the turf with native "warm season" grasses (Indian grass and big bluestem are tallgrass prairie species that do most of their growing during the hot summer months). The effort was federally funded, at no cost to Princeton Township.
Here's the before shot, in 2006.
Note: A post from 2006, prior to this transformation, can be found here. (http://princetonnaturenotes.blogspot.com/2006/12/wetland-arks-in-princeton.html)
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Inside, St. Peter's is magnificent. First, there is the scale. The building soars upward and towers over you. It is a vast space, which overwhelms.
Then, there is the decoration. Works by Michelangelo, Bernini and other first rate artists. Sculptures, mosaics, gilding, marble and architectural features.
It is opulent but it is an opulence born of spirituality. The artists were inspired by their spirituality to create and the beauty of their work transcends formal dogma. Thus, the interior can be appreciated by all.
The interior of the building follows the outline of a Latin cross. Bramante had originally envisioned it to be in the shape of a Greek cross but Michelangelo decided on the more elongated form.
The nave leading to the center has a barrel-shaped ceiling (left). Leading off of it are a series of chapels.
Atop the center of the church is the great dome. It rises some 450 feet from the floor of the Basilica to the top of the cross that crowns it.
Directly under the dome is the Papal Alter, where only the Pope can celebrate Holy Mass (left). The 95 foot high canopy was designed by Bernini.
Underneath the alter is the tomb of St. Peter.
Click here for page one of this article
Click here for our overview of the Vatican
Click here for our page on the Vatican Museums
Click here for our article A Walk through Rome
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A lot of people assume that the "self-serve" boost-a-post function you find on your Page Timeline, or the little box on the sidebar, is what Facebook advertising is all about. They're usually disappointed to put it mildly. I certainly was. That was until someone said: "Have you taken a look at the Ads Manager and Power Editor? That changes everything." And they were right and because you don't know what you don't know, here's a list of five things you may not know about Facebook advertising. Perhaps this knowledge will change your perspective too.
1. Retarget your own contacts by uploading your own email list
You can upload your mailing list (or telephone numbers) of current clients or prospects, and if Facebook can find a match for your contacts, you can target these people with your advertising. Some might ask why you would want to pay Facebook to reach people you already have the contact details for, and are perhaps already reaching through email marketing. The answer is that unless you are giving away free tickets to an Elvis concert, it usually takes more than one communication attempt to get noticed; the usual estimate is in fact about five "impressions". By mixing your email marketing up with a bit of Facebook advertising, you are less likely to come across as harassing your prospects, and you may even get noticed by those prospects who don't pay much attention to their emails. How good is that?
2. Reach people who have previously visited your website
You may have already noticed this happening yourself when you visit a website and then adverts from that same website seem to follow you around wherever else you go on the web. This is called remarking, or retargeting and, as above, increases the number impressions (or reminders) a prospect will get about your product. To do this, Facebook gives you a bit of code to put on your website and then Facebook tracks your website visitors when they arrive on Facebook. That's what those cookies are all about. By using URLs of pages on your website as filters, Facebook remarketing can be very specific, and you can specify particular pages people have or have not visited. If someone visited your checkout page, but didn't end up at the thank you for purchasing page you can assume they abandoned their shopping cart, and write your advertising copy accordingly. This is very powerful.
3. Create "lookalike" audiences which extends your reach immensely
These audiences are generated by Facebook based on the demographics, activity and interests of audiences you have already set up in Facebook (see above), or who look like you current Facebook fans. "Lookalike" audiences are a powerful way to extend your reach on Facebook, particularly if you original audience is very specific and homogeneous.
4. Zero in on Facebook users with very specific interests
This feature allows you to reach people with very specific interests, which is very helpful if you have a product or service that is only of any real interest to people who are, say, only interested in Elvis. How else would you reach them? However, you should choose your interests very carefully because some big brands have a lot of spammy "interested" followers because they run open-to-all competitions or promotions that everyone and their mother enters. Look for niche brands or names that your target marketing might be interested in, and hope that the niche company has not also run a mass campaign.
5. Test and track your advertising to get ever better results
By split testing adverts using different artwork or different headlines, or testing the same advert against different audiences you can learn a lot. Facebook's Ads Manager allows you to organise your campaigns and track the results, then you can fine tune your campaign and get even better results. And the best thing is that as your campaigns get more effective, Facebook charges you less per click. It does make sense. Facebook doesn't want to waste its valuable platform showing adverts that no one wants to see or act upon, but if your advert gets a good response, usually indicated by a good click through rate (CTR), then Facebook gets more money, and it keeps its customers happier, so you get a little reward!
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it
and on Facebook you can measure a lot.
These five points are just the beginning of what is good about Facebook advertising. I do feel I have to make a stand on behalf of Facebook. When you consider the options, Facebook is very powerful and in fact, when done well, very economical. However, like any marketing tactic, it is best done as part of a sales funnel strategy that leads to email address collection and a nurturing cycle to generate sales.
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
I do not hate Barry Obama, he is utterly irrelevant to the entire world. Most idiots are. Never in Obama's life has he made any kind of contribution to ANYTHING. He is a complete and total failure at everything that he does. Well, except for getting a bunch of unintelligent people to vote for him for president. He has never won any campaign against an opponent of any merit, either. And he has certainly not accomplished anything in the private sector, he only worked there for two of his nearly fifty years on this planet.
When Obama won his state house gig, it was because he got everyone disqualified on the ballot. When Obama won his US Senator gig in 2004, Jack Ryan had to drop out of the race right before the election and Obama ran against Alan Keyes who was not even FROM Illinois.
Finally, Barry Obama is president because the national media simply supports Democrats and they covered up for his stupid ass in the general election. Not to even mention that Barry's opponent was the DAMNED MCCAINIAC.
Quite frankly, Barry Obama is a JOKE. Nothing more. Most people see this beyond any doubt by now, but there are still some folks that do not keep up with the important stuff and do not see that Barry is a feckless dumbass. Those folks are also unimportant to the world because they do not possess the necessary intelligence to achieve any type of importance.
So, why do I point out daily the ever-increasing number of failures from the Obama administration? Because there is a need to promote FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY every single day. Barry just presents an easy target to point out these failures of the collectivist mentality.
Having had this moron in the White House for sixteen months, don't y'all see exactly how BAD things are when we elect people that are only concerned with getting re-elected and gaining power for the collectivists? Has it ever been more obvious? Not in my lifetime, not even when Jimmuh Cartuh was president. Not even close.
Do you even need a butcher's list of things that the collectivist's mentality has screwed up in recent months? Of course you do.
The pressing issues of the day are not even being addressed at ALL by this administration and if they are being observed, there is a moral relativism being applied that makes things utterly incomprehensible.
Take for instance the ridiculously increased violence and aggression perpetrated by the "Religion of Peace." I mean really, they have ramped up the terrorism against Israel by at least one hundred fold in recent days. What has the Democrat power structure said about the flotilla attacks on the LEGALLY RECOGNIZED blockade of Gaza? Of course, Obama wants to end the blockade. He does not even recognize the danger presented to innocent people living their daily lives in Israel when the "Palestinians" would had unfettered access to all kinds of war making materials. Why does he not recognize this fact?
Because Obama and his ILK are moral relativists that see no difference between Muslims and non-Muslims. It is like hundreds of years of history simply do not exist. If you want to see what the future holds if Barry Obama's ideological brethren win this battle of individual freedoms, study Constantinople. If you want to know exactly what happens when you ignore the Muslims, just note that in 1950, Constantinople (now Istanbul) had less than one million people. Today, a mere sixty years later, it has over ELEVEN MILLION.
There are currently over 2500 mosques, yet only 26 synagogues. Also, the majority of those Muslims are Sunni. (Guess which sect Saddam Hussein is?) Not that the sect has anything to do with the murdering VOLUME of Islam. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a Shiite. So, which of the main two sects is the most dangerous? BOTH of them, they will both kill you dead, folks. Such is the DAMNED religion of Islam, ignore that at your own peril. You want to blame George W. Bush for something? Blame him for trying to NORMALIZE Islam by continually repeating "RoP, RoP, RoP, RoP....."
And the Leftist idiots in the government today support Islam by continuing to repeat that HITLER! was a Christian! Um, NO! Hitler was a National Socialist, a Nazi. Socialists are ATHEISTS, folks. And curiously enough, Democrats are socialists, too! Will wonders never cease?
Topic TWO. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Come on, Barry Obama cannot DO anything about that. There are no persons in his cabinet that can DO anything about it, either. None of his appointees have any type of practical REAL WORLD experience doing ANYTHING. They are all just career bureaucrats that have never worked in the private sector. PLUS! They are all Democrats.
You know what Democrats do when they open their damned cakehole? They LIE.
You know that they lie because they simply cannot let you know the truth about their ultimate plan of world domination. No, it is not the same way as Hitler, their ideological peer, they are taking control by using your own caring for your fellow man to control you in the end.
And the Democrats/Progressives ideology leads only to one place, total economic meltdown. Of course they are trying to move this world toward a more archaic lifestyle. We are moving from using the internal combustion engine toward the DAMNED WINDMILL. They advocate NOT using the car, instead using a bicycle.
Progressive? Hardly. Instead of using a windmill or solar heating, shouldn't MORE technology be in the future? Cold fusion, maybe? Progressives are INTELLIGENT? Folks, they are the exact opposite of intelligent, they are afraid of mathematics, science, and any kind of forward thinking ANYTHING. By the way, the Democrats KILLED space exploration, too. This philosophy is the exact one used by the Muslims when they conquered Europe and we lost the knowledge necessary to make concrete for over five hundred years. Forward thinking? Yeah, right.
And since their idiotic ideas do NOT work, they threaten violence, they always do that to curb dissent. Lefties cannot win a battle of minds ever.
Granted, the threat of getting my ass kicked by Obama seriously makes me laugh so hard I almost peed my damned pants. Do lefties REALLY thing that we can be cowed into submission to their stupid agenda? They better think again.
Folks, you know some of the "Progressives" and it is your responsibility to help them see the errors of their ways and ideology. Granted, it shall be very difficult to teach them, because "Progressives" are the dumbest people in the world. This is only proven by scientific TESTING. "Progressives" lack the most basic rudimentary intelligence to understand the most elementary FACTS. Yes, liberals are DUMB.
And what do the liberals do to help grow their numbers? They make an all out effort to keep everyone DUMB. The only way that they can grow their numbers is by making sure everyone is a victim and that they never gain the knowledge necessary to succeed. This is BY DESIGN, folks.
They also advocate for removal of any kind of stabilizing forces in anything. The liberals believe that FATHERS are unnecessary. They promote that ideology, can you believe that?
Look at things in the most basic of ways. Do you think that creating MORE government jobs is a good thing? If you do, you are stupid. Those people that work for government do NOT produce anything, people. They create NOTHING but more and more regulations and rules that HAMPER economic success.
We all know these things, too, if we stop and pay one minute of attention to it. Luckily, it appears that even the European countries are recognizing the failure of "Progressive" economic policies. Of course, "Progressives" in the US, who have a much lower understanding of economics, continue to promote the collectivist economic ideas.
To put it very simply, YOU KNOW THEY ARE WRONG.
And as far as education, run by liberals, it is going to collapse SOON. If you take a hard look at anything on the planet run by liberals, you see that it fails. And fails miserably, too. Liberals have reduced the quality of education to the point in the last one hundred years, where it is impossible to get and keep high paying jobs without having a college education. Now, since they also took over all the colleges, they have run them into the ground. Wonder what level of education comes after COLLEGE?
Remember back last month when I said that Dumbass Barry was contemplating resignation? One week ago, the American Spectator joins the fray. One can only HOPE.
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Posted by Paul Mitchell at Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Labels: All Democrats are Criminals, Barry Obama is NOT smart, Culture, Economics 101, Ideology, Indisputable Facts, Philosophy, Politics, The Screwed-Up News
3 comments:
- Lisa G in NZ said...
Here's another call for resignation by: Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, who served in Vietnam and retired in 1991 from the U.S. Army as deputy commanding general for the Pacific.
The more the merrier.
& latest on windmills shite in UK from Mr. Delingpole:
have a nice day Mr. Meany... no peeing in pants please
- Jun 9, 2010, 8:02:00 PM
- Paul Mitchell said...
Dang, Lisa, dude REALLY doesn't like windmills, huh?
Great links!!
- Jun 9, 2010, 11:07:00 PM
- Skunkfeathers said...
Barry is the ultimate in pooch-screwing of everything he touches. Olbermann can't wait for their next hand shake...
- Jun 10, 2010, 5:55:00 AM


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Female Dominatrix Goes Wild0 Comments Published by admin January 22nd, 2009 in CFNM Femdom, Tyrannized
Gina Killmer is angry at her little brother's best friend Rony. You see, she spent the night at her boyfriend's house last night, only to come home and find Rony sleeping in her bed. Rony is never allowed to sleep in her bed. She whisks the covers off him to find… he is also wearing her beloved silk pajamas. And he has a hard-on. That bastard! Gina decides to teach Rony a little lesson. First, she strips him out of her pajamas. Then, she uses her inch long nails to scratch him all over his body. Next, she makes him bend over her knees and slaps his ass until it turns red. Rony is starting to enjoy this! That little masochist. Gina doesn't care. She won't stop until she gets all the anger out of her system. Here comes the whip. Get ready, you little bastard…
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It's that time again…Q&A! Enjoy!
Hilary: I noticed that Powerade has some B12 in it. Is it really in a form that's available for absorption by our bodies (i.e., bioavailable and not degraded by the time we drink it after its been sitting on the shelf for a while)?
Prevention RD: Vitamin B12 is somewhat of a complicated vitamin because it requires a protein called intrinsic factor for absorption. B12 is primarily found in meat and seafood and is therefore deficient in many vegetarian and vegan diets. The vitamin is most bioavailable (best absorbed) from "heme" sources (heme meaning "blood" containing or animal). Also of consideration is the acid content of the stomach — if someone is taking acid blockers, this can also affect the absorption of B12. To answer your question, in short, the form of B12 found in Powerade is not the most bioavailable and should not be relied on as a "supplement" form of B12 or to meet the RDA.
Hilary: If one buys omega-3 fortified eggs but does not eat the yolk are they still getting omega-3′s from the eggs? If not, is purchasing these eggs worth the small additional cost of them?
Prevention RD: I'm really glad you asked this! Omega 3's are fat which would locate them (nearly exclusively) in the yolk of the egg. Don't eat the yolk? Don't waste your money on the omega 3 fortified eggs!
Hilary: Any favorite homemade BBQ sauce recipes that can be used in place of store bough varieties that contain HFCS? I just noticed that most brands I've bought have HFCS as their primary ingredient……oy!
Prevention RD: To be honest, this is the only one I've made. And, it's really, really good. Be sure to buy a ketchup that is free of HFCS (there's quite a few out there). Delicious!
Megan from Libre Clothing: When trying to lose weight I know it's good suggestion to count calories so you can see how much you're actually taking in and how many you are burning. What formula would you recommend would be the best to use to estimate what your calorie intake should be? Also, do you recommend eating back (in a healthy way of course) most of your exercise calories?
Prevention RD: Hi Megan! 🙂 This might be long, sorry! My first step would be calculating both a person's ideal body weight (IBW) based on gender and height (100 lbs + 5 lbs/inch over 5 ft for women and 106 lbs + 6 lbs/inch over 5 ft for men) and their percentage of ideal body weight (current body weight divided by IBW x 100). If the percentage ideal body weight is greater than 130%, the weight should be adjusted. When trying to achieve weight loss, you don't "feed fat" the same as lean muscle mass or metabolic tissues and organs. The calculation for adjusted body weight is: (current weight – ideal weight) x 0.25 + ideal body weight. In essence, you are "feeding" 25% of the weight that is above the ideal body weight. At that point, you can use many different formulas. Most formulas use weight in kilogram (2.2 pounds per kilogram, so you divide a weight in pounds by 2.2 to get the weight in kilograms). I generally recommend 22-25 calories per kilogram to estimate calorie needs for weight loss. There are other equations out there, such as Harris-Benedict. Every equation has its strengths and weaknesses. As for eating back calories burned during exercise, I believe this to be wise. When I was losing weight, I was doing about 60 minutes of high-intensity cardio 5 days a week and would aim to "eat back" or replenish about half the number of calories expended. Exercise is such a valuable asset in weight loss because you can "play around" with those calories to help encourage weight loss during plateaus, etc. I always found it best to vary what I was doing with my intake (what I ate, in addition to some variation in the number of calories), and the same for exercise and energy burned. Some days, for instance, I would eat back all of my expended energy, other days half, and some days none at all (likely on a lighter workout day). I think you will hear a lot of different answers when you ask this question to nutrition professionals, but that's my $0.02! Hope it helps!
Veronica from Veronica's Cornucopia: Can you share any knowledge or wisdom you have about candida albicans and what effect the food we eat has on it? What is good to eat to balance our good and bad bacteria and what is bad? I know sugar is bad, and yogurt helps…any more you can share?
Prevention RD: Great question! You are correct. Simple sugars should be limited to help control candida growth. I would also encourage a lower carbohydrate diet for the treatment of candida (not low-carb, but 40% of calorie intake). Yogurt with live and active cultures, especially lactobacillus, can help treat, as well. Be sure to buy a yogurt that is low in sugar and carbohydrate that has a high count of live and active cultures (Kefir would be a great option for a drinkable yogurt). Outside of these recommendations, hydrate well with caffeine-free beverages and eat a balanced diet that is plentiful in fruits and vegetables. I wish there were a magic answer, but nothing else is scientifically sound!
Have a question you'd love to ask? Please feel free to leave it as a comment, in an email (preventionrd at gmail dot com), on Facebook, or on Twitter! Thanks 🙂
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I had the pleasure of working with Alex Spring of 2019 to sell my home in the Richmond district. Alex is extremely knowledgable about the market and made the process seamless. He is smart, reliable, has a great sense of humor, and always put my interests first. I chose Alex based on the fact I trusted him and knew he had excellent knowledge of the Richmond neighborhood after being a resident for many years. Alex made what could have been a very stressful process a very seamless process and I highly recommend him to either a buyer or a seller.
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This postcard was purchased in the same set as yesterday's Blessing of the Hounds. Dixiana Farm was founded in 1877 and became one of the premier thoroughbred operations of its time. The farm today encompasses over 1,000 acres of beautiful Kentucky countryside.
Visit the Dixiana Farm website's photo gallery to view historical and modern photos. Then be sure to read the history of the farm and of the thoroughbreds that have dominated races for over 100 years.


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October 4, 2004
Vietnam hangs heavily over this presidential campaign. Consider the biting and eye-gouging over the candidates' service records. Sure, everybody's got their reasons. It's galling to the anti-Bush people to have a war hawk in the White House who kept his own wings safely folded when he had his chance to fight. It's infuriating to Bush loyalists to think that the challenger once used his own episode of heroism to grandstand against a war his comrades were still waging.
To me, what's remarkable about their Vietnam-era records is that between the two of them, President Bush and Senator Kerry reflect pretty faithfully the range of response of my generation to that war: Many skated clear; others found a way to finesse service obligations without risk or disgrace. Some served — valiantly, begrudgingly or both. Still others fiercely protested.
So the two candidates are fairly representative of their peers, and you might think that would invite recognition and understanding. Instead, their actions as very young men have touched off unusual bitterness and rage. CBS "60 Minutes," faced with a choice between documenting the flawed intelligence that led to the Iraq war or running that ill-fated report on Bush's National Guard service, found the Guard story more newsworthy.
Why such intense interest? Why is Bush pilloried for doing what so many others did: Pull whatever strings you could to keep from going. Why is Kerry – who fought and killed – vilified for denouncing a bad war that most of his countrymen had long since turned against?
Above all, why has the passage of 30 years not quieted the anger enough to allow the possibility of reconciliation?
This has consequences. Vietnam lasted more than a decade and was the most calamitous U.S. war of the past half-century. But ironically in view of the passions it still provokes, it isn't really discussed.
Instead, Vietnam stalks our political discourse. It's a presence, not a subject. It's mentioned only obliquely and allusively. It intrudes into debate through disembodied fragments and metaphors: We hear about quagmire, we're admonished to support the troops, we see images of civilian dead. There's talk of eroding international prestige, of our foe's base of support, of widening mistrust of official assurances of progress.
But we're captive to echoes and shadows on the wall. We can't decide if Vietnam holds lessons for the Iraq war because we never agreed on what the lessons of Vietnam were. Too much resolve, or not enough? Did we try to crush a genuine expression of popular will? Were we arrogant or timid, too heedless of foreign realities or too fearful before domestic ones?
Other countries, confronting social and political fault lines left by discredited regimes or failed wars, create special commissions dedicated to truth and reconciliation. I can't say how successful they are, such bodies in post-apartheid South Africa or in Argentina after the military was chased from power.
But I can't help but prefer them to our approach, epitomized by then-President Ford's pronouncement when Richard Nixon was ousted, a few months before Saigon fell: "The long national nightmare is over." What did that mean? That we had been asleep? That we needed now to brew up some coffee and forget about it?
What were we doing? Hundreds of thousands of people – theirs and ours — died while we fought to keep a Southeast Asian country from being forcibly reunified, and now, because we lost, it has been. It is also peaceful, increasingly prosperous, and while hardly a darling of the human rights community, it's part of nobody's Axis of Evil and draws growing numbers of U.S. tourists, including former GIs. So what was that war about?
Sadly, we don't have answers. We have only resentments and lingering hatreds. And we have an increasingly balkanized media that beat whatever drum might be at hand, and don't provide the forums on which these questions might be raised. Was John Kerry wrong to fight a war he doubted, or George Bush wrong to stay clear of one he supported? Were they both the youthful victims of a situation of incomparable moral complexity?
And might they now be equally deserving of a grace that's extolled so often, and extended so rarely, which is forgiveness?
Meantime, as Fitzgerald wrote, we're borne back ceaselessly into the past. And we continue trying to slay ghosts, which is not how to put them to rest. It's how you make new ones.


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By Laura Gottesdiener / Alternet
One of the nation's leading cannabis doctors has an idea for a New Year's diet: a marijuana smoothie. Dr. William Courtney, who has spent years researching the potential health benefits of medical marijuana, argues that juicing whole hemp plants can provide a host of healing properties, ranging from pain relief to even helping prevent diseases like cancer.
Yet, many of the health benefits are lost, Courtney says, when a patient ingests marijuana in the most typical way: by smoking it. Burning the plant kills off enzymes, which can diminish some of the curative properties. Juicing the entire plant, on the other hand, retains the enzymes and may be more medically beneficial. Plus, smoking the plant kicks the THC–and its psychoactive properties–into high gear, producing marijuana's high, which many find to be a curative effect in its own right, but is not always what the patient desires or wants.
The health benefits of marijuana are slowly gaining traction in the medical community, especially now that medical marijuana has been legalized in 18 states. It is often used to treat chronic pain, arthritis and the nausea associated with chemotherapy and other painful treatments. It has even gained some attention–and skepticism–for possibly helping cure more serious conditions, such as seizures and tumors. And while marijuana juice has not yet taken off as a form of medicine–or even as a short-lived health-food fad–Courtney contends that a four to eight ounce smoothie daily could be one of the most potent medicines in the world.
Dr. William Courtney recently gained media attention for publicizing the case of an eight-month-old cancer patient whose tumor, he said, was drastically reduced by twice daily cannabinoid oil treatments, which were rubbed onto the baby's pacifier.
Yet, not all doctors are convinced that marijuana juice holds the curative properties that Courtney envisions.
Michael Backes from the medical marijuana clinic the Abatin Wellness Center said that the juice hypothesis has not yet been fully tested.
"The medical benefits of large doses of acidic cannabinoids have not been subjected to controlled clinical trials. The evidence at this point is anecdotal. And if someone is not harvesting the cannabis fresh and consuming it immediately, then there is a risk of significant THC intoxication," he told Xeni Jardin writing for Boing Boing.
Plus, said Backes, a badly prepared smoothie could actually cause damage on the way down.
"The throat irritation is based on the fact that the stems of cannabis have sharp little hairs," explained Backes.
Still, don't be surprised if you start seeing marijuana smoothies popping up in hippie health stores in Colorado sometime in 2013. Just make sure to pop off the lid and check that the plant has been blended sufficiently.


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'General Hospital': Did Dominic Zamprogna Just Sneakily Hint That Dante Falconeri Is Returning?
General Hospital fans still miss Dante Falconeri and would be open for the character to return to Port Charles at any moment. A recent post by Falconeri's portrayer, Dominic Zamprogna, has fans wanting him to come back even more.
How did Dante Falconeri leave Port Charles
In 2018, the character of Dante joined the WSB in order to find the man who tried to kill Lulu Spencer, his former wife. The character left Port Charles and Zamprogna left the show for the first time since he debuted in the role nearly 10 years earlier.
Zamprogna returned to the role from March 15 to March 29, 2019. His father, Sonny Corinthos, worked with him to find Raj Patel, the man who shot Lulu. Dante ends up killing him in self-defense.
He reunites with Lulu and the kids but begins showing signs of PTSD. It got so bad that he even pulled a knife on Jason Morgan without knowing. To protect Lulu and the kids, Dante leaves town once again.
Dominic Zamprogna posted about 'General Hospital' fans
Zamprogna posted a photo on Twitter captioned, "Been running into a lot of #GH fans lately. I see you, and guys are awesome. Just saying."
Many fans took used this as an opportunity to beg the actor to return to the show, telling them how much they missed him.
"Miss you, wish somehow you could come back even if only a dream segment," tweeted a fan.
Another person said, "I love you please come back to the show it's so boring without you lulu needs you haha."
Some viewers are even yearning for Zamprogna's return to General Hospital already. "When you coming back? The streets miss you," said one fan.
"You're terribly missed Dom. I think I'd pass out if I saw you in person," tweeted someone else.
General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC.


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Thank you for submitting your questions on genomics, personalized medicine and our recent "omics" study. I hope my responses help you better understand the significance of our findings, how DNA sequencing may benefit patients and the health-care system and what challenges still need to be overcome for genetic testing to be useful in a clinical setting.
@TracySherman asks: How do you hope your study will help advance personalized medicine?
In the study, we demonstrated for the first time that sequencing the genome of a healthy person can provide valuable information that can help them improve their well being. My genome predicted a disease risk and by watching out for traits (such as high blood glucose levels) associated with that disease I caught my disease (diabetes) early.
The findings also demonstrated the power of frequent monitoring. Because I had been closely following my glucose levels and other molecules in my blood, I was able to identify the onset of diabetes very early. Our study could be a paradigm for heath care in general (i.e. genome sequencing to predict risk, coupled with close monitoring for symptoms of potential diseases) and emphasizes a shift from the way medicine is currently practiced. Today, treatments or therapies are prescribed after physical symptoms arise, which is often too late. We need to predict which diseases patients have an increased risk of developing and either prevent or diagnose them early when they are more manageable.
Lastly, I believe that "omics" profiling, in which we measure thousands of molecules at once from one person, could be a model for the future. Right now we identify diseases very poorly, typically by measuring only a few components in our blood. By following many more molecules (40,000, in my case), health-care providers could more-clearly see changes in common biological pathways. For example, this approach made it easy to see that I acquired diabetes during a viral infection. We hope that in the future we can routinely follow very a large number of molecules in a person and see how they change from healthy to altered states. Then we can more precisely see what is wrong with the person, particularly at an early stage, and use therapies that directly target the altered or disease state.
@miss_tmo asks: How can we expand access to genetic services so more people are able to benefit from personalized medicine?
Right now nearly all of this activity is in the research phase because scientists are still learning the power of genome sequencing - what can and cannot be learned from a person's genome. As more people realize benefits from genome sequencing there will be more demand for its use.
One way genetic testing is likely to unfold is in the effort to understand certain diseases. Take the example of cancer, a genetic disease in which not only can your DNA increase your risk, but genetic alterations are also accrued during cancer formation. Genome sequencing is already significantly impacting the study of cancer, as well as helping to identify effective treatments. Likewise, for patients with unsolved genetic diseases, genome sequencing can, in some cases, be useful in zeroing in on the underlying cause of the disease. In these circumstances, genome sequencing will become the standard of care for patients.
For healthy people the pace will move slowly. This is because the benefits are less obvious. In addition, some physicians and other experts are worried that genome sequencing could cause patients additional stress and anxiety or even result in false information. More research should help reveal the benefits of genome sequencing in healthy people and how to deliver this information as part of routine health care.
Anne Michelle asks: If you hadn't been studying your own genome, how long do you think it would have taken you to discover you were diabetic? How would this difference have impacted your life and health?
As a healthy person, I used to visit the doctor's office every 2-3 years. I estimate that had I not done this study, I would have learned about my high glucose approximately 18-20 months after I discovered it through self-monitoring. Had I unknowingly allowed the diabetes to progress in this manner, there easily could have been significant damage to my body. Examples include kidney failure and other organ problems.
A. Badea asks: Other than the cost of genome sequencing, what advances in research or changes to the health-care system are necessary for this practice to be useful in making medical decision in the clinical setting?
This is a very important question. There are many advances that need to occur. First, we need to get more accurate DNA sequencing. There are many parts of the genome that are important but not sequenced by current technology or have lots of errors.
Next, we need to better understand how to interpret genomes. We can see variants in a person's DNA relative to a reference genome but we often do not know what they mean. In my case, I have an alteration in my DNA that indicates I should have aplastic anemia, a disease that I presently do not have. My 84-year-old mother has the same change. Clearly this change does not always cause the disease. Likewise, people with changes at high risk for Alzheimer's or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, do not always get the disease. We need to understand why this is, as well as the impact of many other DNA changes on a person's health. A very large database with people's DNA sequences and health information will be extremely valuable for interpreting genomes.
Additionally, we need to educate physicians as well as patients on several points: what can be learned from genome sequencing and assessments of relative risk, what information should be returned to the patients and what is the best way to return that information. The latter will almost certainly involve "genomicists" who can assist both physicians and patients. Lastly, we need to involve health insurance companies so they understand that genomic information can reduce health costs by catching disease early on and guiding physicians in providing targeted treatments.
Shana Seneka asks: What role do epigenetics play in gene testing?
Our health state is a combination of our DNA and our environment. The latter is a combination of everything we were exposed to in terms of what we eat, the microbes that infect us and even our maternal environments. Epigenetics often reflects a lot of this environmental exposure. Thus, together with genome sequencing, epigenetics information, which may be deduced from DNA methylation or gene expression profiles, will be very powerful in identifying and understanding human disease.
Heidi asks: What are your thoughts on a recent study from Johns Hopkins that found whole genome sequencing "fails to provide informative guidance to most people about their risk for most common diseases," and warned against complacency born of negative genome test results?
This study found that monozygotic (i.e. identical) twins do not die of the same disease and thus concluded that the genome cannot be used to predict disease. Although their observation is interesting, I think this is the wrong way to look at this issue. Genome sequencing cannot tell you exactly what disease you will get, but it will reveal a number of things that you are at risk for, which is a reasonably sized list. Although you cannot specifically say which of those conditions you will develop or whether it will be fatal, you will be at higher risk for getting one or more of those identified through genome sequencing.
The Hopkins study also focused on the most common diseases. Many of us are at risk of rare diseases, which can sometimes only be revealed by genome sequencing. Lastly, although not addressed by the Hopkins study, we know that genome sequencing can predict how a person might responds to certain drugs -- for example, which doses an individual should take and the possible side effects he or she might experience. Thus, we believe that genome sequencing can be potentially very beneficial for health care and medicine.
Previously: Ask Stanford Med: Genetics chair answers questions on gene sequencing and personalized medicine, How genome testing can help guide preventative medicine and 'Omics' profiling coming soon to a doctor's office near you?
Photo by Kate Whitley, Wellcome Images


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Winch Outs & Roll back Service
One of the nicest things about being a driver is the freedom it gives you. Taking a spontaneous drive into the country can be a harmonious afternoon full of revitalizing nature.
One of the nicest things about being a tow truck driver is knowing how to get out of these beautiful nature drives after they have gotten little sticky. The elements in all their beauty can also cause us a lot of frustration. An unexpected soft bit of sand, earth fill of more rain than you realized, or snow slushier and turning to ice as your wheel spins a hole into it. Our winch out services and roll back service are here to help you.
What is a winch out?
Just like we described above when the elements do a mischievous play on you and you don't realize you have driven into some soft ground and your wheel gets stuck. Stuck in sand, mud, snow, or slush- any one of them can happen and it happens to all of us. Understanding the physics of what happened is key and our experts at Chattanooga Towing Service know just that.
We are very careful will pulling your car out of these situations so there is virtually no damage done to the body. As each situation is unique it is important to describe in detail how stuck your car and how far it from the paved road.
When do I need a winch out?
Anytime your car gets stuck off a paved road, if it is stuck in sand mud or snow you will likely need a winch out. To know exactly if you are in need of a winch out, a test would be to press the gas pedal and feel that the wheels only spin and the cars doesn't move.
Don't do this more than once and not for a long period because you will dig the car deeper into the sand mud or snow. It happens to all of us at the most awkward times. Calling a professional for help is the best way to deal with it and we have performed lots of winch outs.
Roll back Service
Our roll back carriers and flatbed tow trucks allow for the easy loading and unloading of immobilized vehicles, construction machinery and landscaping tools. If these need to be transported from one end of Chattanooga to the other we can do it.
If your car needs to get off your property to go to the junkyard, or if you have just purchased a collectable that needs fixing we are here to transport the car for you. Our drivers are very familiar with loading and unloading on to our roll back carriers and flatbed tow trucks. With us you will be worry free when it comes to your cargo.
When do I need a roll back service?
As mentioned above a roll back service is helpful for moving vehicles that are immobile, for large cargo, tractor-trailers, and or construction material. Our team here is familiar with the loading and unloading of the roll back truck and can help advise you when it sounds like you need this service.
If you are unsure of what exactly you are looking for you are always welcome to phone us and speak to one of certified team members. If you would rather talk in person come on down to our location and we can further illustrate the services that we have to offer.


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A good day for natives of all signs to work in the arts...
The eighth of December sees an interesting Anomoly, a third consecutive day in the same House. As the lunar cycle approaches the full moon, more positive attributes of the signs begin to emerge, meaning that today will be a good day for natives of all signs to work in the arts, or with relationships.
It would be wise for natives of the house of Aries to put their horns against an issue in their communities. You may notice an urge to take on larger-scale projects like world peace or global warming, but even so you should start out small. It's never too late to get the ball roling.
Those born under the sign of Taurus may be questioning how much good they are doing in the world today. Don't try to change too fast, and consider instead looking for organizations that you can join or contribute to and create positive change rather than rethinking your life choices.
Geminis may want to spend the day completing small tasks or tying up loose ends from old tasks. This should be a great day to get a lot of little things done, but don't count on making any dents in larger sized projects. Remember to take time to heed your surroundings, which are likely to be in some state of minor upheaval.
Cancerians may suffer somewhat from a surfeit of empathy today. If you find yourself too excited or unexplainably sad you might be picking up the emotions of those nearby. Knowing this can help you help others, or it can just keep you from getting distracted any more than you need to.
Leos will likely find themselves wanting to reach out to others today. There are a lot of people who could benefit from your warmth, or appreciate your company, so be sure to spread the love. Really take time to get the feel for other individuals and what they may need from you today, and you're sure to make some lasting friends.
The typically private nature of Virgoans may be somewhat put off by a need of others to communicate today. You may even find yourself in an unusually talkative mood, which puts you in a good position to meet new people and learn new things. Just be careful not to say anything today that you might want to take back tomorrow.
Today should be an easy day for the people of the scales. Just make sure that your imagination doesn't run wild and make you see problems where there really aren't any. If something concerns you today, take a step back and ask yourself whether it is really a problem.
Scorpios are not generally thought of as one of the more intellectual signs, but deep down many have a great love of secrets and mysteries. Take some time today to learn something new from one of your favorite topics, or share a fact that you enjoy with others.
Those born under the sign of Sagittarius may find themselves in a particularly political mood today. Whether getting into debates at work or just glancing at headlines take time to catch up on something that has bothered you but you may have lost track of.
Perhaps one of the reasons that Capricorn is not looked at as a social sign in because Capricorns tend to be very cautious. If caution has kept you from talking to someone, or about a certain topic, today should be a good day to ease into it. Treat the situation delicately and everything should be fine, as long as you avoid the Scorpios.
The individualist nature of Aquarians may have something to do with their often unorthodox beliefs. Consider getting out there and talking to a Leo, a Scorpio, or a Sagittarius today. There's a whole big world out there, and today it'll likely be in a mood to chat.
The children of the house of Pisces should determine their own paths today. Anything that you are usually good at doing should come even more naturally and easily to you today. Whenever you have some down time consider asking 'what do I want to do today?' and doing the first thing that comes to your mind.


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Yeah, I notice that when I arrive at work everyday, I feel fresh and ready and eager to start the day with the documents...never thought about but I think since i prepare the family's meal everyday, almost without fail and that has really helped to relief stress and add some spice, literally!
I usually repeat the dishes that i cook, however, the children will never refuse mom's fish curry and assam pedas. And they have also learnt to enjoy curry and assam pedas with bread or roti boom segera that i got weekly from my pasar tani.
And today I prepared Chicken Bombay Biryani....got the masala from a mamak shop in Plaza City One in Jln TAR. The one that i use is under the brand NAtional, however you can also try Shan's that is available at most nearby supermarkets.
It's ano brainer way to prepare and it only takes about 45 minutes to cook, the only secret ingredient is to get the masala.....i will one day just use plain masala and add it wit some curry powder, to see if I will get the same result.
How you prepare is very easy....fry sliced onions (3 medium) with screwpine leaves and curry leaves until golden and fragrant, add in chopped garlic and ginger, add chicken pieces about 1 kg), cut tomatoes [(4 or 5), the lazy me uses dices 1 can stewed tomatoes), 150 ml plain yoghurt, corriander leaves, mint leaves.....leave to simmer on medium fire until chicken is almost cooked. Well you can use ghee that will give a wulla taste, otherwise just use butter, whih is equally as good. On the other stove, boil rice, i loved to use basmathi or long grain, pre-soaked for about 15 minutes, boil until almost done, add a bit of salt to add to taste.
Once both chicken and rice are done, layer the chicken and rice and cook again, i use the rice cooker all the time because of its onvenience. I know some people use the pressure cooker in which case the chicken and rice should just be half cooked. I like to cover my rice with a corning plate before covering it with the rice cooker top to keep all the moisture in and ensure that the rice is cooked properly....this way has never failed me.....
See, its very easy and it definitely is lovely to serve the biryani with cucumber raita (as in cube japanese cucumbers with tomatoes, with a bit of corriander and mint leaves and natural yoghurt with a dash of salt) and dhal......well, i got to go, Daniel Craig is waiting for me....will post the dhal recipe later....tara
....a walk in my life as a legal counsel in the day dealing with six growing kids and my bakeshop that operates after eight....
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Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Yes, I'm back after disapperaing for almost two years...my that is a long time......then I was preggers with no. 5 and I was stuck with this project to revamp the system architecture at the place where I'm working. No, I wont be putting any recipies this time, just a tip...hmmm short and sweet come back!! Here we go...
Try adding tomatoes or mushrooms in your dishes to enhane the taste, however, bear in mind that mushroom cooked over a long period will have a sulphuric effect!!
Try adding tomatoes or mushrooms in your dishes to enhane the taste, however, bear in mind that mushroom cooked over a long period will have a sulphuric effect!!
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Unexpected Benefits of Kids Playing with Atari 2600 Games
My son has been enthusiastic about video games from a very young age without much prompting. He got locked into Sonic and then Mario and has been very curious about both vintage and modern game systems.
Before I actually had kids, I thought I would have this grand retro gamer parent plan of only starting my kids out on early era games before exposing them to more modern stuff. I though maybe they could enjoy the old stuff and experience at least some of the graphics and gameplay evolution over the generations.
In reality, unless you're planning on confining your gaming into a closed space and being disciplined in doing a controlled experiment with your kids, this isn't very practical. Also, if your kids have any exposure or media and/or visiting stores that sell video games, they are going to see modern stuff and want to try it. Even though my son loved 2D games like Mario, Sonic, and Zelda, he's also spent a good amount of time playing the likes of Mario Galaxy/Odyssey and some 3D Zelda. It's easy to fear that once a kid experiences the modern wonders that the industry now offers, they will lose interest in 80s-era stuff, let alone games from the 70s(!).
Pleasant Surprise of Atari Joy
Our Nintendo Wii recently went out of commission with a lens unable to read the discs, so I brought up the Gamecube to the living room (with a great new Gamecube HDMI adapter) along with the wonderful Game Boy Player to temporarily replace the Wii in as one of the primary consoles for the kids (along with our recent SNES Classic addition).
Of course, there are many great 2D titles to play in the Gameboy lineup. We tinkered with a handful of carts before I popped in the Activision Anthology GBA cart that includes a bunch of Atari 2600 titles. I didn't necessarily expect my little guy to latch onto these much, but he ended up spending more time with that cartridge than most of the Gamecube, SNES, and other games that we've played in recent months.
Of course as I've mentioned in past journal entries (a decade ago before I had kids), one of the reasons retro games are great is that they have much simpler controls and gameplay goals, but after my kids spent time with these Atari classics, I realized there were many other aspects that appeal to young kids that you don't really appreciate until you see them though their eyes.
Not Much to Discourage A Young Player
As much as my son loves to play to colorful and detailed games that we have all come to love, since the NES era, there has been more of a focus on making the most of your "lives" and the dreaded "Game Over" screen. Also, once you've seen those dreaded words, you often have at least a few screens you have to go through before you can try again. This may not sound like much to us, but for a kid that's only 3 or 4 years old, this can be a bit discouraging.
Thinking back, I still remember the days when I was pretty young and I got a little intimidated by certain parts of Super Mario Bros And the like and asked somebody else to help get me past a certain part… (can you relate?). My son does that a lot right now. He wants to explore what the game has to share, but he's always worried that he's going to die and have to go through that whole process of starting over.
However, with many Atari games (or classic arcade games for that matter), There are rarely menu screens, Game Over screens or any process in starting over other than hitting button to restart. To a little kid, this all seems transparent and it greatly reduces the friction and makes them feel comfortable with potential failure.
Exploring Limited Game Design
With Atari 2600 games, it sometimes it takes little effort to figure out what exactly you're supposed to do on certain games. Sometimes, even if you track down instructions in a manual, things aren't entirely clear.
One of the best examples on the Activision Anthology cartridge we explored was Pressure Cooker. It's a game where you're a burger chef that's grabbing different ingredients that come at you and then place them on the partial burgers that are progressing down a conveyer belt. Once you finish a burger, you have to take it to another area to be wrapped for your customers. The instructions the Anthology provided still didn't help me figure out if I was putting stuff in the right place or if I was maybe assembling the burgers incorrectly.
But the cool thing was that this made for great conversation and experimentation between my son and I. We both tried things out and talked to through trying to get points and get the "good" sounds instead of the "bad" beeps. Even after I got distracted by something else in the house, he was still plugging away on Pressure Cooker and having a lot of fun with it. He never got frustrated. Even if he wasn't doing it the "right" way, he could experiment and keep on trying without being let down. While some of it was just "playing", it was also great to see him trying to troubleshoot problems — a great trait to build in a young child.
Simplicity Open To Imagination and Discussion
One of my fears about introducing Atari 2600 games later on was that those much more limited visuals might not seem interesting after experiencing a Nintendo Switch or even a Sega Genesis. However, I found that, in a way, there were actually secret advantages to those limited graphics: imagination and conversation!
There's numerous examples of games that could work in this scenario, but Enduro is the game that sticks out from our game session the other day. Enduro is a rather straightforward racing game where you mostly have to try to keep up with the curves of the road and dodge the cars as you pass them. Personally, it actually impressed me with how fast and smooth it was for an Atari 2600 game.
Anyway, for this illustration, the interesting thing about Enduro was how the landscape/environment changed as you progressed. You start out on a pretty typical landscape filled with green — one that you would image was in the middle of the day. After a short while, the track and the surroundings turned mostly white — this prompted and the kids to mention that it looked like it was snowing and such. A bit later, the "snow" disappeared and it looked like it was the evening with sunset shades filling the horizon. "Oh! It's getting to be night time now!" We talked about that for a little bit before it got real dark! The screen is now almost pure black aside from your car and all these red tail lights of cars you're getting ready to pass. I was actually really impressed that the developers creatively used their limited palettes and sprites to create an environmental experience like that and the kids really enjoyed seeing it and talking about it.
The kids have experienced environment changes in more modern games before, but with the more abstract presentation, it actually made more of an impression on them and they talked about it more — all while still cruising that little car around. It was a real joy to see them engulfed in it.
How Do You Work Retro Games into Parenting?
In hindsight, it's interesting to compare my thoughts about being a retro gamer parent before kids with the reality of having young children now. What are your experiences as parent integrating retro games? If you aren't a parent yet, but curious about the future, what questions come to mind? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
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Thanks for providing such a personal article racket. No kids (yet), but this is something as a gamer I've thought about plenty of times, introducing the offspring to gaming.
Great article, Racket!
Very interesting! I'll soon be a dad and tought about these things too in the past wondering if they would be completly unniterested with my retro game. Thats fascinating.
As a gamer and former teacher, I found what you've shared here both fascinating and delightful. We don't need to force retro games on kids We need to really watch what children latch onto and I know not only will classic games prove their greatness, but we will learn new things about those games.
Thank's for this interesting Article. I'm from germany and me and my wife do have 3 Children. I love to play Consoles but the problem is that my wife don't want me to play when our children are around. Now I wanted to ask: does your wife likes to play, too oder do you have a lot of discussions because of playing with your son?
Fantastic article.
More of these, please!
i run a modern sort of arcade pop-up concept at 2 weekly events here in Atlanta and i'm always looking for ways to connect with people via gaming.
Your experience with your kids playing Enduro is exactly the same as i've had with several patrons and it's amazing what limiting the tech lets your imagination do. Keep it coming, dude! 😀
My two boys loved Kirby on NES, but my daughter loves only Streets of rage II on sega… I thought that'd be different ))