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These Herbs, Spices and Nuts Could Help with Diabetes Management
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
In this article:
- Cinnamon
- Fenugreek
- Bitter melon
- Gamma Linolenic Acid
- Garlic
- Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
- Ginseng
- Almonds (Prunus amygdalus)
- Pistachios
- Coffee
- Green Tea
Worldwide, more than 422 million people have diabetes. The vast majority—90-95 percent— have type 2 diabetes, a condition primarily due to lifestyle factors, like consumption of excess sugar, and limited physical activity. Type 1 diabetes is not preventable and occurs when the immune system attacks the pancreas, preventing its ability to secrete insulin.
Uncontrolled diabetes can cause damage to the brain, nerves, tissues, eyes, heart, and kidneys. When blood sugar is chronically elevated, the walls of the arteries become damaged (endothelial dysfunction), leading to artery blockage, stroke, or heart attack. Diabetes also increases the risk of various cancers and Alzheimer's disease, and it's believed that elevated levels of insulin are the leading reason this occurs. Fasting and consuming a low carbohydrate diet, or keto diet, can be beneficial.
Medications are frequently prescribed by doctors to help lower blood sugar and prevent diabetic complications. Some with diabetes need to inject insulin when diet, lifestyle changes, and oral medications are not sufficient. However, some desire to take more natural approaches and prefer herbal alternatives, especially during the early stages. For those with type 2 diabetes, these can frequently be useful, but one should consult with their healthcare provider prior to adding anything new to their regimen.
Cinnamon is a common culinary spice used all over the world. Over the last decade, there has been renewed interest in cinnamon and its ability to help regulate blood sugar levels in both pre-diabetics and diabetics alike.
A 2013 study concluded, "The consumption of cinnamon is associated with a statistically significant decrease in levels of fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, LDL (bad cholesterol), and triglyceride levels, and an increase in HDL (good cholesterol) levels; however, no significant effect on hemoglobin A1c was found…".
A 2016 meta-analysis study also showed some beneficial effects. In this study, patients continued to take their diabetes medications but also added cinnamon supplements. The researchers concluded that cinnamon supplements added to standard diabetic medications and other lifestyle therapies and had modest effects on lowering fasting blood sugar values and hemoglobin A1c. Suggested dose: As directed on the label.
An herb commonly used in Indian curry, fenugreek's seeds have also traditionally been used to help lower sugar and inflammation. Recent studies show it can be helpful in lowering blood sugar and cholesterol. A 2015 study from Czechoslovakia showed fenugreek may be comparable to various prescription medications commonly used to treat diabetes.
A 2016 study in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology showed that fenugreek could significantly lower blood sugar levels when compared to a placebo pill. Suggested dose: As directed on the label.
Bitter melon
This plant has been used since the days of antiquity to help lower blood sugar. A 2009 animal study showed bitter melon could help reduce insulin resistance, a common finding in diabetes. More recently, a 2015 study in Nutrition Journal showed its ability to lower blood sugar levels when taken at doses of 2,000 and 4,000 mg per day. Suggested dose: As directed on the label.
Gamma Linolenic Acid
Gamma linolenic acid is a fatty acid found in various seed oils such as evening primrose oil and borage oil. It can be applied topically to help with skin conditions like eczema or consumed as a capsule for other health concerns. While there is no evidence that it can help prevent diabetes, it may be helpful for those with diabetic neuropathy, a painful condition. A 1993 study in Diabetes Care showed that GLA, when taken for one year, could reduce symptoms of nerve damage due to diabetes. Suggested dose: As directed on the label.
Garlic is a popular herb grown all over the world. It has a distinctive smell and has been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. Shown to help reduce the risk of contracting the common cold, lower blood pressure and even cholesterol, garlic appears to also be helpful for those with diabetes. A 2017 study in Food & Nutrition Research showed garlic supplementation could result in a significant reduction in glucose levels and hemoglobin A1C levels. Diet and exercise are also very important. Suggested dose: As directed on the label.
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Bilberries contain powerful antioxidants known as anthocyanins, a type of flavonoid in flowers and fruits. Scientific studies suggest that anthocyanins can help lower blood sugar levels. A 2013 study in the Journal of Nutrition Science demonstrated that a bilberry extract supplement could reduce blood sugar levels and insulin levels in diabetics after a meal. A 2017 study also supported this evidence. Bilberry can be consumed as a food or as a supplement.
Making sure your blood sugar levels are controlled can take work and dedication. Ginseng can help, too—studies have shown that ginseng is beneficial in lowering blood sugar and has positive effects in diabetics or even those with prediabetes. There is evidence that ginseng root can also improve insulin production. A 2014 study concluded, "Ginseng modestly yet significantly improved fasting blood glucose in people with and without diabetes..." A 2018 study also showed ginseng's benefit in lowering blood sugar.
It is still important to know that you should not discontinue any current medications you are taking unless advised by your physician. You should discuss with your primary care doctor if ginseng is right for you.
Almonds (Prunus amygdalus)
Almonds are the seeds of trees native to Mediterranean regions of the Middle East, and Southern Asia. Nowadays, the majority of the world's almonds are produced in California, while Spain, Iran and Morocco produce about 14 percent of the world's almonds. Almond seeds are a healthy snack with many benefits—almond milk, almond flour and almond butter have become popular food items over the last decade.
A 2011 study in Metabolism showed that those with diabetes who consumed almonds on a daily basis saw lower blood sugar levels compared to those who did not eat almonds. In addition, a 2017 study showed that regular consumption could help improve blood sugar control. Adding a serving or two of almonds to one's daily routine is advised for both diabetics and non-diabetics alike.
Pistachios are related to cashews and have their origins in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. They are rich in antioxidants with many nutritional benefits. A 2015 study showed that diabetics who consumed pistachios regularly were less likely to experience heart attacks due to reduced risk factors, such as high cholesterol. The researchers concluded that diabetics should make healthy lifestyle choices, including daily consumption of pistachios. A 2017 study also showed their overall value in those with diabetes while a 2014 study showed pistachios could help lower of blood pressure in diabetics.
One of the most consumed beverages in the world, coffee has many health benefits. One benefit may be helping to prevent diabetes. This assertion is based on studies going back to 2006, which were confirmed by a 2013 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Similarly, a 2014 study out of Europe concluded that coffee might significantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. There is some evidence that coffee could pose risks for those who already have the condition, so consult your doctor before adding or increasing your intake of coffee if you are diabetic.
Green Tea
Green tea is one of the world's most consumed drinks, second only to water and coffee. It is believed to have anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory effects, and it may also be an effective anti-diabetic agent. The main bioactive anti-oxidant component in green tea is a catechin known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). There have been some conflicting studies as to whether EGCG is helpful to those with diabetes. However, a 2015 study concluded that regular consumption of green tea was helpful in type 2 diabetes.
Likewise, a 2017 study of pregnant women with gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy), showed women given EGCG from green tea had improved outcomes compared to those given a placebo substance. An additional 2017 study in Nutricion Hospitalaria showed that 12 weeks of supplementation with green tea extract was helpful in reducing both body fat and body weight in people involved in the study—weight loss can ultimately reduce one's risk for diabetes. Two to three cups of green tea per day, or possibly consuming EGCG in a supplement form, could be beneficial.
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A crisis in South Sudan erupted in December of 2013, only three years into this fragile country's independence. Due to violent conflict between The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and its opposition, more than 1.5 million South Sudanese have fled their homes in search of safety, with some 400,000 of these people seeking refuge in neighbouring nations.
United Nations Emergency Directors have declared an Emergency, calling for an immediate response. This declaration reflects the fact that over 7 million South Sudanese will be at risk of food insecurity this year.
"There is every likelihood that the worst food crisis in South Sudan's history can happen," said Hilde Johnson, chief of the United Nations mission in South Sudan.
Since January, we've deployed multiple nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation experts. Our dedicated Nutrition Emergency Team is currently working in the Bentiu camp for internally displaced people to help meet fast-growing nutrition treatment needs. The team has set up an Outpatient Therapeutic Program, and is also working in collaboration with partner organizations to enhance their capacity to diagnose, treat, and prevent acute malnutrition in children in the camp.
Our Surveillance Emergency Team is travelling around the country to assess the nutritional needs of children in South Sudan. We are at the front lines of collecting nutrition data to determine where children are suffering the most and what needs to be done to help them in their communities. With UNICEF's continued partnership, the Surveillance Emergency Team will continue to assess the nutrition situation in South Sudan and provide the information necessary to save lives.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Stanley knew exactly how Spencer Levin felt.
Taking advantage of Levin's final-round meltdown, Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open on Sunday, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.
"I really feel for him, experiencing that," Stanley said about Levin, echoing what Brandt Snedeker said about Stanley last week.
"You don't want to wish that upon anybody. He's a very good player. Way too good of a player to not bounce back or recover."
Stanley closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65, holing a 4-foot par putt on the par-4 18th to finish at 15-under 269. He earned $1,098,000 for his first PGA Tour title.
"You go from a very low point to a high point," Stanley said. "I'm not sure I expected to maybe recover this quickly. ... I think the biggest challenge was seeing if I could put last week behind me. I think I did."
Ben Crane had a 66 to finish a stroke back.
Levin, six strokes ahead entering the round and seven in front after one hole, shot a 75 to finish two strokes behind Stanley.
"It just wasn't my day, obviously," Levin said. "But I gave it away, simple as that. You have a six-shot lead and lose, you gave it away. My hat's off to Kyle. He played a great round. He went and got it. But if you've got a six-shot lead and don't win, then I think it's on the player with the lead, for sure."
In tears seven days ago in San Diego after blowing the big lead -- dropping the final strokes with a triple-bogey 8 on the final hole -- and losing to Snedeker in a playoff, Stanley cried again Sunday -- this time tears of joy.
"I just want to thank my mom and dad. They've done a lot for me. I'm speechless," Stanley said in the scoring area moments after the victory.
At Torrey Pines, Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round, and still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the tee at the par-5 18th.
But his third shot had too much spin and didn't get high enough on the green, spinning down the slope and into the water. He three-putted from 45 feet for the triple bogey, then lost to Snedeker on the second playoff hole when his 5-foot par putt caught the right edge of the cup.
"I'm never going to forget that," Stanley said. "But I think it makes this one a lot sweeter, just being able to bounce back. I'm kind of at a loss for words. I'm very grateful for the support I've gotten. It's unbelievable. Unbelievable turnaround."
The 24-year-old Stanley, one of the tour's longest hitters at only 5-foot-11 and 165 pounds, birdied the par-5 13th and par-4 14th to take a one-stroke lead at 15 under. On No. 13, the bearded former Clemson star powered a 376-yard drive just through the desert area to set up the tying two-putt birdie.
"Got a really good break there, not quite sure how that ball ended up where it did," Stanley said. "We only hit 9-iron in there."
On 14, he hit a 325-yard drive down the middle and holed a 12-footer to take lead.
"Kind of a chip wedge in there," he said.
Levin, winless on the PGA Tour, birdied the 14th to regain a share of the lead, but dropped back with a double-bogey 7 on the par-5 15th.
"I just didn't have it," Levin said. "Maybe I was looking ahead too much and trying too hard. What are you going to do? I tried my best."
On 15, Levin's drive bounced off the cart path on the right and ended up against cactus in the desert area. He took an awkward stance near the cactus and got the ball back into the second cut just off the fairway with a hockey-style shot with his driver. After his caddie removed pieces of the cactus from Levin's shirt and pants, the fiery chain-smoker hit his third shot in the water short and right of the green.
"I pushed it a little bit, but I guess I didn't hit enough club," Levin said. "I thought 4-iron would go over the green and 5-iron didn't carry."
Stanley, playing two groups ahead of Levin, parred the final three holes, playing a great recovery shot from under cactus to the right of the short par-4 17th.
He birdied Nos. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 11 to get to 13 under, and within three strokes of the faltering Levin.
Levin birdied No. 4 to reach 18 under, but bogeyed Nos. 4 and 6 and dropped two more strokes on Nos. 11 and 12 to let Stanley into the mix.
Stanley, though, wasn't fully aware where he stood.
"I didn't pay much attention to the leaderboards until maybe four or five holes left," Stanley said. "Once I made a couple birdies there on the back nine, I figured I was maybe getting close. But I didn't really think about it too much today. I made the mistake of thinking about it probably all of the final round last week. So, this week, I just kind of tried to just let it happen."
D.J. Trahan had a 66 to finish fourth at 12 under, and Brendan Steele (64) was another stroke back along with Kevin Na (65) and Bubba Watson (70).
The crowd was announced at 58,447, bringing the seven-day total to 518,262. A tournament-record 173,210 watched play Saturday. The tournament record for a week of 538,356 was set in 2008. ... Phil Mickelson shot a 73 to tie for 26th at 6 under. "I just couldn't quite get it going," the former Arizona State star said. ... Mark Wilson, the 2011 winner, closed with a 64 to tie for 19th at 7 under.


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"During our first few months at Harvard, we looked at different markets and started seeing what we could take advantage of, and we stumbled on the market of grocery coupons," said Jason Gurwin, who co-founded Pushpins with his Harvard classmate, Peter Michailidis. "Grocery coupons have practically been done the same way they were done 100 years ago, so we wondered, 'What happens if you get rid of the paper and do the process completely digitally from your smart phone?'"
The business partners entered their Pushpins idea into an executive summary competition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in February 2010 and won the $5,000 first-place prize — which was enough for them to start building it into a basic mobile app.
Two months later, venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners approached the pair with an invitation to its annual fellowship program, which flew the Pushpins team out to Silicon Valley with a $50,000 grant to develop a market-ready version of the app over the course of 10 weeks. At the end of the program, the company was delivering coupons to shoppers in 250 area stores, and in September 2010, it received an investment of more than $1 million from Lightspeed and Archimedes Capital to further expand that footprint.
Today, the iPhone and iPad app features digital coupons that can be redeemed at more than 6,000 grocery stores, which accept the coupons through their existing point-of-sale systems.
"It's amazing that, from the stores' business perspective, this doesn't really change the game for coupons," Gurwin said. "Now, they're simply sending coupons to manufacturers with the digital infrastructure they already had in place, instead of doing paper drops."
While Gurwin and Michailidis were expanding their one-click coupon clip platform by persuading consumer brands — many of which are located in New Jersey — to include their products on Pushpin's database and pay per clip, San Francisco, Calif.-based Performance Marketing Brands, which operates online shopping programs Ebates.com and FatWallet.com, approached the business partners with an acquisition offer that was sweeter than any potential rounds of growth capital.
"We went into this business wanting to build something big, and we knew the best way to do that was either to raise more capital or to partner up with a company we admire," Gurwin said. "When PMB reached out to us, we saw what their strategy in mobile retail was and we were shocked at how close it was to what we saw the future of shopping being."
Though PMB now owns 100 percent of the company, Gurwin said he views the acquisition as an opportunity for him to further grow Pushpin's sales and technology platforms, as his original team currently leverages Ebates.com's large sales force and extensive technical experience.
"A lot of people say an acquisition is the end for an entrepreneur, but I think this is part of the beginning, as we can now bring what we've done to tens to millions of shoppers," Gurwin said. "The goal is to make grocery shopping easy for everyone, including the stores, and with PMB, we have an even better chance of making that happen."


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- Direct replacement for Mitsubishi Lancer high beam headlight bulbs
- Correct optical focus for increased output with no added glare
- Perfect 9005 fitment, no modification needed
- Designed and validated to OEM lighting standards
- Engineered and Assembled in USA
SL1 LED Headlight
Aftermarket or OEM? If you're looking to improve visibility on your Mitsubishi Lancer at night, you've probably found many options for LED upgrades. Most bulbs on the market are too big to install, don't work with the electrical system, and have no focus or hotspot in the beam pattern. Even if they come close on those aspects, they still aren't anything close to the quality you would find with factory-installed lighting. Like most aftermarket products, most LED bulbs are not engineered and tested for long-term reliability.
With the SL1 LED, Diode Dynamics set out to engineer a true OEM-grade solution. With its compact size, optically correct output, flow-simulated cooling, and boost-mode electrical circuit, our SL1 LED patented design is a properly-engineered solution that finally provides a true upgrade in performance, with high reliability: and it's tested and validated to meet those standards, just like OEM lighting.
Compact Size. Your order includes two bulbs, to replace the factory high beam bulbs on your Lancer. The bulbs are compact in size, in a patented design that isn't much bigger than the original halogen bulb. The drivers are compact too! If you have a sealed headlamp, they are designed to fit inside. The drivers and bulbs are tested to last over time, even when sealed inside with the heat of the headlamp.
Street Legal Output. Don't be fooled by high lumen numbers or "projector specific" bulbs. Your Lancer headlights are designed as a system, to focus light. If the light source in that system is out of focus, it doesn't matter how bright it is. You won't have a focused hotspot of light to shine down the road, you'll just have more glare. To correct this, the SL1 LED headlight bulb was engineered with advanced optical design software, which simulates each ray of light in a process known as "ray tracing." Using this tool, our engineers perfectly matched the filament location, allowing the SL1 LED to focus light just like your original bulb, preserving the focus and hotspot, with no added glare. It produces a functional beam pattern on the road, in compliance with photometric standards, for a safe, functional output, which we call Street Legal.
Tested to Perform. We test the SL1 bulb in factory headlamps, and measure the entire beam pattern using specialized equipment. It's an elaborate affair: a headlight is mounted to a computer-controlled rotating head called a goniometer. Light shines down a tunnel, where a sensor collects data as the headlight is rotated. The entire beam pattern is mapped, and we compare the total output to the original halogen, confirming that the SL1 bulb shines more light in the hotspot, without adding extra glare on the road. The test results speak for themselves: in most lamps, like the 2015 F-150 Halogen lamp, there is 30-70% more light in the critical hotspot, with no added glare or spread of light. With proper optical engineering, testing, and validation in the application, we can assure correct optical performance. Click here to learn more: Measuring Headlight Output Video.
Staying Cool. You may have seen bulbs that use large straps for cooling, or big fans that just make noise. These bulbs still run hot, pushing the LEDs past their limits, resulting in degradation of output after a few months. When it comes to cooling, proper engineering is required to efficiently remove heat from the bulb. In the SL1, it comes together as a whole system that was extensively tested, with dozens of iterations to achieve the best cooling performance possible. It includes a direct-solder copper core board, thermal phase-change interface material, and thermally-modeled zinc casting get heat to the base, where base fins are designed for aerodynamic performance in conjunction with the flow rate and pressure of the Sunon bearingless microfan. The result is a highly-effective and reliable cooling system, keeping the bulb running at maximum potential. Click here to learn more: Are Your Headlight Bulbs Too Hot? Video.
Fitment. With its patented design, the SL1 LED fits where other bulbs won't, without cutting or modification. There's no hanging metal straps, just a compact bulb that plugs right in, with an exclusive reinforced shroud to keep the heat off any other components or wiring. Only slightly larger than a standard halogen bulb, it fits behind dust caps and in tight spaces. The driver and bulb are tested to function when sealed inside the headlamp - no worries about heat buildup! The base sizes on the bulb are also are keyed for exact applications, not one-size-fits-all, and the compact driver easily tucks away.
Driven. Rather than a simple buck regulator found on other bulbs, the SL1 uses a unique boost-mode circuit, which prevents thermal imbalance in the LEDs over time - again, just like you would find in OEM LEDs. It also has transient protection for long life in automotive circuits. Diode Dynamics engineers also analyzed dozens of OEM electrical systems, and added current-monitoring circuitry to mimic the electrical characteristic of halogen bulbs, drastically reducing the need for CAN-BUS adapters (though they're still needed on some applications).
Reliability. Every part of the SL1 LED was designed for reliability, from the custom wiring with strain reliefs and solderless terminals, to the exclusive zinc castings, to the reinforced high-temperature PP-GF plastics (the same used in halogen bulb bases). Each component was designed and tested, with dozens of variations of each component reviewed until we achieved the maximum performance possible. Finally, the SL1 was put through its paces in our environmental testing chambers - where the bulb successfully performed through dozens of thermal cycles, from -40 through 85 degrees Celsius (-40 to 185F). Whether you're in the Sahara or northern Canada, the SL1 will keep performing for years, and is backed by a three year warranty. Click here to learn more: Reliability Testing of LED Headlight Bulbs Video.
Experience. After over a decade in business, Diode Dynamics is one of the most trusted names in automotive LED lighting. We directly assemble and engineer an increasing number of products in the United States, allowing for higher quality and performance, with the newest and brightest LED technology. No matter what you're driving, we pride ourselves in offering only the best possible LED solutions. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss your lighting project!
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- Optically correct focus, for true performance upgrade.
- 1630 lumens per bulb.
- 6000K cool white color.
- Designed and tested to OEM standards, for long life.
What's Included
NOTE: These bulbs are a direct replacement for halogen headlight bulbs only and will not replace OEM HID bulbs.
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NOTE: These bulbs are a direct replacement for halogen headlight bulbs only and will not replace OEM HID bulbs.
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Installation Time: 20-30 minutes
Tools Needed: Basic Toolset
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All Diode Dynamics products come with a 3 Year Worry-Free Warranty.
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North American Open (December 26-29) at Bally's in Las Vegas has reached approximately 621 players plus 21 re-entries. In the four-day schedule, GMs Varuzhan Akobian (the top seed) and Alex Yermolinsky (who beat the upset hero of the first two rounds, Expert Vincent Huang) are joined by 14-year-old FM Daniel Naroditsky of Northern California.
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Akobian downed FM Robby Adamson in a tactical time scramble.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5
The "Black Knights Tango" has become sort of a King's Indian position. White's spatial advantage gives him the edge.
10.Be2 0–0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.0–0 Bd7 14.Rc1 a5 15.Qc2 Qb6 16.Kh1 a4 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Bf2 Qa5 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Be3 Kh7 21.Rc2 Bf8
Now White's positional advantage is translated into tactics.
22.f4! Nxf4 23.Bxf4
23.g3 is a good alternative, either capturing on f7 with check or winning two pieces for a rook after 23...Bh3.
23...exf4 24.Rxf4 Kg8 25.Bc4 Bd6 26.Rf3 Re8 27.Qxh6 Re7 28.Rcf2 Qc5 29.Bd3 Qd4
Time to open a key square for the attack. The next ten moves were played in time pressure by both players (Black more so) and without a time delay on the clock.
30.e5! Qxe5 31.Ne4 Qg7 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qg5 Bc8 34.h3 Be5 35.d6!
And another key square becomes available.
35...cxd6 36.Nd5 Re6 37.Qd8+ Re8 38.Rxf7+ Qxf7 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Bxg6+ Kxg6 41.Qxe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg6 43.Nb6 Ra5 1–0
Naroditsky, as White, swindled GM Sundarajan Kidambi of India at time control.
With Black's queen just having moved away from g3, White was free to play 40.Rf1. Now 40…Kg5 wins for Black, but the GM wrongly figured it was time to remove White's advanced pawn. 40…Qxd7?? 41.Rxf5+! Qxf5 42.g4+ Kh4 43.gxf5 Kxh3 and suddenly Black has a real threat, but 44.Qg6 ends resistance as White's queen will soon be replaced by a new one.
Seven players trail with 2 ½ points in the 73-player section. And in the three-day schedule, GM Dmitry Gurevich, FMs Kazim Gulamali and Istvan Somogyi, and NM David Zimbeck have perfect scores of 2-0. This schedule will play two more G/75 rounds before the "great merge" Monday night. Stay tuned!
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This is the story of a cloud and its silver lining.
First, the cloud: Numerous programming flaws in the Android kernel include 88 high-risk defects that could leave users' sensitive information exposed, analysis firm Coverity announced today.
Specifically, in a study whose results are due to be published tomorrow, Coverity examined the code in version 2.6.32 of the open source Android kernel, which is used in phones including the HTC Droid Incredible. Some 359 software defects were revealed by Coverity's analysis, and roughly 25 percent of those were considered high-risk, with the potential to cause security breaches and crashes, the firm reported.
The study is part of the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report, which details the analysis of more than 61 million lines of open source code from 291 popular and widely used open source projects. Included among those projects analyzed were also Linux, Apache, Samba and PHP.
Coverity has notified both Google and HTC about the Android flaws. If verified, they could be fixed via a wireless update.
The Cloud
Discoveries such as this one might seem alarming for users under any circumstances, but they're potentially even more troubling in this case given the increasing use of Android smartphones by business organizations.
Android now dominates the U.S. smartphone market with a 44 percent share, Canalys just reported today. Not only that, but much of the platform's growth has come at the expense of Research in Motion, whose BlackBerry platform has long been a favorite among businesses. Specifically, Android grew from 33 percent of all smartphones purchased in the U.S. in Q2 to 44 percent in Q3, NPD Group reported this morning; RIM, on the other hand, declined from 28 percent to 22 percent during the same period.
Recognizing Android's growing role in the enterprise, in fact, Google just last week introduced new administrative controls to help businesses manage Android-based devices.
The Silver Lining
Lest businesses begin to question Android's suitability for enterprise use in light of Coverity's new data, however, let's turn now to the cloud's silver lining. First is the fact that the code in the Froyo kernel Coverity studied actually had fewer flaws per thousand lines than most open source code does, the firm said. That's not to say that open source code is buggier than closed source code, either–it's just that closed source code isn't available for analyses like these, so no such comparisons can be made.
Therein, in fact, lies the second, even more significant point to remember here: It is only by virtue of the fact that Android's kernel is open source that these problems were even found. There's an excellent chance that Apple's iPhone, for instance, includes at least as many programming flaws, but the world will never know because that code is proprietary and visible only to Apple.
As with the Linux operating system it's based on, one of the big security advantages of Android is that much of the code is open and thus visible to the world for inspection and testing. Apple's products actually have more security flaws than any others, research firm Secunia recently declared. But because its code is closed, iOS will never benefit from tests such as Coverity's.
The Open Advantage
So while it's certain iPhone fans will jump on Coverity's data as evidence for the superiority of their favorite platform, the reality is that this data proves why open code is more secure. When code is closed, the world depends on the company that made it to test it, find the problems and fix them quickly. That's a lot to expect of any single entity with limited staff, competing pressures and a constrained timetable.
Open code such as that in the Android kernel, on the other hand, can be continuously scrutinized every day by interested developers and users around the world, as well as by analysis firms like Coverity. The result? Flaws are found and fixed more quickly, and the resulting code is better. Forget silver linings–this one just might be solid gold.
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2012 Statute
|Article 4. - BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS
84-4-210. (a) A collecting bank has a security interest in an item and any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either:
(1) In case of an item deposited in an account, to the extent to which credit given for the item has been withdrawn or applied;
(2) in case of an item for which it has given credit available for withdrawal as of right, to the extent of the credit given, whether or not the credit is drawn upon or there is a right of charge-back; or
(3) if it makes an advance on or against the item.
(b) If credit given for several items received at one time or pursuant to a single agreement is withdrawn or applied in part the security interest remains upon all the items, any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either. For the purpose of this section, credits first given are first withdrawn.
(c) Receipt by a collecting bank of a final settlement for an item is a realization on its security interest in the item, accompanying documents and proceeds. So long as the bank does not receive final settlement for the item or give up possession of the item or possession or control of the accompanying documents for purposes other than collection, the security interest continues to that extent and is subject to article 9, but:
(1) No security agreement is necessary to make the security interest enforceable (K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 84-9-203(b)(3)(A), and amendments thereto);
(2) no filing is required to perfect the security interest; and
(3) the security interest has priority over conflicting perfected security interests in the item, accompanying documents, or proceeds.
History: L. 1965, ch. 564, § 217; L. 1991, ch. 296, § 91; L. 2000, ch. 142, § 146; L. 2007, ch. 90, § 63; July 1, 2008.
|Article 4. - BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS


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Age 28 from Tacoma, WA
Age 28 from Tacoma , WA
About LAURAN :
"Love oral sex!! love a man who's good with his tongue.. put you between my legs and keep u there for hours straight lol u can come up for air though… dont want no dead guy there LOL
fav positions are doggy (straight up best no doubt) and reverse cowgirl is fun to give you the righteous view lol
Here are some do's and don'ts to help you make sure you're having a good time, staying safe and being a good fuck buddy:
DON'T: Don't text her at all hours of the evening. Just because she is having casual sex with you doesn't mean you should be bugging her all the time. She might be married...
DO: Always use a condom and make sure to get tested for STD's regularly. Also, look out for cold sores and don't have casual sex with women who look like they may have had a lot of unprotected sex.
DON'T: Don't stay too long. You're there for casual sex and not a relationship. Remember, she might have just fucked you, but her husband or boyfriend could be coming home any minute.
DON'T: Don't cuddle after sex. Remember you are trying to keep this a no string attached night. You're there for sex, and once you are done you should not be giving her the wrong impression.
DO: Keep repeating to yourself before, during and after sex, that this is just about sex and not love. That good feeling you are getting while she is riding you or giving you a blowjob is not love...
DO: Experiment and keep things wild. You're not there to make love, you're there for crazy sex, so make it crazy. Ask her if you can tie her to the bed, or ask her if you can cum on her face. Chances are she is meeting you for local casual sex because she wants to try new things too!
DON'T: Don't be mean to your casual sex partner. Remember, this could be the first time she has ever had sex with a random local stranger too. She could be nervous, and you probably are too. The goal is to have fun and have sex and to go home laid, not to go home angry.


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Be sure to remove any leaves from your lawn to help reduce lawn problems; shred leaves and add to compost.
Gardening "To Do" Tips by Month for Billings, MT
Test your garden soil and make any necessary changes to improve it for next spring.
Water trees, shrubs, and evergreens until the ground freezes. Apply a layer of mulch around these plants to help reduce winter injury.
After a frost, dig up dahlias.
Transplant trees and rosebushes.
Finish seeding your new lawns by the middle of the month.
This is the best time to fertilize your lawn if you only do so once a year.
As long as your grass continues to grow, you can continue mowing it.
Remove weeds, debris, and dead or diseased plants, as well as plants that had disease problems this year. Insects and diseases can overwinter in these plants.
Look for slug egg masses under mulch and destroy.
Harvest any remaining vegetables sensitive to frost, included winter squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes.
Harvest orchard apples.
Prune everbearing raspberries.
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With the PC-1251, Sharp started off their product range of really tiny pocket
computers. It was the third original design after the PC-121x and
PC-1500 series.
Contrary to its predecessors, it was really pocket sized, measuring only 135 x 70 x 9.5 mm. Nevertheless, it featured a 24 character display, and with 4 KB RAM it even outclassed the PC-1500 basic version. The major drawback of the new design was that the tiny keys are only compatible with pointed fingers.
The PC-1251 was based on a new 8-bit CMOS micro processor, the SC61860, which
was mounted on the main PCB together with the display driver chip SC43536. On an additional small PCB, 24 KB ROM (LH532917) and 4 KB RAM (two HM6116 2k x 8
chips) were located. A new feature was the so-called "reserve memory" which
allowed to assign often used BASIC commands or functions to 18 of the
alphanumeric keys.
Together with the PC-1251, the CE-125 thermal printer and micro cassette
recorder unit was introduced. With integrated NiCd accumulators, it was fully
mains independent and made the 1251 into a very compact mobile computing system. The CE-125 also featured an additional tape interface for external tape recorders.
The PC-1250 was the same machine as the PC-1251 but with only 2 KB of RAM.
Thanks to Roman von Wartburg and his site for information and picture.
Selling my PC 1251 on ebay
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Summer vacation time is upon us. If you have been saving up for your dream vacation for years, you may want to make sure your dream spot is still the best place to go. A new study has found that when we fantasize about such trips before they are possible, we tend to overlook the negatives – thus influencing our decision-making down the line.
"We were interested in the effects of positive fantasies – what happens when people imagine an idealized, best-case-scenario version of the future, compared to when they imagine a less idealized version," says Heather Kappes of New York University, author of the study published online this week in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. "This is one of the first papers to examine selective information acquisition at this early stage, before people are seriously considering a possibility."
Say, for example, that you would like to take a trip to Australia this year but think you are very unlikely to do so – you have no more vacation time left, cannot afford it, or would rather save up for a new car. But you still daydream about how nice it would be to see the Australian Outback and lie on the white sand beaches, perhaps without thinking about the long plane ride there or the poisonous animals. Those daydreams, Kappes says, have powerful effects.
To test those effects, Kappes and co-author Gabriele Oettingen asked people to imagine a particular future about one of three topics: wearing glamorous high-heeled shoes, making money in the stock market, or taking a vacation. To induce positive fantasies for each topic, the study participants were prompted to think about how great it would be to do each activity. In the control condition, participants also imagined experiencing the future, but were prompted to think about the negatives as well, with questions like "Would it really be so great?" In both conditions, participants wrote down what they were thinking, for the researchers to ensure they were engaged in the imagery.
After that exercise, the researchers offered the participants a choice of different types of information. For example, participants could browse a website describing the positive and negative health consequences of wearing high heels, and researchers noted how much more time they spent reading about positive versus negative consequences. Or, they could choose which of five (fictitious) tripadvisor.com reviews they wanted to read, and researchers recorded whether they chose one that was more pro-trip (i.e., five stars) or con-trip (i.e., one star).
Kappes' team found that for each topic, imagining the idealized version made people prefer to learn about the pros rather than the cons of the future event. "These effects are pronounced when people are not seriously considering pursuing a given future," Kappes says.
The work has important implications for even the most deliberate of decision-makers. "When people are seriously considering implementing a decision like taking a trip, they often engage in careful deliberations about the pros versus cons," Kappes says. "Our work suggests that before getting to this point, positive fantasies might lead people to acquire biased information – to learn more about the pros rather than the cons. Thus, even if people deliberate very carefully on the information they've acquired, they could still make poor decisions."
People need to be aware of these effects to ensure that they acquire balanced information before it is time to make a decision, she says. The study also contributes to a larger body of research about the powerful consequences of mental imagery – and shows that positive thinking may not always be best. "Although there are benefits to imagining a positive future, there are also drawbacks, and it's important to recognize them in order to most effectively pursue our goals."
The paper "Wishful Information Preference: Positive Fantasies Mimic the Effects of Intentions" was published online on May 30, 2012, in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).
SPSP promotes scientific research that explores how people think, behave, feel, and interact. With more than 7,000 members, the Society is the largest organization of social and personality psychologists in the world. Follow us on Twitter: @SPSPnews
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Messrs. J. Van Dyke Norman, of Louisville, Ky., and Frank Lyon and George H. Lamar, both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Charles W. Needham, of Washington, D. C., and Joseph W. Folk, of St. Louis, Mo., for defendant in error. [246 U.S. 638, 639]
Mr. Justice CLARKE delivered the opinion of the Court.
The facts of this case are not disputed and are as follows:
By mistake in printing its tariff, the published rate of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company on coal from mines in Kentucky to Speeds, Ind., was increased on July 29, 1906, to $1.10 per ton from $1, which had been the rate before.
The mistake was not noticed and the old rate was charged and paid by relator (plaintiff in error) on shipments until the following February, when, the increased published rate being discovered, it was charged and collected until the next April, when the former rate was restored.
Promptly on April 19, 1907, the relator wrote the Interstate Commerce Commission, explaining the circumstances, and requesting that the railroad company be authorized to refund the overcharges paid, February 11 to April 10, 1907, amounting to $595.65.
The Commission replied to this letter, that if the railroad company would file with the Commission an admission that the rate had been increased through error and would ask for authority to make the refund, the subject would receive consideration.
This statement of the Commission was immediately communicated to the railroad company, but it refused to make the required admission of mistake and to request authority to make the refund until the full published rate was paid on shipments made before the mistake was discovered. This led to dispute and delay, with the result that these excess charges ($1,335.25) were not paid until February 1, 1911
In the following November the relator filed its petition with the Commission asking for an order permitting the railroad company to refund the entire amount, in excess of the former rate, paid under the mistakenly published tariff. [246 U.S. 638, 640] The railroad company admitted that it never in ended to increase the rate and consented that the reparation order prayed for should be issued.
The Commission found, as a matter of fact, that the mistakenly published rate of $1.10 was unreasonable to the extent that it exceeded $1 per ton, and then, holding that all complaints for the recovery of damages must be filed with the Commission within two years from the date of the delivery of the shipment, it ruled that the letter of the relator to the Commission of April 19, 1907, making claim for the overcharges which had been paid between February 11 and April 10, 1907, was sufficient to satisfy the law, and ultimately issued to the railroad company authority to pay this amount to the relator; but the Commission further held that the complaint for the recovery of the overcharges for the period prior to February 11th, although filed within nine months of the date of their payment, was not in time to meet the requirement of section 16 of the act that 'all complaints for the recovery of damages shall be filed with the Commission within two years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after,' and that 'they (the overcharges) are, therefore, barred from our consideration.'
The relator filed its petition for a writ of mandamus in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, which petition was denied, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District affirming this holding is here for review.
The lower courts arrived at their conclusion by holding that the Commission entertained jurisdiction over the portion of the relator's claim which was rejected; that in the exercise of that jurisdiction it held the claim to be barred and that this was an exercise of discretion committed by law to the Commission which is not subject to control by the writ of mandamus.
We think the courts fell into error in thus interpreting the language used by the Commission in its report. [246 U.S. 638, 641] As to the portion of the claim which we are considering, the report of the Commission is as follows:
The concluding sentence thus used by the Commission, that 'They [the overcharges] are therefore barred from our consideration,' implies that in the opinion of the Commission the two-year provision of the sixteenth section of the act is a limitation upon its power, and that the construction which it gave to this limitation placed the claim we are considering so beyond its jurisdiction that it could not consider it, and reference to the case cited as authority for its conclusion, Blinn Lumber Co. v. Southern Pacific Co., 18 Interst. Com. Com'n R. 430, makes it clear that such was the intended holding. In that case the Commission expresses its conclusion in this form:
And in Anaconda Copper Mining Co. v. C. & E. [246 U.S. 638, 642] R. R. Co., 19 Interst. Com. Com'n R. 592, decided seven months later, the Commission makes a yet more emphatic announcement of its views upon the subject, saying:
It is thus made very clear that the holding of the Commission was, not that, having jurisdiction over the claim upon consideration thereof, is was found to be barred by a statute of limitation, but that the language of the two-year provision of the act was jurisdictional, and placed it so beyond its power that it could not be considered at all, and that, for this reason, the petition, to the extent it related to the overcharges paid on February 1, 1911, was dismissed.
We agree with this conclusion of the Commission, that the two-year provision of the act is not a mere statute of limitation, but is jurisdictional-is a limit set to the power of the Commission as distinguished from a rule of law for the guidance of it in reaching its conclusion. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co., 216 U.S. 538, 544 , 30 S. Sup. Ct. 417. That such was the opinion of this court was clearly intimated in Phillips v. Grand Trunk Western R. R. Co., 236 U.S. 662, 667 , 35 S. Sup. Ct. 444, and it conforms in principle to the holdings of the court with respect to a similar limitation, but for six years, on the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. Ford v. United States, 116 U.S. 213 , 6 Sup. Ct. 360; Finn v. United States, 123 U.S. 227, 232 , 8 S. Sup. Ct. 82; United States v. Ward. well, 172 U.S. 48, 52 , 19 S. Sup. Ct. 86.
That the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, [246 U.S. 638, 643] in a proper case, has power to direct the Commission by mandamus to entertain and proceed to adjudicate a cause which it has erroneously declared to be not within its jurisdiction is decided in Interstate Commerce Commission v. Humboldt Steamship Co., 224 U.S. 474 , 32 Sup. Ct. 556. If the Commission did so err, on the authority of many decisions, among them Ex parte Russell, 13 Wall. 664, Ex parte Schollenberger, 96 U.S. 369 , Hollon Parker, Petitioner, 131 U.S. 221 , 9 Sup. Ct. 708, In re Grossmayer, Petitioner, 177 U.S. 48 , 20 Sup. Ct. 535, and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Humboldt Steamship Co., 224 U.S. 474, 485 , 32 S. Sup. Ct. 556, the courts may correct such error on a petition for mandamus, where, as in this case, the erroneous decision cannot be reviewed on appeal or writ of error.
There remains the question, Did the Commission place an erroneous interpretation upon the scope of its jurisdiction under this two-year provision in section 16 of the act, in excluding the claim which we have before us from its consideration?
This provision first appears in an amendment to the act, approved June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. vol. 1, c. 3591, 5, p. 590), and in January, 1908 the Commission published as its construction of the limitation the following, viz.:
The decisions of the Commission show (15 Interst. Com. Com'n R. 201, 235, 533; Marshall & Michel Grain Co. v. St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co., 16 Interst. Com. Com'n R. 385) that it adhered to this construction until May, 1910, when in Blinn Lumber Co. v. Southern Pacific Co., 18 Interst. Com. Com'n R. 430, it changed its ruling and adopted the holding that the cause of action accrues when the shipment was delivered.
This change, as the report of the Commission shows, resulted, not from any modification of opinion as to the meaning of the language used, but from the conclusion of a majority of its members that such interpreta ion was necessary to give effect to other provisions of the act, especially those relating to rebates and undue preferences. [246 U.S. 638, 644] But this two-year provision, obviously enough, relates only to the recovery of money damages, and if Congress had intended that the cause of action of the shipper to recover damages for unreasonable charges should accrue when the shipment was received, or when it was delivered by the carrier, we cannot doubt that a simple and obvious form for expressing that intention would have been used, instead of the expression 'from the time the cause of action accrues.' And in this connection we cannot fail to recognize that when the statute was enacted the time when a cause of action accrues had been settled by repeated decisions of this court to be when a suit may first be legally instituted upon it (Amy v. Dubuque, 98 U.S. 470 , 474; United States v. Taylor, 104 U.S. 216 , 222; Rice v. United States, 122 U.S. 611, 617 , 7 S. Sup. Ct. 1377), and, since no clearly controlling language to the contrary is used, it must be assumed that Congress intended that this familiar expression should be given the well-understood meaning which had been given to it by this court. We therefore conclude, as was held, without special discussion of the point, in Phillips v. Grand Trunk Western R. R. Co., 236 U.S. 662, 666 , 668 S., 35 Sup. Ct. 444, which in this respect really rules the case before us, that the proper construction of this jurisdictional provision requires that the cause of action of the shipper in this case shall be held not to have accrued until payment had been made of the unreasonable charges, and that, therefore, the interpretation which the Commission placed upon its jurisdictional power is erroneous.
The unusual and purely fortuitous circumstance, that the character of this jurisdictional limitation on the power of the Commission chances to be such that the giving of a correct construction to it must result in determining the character of the decision which the Commission must render when the case is returned to it, cannot affect the power of this court or that of the lower [246 U.S. 638, 645] courts to define what that jurisdiction is under the act of Congress or the duty of the Commission to accept and act upon such definition when announced.
It results that the judgment of the Court of Appeals must be reversed and that the case must be remanded to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, with direction that a writ of mandamus issue to the Commission, directing that it proceed to dispose of the claim in controversy under the construction placed upon its jurisdiction by this opinion.
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The Late Movies: Portlandia
Tonight: sketch comedy by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein about Portland, Oregon. As a longtime Portland resident, I can tell you that these videos are made with love and respect for the inherent contradictions of Portland's youth culture. Portland isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind -- a sort of blissed-out, shaggy-haired, "Wow, is is still raining?" kind of thing, that's equal parts ridiculous and wonderful. This is a place where a bumper sticker reading "Keep Portland Weird" is found on 25% of cars. We accept people who have a lack of ambition (and people who are ambitious about small things); we know it's sometimes ridiculous, and we love it.
Armisen and Brownstein launch their Portland-based sketch series Portlandia on IFC in January. Below is the first official clip from the show, plus some older sketches the duo made before signing the TV deal.
The Dream of the '90s is Alive in Portland
This has already become the official theme of Portland. I used to work two blocks from where this was shot -- it's a smallish town. I cannot tell you how many Portlanders love and agree with this.
Armisen: "Remember when people were content to be unambitious? To sleep till eleven, to just hang out with their friends? I mean they had no occupations whatsoever...maybe working a couple hours a week at a coffeeshop?" Brownstein: "Right. I thought that died out a long time ago." Armisen: "Not in Portland. Portland is a city where young people go to retire."
Portland Pet Haven
Armisen: "This is Sissalee. She's a Dachshund, she's fourteen years old, really active, and wants to live in a home with no children and no adults."
Feminist Bookstore
Brownstein: "I fire-walk in my bathroom sometimes, just when I get out of the shower...."
Feminist Bookstore Part 2
Brownstein: "I don't want to play anything that would be offensive to somebody, or make somebody feel like they're having sex." Also, secret neti pot reference.
The Perfect Song
Brownstein (who is, by the way, formerly of Sleater-Kinney): "So I was thinking on the sixth chorus we could do something like, 'la-da-da-da-da-da, if you'd walk with me in the rain, if you held my hand and didn't call my insane, I'd love you more, I'd take you to the grocery store.'"
Featuring a special appearance by Corin Tucker and Lance Bangs wearing an Electrelane tee-shirt. Now that's Portland.
Armisen: "I am full-on sick from the food at this place. I vomited so much that my doctor called me 'A New Era in Food Poisoning.'" Brownstein: "I feel like 'A New Era' in anything is a compliment, and that's what we're trying to do with Katchenza, so...."
This is Nice
A meditation on satisfaction, validation, and existential aloneness. Recommended for fans of Jim Jarmusch.
If you can handle a lot of anger over nothing, check out Closed. "I don't wanna feel like this anymore!" Most things in Portland are closed sometimes. It happens. It can be rough. My favorite YouTube comment: "I? really appreciate the anger involved."


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Last summer, professors, researchers and students at the University of Michigan Biological Station launched what's known in nature circles as a bio-blitz—in this case, a 3-day attempt to inventory every species of organism living on the grounds of the 10,000-acre UMBS. Interesting to note that the team found 450 species of moths and butterflies and only two species of slime mold. People afraid of woods and swamps might have thought it would be the reverse. Also, the count doesn't include spiders because no expert spider identifier was around those three July days. And many other species almost certainly exist on the UMBS grounds, but were not found.
The final count came in right around 1,700, including 19 mammals, 81 birds, 323 forms of algae, 37 mollusks …
Below are links to brief essays written by University of Michigan Professor Keith Taylor, his assistant Alan J. Hogg, Jr. and students about the bio-blitz and other outings in nature.
- Evidence of Things Not Seen, by Keith Taylor
- Commoners, by Alan J. Hogg, Jr.
- Flexing Our Mussels, by Stefanie Trout
- Lying in Wait, by Vince McKeon
- Small-Game Hunting, Kyle Anderson
- Eco-Blitzed, by Jordan Boyce
- The Survivors, J. Thomas
- Collaboration in the Reeds, by Janee Kronk
- Batting on the Maple River, by Eryn Duffield
- Raccoons, by Breanne Vander Naald
If you have a memory or thoughts to share about the University of Michigan Biological Station–bio-blitz or otherwise–we invite you to write in the comment section below.


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So I just whipped up this version of Simplicity 2444. It's the same pattern I used for my "Home Sewing Is Easy" dress, just sleeveless. It's made in this wonderful cotton brocade from B&J, and I jazzed it up with black piping around the neckline, armholes, and waistline.
Hair update! I put a coat of Pravana Violet over my last dye job, since it faded badly. I think this shade might be too cool/dark for me? I'm not sure.


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OMG I'm making a challenge. I've been afraid to do so since I might be lazy in prizes...but no, I'm disciplining myself. Lol. NOW THEN. DETAILS.
What I want you to do is to make an ecard that relates to sports. It's that simple. It could just be the quote that references a sport (or sports terminology), whether humorous, serious, chock full of innuendos, or whatever else you'd like. Or the quote could be anything, but the card must be from a sports anime/game or real life players. So just as long as it has to do with activities formally known as sports, then you're good.
Some sports anime/manga, if interested:
Oofuri (Big Windup!) - baseball
Slam Dunk - basketball
Dear Boys/Hoop Days - basketball
Major - baseball
Hajime no Ippo - boxing
Ashita no Joe - boxing
Prince of Tennis - tennis (dur)
Basquash - some kind of basketball hybrid, lol
Eyeshield 21 - football
Whistle! - soccer
Overdrive - cycling
I know there's tons of others, but those were the first that came to mind. :) Little notes: I accept martial arts, kendo, swimming, and even street racing (Initial D, anyone? Lol) as sports. If you have concerns about what you wanna use, just ask.
1st: an ecard made by me with any scan you'd like, as well as an icon/avi
2nd: an ecard with a scan of your choice
3rd: an icon/avi with scan of your choice
Submission Limit is 3! So you may submit up to 3 entries for this. :) Good luck everyone!


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Yesterday, Germany beat Argentina in extra time to win the 2014 World Cup, and the only surprise is how many onlookers thought their victory was anything but inevitable.
It should go without saying, but winning a World Cup is incredibly hard. A nation needs a long list of things. It needs a gaggle of superstars. It needs a great manager. It needs a stout defense. It needs a roster packed with fit, capable players who can last seven matches in a month against the best competition in the world, competition that only gets stronger as the tournament progresses. And just as important, it needs luck.
Luck is the immeasurable, the unexplainable, that governs everything from how the groups are drawn to the bounce or spin on a ball in the game to which players get hurt, how badly, and when.
And yet, it wouldn't be quite right to say that Germany had a lucky World Cup. The world champions' conquest seemed it would end before it even started. Marco Reus, Die Mannschaft's most fearsome, dynamic attacking player, rolled his ankle badly in a tuneup before the tournament, and had to miss it. Their midfield depth was ravaged when Bender twins Sven and Lars were both ruled out, as was Borussia Dortmund midfielder İlkay Gündoğan. Gündoğan's club teammate, left back Marcel Schmelzer, also missed the tournament to injury. Before the tournament, the world got word that starting forward Mario Gómez would miss the tournament, leaving the team with only one true center forward in 36-year-old Miroslav Klose. German captain Philipp Lahm, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, and starting holding midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger and Sami Khedira were all recovering from nagging injuries heading into the Group of Death. In the final against Argentina, Khedira was injured in warmups, and his replacement Christoph Kramer had to be subbed out after he took a blow to the dome in the 17th minute. All of this bad luck felt devastating as it happened. None of it, it turned out, even mattered. The 2014 World Cup has been called, rightly, the greatest, most competitive tournament of all time, and the Germans walked the whole damn thing.
This World Cup was so competitive because it was a tournament in which, for a while, anyway, tactics threatened to trump superstars. One of the biggest stories of the competition—outside of Luis Suárez (God bless him) and clearly concussed players being allowed to play on as if their brains hadn't just bounced around inside their skulls—was the triumph of stout, pragmatic defense. We saw minnows and meh squads like Costa Rica, Algeria, and Greece shock and advance through to the knockout stages because of their defense alone. In the round of 16, we watched flabbergasted as teams like the United States, Switzerland, Algeria, and Chile drew world powers after 90 minutes, and forced Belgium, Argentina, Germany, and Brazil, respectively, to the brink of extra time and penalties. Costa Rica almost Did It against the Dutch in the quarterfinal. Argentina were fielding a flawed squad with a high-powered offense and presumably suspect defense. But even after the goals dried up, La Albiceleste continued to advance through the tournament after a month of solid, stingy, disciplined defensive displays.
It was proof of what we'd already known. The world's greatest game, which reached every corner of the world through 20th-century globalization and conquest, had finally collapsed upon itself. Much of the world's best talent is monopolized and centralized in Western Europe. Before Spain won in 2010, European teams couldn't win outside of Europe, it was thought, because of the physical toll of a month-long tournament in warmer climates. But players now are superhuman, better conditioned and trained, and used to grueling seasons while playing for the world's top teams.
Game-changing tacticians are now on every sideline, everywhere, because ideas are shared and poached faster today than ever before. Dutch Total Football had been taken over by Spain, and then the Germans stole it from them. The old German style—big guys playing long balls—had been appropriated by, of all people, the Brazilians, while the Colombians best represented jogo bonito.
The tournament opened as a high-scoring, thrilling affair, but as it advanced, matches turned into tight, gritty ties between favorites and underdogs who realized that they didn't have to win as long as they didn't lose. Many thought the tournament devolved from the group stage, but it actually evolved into something better, something more, as we saw the world's best nations solve the problems their rivals represented. In the end, everyone failed but the Germans.
The Germans were the best, best-coached team. At no time was this more obvious than just after fouls or balls rolled over the endline, and Die Mannschaft converged on dead balls and dug deep into their play books to capitalize on a set piece.
The world didn't really take note of Germany's ingenuity until their round of 16 match against Algeria, where they tried a play and failed hilariously, when FC Bayern's Thomas Müller approached the ball to strike, stumbled over, got up, ran past the ball, and then sprinted beyond the Algerian wall of defenders. Bayern teammate Toni Kroos then tried to chip it over the defense, but he couldn't, and the highlight made for one of the funniest bloopers of the tournament.
In the replay, however, watch at all the players and all the movement around the ball. Look at Schweinsteiger. It was a scripted play, one meant to surprise and confuse, like a fake punt on fourth-and-12 in football. It's rarely seen on this big a stage because a lot of things have to go right for it to succeed, and so most nations don't even bother designing a play that will probably blow up anyway. But the Germans decided fuck it. They were having fun! This was just one more play in the deepest set-piece catalog of any team at the World Cup.
They had such a deep catalog to choose from, because they weren't pulling from just one source. Many of these players also feature on club superpower Bayern Munich, widely considered the world's best, best-coached club team. Managed by ex-Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, Bayern won the German double last year, and were favorites to win the Champions League until they were shocked in the tournament semifinal by Real Madrid.
Bayern's core also made up Germany's. Bayern are so dangerous because of their ruthless execution, and so it followed that when the Germans won a free kick, they'd probably be devastating as well. They were.
While other nations are at the mercy of the club calendar, able to practice and prepare as a unit only during international breaks, many of these Germans are working on set pieces all year round. As a result, they had more set plays than any other team, and performed them better.
Germany didn't concede a goal on a set piece all tournament, but they scored on them in an astounding five of seven matches. Centerback Mats Hummels scored on a header off a corner in the team's first match of the World Cup, when they pummeled Portugal, 4-0. The next match, Klose scored the tying goal against feisty Ghana, after a ball was flicked from the front post to the back off another corner. The elements themselves conspired to keep the Germans out of the net against the United States in the flooded city of Recife, but Müller scored the only goal of the match on a rebound after a short corner kick. Germany bested France in the quarterfinal when Kroos curled in a free kick outside of the box on to Hummels. In the Germans' now-historic semifinal smackdown against Brazil, Müller scored the first of five first-half goals following a corner kick in which Miroslav Klose threw a pick on Brazilian defender David Luiz. And in the final against Argentina, defender Benedikt Höwedes almost converted just before half on a corner kick, but his free header clanged right off the bar.
These were six plays against prepared, capable competition, and time and time again, defenses were caught grabbing for air as Germany registered open shot after open shot. Part of this is because most of the Germans, from centerbacks, to their "dainty" midfielders, to Klose up top, are humongous men, the smallest of whom are taller than six feet. But it's also because they had so much more practice. Bayern played nearly 50 games last season. This shit was unfair.
We should've seen this coming, really. In 2010, Spain won the World Cup just as Barcelona had firmly cemented themselves as the no-question greatest team in the world. While most nations were all-star teams, stitched together, Spain had continuity from club. In the final against the Netherlands, Spain started seven Barcelona players (six La Masia products and David Villa, who'd signed with Barça the month before the World Cup).
The gap between the haves and the have-nots in international soccer is shrinking. More and more nations are enlisting managers—and players, for that matter—from abroad to help them catch up with longtime international giants. With the sport becoming more and more equal, continuity becomes a new, deciding factor in international tournaments, one that can even make up for bad luck.
Germany started yesterday's final with six FC Bayern players, and in the 88th, Bayern starlet Mario Götze joined the fray in place of Klose. Twenty-five minutes later, in extra time, Götze guided a cross into Argentina's side netting from a narrow angle to win the World Cup. Ironically, were it not for all of Germany's injuries, it's likely that Bayern's influence wouldn't have been quite as prevalent at the final whistle.
One bullshit narrative we're hearing today is that "Messi choked/isn't that good." This, it must be repeated, is bullshit. But that narrative is being sallied about because it's sexier and, honestly, easier than "Messi, Agüero, Higuain, and a healthy di María are four of the most devastating attacking players in the world, and Argentina depended on any two or three of them throughout the tournament to do magical things as an isolated, outnumbered unit while the other seven or eight Argentines shored up the defense, and since these guys play on four separate clubs, they never really figured out quite how to work intricately together the way the Germans did."
No one wants to read that, but it's in line with what we're seeing in international soccer these days. It's no coincidence that Barcelona's reign as the world's best team between 2008 and 2013 coincided directly with Spain's rise and fall as the world's best nation, which it turns out ended with a 3-0 defeat to Brazil in last year's Confederations Cup— the same year that Barcelona were thumped 7-0 over two Champions League legs to FC Bayern.
Bayern are ridiculous. This surprisingly young German side have turned their domestic league into a joke, a one-horse race every year where they compete to see not whether they can win the title, but how quickly. Last year, they won the German Bundesliga by 19 points, with a goal differential of 71 and only two losses all year.
The best soccer in the world is played in Munich, and so it would follow that the Bayern-heavy side could take on the world's best, and emerge relatively unscathed. Even though they were pushed to extra time against Algeria and Argentina in the knockout rounds, they never had to endure the coin flip of penalty kicks, and they dominated every team they played. Next year, Bayern will be favorites to win the treble, as they did in 2013. In 2016, the German national team will compete for the honor of the best team in Europe. Let's just place our bets now.
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I missed this last Friday, but better late than never. From Gallup Worry About U.S. Water, Air Pollution at Historical Lows. Looks like a double body-blow to admitted document thief Dr. Peter Gleick; Americans don't share his top two concerns on water and climate, probably because of the actions of zealots like him.
These results are based on Gallup's annual Environment poll, conducted March 8-11. The trends are part of a broader decline in worry about environmental threats documented in the poll.
Gallup asked Americans to say how much they worry about each of seven environmental problems. All show significantly less worry today than in 2000, when worry was at or near its high point for each item. The declines in concern about drinking-water pollution and air pollution are the largest for the problems included in this year's poll.
More broadly, worry about the seven issues is below the historical average for each. Most of the trends date back to 1989.
Concern about these environmental problems is down among most major subgroups since 2000. Across the seven items, the percentage worried a great deal is down an average 16 percentage points among Republicans, 18 points among independents, and 13 points among Democrats.
Americans Worry Most About Water Contamination, Least About Global Warming
On a relative basis, Americans tend to worry more about environmental threats to the nation's water supplies than those that affect other parts of the environment. The highest levels of worry this year are for contamination of soil and water by toxic waste, pollution of drinking water, and pollution of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Concern about global warming is lowest of the seven environmental issues tested, even though it is up slightly this year from last year.
The relative rank order of these environmental issues has generally been consistent over time, with water-related problems at the top and global warming at the bottom. In fact, the three water concerns in this year's poll have ranked as the top three concerns over any other environmental problems nearly every time they have been asked since 1989. Pollution of drinking water has most often been the top concern.
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When the merger between T-Mobile and Orange was confirmed as Everything Everywhere, it wasn't too clear whether customers of each network would be able to access the other's infrastructure.
Today's news from the mega-network camp will be the best news any poor T-Mobile customer will have heard all month. Greater 3G coverage, at no extra cost. No word on whether T-Mobileites will get Orange Wednesday love, though.
Orange and T-Mobile to offer customers access to both networks at no extra cost as first benefit of newly merged company Everything Everywhere
• Orange and T-Mobile customers invited to sign-up to get access to both networks to make calls and send texts in more places at no extra cost
• Billions of pounds of network infrastructure investment now instantly available to Orange and T-Mobile customers
• CEO Tom Alexander outlines vision for a 'multinet' future, combining mobile, wifi and fixed technologies to deliver an unrivalled experience for consumers
London, 6 September 2010: Everything Everywhere, the UK's biggest communications company, today announced the first consumer benefit of the merger between Orange and T-Mobile, opening up its two mobile networks to customers of both brands. Available to almost half of the UK population, the move marks the start of the single, biggest improvement of network coverage since the birth of mobile.
From 5th October, 30 million customers – the combined customer base of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK - will be offered the opportunity to access both networks, enabling them to make calls and send texts in more places in the UK for no extra cost.
Tom Alexander, CEO of Everything Everywhere – the company that runs Orange and T-Mobile - said: "This is the beginning of an ambitious plan to give our customers instant access to whatever they want, wherever they are – instant access to everything everywhere.
"From next month, we will give almost half of the British population the opportunity to use their phones in more places than ever before. As well as continuing to benefit from their existing network, Orange customers will be able to make calls and send texts on the T-Mobile network and T-Mobile customers will be able to do the same using the Orange network. This is the first major consumer benefit of the merger between Orange and T-Mobile, and it delivers an unrivalled and unique experience that no other operator can offer.
"Until now, the industry has been working in a single network environment. We have a vision of a 'multinet' world where the consumer will be able to access what they want, when they want, at the touch of a button. It will all be possible due to a complex system of interweaving multiple networks, bringing mobile, wifi and fixed technologies together to act as a super network."
Customers who sign up for access to both networks will benefit free of charge, with no changes to their existing tariffs or call or text charges. Once registered, should a customer lose signal on their existing network, they will then automatically pick up the signal from the other network where it's available, meaning that they can make and receive calls and texts in more places than ever before.
Everything Everywhere's ambition is to provide all Orange and T-Mobile customers with the best network experience in the UK, with the best network capacity, reach, speeds and coverage available.
Next year customers can expect benefits such as automatically switching to whichever of the two networks has the strongest signal while they're mid-call, and enhanced data and internet coverage.
Customers from either network who want to sign up to benefit from the initial network improvements should register their interest at either www.t-mobile.co.uk/share or www.orange.co.uk/share. Mobile customers including pay as you go, pay monthly and business can sign-up to enjoy the benefits of access to both mobile networks.


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