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Last night, I snapped.
Yesterday was my first day totally on my own – husband gone from early 'til late, me alone with a boob-chomping infant and, for the latter part of the day, after daycare, a spirited toddler – and I just couldn't do it. I made it until dinnertime and then – nips and nethers aching badly, infant squalling endlessly for more booby more booby more booby, toddler chucking her pizza to the floor, stripping off her clothes and embarking upon her own, unsuccessful, toilet-training regimen (a story that might be funny in another lifetime but cannot even be recounted here in barest outline because I will start crying again) – I snapped. Snapped.
Which means, only, that I ended up immobilized in the corner with infant fastened like a vise to my ravaged boobies, sobbing helplessly and uncontrollably while my beautiful and entirely naked daughter laid waste to our living and dining rooms. I stayed there and sobbed until HBF walked in the door and took charge. Then I went to bed – infant still clinging to tit with his gummy iron grip – and wept until I couldn't breathe. I didn't fling myself under a bus, I didn't have quote-unquote intrusive thoughts – I just collapsed under the weight of the feeling, however misguided, that I cannot do this, not on my own. That however much a blessing is the birth of this most-beloved boy – and it is, truly, the greatest blessing – it is overwhelming. That however capable and sane I think I am, that capability and that sanity crumble under the weight of pain and stress and the awful, terrible feeling of maternal helplessness.
I know that these are extreme circumstances – I'm recovering from a physically traumatic childbirth, I'm struggling with breastfeeding, my husband is away from home for long hours, and I have a history of PPD – and that I'm doing the best that I can. I know that this is different from the first time, when I just got anxious and sad and huddled in the dark feeling lost and alone. I know that I'm not lost, that I'm not alone. But the painful difference, this time, is precisely this: I am not alone. As I huddle in the corner, infant clutched to breast, sobbing uncontrollably, I have a companion, and a witness: my daughter. Who understands that tears mean pain and fear and sadness. Who worries for her Mommy. Who, last night, in the fray, shushed her brother loudly, saying don't hurt Mommy. Who asked, do I hurt you Mommy?
Oh, sweetie, it's not you, you haven't hurt Mommy; Jasper hasn't hurt Mommy; neither of you hurt Mommy, not ever. It's just… a special kind of Mommy-hurt… but it's okay. Mommy's okay.
Truth, and lies.


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This is an elementary question, but a little subtle so I hope it is suitable for MO.
Let $T$ be an $n \times n$ square matrix over $\mathbb{C}$.
The characteristic polynomial $T - \lambda I$ splits into linear factors like $T - \lambda_iI$, and we have the Jordan canonical form:
$$ J = \begin{bmatrix} J_1 \\\ & J_2 \\\ & & \ddots \\\ & & & J_n \end{bmatrix}$$
where each block $J_i$ corresponds to the eigenvalue $\lambda_i$ and is of the form
$$ J_i = \begin{bmatrix} \lambda_i & 1 \\\ & \lambda_i & \ddots \\\ & & \ddots & 1 \\\ & & & \lambda_i \end{bmatrix}$$
and each $J_i$ has the property that $J_i - \lambda_i I$ is nilpotent, and in fact has kernel strictly smaller than $(J_i - \lambda_i I)^2$, which shows that none of these Jordan blocks fix any proper subspace of the subspace which they fix. Thus, Jordan canonical form gives the closest possible to a diagonal matrix. The elements in the superdiagonals of the Jordan blocks are the obstruction to diagonalization.
So far, so good. What I want to prove is the assertion that "Almost all square matrices over $\mathbb{C}$ is diagonalizable". The measure on the space of matrices is obvious, since it can be identified with $\mathbb{C}^{n^2}$. How to prove, perhaps using the above Jordan canonical form explanation, that almost all matrices are like this?
I am able to reason out the algebra part as above, but is finding difficulty in the analytic part. All I am able to manage is the following. The characteristic equation is of the form
$$(x - \lambda_1)(x - \lambda_2) \cdots (x - \lambda_n)$$
and in the space generated by the $\lambda_i$'s, the measure of the set in which it can happen that $\lambda_i = \lambda_j$ when $i \neq j$, is $0$: this set is a union of hyperplanes, each of measure $0$.
But here I have cheated, I used only the characteristic equation instead of using the full matrix. How do I prove it rigorously?

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Peppermint Oil - For Gut Health
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
In this article:
- Health Benefits of Peppermint Oil
- Peppermint Oil Along with Caraway Oil
- How does Enteric Coated Peppermint Oil help Gallstones?
- Dosage Recommendations
Enteric Coated peppermint oil has been shown to be quite helpful in improving gastrointestinal function in individuals suffering from the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - a common functional disorder of the large intestine characterized by some combination of: (1) abdominal pain, (2) altered bowel function, constipation, or diarrhea, (3) hypersecretion of colonic mucus, (4) dyspeptic symptoms (flatulence, nausea, anorexia), and (5) varying degrees of anxiety or depression.
In several double-blind studies, enteric-coated peppermint oil (ECPO) has been shown to be effective in relieving all symptoms of IBS in approximately 70-85% of cases within a two to four week period. In the latest trial, 42 children between 8-10 years old with IBS were given ECPO or placebo for 2 weeks. The dosage was one capsule three times daily for children 30-45 kg and two capsules three times daily for children over 45 kg. After 2 weeks, 76% of the ECPO group reported significant improvements compared to only 19% in the placebo group.
One of the central features in IBS is a hypercontractility (excessive contraction) of intestinal smooth muscle. Peppermint oil inhibits the hypercontractility of intestinal smooth muscle making it useful in cases of the irritable bowel syndrome as well as esophageal spasm and intestinal colic.
Health Benefits of Peppermint Oil
In addition to its effects in IBS, enteric-coated peppermint oil exerts benefits in non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, intestinal overgrowth of Candida albicans (a common yeast implicated in many cases of IBS) and Helicobacter pylori (a bacteria linked to peptic ulcer disease and stomach cancer), and cases of gallstones.
Peppermint Oil Along with Caraway Oil
Several of the clinical studies featured the combination of peppermint oil and caraway oil. The results of these trials indicate that this combination produces better results than peppermint oil alone in symptoms of IBS. Recent studies also indicate the combination of peppermint and caraway oil is quite helpful in improving non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD). Symptoms of NUD include heartburn as well as difficulty swallowing, feelings of pressure or heaviness after eating, sensations of bloating after eating, stomach or abdominal pains and cramps, as well as all of the symptoms of IBS. About three out of ten patients with NUD also meet the criteria for IBS.
In one double-blind study, 120 patients with NUD were given either the peppermint and caraway seed oil or cisapride (Propulsid) for 4 weeks. The mean reduction of pain score was comparable in both groups (4.62 for ECPO; 4.6 cisparide). Other symptoms of NUD also improved in a similar fashion. Positive results were also found in H. pylori positive individuals.
The significance of this study is ENORMOUS. While enteric-coated peppermint and caraway seed oil are extremely safe at recommended levels, Propulsid caused fatal heart rhythm problems. According to the United States Food and Drug Administration, at least 111 people died as a result of Propulsid use and nearly 400 developed heart abnormalities. Propulsid has subsequently been yanked off the market.
How does Enteric Coated Peppermint Oil help Gallstones?
Several studies have shown a combination of volatile oils can help dissolve gallstones. This approach to gallstone removal is not effective in all cases, but it does offer the opportunity for an effective alternative to surgery. The major components of the formula used in these studies was menthol and carvone – the major components of peppermint oil and caraway oil, respectively.
Dosage Recommendations
The typical dosage recommendation for enteric coated peppermint oil capsules containing 0.2 ml per capsule is one or two capsules twice daily between meals


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Holiday GiftsPosted: December 13th, 2011 | Author: Manuel Lima | Filed under: Uncategorized |
Not sure what to give your design/geek/scientist/artist friend this holiday? Here are two ideas:
Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information
The book has been featured on:
WIRED Magazine Wish List
New York Times Book Review
and many others
Posters: Syntax of a New Language
The 15 visual methods of network visualization as showcased in Chapter 5 of Visual Complexity.
You can read more here.


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Here is a small summary of the use of acupuncture for fertility issues from Acupuncture.com, October 2009. I was particularly struck by the comment on a study from the British Medical Journal showing nearly twice as many live births for IVF when acupuncture is added.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can be used in combination with conventional reproductive medical care or as a primary treatment approach. Acupuncture can be effective for women taking fertility drugs or reproductive technology techniques (such as IVF or IUI). Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine can also be effective as a stand-alone approach to treat infertility for those not undergoing conventional medical treatment. Acupuncture helps to regulate hormonal activity, thus regulating menstruation, ovulation, and pregnancy. A recent study from the British Medical Journal found that among women who received acupuncture and IVF, the pregnancy rates were 65% higher and the rates of live births were nearly twice as high than among women who received IVF with sham acupuncture or no acupuncture.
Acupuncture helps to reduce stress and decrease the hypersympathetic nervous system response. Studies have shown that high stress levels decrease the likelihood of conceiving. Acupuncture has been shown to stimulate chemical changes within the uterine lining, thickening the endometrium, and preparing the uterus for implantation.
In men, acupuncture can improve sperm motility, volume and concentration as well as increase libido. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, optimum fertility enhancement would involve a course of treatments with the aim of nourishing the Kidney Essence and regulating the menstrual cycle as well as clearing any pathogens that may be interfering with the natural process of conception.


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Developing Custom Data-Bound Web Server Controls for ASP.NET 2.0
ASP.NET data-bound Web server controls provide a user interface (UI) for a data source representing a collection of records or items. The GridView Web Server Control Overview, DataList Web Server Control Overview, and Repeater Web Server Control Overview server controls are examples of data-bound Web server controls. For more information about data-bound controls included with ASP.NET, see ASP.NET Data-Bound Web Server Controls Overview.
In ASP.NET version 2.0, a new data source model enables you to bind data-bound controls to source controls, permitting common data operations — such as paging, sorting, and deleting — to be moved out of the data-bound control itself. This model yields a more flexible data-bound control for page developers and increases the level of reusability.
This topic introduces the basic steps that are required to implement a custom ASP.NET 2.0 data-bound server control. For more information about the general architecture and implementations of custom controls, see Developing Custom ASP.NET Server Controls and Walkthrough: Developing and Using a Custom Web Server Control. For more information about developing ASP.NET 1.1 compatible data-bound controls, see Developing Custom Data-Bound Web Server Controls for ASP.NET 1.1 and Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Data-Bound ASP.NET Web Control for ASP.NET 1.1. For more information about data source controls, see Data Source Controls Overview.
When to Create a Custom Data-Bound Control
Before creating your own custom data-bound control, review the capabilities of the data-bound controls already provided with ASP.NET. Existing controls might meet your needs, or you might decide to create a custom control that extends an existing control which already provides many of the features you need. For more information about data-bound controls provided with ASP.NET see, ASP.NET Data-Bound Web Server Controls Overview.
Here are some reasons you might decide to create a custom data-bound control:
Your particular needs require custom UI, custom data-sorting features, or custom data-editing features that are not available in existing data-bound controls.
You want to create a custom data-bound control that that is pre-compiled and redistributable.
You want to extend the features of a data-bound control that is already provided with ASP.NET.
You want to create a data-bound control with a custom designer that fits your specific needs.
Basic Functionality of a Custom Data-Bound Control
By deriving from one of the data-bound control base classes, such as the DataBoundControl class or the CompositeDataBoundControl class, your custom data-bound control automatically inherits many built-in features, including the following:
Data source support for the IDataSource interface and its related DataSourceView class, which provides named views of data, the ability to query the types of operations supported by the data store, and on-demand data loading functionality.
Data source support for the generic IEnumerable or IListSource interfaces.
Support for data-binding expressions, which enables page developers to create bindings between an exposed, specially marked property of your control and a data source. For more information about data-binding expressions, see Data-Binding Expressions Overview.
Support for automatic data binding that invokes data-binding logic as late as possible during the page life cycle and only when needed, rather than on each postback. After a page performs the first data-binding request, subsequent requests attempt to retrieve the data from view state. This enhances performance by avoiding the need to reconnect to the data source on every request.
Utilizing Available Design Time Features
There are design-time features available to all Web server controls that you might want to consider for your custom data-bound control. You can create a designer class and control templates for your custom control. These features are invoked when your control is used at design time on a visual design surface, such as Design view in Visual Studio.
Creating a control designer can greatly increase your custom control's usability at design time by providing a design-time interface that enables page developers to customize control properties. For an overview of ASP.NET control designers, see ASP.NET Control Designers Overview. For examples, see HierarchicalDataBoundControlDesigner and Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Control Designer for a Web Server Control.
By creating a templated control, you provide page developers the flexibility to specify the controls and markup that define control's user interface. For an example of a custom templated control, see Templated Server Control Example.
Implementing a Custom Data-Bound Control in ASP.NET 2.0
The following table summarizes the steps that are specific to implementing a custom data-bound server control in ASP.NET 2.0. After the table, you will find more detailed information about each of the implementation steps.
Step Summary
Choose a data-bound control base class.
Extend an existing data-bound control class that already provides many of the features you need, or derive from one of the base data-bound control classes.
Expose data-binding properties.
Configure your custom control to expose data-binding properties that are in addition to the minimum required data-binding properties exposed by base data-bound control classes.
Initiate data retrieval.
Handle the retrieved data.
Provide the callback method that you specified as a parameter in the Select method. The callback method must have a single parameter of type IEnumerable to receive the data. If any processing of the data is required by your control, it should occur within this callback method.
Create the UI objects representing the data
Provide an override of the PerformDataBinding method. You must execute the following tasks within this method:
Choose a Data-Bound Control Base Class
Control developers can extend one of the available data-bound control base classes to create a custom data-bound control. The following table provides a list of data-bound base classes that are available in ASP.NET 2.0. Review the descriptions of each class and then determine which base class best fits the requirements of your custom data-bound control. For more detailed information about each base class for data-bound controls and implementation examples, see the reference documentation for each class. For more information about data-bound controls provided by ASP.NET, see ASP.NET Data-Bound Web Server Controls Overview.
This is the base data-bound class for building standard data-bound controls. DataBoundControl does the following:
Provided Data-Binding Properties
The base data-bound control classes already provide the exposed data-binding properties needed to enable a page developer to bind a data source to a control. No additional work is needed on the part of the control author. By deriving from DataBoundControl, for example, a custom control inherits three exposed data-binding properties: DataSourceID, DataSource, and DataMember. A page developer can then specify the source of the data to which the control will bind by setting the value of either the DataSource or the DataSourceID properties.
The DataSourceID property enables the page developer to specify the ID of a control that represents the data source from which the data-bound control retrieves its data.
The DataSource property enables the page developer to bind a data-bound control directly to data-objects of these two types:
An object that implements the IEnumerable interface, such as an Array, ArrayList, or Hashtable object.
An object that implements the IListSource interface, such as a DataSet object.
Additional data-binding properties, such as the DataMember property, allow the page developer to specify the portion of the data collection to which the control should bind.
For more information about the exposed data-binding properties provided by each data-bound control class or data-bound base class, see the reference documentation for each class.
Exposing Custom Data-Binding properties
When exposing your own custom data-binding properties in a custom control or overriding existing data-binding properties, you should call the OnDataPropertyChanged method if the control has already been initialized. This forces the data-bound control to rebind the data so it can use the new data-binding property setting.
The following code example shows a property that belongs to a derived data-bound control class. The example demonstrates how a data-bound control can call the OnDataPropertyChanged method if a property that identifies a data source is changed after the data-bound control is initialized.
Inherits DataBoundControl
Public Property DataTextField() As String
Dim o As Object = ViewState("DataTextField")
If o Is Nothing Then
Return String.Empty
Return CStr(o)
End If
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
ViewState("DataTextField") = value
If (Initialized) Then
End If
End Set
End Property
public class SimpleDataBoundColumn : DataBoundControl
public string DataTextField
object o = ViewState["DataTextField"];
return ((o == null) ? string.Empty : (string)o);
ViewState["DataTextField"] = value;
if (Initialized)
Initiate Data Retrieval
Data retrieval is initiated within an override of the PerformSelect method inherited by your control's base data-bound control. Within this override you call to retrieve the data and specify a callback method that will handle the data once it is returned.
To retrieve data, complete the following tasks in the overridden PerformSelect method:
Determine if the page developer used the DataSource property or the DataSourceID property to set the data to be bound to the control. This is done by verifying the IsBoundUsingDataSourceID property. For example, a false setting for the IsBoundUsingDataSourceID property indicates that the DataSource property was used to specify the data source.
If the page developer set the DataSource property, then an extra step is required: Call the OnDataBinding method.
Call the GetData method to retrieve the DataSourceView object associated with the data-bound control.
Call the Select method of the retrieved DataSourceView to initiate data retrieval and specify the callback method that will handle the retrieved data. The Select method operates asynchronously, so other processing is allowed while the data is being retrieved.
Indicate the completion of the PerformSelect tasks by setting the RequiresDataBinding property to false and then calling the MarkAsDataBound method.
Raise the OnDataBound event.
The following code example illustrates the preceding data-retrieval tasks as completed within an override of the PerformSelect method.
Protected Overrides Sub PerformSelect()
' Call OnDataBinding here if bound to a data source using the
' DataSource property (instead of a DataSourceID), because the
' databinding statement is evaluated before the call to GetData.
If Not IsBoundUsingDataSourceID Then
End If
' The GetData method retrieves the DataSourceView object from
' the IDataSource associated with the data-bound control.
GetData().Select(CreateDataSourceSelectArguments(), _
AddressOf OnDataSourceViewSelectCallback)
' The PerformDataBinding method has completed.
RequiresDataBinding = False
' Raise the DataBound event.
End Sub
protected override void PerformSelect()
// Call OnDataBinding here if bound to a data source using the
// DataSource property (instead of a DataSourceID), because the
// databinding statement is evaluated before the call to GetData.
if (!IsBoundUsingDataSourceID)
// The GetData method retrieves the DataSourceView object from
// the IDataSource associated with the data-bound control.
// The PerformDataBinding method has completed.
RequiresDataBinding = false;
// Raise the DataBound event.
Handle the Retrieved Data
Create your own callback method to accept the retrieved data. This is the callback method you specified when the Select method was called within the override of the PerformSelect method. The callback method is required to contain only a single parameter of the type IEnumerable. In your callback method you can do any processing of the returned data, if required by your control. As a last step, call the PerformDataBinding method.
The following code example illustrates a callback method that has a parameter of type IEnumerable and calls the PerformDataBinding method.
Private Sub OnDataSourceViewSelectCallback(ByVal retrievedData As IEnumerable)
' Call OnDataBinding only if it has not already been
' called in the PerformSelect method.
If IsBoundUsingDataSourceID Then
End If
' The PerformDataBinding method binds the data in the
' retrievedData collection to elements of the data-bound control.
End Sub
private void OnDataSourceViewSelectCallback(IEnumerable retrievedData)
// Call OnDataBinding only if it has not already been
// called in the PerformSelect method.
if (IsBoundUsingDataSourceID)
// The PerformDataBinding method binds the data in the
// retrievedData collection to elements of the data-bound control.
Create the UI Objects Representing the Data
Within an override of the PerformDataBinding method, you create the child controls that will represent the data. The data collection is enumerated, and the child controls are created and their properties set based on each data item. By adding the new child controls to the control's Controls collection, the child controls will be rendered for you. The control hierarchy renders during the control's inherited Render method. You might choose to override the Render method to do special rendering required by your custom control, such as including additional HTML elements or special rendering for display during design mode.
To create the UI objects representing the data, override the PerformDataBinding method and complete the following tasks:
Call the PerformDataBinding method to allow any other code relying on this method to execute.
Enumerate through the data collection and create any child controls that will represent the data in the UI display. Add each child control to the control's collection by calling the control's Add method.
- The following code example illustrates overriding the PerformDataBinding method. The PerformDataBinding method is called to allow any other code relying on this method to execute. The data collection is enumerated and child controls are created to represent the data in the UI display.
Protected Overrides Sub PerformDataBinding(ByVal retrievedData As IEnumerable)
' Verify data exists.
If Not (retrievedData Is Nothing) Then
Dim tbl As New Table()
Dim row As TableRow
Dim cell As TableCell
Dim dataStr As String = String.Empty
Dim dataItem As Object
For Each dataItem In retrievedData
' If the DataTextField was specified get the data
' from that field, otherwise get the data from the first field.
If DataTextField.Length > 0 Then
dataStr = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(dataItem, DataTextField, Nothing)
Dim props As PropertyDescriptorCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(dataItem)
If props.Count >= 1 Then
If Nothing <> props(0).GetValue(dataItem) Then
dataStr = props(0).GetValue(dataItem).ToString()
End If
End If
End If
row = New TableRow()
cell = New TableCell()
cell.Text = dataStr
Next dataItem
End If
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
protected override void PerformDataBinding(IEnumerable retrievedData)
// Verify data exists.
if (retrievedData != null)
Table tbl = new Table();
TableRow row;
TableCell cell;
string dataStr = String.Empty;
foreach (object dataItem in retrievedData)
// If the DataTextField was specified get the data
// from that field, otherwise get the data from the first field.
if (DataTextField.Length > 0)
dataStr = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(dataItem,
DataTextField, null);
PropertyDescriptorCollection props =
if (props.Count >= 1)
if (null != props[0].GetValue(dataItem))
dataStr = props[0].GetValue(dataItem).ToString();
row = new TableRow();
cell = new TableCell();
cell.Text = dataStr;
Building Your Custom Server Control
For information about building your custom data-bound Web server control and using it in a Web page, see Building the Custom Server Control Examples.
See Also
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Data-Bound ASP.NET Web Control
Walkthrough: Developing and Using a Custom Web Server Control
ASP.NET Data-Bound Web Server Controls Overview
Metadata Attributes for Custom Server Controls
ASP.NET Control Designers Overview


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Hi. I'm Rick.
My name is Rick Tuttle and I'm a Miami web developer, speaker, musician and writer; sharing thoughts on business, social media, music, literature and the meaning of life.
WordPress? Yes.
I presented at WordCamp Miami 2018, our 10th Anniversary. Here is a link to my favorite plugins.
In My Spare Time
I made a CD of lullabies that I wrote for my daughters when they were younger. When they got older we recorded them.


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Summer may be winding down, as evidenced by countless back-to-school sales if nothing else, but ice cream season never ends. Even when I'm not churning my own, there's always a backup "emergency" pint or two in the freezer, standing by for any unexpected guests… Or cravings. So Delicious frequently occupies that frost-covered spot, hidden behind stiff bags of frozen peas and berries to protect such bounty from hungry scavengers. No matter how many times a new pint is purchased, another one is sure to follow, quick to replace that sweet stash with something different. Each time that switch must be made, the longest part of the shopping trip is inevitably spent poring over the different options. It seems as though So Delicious keeps tucking new flavors into those sub-zero cases on every repeat visit, and choosing between the enticing combinations can be trickier than finding a fast-moving checkout line. When they offered to make the tough decisions for me and send a bundle of new offerings, it was a done deal before I could finish hammering out an ecstatic response on my keyboard.
Cashing in on the universally known fact that everything tastes better on a stick, releasing their latest Coconut Milk No Sugar Added Fudge Bars was sheer brilliance. Perfect little individual portions that satisfy that need for a tiny indulgence at the end of the day, these treats seem like they were made with me in mind. Sweetened with stevia and packing a jaw-dropping 8 grams of fiber into each miniature pop, forget about needing to rationalize that extra serving of dessert- These feel downright virtuous. Luckily, they don't taste it. Strong initial coconut flavor gives way to a gentle, delicate taste of cocoa. Not the deep, rounded flavor of decadent chocolate that we all know So Delicious is capable of, but that's the price to be paid for such lightness. It's a grownup version of the childhood classic, although kids would undoubtedly partake with glee if given the chance.
Coconut Milk Passionate Mango Ice Cream is a bit of a departure from the standard set of flavors you might find at the store, which is a shame, since it was a tropical delight from the first lick. Bright, clean, citrus-y mango blended perfectly with the passion fruit, allowing each one an equal role in the overall production. Not only refreshing but also invigorating, it's the kind of flavor that could brighten up a grey day. The coconut milk base is practically invisible in this particular pint, easily fooling unsuspecting eaters who may not like the popular drupe or seek out dairy-free alternatives in the first place.
Saving what I hoped to be the best for last, Coconut Milk Cookie Dough Ice Cream had a big title to live up to. Coconut haters beware: This one is unafraid to shout its origins from the rooftops and make its presence known. Happily, for those who appreciate the coconut for all it brings to the table, that flavor melds nicely with the plentiful chunks of soft cookie batter strewn throughout. Brown sugar is the main flavor of the dough, accented by a decent touch of salt, which is pretty accurate for most cookie doughs I've
tasted raw baked and then eaten like a well-behaved, patient baker. Crunchy chocolate shrapnel strewn about the body of the creamy concoction adds much-needed textural contrast, and provides greater depth than the vanilla base alone could muster. Each bite is different and exciting, which makes it the most addictive pint to dig into.
Ice cream is best when shared, no matter how delicious it is alone, so I'm thrilled to make the experience sweeter by offering coupons for a free pint to two lucky readers. If that sounds like a good deal to you too, leave a comment about which flavor you'd buy should you win. The coupons are only valid in the US, so only residents or current visitors are able to enter this one, and please leave only one comment per person. You have until Friday, August 24th at midnight EST to add your comment to the pool, and winners will be contacted shortly thereafter.
Get your scoops primed and ready, because colder weather doesn't mean a break in the ice cream action here!
UPDATE: The contest is now closed, and the two winners are…
Allie and Gabby! Congrats ladies, you'll be hearing from me soon and enjoying your very own pint of coconut ice cream before you know it!


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This article provides simple step-by-step instructions showing how to upgrade your TV firmware.
IMPORTANT: Please double-check that your TV product code is 'KALED40QF7000SKA' or 'KALED32QF7000SKA'
Please note: Installing firmware on the wrong model TV will cause issues.
Your product code is located on the back of your TV as pictured:
The product code must read 'KALED40QF7000SKA' or 'KALED32QF7000SKA' exactly.
If you're unsure about your TV product code, please contact our Support Team below for assistance.
What you need: a USB memory stick and the firmware file
You will need a USB stick like this:
Please ensure that the memory stick is correctly formatted as 'FAT32' on Windows, or 'MS-DOS (FAT)' on Mac.
Next, you will need to download an upgrade file. Your 'KALED40QF7000SKA' or 'KALED32QF7000SKA' has a firmware update available at the following link:
KALED40QF7000SKA Firmware File (792 MB)
KALED32QH7000SKA Firmware File (577 MB)
Please right click on the file link and select 'Save link as...' or 'Save target as...'
How to install:
Step 1.
Copy the '.pkg' file directly onto an empty USB stick (32GB or less), ensuring not to place it inside a folder.
Step 2.
Unplug the TV from your power outlet, and leave it for at least 10 seconds.
Step 3.
Insert the USB into the port labelled 'USB1' on your TV.
Step 4.
Plug your TV back into the power outlet, and power on your TV with your remote.
Step 5.
The TV will then load to the Kogan loading screen and will remain there for approximately 10 minutes to complete the update.
Step 6.
After this, your TV will reset to factory default settings, and the startup wizard will appear.
Step 7.
Once your TV has been set up, you can then click on 'Eject USB' and remove the USB memory stick.
If you encounter any issues after the firmware update has been completed, please try performing a factory reset and then attempt to use the TV again.
Please note: This update may remove Stan from the TV, however, you can re-download the app from the Google Play app store. Be sure to check your other apps menu in case it has been moved here.
Please feel free to contact our Support Team at any time during this process.


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Alvin Schwartz's collection of haunting tales Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an important gateway drug into the world of the supernatural. And as terrifying as the stories about brides locked forever in an attic trunk truly are, it's the artwork by Stephen Gammell that kept you up at night.
Gammel's black and white monsters and images of exploding spider nests burrowing under your skin make children everywhere cry. They're beautiful and horrifying at the same time (and still haunt some of my most spectacular fever dreams even to this day). But now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this book trilogy, the publishers have decided to take a giant dump on Gammell's spooky legacy and replace his illustrations.
The publishers have hired Brett Helquist (another talented artist) to replace the original illustrations. No disrespect to Helquist — but this is an atrocity. We totally understand what the publishers are trying to do here, and appeal to a younger demographic with these images. But if your child couldn't handle Gammell's paintings, they're certainly not going to be able to stomach a short story about a scarecrow who skins a farmer alive and dries out his skin sack trophy on the roof. Gammell's art is an integral part of this collection. The least they could do is release a special art book as a companion. This is just supernatural blasphemy.
Here are a few examples of what the publishers are swapping Gammell's art out with:
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Important travel info(!!!): When Transportation Security Administration agents grope and grab your or your baby's body parts at airport security checkpoints, they're protecting America from terrorism. When prospective airplane passengers grope and grab TSA agents' body parts, it's felony sexual abuse.
In other words, just because a TSA agent touches you in creepy ways doesn't mean you can touch them back. This is the harsh lesson learned by 61-year-old Yukari Mihamae, a Colorado woman who allegedly grabbed, squeezed, and twisted the left breast of Barbara O'Toole, a TSA agent stationed at a security checkpoint at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport. O'Toole had not given Mihamae permission to touch her in that manner, so Mihamae was immediately arrested. She's already admitted to the unlawful touching, reports say.
Mihamae hasn't explained why she grabbed O'Toole's breast like that, so we'll speculate that it was for one of these reasons:
- She was making a political statement about TSA's molesty security measures
- She wanted to see if O'Toole's left breast was real
- Her lifelong dream has always been to become known as the "Grope-Back Gal"
In other TSA news, a court ruled yesterday that body-scans are legal. Not legal: Demanding TSA agents to pass through the body-scan machine before you go.


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Paddleboarding Birthday Party
Our first stand up paddleboard experience was such a rousing success, that no sooner were our feet dry, and lunch eaten, than Lance decided he wanted to celebrate his impending 10th birthday by inviting a few pals to try the sport with him and then have lunch at the Deer Valley Grocery~Café.
I, for one, could not think of a more fun way to celebrate my firstborn son's first decade. Trent Hickman, owner of Park City SUP, was thrilled. "I love when people get excited about the sport after the first try," he said. "I can't wait for the party!"
We booked one board per child, and one for me, for one hour. I figured that it made sense to have an adult on the water, and since Trent would likely be on and off throughout the hour, tending to other guests—and I'm crazy about SUP—I nominated myself as the adult. Secretly, I was hoping that Seth would get up the nerve to paddle solo, and kick his old mom off the water, but I didn't tell him that. Fact is, he announced up front that he preferred to "ride with the professional."
It was, by far, one of the easiest birthday parties I have ever planned. The team at Deer Valley Grocery~Café made it easy—Janine (DVGC Manager) and I sat down with a menu a couple of weeks ahead of time, and scrutinized it for party-friendly options.
Kid-favorite/birthday party staple pizza? Check.
Lemonade? Check.
Unexpected fun nosh in the form of house-made potato chips in multiple colors and flavors? Check.
Menu settled, the countdown began.
About a week before the party, Lance got into the habit of checking the weather forecast. I keep trying to explain to him that "forecasts" in Utah are more like "suggestions of what could happen at any given time on any given day," because the weather can change three or more times in an hour. (There's a reason that locals wear out the phrase, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes.") Still, there were thunderstorms predicted on the day of the party. I reasoned that we needed only one hour of clear weather—the hour we planned to be on the water. Fortunately, the morning of the party dawned just partly-cloudy, with the storm clouds hovering just outside of Deer Valley Resort.
And so, we paddled. The kids assembled—most had paddled previously—and Trent offered a few words of safety instruction, and we were off. Seth announced to Trent, "I'll ride with you." Trent, as I suspected, needed to tend to business on the shore, so he suggested that Seth ride on mine. And, just like that, the kid sold me up the proverbial (and literal) river. "I don't trust her, she's not a professional!" Quick-thinking Trent said, "She's better than a pro—she's your MOM!" and Seth climbed aboard. I have never had more fun supervising a party—just watching the kids invent games while they paddled, "accidentally" fall into the water, and even take sunbathing breaks (I'm looking at you, Anna!) was a hoot.
The hour-long rental was perfect—the kids worked so hard on the boards that they were wiped out after about 45 minutes, and then splashed around and goofed off for another 10 or 15 minutes before we dried off for lunch. Trent took me aside and said, "I hope we can get Seth out a couple more times this summer—he's on the verge of gaining the confidence he needs to paddle solo, and I'd love to see that happen." I made a mental note to use that little tidbit to entice Seth to keep at it.
About five minutes into lunch, those storm clouds moved in, and rained onto the deck awning that covered our tables. The kids told jokes, did magic tricks and generally ignored the weather while the adults shook our heads in amazement at the luck of it all. Pizza and chips were consumed (the grownups enjoyed the DVGC Burger—delish!) and by the time we served cake, the weather had cleared.
After lunch, we rounded up the kids for a "hike" along the paths around the ponds, and a couple of photo ops. I had to take a moment to look at my child and his wonderful friends—at least one of whom he's known since birth. Jeff and I looked at them—and then at each other—in amazement. How lucky we are that our children are growing up in a community where they bond with their friends over interesting outdoor sports, and laugh uproariously while they do it. The fact that we have Deer Valley as our playground all-year is an amazing thing, and one we don't take for granted.


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As this past weekend was the unofficial start to the summer season, I thought I'd celebrate with some lip-puckering, mouth-pleasingly tart lime pie. Fear not, this is not your involved eggy custard kind of lime pie. No this is a slap-it-all-together-and- revel-in-the-sublime-flavor-while-you-relax kind of pie. Smooth, creamy, & no eggs necessary! And even though this is a bedding blog, this pie is just too good NOT to share. And really, who can't use a good, solid, summer recipe?
I will note that I went the extra mile & prepared a shortbread crust using Martha Stewart's recipe. I found it a bit too salty & will probably cut the salt in half next time. I did, however, like the extra zing that using coarse sea salt provided. I simply followed the recipe for the crust & let it cool before moving onto the pie. (I will mention that in the past, I've made my own graham cracker crust & I think I prefer that slightly sweeter, crunchier crust over the tangier, salted short bread one, but alas, I didn't have any graham crackers on hand this past weekend.)
Now onto the pie! My mother has sent me this AllRecipes.com recipe months ago with the directive that I must try it! I think it was the addition of sour cream that made me a bit reluctant to whip it up immediately. While I know that sour cream works well in cakes & frostings (I have a recipe for a sour cream chocolate frosting that is pretty much just heaven on a slice of cake), the idea of it being one of the few central ingredients gave me pause. But being the obliging daughter that I am, I hesitantly did so & finally bellied up to the table & went to it. And it came out amazing. I even opted for just regular ol' limes – I think 6-ish gave me the 3/4 cup of juice – and the taste was just perfect: not overly puckerish, but just enough tartness to make your taste buds sing. (And as a quick aside, rather than measuring out 3 cups of sweetened condensed milk, you can just use 2 14 oz. cans.)
This pie can be dressed up (I've used both homemade whipped cream & toasted, sweetened coconut to great success) or eaten purely as is. However you eat it, it'll be sure to add just the right amount of refreshing zip to your summer menu.
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Second-ranked Nebraska won the Central Missouri Women's Invitational Saturday evening, as potential winter weather shortened the three-day-event to only two days. The Huskers went 8-2 during the weekend in Baker Format, recording a total pinfall of 10,065, beating Vanderbilt University (7-3 record, 9,898 total pinfall).
Nebraska Interim Head Coach Paul Klempa was happy with the team performance during the weekend, noting that the team is starting to really have fun on the lanes together.
"The team did real well this weekend, it helps when your team is healthy, we have been battling the flu and various injuries for the past two tournaments," Klempa said. "I think the team is starting to really gel and good preparation paid off."
Leading the way for the Huskers was junior All-American Liz Kuhlkin, as Liz finished second in the individual standings, placing her on the all-tournament team. Kuhlkin recorded an average score of 224.4 over the weekend, including a high score of 245.
"This was her first tournament that she has been healthy in for a while--- she did very well," Klempa said. "Liz is a superstar -- she really is. She is a very good player and we are just glad she is on our team."
Sophomore Beth Hedley also was a bright spot for NU, as Hedley finished eighth in the individual standings. The England native recorded a weekend average of 209.4, with a high score of 221.
Coach Klempa believes that the win this weekend will fuel the fire for the Huskers as they have a three-day-week before traveling to Nashville for the Music City Classic on Thursday.
"We only have two days of practice before we travel to Nashville, so it was a really good thing we won this weekend," Klempa said. "We will try and keep the team sharp, challenge them, to keep them interested as we move closer to the NCAA's."
Klempa does not think the short week of practice will hurt the Huskers.
"At this time of the year, we don't have time to work on the basics, so you really have to bring your best game," Klempa said. "Leading up to Nashville, with only two days we are going to try and stay active and confident."


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Boston manhunt concludes with capture of marathon bombing suspect
Police killed one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing during a shootout and were engaged in a house-to-house search for a second suspect on Friday in the Boston metropolitan area. Much of Boston was under a virtual lockdown as police searched the region. The manhunt for 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended with his capture on a boat parked on a residential property on Franklin Street in Watertown, Massachusetts.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Police in suburban Chicago said Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor was found safe Monday after officers received a report that she never returned from a Sunday bike ride in the area.
Wilmette police spokesman Eric Peterson said O'Connor had been located, "is safe and no longer considered a missing or endangered person," though he wouldn't say where she was found or release details about her condition.
Local police issued a well-being check for O'Connor earlier Monday, saying someone called to report that she hadn't been seen since leaving for a bicycle ride early Sunday morning. It's unclear why O'Connor was in Wilmette, an upper-class suburb about 15 miles north of Chicago along Lake Michigan.
O'Connor, who has performed at least twice in Chicago this year, scored an international hit in 1990 with her rendition of Prince's ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U." The gifted but troubled singer-songwriter is known as much for her fierce and expressive voice as her shaved head and blunt criticism of the Catholic Church and other institutions.
Police said she reportedly left for her bike ride at 6 a.m. Sunday. About two hours later, a rambling message was posted on her official Facebook page that cited an upcoming court hearing and a child custody dispute. On Friday, a long message posted as an "open letter to my son Shane" encouraged the 12-year-old to bring his own case against Tusla, a child welfare agency in Ireland.
Paradigm Talent Agency, which represents O'Connor, declined comment when reached by The Associated Press earlier Monday. Her publicist didn't return a message.
O'Connor was sued this month by comedian Arsenio Hall over a Facebook post that stated investigators looking into the supplier of drugs used by Prince should question Hall. She also accused him of drugging her. The lawsuit seeks $5 million.
And in November, she posted a message on Facebook saying she had taken an overdose at a hotel somewhere in Ireland. Irish police later said she had been found safe. The next month, O'Connor posted on Facebook that she had been detained in a hospital for mental health evaluation.
Her rendition of "Nothing Compares 2 U" topped charts from Europe to Australia, and earned O'Connor multiple Grammy Award nominations. In 1991, O'Connor was named Artist of the Year by Rolling Stone.
But her blunt-spoken manner often drew criticism, especially in the United States. In 1990, some U.S radio stations refused to play her music after she banned the "Star-Spangled Banner" from her show in New Jersey. She drew intense criticism in 1992 when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live."
O'Connor, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than a decade ago, has spoken of her mental health problems. She told Oprah Winfrey in 2007 that before her diagnosis she had struggled with thoughts of suicide and overwhelming fear. She said at the time that medication had helped her find more balance, but "it's a work in progress."
In 2012, O'Connor canceled a planned tour, saying she her doctor had told her to rest after a "very serious breakdown."
Over the years, O'Connor has voiced support for other young female performers facing intense public scrutiny, including Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. O'Connor — who has been married four times and has four children — signed a deal in 2014 to write a memoir.


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WASHINGTON – The Boston Celtics were tired from playing the night before and so undermanned that they resorted to a 10-day-contract backcourt for part of the game.
The Washington Wizards were again trying to erase the stigma of mediocrity. Surely, against this Celtics lineup, this would be the night they would end their long and laborious quest to get above .500.
Never mind. The Celtics won. Jeff Green put the team on his shoulders and scored a season-high 39 points, while the Wizards wilted with a display of selfish basketball. Boston blew a 19-point first-half lead, but Gerald Wallace made a driving layup with 2.5 seconds remaining in overtime Wednesday night for the 113-111 victory that snapped a 10-game road losing streak.
"Lot of reasons to give up," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "And they didn't do that."
Green shot early and often, finishing with career-highs in 3-pointers attempted (16) and made (8). Rookie Phil Pressey added a career-high 20 points. The Celtics played without Rajon Rando, Avery Bradley and Jerryd Bayless and at one point had Chris Johnson and Vander Blue, both on 10-day contracts, on the floor together in the second quarter.
"I just put myself in the position where I had to be the man to carry the team and shoot the ball," Green said. "So that's what I did."
John Wall had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double for Washington, but he went 9 for 29 from the field and missed a potential game-winning, contested 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime.
The Wizards haven't won a game to move above .500 since Halloween 2009 and have failed to win this season at 0-0, 9-9, 14-14, 19-19 and 20-20. The milestone has become such a psychological hurdle that coach Randy Wittman this week had to caution against thoughts that "all of a sudden fairy dust is going to fall on us if we get over .500."
This time Wittman was angry because he said his players came down with a case of "I got mine," looking to pad their stats against a team that was supposed to be easy pickings.
"I can get mine because who are we playing?" Wittman said forcefully. "You cannot screw with the basketball gods like that. It always comes back to get you. ... Every player in this league can play. They're in the NBA. Every player can play. And if you don't give them the respect, this is what happens."
Wall pleaded guilty.
"It starts with me," he said. "I took too many shots tonight and didn't move the ball like we're supposed to in the first half. ... For some reason, we don't go out there in that first half when we've got an opportunity to go (above) .500 and play as a team. We get to playing selfish."
Boston's Rondo sat out the second half of a back-to-back in his return from major knee surgery, Bradley is sidelined for about two weeks after spraining his right ankle against the Miami Heat the night before, and recently acquired guard Bayless missed his second consecutive game with a sprained left big toe and is day to day.
Stevens therefore started a lineup consisting of a backup point guard — undrafted rookie Pressey — and four forwards. Blue made his NBA debut after being signed earlier in the day.
The Wizards played the first half as if in slow motion, but the Celtics looked like their patchwork selves in the third quarter, committing a pair of offensive fouls during an 11-0 Wizards run. Martell Webster gave the Wizards their first lead of the game with a four-point play that made the score 88-87 with 6:37 remaining in regulation, but neither team could make a clutch shot in the final minute of the fourth quarter with the score tied.
Pressey had made only 6 of 38 3-pointers all season, but he went 5 for 6 from 3-point range against the Wizards. His 3-pointer in the final minute of overtime gave the Celtics a 111-108 lead.
The Wizards tied the game when Marcin Gortat made 1 of 2 free throws with 13.9 seconds left in the extra period, but they couldn't stop Wallace from making the winning basket.
"We had a good start to the third quarter," Wizards forward Trevor Booker said. "But other than that, we played like doo-doo."
NOTES: Boston's 10-game road skid was its longest since a 12-game streak in 2007. ... Booker returned after missing one game with a sprained left ankle.
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Toad Hollow Photographyon September 23, 2013
Hi Linda, thanks for visiting and leaving us your comments!! I bracket 3-7 frames in the field and then do my merging and tone mapping in Photomatix. From there I bring the images into PaintShop Pro for final tweaking and adding high pass sharpeners to bring out some more details. If you have any followup questions or comments, please send them my way, I love to talk about HDR photography!!
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Wonderful pictures! Do you have a HDR setting on your camera or are these photoshop edited?
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An edited version of this essay appears today as an Op-Ed in the New York Times:
For decades, people who concern themselves with the world's "wicked problems" — interconnected issues like environmental degradation, poverty, food security and climate change — have marched together under the banner of "sustainability": the idea that with the right mix of incentives, technology substitutions and social change, humanity might finally achieve a lasting equilibrium with our planet, and with each other.
It's an alluring and moral vision, and in a year that has brought us the single hottest month in recorded American history (July), a Midwestern drought that plunged more than half the country into a state of emergency, a heatwave across the eastern part of the country powerful enough to melt the tarmac below jetliners in Washington and, most recently, the ravages of Hurricane Sandy, it would seem a pressing one, too.
Yet today, precisely because the world is so increasingly out of balance, the sustainability regime is being quietly challenged, not from without, but from within. Among a growing number of scientists, social innovators, community leaders, NGOs, philanthropies, governments and corporations, a new, complementary dialogue is emerging around a new idea, resilience: how to help vulnerable people, organizations and systems persist, perhaps even thrive, amid unforeseeable disruptions. Where sustainability aims to put the world back into balance, resilience looks for ways to manage an imbalanced world.
It's a broad-spectrum agenda, which, at one end, seeks to imbue our communities, institutions and infrastructure with greater flexibility, intelligence and responsiveness to extreme events, and at the other centers on bolstering people's psychological and physiological capacity to deal with high-stress circumstances.
For example, "resilience thinking" is starting to shape how urban planners in big cities think about updating antiquated infrastructure, much of which is robust in the face of normal threats like equipment failures but — as was just demonstrated in the New York region — fragile in the face of unanticipated shocks like flooding, pandemics, terrorism or energy shortages.
Combatting those kinds of disruptions isn't just about building higher walls — it's about accommodating the waves. For extreme weather events, that means developing the kinds of infrastructure more commonly associated with the Army: temporary bridges that can be "inflated" or repositioned across rivers when tunnels flood, for example, or wireless "mesh" networks and electrical microgrids that can compensate for exploding transformers.
We'll also need to use nature itself as a form of "soft" infrastructure. Along the Gulf Coast, civic leaders have begun to take seriously the restoration of the wetlands that serve as a vital buffer against hurricanes. A future New York may be ringed with them too, as it was centuries ago.
Hurricane Sandy hit New York hardest right where it was most recently redeveloped: Lower Manhattan, which should have been the least vulnerable part of the island. But it was rebuilt to be "sustainable," not resilient, noted Jonathan Rose, an urban planner and developer.
"After 9/11, Lower Manhattan contained the largest collection of LEED-certified, green buildings in the world," he said, referring to a common standards program for eco-friendly design. "But that was answering only part of problem. The buildings were designed to generate lower environmental impacts, but not to respond to the impacts of the environment" — for example, by having redundant power systems. In an age of volatility, the extremophilic trumps the ecoperfect.
The resilience frame speaks not just how buildings weather storms, but how people weather them, too. Here, psychologists, sociologists and neuroscientists are uncovering a wide array of factors that make you more or less resilient than the person next to you: the reach of your social networks, the quality of your close relationships, your access to resources, your genes and health, your beliefs and habits of mind.
Based on these insights, these researchers have developed training regimes, rooted in contemplative practice, that are already helping first responders, emergency-room physicians and soldiers better manage periods of extreme stress and diminish the rates and severity of post-traumatic stress that can follow. Researchers at Emory University have shown that similar practices can bolster the psychological and physiological resilience of children in foster care. These tools will have to find their way into wider circulation, as we better prepare populations for the mental, and not just physical dimensions of disruption.
There's a third domain where resilience will be found, and that's in big data and mobile services. Already, the United States Geological Survey is testing a system that ties its seismographs to Twitter; when the system detects an earthquake, it automatically begins scanning the social media service for posts from the affected area about fires and damages.
Similar systems have been used to scan blog postings and international news reports for the first signs of pandemics like SARS. And "hacktivists" are exploring ways to extend the power of the 311 system to help people not only better connect to government services, but to better self-organize in a crisis.
In a reversal of our stereotypes about the flow of innovation, many of the most important resilience tools will come to us from developing countries, which have long had to contend with large disruptions and limited budgets.
In Kenya, Kilimo Salama, a microinsurance program for argiculture, uses wireless weather sensors to help small farmers protect themselves financially against climate volatility. In India, Husk Power Systems converts agricultural waste into locally generated electricity for off-grid villages. And around the world, a service called Ushahidi empowers communities around the world to "crowdsource" information during a crisis using their mobile phones.
None of these is a permanent solution, and none roots out the underlying problems they address. But each helps a vulnerable community contend with the shocks that, especially at the margins of a society, can be devastating. In lieu of master plans, these approaches offer a diverse array of tools and platforms that enable greater self-reliance, cooperation and creativity before, during and after a crisis.
Yet as wise as this all may sound, a shift from sustainability to resilience leaves many old-school environmentalists and social activists feeling uneasy, as it smacks of adaptation, a word that is still taboo in many quarters. If we adapt to unwanted change, the reasoning goes, we give a pass to those responsible for putting us in this mess in the first place, and we lose the moral authority to pressure them to stop. Better, they argue, to mitigate the risk at the source.
In a perfect world, that's surely true, just as it's also true that the cheapest response to a catastrophe is to prevent it in the first place. But in this world, vulnerable people are already being affected by disruption. They need practical, if imperfect adaptations now, if they are ever to get the just and moral future they deserve tomorrow.
Unfortunately, the sustainability movement's politics, not to mention it's marketing, have led to a popular misunderstanding: that a perfect, stasis-under-glass equilibrium is achievable. But the world doesn't work that way: it exists in a constant disequilibrium — trying, failing, adapting, learning and evolving in endless cycles. Indeed, it's the failures, when properly understood, that create the context for learning and growth. That's why some of the most resilient places are, paradoxically, also the places that regularly experience modest disruptions – they carry the shared memory that things can go wrong.
"Resilience" takes this as a given, and is commensurately humble. It doesn't propose a single, fixed future. It assumes we don't know exactly how things will unfold, that we'll be surprised, that we'll make mistakes along the way. It's also open to learning from the extraordinary and widespread resilience of the natural world, including its human inhabitants, something that, counterintuitively, many proponents of sustainability have ignored.
That doesn't mean there aren't genuine bad guys and bad ideas at work, or that there aren't things we should do to mitigate our risks. But we also have to acknowledge that holy war against boogeymen hasn't worked, and isn't likely to anytime soon. In its place, we need approaches that are both more pragmatic and more politically inclusive — rolling with the waves, instead of trying to stop the ocean.


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Mercedes Removes 'Misleading' Self-Driving Car Ads
Mercedes-Benz has defended an advertising campaign for its new E-Class against allegations that consumers were being misled about the car's self-driving capabilities, the latest backlash by consumer groups in the wake of a fatal Tesla accident.
Consumer groups warned car buyers not to rely too heavily on advanced cruise control systems, which use computers and sensors to automatically steer and brake, following a fatal crash by a Tesla car operating in "autopilot" mode.
On Wednesday, U.S.-based Consumer Reports wrote to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging it to scrutinise Mercedes' "The Future" campaign, which markets automated features available in the 2017 E-Class.
The campaign said: "Is the world truly ready for a vehicle that can drive itself? An autonomous-thinking automobile that protects those inside and outside. Ready or not, the future is here. The all new E-Class: self-braking, self-correcting, self-parking. A Mercedes-Benz concept that's already a reality."
Consumer Reports criticised the slogan.
"The ad is likely to mislead a reasonable consumer by representing the E-Class as self-driving when it is not," it said in the letter, urging the FTC to take action to prevent consumers gaining a false sense of security in the ability of a car to operate autonomously.
On Thursday, a spokeswoman for Daimler-owned Mercedes-Benz said: "It was and is not our intent to cause any confusion between current driver assistance systems and the vision of an autonomous future."
She said the ad contained a statement that the vehicle cannot drive itself, but has semi-automated driving features and urged drivers to observe safe driving practices as well as read the operating manual for details on what the driving assistance systems can and cannot do.
Consumer Reports said the caveats contained in the advert may contravene FTC guidance which stipulates that advertisers cannot use fine print to contradict statements in an ad or clear up false impressions the ad might leave.


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text: Sergeant_Mark_IV Posted February 24, 2011 Brutal Doom is a mod for Zandronum and GZDoom that attempts to make Doom faster paced, harder, and much, much, a thousand times gorier and more violent. It's made to work with any IWAD, and any megawad or maps that doesn't contains custom weapons or monsters. Features: - Tons of new Death animations for all enemies. You can cut their limbs, cut them in half with chainsaw or minigun, melt them with plasma, Everything can be gibbed, there are even Xdeath states for large enemies like Barons and Mancubus, and much more. You can also shoot their dead bodies, or severed limbs, and keep brutalizing them even after their deaths. You can also use the quick-kick ability to kick their severed heads and limbs away and play bloody soccer. - Possibility of headshoots for most enemies. You can do extra damage shooting at their heads with small firearms like the Rifle, or completely blow-up their heads with a higher firepower weapon such a shotgun or minigun. - Flares for decoration and projectiles. You will fell like you were playing in the Doomsday Engine. - 3D bloodspots for OpenGL users that can paint the ground and ceiling with the blood of your enemies. - You can RIP AND TEAR an enemy if you kill him with punches while under effect of a berserk. (Also knows as Fatalities) - If you shot an enemy so close, blood will splash on the screen. - You can paint the chainsaw with blood. - A large variety of mutators that will allow you to modify the mod as you wish. You don't like reloading? There's a mutator to remove it. You don't like the Bloodyscreen? There's one to remove it too. Do you miss the Invisibility sphere? There's one to restore it. And so on. A new balance of weapons and gameplay All weapons and enemies gained a new balance. There are no more weapons that gets obsolete after you find new ones like in Vanila Doom. (Fists that gets outclassed by Chainsaw, Pistol that gets outclassed by the Chaingun, or Shotgun that gets outclassed by the SSG). Also, there are no more low-threat enemies. Gameplay is much harder and faster. In a short resume: You have more powerful weapons that can kill enemies twice as fast, but enemies have more powerful attacks and can kill you twice as fast too, creating the "Brutal Gameplay". Bloodier and Gorier! Gibs! Gibs everywhere! You can paint the walls, floor, and ceiling with blood. Your head asplode! Almost every enemy (exept Cacodemon, Lost Soul, Demon, and Pain Elemental) have new hitboxes for their heads. You can perform headshots to deal more damage, and cause more brutal and bloody deaths. Shoot at heads to explode them, and see brains, teeth, eyes, and blood flying all over the place. Amazing effects! Particles, flares, and even shadows! You will fell like you were playing in the Doomsday engine. RIP AND TEAR!. After you find a Berserk pack, killing enemies with a punch will perform 3rd person executions just like in the Doom Comics. By doing such executions, you gain bonus health as a reward. Downloads: http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom/downloads/brutal-doom-version-18 ADVICE: Before playing, you MUST BE SURE of: 1 - Please, use Open GL mode to properly show the new special effects and taste the full Brutal Doom experience. 2 - In the Open GL settings, set your Adjust Sprite Clipping to Always (Prevents things from getting half in the ground) 3 - In your display options, make sure your deathcam is on! (So you can see the amazing new player deaths) 4 - Read the guide that comes in the readme text. It requires GZDoom 1.7.0 or higher, or Zandronum 1.0 or higher. TROUBLESHOTING: - If the 3D bloodpools aren't showing up, even if you are using Open_GL, open your console and type "gl_use_models 1" - If the bloodpools are rendering in a weird way, in the Open GL settings, set the Smooth Sprite Edges to Off - If your framerate is low, type "gl_use_models 0" to hide the bloodpool 3D models. This helps a lot on old computers. 0 Share this post Link to post


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Uzziah's good reign in Judah. (1-15) Uzziah's attempt to burn incense. (16-23)
Verses 1-15 As long as Uzziah sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. Many have owned, that as long as they sought the Lord, and kept close to their duty, they prospered; but when they forsook God, every thing went cross. God never continues either to bless the indolent or to withhold his blessing from the diligent. He will never suffer any to seek his face in vain. Uzziah's name was famed throughout all the neighbouring countries. A name with God and good people makes truly honourable. He did not delight in war, nor addict himself to sports, but delighted in husbandry.
Verses 16-23 The transgression of the kings before Uzziah was, forsaking the temple of the Lord, and burning incense upon idolatrous altars. But his transgression was, going into the holy place, and attempting to burn incense upon the altar of God. See how hard it is to avoid one extreme, and not run into another. Pride of heart was at the bottom of his sin; a lust that ruins many. Instead of lifting up the name God in gratitude to him who had done so much for him, his heart was lifted up to his hurt. Men's pretending to forbidden knowledge, and seeking things too high for them, are owing to pride of heart. The incense of our prayers must be, by faith, put into the hands of our Lord Jesus, the great High Priest of our profession, else we cannot expect it to be accepted by God, ( Revelation 8:3 ) . Though Uzziah strove with the priests, he would not strive with his Maker. But he was punished for his transgression; he continued a leper to his death, shut out from society. The punishment answered the sin as face to face in a glass. Pride was at the bottom of his transgression, and thus God humbled him, and put dishonour upon him. Those that covet forbidden honours, forfeit allowed ones. Adam, by catching at the tree of knowledge which he might not eat of, debarred himself of the tree of life which he might have eaten of. Let all that read say, The Lord is righteous. And when the Lord sees good to throw prosperous and useful men aside, as broken vessels, if he raises up others to fill their places, they may rejoice to renounce all worldly concerns, and employ their remaining days in preparation for death.
This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2Ch 26:1-5, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2Ch 26:6-15, his invasion of the priest's office, in attempting to offer incense, for which he was smitten with a leprosy, which continued to his death, 2Ch 26:16-23.
the three following verses, see the notes on 2Ki 14:21,22, 15:2,3 where Uzziah is called Azariah. \\See Gill on "2Ki 14:21"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 14:22"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 15:2"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 15:3"\\ 19692-950125-1735-2Ch26.2


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L-Carnosine: An Underutilized Dietary Supplement
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Carnosine is a naturally occurring molecule composed of two amino acids, histidine and alanine. As a dietary supplement, it has been available for years. However, it is not nearly as popular as it should be based on the existing science. Carnosine functions in "excitable" tissues, such as muscle and nerve tissue, and reaches high concentrations in skeletal muscle. In these tissues it is critically important in maintaining the proper pH and electrical charge.
Carnosine is often confused with carnitine. Both contain the root word carn, meaning flesh, as they are both found in higher concentrations in meat (and fish). Since vegetarian sources of protein are do not contain carnosine, a vegetarian (especially vegan) diet may not provide adequate pre-formed carnosine, but like carnitine the human body is thought to be capable of manufacturing sufficient quantities. Nonetheless, like carnitine, supplementation with carnitine has its place in nutritional medicine. At this time, clinical studies in humans has shown carnosine supplementation to:
- Improve muscle function and recovery from muscle fatigue.
- Protect against degeneration of the brain as well as loss of cognitive function and memory associated with aging.
- Improve mental function and behavior in children with attention deficit disorder and autism.
- Heal peptic ulcers when it is combined with zinc.
A Closer Look at Carnosine Functions
In addition to being important in regulating the electrical charge in excitable tissue, research has shown carnosine to be important to cellular health for other reasons. In muscles, carnosine neutralizes the extensive formation of lactic acid during high-intensity exercise and promotes recovery from exercise. These effects accelerate the working capacity of muscle exhausted by preceding exercise and explain carnosine's popularity among bodybuilders and athletes for improving muscle function and recovery from muscle fatigue.
Carnosine is also an important intracellular antioxidant. Carnosine has been proven to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as protect against peroxidation of cell membrane fatty acids during oxidative stress. It has also demonstrated significant anti-aging effects related in part to its antioxidant effects, but it also prevents glycation (the attachment of sugar molecules to proteins) associated with premature aging.
Carnosine is especially critical in protecting the brain against neurodegeneration as well as loss of cognitive function and memory. Carnosine has also been shown to rejuvenate connective tissue cells, which may explain its beneficial effects on wound healing as well as its use in trying to fight off the effects of aging in the skin, causing wrinkles and loss of elasticity. Carnosine levels in the body decline with age. By the time a person is 70 years old, carnosine levels have decreased in their body by 63%. Because of all of these effects and others, carnosine is becoming well known as a longevity and anti-aging nutrient.
Clinical Research with Carnosine
The primary focus of the clinical research on carnosine has focused on its anti-aging effects as well as its effects on brain function.
In regards to general anti-aging effects, several clinical studies have highlighted the potential of carnosine in slowing down the aging process by preventing oxidative damage as well as glycation. In addition, carnosine has also been shown to directly and indirectly inhibits release of inflammatory mediators such as cytokines. Reducing silent inflammation is becoming another key target not only for an anti-aging strategy, but also to help prevent the development of chronic degenerative diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Given the unique actions of carnitine within the brain, it may be an ideal agent for preventing age-related declines in cognitive function and memory as well.
In regards to boosting brain power, several double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have looked at the use of carnosine in patients with neurodegenerative conditions. In one study compared a daily dose of either 0.75 g or 2 g of carnosine to a placebo, for 21 days, in 42 patients with chronic encephalopathy a brain disorder that is a progressive degenerative disease most often seen in individuals with a history of multiple concussions and other forms of head injury. Significant improvements in cognitive function and reductions in oxidative stress were found in the carnosine group.
Another study examined the effect of 1.5 g of carnosine daily for 30 days in Parkinson's patients treated with L-Dopa. The addition of carnosine to the treatment regimen significantly improved neurological symptoms, with a 36% improvement in symptoms compared to a 16% improvement in the control group. Clinical signs of Parkinson's disease, including decreased bodily movements, and rigidity of extremities, were also significantly improved. This improvement in the "everyday activity" of Parkinson's patients allows them more independence and better quality of life, leading the authors of the study to conclude that carnosine is a reasonable way of improving the treatment of Parkinson's disease and decreasing the possible toxic effects of standard drug therapy.
Because of carnosine's beneficial effects in improving both muscle and brain function, researchers at Georgetown University recently assessed its effects in Gulf War illness (GWI) or Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI); terms used to describe the disabling fatigue, widespread pain, and cognitive dysfunction experienced by about 25% of 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War veterans.
A leading theory proposes that GWI/CMI is the result of wartime exposure to a variety of factors including vaccinations, various chemicals, and stress. These factors initiate prolonged production of inflammation, free radicals, and the resulting injury to the brain, nervous system and muscle tissue. Since carnosine has been shown to protect the brain and muscle cells from the sort of damage underlying GWI/CMI, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study was designed to determine if nutritional supplementation with L-carnosine would significantly improve pain, cognition and fatigue in GWI. The 12-week study involved 25 GWI subjects who were given L-carnosine at 500, 1000, and 1500 mg increasing at 4-week intervals or a placebo. Primary outcomes included measures assessing cognitive function; feelings of fatigue and pain; and activity levels. The only measure that showed consistent benefit was the influence of carnosine supplementation on improving mental function.
While researchers had hoped to see improvement in all areas of GWI/CMI, the ability of carnosine supplementation to improve mental function in these patients was significant and adds additional clinical support for carnosine in this application.
Carnosine may also be helpful in improving brain function in autism. In one double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 31 children with autism carnosine was shown to improve expressive and receptive vocabulary and subjective improvement on an autism rating scale over an 8 week trial at a dosage of 800 mg/day.
Zinc Carnosine to Relieve Peptic Ulcers
Zinc increases mucin production in cell culture studies and has been shown to have a protective effect on peptic ulcers in animal studies. In human studies, zinc supplementation appears to be helpful for healing peptic ulcers with zinc bound to carnosine being the most beneficial. Clinical studies in humans using zinc carnosine demonstrate not only an ability to heal peptic ulcers, but also antagonize the bacteria (Helicobacter pylori or H. pylori) linked to indigestion (dyspepsia), peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer. When 60 patients suffering from dyspepsia with H. pylori infection were given either antibiotics alone (lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin) or antibiotics plus zinc carnosine for seven days, better results were seen with the group getting zinc carnosine (94% success rate vs. 77%).
In one double-blind trial, 248 patients with confirmed gastric ulcers were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups receiving 150 mg daily of zinc-carnosine extract or its respective placebo, or 800 mg of cetraxate hydrochloride (a mucosal protective agent) or its respective placebo. Study medications were started within 1 week of endoscopy-diagnosed gastric ulcer and were continued for 8 weeks. At 8 weeks, 75% of the zinc-carnosine group experienced markedly improved symptoms compared to 72% for the cetraxate group. The endoscopic cure rate was 60.4% in the zinc-carnosine group and 46.2% in the cetraxate group at 8 weeks.
Dosage Recommendations
The typical dosage recommendation for taking advantage of the anti-aging effects of carnosine is 1,500 to 2,000 mg per day. For children with autism, the dosage is 800 to 1,000 mg per day. For peptic ulcers and indigestion, the dosage for zinc carnosine is usually 75 mg twice daily.
There are no adverse effects or drug interactions at the recommended dosage levels.


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Interesting, enough so that it might end up being touted by the GOP leadership at its next presser. Before I go eeyore on you, though, have a look at the numbers:
The good news? Not only are independents heavily weighted towards spending less, even Democrats prefer cuts to tax hikes on balance. Among the overall sample, 50 percent prefer a deal involving only/mostly cuts, 11 percent prefer a deal involving only/mostly new taxes, and 32 percent prefer an equal mix. If you wanted statistical evidence that Americans are finally starting to grasp that we're out of money, well, there you go. All of which is super — except no one's seriously proposing a debt-ceiling deal that would involve mostly tax increases or even a 50/50 mix. The only options are the GOP's cuts-only approach and some sort of compromise comprised mostly of cuts plus several hundred billion in taxes. Viewed that way, per Gallup, there's just 20 percent support overall for the GOP position and 26 percent support for it among Republicans, a plurality of whom say they're willing to tolerate some tax increases so long as the bulk of deficit reduction is done with cuts. Moreover, the phrasing of the question here actually benefits the GOP. Everyone supports "cutting spending" in the abstract; even leftists would be happy to break out the shears for, say, a "defense cuts only" package. A more incisive way to ask this question would have been to specify "cuts" as entitlement reform of the sort Paul Ryan and the House GOP are after. How do you think these numbers would fare if, say, the word "Medicare" was tossed in there?
Needless to say, this is why McConnell's looking for ways to punt the debt-ceiling decision to Obama. If we default and the country really does turn into a Hieronymous Bosch painting economically, the Democratic narrative about which side made it happen by refusing to compromise is ready-made and, given these numbers, may find lots of receptive voters. (Or will it?) Also needless to say, this is why Tom Coburn's suddenly making noise about rejoining the Gang of Six after quitting the group two months ago. He says he's sent over some ideas and is waiting to hear back from them; no doubt he figures that, with Congress nearing panic mode, they'll be more willing to hear him out in the name of compromise than they were before. Remember when Alan Simpson said, "Pray for the Gang of Six"? Well, here they come. Deus ex machina.


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Burmese - Welcome to the United States DVD
This Burmese-language translation of the 2012 Welcome to the United States: Refugee Guide to Resettlement DVD provides information and images about refugee resettlement. Viewers can watch selected refugees from their airport arrival through their first days in the United States, as well as hear from refugees who have been living in the United States for some time. While the video is applicable to all refugee populations, the 2012 version focuses on showing refugees from currently arriving populations, such as Bhutanese, refugees from Burma, refugees from Iraq, and Somalis.
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