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The case that made me care about cognitive errors: A 40-something year old patient presented to the hospital with nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain stating "this feels a lot like my pancreatitis." The patient had a history of pancreatitis and helicobacter pylori in addition to the all-American trio: diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia. The labs, work up, and patient all seemed to proclaim pancreatitis. Unfortunately, the patient bounced back within a day in heart failure, status-post massive MI. Ever since, I've been exceptionally wary of diabetics with nausea and vomiting and garnered a fascination with the thinking of an EP.
In medical school, we're overtly taught clinical reasoning through data mining in the form of history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing. I suppose we're subtly and indirectly taught to think about the way we integrate and assimilate this data into a coherent picture of the patient and an accurate diagnosis. We subconsciously use heuristics, cognitive short cuts, to inform clinical gestalt. My formal medical education, however, did not include any discussion of cognitive bias or meta-cognition until a resident at a program I rotated at gave a brief presentation on metacognition.
- Apparently, we can reduce errors if we step back for a moment and think: What doesn't fit? What have I failed to consider (perhaps a zebra? or a different horse?)? What biases may be present? What is leading me to think that this patient has X?
Basic systems of thinking. Between which we have the capability to toggle, which we should probably exercise more often. Check out this lecture.
- "System 1" or "Fast": This is the instinct, intuitive, adaptive, associative, quick thinking. We use this system when we say, "this patient just looks sick" or "I have this gut feeling the patient has ______." Caution: medical students and trainees should really not rely on this type of thinking although it is often key in EM (think clinical gestalt)
- "System 2" or "Analytic": This is a slower process of thinking which is more deliberate and analytic.
- Hypothetico-Deductive Model: One of the most common cognitive pathways used in medicine - useful in non-critical situations, as algorithms such as ATLS and ACLS tend to dominate in the more critical circumstances.
- Main steps: Generation, Evaluation, Refinement, Verification. Errors can be present in any step.
- Error in Generation - failure to consider a potential diagnosis (influenced by disease prevalence, atypical presentations, etc).
- Error in Evaluation - problems in gathering data, interpreting and assimilating the data, and putting the data in the proper context.
- Error in Verification - failure to ensure that the final diagnosis fits with the clinical picture and established data/workup.
- Pattern Recognition Model: This dominates when an experienced clinician uses clinical gestalt to inform the diagnosis rather than generating a complete differential diagnosis (and thereby prone to error for failing to consider alternative diagnoses).
- Rule Out Worse Case Scenario Model: Some clinicians employ this most of the time and others tend to apply it when particularly high-risk diagnoses are on the table. This method of reasoning is expensive and exposes the patient to excess harms through extensive investigations.
- High levels of diagnostic uncertainty
- High decision density and cognitive load
- High levels of activity
- Inexperience of some providers (and students)
- Interruptions and distractions
- Shift changes
- Many of these, integrated, produce fatigue
- These errors occur in every facet of medicine but in EM, there is a certain expectation that EPs not miss the badness (or anything).
Life in the Fast Lane provides some succinct case-based insight into cognitive errors with To Err is Human 1 and To Err is Human 2
Achieving quality in clinical decision making: cognitive strategies and detection of bias - Croskerry
Jepson, Zak. University of Massachusetts. Medical Student Lecture. August 15, 2012.


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This year's science fiction and fantasy television delivered amazing highs and terrible lows. But what were the most brilliant scenes, and what were the most horrific? We've rounded them up the year's best moments, along with some of the absolute worst. Spoilers ahead...
Best TV Moments from 2013:
Sleepy Hollow - Farewell Yolanda
From "The Lesser Key of Solomon," episode, Ichabod Crane will win the hearts and minds of everyone he meets. Everyone.
Doctor Who - The New Doctor's Eyes
Peter Capaldi's first ever scene as the brand, new Doctor. Look at those brows.
True Blood - Vampire Skateboard
Because my god, this show.
A final farewell from father to son. You're our favorite thing, Fringe.
Parks And Recreation - The Cones of Dunshire
Read the entire oral history for The Cones of Dunshire.
Person of Interest - Grief Montage
Hemlock Grove - Werewolf Transformation Scene
Possibly the best television werewolf transformation we've ever seen. The show itself, eeeeeeeeh.
The best part of this entire series was the dome itself, coming down. After that... well we'll always have the cow-slicing Dome.
Grimm is at it's best when it's just dolling out ridiculous monster after ridiculous monster. And this was truly the best monster of the series — because we did NOT see a Krampus coming.
Teen Wolf - Stiles and Lydia!
Styles is the hero of Teen Wolf, and the character we love to root for the most, so it was great to FINALLY see Styles get a that long-awaited kiss from his long-time crush. Plus his eyes when he realizes that Lydia is kissing him, oh our hearts!
Supernatural - The Hobbit Reading
Felicia Day reads The Hobbit to her dying mom. Happy to have this character back in Supernatural, but weeping at her pain. Felicia Day, you are the best.
Wilfred - Pearl Jam Reference
A bling-and-you'll-miss-it reference to "Jeremy" that caused us to rewind 1,000 times. Wilfred you sly dog you.
Legend of Korra - Nuktuk
The movie within the TV show of Legend of Korra. Give us that sweet, sweet other dimension propaganda.
Game of Thrones - Daenerys Gets Her Army
Arrow really kicked it up a notch this season. Just a fantastic, highly watchable comic book series. But the very best scene from 2013 is two-pronged. When the Green Arrow finally receives his mask and at that same moment, the Flash is created.
We've known about 30 Rock's love affair with Star Wars and all things scifi for years. But we had no idea the grand finale would reveal one huge scifi twist. There can only be one Kenneth.
Community - Freaky Friday
The silver lining to a lackluster season, the Freaky Friday inspired episode "Basic Human Anatomy" (penned by the Dean himself Jim Rash) was a wonderful return to character reflection and charm. Troy and Abed switched bodies so Troy could avoid his one year anniversary with Britta. The whole episode was fantastic, so we just picked the best joke to highlight (while there were several moments we could have selected).
Datak and Sthama are truly the break-out stars of Syfy's Defiance. And in this scene local swindler and schemer Datak revealed that he wasn't all talk, he could kick a whole lotta ass too. Which only made us like this baddie even more.
Gravity Falls -Old Man Beats Up A Pterodactyl
Need we say more?
Once Upon A Time - Mulan and Sleeping Beauty
The gigantic family-friendly Sunday night drama series Once Upon A Time told its fans "we hear you." And just like that all the Mulan Sleeping Beauty shippers were treated epic heartbreak. We loved this scene more than the Swan and Hook kiss, and more than Peter Pan being a bad ass. Because (for the first time) Once they did so much without doing anything at all. And our hearts beat fiercely for the unspoken love of Mulan. SOB!
American Horror Story - Singing Severed Head
Kathy Bates appears on a television show as a severed head singing "Dixieland." There are no words.
Warehouse 13 - Myka Reveals her Cancer to Pete
Finally, Myka reveals her pain and Pete responds in the best way possible. We love these two, deeply.
Dracula takes in a Victorian Ladies Mud Wrestling Match. And apparently watching fully clothed women punch each other in mud, really turns on Dracula. But then again just about everything turns him on these days. Like magic trick (see below).
Breaking Bad - "I Did It For Me"
God what to pick... how about the final big reveal? When Walter FINALLY admits why he's been running this game for so long. But if you don't like that there's always Hank.
Walking Dead - The Tank Attack
I think our Rob Bricken said it best when he described the final episode of Walking Dead as "their own Red Wedding." Everything changed, everyone died, and we still don't know who made it out of the prison alive. Plus watching Herschel get executed right in front of his two daughters, via SWORD, brutal. So brutal. Runner up, the hitch hiker scene from "Clear."
Another impossible season to pick only moments from. But as much as we loved meeting the clones, watching the Soccer Mom clone torture her husband, everything changed when Helena ripped off her attackers pants and CUT OFF HIS TAIL. Only to take said tail into the club, and DANCE AROUND WITH IT. Amazing. All bets are off, we have tails now.
Adventure Time - Cheers!
Simon sings the Cheers theme while protecting Marceline, and dammit we're crying again.
Game of Thrones - The Red Wedding
The best scene of 2013's television. The end.
Worst TV Moments from 2013:
A hilarious joke about bestiality.
Tomorrow People - Teleporting Hookup
This was bound to happen, but why was it so boring?
Once Upon A Time - Mini Trident? YOU MEAN DINGLEHOPPER
UGH UGH UGH the Ariel episode. What a let down. Once Upon A Time hyped up the coming of The Little Mermaid for weeks and weeks. And when she finally arrived, she wasn't anything like the Little Mermaid AT ALL. She called forks mini tridents, didn't comb her hair with it, knew how to walk in heels and generally could have been any character from the Disney House at random. What a waste.
American Horror Story -Comet Enema
Patti LuPone gives her son a Comet enema. Because JESUS.
There is literally way too much to choose from in this series. But if we had to choose, perhaps it would be the magical egg inside a minidome that hatches a butterfly, which causes a total eclipse. WOOF.
Beauty and the Beast - Cat Waves off Her Domestic Abuse
It's not him, it's this terrible scarf.
Nolan gets resurrected by Klingon Space God in a particularly shitty dues ex machina.
Walking Dead - The Governor's Music Video
Look "The Last Pale Light In The West" by Ben Nichols is a very nice song. But oh my god this scene. We don't know what was more ridiculous: the melancholy montage of the Governor shambling around and growing a beard? Or that fact that he avoided being eaten by becoming a hobo? Don't try and redeem this guy, and don't try and make him look like a crazy bad-ass with soft guitar playing. Thank god he got back to doing what he did best within a few episodes.
Community - The Darkest Timeline
We did not need another paintball episode, and we surely didn't need one that resurrected the Study Group's "darkest timeline" characters for no reason.
Totally unnecessary death for a great character who didn't need to die. Whereas the show could select over 1,000 other characters that we would happily watch die, over and over. And over. Plus this death was only made MUCH worse by the fact that Terry had finally found inner peace, thanks to some vampire glamouring.
Falling Skies - No More New Aliens, Please
Just when we thought we were out of the dark, Falling Skies copies BSG and then throws even MORE aliens into the mix. Sigh.
Dracula - Guess What I Found In Your Vagina!
From the official recap: "Grayson and Lady Jane have dinner at her house, where Dracula shows her a magic trick where he makes a coin spinning in a dish instantly disappear. Lady Jane asks where it went, and the scene highly suggests it went in her vagina. Then they fuck." [Gif recap here]
Game of Thrones - Daenerys Frees the Slaves
And then crowd-surfs over them.

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Apparently sales are "slow" for Jennifer Aniston's fragrance.
An insider claims Jen didn't do any promotion for the scent, "no one knew where to find it and now everyone's lost interest." A quick Internet search shows it's sold out at most of the online vendors, so things can't be that bad. Jen is probably crying on a bed made of money while sipping a margarita in Mexico this very moment. And by "crying" I mean "doing yoga." [Digital Spy, Monsters & Critics, The Bosh]
- Selena Gomez, who has been canoodling with Justin Bieber, was spotted without her purity ring. This is the ring her father purchased for her and had blessed at a church. Oooh, girl. [NYDN]
- Heiress and model Lydia Hearst Shaw will star in the flick Dogs In Pocketbooks, playing a bratty movie star who's been in and out of rehab, in trouble with the law and hounded by paparazzi. Based on Lindsay Lohan, allegedly. Joan Collins will play an agent and the script is, according to Alexis Colby, "a hoot." [Page Six]
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are hanging out in Namibia for the holidays. Does this mean the Hindu wedding in India is off? [Digital Spy]
- Prince William spent Christmas in Wales, working with his helicopter flight team, and Kate Middleton spent Christmas in England with her family. Miles apart! But united on dishes and coins. [Radar Online]
- John Legend's apartment is a lot like John Legend himself: Sharp, modern, sexy, clean and a little too slick. [New York Magazine]
- As you may recall, a lady in a bubble bath at Diddy's album release party had her hair burned by some candles. Diddy is doing the right thing and paying for her to get her hair fixed. [TMZ]
- Actor Richard Chamberlain thinks celebs should stay in the closet: "It's just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don't care if anybody knows I'm gay' — especially if you're a leading man. Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out." [NY Post]
- A pouf-less Snooki had a New York City lunch meeting to which she wore a black suit and drank only Diet Coke. Serious bizness! [Gatecrasher]
- Prince going to the ballet makes perfect sense, somehow. [Page Six]
- Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are so on. Strolling hand in hand and not even trying to hide it. Hooking up with James Bond is a dream come true, except in the movies it generally means you're about to die a curious death. Still… I mean… [NYDN, Pop Sugar, Us Magazine]
- Re: the Charlie Sheen death rumor. Fret not: He is alive. Proceed as usual. [NYDN]
- Have you seen Nicki Minaj's Christmas ensemble? There's nothing specifically holiday-oriented about it, though it might make you say "Jesus." [NYDN]
- Faye Dunaway fell outside of her gym in L.A. and suffered a broken wrist and a head laceration. Be well! [TMZ]
- At the link: Video of Glee charmer Darren Criss playing keyboards and singing a gorgeous rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and being a stone cold fox. [Just Jared]
- Lil Wayne is a true romantic. [Page Six via Vulture]
- Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough are in love. [Page Six]
- Jason Mraz is engaged to a an attractive man. No, wait. He's not. [Wonder Wall]
- A stuntman is in a coma after a car crash stunt for The Hangover 2 went wrong. [Wonder Wall]
- Naya "Octomom" Suleman got evicted for Christmas. [Radar Online]
- "[This time of year] is really all family and food… I love to eat... Not every day is a holiday, you know?" — Rachel McAdams. [Daily Express]
- "This is a horrible thing to be bullied, and to feel like an outcast is a terrible thing," he said. "It's just so an old thing, an old antiquated way of thinking that you can't have anymore. It doesn't belong in the new paradigm. Every time you look at somebody and think, 'I don't like that about that person,' you just got to know that's about you. Anybody who bullies anybody for any reason is no friend of mine. Frankly, I can't imagine hitting a human being for any reason except self-preservation, if I was attacked. Your sensibilities are different when you're a school kid and there's gang mentality, but it ain't cool. Some of the most valuable people in my life are gay. People that bring magical, amazing gifts and contributions to my life. I would say to kids out there when they're engaging in these kinds of isolations of people, someday you're going to want those people in your life. You're going to need those people in your life, and you're not going to want that on your conscience." — Jim Carrey. [Showbiz Spy]


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Now we're going to throw down on something that I've had more than a few requests for. I'm going to break out and get some charts, graphs, and price differentials on AWS and Windows Azure. This throw down entry is going to be nothing but money, money, and more money. Have any guesses yet how this one is going to come out? Well read on!
Relational Database Storing 1 GB to 50 GB
This comparison may shock you. The two primary products from AWS and Windows Azure are AWS RDS, or Amazon Web Services Relation Data Store and SQL Azure. The following chart shows the initial cost at 1GB of storage in each, and then the progressive increase in price as we scale up to 50GB. There is one thing to add here, that at 50GB SQL Azure stops, so if you have more than 50GB of storage you want in a relational database, you don't even have an option in SQL Azure. But let's just take a look, and then I'll go through and explain the pricing and declare the victorious.
Here's a graph, with pricing along the left y axis and the storage requirement along the x axis. Feel free to check out the original spreadsheet too.
Like I was saying about the surprise. SQL Azure starts out cheaper than Amazon's options but immediately goes into the stratosphere of pricing! $499.95 just seems absolutely insane. You really gotta love a limited SQL Server to go diving after that RDBMS versus Amazon's more scalable RDS option, which never breaks $82.50. Really, this isn't a victory, it's a wholesale slaughter over SQL Azure.
Rating & Winner: Relational Database Storing 1 GB to 50 GB goes to AWS.
Single Instance .NET Web Application running on Windows
First off, let's just take a look at the micro instances. The instances are perfect for testing out, basic development work and developer servers, and even scaling to larger things. Here's how the costs pan out.
The blue, in Windows Azure color shows the Windows Azure Micro Instance. Almost double what a similar instance running Windows Server 2008 would cost you on AWS, and more well more than double, which I'll point out again in the next section. AWS is the obvious cheaper candidate with the smallest instances. But what about the slightly larger sizes, let's take a look at that.
The charts are also available in the previously linked spreadsheet. As one can see from these prices they fluctuate on sizes as the instances increase in size. The Linux instances are almost always cheaper than a comparable Windows Azure instance, and from a ECU/Processor Compute range AWS almost always comes out less expensive with the similar Windows Azure offering. I still haven't compared actual process power and performance, but I intend to do that one of these days over the next few weeks or months. However for pricing on instances the options, and lower price winner with generally equal processing power is…
Rating & Winner: Single Instance .NET Web Application running on Windows goes to AWS.
Single Instance PHP, Java, or Ruby on Rails Web Application running on Linux
Now really, we don't have to do too much more research for this measurement. Again, AWS handily beats Windows Azure in price and instance capabilities for the Linux, LAMP stack, and general PHP applications. For more information regarding this I also posted a link regarding WordPress Hosting on AWS & Windows Azure. Technically feasible with both services, however astronomically cheaper on AWS. Thus, in this category…
Rating & Winner: Single Instance PHP, Java, or Ruby on Rails Web Application running on Linux goes to AWS.
This competition just wasn't really a good bout. AWS handily beats Windows Azure in price and compute power overall. Even when getting into the higher performance options, AWS has high performance compute options that aren't even available. Don't worry Windows Azure fans, there is hope still. In my next bout I intend to compare the two from a more PaaS oriented point of view. One of the features and capabilities that will come up is Windows Azure AppFabric. That will be a much closer fight I'm sure. For now though…
Today's Winners is easily AWS. The rest of my throw down series will be coming over the next week. If you have any ideas or things I should compare the two services on, please let me know. Thanks and hope you enjoyed another bout of the cloud giants.
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Alaska Quilt
Cottons used to make this quilt are a combination of vintage prints and naturally dyed solid colors. The variegated pink and browns colors are the result of red onion skins. The warm grays are a result of black walnut hulls. Entirely hand quilted with cotton Japanese Sashiko thread, natural cotton batting, and framed with hand-stitched double-fold binding.
Pieced together in a topsy-turvy flag-like pattern, resembling Alaskas small towns and Native villages scattered throughout the uninhabited wilderness. The abstract backside is pieced using soft cotton flannel. The pastel pink and blue colors create a fun mixture suited perfectly for a baby boy and baby girl.
Alaska is the second crib quilt in the 50 American States Series. Inspired by an Abstract American Quilt made in the 1800's. This quilt will become an instant family heirloom.
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Miley Cyrus is giving sex advice to girls and parents across America.
Following the controversy over wearing a "pantless" outfit, Miley Cyrus announced to reporters that she is working on a book (and workshops) about sex.
"At this point, I'm an expert on the topic," Miley reportedly told WWN. "I believe sex is the most important aspect to life, and I want everyone to enjoy it as much as I do."
The 19-year-old said: "The girls that really base how much they're worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody, that makes me really sad. Because sex is actually really beautiful."
The singer and actress claima that not talking about sex could lead to youngsters approaching it wrongly.
So, what is Miley's advice?
"She'll be realizing a book and DVDs soon," said her manager. "And she'll be on Dr. Phil, Ellen and in a private interview with Oprah to discuss, but we can give you the four basic points."
The Joy of Miley Sex (excerpts from her upcoming book):
1) IT"S BEAUTIFUL. Sex is beautiful and if you are beautiful or think you're beautiful and then you find someone who you think is beautiful and you take your clothes off and just get beautiful with each other, well then it's all just so beautiful. Be beautiful, baby.
2) IT'S MAGICAL. It takes you to another world. Girls should allow themselves to fantasize and dream when you are with your guy. You'll feel like you are in heaven, but maybe you have other fantasies. Maybe you're a unicorn and he's a flying lion… Maybe you're seeing stars and fireworks, but let yourself see rainbows and lollipops and… me. That'll be cool for you.
3) IT'S BONDING. You can't just connect with your body. You have to connect with your mind too. The best sex is when two people connect with their brains, with their minds. So, try to get into his brain, before you get into his pants. Maybe do some crossword puzzles together or play word-association games. That will make the sex that much better.
4) IT'S MUSICAL. Moaning and groaning are old school. You need to learn a few sex songs that you can sing when you are feeling "great"… Guys love when girls break out in to songs. I recommend "Party in the U.S.A." and "Butterfly Away"… both of those are perfect to sing at the "right moment."
And, she wants the world to continue.
"Look, I don't know if you guys know it, but sex is how we get babies and babies is how we get people, so we really need to be having more sex, so that we have more people who have more sex. It's magical!"


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As much as I want to tell myself that Thanksgiving is still months away, and I still become alarmed when the subject of Christmas comes up, the truth is that I've actually had a head start on the holidays. In fact, all things considered, I've already eaten more than one Thanksgiving dinner! No, it wasn't because I celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving, but because I was tasked with the weighty duty of preparing and photographing a number of dishes for the VegNews Holiday E-Cookbook. Come mid October, I had quite the harvest feast on my hands; all vegan, all incredibly delicious, and all to myself. Open up this handy guide to holiday cooking and you can expect to find mains, desserts, and everything in between, such as…
Pumpkin Seed Battered "Chicken" with Cranberry Cabernet Sauce
Seitan Roulade with Oyster Mushroom Stuffing
Dark Forest Trifle with Coconut Custard
Plus many more, of course. Additionally, you can find my White Gingerbread recipe in the dessert section as well, in case you missed it two years ago! Just having that lovely loaf baking away in the oven, filling your whole house with the scent of sweet spices, is sure to get you in a festive mood.
So, do you have the menu for your grand vegan thanksgiving banquet planned out yet?


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[235 U.S. 635, 636] Messrs. Marcellus Green and Garner Wynn Green for appellant.
[235 U.S. 635, 637] Mr. Frank Johnston and Mr. Ross A. Collins, Attorney General of Mississippi, for appellees.
Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court:
The appellant brought this suit in the district court to restrain the Jackson Oil & Refining Company, its manager and officers, from complying with a statute of Mississippi prohibiting employment in described occupations for more than ten hours a day, except in cases of emergency or public necessity (chapter 157, Laws of Mississippi, 1912, p. 165), and to enjoin the other defendants (certain public officers) from enforcing its provisions as against that company.
It was alleged in the bill, in substance, that the defendant corporation was engaged in operating a cotton-seed oil mill of the value of $100,000; that the complainant owned 502 shares of its stock of the par value of $100 each, and of the actual value of $60,000; that the business required that the mill should be operated continuously, both day and night, two shifts of laborers being employed; that the employment was under wholesome conditions, without any detriment to the physical, mental, and moral well-being of those employed; that the statute, if enforced, would work a deprivation of liberty of contract and of property, and an arbitrary discrimination, contrary to the 14th Amendment; that compliance with the statute would involve greatly increased cost of operation and render the corporation insolvent and its property valueless, to the [235 U.S. 635, 639] complainant's injury; that the statute had been sustained by the supreme court of Mississippi in a suit against another manufacturing company; that, although the officers of the defendant corporation desired to disobey the statute, they were complying therewith, being constrained to obedience through fear of the enormous penalties imposed; and that these penalties were so severe that no owner or operator in the position of the defendant corporation could invoke the jurisdiction of a court to test the validity of the statute, except at the risk of confiscation.
Those defendants who were public officers demurred to the bill upon the grounds (among others) that the complainant, as a stockholder of the corporation, had no right to sue; that the bill could not be maintained to restrain the enforcement of the criminal law of the state; and that the statute was constitutional.
An application for a preliminary injunction was heard on the bill and demurrer and was denied, and from the order entered to this effect the complainant appeals to this court. Judicial Code, 266 [36 Stat. at L. 1162, chap. 231, Comp. Stat. 1913, 1243].
The objection urged below, and repeated here, that the complainant has failed to show any right to maintain this suit, must be sustained. The right of action to restrain the enforcement of the statute as an unconstitutional deprivation of the liberty and property of the corporation was a right existing in the corporation itself, and a stockholder was not entitled to sue without showing to the satisfaction of the court that he had exhausted the means within his reach to obtain action by the corporation in conformity with his wishes. Hawes v. Oakland ( Hawes v. Contra Costa Water Co.) 104 U.S. 450, 460 , 461 S., 26 L. ed. 827, 832; Detroit v. Dean, 106 U.S. 537, 541 , 542 S., 27 L. ed. 300, 302, 1 Sup. Ct. Rep. 500; Quincy v. Steel, 120 U.S. 241, 248 , 30 S. L. ed. 624, 626, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 520; Doctor v. Harrington, 196 U.S. 579, 588 , 49 S. L. ed. 606, 610, 25 Sup. Ct. Rep. 355. The former equity rule (rule 94) provided not only that the bill must allege that the suit was 'not a collusive one to confer upon a [235 U.S. 635, 640] court of the United States jurisdiction of a case of which it would not otherwise have cognizance,' but that the bill 'must also set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure such action as he desires on the part of the managing directors or trustees, and, if necessary, of the share holders, and the cause of his failure to obtain such action.' The present rule (rule 27) adds to this provision the words,- 'or the reasons for not making such effort;' and these reasons, of course, must be adequate. The rule embraces those cases where the wrong to the corporation arises from unconstitutional legislation. Corbus v. Alaska Treadwell Gold Min. Co. 187 U.S. 455 , 47 L. ed. 256, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 157; Davis & F. Mfg. Co. v. Los Angeles, 189 U.S. 207, 220 , 47 S. L. ed. 778, 781, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 498; Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 143 , 52 S. L. ed. 714, 722, 13 L.R.A.(N.S.) 932, 28 Sup. Ct. Rep. 441, 14 Ann. Cas. 764. Here, while it is averred that the suit is not a collusive one in order to confer a jurisdiction which would not otherwise exist, there is no allegation that the complainant has made any request that the corporation should bring the suit to prevent the alleged invasion of its rights; nor does it appear that, by reason of antagonistic control of the corporation, such a request would be futile. Although apparently the holder of a majority of its stock, the complainant does not show any effort whatever to induce the corporation to sue. He contents himself with asserting in effect that, though the directors and officers do not wish to comply with the statute, they will do so through fear of its penalties. But this reason is palpably inadequate, inasmuch as the corporation itself would be entitled to protection against the imposition of such penalties as would virtually deny access to the courts for the protection of rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution. Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 147 , 52 L. ed. 723, 13 L.R.A.(N.S.) 932, 28 Sup. Ct. Rep. 441, 14 Ann. Cas. 764; Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. 212 U.S. 53, 54 , 53 S. L. ed. 400, 48 L.R.A.( N.S.) 1134, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 192, 15 Ann. Cas. 1034; Missouri P. R. Co. v. Tucker, 230 U.S. 340, 351 , 57 S. L. ed. 1507, 1511, 33 Sup. Ct. Rep. 961; Ohio Tax Cases, 232 U.S. 576, 587 , 58 S. L. ed. 738, 743, 34 Sup. Ct. Rep. 372; Wadley Southern R. Co. v. Georgia, decided this day [ 235 U.S. 651 , 59 L. ed. --, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 214]. The allegations of the bill show no [235 U.S. 635, 641] ground for dispensing with efforts to procure action by the corporation; and in this view, without discussing the merits of the case, we are of the opinion that the complainant was not entitled to the injunction sought.
Order affirmed.
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A novel type of computer memory could, in theory, let you store tens or even hundreds of times as much data on your smartphone. Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a more practical way to manufacture it.
The type of memory in question, resistive random access memory (RRAM), is being developed by several companies, but fabrication usually requires high-temperatures or voltages, making production difficult and expensive. The Rice researchers have shown a way to make RRAM at room temperature and with far lower voltages.
Like flash memory, RRAM can store data without a constant supply of power. Whereas flash memory stores bits of information in the form of charge in transistors, RRAM stores bits using resistance. Each bit requires less space, increasing the amount of information that can be stored in a given area.
What's more, it should be easier to stack up layers of RRAM, helping to further increase the amount of information that can be packed onto a single chip. RRAM can also operate a hundred times faster than flash. Some prototypes can store data densely enough to enable a terabyte chip the size of a postage stamp.
"Why don't you have all the movies you would like on your iPhone? It's not because you wouldn't like to, it's because you don't have room," says James Tour, a professor of materials science at Rice University who led the work.
Several companies are making progress towards commercializing RRAM. A startup called Crossbar plans to release its first product, for embedded chips—the type found in car dashboards and coffee makers—by the end of the year (see "Denser, Faster Memory Challenges Both DRAM and Flash"). Tour says he expects to conclude a licensing deal with an unnamed memory manufacturer within two weeks.
Tour's process starts with a layer of silicon dioxide riddled with tiny holes—each five nanometers wide. This porous layer is sandwiched between two very thin layers of metal, which serve as electrodes. A voltage is applied, causing the metal to migrate into the holes, forming an electrical connection between the electrodes.
Finally, the researchers apply another voltage, causing a tiny break to form in the metal inside the pores, and silicon to form in this gap.
Bits can be stored by changing the conductivity of that silicon with a low-voltage pulse. The RRAM retains its set state until another pulse is used to rewrite the bit.
The new design requires lower voltages than previous designs. This prevents damage during manufacturing, and it means the memory can theoretically be switched hundreds of thousands of times, 100 times more than previous versions. The memory can also be made at room temperature, so it should be easier to integrate the memory storage with other electronics on a chip.
The new RRAM should also be more amenable to stacking. Some manufacturers are just starting to introduce flash memory with multiple layers. Samsung, for instance, is making a version that could eventually have as many as 24 layers. But the individual memory units on a flash chip require three connections, which makes forming multiple layers of memory difficult and expensive. The new RRAM design only requires two connections. In theory, the Rice researchers say, you could make hundreds of layers, each one so thin that the memory chip could still easily fit inside portable electronic products.
The new work is a "major step forward," says Wei Lu, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, and co-founder of Crossbar. But he notes there are several options for next-generation memory chips, and that getting advances to market is challenging. "While you can get many materials to switch," Lu says, "making a product is a completely different story."
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Chances are good that when medical device manufacturers offer a wearable biosensing patch that will allow a nurse to monitor a patient's blood sugar or insulin level remotely, for example, it was designed and the prototype built by polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Jim Watkins.
Watkins, who directs the National Science Foundation's Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM) at UMass Amherst, says its research has helped to establish that such devices are feasible, and projects beginning this month at the new Center for Personalized Health Monitoring (CPHM) should soon lead to prototypes being developed and tested for commercialization.
The newly launched CPHM supported in part by a $95 million grant this year from the Commonwealth's Life Sciences Center will build on foundations set in place through long-term NSF support.
"The first generation of these devices is coming out now, but they're not there yet in terms of size, wearability, efficiency of data transmission and other important factors," Watkins notes. "They need to be small, a bandage-sized patch rather than a helmet, in order to be useful for a physician monitoring a patient's blood glucose or oxygen levels remotely. It all comes down to making a very small, light, flexible smart device that is relatively inexpensive to manufacture. We are getting close to that."
Watkins says there is growing market interest in remote monitoring and personalized health care among hospitals and insurance companies, for example, who want to get people home from the hospital sooner at the same time collecting anonymous data to point the way toward improving care. Transmitting electrocardiograph, blood pressure monitor, heart rate and glucose/insulin data to a nurse, or being able to alert the clinic that a patient has fallen at home, could let someone stay more comfortably at less cost at home than in a nursing home or rehabilitation center, for example.
CHM's polymer scientists and engineers are expert at building highly capable, nano-technology enabled devices on low-cost, high-volume production platforms such as roll-to-roll manufacturing and at integrating layers of such devices on patch-sized substrates rather than in a one-pound helmet, for example.
Working with local companies such as FLEXcon of Spencer, Mass., to develop device layers for flexible electronics, medical sensors, bonding systems and other applications, they can turn out devices much more efficiently and at lower cost than those built on conventional assembly lines that require expensive silicon wafers that must be handled multiple times in a vacuum or at very high temperatures.
"Think of printing a newspaper," Watkins says, "except that we use rolls or ribbons of a flexible plastic substrate that is light, yet sophisticated enough to get the job done at far less cost. We are making layered devices with very small but reliable features such as sensors stamped on the plastic, transistors, battery-powered wireless communication capability and floating gate memory, and putting them on a flexible platform, a device that someone can wear."
"We're not the only ones in the country working on this by any means," Watkins points out, "but we've made progress in a couple of critical areas to show that you can scale this up to the level of manufacturing."
"We've built some unique tools that you won't find anywhere else such as a roll-to-roll nanopatterning tool that deposits nanoparticle polymer device layers for flexible electronics and printed metal oxide layers that can perform tasks as well as devices prepared on a traditional semiconductor fabrication line without the cost. We're make smarter, more efficient devices, with faster transistors, more sensitive sensors, using lower power, with more memory that performs a task we actually need."
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 The present case for wood gasifiers
1.3 Overview of the contents of this publication
1.4 What to expect from a wood gasifier system
Chapter 2 - Small wood and charcoal gasifiers for operation of internal combustion engines
2.1 Fuelling of engines by producer gas
2.1.1 Possibilities of using producer gas with different types of engines
2.1.2 Engine power output using producer gas
2.1.3 Maximizing the power output in producer-gas operation
2.1.4 Resulting power output
2.1.5 Gas quality requirements for trouble-free operation
2.1.6 Use of Stirling engines or gas turbines with producer gas
2.2 Theory of gasification
2.2.1 Prediction of the gas composition
2.2.2 Gasifier efficiency
2.3 Types of gasifiers
2.3.1 Updraught or counter current gasifier
2.3.2 Downdraught or co-current gasifiers
2.3.3. Cross-draught gasifier
2.3.4. Fluidized bed gasifier
2.3.5 Other types of gasifiers
2.4 Gasification fuels
2.4.1 Need for selection of the right gasifier for each fuel
2.4.2 Energy content of the fuel
2.4.3 Moisture content of the fuel
2.4.4 Volatile matter content of the fuel
2.4.5 Ash content and ash chemical composition
2.4.6 Reactivity of the fuel
2.4.7 Particle size and size distribution
2.4.8 Bulk density of the fuel
2.4.9 Charring properties of the fuel
2.4.10 Assessment of the suitability of various types of biomass as gasifier fuel
2.5 Design of downdraught gasifiers
2.5.1 Processes occurring in the down-draught gasifier
2.5.2 Design guidelines for downdraught gasifiers
2.6 Gas cleaning and cooling
2.6.1 Cleaning dust from the gas
2.6.2 Gas cooling
2.7 Applications of biomass gasification
2.7.1 Production of fuel gas
2.7.2 Production of mechanical or electrical power in stationary installations
2.7.3 Mobile applications
2.8 Health and environmental hazards associated with the use of producer gas
2.8.1 Toxic hazards
2.8.2 Fire hazards
2.8.3 Explosion hazards
2.8.4 Environmental hazards
Chapter 3 - Recent Swedish experiences with operation of vehicles on wood and charcoal gas
3.1 Overview of development work and testing carried out at the national machinery testing institute
3.1.1 Scope of the work
3.1.2 Gasifier for wood chips
3.1.3 Fibre glass fabric filter system
3.1.4 Conversion of diesel engines to producer gas operation
3.1.5 Tests with different fuels
3.2 Experiences gained from conversion and operation of modern vehicles
3.2.1 The need for continued practical tests
3.2.2 Conversion and operation of a Massey Ferguson 1100 farm tractor
3.2.3 Conversion and operation of a Scania truck
3.2.4 Experiences related to service, maintenance and equipment failures
3.3 Producer gas vehicles recently operated in other countries
3.4 Economic evaluation of operation of vehicles on wood gas
3.4.1 The case for wood gasifiers
3.4.2 Method used for the economic evaluation
3.4.3 Economic baseline assumptions
3.4.4 Marginal costs for the wood gasifier system
3.4.5 Economy of a producer gas tractor
3.4.6 Economy of a producer gas truck
3.5 Feasibility of using the vehicle gasifier technology for stationary applications
3.6 Operating hazards
Chapter 4 - A small wood gas power plant at a sawmill in Paraguay
4.1 Description of the wood gas power plant
4.1.1 Fuel supply
4.1.2 The wood gasifier
4.1.3 Wood gas cooling and washing installations
4.1.4 Wood gas filter
4.1.5 Engine and electric generator
4.2 Operating experience
4.2.1 Fuel consumption
4.2.2 Manpower employed and operating procedure
4.2.3 Safety
4.2.4 Environmental impact
4.3 Economic evaluation
4.3.1 Capital investment
4.3.2 Operation and maintenance costs
4.3.3 Fuel costs
4.3.4 Total operating costs
4.3.5 Costs for electricity generation for family homes of sawmill personnel
4.3.6 Comparison with other alternatives for the electricity supply
Chapter 5 - A small gasifier power plant in Sri Lanka
5.1 Description of the plant
5.1.1 General system layout
5.1.2 The gasifier
5.1.3 Cyclone
5.1.4 Impingement separator
5.1.5 Glass fibre cloth filter
5.1.6 Cooler
5.1.7 Engine and alternator
5.1.8 Start-up fan and flare
5.1.9 Safety devices
5.1.10 Auxiliaries
5.2 Operational procedures
5.2.1 Start-up
5.2.2 Closing down
5.2.3 System maintenance
5.3 Operational experience
5.3.1 Operating record and observations on the performance
5.3.2 Disturbances of the operation
5.3.3 Desirable modifications
5.4 Economic evaluation of electricity generation costs at Giriulla mill
5.5 Concluding remarks
Chapter 6 - A 1.4 MW wood gas fuelled power plant in Paraguay
6.1 Historical background of the gasifier installations
6.2 Wood-fuel supply and preparation
6.3 Description of the down-draught gasifiers
6.4 Electricity production with the gas engine alternator sets
6.5 Operating experiences
6.6 Profitability of using wood gas at Loma Plata
Chapter 7 - The future of wood gas as engine fuel
7.1 Prerequisites for extensive use of wood gasifiers
7.2 Industrialized countries
7.3 Developing countries
7.4 The need for international cooperation
Appendix 1 - Calculation of the power output of a producer gas engine
Appendix 2 - Design calculation of downdraught gasifier
Table of conversion factors and symbols (used in this manual)


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photos :: thanksgiving baking
Did everyone have a good weekend? I hope so!
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that pie looks amazing!ReplyDelete
Is that the Veganomicon I see?? :DReplyDelete
Erin, why yes it it! :)ReplyDelete
Elycia that pie looks incredible!! Totally impressed. Did you ever get my message about having a 5000 followers party? You can call it your FFP hahaReplyDelete
What a cute cupcake!! :) Sea MarieReplyDelete
Holy crap that pie looks delicious!!!! I'm totally kicking myself for not buying that cookbook the other day like I wanted to. I'd be making that right now:)ReplyDelete
Just a tester, wanted to see if my pic will finally show up....ReplyDelete
Yay, it does! But it's cropped wrong, ugh......ReplyDelete
I love your two-toned frosting on the cupcake, pretty detail.ReplyDelete
I did have a great thanksgiving weekend - loads of food, good times with friends and got a lot done around the house too, including some crafts!
Success, I'd say.
Yeah, that pie looks totally amazing!ReplyDelete
hehe north star! you and your trouble with commenting ;) I don't remember that comment...but good idea!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2011 at 9:41 PM
That looks so good. I've never done the whole vegan thing but it doesn't look too shabby! :)ReplyDelete
Everything looks really great especially that pie. It looks so good amd I just love pecans :)ReplyDelete
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That pie looks amazing! I wish I could have sampled some of those delicious treats for myself! Happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
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Oh man, I've been meaning to make that smlove pie for ages. Yours looks perfectly intense! :)ReplyDelete
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Your cupcakes and pie look absolutely fabulous! Yuuummm!ReplyDelete
Smlove is one of my favorites, your is beauteous! It works really great if you use the Gigantoid Oatmeal Cookies from VWAV instead of pie crust!ReplyDelete
OMG, that pie looks so yummy!! Where I live, we don´t celebrate Thanksgiving, but I believe that we should ;-)ReplyDelete
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I love the two-colors icing! And the pie looks delicious!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Wow! Super-pretty and super-delicious, by the looks of it! I just wished someone would invent some sort of computer-like machine that allows bloggers to try each other's baked goods simply by looking at their photos.ReplyDelete
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I love how colourful cake cases are :) what camera do you have Elycia? I love the quality. xxReplyDelete
ahhh! i am so so happy you made that pie! i've been wanting to make it since i got that book two years ago...i know, i know...what am i waiting for? it sounds so tasty...and now that you've posted the pictures and tried it for yourself...i'm going to have to get all my ingredients together and get down on it!! xo.ReplyDelete
thanks la! I have a nikon d7000 and i use a 35 mm f/1.8 lens :)ReplyDelete
michelle, yes! you need to make it. it is amazing!!
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Or you've gotten so sick of salads, cereal, and soy if someone offers you one more "fake meat patty burger" you'll scream!
A lot of vegetarians are just really misinformed and don't know how to nourish their body properly.
I've met with entire vegetarian families that are overweight! They came to me after struggling with a vegetarian diet and I was able to help them finally lose fat.
But here's why most vegetarians struggle with weight loss.
You see, most beginner vegetarians tend to fill their daily caloric intake with too many processed carbohydrates and sugars, including cheese pizza or high-calorie soy mocha designer coffees and even candy bars!
New vegetarians think that because they don't eat meat it gives them the excuse to eat high carbohydrate or high sugar foods.
So if you've struggled with a vegetarian weight loss diet, it probably wasn't long before you were back on the high-protein, meat machine diets found in the latest diet of the month book.
And that's a best case scenario.
Most people end up much worse, suffering from inflammation, acne, congestion, digestive problems, and low energy all associated with the S.A.D diet (Standard American Diet).
I know, because I've been there and experienced every single one of those ailments and many, many more. Some of the problems I've had while eating the S.A.D. diet are too embarrassing to even share with you here!
And for years I struggled because NO ONE ever taught me how to eat a vegetarian diet for maximum fat loss and vitality.
In fact, there was just no answer on how to eat a vegetarian diet for weight loss…until now.
You're about to discover the NO-MEAT fat loss vegetarian meal plans that are going to finally show you how to lose fat without eating a high-protein diet that depends on animal foods.
Plus, we'll destroy the myths that you can't get enough protein, that you can't lose fat, that you can't get all the nutrients that you need, that you can't exercise hard, and that you can't be full of vitality and energy while eating a vegetarian diet.
You'll see how easy and convenient it is to be a vegetarian at home, work, while traveling, or even when eating at your favorite restaurants.
And you'll be able to eat this vegetarian diet anytime, anywhere while sticking to your food budget. After all, just by eliminating meat from your diet you'll save a bundle!
Hi, my name is Kardena Pauza and I'm a former Ms. Fitness America. I've also been a vegetarian for 6 years. In fact, I went "cold turkey" and made the switch from eating meat directly to eating a raw, vegan diet.
But before I was a vibrant fitness expert, I suffered common side effects from Standard American Diet that over 200 million Americans also suffer from.
I suffered through food poisoning, acne, weight gain, and all of the embarrassing side effects that come with eating a meat-rich diet.
Kardena before the veggie diet Kardena after
Like you, I grew up eating the good ol' American diet or what I call the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet).
I loved McDonalds filet o'fish and chicken McNuggets, pepperoni pizza and Coca-Cola, and my mom and step-dad always had ice cream in the freezer for dessert.
And I was known for making the sweetest Kool-Aid in the neighborhood!
I was the All-American sugary-sweet girl.
But my body paid a price for it.
After every meal I would feel tired and often had a stomach ache. I had acne, I was overweight, and I was always sick with the flu, colds, ear aches, and sore throats.
After each S.A.D. meal I was tired and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed and sleep all day. I lost all motivation and felt so lazy! But I still didn't connect the food with my feelings.
All I wanted to do was watch TV and eat. Do ever feel like that?
It was a vicious cycle. I'd eat, feel bad, watch TV, get hungry, eat, feel bad, and on it went.
My steady diet of sugar, processed foods, factory-farmed meat, and all kinds of junk from a bag or a box imprisoned me and robbed me of my energy.
But then one day I finally made the connection between living the Vegetarian Lifestyle and having more energy and feeling vibrant and healthy…
My family often went on road trips across the country to see relatives, and one summer we made a long drive from our home in Colorado to my Grandma's house in Missouri.
Along the way I made an amazing discovery. Instead of loading up on burgers at the roadside fast food joint, I decided to eat only fresh fruit. When I arrived at Grandma's I felt wonderful and so full of energy.
From that day forward, I was on a mission to understand more about how diet could control my energy and health.
The Final Straw: The Sickening Meat Sandwich that made me sick and turned me off of animal products for good!
Several years later I was eating a mushroom-melt hamburger at a fast food restaurant and it made me violently ill within hours. I finally clued in to what was happening with the food I was eating and how my body responded.
I immediately started a new diet experiment. For the next two weeks I was going to cut out all beef and see how I felt.
Within days I had much more energy and even felt more positive and had more confidence. From that day on, I completely eliminated beef from my diet. I was down to only fish, chicken, and turkey in my diet.
The final straw came when I was 21. While visiting relatives in Missouri, we sat down to lunch and all that was offered was some type of meat sandwich. I didn't want to be rude, so I went along with everyone else and choked it down.
But I paid for it.
Later that day as we traveled home, I become violently ill again. We had to stop at the side of the road over and over again because we couldn't get to a bathroom on time.
It was SO EMBARRASSING!
I ws sick and tired of being sick and tired. I wanted nothing to do with factory-farmed meat that was causing me so much pain and sickness. I wanted my energy back. I wanted my skin and complexion to clear up. I wanted to be healthy and fit again!
Every week I would go to the library and read nutrition book after nutrition book. But they were all filled with meat-based meal plans. In fact, the more popular the book, the more meat and dairy and protein supplements it contained.
I was getting SO FRUSTRATED.
I wanted off this roller coaster ride of wild mood swings caused by factory farmed food.
Then I Tried The Vegetarian Lifestyle Experiment
When I returned home, I went to a medical laboratory for expensive blood tests where I was told to my horror that my meat-eating diet was damaging my red blood cells and leaving me with toxins throughout my body.
It was a shock because everyone around me commented on how "healthy" my diet was!
At that moment I knew I was going to switch to the Vegetarian Lifestyle and cut meat (even chicken and fish) out of my diet forever.
And that's when I finally discovered the power of eating living foods and using food as medicine to cleanse and detoxify the body naturally.
While working at the gym one day, I stumbled across a flyer for a weekend nutrition seminar. When I got there, a powerful, vibrant young man was speaking on vegetarian eating, raw foods and the Vegetarian Lifestyle.
Only later did I learn he was over 50 years old, but as I sat through the seminar, I guessed his age to be in the early 30's!
I had never met anyone who looked so amazing and full of energy at that age.
I hung on every word he said and made pages and pages of notes. It was that one seminar that convinced me to immediately cut out all remaining meat and animal products from my diet, along with processed sugars.
In fact, I dumped all the so-called "health foods" that were actually keeping me fat, lethargic, and unhealthy. I started drinking more fresh fruit and vegetable juices, and blended more of my own fruit and veggie drinks.
Within days of living the Vegetarian Lifestyle I experienced a level of vibrant health greater than anything I had ever felt before.
Switching to the complete Vegetarian Lifestyle was a moment of awakening and clarity the answer I had been looking for all of these years.
Six months later I returned to the clinic for the same blood tests to see if the Easy Veggie Meal Plans really worked. I was amazed! The doctors said that 95% of the toxins had disappeared and my red blood cells were healthy again.
And in my research I had discovered the diet secrets of the world's longest living people that not even most vegetarians and health food gurus know about.
They Laughed When I Told Them I Didn't Eat Meat Until They Saw My Butt and Arms!
In my early 20's I became a certified personal trainer, but what I found was that most certifications continued to promote high meat and protein supplement intakes, and I knew that wasn't the right way to go for optimal health.
Instead, I decided to stick with the Vegetarian Lifestyle and show the world what you could accomplish without eating meat.
At first my clients were skeptical of my new diet approach, but each month they saw me getting healthier and healthier and noticed that I never ran out of energy.
Any time a new client started to work with me, they were shocked to find out that I achieved my physique and energy levels WITHOUT eating meat or drinking whey protein shake after whey protein shake.
In fact, the first thing my female clients always asked me was about how I was able to have such an amazing complexion and look so youthful.
My client's jaws would drop when I told them about my vegetarian diet.
Women in the gym would stop me all the time and say, "I want a butt like yours!" Of course, they are always shocked when they discover my diet secret.
Again, because they had been told over and over and over again that you needed expensive protein supplements and an endless supply of chicken breasts in your diet, they were amazed at how lean I was and by my sculpted arms.
Finally, many of my clients tried my diet and achieved amazing results just by living the Vegetarian Lifestyle.
So that's why I've created the Easy Veggie Meal Plans System for you. When I prepare meal plans for my clients, the investment is $150 for a 4-week diet. But in the Easy Veggie Meal Plans System, you'll get access to the 90-Day Vegan Meal Plans for Men and Women, including the exact recipes you need to lose weight without animal products.
And the best part is that you can download all of these fat burning workouts and bonuses from the Internet in just minutes and start using these fat loss techniques today right after work or when the kids go to bed!
But despite all of those amazing transformations, it is still hard for some people to believe the power of vegetarian eating.
You'll hear accusations about how you can't get enough protein, how it's too hard to eat this way, how it's too expensive, or even that it's not convenient.
That's why I've made the following list and covered every single objection you are going to hear when you start the Vegetarian Lifestyle. Here are the answers you'll need to deal with jealous meat-eating accusations.
Accusation #1: Isn't a Vegetarian Diet too hard to stick with?
Accusation #2: Vegetarian diets are too expensive!
Accusation #3: I can't eat a vegetarian diet. It sounds so inconvenient.
Accusation #4: My friend at the gym told me vegetarian diets don't work for weight loss.
Accusation #5: My trainer says I can't get enough protein on a vegetarian diet.
Accusation #6: You can't get Vitamin B12, iron, or calcium on a vegetarian diet.
Accusation #7: My family says we were meant to eat meat and that being a vegetarian is unhealthy.
Accusation #8: My friends say that I'll have no energy on a vegetarian diet.
"Okay, I Believe a Vegetarian Diet
How much longer are you willing to risk eating a diet full of tainted meats and factory farmed animal products?
Switching to the Vegetarian Lifestyle will be the greatest decision you've ever made for your health and fitness.
I promise you that you will be able eat a healthy, budget-friendly, and effective vegetarian weight loss diet that is also simple and easy to follow.
And I GUARANTEE that you will lose weight, save money, improve your health, increase your energy, and dramatically enhance your appearance in just a few short days after starting the Easy Veggie Meal Plans.
But if you don't agree that the Easy Veggie Meal Plans were worth every penny or that you didn't get results after trying these simple and easy meal plans, then just let us know within 60 days and we will return 100% of your money for a FULL refund.
And after you get your refund, you can even keep the product just in case you change your mind later. There's no risk to you. We want to make it that easy for you to get started without any worries.
This is all about helping you improve your health and diet while losing fat with simple and easy to follow vegetarian meal plans. Oh, and they're also PROVEN to work!
The Easy Veggie Meal Plans are SO EASY to implement your very next meal and continue until you have developed the habits necessary to see results and stay motivated and finally perfect your body and healthy.
It is our guarantee to you that you will succeed.
So that is our promise to you backed by our 60-day money back guarantee. We can't wait to hear about your success with The Vegetarian Lifestyle.
Get started today and get rid of the tainted meat and S.A.D. diet risks. By eating from the Easy Veggie Meal Plans and by living The Vegetarian Lifestyle, you'll see results in just days.
Not only will you dramatically increase your energy and decrease your weight, you'll also improve your digestion and complexion. Your health will be better than ever.
Here's to living the Vegetarian Lifestyle!
Kardena Pauza
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In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America earlier this week, researchers believe they've found proof that violent video games alter the portion of the brain responsible for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior. How many times are we going to prove this?
For a while there it felt like a new study linking violent video games to aggressive behavior in our children was being churned out on a regular basis, each one claiming to be more conclusive than the last. This latest study, conducted by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the latest to provide concrete proof that scientists really enjoy proving things.
"For the first time, we have found that a sample of randomly assigned young adults showed less activation in certain frontal brain regions following a week of playing violent video games at home," said Yang Wang, M.D., assistant research professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at in Indianapolis. "These brain regions are important for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior."
Utilizing a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine, researchers scanned the brains of 22 randomly-selected young males aged 18-29 while the subjects completed an emotional interference task, pressing buttons according to the appearance of colored words, some aggressive, some soft and cuddly, as well as a cognitive counting task.
The 22 men were then split into two groups of 11. The first group played a violent shooter for ten hours over the course of the week. The second group did not. After the week was up, brains were scanned anew.
Researchers discovered that subjects that had played the violent shooter game showed less activity in the left inferior frontal lobe during the emotional task, as well as a drop in anterior cingulate cortex activity during counting.
"These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning," Dr. Wang said.
The study also found, however, that the effect diminished after the gaming group spent another week without playing the violent shooter, so I suppose it all depends on your definition of long-term.
I'm not going to argue the science behind this study, as it draws a rather solid, if predictable conclusion. I was just under the impression that every little thing we do has some sort of an effect on the great big bundle of nerves in our head, so why should violent video games be any different?
What I'd really like to see is the study expanded to include movies, television shows, music, and even violent novels. I know violent content will alter the way I perceive violence; what I want to know is if video games have a stronger effect than any other form of entertainment.
Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men [Press Release]
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Is Debian 6.0 a full distribution?
Sure. First of all, in general if you want to find more such apps, look for them by using the key words "J2ME [type of app you want] [possibly "open source"]
Sourceforge is a great place to look and you can use J2ME or "java phone" or MIDLET as a keyphrase.
J2ME just means Java Micro Edition. Java is a well established and ubiquitous language so if you wanted to learn it , it would be rather accessible. I recommend only programs that are Free Software because: you can usually email the developers and get great support source code is provided so you have the "four Freedoms" the quality of Free/Open Source software is virtually always higher.
I have ended up deleting all the "freeware" programs I have tried that are not Free Software because they have no support anymore and cannot be changed to get better so they in effect have no future.
For text editors only, here is one SourceForge text editor I use
you download the zip, unzip and place the .jar file in the Java directory on the microSD that is to go in the phone.
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Alyssa Milano's Breastfeeding Story
The Bump: Did you always want to breastfeed?
Alyssa Milano: Yes, I did actually. Before I had my son, Milo, I had my mind made up that I was going to try. I was very realistic in the fact that if it wasn't going to work out for me, then I would just choose the best formula. I was never one of those people that put that crazy, crazy pressure on myself. It was just something that I felt like I wanted to try.
Then I gave birth, and Milo was such an amazing latcher. They put him on my chest, and he immediately tried to nurse on my nose. He just latched right to it and started sucking! Even though the first few weeks were very hard, he was so good at nursing that I felt like he was teaching me how to do it.
TB: Did you have any breastfeeding challenges after that?
AM: I didn't. I was very, very lucky. Milo breastfed like a champ, and I produced a lot of milk. I would breastfeed him and then after he would finish, I would pump for five minutes on each breast. By the time he was done breastfeeding — he weaned himself at nine months — I had two months of frozen breast milk saved up. It was something like over 600 ounces of breast milk that I kept in a deep freezer. So, he got breast milk until he was 11 months old.
TB: What breastfeeding advice would you give to pregnant women and new moms?
AM: Don't judge what your breastfeeding experience is going to be like until after the first three weeks. The first three weeks are really hard and there were so many days that I was like,_ I don't know if I can do this._ One of my best friends is Jewel; she gave birth two months before me and she was sort of my advocate. Every time that I felt unsure that I could keep going, she'd say, "No, you can do it, power through it. I promise you, it is not this hard the whole time. Just get through the first three weeks!" It really, really helped me to have a friend encouraging me because it did get easier. And not only did it get easier, but it got so pleasurable. I loved breastfeeding my son.
TB: We heard you also loved being pregnant. Is that true?
AM: I _loved _being pregnant! I was the happiest pregnant woman ever. I think it was the revelation of what my body was made to do and seeing it go through all of those changes, which are really miraculous. I didn't realize the perfect machine that women are until I was pregnant and then had Milo. It is amazing what we are capable of — naturally!
TB: Did you have any funny or awkward breastfeeding moments?
AM: I had very awkward situations when I was shooting the pilot of _Mistresses _because I was still breastfeeding. The baby was only six-and-a-half months old, so I was in full breastfeeding mode. Every two hours, we would shut down the set so I could go pump in my trailer, which would be awkward enough, but on top of that I was doing all these love scenes with these guys. We would be making out and shooting the scene. Then, the assistant director's alarm would go off on his cell phone and he would be like "Alyssa, it's time for you to pump now." I would go into the trailer and pump for 20 minutes and put my wardrobe back on, which consisted of lingerie, and go back out there and try and be sexy, when I was _not _feeling sexy.
TB: Was weaning Milo difficult?
AM: Yes. We shot the pilot for ten days and then we didn't start work again until four months later. By then, Milo was nine months and when I started working full time, he just weaned himself. It was hard because I wasn't ready. I thought for sure I would get in at least 18 months of breastfeeding, but he was just done.
TB: How did you get back in shape that quickly after having the baby?
AM: I wasn't really! I was still 20 pounds heavier than my normal weight. I didn't lose all of my baby weight until he was probably 18 months old. At the time, I could have cared less about what my body was doing as long as it was nurturing my child. The thought of dieting or going to the gym did not even cross my mind. I was just very consumed with being a mom. I was exhausted, like every new mother, and I just tried to listen to my body and what it needed to produce milk. I was very kind to myself and then I eventually just lost the weight from eating less and moving more. There were no secrets here — I just tried to be as kind to myself as possible.
TB: That's so refreshing! You don't hear that from very many moms in Hollywood.
AM: My thought process was, What does anyone care if I still hold on to these 20 pounds? Seriously, how does it affect anyone else's life? I feel like the pressure to lose that baby weight in what I do is just ridiculous. Is it to get the magazine cover? If for 99 percent of women in the world, it takes 18 months to lose the baby weight, why do you want to be that other 1 percent where it takes six weeks? I realized that the weight stayed on me, so that I could make milk. Also, you know, to be cuddly! I just wanted to be cuddly for Milo.
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