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KW Variant 1
Sportive - Harmonic with
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The ideal systems for customers wishing to rely on
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KW Variant 2
Sporty and Personalized
with adjustable Rebound Dampening
The system intended for the experienced driver who
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but adjust the damper setting to fine tune the system to their needs.
The adjustable rebound damper allows adjustment of the pitch and roll
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- Damping technology with individually adjustable
- Inox-line stainless steel technology at no additional charge
- Individually height adjustable
- German TUEV-tested adjustment parameters
- High-quality components for long life
- Comprehensive documentation for ease of use
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the high-speed range which controls the driving safety, is fixed.
*Not for suspensions with spring
strut modification (exchanged struts), these are only available in
zinc-plated steel.
KW clubsport – Coilovers for race track and road
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handling car when participating in
day events, but also require a setup that could be used every day. The
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tires. By using the optional adjustable top mounts, the suspension
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for the usage on the road and the race track.
KW Clubsport suspension kits are independently adjustable in compression
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fantastic lap times.
Why do KW's cost more
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crafted and designed by studying the flaws of competitors and improving
on them. In addition KW coilovers can go lower than just about any other
brand and allow you to set your car to a "slammed look", "sporty look",
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happen to your coilovers, KW's warranty backs all their products from
manufacturer's defect.
- Infinitely adjustable
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- Easy to read documentation
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- Special guide and sealing systems
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friction – temperature-resistant, durable damping technology
Pressure Adjustment Clubsport
The rebound adjustment,
produced with the widest range of adjustment for that specific
vehicle, is carried out by an adjustment spindle at the end of
the piston rod. Most of all, the rebound controls the car body
vibration, but at the same time the damping range also affects
the handling and comfort at low speeds. With the rebound
adjustment, the car can be adjusted to the demands of the
driver; the driving impression can range from comfortable ride
quality to a tighter and tense ride with improved road-holding
The compression adjustment takes place at the lower end
of the shock absorber by our patented multi-purpose valve. The
number of pre-adjustable parameters of this valve allows a wide
range of adjustments. The unique low-speed compression
adjustment makes this technology unique. Within this damping
range, the driving behavior of the car is strongly influenced.
An increasing damping force already supports the car at the
compression and therefore avoids rolling motions. The steering
behaviour significantly improves.
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Understanding the U.S.-China 'Trade War'
An emerging narrative in 2012 is that a proliferation of protectionist, treaty-violating, or otherwise illiberal Chinese policies is to blame for worsening U.S.-China relations. China trade experts from across the ideological and political spectra have lent credibility to that story. Business groups that once counseled against U.S. government actions that might be perceived by the Chinese as provocative have relented and changed their tunes. Use of the term "trade war" is no longer considered taboo.
The media have portrayed the United States as a victim of myriad Chinese provocations, including currency manipulation, dumping, subsidization, intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, discriminatory "indigenous innovation" policies, raw material export bans, industrial espionage, and other ad hoc restrictions on U.S. investment and exports. Indeed, it is beyond doubt that certain Chinese policies have been provocative, discriminatory, protectionist and, in some cases, violative of the agreed rules of international trade. But, as usual, the story is more nuanced than its early renditions allow.
U.S. policies, politics, and attitudes have contributed importantly to the atmosphere of rising frictions, as have rabble-rousing politicians and a confrontation-thirsty media. If the public's passions are going to be inflamed with talk of a trade war, prudence demands that the war's nature be properly characterized and its causes identified and accurately described.
Politicians, policymakers, and members of the media should put down their battle bugles and consider that trade wars are never won. Instead, trade wars claim victims indiscriminately and leave significant damage in their wake. Even if one concludes that China's list of offenses is collectively more egregious than the U.S. list of offenses, the most sensible course of action – for the American public, if not campaigning politicians – is for U.S. policymakers to avoid mutually destructive actions and to pursue constructive measures that will reduce frictions with China.
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Author: Matthew Gladstone (@gladstonematt), Partner, BBH London
So it's official, "Applications are the white goods of the 21st century" and sales of virtual goods have crossed the $2bn threshold in the US and iTunes has over a billion downloads.
But, as we all know, not everyone is enjoying the party – Thom Yorke has told young bands not to tie themselves to the sinking ship of music companies, Murdoch is trying out pay walls for his newspapers, and a US court has caused outcry by ruling that people who have bought discs of software don't actually "own" them – they cannot sell them second hand on eBay.
I think the difference is a lot to do with packaging and branding. Or, to be precise, virtual packaging and branding. People who are getting it right are getting paid more than those who aren't.
What packaging and branding do is to create a sense of property and ownership. And property and ownership are norms that tell us to value and pay for things. Which are big problems in the virtual economy.
So my provocation is this: "Virtual packaging" is one way to create that sense of ownership and property. Just as the pioneers of branding created commercial value when they put trade-marks onto commodities in the tangible world – branded them as "theirs" – we have to reinvent packaging and branding for the virtual world.
The most obvious examples of this are Apps (packaged, single-purpose, branded on the button, tangible with a finger, made unique to you through use) and, at the other extreme, music (downloaded via anonymous browser, no presence other than a line of text in a database, totally generic). And who is persuading people to pay more successfully?
I think that one day we will look back at the App v.2010 and laugh at its crudity. One day we will have virtual packaging as iconic as this:
But let's go back to the beginning.
My first wake up call was overhearing the oft-debated morality of downloading music. Free file sharing? Fine. Normal. That's how you get music. Why the question? But walking out of a store with a cd without paying for it? Shoplifting. Stealing. Wrong. Equally obvious.
So what's the difference between download and CD? To the artist, none. But to the user, one was packaged – physical, shiny, found in a shop – the other, just a piece of anonymous data accessed through a browser.
Look at Murdoch vs. the App. No detailed data are available yet, but anecdotal reports say that iPad apps are performing disproportionately well vs. subscriptions accessed via browser. And Ben Hughes, global commercial director and deputy CEO of the Financial Times, says the iPad is a "game-changer" for the newspaper industry. It's the app vs the generic packaging of the browser.
And then the success of iTunes or Amazon? These are also "packaged" environments – clearly understood as "shops" where you pay for stuff. Unlike Limewire or Piratebay.
Which leaves our last example – the action against someone selling software discs on eBay. The Software and Information Industry Association (USA) is breaking our norms of ownership and property when it says "I own that physical thing you bought". We all feel that physical things belong to the person who buys them.
So the App is really just a virtual box. iTunes or Amazon just a virtual shop (no shit). Things that have cleverly used the norms of ownership and property in the virtual space, to make us more likely to pay for them. Right now the virtual retailers seem to be way more sophisticated than the products they sell – but hopefully that will change.
So here are some starters on creating virtual packaging (some of these may seem uncannily obvious or familiar to the real world, but maybe that's the point):
– visual identity which differentiates the object
– tangible, touchable
– a differentiated experience (sounds, colours, even haptic "textures")
– adaptive to the owner – evolving into something distinctively personal to the owner
– hard to copy and transfer; the sense of a physical transfer, not a lossless virtual one
Perhaps it's time music came in Apps. As we said earlier: branded on the button, tangible, with a memory of what I did last time, with an experience unique to each app or band. Perhaps it would even be like a gatefold of old, but on steroids. Now that's something I'd pay for.
We'd like to know what you think. Who's doing this well? Do you know anyone who works in the world of packaging who'd want to comment?


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You would think that with so many video conferences and conference calls happening in offices around the world every day we'd all have this down pat by now. Oh no, we don't. Conference calls are some of the most annoying and stressful things your job may make you do. Here's how you can make them a little better, both for yourself and for everyone else on the line.
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If you're lucky and get to telecommute from time to time, you really know this pain. You have to sit on endless conference calls, or deal with colleagues in conference rooms on speakerphones, just to keep up with what's going on. Video calls aren't much better — they can drag on too and then you have to be presentable when you join them — or deal with other people who really aren't. Here are some ways you can be the change you want to see and make those virtual meetings more tolerable for everyone involved.
Preparation Is Key: Get Ready Before Dialling In
It pays to be prepared, and conference calls are no exception. Make sure you have all of the information you need to participate in the meeting beforehand. If you're dialling into a conference bridge, make sure you have the dial in number and the passcode handy so you don't have to pester the meeting organiser right before the meeting is supposed to start (they're likely setting up for the meeting and will hate you for it). Photo by Andres Rodriguez.
The same applies for video calls. If you're using an application you've never used before, install it in advance and try it out before it's time to join the meeting. No one wants to delay the meeting because the presenter is offering you tech support because you can't get Skype to recognise your camera, or you're having trouble with Google Hangouts. Most services have test numbers or tools so you can check your connection, microphone, and even camera before joining a meeting. Use them.
A few other handy tips that should be common knowledge but really aren't:
- Go to the bathroom. Seriously. Everyone's been on at least one conference call where someone tries to mask a flush in the background, or someone speaking is oddly echo-y. We all know why. Go before the call, or at least mute the phone.
- Get comfortable beforehand. If you want a cup of coffee or tea, or need to refill your water bottle, do it before the meeting starts. If you're on a video call, getting up to go get a cup of coffee is the same thing as getting up while someone is speaking in a conference room and just walking out. You don't need permission, but it is a little rude.
- Get a real headset (or at least earphones) and a wired connection. This tip comes from Lifehacker alumni (and occasional contributor) Kevin Purdy, in this Fast Company article. Nothing is worse than using your computer's built-in microphone and speakers for a virtual meeting. Everyone on the other end will be treated to an endless echo of their own voices. At least plug in some headphones, and use a solid internet connection that won't stutter or drop out — which means avoid Wi-Fi unless you're sitting next to the router.
- Get yourself together. This applies to video chats, but remember, people can see you. That means put on a shirt that doesn't have stains, and put on some pants. If you're working from home, try to look like you're actually working, which means turning off the TV in the background and telling anyone at home with you to give you some privacy. Now's not the time to reveal to your coworkers that you use "working from home" as a synonym for "cheap child care", and if you can, tidy up so the part of your home everyone sees is presentable.
Granted, a lot of these depend heavily on the type of environment you work in. Here at Lifehacker, we're all pretty laid back, so it's no big deal that we video chat with one another from our kitchens or living room couches — but if your office is business casual, you might want to put on a shirt for your video call, or at least move all of your kids' toys out of the field of view of your webcam.
Join the Call, Then Mute
When it's time to join the meeting, test your setup, connect, and once you're connected, greet the other callers. Then, before you do anything else, mute your line. Unless the conversation is going to be animated and you know that you'll be called on frequently, stay on mute. You don't want background noise from your end muddling up the audio on the call, and no one needs to hear your dishwasher running in the background or the traffic outside your window. Photo by Jeremy Keith.
Once you've found that mute button though, make sure you remember where it is. You'll need to unmute quickly if someone wants your input, or if you have something to say. The faster you can unmute and hop in, the better off you'll be. Everyone will forgive you if you say "sorry, I was muted", after a moment or two, but longer than that and it comes off like you're not paying attention.
Avoid Changing Locations
If you're on a video conference, moving around is pretty unlikely, but try to avoid it if you can. Granted, I've seen a Google+ Hangout handle someone moving between rooms on a laptop or joining a hangout from their phone in grand style, but try to stay put — you don't want to be a distraction to everyone else on the call, and worse, you don't want your internet access to drop out or lose frames because you decided to sit on the couch instead of at your desk.
The same applies to conference calls as well — if you're on a cell phone, you don't want the call to drop because you moved from the office to the kitchen, and you really don't want everyone to hear you moving around. If you must, at least mute your line before you shuffle around.
Practise Basic A/V Etiquette
Video calls where everyone's wearing headsets are particularly bad for this, but the same applies to speakerphones and mobile phones: be considerate of everyone's ears. That means:
- Avoid loud snacks, or just wait to eat (or at least mute your line if you're going to).
- Don't shout, you'll blow someone's ears out.
- Don't put people on speaker without letting them know, and letting them know who's there with you. The inverse applies as well: don't assume everyone knows who's on the line, and don't use the speaker on your cell phone unless you're the only one around. Taking conference calls on speaker in public is lame.
- When you're on a video call, try to behave like you would if you were actually in the room. Sure, no one can see, but if you're distracted everyone will assume you're doing something else. Don't go picking your nose because you forgot there was a camera on, either. Treat it like a real meeting, because it is. Photo by Bit Boy.
Remember: You May Be Recorded
One thing that a lot of people often forget with virtual meetings is that nothing is off the record. Whether it's a Skype call or a conference bridge, your conversation may be recorded by the meeting organiser or one of the other attendees. Don't say anything you wouldn't want brought up again later. At my old job, I got into a habit of recording conference calls (our bridge system supported call recording, and would even email me the MP3 of the call when we all hung up) because there was so much dispute about what was said in a meeting. Always assume that others are, at the very least, taking notes, and at the most are recording the entire thing.
Conference calls and video chats are a necessary evil in the modern workplace, but done well they can be fast, effective, and give even remote teams a way to keep in touch and feel connected. Assuming, that is, you practise a little considerate etiquette when you're on the line or sitting in front of your webcam. It's not hard, and if we all do it (or at least send this off to our office's worst offenders), those virtual meetings might even be fun.


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With an abundance of 'green' labelled paper and furniture products available, we consumers have more power than ever to support a growing market for wood products that do not come at the cost of biodiversity, the regulation of our climate, or the livelihoods of forest communities.
But we still need to ask ourselves what lies behind the green labels we increasingly see on products, Greenpeace has released a study, with the support of a number of other environmental NGOs, showing that two of these 'green' labels - forest product labels Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) - are in practice not as sustainable as they claim on paper. Several case studies from around the world tell the story of forest destruction, illegalities, the breaching indigenous peoples rights and more. PEFC is allowing its brand to be misused by the notorious forest destroyer Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) in Indonesia. APP continues to rely on converting rainforests and high carbon value peat forests into plantations, yet PEFC considers this plantation wood as 'non controversial'. A number of these plantations are established on areas that should be legally protected under Indonesian law and many are home to the critically threatened Sumatran tiger. This wood is then mixed into PEFC paper products and sold under its 'green' label globally. Further case studies of PEFC and SFI labels show that key forest habitats and endangered ecosystems are insufficiently protected in countries like the USA, Tasmania and Finland and local and indigenous communities who depend on forests are not adequately consulted nor having their rights respected in countries like in Chile, Canada and Sweden. In some cases it wasn't even known which forest the PEFC labelled product had originated from or whether it was a sustainably managed forest.The certification of wood products such as paper, packaging and building timber is a voluntary, market-based tool that supports responsible or 'sustainable' forest management. The certified forest products are tracked all the way from the forest where they are verified as being well managed, to the manufacturing process, and finally the supply chain until it reaches the retail shelves as a labelled certified product. We should never get complacent about whether a green label is implicitly trustworthy. As consumers we need to be proactive and ask questions about the stringency and integrity of the 'green' label standard requirements and how the certification scheme behind the label is really helping to protect forests on the ground. All 'green' label certification schemes are not created equal. For certification to be a success, it has to deliver real change in forest management on the ground. At this time PEFC and SFI labels do not do this, and consumers should be aware of this when dealing with the PEFC and SFI labelled wood products. PEFC and SFI labels will remain more 'greenwash' than 'green' until they make efforts to ensure their certification standards are being upheld on the ground.
You can offer feedback on the PEFC website. So why not give it! http://www.pefc.org/
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Would be good to know why WWF in Italy recommends Pefc certification for forests in this country and says that FSC and PEFC are equivalent.
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What is Greenpeace's position on FSC Mixed Sources?
Why do you only ever criticise PEFC and not FSC? If PEFC is a greenwash then what...
What is Greenpeace's position on FSC Mixed Sources?
Why do you only ever criticise PEFC and not FSC? If PEFC is a greenwash then what is FSC?
See www.fsc-watch.org
Is it because Greenpeace Directors are also Directors of FSC?
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Greenpeace is critical of FSC both within FSC processes and publicly, see its reports from 2008 and 2011 "Holding...
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Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year r...
Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year round if you live in the State of Alaska you see it in the sky above what a sight it is going through our Earth's Magnet Polls of the North and the South, North Poll. Its Called the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis.
The day will come when you will be able to see it all over Earth as in the year 1859 Solar Flare, It was the largest in 500 years. Two Astronomer's Hodgson and Carrington told the World that the Solar Flare made a Geomagnetic Storm reach Earth in hours not days. Back then it gave new meaning to Reach For The Skies from Telegraph Operators. For hours sparks flew from the key board. Even after the Batteries were disconnected. Nov 3 and 4, 2003 had a X40+ Class Solar Flare.
Our Sun's UV Rays will get stronger as each passing day go's by, read and i will tell you why.
The Great big forest have be striped from most of the Earth for Greed of Money by the Wicked. The trees our are Main Source of Oxygen on this Plant.
The Forest Trees scrubs the Pollution out of the air and makes Oxygen from the rain and dirt that it grows in.
The Forest Trees do more then just make Oxygen they stop Soil Erosion, just Look at the 1930 Dust Bowl. Greed by our Government taxes led farmers to clear cut all their Forest and farm all the land they were being Tax on. They had to farm it to pay for the Taxes. Why leave the Trees when food crop makes Money. This Did not Help the Depression that effected most all Worldwide. This year 2012 more then 100 million will suffer from Malnutrition and Dehydration. Many will die!
In the United States of America alone more than 45 Million Americans Received Food Stamps and that number is going up every day every year.
The Pollution and CO2 Carbon Dioxide go into the Tree Bark as a shield from most bugs so they do not eat the tree.
Less Forest less Oxygen this is why the moon. That has no Oxygen is very cold on the side with out Sun Light, And hot as ever on the side with Sun Light. Way too cold and too hot to live there. You would need at least 10 times the Energy we use on Earth to even live there and life on the Moon would be very short.
With no blank of Oxygen to lessen or reduce the Sun's UV Rays and Solar Wind they are deadly there on our Moon. Every Mt. Climber and Aircraft Pilot knows the higher you go the thinner the Oxygen and colder it gets.
Just spend a night on a Mt. top above 13,000 feet with no Sun Light and you will see or should i say feel the cold stinging any of your exposed skin. If you are new to Mt. Climbing stay below 10,000Ft. The Astronauts and the Cosmonauts and Fighter Pilots that i have been with for years know this very well, and the Radiation Hazards to humans at High Altitudes.
Soon the Sun's Solar Wind and UV rays will be way to strong for most to go out in the Sun Light for even a short time. The Geomagnetic Storm to come and the Bad Weather Storms well you have not seen nothing yet and the Sea Level is Rising the Oceans. Many Millions have been affected by Floods in China and Pakistan just last year. In 2005 Over a Thousand dead in New Orleans flood, and the list going on.
And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and Earthquakes, in divers places such as was not from the beginning of the Creation.
The last 30 years On Earth we have broke all high temp records and the temp it is still going up. All the Worlds Ice Glacier are melting at an Accelerating Rate. The Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps store more water than all the Fresh Water Lakes on Earth.
The Bad Weather Storms now are Babies compared to what is to come.
They will get even bigger and worse less Oxygen the more UV Rays to the Earth and more Water molecules will evaporate and go up into the Earth's Atmosphere. Less Oxygen the colder with out sun light and hotter with it.
The Sky full of more water vapor molecules, more snow in the winter and more Flash Floods in the Summer. All earth will see way more fires and the Deserts are growing larger.
If every living person on Earth were to Plant A Tree Today we might have a chance.
The Earth's Atmosphere Blanket surrounding it protects life on Earth as Our Lord and GOD will all that seek Him.
Then it is written when the tree is full it is harvest time. All the Earth will someday burn away.
This is all Foretold in the Bible Read it
and may our Lord Bless all that do so.
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2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the Earth and its works will be burned up.
GOD Bless You and Your Love ones
Give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ every day.
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Some ISPs Blocking 4chan. DDOS or Censorship?
On Sunday the popular image-sharing board 4chan claimed that they were blocked by AT&T, at least on some of their networks. The reasons are a bit murky, and it may be that the block is over now, at least in part.
[Update: This morning the crisis ended and 4chan admitted their actions caused the blocking.]
We found no word from AT&T on the matter, but unWired, a different ISP, states on NANOG (North American Network Operators Group, an insider discussion board for ISPs) that they also had to block 4chan to mitigate the effects of a DDOS attack. Other ISPs on the discussion disagree, especially on a wide scale blocking of the site. 4chan's "history of pulling pranks" also seems to have figured into this. The DDOS, ironically, seems to be an attack on 4chan. From my Verizon FiOS connection in New Jersey I can get to 4chan, but it's very slow.
Normally it is at least courteous for an ISP to make an announcement somewhere or to contact the blocked host if they are going to block a well-known host for whatever reason. 4chan states that they haven't been contacted, we see no announcement on NANOG or any AT&T source. But speculation that this has something to do with censoring 4chan's famously uncontrolled content is precipitous. It's much more likely that this is a ham-handed effort at network management.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- FX president John Landgraf kicked off the network's executive session at the TCA Summer Press Tour with a slew of announcements, including a fourth season of "Louie" and seven additional episodes of "BrandX with Russell Brand."
"Louie," which received three Emmy nominations last week, will return for 13 more episodes. The show's current 13-episode run wraps with a special one-hour finale on Thursday, September 27 starting at 10:00/9:00c. As for "BrandX," look for the series to resume in October alongside the new seasons of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "The League."
Other highlights:
-- "Episodes three and four and five and six have exceeded the ratings threshold that's required for a back 90 renewal," Landgraf said about its recently launched Charlie Sheen comedy "Anger Management." "We won't make a decision... until all 10 episodes have aired. But the series up to now has given us every indication that it will earn [it]." He added that in the likelihood it gets the pickup, Martin Sheen will join the cast full time as Charlie's father, Martin Goodson.
-- As for "Wilfred," Landgraf indicated that "I'm very optimistic not only about a pickup for next year, which would be season three, but for a series run on FX that lasts many years beyond that. But we have some deal issues to work out before we announce anything official."
-- Scott Ellis has been tapped to direct the pilot for the Denis Leary-produced comedy pilot "Bronx Warrants," about a group of errant warrant detectives in the Bronx assigned to arrest individuals with outstanding warrants. The cast will feature "relative unknowns [but] incredibly funny people" including Robert Kelly, Josh Segarra, Shirley Rumierk and comedian Godfrey. Dean Lorey penned the script.
-- On the drama front, Landgraf hopes to make an decision about the pilot "The Americans" shortly. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s. "We're very happy with the pilot and quite optimistic about its series prospects."
-- The network has ordered a pilot for "The Bridge," based on the Danish/Swedish series of the same name, which followed a police investigation following the discovery of a dead body on the bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden. Meredith Stiem and Elwood Reid are behind the hour, a co-production of FX Productions and Shine America. Carolyn Bernstein, Lars Blomgren and Jane Featherstone are also among the executive producers.
-- And finally, Landgraf affirmed that its small screen take on "Powers" is still very much alive. "What we ended up doing was hiring Chic Eglee... not only to rewrite the pilot that we shot but to do three more episodes [and] put together a writing staff. I think Brian [Michael Bendis, creator of the comic book] has read those scripts, I haven't seen them yet." Adding, "if we'd like to move forward, yeah, let's go back and reshoot the pilot." Landgraf indicated there's a possibility some of the original cast - most notably Jason Patric as Christian Walker - could return but it's just as likely they'll recast the entire thing.


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Loopholes and revenues: 5 questions
Washington's word of the moment: Loopholes.
They're the nefarious sounding — but perfectly legal — perks in the Tax Code that House Speaker John Boehner says could dig up new revenue for the government without raising taxes. President Barack Obama has called that math bogus.
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It's a fight that'll continue through the end of the year as Congress scrambles to avoid tumbling over the fiscal cliff.
Here are POLITICO's need-to-know questions on these pieces of the Tax Code:
What are these "loopholes" and what are they worth?
They're targeted perks in the tax system that help one group or another lower their tax bill every year.
Think everything from the mortgage interest deduction to the write-off for charitable contributions and the protection of health care provided to workers by employers.
( Also on POLITICO: Bohener, McConnell play good cop, bad cop)
There are also plenty of similar provisions on the corporate side of the Tax Code ranging from breaks for oil and gas producers to the special treatment of carried interest income paid to private-equity managers.
All told, these provisions cost the U.S. Department of the Treasury more than $1 trillion every year in uncollected revenue — more money than the government actually takes in from individuals.
So what loopholes are on the table?
It's unclear — for now. The question dogs lawmakers and the public alike.
No one — from Boehner to Obama — is ready to say which provisions they're willing to scrap to gin up the revenue that Democrats are demanding to avert the fiscal cliff.
( Also on POLITICO: Which comes first: Rates or revenues?)
But the one advantage both sides have going into the fiscal talks is that no one is new to this game anymore.
The Gang of Six has haggled over the deficit for several years. Vice President Joe Biden led a group focused on the issue last year, Boehner and Obama held their own talks and the supercommittee convened for several months last fall in a failed bid to resolve the fiscal crisis.
"This is not new," said Rep. Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who sits on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
( Also on POLITICO: Poll: Blame GOP for cliff diving)
These talks invariably return to one small list of "loopholes" that could be repealed to raise revenue, including: the depreciation schedule for corporate jets; oil and gas breaks enjoyed by the five largest companies; and an accounting technique known as last in, first out.
Expect to hear a lot more about these over the next month.
How much revenue would those generate?
Not much — and that's the problem.
The big-ticket tax items that would really rake in revenue — like the mortgage interest deduction and the break for charitable contributions — are politically fraught.
That leaves about $100 billion — maybe a little more, depending on how the math is calculated — on the table from scrapping provisions for corporate jets, oil and gas companies and the so-called LIFO accounting technique.
That's a drop in the bucket compared with the $1.6 trillion in revenue the Obama administration says it's seeking.
In the days after the election, the GOP focus on loophole closings to generate money was seen as a breakthrough — the party was finally willing to deal on revenue.
But as the attention shifts to how little money some of those provisions net, the parties seem on the verge of returning to their old divisions.
In his news conference on Wednesday, Obama was skeptical loopholes could generate enough upfront revenue and rejected GOP efforts to get credit for money that might flow into the government's coffers from economic growth.
"The math tends not to work," Obama said.


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today was an unseasonably warm day for January in Michigan – I think the temperatures were in the high 50's this afternoon. I've been unable to take my Sunfish up to my dad's barn for winter storage due to various schedule conflicts and then snowy roads – so today was shaping up to be a perfect day to drive the hour or so west to his house and put it away in his barn.
I forgot to take any pictures today, but it looks pretty much the same as last year's winter storage (see pic below)! since no one was home – I even muscled the Sunfish up there by myself – it took a little creativity and some brute strength, but I was able to lift the boat up and fasten the 2×4 beams under it to hold it in place.
when I was driving home, I did chance upon a VERY different way to store a Sunfish, and just had to stop and take a picture. it looks like it was just tossed into the back of the old beat up wooden boat.


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Things you once did easily will become increasingly difficult, such as maintaining a schedule or managing money. Some people may try to cover up their difficulties to protect themselves and their family from embarrassment. Or, they may be reluctant to ask for help. Trying to do what others in the early stage have called "faking it" and covering up errors can be a great source of stress. Accepting changes in your abilities and adapting new coping skills can help you restore balance to your life and give you a sense of accomplishment in your abilities as you continue to live with the disease.
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It's not uncommon to have to try different strategies to achieve your overall goal. Assess what could have been done differently and make adjustments as needed.
What are the triggers that cause you anxiety, worry or stress? For example, if others are hurrying you, explain what you are trying to accomplish and ask that they provide you the time needed to be successful. Knowing what causes stress allows you to make plans in advance or decisions about the type of activities/tasks you choose to participate in.
Family, friends, prayer, your inner strength, pets — all these sources can get you through hard times, even as you face daily challenges or setbacks.
Join ALZConnected, our online community, where others living with Alzheimer's share their tips, experiences and support.
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The Alzheimer's Association National Early-Stage Advisors, and other individuals living with the disease, share their personal insights about the daily strategies they use to address such challenges as managing schedules, taking medications, dealing with changes in relationships and overcoming stigma. Their experiences can help you to think creatively as you develop your own strategies for living with the disease.
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- Not being able to do things as well as I did before
- "Don't stress. It will just make things worse. Try to accept that some things are out of your control. Only try to work on those things you can control."
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Questions One.
The management of Accra Polytechnic has decided to introduce a new salary scheme for its faculty. In the Policy,
bonus is base on the fact that one is a senior staff or junior staff. You have been call in as a programmer to
develop a software to meet this policy`s requirement: Your task has been broken down in the as follow.
a) Creaate a class called Sallary.
b) Create method that will calculate.
c) The tax which is 5% of the gross salary.
d) Bonus depending on the status of employee-senior/junior
i. Senior staff-1 hour-50 pounds
ii. Junior staff-1 hour-20 pounds
iii. Net Salary - Bonus+gross salary-tax.
e) Create another class called SalDemo with the main funtion.
f) Declare an instance of the salary class called Sal.
g) Use the cal project to check the net salary.
h) Use scanner class to allow a user to enter the status, time and the gross salary.
Question two
At United Standard Bank limited, a customer should be able to deposit money, withdraw money and check
his-her balance. You have been approached to develop a system for the USB bank.
a) Create a class call customer.
b) The balance of the customer should be 1000 pounds
c) Create methods for the deposit, withdrawal and checking of balance transactions.
Use the appropriate data members to help you accomplish this.
d) Create another class called Bank within the main function.
e) Declare an instance of the Customer class called Cust.
f) Use the Cust object to check the current balance.
g) Use scanner to allow a user enters a deposit. The program should display new balance.
h) Use the Scanner to allow the user to place a withdrawal amount. The program should display the new balance.


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Three Australian beaches have been voted among the best 25 in the world.
But not only did Sydney's iconic Bondi beach not make it onto the list, it didn't even make it onto the list of the top ten Australian beaches.
A travel website revealed the winners of its 'Travellers' Choice' award for beaches, based on reviews and ratings for beaches on the site in the past 12 months.
Whitehaven Beach on the Whitsunday Island was named the best beach in Australia and the South Pacific, with international travellers ranking it the fifth best in the world.
"We are very excited that the Whitehaven Beach has taken out the top award and has been recognised as one of the best beaches in the world," Whitsundays Marketing and Development Ltd chief executive Danial Rochford said.
Turquoise Bay in Western Australia and Cable Beach, near Broome, were the other two Australian beaches in the world's top 25, coming in at number 20 and 22 respectively.
Baia do Sancho beach in the Fernando de Noronha region of Brazil was rated as the best beach in the world – with the South American country the only other, apart from Australia, to have three beaches on TripAdvisor's top 25 list.
"For those dreading the start of winter, there's really no better cure than an escape to one of these award-winning beaches," the site's chief marketing officer Barbara Messing said.
According to TripAdvisor users however, Bondi was not worthy of a mention in Australia's top ten, despite overwhelmingly positive reviews on the website. Over 75 per cent of users rated the beach excellent or very good.
But beaches including Burleigh Heads Beach, Manly Beach and Cottesloe Beach all rated above the iconic strip of Sydney sand.


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Baoding, Hebei, China
Member Since: 2016
Business Type: Trading Company
Material is real fur or faux fur.
Sizes have 6cm,7cm,8cm,9cm,10cm for rabbit fur pom.
12cm,13cm,14cm,15cm and 18cm for raccoon fur pom.
10cm,12cm and 13cm for fox fur pom.
Of course,if you need other sizes,we can do it for you.
And the colors can be customized.
We can offer small quantity and mix colors to check our quality and market,thanks.
Details Description
Vintage raccoon pompoms for handbags
Real fur
Colors can be done as your need.
Suitable season
winter,autumn and spring
Sample fee
Exising style samples are free of charge ,
Sample time
It is about 7 working days to sent.
200 pcs into a polybag then into a outer carton.
Delivery time
About 30 working days after the
1 The material ,the style ,color,
2 Small order accepted.
3 OEM,ODM are also accepted.
4 Actually packing details based on
Packing details:
200 pcs into a polybag then into a outer carton.
Delivery details:
About 30 working days after the confirmation of PP sample,
if it has weather condition and unpredictable reason,
it will be longer,hope understand,thanks.
Payment Method:
We can accept Western Union,Visa,T/T,ESCROW(Alipay),Paypal,L/C.
For small orders,total payment before the order.
Bulk orders could accept 30% in advance,the balance before shipping.
Service & Advantage
1.Products will be done by hand,insuring the quality.
2.Having own factory.
3.Price is resonable,you will have more advantage among competitors.
1.Are you factory / manufacturer or Trade company?
We are direct factory manufacturer
who owns production lines and workers, and everything is flexible
and you don't worry about charging extra money by the middle man or trader.
2.What's the MOQ about the fur products?
The MOQ is 200 pcs in each design and color for fur pom.
The MOQ is 20 pcs in each design and color for fur hat,scarf and gloves.
The MOQ is 10 pcs in rabbit and raccoon fur coat and vest,
The MOQ is 5 pcs in fox and mink fur coat and vest, customers' specific reqiuirements.Such as materials,clolor,size,style,designs for your reference.


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In response to the statement issued on February 26, 1999 by several Muslim organizations ("American Muslim leaders demand retraction and apology"), the Islamic Supreme Council of America issued the following statement.
As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh.
It is regretful and shameful but also revealing that AMPCC, American Muslim Alliance, AMC, CAIR, MPAC, ICNA, ISNA, and MSA have issued a very misleading statement condemning Shaykh Hisham Kabbani's recent speech at the US State Department. Instead of following the Islamic etiquette of disagreement and speaking directly with Shaykh Kabbani about their "concerns," they followed a path more typical of tabloid journalism, seeking a broad-based dissemination of their defamatory claims without regard for the truth. Even more disheartening, they also chose an approach reticent of the "Salem Witch Hunts" in America, which sought to enforce its ideological perspective, regardless of the costs to human life, dignity, and mutual tolerance and respect.


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Play miniature golf on the ground-shaking Volcano Course under the shadow of a three-story erupting volcano or take it easy on the nine-hole Palm Course. Sharpen your sports skills in batting cages and the area's only soccer cages; enjoy "combat" with your friends in the Laser Zone; and race around the Go-Kart track.
CITY:Loves Park
See top-name NASCAR racing on a quarter-mile, high-banked track. From Kid's nights to monster trucks, fireworks, fantastic NASCAR racing action, you will enjoy an exciting night of affordable family fun at Rockford Speedway.
CITY:Loves Park
Considered a "must play" course in the Midwest, Aldeen has an impressive list of accolades, including being voted best municipal course in Illinois by Golf Digest, and ranking number 38 in Golf Magazine's Thrifty 50 list.
This nine-hole course, located in Sinnissippi Park, offers challenges for advanced golfers and novices. The 3,230-yard course is best known for its hilly layout and tree-lined fairways.
Rockford's downtown arena hosts a variety of world-class entertainment, including concerts, circuses, rodeos and family shows. The BMO Harris Bank Center is also home to the Rockford IceHogs, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks.
At Rivets Stadium, you'll find first-class baseball, big-league excitement, a friendly staff, delicious food, and affordable fun for the entire family! Rivets Stadium opened in 2006 where it was originally the host to the Rockford Riverhawks of the Frontier League. The Rivets took over the stadium in the fall of 2015 after the demise of the Rockford Aviators. It has also been home to the Rockford University Regents baseball team since 2007. The stadium has 3,279 seats, but can host crowds of over 4,000.
CITY:Loves Park
Blackhawk Farms Raceway challenges both amateur, as well as, professional drivers. They have everything from autocross and driver's schools, to wheel-to wheel racing. They have a variety of participating car, motorcycle, bicycle & kart organizations such as SCCA, Midwestern Council, River Valley Kart Club, Championship Cup Series, Porsche Club of America Chicago Region, Burnham Racing and Xtreme Xperience to name but a few. Spectators are always welcome.
CITY:South Beloit
This family amusement center has more than 78 free and five-cent games; 40 redemption games that dispense tickets for prizes; and 30 video and novelty games.
The Rockford IceHogs are a professional ice hockey team that plays in the American Hockey League.They began play during the 2007–08 AHL season at the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, IL. They are the top affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.
Located on Rockford's far east side, Elliot is an 18-hole course with 6,443 yards of rolling terrain, large trees and spacious greens. A smattering of water hazards and sand bunkers make Elliot a challenging course for any golfer.
The laser tag maze is a multi-level game floor with black lights, music, sound effects and automatic computerized scoring.
Mercyhealth Sportscore Two and Indoor Sports Center
Mercy Sportscore 2, a 124-acre site, has 19 regulation soccer fields and 14 practice fields outdoors, and four sand volleyball courts. Home to Wedgbury Stadium, which seats 2,000 spectators, and has hosted IHSA State High School Soccer Finals, pro football games, National Rugby Finals, college rugby championships, professional soccer games with international teams, and USSL W. League Soccer Finals. Recreational activities include: Soccer, Sand Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee®, football, walking, and running. The complex also includes the MercyRockford Indoor Sports Center, which contains three multi-sport indoor fields for indoor soccer, five volleyball/basketball courts, locker rooms, sports equipment store and SkyBox, a family friendly casual restaurant and sports bar. The facility is completely wheelchair accessible and adaptive equipment is available.
CITY:Loves Park
This 18-hole course has bent grass fairways, tees and greens, a practice area, full-service clubhouse, and rental carts with canopies.
This beautiful 18-hole golf course is enjoyable for all levels of golfers, located just minutes from Rockford in Belvidere. Opening for its first golfers in the Spring of 1995 and offering one of the Midwest's most desirable courses to play, with 168 acres of meticulously maintained fairways and greens and a completely tree lined property. A creek runs through Swanhills and comes into play on several holes along with 3 ponds that will challenge the accuracy of the golfer.
This picturesque, 18-hole watered course winds through wooded and lowland areas along the meandering Kishwaukee River. Oak Club is rated among the region's top 20 courses by Chicagoland Golf.
Built as a private course in 1966, this 18-hole course was purchased by the Forest Preserve District in 1978. Fairway bunkers and sand traps test a golfer's skill and accuracy. In addition, water hazards are featured on 10 holes. Area golfers are now enjoying this challenging course. Par 72. Clubhouse and restaurant. Purchase passes and reserve tee times on-line.
This wooded 18-hole course with narrow fairways and gently rolling terrain offers 6,107 challenging yards on its par 71 course. Opened in 1922, it is named for Lt. Clayton Ingersoll, who lost his life in an air crash over France in World War I. This course is located on Rockford's far west side and was selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation to host Tiger Woods for a two-day golf clinic in 2001 and 2004.
A popular 18-hole course on Rockford's south side, Sandy Hollow is a tree-lined fairway course with strategically placed fairway bunkers. One of the more challenging holes on the 6,228-yard course is No. 11, which requires a tee shot over a pond.
Welcome to Marengo Ridge Golf Club. Built in 1985, this 18-hole golf course offers a clubhouse, driving range, golf lessons, pro shop and a putting green.
Built in 1930's, with limited sand traps, one pond. Rating: 18 holes par 71; a beautiful course near shops and restaurants in Rockton and site of the earliest European settlement in northern Illinois. Purchase passes and reserve tee times on-line.
Victory Golf Range is the Rockford area's only indoor golf facility that offers golf entertainment in a controlled environment. Amenities include a large driving area to see true path of golf ball, hitting bays with air-cushioned driving mats, a state-of-the-art putting green, fully netted ceiling, walls and perimeter to ensure a safe hitting environment, a full service restaurant and bar, large screen TVs with latest golf and sports programming, and free WiFi.
CITY:Loves Park
This 18-hole golf course is open to the public, and includes a practice facility and full-service clubhouse. We feature a practice range with grass tees, a private instruction tee, accurate distance markers, a large putting green as well as a separate chipping and putting practice green, two practice bunkers, and four target greens measured at the same distances as our four par-3 holes – a unique feature not seen anywhere else on the Rockford golf scene.
CITY:Poplar Grove
The 18-hole "Atwood Homestead" course at the Atwood Homestead Golf Course facility in Rockford, Illinois features 7,470 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 74.3 and it has a slope rating of 120 on Blue grass. Designed by Charles Maddox, the Atwood Homestead golf course opened in 1971.
The lush bentgrass fairways and greens of Blackstone Golf Club meander through some of the most distinctive natural landscape of any course in the Chicagoland area. And although it can stretch out to a total of 6,727 yards, Blackstone features 4 sets of tees to suit golfers of all skill levels and plays to a very manageable 4,893 yards at its shortest.


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Dutch hoons do it right - they do it Bad Boys style. This time they got a Daihatsu Charade and it's going down. Hear its three cylinders of fury cry in vain as it flies to its death.
The real action starts at about 1:35, but there's plenty of public disorderliness wrought out with this trusty little economy car, cruelly abused by these Dutch bastards. Nobly, the Daihatsu shows its mettle even in the hands of the car-murderers.
Do you think that nose-diving the poor car off a sand dune would kill it? Hell no! It's gonna have to take some real abuse for that. It turns out that these guys' self-proclaimed "Badboys style" consists of doing front-wheel drive donuts at the car's redline until it finally coughs its last gasp of sweet, free air. Damn you, you drunken Dutch hoons! You've killed another car – when will the madness end?


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What worries you most? Decaying teeth, thinning bones, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, cancer, obesity? Whatever tops your list, you may be surprised to know that all of these health problems are linked to the beverages you drink — or don't drink.
Last year, with the support of the Unilever Health Institute in the Netherlands (Unilever owns Lipton Tea), a panel of experts on nutrition and health published a "Beverage Guidance System" in hopes of getting people to stop drinking their calories when those calories contribute little or nothing to their health and may actually detract from it.
The panel, led by Barry M. Popkin, a nutrition professor at the University of North Carolina, was distressed by the burgeoning waistlines of Americans and the contribution that popular beverages make to weight problems. But the experts also reviewed 146 published reports to find the best evidence for the effects of various beverages on nearly all of the above health problems. I looked into a few others, and what follows is a summary of what we all found.
At the head of the list of preferred drinks is — you guessed it — water. No calories, no hazards, only benefits. But the panel expressed concern about bottled water fortified with nutrients, saying that consumers may think they don't need to eat certain nutritious foods, which contain substances like fiber and phytochemicals lacking in these waters. (You can just imagine what the panel would have to say about vitamin-fortified sodas, which Coca-Cola and Pepsi plan to introduce in the coming months.)
Sweet Liquid Calories
About 21 percent of calories consumed by Americans over the age of 2 come from beverages, predominantly soft drinks and fruit drinks with added sugars, the panel said in its report. There has been a huge increase in sugar-sweetened drinks in recent decades, primarily at the expense of milk, which has clear nutritional benefits. The calories from these sugary drinks account for half the rise in caloric intake by Americans since the late 1970s.Continue reading the main story
Not only has the number of servings of these drinks risen, but serving size has ballooned, as well, with some retail outlets offering 32 ounces and free refills.
Add the current passion for smoothies and sweetened coffee drinks (there are 240 calories in a 16-ounce Starbucks Caffe Mocha without the whipped cream), and you can see why people are drinking themselves into XXXL sizes.
But calories from sweet drinks are not the only problem. The other matter cited by the panel, in its report in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is that beverages have "weak satiety properties" — they do little or nothing to curb your appetite — and people do not compensate for the calories they drink by eating less.
Furthermore, some soft drinks contribute to other health problems. The American Academy of General Dentistry says that noncola carbonated beverages and canned (sweetened) iced tea harm tooth enamel, especially when consumed apart from meals. And a study of 2,500 adults in Framingham, Mass., linked cola consumption (regular and diet) to the thinning of hip bones in women.
If you must drink something sweet, the panel suggested a no-calorie beverage like diet soda prepared with an approved sweetener, though the experts recognized a lack of long-term safety data and the possibility that these drinks "condition" people to prefer sweetness.
Fruit juices are also a sweet alternative, although not nearly as good as whole fruits, which are better at satisfying hunger.
Coffee, Tea and Caffeine
Here the news is better. Several good studies have linked regular coffee consumption to a reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer and, in men and in women who have not taken postmenopausal hormones, Parkinson's disease.
Most studies have not linked a high intake of either coffee or caffeine to heart disease, even though caffeinated coffee raises blood pressure somewhat and boiled unfiltered coffee (French-pressed and espresso) raises harmful LDL and total cholesterol levels.
Caffeine itself is not thought to be a problem for health or water balance in the body, up to 400 milligrams a day (the amount in about 30 ounces of brewed coffee). But pregnant women should limit their intake because more than 300 milligrams a day might increase the risk of miscarriage and low birth weight, the panel said.
Mice prone to an Alzheimer's-like disease were protected by drinking water spiked with caffeine equivalent to what people get from five cups of coffee a day. And a study of more than 600 men suggested that drinking three cups of coffee a day protects against age-related memory and thinking deficits.
For tea, the evidence on health benefits is mixed and sometimes conflicting. Tea lowers cancer risk in experimental animals, but the effects in people are unknown. It may benefit bone density and help prevent kidney stones and tooth decay. And four or five cups of black tea daily helps arteries expand and thus may improve blood flow to the heart.
Alcohol is a classic case of "a little may be better than none but a lot is worse than a little." Moderate consumption — one drink a day for women and two for men — has been linked in many large, long-term studies to lower mortality rates, especially from heart attacks and strokes, and may also lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes and gallstones. The panel found no convincing evidence that one form of alcohol, including red wine, was better than another.
But alcohol even at moderate intakes raises the risk of birth defects and breast cancer, possibly because it interferes with folate, an essential B vitamin. And heavy alcohol consumption is associated with several lethal cancers, cirrhosis of the liver, hemorrhagic stroke, hypertension, dementia and some forms of heart disease.
Dairy and Soy Drinks
Here my reading of the evidence differs slightly from that of the panel, which rated low-fat and skim milk third, below water and coffee and tea, as a preferred drink and said dairy drinks were not essential to a healthy diet. The panel acknowledged the benefits of milk for bone density, while noting that unless people continue to drink it, the benefit to bones of the calcium and vitamin D in milk is not maintained.
Other essential nutrients in milk include magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron, vitamin A, riboflavin, folate and protein — about eight grams in an eight-ounce glass. A 10-year study of overweight individuals found that milk drinkers were less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, a constellation of coronary risk factors that includes hypertension and low levels of protective HDLs. To me, this says you may never outgrow your need for milk.
The panel emphasized the need for children and teenagers to drink more milk and fewer calorically sweetened beverages.
"Fortified soy milk is a good alternative for individuals who prefer not to consume cow milk," the panel said.
The Personal Health column in Science Times on Tuesday about healthful beverages included incorrect information from the Beverage Guidance Panel about soy milk. It can indeed be legally fortified with vitamin D.


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Here's his basic idea..."What if the Reaver spear couldn't possibly have made it through the forward windows of Serenity?" The rest of the article is here for your consideration. Feel free to follow the link above on over to the article at Slice of SciFi and add a comment if the moods strikes you. I'll give you the text here as well.
First Hill had to understand what modern spacecraft use. Certainly they have windows just as Captain Mal's Serenity does, but how thick are they and what protection do they provide from the harsh vacuum of space?
Hill is quick to point out that, within Earth orbit, space debris, no matter how small, still travels at approximately 9,000 meters per second. Which brought Hill to the following important scientific fact -- "Shuttles today are outfitted with shielding to prevent such disasters, and feature two-and-a-half-inch thick windows."
Next we need an example of what happens when a ship's window is damaged by debris in the vacuum of space. In this case, Hill selected an occasion wherein a paint fleck struck a window of a ship in flight to an international space station. The fleck caused damage that looked like the indentation of a "sort of miniaturized plate." Hill estimates the fleck caused "5,000 pounds per square inch impact, creating more than enough damage to warrant a window replacement." Yikes!
Now we need to estimate. So Hill eyeballed Wash's death scene repeatedly and concluded that "If Reavers shoot spears slow enough to be dodged (which they do), the spear that kills Wash can't be moving much faster than a Major League fast-ball, putting the upper limit on speed around 100 miles per hour (45 m/s).
This is orders of magnitude slower than the hypervelocity impacts that a shuttle deals with, but the spear is thousands of times more massive than a fleck of paint. Assuming it's fashioned out of a metal, and given its size, I'd guess it's around 100-200 pounds (45-90 kg)."
Our short translation for that is "Uh-oh." But Hill's not done yet. He adds, "Kinetic energy is easy enough to calculate, as is pressure. The kinetic energy of a moving object is one-half of its mass multiplied by the square of its velocity. This equation gives the Reaver spear a frightening 101,250 newtons of force at the low end. The pressure exerted by the spear is then equal to the force divided by the area it is acting on. Making the tip of the spear the size of a US quarter, the resulting pressure is a ludicrous 31,800 psi."
Conclusion? "This is over six times the force of the largest recorded impact to a space shuttle window, and almost four times the maximum pressure a shuttle window can take before deforming and failing."
Hill's ultimate conclusion almost isn't necessary, but, for the sake of finality, he revealed, "Wash didn't stand a chance."
As I sat pondering the science and math behind this analysis I thought, "I bet Joss Whedon could've told you that and saved you a bunch of work. Because he knows sci-fi fans will call you on something like this if they can." Wash never stood a chance.
A few seconds later another thought hit me. Remember the guy in Florida who got whacked out of his brain and started eating people's faces. The guy they said bath salts had turned into a zombie? Couldn't have been more wrong. He didn't become a zombie. He was still alive. He became a REAVER. There's a thought that will keep you up at night.


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WWE will tape this week's episode of WWE Main Event from the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Here are the full results.
* Kane defeated Antonio Cesaro. Daniel Bryan was on commentary. AJ Lee came out to distract them but Bryan stopped her with a "NO!" chant.
* Backstage segment with Sheamus talking to Matt Striker about letting Big Show be their partner at WrestleMania.
* Tensai and Brodus Clay come out with a new name – Tons of Funk.
* The Bella Twins vs. Cameron and Naomi is up next. The Bellas get the win after Cody Rhodes provides a distraction.
EXCLUSIVE: What is Left For Rey Mysterio?