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Welcome to day 11 of 30 Days to a Food Revolution. Our guest blogger today is Alisa from One Frugal Foodie, Dairy Free & Fit, and Go Dairy Free. Like so many people, Alisa grew up thinking that those processed foods with "lean" and "healthy" stamped on the package were somehow providing real food and nutrition. It wasn't until she strictly transitioned to a dairy-free lifestyle that she discovered what she was really eating. Forced to read every food label in great detail, Alisa was shocked at what she saw. Dyes, additives, "modified" ingredients, highly processed sugars and grains, and completely unrecognizable chemicals, with ingredients like tomatoes, bananas, and whole grains sadly pushed to the bottom of the list (if present at all). She bought her last loaf of store bought bread, her last frozen meal, her last box of cookies, and her last can of conventional soup in 2005, and has never looked back.
Though she tries to support the dairy-free community as a whole and accommodate the variety of requests via her website, Go Dairy Free, her focus has truly shifted to helping people transition to a whole food lifestyle. She created One Frugal Foodie to share her own whole food recipes with the concept that eating real food will actually save you money. She just recently launched Dairy-Free & Fit, also a foodie focus, but to discuss everyday food, health, and fitness topics too.
Alisa's Recipes: Strawberry Mylk and Fruit 'n Fiber Breakfast Shake
Alisa's Tip: Enjoy the Seasons
Though I grew up in the fertile northwest, I still related "seasonal eating" exclusively to garden-growing hippies. I had no idea how much goodness could be found within this single concept. What you eat and when can have a tremendous impact on:
Nutrition: Produce is richest in nutrients when it is ripe, and as it is picked. Seasonal produce doesn't need to travel as far, so it can reach your table while still rich in vitamins (oh how we love those antioxidants). Produce that must travel great distances is often picked before it is ripe AND it loses nutritional value with every day of travel.
Taste: Have you ever had an out-of-season strawberry? Enjoy the May/June season of this beautiful berry with abandon. While you're at it, stock up and freeze some for your baking and smoothie needs. Flash freezing does preserve most of those wonderful nutrients.
The Environment: Yes, I do think those hippies were actually ahead of their time in logic. In fact, eating out-of-season produce can do a double-whammy on the environment. In many cases, a greater amount of pesticides, fertilizers, and resources must be used to produce market-worthy produce outside of its natural growing season, and much of our out-of-season produce comes from other countries (where it is in season). A lot of extra resources must be used in packaging and transit to deliver that worldwide food to our local stores.
Price: Hmm, have you ever noticed how beautiful, firm, cherry-red tomatoes go on sale for $.69 a lb in summer and early fall, but often look less than stellar and shoot up to $3.99 per lb in winter. That extra transit time, the difficulty of harvest … it is all placed in your grocery basket. Yep, just when you thought healthy eating was "too expensive," I throw you this curve ball. Eating seasonally is actually a good economic choice for your pocketbook. Watch the sales; the value produce will often be seasonal and relatively local.
Is this to say that you should never buy dark leafy greens in summer and you must forgo all but citrus fruits in winter? I don't think so. We are human, and have cravings and recipes for foods we want here and now. But, by shifting the core of your meals with the seasons, you will be doing body, your taste buds, your wallet, and the environment a big favor on so many levels.
The recipes below are quite simple and easy to modify to your own tastes. Keeping with the mantra above, your results will vary wildly depending on how in-season and ripe your produce is. Strawberries are just hitting their sweetest time of year in the coming months, and will be perfect in the recipe below with just a bit of sweetener. However, if making either recipe with less than ripe and/or under-sweet produce the result may require more of the sweet stuff for a tasty end result.
Strawberry Mylk
This recipe is adapted from the Effortless Overnight Oat Milk and Strawberry Milk recipes in my book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook. It will create a very light, refreshing, and sweet beverage (if using ripe / in-season strawberries. The ones pictured are from my CSA last week). For a richer and creamier strawberry "milk," see my "whole milk" option below. The following recipes are Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Soy-Free, Nut-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and optionally Vegan and Gluten-Free.
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats (for gluten-free use certified gluten-free oats if you can tolerate them)
- 2 Cups Water
- 1/2 to 3/4 Cup Fresh or Frozen Halved Strawberries (I recommend the full 3/4 cup of course!)
- 1/4 Teaspoon Alcohol-Free Vanilla Extract (optional)
- 1 Tablespoon Honey (or agave), or more to taste
Place the oats and water in a sealed container (like a recycled glass jar), give it a quick shake, and place in the refrigerator. You can leave it for several hours, or do like I do, and just place the jar in the fridge at night to use the next day.
Give the jar a vigorous shake for 30 to 60 seconds. The liquid should start to turn oat colored. Strain the liquid, pressing as much as you can from the oats. Enjoy the oats for breakfast (they are now softened and ready to eat!), reserve them for another recipe, or see below for a quick breakfast shake option.
Place ¾ cup of the fresh oat milk in your blender along with 1/2 cup of the strawberries, and vanilla, if using. Blend until smooth. With the blender running, drizzle in the honey (or agave) through that top portal. Honey can chunk in cooler liquids, so it is best to drizzle it in while the beverage is whizzing away to help emulsify it. Taste test, and add more sweetener and/or strawberries to taste.
Quick "Whole Milk" Option: Use the Instant Nut Milk in Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook in place of the oat milk for a quick and rich strawberry "milk."
Yields 1 serving
Lean Fruit 'n Fiber Breakfast Shake
- 1 Batch Strawberry Mylk (recipe above)
- 1/4 Cup of the Leftover Soaked Oats
- 3/4 to 1 Cup Ripe Frozen Mango Chunks (preferred) or Frozen Ripe Banana Chunks (about 1 medium to large ripe banana)
- ¼ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- Ice (optional)
Place all in your blender, and process until smooth.
Omega-Me: For some healthy fats, blend in 1 to 3 teaspoons of Omega-3 rich plant oil, like flaxseed oil or grind some whole flaxseeds in a spice grinder and blend them in (pre-grinding helps since less powerful blenders may miss some seeds).
Yields 1 fruity breakfast or snack
For more from Alisa you can read here and here.
Don't forget:
In order to be entered to win one of 7 cookbooks, here's what you need to do to gather entries into the drawing. The more you do, the more chances you have to win!
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loxxrider wrote:I've reached out to the university of Florida in hopes that some poor student might want to take on a challenging cnc project.
If they accept it, proceeds will be donated to the SAE team who are ranked 5th out of 530 teams internationally and 2nd in the US. Go Gators!
loxxrider wrote:Good news guys. I found someone who actually wants to make these. Same person who is making me custom billet main caps. Ur5cyl Audi nut just like us, but from outside of the US.
I will have a prototype set made for myself to test on the avant. If they come out well, I will have another set made for my sedan. I'm sure the cost will be high, but you guys will be welcome to join the party at that point if the cost of entry isn't too much to stomach for you.
loxxrider wrote:There is finally some progress being made on these. They're actually going to get cut! I'll do a test set first, and then I can offer some for sale if there is any interest.
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Gamla stan – the old town, a well-preserved medieval town offering plenty of shopping, souvenirs and restaurants.
The Royal Palace of Stockholm – the official residence of Sweden's monarch. Other well-known castles and buildings are the Drottningholm Palace, Kina Palace and Rosendal Palace, along with Stockholm City Hall – a well-known silhouette on the Stockholm skyline.
Vasa museum – displaying the warship Vasa, a well-preserved 17th century ship that was salvaged after 333 years under water. The Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of History and the Museum of Nobel are also worth a visit. For music lovers, we recommend checking out the popular ABBA Museum.
Situated on the central island of Djurgården is Skansen – an open-air museum containing a zoo filled with animals from the Nordic region.
Junibacken – a fairy-tale playhouse for children based on the world-famous children's books, where you can visit Astrid Lindgren's fantastic fairy-tale world.
Gröna Lund – a big amusement park filled with attractions and rides.
Södermalm – a pleasant district with local flair and a trendy atmosphere. Södermalm offers lots of small shops with vintage and Swedish fashion.
For a view of the city, visit Globen (a spherical arena building) and take a gondola ride to the top. At 155 metres, Kaknästornet is Stockholm's tallest building – it also contains a sky bar.


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With series like the Harry Potter, Twilight, and Hunger Games books becoming international mega-bestsellers, young-adult fiction is now a thriving genre that draws readers of all ages. YA Why? is a periodic book-review column that looks at YA releases from the perspective of what they do or don't do with familiar YA tropes, whether they appeal to a broad audience or strictly to the younger set, and why we might want to read them.
Book: Diana Renn's Tokyo Heist, published June 14, 2012
Plot: Manga-loving Japanophile Violet is planning to spend the summer living with her spacy painter father in Seattle when she's unexpectedly caught up in an international art heist involving his wealthy Japanese patrons, the Yamadas, who recently had a valuable Van Gogh sketch stolen from their well-appointed mansion. The mystery tendrils outward from there, and soon the yakuza is involved, holding the sketches for ransom in exchange for a much more valuable (and fictional) Van Gogh painting the Yamadas are linked to, which has been missing for decades. In the book's second part, the action shifts to Tokyo, where Violet's dad has been commissioned to paint a mural for the Yamada Corporation while Violet assists in the company's art-preservation branch and works on the manga she's drawing—when she isn't trying to solve the mystery of the missing Van Gogh. Things get progressively more complicated and dangerous from there (while remaining resolutely PG), eventually culminating in a series of close calls at the Gion Festival in Kyoto.
Series status? Debut stand-alone novel.
YA cliché? Outside of having a painfully insecure female protagonist, Tokyo Heist is refreshingly free of most of the standard modern YA-fiction tropes. Violet is a plain, nerdy girl who isn't secretly gorgeous or "chosen" for her important task—she basically succeeds by being a huge pest. And while there is an element of young romance, it's far in the background, with an ocean and a life-threatening mystery separating Violet from her crush object for most of the book. (Late in the book, when Violet mentions adding a romance to her manga, Kimono Girl, at the last minute, it's almost like Renn is acknowledging the tacked-on nature of her novel's romantic elements.) Tokyo Heist shares more genetic material with old-fashioned girl-sleuth series like the Nancy Drew or Kay Tracey mysteries than with the current wave of dystopian/supernatural lit, and the overlapping concerns of art history and Tokyo pop create a milieu that's more distinctive than most of the post-apocalyptic societies currently jockeying for space on YA shelves.
Bad sign: It strains credulity when law-enforcement agencies in both the U.S. and Japan—plus the heads of billion-dollar corporations—are willing to follow the hunches of a 16-year-old girl. The whole dumb-adult thing is pretty much a given in youth-targeted fiction, but it's hard to imagine even the dimmest FBI agents sharing their plans for top-secret sting operations with a teenager who isn't directly involved with the case, just because she happens to be in the room. Plus, it would be nice to see Violet deal with unhelpful characters other than those who are obvious suspects.
Good sign: Renn is clearly passionate about the same subjects as her heroine, and sprinkles in lots of Japanese cultural details and phrases, as well as some history of Van Gogh's fascination with Japanese woodblock prints, though some of it is tweaked for story purposes. In fact, Renn goes so far as to include an author's note at the end about the Van Gogh painting she made up for Tokyo Heist, "Moon Crossing Bridge," which is based on a real Japanese woodblock print that Renn argues could have inspired a painting much like the one Violet is looking for. It's rare for YA heroines to have such specific, developed interests, and Violet filtering her investigation through her passion for manga, art, and Japan makes her seem like a real, relatable teenager—albeit one who's somewhat dorky, incredibly lucky, and occasionally a little foolish.
Young-adult appropriate? Very. There's almost no coarse language, what little violence occurs happens off-page or is PG, and sex is only alluded to in a flashback, and between two consenting adults. Violet is a relatable, admirable heroine who works in a comic shop, devours manga, and has a crush on a boy who wears a waistcoat and says "Zounds!" which should appeal especially to teens in the midst of developing their own esoteric tastes, even if they don't share her specific interests.
Old-adult appropriate? Less so. Those with even moderate experience with mystery novels should see Tokyo Heist's twists coming a mile away, and while its plucky-teen-sleuth nature should have nostalgic appeal for adults who read those sorts of books when they were kids, it's hard to get too invested in such a soft-boiled heroine. But the cultural details are interesting, and Renn pays enough attention to detail that her plainspoken prose comes across as refreshingly breezy rather than turgidly workmanlike. The sequences that delve into Violet's manga-within-a-story, featuring a heroine who possesses a magic kimono that allows her to jump into and interact with paintings, are legitimately clever and fun, no matter the reader's age.
Could use less: The aforementioned love interest. While retro-minded film-nerd Edge (yes, Edge) seems like a perfect match for Violet, and their friendship-but-maybe-more relationship is more believable for teenage characters than the sort of everlasting love often seen in YA, it's slapped-on, constituting a couple of chapters at the beginning, a few brief mentions during Violet's tenure in Japan, and an obligatory wrap-up at the end. There's plenty going on in Tokyo Heist without bringing Edge into it, even if he does seem like a swell guy.
Could use more: Tension. Renn piles on the backstory, plot twists, and shady characters, but it all feels like pieces of a machine chugging toward a foregone happy conclusion. Even when the situation turns life-threatening, it feels like just another obstacle for Violet to easily hurdle on her way to success. Much of this is due to Violet's blithe, teenager-y voice, which is endearing and character-appropriate, but not especially well-suited to high-stakes peril.
For fans of: Classic teenage-sleuth whodunits, the modern Heist Society YA series, The Da Vinci Code, and Hayao Miyazaki, who gets name-dropped multiple times.


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While compiling our list of fan campaigns that saved TV shows, we stumbled across a group of Quantum Leap fanatics known as "The Leapers." And they ruled.
These group of body jumping fans hosted a set of Quantum Leap conventions so amazing, they even got the show's wardrobe to let them borrow the clothes for a fashion show. In this video from a 1993 convention you'll see a marvelous cameos from Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Priestly (coupled by a girl who is basically 15-year-old me), Scott Bakula and more!
Here's a video from the 1993 Q&A in which Al is getting chastised from the audience for switching handlinks around. It's amazing, and yeah we kind of agree with NPH — they're being brutal. We miss small conventions.
All images and videos were found on the Quantum Leap convention website Leap Back. Which has dozens more videos from various Q&As over the years.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), working in
collaboration with the Ad Council and the Inspire USA Foundation,
announced today the launch of a national public service
announcement campaign designed to reduce the incidence of suicide
and suicide attempts among teens in the United States.
To view the multimedia assets associated with this release,
please click:
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-24
year-olds, following unintended injuries and homicide. While
suicides account for approximately 1.4 percent of all deaths in
the United States annually, they
comprise 12 percent of deaths among this age group. In 2006, 4,189
people between ages 15 and 24 died by suicide. Furthermore, for
every youth who died by suicide, it is estimated that 100-200
attempts are made.
"Suicide is a preventable tragedy," said SAMHSA Administrator
Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "That's
why we have made it an explicit part of our top priority at SAMHSA
-- prevention of substance abuse and mental illness. We are
aligning and bringing to bear the full force of our resources to
reduce the risk and increase the protective factors that are linked
with suicide. This new public service announcement campaign is a
critical step in raising awareness among young people that there
are places where they can turn for help."
"Our new campaign with SAMHSA and Inspire USA connects with
teens by identifying with the various challenges they are facing,
while empowering them to cope by showing them how their peers have
made it through," said Peggy Conlon,
president and CEO of the Ad Council. "These ads and our online
resources will give teens hope and this campaign has the potential
to save many lives."
In an effort to provide support for teens who may be
contemplating suicide, SAMHSA and Ad Council launched the Teen
Suicide Prevention campaign. Created by DDB New York through the Ad
Council, the We Can Help Us effort includes television,
radio, print and interactive PSAs, as well as in-school and mall
posters, directed at 13-17 year-olds. The ads were based on the
understanding that teens face a myriad of problems and many are
seeking effective ways to cope with them.
The PSAs tell teens that they are not alone in their struggles
with emotional and mental health problems, and that other teens
have successfully worked through the same issues. Young
people seeking help are urged to visit www.reachout.com, where they
can hear success stories and strategies from teens.
The reachout.com Web site was developed by the Inspire USA
Foundation, an organization that seeks to promote the mental health
and wellbeing of young people. Reach Out integrates youth
generated, expert-reviewed information and real-life stories with
opportunities to connect with others in a supportive, safe
Issues covered include warning signs for suicide, depression,
eating disorders, as well as advice on relationships and coping
strategies. The site includes videos, audio stories and other
interactive features. Visitors can also view a series of animations
that bring to life stories submitted by teens. Teens' stories were
shared with animation studios around the world who each added their
unique artistic sensibilities to the animations, which also can be
shared as viral videos.
Each page on reachout.com includes a prominent call-out to the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), a
resource for individuals who are in crisis and need immediate help
and support.
"Walk into any American high school classroom and the odds are
that two of the young people before you will have attempted suicide
over the past 12 months," said Jack
Heath, president of the Inspire USA Foundation. "Through our
collaboration with SAMHSA and the Ad Council, the We Can Help
Us campaign can bring a message of hope to literally millions
of young Americans having a tough time."
"At DDB, we were motivated to do our part to further awareness
of the critically important issue of teen suicide," said
Peter Hempel, president, DDB New
York. "The campaign creative is very positive in tone, to give
those affected a sense of hope at a very dark time in their lives,"
he added.
To extend the reach of the PSA campaign to teens nationwide, the
Ad Council and SAMHSA will be collaborating with Students Against
Destructive Decisions (SADD), National Organizations for Youth
Safety (NOYS) and a number of other youth and mental health
organizations. The campaign will also be promoted on social media
channels including Facebook www.facebook.com/Samhsa,
www.facebook.com/ReachOutUSA, www.facebook.com/AdCouncil) and
Twitter (www.twitter.com/samhsagov, www.twitter.com/AdCouncil), as
well as the Ad Council's new social media site,
SAMHSA (www.samhsa.gov) is a public health
agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance
abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
The Ad Council (www.adcouncil.org) is a
private, non-profit organization that marshals talent from the
advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the
media, and the resources of the business and non-profit communities
to produce, distribute and promote public service campaigns on
behalf of non-profit organizations and government agencies. The Ad
Council addresses issue areas such as improving the quality of life
for children, preventive health, education, community well-being,
environmental preservation and strengthening families.
Inspire USA Foundation
(www.inspireusafoundation.org) is a 501c3 nonprofit
established in San Francisco in
2007. Inspire's mission is to help young Americans lead
happier lives. Inspire takes a strength-based, public health
approach to its work with a focus on mental health promotion and
the prevention of high risk behavior, with a particular interest in
suicide prevention.
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Fake science
Fake science (previously known as Junk science) is the promotion of a finding as "scientific" or "unscientific" based mainly upon whether the promotions supports the agenda of the promoters. In the last few decades, most junk science promotes the propaganda positions of the Left.
Junk science consists of giving poorly done scientific work the same authority as work which conforms to the scientific method. It is akin to politicized science, i.e., the selective use of scientific evidence to reach predetermined conclusions and support extra-scientific political goals.[1]
In some cases, junk science may result from a misinterpretation of previous sound scientific studies. An example of this is the misinterpretation of the research on eggs and cholesterol.[2] Studies had found that eggs contained cholesterol and that cholesterol in blood contributed to heart disease. So as a result of these studies, people were advised against eating eggs. What was missing, however, was a study showing that the cholesterol in blood is a direct result of cholesterol intake in diet. We know now that that is not the case, that saturated fat intake and overall body fat are the primary contributors to cholesterol production in blood.[Citation Needed]
Junk science can be easily identified based upon the way in which it is planned, carried out, manipulated/assessed, and then disseminated to the public. Also to watch out for are unnecessarily liberal conclusions and no reference to relevant sections of the Bible.
The following are, in the minds of the liberal junk scientists of today, the strategies (both intentional and unintentional) for:
Common Actions of Junk Scientists
The following are common actions that can be used to identify junk scientists and their work.
If you have any type of college degree, then you are capable of conducting "science" of any type
For example: prognosticating on the age of the Earth by using flawed techniques such as radiometric dating rather than consulting those who are well-versed in the true age of the Earth through accurate creation science, Biblical scholarship, and Mideastern archaeology.[3]
Do not defer to or consult with persons of more experience than you or who are of a different field than you
For example: ignoring creation scientists' research merely because their results are more conclusive and sensible than your own
Just because it doesn't rigidly adhere to the scientific method does not mean it's not "scientific"
For example: saying that a fossil has to be particular age, yet not referencing instances of fossils being formed in very short matters of time[4]
Work in isolation from other scientists
For example: by ostracizing, firing, or refusing to fund creation scientists.
Use terminology, statistics, and methods incorrectly
For example: using the word "theory" and then claiming that it holds more weight than it actually does once people begin to question you
Do not define controls, limitations, or experimental conditions when discussing your experiment or its conclusion(s)
For example: liberal "climatologists" neglecting to mention that they've only been collecting data for a few decades, yet are making claims about multi-million year trends; this is how they perpetuate the myth of man-made global warming[5]
Give anecdotal evidence rather than proposing a detailed, testable mechanism
For example: seeing two fossils that appear to be evolutionary relatives, and then concluding one evolved from the other rather than saying one of them was just an isolated mutant[6]
Do not use the simplest explanation to suit your data; rather, use the one that would have the most impact on social, political, or moral matters
For example: instead of saying that we're in the middle of a slightly warmer/cooler period of time, start telling everyone that humans have caused global climate change and thus we need to spend billions of dollars reducing carbon output
Do not worry about "gaps" in your conclusion; they will be filled in over time
For example: the numerous "missing link" hoaxes
Ad hominem
For example: call anyone who disagrees with you "uneducated", "bigoted", "biased", "naïve", etc.
Analyzing Junk Science
In the mind of the atheistic junk scientist...
Do not acknowledge mistakes in, flaws of, or future improvements to your study
For example, never consider that whatever "climate change" we're enduring might be a temporary, and normal, shift in temperature as has happened several times in Earth's history
Cite the smallest variety of references possible
For example: only using liberally- and politically-funded research instead of non-profit and unbiased research, etc. [7]
If it hasn't be proven false, then it must be true (and vice versa)
Publishing Junk Science
In the mind of the atheistic junk scientist...
Do not cite, acknowledge, discuss, or consider alternative data or conclusions
For example: Darwinists not acknowledging the research and conclusions of creation scientists[8]
Make claims that are vague rather than precise, and omitting specific measurements
For example: Climate scientists claim to be 100% sure of 1-8 degrees of warming, how can they both be so unsure and so sure?
If you considered it to be true 30 years ago, then it must still be true today
For example: accepting the fraudulent drawings of Ernst Haeckel, but then never revising textbooks once his conclusions were proven incorrect
Your conclusion is irrefutable once it has been reached
For example: Darwinist scientists refusing to consider new paradigms proposed by creation science as they've been researched[9]
Emphasize the implications of your discovery rather than the details of it
For example: saying that since an embryo does not have a brain until the third month of pregnancy, then it cannot feel pain when it undergoes abortion during the first trimester[10]
Connect every conclusion to matters of social, political, or moral importance
For example: Barack Obama writing that moral relativism is acceptable because the incorrect theory of relativity is accepted by liberal universities and scientists who are funded by the federal government[11]
Claim that a conspiracy has tried to suppress previous conclusions similar to your own
Target your publication towards summaries in popular magazines and websites rather than towards academic journals
For example: broadcasting fraudulent research on CBS, NBC, and ABC evening news programs before the research has had the chance to be verified by unbiased scientists
See also
- Limitations of science
- Counterexamples to Evolution
- Counterexamples to an Old Earth
- Counterexamples to Relativity
- Global warming
- ClimateGate
- Politics of science
- Fake news
- JunkScience.com
- Pseudoscience
- ↑ Burying Evidence: The Union of Concerned Scientists' Unscientific Claims about Air Pollution and Health
- ↑ http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/eggs.HTM
- ↑ Answers in Genesis
- ↑ 50yr-old fossil
- ↑ Harvard study
- ↑ Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Washington Times
- ↑ Behe's "The Design of Life"
- ↑ Discovery Institute
- ↑ CNS.org
- ↑ WorldNetDaily
Further reading
- Peter W. Huber, Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom, 1993. ISBN 0-465-02624-9.


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Set into a corner of the keep, the solar has glass-paned windows on the two walls that look out into castle yard below. A balcony with a weather-pitted stone balustrade can be reached by a doorway in one of the walls, the door itself made of thick, iron-studded planks of oak. A few carpets from the Free Cities are placed about the solar, and there are tapestries featuring hunts and tourneys upon the walls. An old table of oak dominates the center of the room, with a number of seats around its perimeter, suitable for those who wish to game, take meals, or perhaps work at leisure on some scroll or parchment.
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There is the sound of boots on the stairs, the light jingle of spurs and the door swings open to admit Ser Alek Reyne and his niece Victoria, flanked by a guardsman and a septa.
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Next to Squid Girl is indeed Nightingale Lass, her ever faithful dour septa loitering and looming as is proper. Belissa has an embroidery hoop she's using to stitch a pattern of nightingales and ravens along the border of what is undoubtedly a future favor to be granted to her betrothed. Now and again she lifts the hoop, leans close to Katla, and if there's an accompanying titter of laughter that comes whenever Belissa's mouth is covered, it's total coincidence. TOTAL coincidence.
The young Reyne woman follows on her Uncle's steps, whatever conversation that they may have had now petered out as they enter the Solar.
Victoria is tall, her demeanour somewhat guarded and aloof to those whom do not know her, and yet there is a glimmer of warmth in her green eyes and certainly curious as she pervays the company. She holds a small hoop of half-completed needlework beneath her arm, seemingly neglected for quite sometime.
Scanning the slight crowd in the solar, Alek's green eyes pick out one particular group of ladies. "Ah, there they are." He says, mostly to himself, before opening conversation. "Victoria, there is someone I would like to introduce to you. Please, this way."
Walking over to Katla and Belissa, he smiles warmly. "Lady Belissa, Lady Katla. Good morning!" He motions to Victoria. "May I introduce my neice, Victoria? Victoria, this is Ldy Katla Greyjoy and Lady Belissa Caron. Lady Katla is soon to be a cousin."
Katla looks up from the weaving, and eyes the loom set heavy in her lap. "You'll forgive me for not rising," she says with a warm smile, "it's a beast. A pleasure to meet you, Lady Victoria. Your nuncle had mentioned you were coming to King's Landing."
Belissa does rise however, and offers, "Welcome, Lady Victoria. Yes, please do come join us. I see you're embroidering - perhaps you're better at it than me! It does pass the time, though. And Ser Alek, have you been well?"
Following her kinsman's introduction, Victoria inclines her head politely, a few rebellious blonde curls tumbling over her slender shoulder. "My Lady Katla, it is a pleasure, Lady Belissa, thank you."
A weak, albeit sincere smile tugs at her cupid-bow lips and Victoria shrugs in resignation. "No, I am afraid my talents at embroidery are very poor indeed ... and yes, it does pass the time on these cooler days." Taking a seat closeby her Septa settles further aside from the company, the guard looming a little further apart.
"I am perfectly fine, Lady Belissa, thank you. And what of yourself?" Alek takes a seat, also, the knight obviously taking the place of one of th customary two guardsmen. He snags two goblets of wine from a passing servant, offering one for Victoria to take if she wishes.
Katla grins again at Victoria. "I have yet to get up the will to show the Lady Belissa my needlework. It would make a seal laugh," she comments cheerfully. "So I sit and weave instead. More cumbersome, but I enjoy it as much, I think, as others do their embroidery." She tilts her head and looks to the blonde Reyne, and then the blonde Caron, and sighs. "I have been bookended by two lovely blondes. And I am betrothed to one as well. I clearly am in the minority here." She sighs mournfully, and glances to the Lady Victoria. "How are you finding King's Landing thusfar?"
A wink is tossed in the direction of Alek, and another cheerful grin.
"Do seals laugh?" Belissa asks Katla in what superficially seems like an evidence of naivete, until one notices the way her eyes sparkle. Trouble, there. "There, there. There are worse seating arrangements to be had, I'm sure." She looks over at Victoria. "Yes, how are you enjoying it? Have you had occasion to explore much, see the city?"
With a vaguely disgruntled expression on his face, Elroy of Lychester, trundles into the room. Realising he can't safely pretend not to notice this many people, he offers awkward greetings "Ahh, good morning, Ser Alek, Lady Katla, Lady Belissa, Lady…" he stumbles at the name of the third lady present. "Forgive me, my lady, I don't believe we've met?" He glances briefly at Ser Alek, the plea for help clear in his expression.
"Aah, Master Elroy." Alek says, a smile on his face. "Yes, I doubt you would have met. This is my neice. Victoria." He drinks down his wine, standing. "However, excuse me, there is somewhere else I need to be." He stands, bowing. "I shall see you later, Victoria. My ladies."
Settling back in her chair, Victoria leans the embroidery loop against her knees and pulls a few of the looser silken threads taut between her fingers, tying to secure before she takes up the redundant needle once more. "I think your dark hair beautiful my Lady Katla and I find King's Landing pleasing thus far, if not very busy. There always seems to be something happening here or there."
Mayhap the excitement of youth shines within her dulcet timbre and yet there is a general maturity and calmness to her persona on the whole. "And no, I believe seals bark Lady Belissa." Likewise there is dry mirth within her address before she turns to Elroy, her Uncle having made the necessary introduction. "Master Elroy, it is an honour."
Katla nods a greeting. "Master Elroy." She's met him in passing, but has not dealt much with hawks and mews, so it has truly only been in passing. She glances to Belissa and laughs softly. "Oh, yes, Lady Victoria - there is indeed always something going on, be it good or poor. There is always gossip, always rumour, and occasionally some scandal." There's a soft shush-shush-shush as the shuttles begin to move again as she resumes her weaving. "I myself have only been here… seven, eight days, and have already found myself in the thick of things. I have no doubt you will as well, soon enough."
Belissa chimes in with a merry, "And good morning to you, Master Elroy!" and resumes stitching her motif of nightingales and ravens. "That's generally how it happens." Belissa agrees. "Are you betrothed, Lady Victoria? If not, then have no fear, you're lovely and I'm sure any number of knights will be figting over your hand. And you can be delightfully above at all!" Bel grins impishly. "What interests you, if I may ask?" She asides to Katla, "So tell me, why was Lord Serry so full of frowns the other day when we talked of our hunt?"
"Likewise, Lady Victoria, an honour," Elroy echoed, nodding briefly to each of the ladies. Social niceties observed, he peered about the solar in search of a good view of the sky. "But if you'll forgive me, my ladies, I'll leave you to your discussion." And so Elroy picks up a seat and plonks it by the nearest window, gazing outside at the gloomy sky, still wearing his bothered expression.
Katla's hands pause, for a heartbeat, at Belissa's question. "Lord Serry was - and, I believe, is - rather afraid that I might come to harm," she says evenly, and if there's a hint of tartness or annoyance, it could be for any of a number of reasons. "He is well aware that my riding and hunting skills are not on par with the women of the green lands - and nearly insists on treating me like blown glass on account of it. Though *he*," and her voice is certainly tart now, "has no qualms with getting his shoulder dislocated in a melee."
Her needle darts in and out of the canvas and Victoria emits a general sigh at her efforts, the conversation after all much more interesting. "Nay, I am not betrothed Lady Belissa although I am sure my Father and Uncle would have me so…" She lays her needle down again, her wide green eyes suffused in the wan light. "Oh I much prefer riding and being out if at all possible, I also hunt occasionally too, with the company of my brothers of course."
Pale pink thread is trimmed away, a darker green carefully pulled through the eye of her needle before Victoria attempts to retrieve her dull, floral pattern from complete disaster. She listens quietly to her companion's conversation, a brief smile playing across her lips at Lady Katla's remarks. "Clearly he thinks alot of you my Lady, if he attends to your well-being so carefully?"
"That is ever the way with men. You'd think they'd never heard of childbirth before when it comes to matters physical." Belissa snorts delicately. "We'll have you to proper hunting shape in no time!" She turns to Victoria, "Oh, a fellow huntress! What sort of game do you prefer? Do you hawk as well? I haven't had the opportunity to learn, but I should like to."
Elroy turns around at the mention of "hawking". "Apologies for eavesdropping, my lady, but the sport is actually referred to as /falconry/. Hawkers are the types of street seller that litter the streets of the city below, selling their wares for a copper apiece."
Repositioning his chair to better face the group, Elroy adds "And as for training, the sooner you start the better. It takes quite some time and commitment to train a bird to properly trust and return to the falconer's glove."
"And I think they would know little of it too—since when did you ever see a man near when a woman was in labour? Nay, it is my experience that the man's role is merely to celebrate the birth."
A few careful stiches are attempted and Victoria appears happier with her efforts as she continues. "We just hunt in the woodland close to my father's land, venison and sometimes boar…" She would continue further but silences as Elroy speaks anew, her interest nonetheless ascertained.
"It is said that women are made to fight their battles in the birthing bed," Katla says as she continues weaving, "and while women often have no choice of where the battle finds them - it is clear that men flee chamber and keep when a woman's lying-in is near." She tamps the weaving down with a dowel, and looks back to Elroy. "I neither hunt nor hawk," and whether falconry is the 'correct' term or not, hawking is, after all, what the nobles refer to it as, "and will, I suppose, start the practise as Lady Belissa suggests." She purses her lips, glancing to Victoria and Belissa, then to Elroy. "Perhaps the three of us should make it a habit, then?"
Belissa turns wide eyes on Victoria. "You hunted /boar/?" She sounds faintly disbelieving, but fully wanting to be impressed.
Clearly drawing on his deep knowledge of the subject, Elroy considers the proposal. "The thing is that birds of prey are not pets, as such. They do not care for their masters in the way a dog or a cat might. They only return to a falconer because they know that this is the most convenient and safest way to secure food." Rubbing his chin, he adds "You could conceivably train a bird between you, but… well, it's a time consuming sport. And the training is risky at times, you could easily end up losing a finger or two if you're not careful. Or an eye."
The Greyjoy lady's lips curl in a half-smile, and she looks to Elroy, and then back to the pair of blonde ladies. "They sound much like men, indeed," she quips. "Whether one bird or three between us - for certainly the ladies Belissa and Victoria have had more opportunity to hunt than I, with but two seasons in your green lands - the idea is there." Belissa's reaction to Victoria's comment makes Katla chuckle, and she bends her head to hear weaving. "Lady Victoria, I am afraid you may, perhaps, now be simply forced to come on this excursion. And tell the tales of your hunting trips, lest dearest Belissa," and there's no sarcasm, but affection, "fall into a swoon in jealousy."
The young Reyne woman's attention taken momentarily by her Septa, Victoria murmurs some gentle word of thanks before turning back to her company, the embroidery hoop tucked deftly under her arm. "Ladies, my apologies and yes, I would be happy to go on such an excursion ..."
A broad and warm smile ignites her fair features as she offers Lady Belissa a soft chuckle, "My Lady, I was a mere and very jealous spectator with my brothers. Although I must admit, it was rather a frightening experience, if not mighty exhilarating."
Standing, along with her Septa and Household guard, Lady Victoria nods. "It has been such a pleasure to meet you all but my Septa has kindly reminded me that I must meet my brother for some refreshment." She glances betwixt Lady Belissa and Lady Katla, "Do let me know of your plans." Mischeivousness tarries across her expression before she turns and gracefully walks from the Solar.
Elroy's awkwardness returns as he realises his dose of opinion may have caused a bit of a gaffe. "Oh, I'm sorry, I should leave you to your work. I will find another spot to endure my banishment from the Mews. Farewell, Lady Katla, Lady Belissa. May the rest of the day be more productive than mine." Elroy gets up from his seat, and heads for the stairs down.
Katla purses her lips, and raises a hand. "Good day, Maester Elroy, and perhaps you shall see us in the mews, soon enough."


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In this study, the researchers examined data from more than 3,500 people aged 80 and older who took part in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys between 1988 and 2010.
The results appeared in a research letter published online Sept. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Kidney function was assessed by a measurement known as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) — how fast blood flows through tiny filters in the kidney, called glomeruli, per minute. Chronic kidney disease was defined as a GFR of less than 60.
Low GFR was found in about 41 percent of study participants from 1988 to 1994, compared with nearly 50 percent from 1999 to 2004 and about 51 percent from 2005 to 2010, according to a journal news release.
The prevalence of a more severe reduction in kidney function (a GFR of less than 45) was about 14 percent from 1988 to 1994, compared with nearly 19 percent from 1999 to 2004 and almost 22 percent from 2005 to 2010.
The findings point to rising rates of the condition among people 80 and older and suggest that "efforts to address [chronic kidney disease] among the oldest may be necessary," said Dr. C. Barrett Bowling, formerly of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Atlanta, and colleagues.
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text: The community section of Nokia's developer site was hacked, and some member's e-mail addresses have been accessed, the mobile phone maker said.The part of the site has been taken down, and instead delivers a statement from the company about the hack. Nokia said that during its ongoing investigation of the incident, it discovered that a database table containing e-mail addresses of developer forum members was accessed, by exploiting a vulnerability in the bulletin board software that allowed an SQL injection attack. "Initially we believed that only a small number of these forum member records had been accessed, but further investigation has identified that the number is significantly larger," the statement said.Nokia did not specify when the site was hacked, though it is likely to have happened last week, according to some reports.The database table records includes members' e-mail addresses and, for fewer than 7 percent who chose to include them in their public profile, either birth dates, homepage URL (uniform resource locator) or usernames for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Skype or Yahoo services. Sensitive information such as passwords and credit cards details were not compromised, and the potential fallout of the hack is likely to be limited to unsolicited mail, Nokia said.After addressing the initial vulnerability, Nokia said it took the developer community website offline as a precautionary measure, while it conducts further investigations and security assessments. The developer community section was still down on Tuesday.Soon after the hack, visitors to the community pages were taken to a third-party web page containing an image of Homer Simpson, the character from the TV series The Simpsons, and a message, warning the company to patch its security holes, according to reports.The hack of Nokia's developer site is the latest in a series of hacks of corporate and government web sites. An April hack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services forced Sony to close both networks while it rebuilt cyber defense systems. In all, it took two and a half months for the full resumption of service.John Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breaking news from India for The IDG News Service. Follow John on Twitter at @Johnribeiro. John's e-mail address is email@example.com


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It doesn't matter what point of the school year you are at, new items are always exciting whether it be new curriculum or a new planner or some random thing that helps your day run more smoothly! Of course, there is something better than new things for your homeschool – new things that are completely FREE! To help kick off the unofficial start of the new school year we're hosting a huge giveaway full of great prizes to benefit someone's homeschool!
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Are there any company's online that provide degrees/certification in computer forensics? Would they also have a online classroom? This is what I am looking for.
Before the list begins of schools, seminars, training programs, etc...I thought I'd throw my .02 out.
I think most would agree that there is no substitute for experience. Meaning, experience is the bridge between theory/hypothesis and praticality. I think this is doubly true for incident handling & computer forensics.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of people look at books like 'Incident Handling and Comp Forensics' in their local Borders, see a list of steps/procedures/ or whatever and get tricked into believing that its that simple to do. It isn't. There are a variety of nuances that experience and practice serve to develop in an investigator.
But this shouldn't be a discouragement for you. Just be careful in the training you choose- programs promising to make you an expert in two weeks are just full of it. It takes time and practice to take the training and turn into practical skills.
Other than that, google give me this as the first hit when I search for 'online computer forensics training':
Hope this steers you in the right direction.
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There are some places that you can take some classes from, although I think those programs are so new that they still have some kinks to works out. Try these:
Southwestern's program leads to an A.A.S. Degree after 2 years. I think Kennesaw's program is mostly seminars and certifications. Try to stay away from any of those "boot camp" places.
Good Luck,
For good solid written material you might check out
Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials
by Warren G. Kruse, Jay G. Heiser
It is a really good read for anyone considering the field, or just wants to build a good background of info.
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i stummbled onto your site and was reading r"everends "& "docs" amuzing theories, first of all the biggest proof that we did not come from monkeys is this: we use less than 10% of our brain "mister thinks he's a genious", you probably believe in aliens too! why don't you research some more and you'l realize that the Bible is a scientific book way before it's time, before people knew the earth was round, the Bible said it in genesis, it also mentions each kind of animal producing it's own kind, every species produces only it's own kind, another biggie is that darwin says it's survival of the fittest, have you ever done research on the ameoba// it's genetic make up is more complex than a chimp, so what did darwin say, that we evolved from an amoeba, right? well the amoeba is a complete organizm, it doesn't need anything, it is completely unique and needs nothing to make it better, so how is it that through thousands of years that a chimp would emerge, having a less complex genetic make up??
darwins theory is backward thinking, you seem to know very little about genetics. the Bible also speaks about how the planets and the earth revolve, but isn't that impossible without a modern telescope? it describes how our life is in the blood and the bones and their functions as well as many other scientific information that is well beyond even our studies, it told of germs and bacteria and how they spread and sanitation methods to avoid comtamination and such, it descibed languages and contains accurate maps that are ancient, that show how the plates shifted and the divisions of the waters, back then they couldn't fly airplanes to be able to accurately pinpoint continents much less cities, mountains and rivers etc… you are fools, you are the ones who are naive, and that is another thing the Bible talks about over and over, it predicts with pinpoint accuracy events in the future with timetables and counting methods from the past, can you predict what's going to happen in 6,000 years? no, you can't, but the Bible does and has recorded haleys comet, the 10th planet nebiru
and has accurate charting that even the most intelligent geo-physicists trying to prove the Bible false, have recanted and joined believers of the Bible, because they can see that their is no possible way that the Bible can be wrong, it seems simplistic, but we are dealing with a GOD whose mind is advanced beyond any of our comprehensions., i'd like some feedback. also read the book" our priviledged planet" this book was put together by the most advanced minds alive today, scientist that work for the highest ranks of n.a.s.a. and the world!!
have you ever studied about how genetic changes occur? it would amze you to see how many zeros follow behind the number of chance. it would fill volumes of pages of zeros for 1 cell to be changed or altered in any way, it's impossible for a chimp to have changed into a human, we are designed differently. you can never get another species from a certain species, if you could no one has ever proven it,it's all speculation with no backing. a caterpillar changing into a butterfly is the way it was designed to become a grown up butterfly, the same with a tadpole becoming a frog,a tadpole will always become a frog, it will never become something else, that's elementary, a mule and a horse are of the same kind, you will never get a cat or a dog from a horse. it has always been this way, the only changes you will see are demographical, people in different ares, adapt to their environment, just like dogs grow thick hair in the winter time for warmth , GOD created us this way. if you take a person from a dry climate and a person from a humid climate and switch them, their skin will change,the dry climate people will have older looking skin and dry parched skin, a person from a humid area will have supple more younger appearing skin, it's easy to see that, we were designed that way ,i have a real deep question to ask non-believers, where did movement come from to cause the first effect??
you can't get something from nothing, explain this and i will be amazed.


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Artist Maude White combines her gorgeous illustrative skills with intricate paper cutting expertise to create incredible paper work creations. A self-taught artist, she credits her Waldorf education and artistic family for encouraging her to create.
"I am influenced by my mother's art a great deal. When I was little she would make wool felt playscapes — little scenes of a tree stump in a forest-covered in plants and animals, a small garden scene with vegetables and apple trees, a playscape for the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff. It was these types of small, precious, complete worlds that drew me to working with paper." (Source)
Using an X-Acto knife she cuts each piece by hand slicing away the negative space to make elegant figures with fantastic hidden scenes and stories laced into the designs. "It may sound weird, but I love to cut. I just enjoy the process," she said in an interview.
White's paper cutting technique is almost unbelievable—the fine lines and elaborate detail are incredibly impressive. What gives these pieces their charm, though, are the whimsical drawings and ornamental designs. They would be lovely drawn on paper, but the delicacy of the paper, the cast shadows, and the ability to look through the empty spaces make these pieces captivating.
"When I cut paper, I feel as if I am peeling back the outer, superficial layer of our vision to reveal the secret space beneath. With paper cutting there are so many opportunities to create negative space that tells its own story. Letting the observer become present in the piece allows him or her to look through it. … I am not creating for Art's sake. I am creating for Paper's sake, to make visible the stories that every piece of paper attempts to communicate to us." (via booooooom)
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And what is with the "female perspective" comments everyone? I thought our female members have been doing a fine job being heard on various topics and forum discussions...but whatev, just happy to help, I guess...
Too bad Sunday is the 7th, I don't think Karen will be on until after our camping trip this weekend...
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(CNN) -- If you ask Adrian Miller where she works, her answer may depend on where she happens to be standing.
Miller calls her messenger bag "global headquarters." She calls a New York City lobby her "satellite office."
"My office is my briefcase," says Miller, who offers sales training to companies and networking advice to individuals.
Miller is a member of a new breed of worker who doesn't work at home or an office. They work in limbo, somewhere in between. They are the urban nomads who drift from one Wi-Fi watering hole to another with their laptops -- working alone while surrounded by people.
"It gets lonely," says Miller about working at home. "There's no water cooler -- that social interaction which most of us crave."
Christine Durst, author of "Work at Home Now," says people who decided to work at home often experience an initial sense of euphoria: no boss looking over my shoulder; I can wear pajamas all day; no rush hour commute.
Why some prefer working in limbo
But some discover that solitude can be stifling.
"Like it or not, humans are inherently pack or herd animals -- with even the most self-sufficient among us needing the assistance or nearness of others to occasionally keep us on course," she says.
So some workers hit the road. They need the background noise of people. They say the buzz of a crowd picks them up as much as the caffeine from the coffee they drink.
"Working from home is impossible with my wife and kids around the house," says Thom Singer, author of "Some Assembly Required: How to Make, Grow and Keep Your Business Relationships."
"I often work from Starbucks or other cafes," Singer says. "Having people around provides me with energy. The downside: I spend too much money on specialty coffee."
There's no official tally for these new breed of limbo workers, but there is evidence that their numbers are growing. The proof: a collection of companies nationwide have sprung up to cater to their needs.
These companies offer limbo workers a place to pitch their laptops, hold meetings -- even day care in some cases. There is even a name for these limbo pit-stops: "Co-working Centers."
These centers include "Office Nomads," in Seattle, Washington, and "Beehive Baltimore," in Maryland. They offer office space for people such as telecommuters, planners, consultants and students.
Another is Sandbox Suites in San Francisco, California, which offers space for networking events, lunches and outings. Their tag line: "We know from experience that it's hard to keep a professional profile when working from your couch."
Cubes&Crayons in San Francisco is a co-working center that offers an additional wrinkle: office space with onsite child care.
"This center is a great example of how some groups are taking on a community center model that reaches beyond shared office space," says Durst, author of "Work at Home Now," about Cubes&Crayons.
Even a fast-food giant is trying to get a piece of the limbo market. McDonald's recently announced that it will offer free wireless Internet access.
The drawbacks of working solo on the road
Those who work in limbo say the adjustment isn't easy.
Cindy Carrasquilla lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she freelances for a New York advertising agency. She works out of coffee shops in Charlotte, where she's better able to control her time, she says.
"This holiday season, I got all of my shopping done and shocked my friends and family by getting my cards mailed out by the first week of December," she says.
But then some cities don't know quite know how to take people who sit all day in a coffee shop with a laptop, she says.
"In New York City, there are a million cafes that other people are working from, and you don't feel like a weirdo sitting there with your laptop for four-plus hours," Carrasquilla says.
One way limbo workers say they avoid being defined as "the strange person in the corner with the laptop" is by carving out a little community at the places they frequent.
Miller, the New York-based sales trainer, says she goes to an office space at a hotel so often that she has gotten to know other regulars.
"You see the same people all the time," Miller says. "Someone came over and dropped me a Christmas basket of chocolate chip cookies."
Yet there are drawbacks from working outside of home and office. Some say they can feel out of the loop; they don't know the latest office gossip; people seem to forget them.
"I'm in limbo when I go up the New York City office because I haven't really gotten to know the co-workers there so they don't include me in their Starbucks run or their happy hours," says Carrasquilla, the North Carolina-based advertising agency freelancer.
Some suggest that a younger generation may be more conditioned to working in limbo places.
"Working in location limbo without being distracted seems to be especially comfortable for the under-30 set because they're closer to their college days, when they studied in bookstores, coffee shops and libraries," says Paula Caligiuri, a human resource management professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Those workers on the road who feel too adrift may also take advantage of another feature of the under-30 set: social media.
When she misses the office water cooler chats, Miller, the New York-based sales trainer, says she has a simple solution for escaping work in limbo.
"There's a virtual water cooler," Miller says. "I'll go on Facebook or I'll check Twitter. I get my little fix of humanity and, hopefully, I go back to work."


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In an essay for The Root, Raven L. Hill asks if Mattel's new African-American So In Style Barbie dolls get black people "closer to our mirror reflection" than Barbie, or previous black Barbies. The answer? Yes. And no.
In this video, the So In Style designer, Stacey McBride — who is black — explains that she wanted the dolls to have skin tones, make-up and facial features that were "true to girls in my community." Courtney, the cheerleader doll, has a fuller nose and fuller lips than regular Barbie. Trichelle, the doll "into art and journalism," has curly hair; Kara who loves math and music, has a "darker" skin tone, which McBride says is "almost my complexion," with pride.
Grace and Courtney
Kara and Kiana
Trichelle and Janessa
(The dolls seen above are prototypes; Kianna's hair will be more like Afro-puffs when the dolls are released.)
It's true that these dolls are a great alternative to blonde, blue-eyed Barbie. When I was a kid, I had Christie, who was Barbie's black friend, whose only difference was her skin color — she was basically Barbie, done in brown. But the new So In Style dolls still have some worrying Barbie traits — impossibly slender, long legs; tiny waists. And though a couple of the dolls have curls, others have long, light brown locks. Hair can be a complicated subject for black women, and it would be sad for any little girl to feel as if her texture wasn't desirable or represented.
But, is it a positive step forward? Definitely. Writes Hill:
The dolls come in pairs of big and little sisters to encourage mentoring relationships.… They may not be mirror-perfect, but they come closer to the fantasy than my childhood playthings. I would want these dolls for my daughter.
Toward An 'Authentic' Black Barbie [The Root]
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