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Let us make an in-depth study of the Revenue of a Firm. After reading this article you will learn about: 1. Meaning of Revenue 2. Recognition of Revenue 3. Measurement.
Meaning of Revenue:
According to Paton and Littleton, revenue is the product of the entity which refers to the goods and services created during a specific time span by an enterprise. American Accounting Association, Committee on Accounting Concepts and Standards, embraces the above ideas and defines- "Revenue……………………….. is the monetary expression of the aggregate of products or services, transferred by an enterprise to its customers during a period of time".
The operation of a business enterprise consists of a continuous process of repeated conversion of economic resources and their exchanges. Generally, these conversions and exchanges are made at higher values. In other words, the values realised or earned are higher than their respective values which are lost in exchanges and conversions.
As such, net assets of the business increase by the amount of excess values which is earned or realised.
Recognition of Revenue:
Revenue is considered or recognised in accounting as having been earned on the date on which it is realised (even if the same is not received in cash within the said period). That is, it refers to the timing of its recognition in accounts. Because, earning of revenue and the receipt of cash for the same are not practically identical.
On the contrary, they are totally different. Therefore, revenues accrued in the accounting period in which they are earned, i.e., revenues, are measured in accordance with the actual concept of accounting and, as such, the same is treated as theoretically realised though not practically realised/received in cash.
In determining whether a particular revenue should be recognised at a particular point of time, regard must be made to:
(i) The amount involved should be capable of being measured objectively;
(ii) It must earn revenue; and
(iii) The revenue must have been realised in the form of an asset or assets (usually cash or receivables) or by the extinction of a liability.
Although the particular nature of the firm will determine the time of revenue recognition, the following criteria are widely used, in general, in order to determine the point of time:
(a) If the amount of revenue is ascertained with accuracy and the receipt of the same is certain, in that case, realisation of revenue may be recognised and may also be treated as earned in the books. However, in the opposite case, i.e., if the revenue cannot correctly be measured and, at the same time, the receipt of the same is uncertain, no revenue can be recognised as realised and, as such, must not be recorded as earned in the books.
There will be an exception to the rule if there is a guaranteed market at a fixed price. Because the firm, in that case, is able to sell its products at a guaranteed price, e.g., rare metals.
(b) The commonly accepted evidence of realisation of revenue is the market transactions (i.e., the actual sale of goods or services) since there is an applied transaction with an outsider involving an exchange of the output for a money/monetary claim.
The accountants recognise revenue at such a stage due to:
(i) The expected selling price or the possibility of selling the output at a given rate is uncertain before the point of actual sale, particularly in case of a new product or a non-standardised product which, in other words, eludes the accountant of adequate evidence to justify the upward revision in the value of the product.
(ii) Actual selling of goods and services constitute the significant step for the purpose of earning revenue. It may so happen that the recognition of revenue is delayed, even when a sale has been made, due to some unusual circumstances prevailing in the business.
As a result of this problem, the AICPA (Accounting Standard Division) has suggested some conditions for recognising the sales revenue:
(i) "The selling price should be substantially fixed at the date of the exchange of goods or services.
(ii) The buyer has either made full payment or has accepted a debt, the repayment of which is not to be postponed or deferred until the merchandise is resold by him.
(iii) The obligation to the seller by the buyer is to change in no way because of the loss of goods in the latter's custody.
(iv) The seller, in his part, must not have any significant obligation for future performance to bring about a resale of the merchandise sold by him to the buyer and held in the latter's custody.
(v) Further returns of the merchandise can be predicted with reasonable accuracy.
(c) If there are inflow of resources without supplying goods and services in an accounting period which will be supplied in a subsequent date or in an accounting period, the said inflows can never be treated as revenue earned in the accounting period when the same are actually received in cash.
On the contrary, they should be considered as advance payment and must be shown in the liability side of the Balance Sheet in the particular accounting period when such payment is received. They should be considered as revenue realised when the goods and services will be provided in the future accounting period, e.g., subscription/rent received in advance. It is evident from the foregoing discussions that the revenue is recognised as earned/realised at the point of actual sale of goods and services.
However, this principle has some exceptions:
(i) Revenue Recognition on Completion of Production:
If revenue is measured objectively prior to the date of exchange between the buyer and the seller, the revenue is recognised on the earlier date. In other words, if the business deals with standard products which are sold in an organised market at a price which can be determined at any point of time, e.g., gold mining- revenue is recognised in the accounting period in which the gold is mined and not in the period in which it is sold.
(ii) Revenue Recognition before Completion of Production:
It is known to all that actual sale basis of the revenue recognition is not followed in case of long-term contracts. If the revenue is recognised only on the completion of the contract, recognition of revenue at the final point of sale would simply result in a highly distorted picture of income for the different accounting periods.
In order to avoid such problems on the basis of progress of contract, the portion of the construction which has been completed and approved is revalue and, on that basis, a percentage to the ultimate contract price is recorded as a realised revenue even before the contract is completed.
(iii) Non-Recognition of Revenue in Case of Doubt:
This method is particularly applicable where the sale transaction is deemed not to be adequate and, as a result, additional evidence in support of such transaction may be considered necessary. Sometimes, in a sale transaction, some conditions may be imposed which may express positive weakness for rendering the evidence of sale inadequate, in order to recognise the revenue.
For example, in case of a hire purchase transaction—where the purchaser has a right to cancel the contract and the seller has a right to repossess the asset. In this case, revenue is recognised only by the aggregate amount of instalment (which may have fallen due during the specific accounting period which have already been realised in cash or will be realised definitely).
(iv) Revenue Recognition against Cash Payment:
This method is widely accepted by professional people who are engaged in professional services and maintain cash basis of accounting for the purpose of recognition of revenue. Here, the revenue is not recognised till the payment is received in cash. So, the revenue is treated as realised for the period only when the cash is received and not in the period where the services are actually supplied, although, for recognising revenue, it is practically impracticable.
Measurement of Revenue:
Revenue is properly measured either by the exchange value of the product or services of the firm. This exchange value actually reveals the cash equivalent or the present discounted value of the money which is received from the revenue transaction. This may be similar to the price established in the transaction.
For this purpose, proper allowance must be made in order to wait for final collection. For example, a cash sale of Rs. 1,000 will produce a revenue of Rs. 1,000 but if the payment is made after a year, it produces a revenue which will be less than Rs. 1,000, since question of discount will appear in the latter case. If the waiting period is very short, naturally, the discount factor may be ignored.
The above criterion for the purpose of measurement of revenue relates to the present value of money or its equivalent which is finally received from the revenue transaction since all returns, trade discounts and other reductions are subtracted from the revenue so earned. Cash discounts and bad debt, if any, are also to be deducted.
It is to be noted that cash discounts are allowed to customers for two purposes:
(i) To reduce the amount of bad debt losses, and
(ii) To equate the money-value received within the discount period with the present discounted money value (which will be received under the granted credit terms at a later date).
Practically, if the rate of cash discount was fixed rationally, the sellers would be less interested in whether they received the net amount or gross price minus certain amount of expected bad debt losses. In this context, cash discounts and expected bad debt losses are to some extent similar.


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"Manpower" referes to the number of people who will be involved in a given job. Different types of situations require different workers, sets of skills and training for varied groups of workers; the total number of workers also varies greatly from one project to another.
Manpower planning involves assessing a given project to determine the number of individuals who will be needed to complete each of the components or processes contained within the overall outcome. Manpower planning could mean determining the types of specialized training that will be required and the number of persons having these types of educations that must be located; figuring the number of laborers needed to do physical building or assembly; assuring that an adequate number of workers will be available at each location if work will be undertaken in more than one place; and putting support systems in place to take care of the workers.

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text: These two beautiful people are getting married tomorrow, so I thought now was a great time to get back on the blogging wagon. Christina and Nathan are downtown Los Angeles residents and live much of their lives in this historic, developing neighborhood. We planned their engagement session on what would prove to be one of the rainiest days of the year, but as luck would have it, the rain brought magic and life to the urban streets. Misty city skylines from the rooftops of tall buildings, the neon glow of signs on the street, the comfort of coffee in their DTLA loft the next morning, and classic LA architecture make this one of my favorite engagement sessions yet. Christina and Nathan's chemistry lights up the grey skies and there's a bit of dancing to boot.


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The reason i clicked on this video was the because the girl looked really pretty in the thumbnail haha
But when i watched the video she didn't seem as pretty. she's funny though.
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It's hard to feel sorry for her because, they were only "just dating" and that she probably could have seen it coming that the girl was flirting with him and that he was enjoying it (went through with it), plus he had been playing lacrosse with her so, he was getting closer to her, and her him. The more time you spend with someone, the more likely you are to fall for them...
But, on the other hand, she walked in on them cheating, so, at the same time, it's hard not to feel bad for her because she had to see that.
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Wow you're 14 and judging people based on their appearance. I would've hoped you clicked on the video because she had something to say as opposed to her looks. You're a female yourself, don't be posting whether other females are pretty or not. Be respectful00|00|0
Really? Im not judging her on her appearance. I just saw that she looked pretty and she looked like the type to do makeup tutorials or something so i checked her out. Plus if it really matters i subscribed to her because she's funny, even when she didn't seem as pretty as she looked in the thumbnail. So I dont only like her for her looks
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Have you not been on this website before? There are "Are they good looking" questions all the time. If she was some random girl then I wouldn't of asked, but she's a popular youtuber with many fans and followers. Would you say the same if I posted a picture of a celebrity? Probably not. If people are going to put themselves out there for everyone to see then they should expect a little judgement.
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What is one of the greatest attributes / strengths that an engineer can posses? Take a moment and think about what it is…
It's not a specific programming language. Languages come and go (cobalt anyone?) and each language is generally used for a specific set of purposes.
It's not experience. Successful engineers have learned time and time again that they need to retrain themselves and re-adapt to a changing environment. What worked in a previous job might not work in their next job.
What is it then? It's confidence. Confidence in my opinion is one of the greatest attributes that engineers can posses. Think about this for a minute. Why would confidence outweigh experience and technical chops in a specific language?
It has to do with scope and productivity. Confident engineers know more about themself compared to any other engineers. This engineer knows his or her own limits, strengths, weaknesses and shortcomings. A confident engineer knows when to bet big on a proposed solution and when an algorithm needs more attention or needs to go through a dreaded re-factor.
This job skill allows this engineer to communicate better with both parallel and upper management teams. Problems and concerns are more easily brought to the table and can be addressed when their cost is low. In the end product and engineering teams are able to deliver more products, within specified timeframes and within outlined budgets.


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Opengear - Nagios partnership
Nagios itself provides central monitoring of the hosts and services in your distributed network. You can freely download Nagios and it will provide an outstanding management system. With the Nagios you can display the real time status of each host and network node and each service running; and display warnings and raise alarms when a service failure is detected. When then integrated with SDTConnector and Opengear console servers you gain point and click access and control of all these hosts and services from your central Nagios console.
Opengear console servers all embed the Nagios NSCA client (refer faq 279) which enables scheduled check-ins with the remote Nagios server. SDT for Nagios uses this facility to monitor then access and control the console servers and attached hosts across the network.
Nagios central management
Nagios provides health and status summary information for all the servers, routers, switches, power devices and related services you are monitoring. It provides alarms with notification mechanisms that alert you of potential problems, highlight critical events that require immediate attention and escalate the alerts if not rectified.
Opengear's SDT for Nagios extensions will automatically upload all the network configurations and user access privileges from the console server infrastructure. It then gives administrators secure in-band and out-of-band remote access all their physical and virtual ICT assets from a single screen. This access is securely tunneled with strong selectable encryption, flexible authentication, access control and audit tracking.
Distributed Monitoring
Nagios can be configured for more extensive distributed monitoring where the overhead of performing service checks from a central monitoring server is offloaded onto one or more distributed servers. While small to medium sized shops may not need such an environment, when you start monitoring hundreds or even thousands of hosts this becomes quite important.
At the remote site, the Opengear console server functions as a distributed Nagios server and performs checks on all the hosts and services that you define for that site. A Nagios NSCA client and NRPE server are embedded in the console server so it can perform these checks. These programs enable scheduled check-ins with the central Nagios monitoring server and send check results across the network to the remote monitoring server.
In the event that the checks find something wrong with a network service or host resource at a remote site, the console server then informs the central Nagios monitoring server which in turn sends the administrator an alert.


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This morning I sit here with my cup of tea and thoughts about how to give advice to others, who live alone like me, and have been diagnosed with diabetes 2. I'm not a doctor. I'm not a dietician. I'm just a writer with a disease no one can see. I struggle with keeping to a healthy eating plan, exercising, and forgetting to prick my fingers. I push aside the reality of being a diabetic because I feel good…most of the time.
Diabetes Isn't Curable
The first thing I had to admit to myself is having a disease which cannot be cured. There are drugs which can help keep my numbers at a good level, but there are no magic shots, surgeries, or treatment plans to attack and kill the problem. Diabetes is a disease which lives with you permanently, once it takes up residence. That's hard to accept, right?
When I was first diagnosed, I was shocked and angry at myself. How had I allowed my love affair with food to get to this point. I was like a lot of people. I thought I had contracted diabetes because I liked to eat and I was a bit overweight. Let me reassure you, this isn't true! My eating habits didn't help, but there was a medical reason for my diagnosis.
Ignoring the First Signs of Diabetes or Carbohydrate Intolerance
When I was working in the corporate world, rushing from meeting to meeting, location to location, breakfast was something I grabbed on the run. Early morning meetings started with a continental breakfast, consisting of pastries, fruit, and orange juice, coffee or tea. Then during the meeting, I would find eyelids growing heavy. I fought against falling asleep and couldn't concentrate on the agenda at hand.
Then came lunch. A quick sandwich from a fast food joint, or a sit down lunch with a friend where the bread and rolls were in abundance. Afternoons plagued me with the same heavy eyelids and struggle to concentrate.
These were the first signs that my body wasn't able to handle carbohydrates properly. I didn't think about carbs. I figured carbs were all about sugar. That's true. But what I forgot was sugar is inherent in most foods in my diet! So eventually I began to skip breakfast. Sometimes I skipped lunch. Ah, you see where I went wrong now, don't you?
Eating Regularly is a Must When You Have Diabetes
The first thing I learned about living with diabetes is: Eat on a schedule and be consistent with balancing your carbohydrates.
Okay, so I immersed myself in learning what foods were good for me and what were bad. What size portions. Counting carbs. Oh, my! It was overwhelming!! I took classes recommended by my doctor through a local hospital. Education became my focus.
With my personality, need to control and an analytical mind, (yes, even writers have analytical minds which can be a hindrance to creativity–story for another time) I became obsessive about collecting numbers, writing everything down in various formats. I can't even explain how deeply I focused on this. On seeing what number of carbs worked for me. My fingers were so full of holes I didn't know how I could continue and still type!
The person I met with for my first interview at the hospital encouraged me to relax. Ha! How could I relax? I had diabetes!
With what I was doing, and walking on the treadmill daily, I brought my A1C down from 6.8 to 6.1 in three months. Good, right? On paper, yes. But I wasn't eating healthy. I was too tightly bound with counting carbs and keeping them to around 60 gm per day. Not healthy.
But, this post is getting too long, and my tea is getting cold, so I will continue my story and advice tomorrow. Please come back and invite your friends.
I leave today with a simple prayer. "Almighty God, I thank you for loving me, for being patient with me, and for never leaving me. You are my rock on which I stand, my shelter through the storm. I ask for You to give me the words to help others who are struggling with caring for the bodies you gave us when faced with challenges. I pray for blessings upon those who are praying this prayer with me today. In the name of Jesus. Amen."


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They found that when the sex addicts viewed the same sexual image repeatedly, compared to the healthy volunteers they experienced a greater decrease of activity in the region of the brain known as the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, known to be involved in anticipating rewards and responding to new events. This is consistent with 'habituation', where the addict finds the same stimulus less and less rewarding – for example, a coffee drinker may get a caffeine 'buzz' from their first cup, but over time the more they drink coffee, the smaller the buzz becomes.
This same habituation effect occurs in healthy males who are repeatedly shown the same porn video. But when they then view a new video, the level of interest and arousal goes back to the original level. This implies that, to prevent habituation, the sex addict would need to seek out a constant supply of new images…"
When I entered the homosexual lifestyle in 1988, there was a dramatic generational and cultural shift taking place in the "gay" world; before that, most of the boys and young men who "came-out" in the 1970s and early-80s, the heyday of "gay" liberation in America, before the crash of the AIDS epidemic, oftentimes perfectly fit what I call the "classic gay-boy" syndrome: a sensitive, alienated, and lonely kid with an unloving father and an overbearing mother; without exception, every one of these guys who made the long trek to San Francisco, were both escaping the pain of their childhood and at the same time consciously embracing "gay" as the answer to their every heartache. By the time I got to the Castro in the late-80s, there were certainly men with incredibly dysfunctional backgrounds: one of my favorite friends hated his father who tried to beat the "sissy" out of him; later, when his parents divorced, his mother became sickly cloying while insisting that she accompany me and him to "gay" dance clubs. Yet, I also noticed another trend among myself and my friends, a tendency to come to homosexuality after a childhood filled with porn addiction.
Although I fit into certain parameters of the "classic gay-boy" syndrome as an overly emotional boy that always took the slightest rebuke or unkind word to heart, still, I seemed to tell a similar story to many of the other guys I knew when we would sit about a talk of our epic-making coming-out: that I first became attracted to men after seeing a naked guy in porn. For me, it first happened before I even reached my teens; I had been seriously looking at porn since about age 8. Then, most of the variety of images were from "Playboy" and "Penthouse" magazines: featuring solitary naked women. Drunk on all that glossy flesh, I couldn't imagine getting turned on by anything else, yet, slowly at first – the sight of a naked woman, which once made my pulse race, didn't even raise my blood-pressure a single iota. For, in porn, it is often the forbidden that becomes desirable; that which is unseen becomes that which must be seen; and, in the 1970s, "gay" was one of the few still wholly unexplored sexual taboos; "gay" was mysterious – only intimated at and suggested in jokes on such popular television shows as "All in the Family," "Soap," and "Three's Company." Whenever anything "gay" was mentioned – it carried with it a certain charge of risk. In the late-70s, that danger became pedestrian – this becoming fully realized with the ascendance of "The Village People;" yet, it remained somewhat comical and caricatured – exemplified in such films as "Zorro: The Gay Blade," "Partners" and "Victor Victoria;" Madonna, in the following decade, took "gay" out of the marginal sphere of camp into high glamour. In reality, as opposed to what was popularly heralded, disco never died – Madonna was the direct inheritor of all the dazzling sleaze of the 70s, a combination of classic porn, gay aesthetics, and dance music that is reworked and presented as the main-stream.
By the late-1980s, when I went "gay," even in the midst of endless AIDS deaths, it was rather easy to reimagine oneself as a happy homosexual; to a semi-stupid kid like me, the images from the music video for "Express Yourself" held greater power than the pictures of dying skin-blotched men. I couldn't see it; what awaited me in gay-dom was death, but like Madonna herself, the pornographic fantasy of care-free all-male sex was constantly being reinvented into something entirely new and unpredictable.
Yet, strangely enough, I sometimes shifted between heterosexuality and homosexuality, but, then, the "gay" world was far closer to mirroring what porn had presented as authentic sexuality: relentlessly available, never dull, and forever changing. And, for a while, that is exactly what the "gay" experience delivers – you are surrounded by a throng of equally young, eager, and voraciously aroused males all willing to explore every avenue of sexuality. But, surprisingly, the boundaries of human endurance are often reached in just a few months or even weeks; hence, the propensity for "gay" culture to expedientially swerve into extreme fetishism – like past the elbow fisting and human toilet-bowl water-sports. At that point, you have often gone beyond the limits of socially accepted pornography; then, it's a bizarre and tragic form of self-realization: the depths to which the human soul will sink in order to find healing. Only, the solace that one pursues is nowhere to be found – only further loneliness and abandonment.
Recently, former child-star Miley Cyrus posed for a full-frontal naked shot that was featured in "V" Magazine; in the 1950s, the publication of a comparably far less explicit photograph of a newly famous Marilyn Monroe, taken when she was unknown and broke, caused a scandal with world-wide headlines; the same thing happened to Vanessa Williams in 1984; today, the Miley Cyrus reveal only elicited a barely audible yawn from the public. What has changed? Essentially, the phenomena of pop-porn reached a zenith in the critical year of 1984; about 4 months after Vanessa Williams resigned as Miss America, Madonna releases her breakthrough album "Like a Virgin." Then, in a series of music videos, in one – mimicking the dead Monroe, Madonna squirmed and squealed her way to super stardom; a large part of her success was the bridging of what was once intimate dress with public acceptability: hence, the appearance of lingerie as outerwear. At that moment, it was as if an unspoken wall of social morality was smashed down forever; porn and pop became one.
Only, Madonna became a symbol of sexual freedom, but also of the boredom which that excessive liberty breeds. At the beginning of her career, she could be compared to a Playboy centerfold come to life, at the time, pushing the boundaries of what was tolerable, by the early-90s she was into lesbianism and rimming in her music video for "Justify My Love" and in her hardcore coffee-table book "Sex." However, the genie in the bottle that she helped release was, for her, both a blessing and a curse. Because, it groomed a future generation to accept an ever growing list of deviances, that she could repeatedly reach into in order to shock and garner attention, but it also hooked them and left many always wanting more. As Madonna grew older, though over the years she has become more pathetic in a desperate bid to stay relevant, her early reliance on porn imagery, in a culture that can now easily access it through the internet, left her as the proverbial empress with no clothes. The current batch of Madonna wannabes flame out even quicker; case in point: Britney Spears, ostensibly overnight, went from ingénue to over-sexed hag in a couple of years; in her 30s, she has become a sort of pornographic grande dame – a certain relegated status that Madonna didn't arrive at until much later.
In the late-90s, just as I was about to wash-out of the "gay" scene for the last time, I met a barely 20 year old newbie who idolized Madonna; he told me stories about how, as a little boy in the late-80s, he infuriated his father, while his mother laughed, by prancing about the house in a faux imitation of his idol. Since then, the situation has gotten only worse; the "stars" of today have gone beyond anything Madonna ever imagined: a world in which there is no differential between pornography and popular culture – fully realized in the fame of Kim Kardashian: a woman who gained international notoriety by strategically leaking a home-made sex tape. Now, sexuality has become a thing of public discourse; a career move; a sext message; a revelation of who we are; not a private act of love between a man and his wife. Most disastrously, we have all become porn stars. In the pre-Madonna era of the 1970s and early-80s, boys with same-sex attraction were driven to a life of homosexuality, sometimes painfully, because they thought they had no other choice. After the main-streaming of porn, homosexuality has twisted into just another category, mimicking the seemingly endless variety of pornographic genres and sub-genres – from twink to trans-men, that can be freely selected and outwardly lived. And, we all must suffer with the consequences; literally, there is nowhere that the current porn-ized pop-culture has not gone: starting with a senior citizen former male athlete who got breast implants to a seriously mentally confused teen pretending to be girl while securing his own line of cosmetics.
Again, just as in the case with those former "gay" men, back in the 1960s and 70s, who fully met the criteria as the "classic gay-boy," those who currently come-out also often do so after enduring years of neglect and abuse by their preoccupied or absent parents. But, there are now a group of young men who perhaps did not experience a traumatic level of abuse, but, nevertheless, were left alone and unmonitored with unregulated internet access; wherein, by the time they reach their mid-teens, they have seen almost every conceivable sexual scenario imaginable; according to one study: by the age of 18, 69% of boys have seen "gay" porn; 39% have seen bondage porn; and, 32% have seen depictions of bestiality.* In certain individuals, with a propensity towards addictive behavior and a lack of significant and good male role models – pornography will become idolized and thus begins a decent into more explicit and deviant content; some, will become aroused by "gay" material, others will not. Those that do, because homosexuality, and "gay" sexual expression, is so widely accepted in culture, will bypass any conflict and accept themselves as "gay." Whereas, in my era, there was a sort of grooming within the first few days of joining the "gay" world; this was done by other 'gay" men; today, because porn has become main-streamed, the grooming process takes place out in the open, in the home, by way of the media. Then, like a talentless debutante, the youth of today create their own publicity sensations, though on a very localized level: by their dress, their behavior, and, lastly, by coming-out at school and most importantly – on-line. Only, like Miley, it's not shocking anymore.
*"The Nature and Dynamics of Internet Pornography Exposure for Youth"
Chiara Sabina, Ph.D, et al.
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text: I can't believe I find myself here in this place again in my life. From the outside, everyone in my small town would tell you I have the perfect life. I am a highly respected educator; I have 3 beautiful children who are grown, I am a grandmother; I own a beautiful home; I drive a little sports car, My husband is the nicest guy you could ever meet. The problem is he is also a drug addict. He first went to detox and rehab six years ago. At the time, I knew he was using but had not proof. By the time I did have hard proof I was $25,000 in debt and 3 months behind on all payments. He went to detox and rehab for 3 months, while I stayed here and worked and took care of children (13, 14, 19). I really thought he had been clean since. He revealed to me 5 days ago that he was using and he needed to go to detox again. I am crushed. I have been supportive and loving for years. I have not been an enabler. He was able to hide his drug use and has deceived me for 2 years---the whole time touting his sobriety. He has called every night from detox. He is trying to get well. There is no doubt in my mind that he regrets what he's done. I know he loves me and the children. I feel guilty for not wanting to be a part of his recovery this time. I just don't know if I have it in me to continue this life. I am tired of being lied to and feeling like the issues in our relationship with him are because of me when in reality I know they are not. If I decide to end 22 years of marriage, what then? If he continues to self-destruct, will I be blamed? Would the guilt eat me alive? Would my children be devastated? If I stay I know I will never trust him again. God, I hate addiction?


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AAP Reaffirms Position Against Trampoline Use
In case you were thinking that trampolines have gotten safe enough to warrant spending your hard earned cash on one for your kids – they haven't… so don't.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has again reviewed all the safety and childhood injury data and has reaffirmed it's position against their recreational use by children.
Whoa! I know a lot of you already have one of these things in your yard; but give these guys a hearing. At least read on to find out what data they felt warranted such a strong position.
Susannah Briskin, MD, pediatrician and sports medicine specialist, wrote for the consensus panel stating that "Although trampoline injury rates have been decreasing since 2004, the potential for severe injury remains relatively high."
We've known about injuries in, and had advisories for, participation of children in other activities such as swimming, bicycling and other playground equipment for a long time. And that's sort of part of the problem with the issue of trampolines.
The dangers of children bouncing on trampolines doesn't get anywhere near the "press time" that those other sports do – so a more direct stand needs to be publicized to increase parents awareness of the dangers trampolines pose to their kids.
Injury rates are 70 per 100,000 for 0 to 4-year-olds and up to 160 per 100,000 for 5 to 14 year-olds. That rate does show some similarity to the other activities but there are some substantial differences.
Extra Dangers of Trampoline Use
Because it becomes a piece of "furniture" in the back yard it becomes fairly blase' in most parents bucket list of things to worry about. Parents who would place strict use and barriers for use of a swimming pool don't think even "once" about their trampolines.
All you have to do is watch through a window at a group of kids around a trampoline and the thing nearly hypnotizes more and more kids to climb aboard. Soon there are multiple kids all bouncing – unfortunately, whether they are supervised or not.
Most injuries occur when there are multiple people using it at once; AND, it's the smallest child who gets hurt the worse – up to 14 times more vulnerable to injury. It's a law of physics and the smallest one doesn't even stand a chance! And not just because their motor-skills are usually less developed.
Twenty-seven to thirty-nine percent of injuries are accounted for by falls onto the ground from the "tramp" and of course those are more frequent when it is on an uneven surface.
Still Not Convinced? Even More Dangers
You may be thinking that merely demanding that the kids always be supervised will keep them safe – well it won't! Between 30 and 50 percent of children who are injured by a trampoline had their parent watch them do it! (or some other adult "supervisor.")
Almost 30% of trampoline injuries we see in the emergency room are in children six and younger. And, even though it's mostly foot and ankle injuries, around 15% (10-17%) are to the head and neck. And I hope I don't need to tell you – that's bad!
A full half of a percent (1 in 200) of all trampoline injuries resulted in "permanent neurologic damage!" That's even worse.
And if you're still thinking that "I'll just add some padding or something" – well, that won't work either. Unlike bike helmets or flotation vests, there is absolutely no padding or protective gear which has been tried and shown to prevent trampoline injuries.
Official Policy
That's why the entire panel of pediatric advocates and sports specialists have made this, fairly unusual in its bluntness and scope, written policy. Basically, parents should not allow recreational trampoline usage by their children. Not in their back yard or at the trampoline park.
For the AAP, it's a policy statement. Obviously, for parents it's a recommendation – albeit from some very smart people with data.
History has shown us that not all parents are quick "adopters" of advice; so, the policy also has a few "recommendations" contained in it as well.
- Pediatricians should advise against recreational trampoline use.
- Homeowners should verify whether trampoline injuries are covered by their insurance policies.
- Any trampoline use should be restricted to a single user at a time.
- Adults familiar with safety guidelines should supervise any trampoline use.
- Trampoline conditions should be inspected regularly, and trampolines in disrepair should be discarded.
- These cautions should also be in effect for trampoline parks and structured trampoline programs as well.
A news release accompanying this latest re-affirmation stated: "Pediatricians need to actively discourage recreational trampoline use. Families need to know that many injuries occur on the mat itself, and current data do not appear to demonstrate that netting or padding significantly decrease the risk of injury."
Just one thing I ask. If you're deciding to get rid of the one you bought – please don't sell it to anyone with children – they may be one of my patients.
[Pediatrics Sep 24, 2012]


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It's just a good idea to be prepared for emergencies. We have earthquake emergency boxes stashed in a safe place here. Trump is an earthquake walking. We definitely should be prepared. Resistance has pointed out repeatedly, and will continue to do so, that we should begin to think about what we would like a new government, a new constitution, to look like. If no disaster comes then at least we'll know exactly what we want to change. I don't think it's alarmist to look at Trump and the Republican controlled government as a real disaster about to happen.
What if things seriously go off the rails, and fast? A real and dangerous over-step into outright and obvious authoritarianism? What then?
I propose that we begin to plant the seeds in our representatives imaginations. I propose that we begin to ask out representatives to begin imagining scenarios were secession becomes a matter of survival. It may seem dramatic, a drastic proposal, but every passing day makes it seem easier to imagine.
I propose that we begin to ask our representatives to consider the idea, as an emergency option, and begin to think about exactly how it would be done and what changes we would like to make to the existing constitution. For example: could like minded states on different coasts form a new country? Would a new constitution ban private money in elections (it better). How would government transparency be spelled out in the new constitution? How can our new constitution protect against gerrymandering, voter suppression and other tactics to corrupt our democracy? How would Fourth Amendment privacy be protected in the digital age? Physical autonomy in general and a woman's right to chose specifically? How would issues of economic justice be addressed? These are questions that we need to discuss and think about as we prepare for an emergency that we would rather not see.
Below is a PDF file of a letter to a representative. Feel free to print it or cut and paste it into an email and send our and share. The file, labeled "Secession" can also be found in the Action page.


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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a global community of over 30,000 companies "serving to unify, harmonize and drive innovation in the vast range of connected devices all around us," has announced that the next generation Bluetooth 5.0 standard has been officially approved and adopted, allowing manufacturers to build it into their devices.
Bluetooth 5.0 is a relatively major update to the wireless connection standard. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group promises greater range, speed, and broadcasting message capabilities.
With 4x range, 2x speed and 8x broadcasting message capacity, the enhancements of Bluetooth 5 focus on increasing the functionality of Bluetooth for the IoT. These features, along with improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies, continue to advance the IoT experience by enabling simple and effortless interactions across the vast range of connected devices.
Many internet connected devices in the home utilize Bluetooth technology to communicate with each other, and the new standard should offer a smoother experience, given the increased speed and range.
Another interesting tidbit that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced is the removal of all references to version and point number from this point forward, which should simplify marketing, but ultimately make it more difficult for users to determine which version of Bluetooth is included in a given device.
Now that the Bluetooth 5.0 standard has been approved, it could take anywhere from 2-6 months for devices that include it to be shipped. Given their desire to be on the cutting edge, it's expected that Apple will include Bluetooth 5.0 technology in their new products to be announced next year, including the iPhone 7S (or iPhone 8, because who really knows what Apple is going to do next) and iPad Pro models. Apple won't be the only ones to add the new technology, as it definitely shouldn't be long before Bluetooth 5.0 is the standard on pretty much every device sold.
You can learn more about Bluetooth 5.0 and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group at Bluetooth.com


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In Taken, Elvis Cole explains that his self-described "World's Greatest Detective" moniker is meant as a joke. Well, I am stating for the record that Robert Crais is hands-down the World's Greatest Crime Fiction Writer, and that is no joke.
Told from multiple points of view, this installment would make a fine action-packed film with three strong male leads.
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Discussion in 'Life After Brown' started by menotyou, Sep 6, 2012.
Arby's is giving away free turkey roasters from 10am to 1pm today. Yum!
Arby's: It's Good Mood Food
It was very good.
With curly fries????
I went to Wendy's for a baked potato.
Technically nothing at Arby's counts as food.
Man.... took the wind out of my sails.
It might not be food, but neither are Oreo's Double Stuff and they are still wicked good!
OK a US Army story.
When I was at Aberdeen / Edgewood Maryland in Senior NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer School)
I lived off Wendy's.
They had Salad bars back then. Great selection of all you can eat salad bars, with meats and other items in 1986.
When in NCO school, you came up on a roster to be the NCOIC (Non Commissioned Officer in Charge)
for retreat flag detail. You would supervise young soldiers to take down the post flag at 17:00 or 5:00 PM.
My peers, which never did this, were petrified to do it or supervise it. I would offer, I would do it for
5 dollars. They would be like heck yeah!!!
I was a Drill Sergeant and performed this many many times and it was second nature for me.
After we folded the colors or flag at 05:00 PM into the 13 fold triangle, and turned it over to the
Post Headquarter's Staff Duty Officer, off I would go to Wendys for the salad bar.
With my wife and children left 1,000 miles away, I did not have the money to eat.
They would give us so much to eat and charge us a ridiculous amount to eat in the messhall.
It was about 7.00 back then. It was called per diem.
So I ate breakfast in the messhall at $4.25, then I would skip lunch or eat a can of tuna
with water, and then FEAST at Wendy's salad bar in Maryland each night with my Flag detail
Shame Wendy's stopped the salad bar later in the 90's.
Retreat Ceremony
I loved the Wendy's salad bar. They had pasta(ok they called it that and the sauce, too), taco's, all sorts of stuff. When I was 20, that was good stuff!!!
The baked potatoes are still yummy, as are the frosty's and fries.
Do you dunk your fries in the frosty ?
I delivered Arby's paychecks this morning. They must not have had free food later because I didn't notice cars lined up for 3 blocks.
I've heard this somewhere before. I might have to try it.
I went after therapy. I got the turkey deluxe(the one with bacon). It was very good. Not $6 good, but good. I'd just as soon have the 5 for $5.95.
Arby's was always a stop on our trip to Vegas......they used to have the regular roast beef....4 for $5.00. We'd grab it and run. It's easy to eat those and drive too.
I love the regulars. They are great for eating in the car. The Arby's on Rt. 11 in N. Syracuse has 5 for $6.95 on Thursday's. I have requested some of my dr visits on Thursday's just so I could stop. I love the red ranch and the BBQ(not Arby's sauce). YUMMM!!!!!!
I'm a fan of "horsey" sauce !
I always said, food tastes better when you pay for it. lol
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"I have bought a new iPhone 6 yesterday,now I want to sell my old iPhone 5.In order to prevent the personal information from leaking out to others,is there any way to erase all alreday deleted files on iPhone permanently? I know that some professional data recovery,like iOS Data Recovery can recover deleted files easily,now I want to find a way to erase deleted files on iPhone permanently,make sure the important iPhone data can't be accessed by others?"–Ask by Anne
Factory reset a iPhone can cleans up all your data, personal imformationg, user settings, applications and whatever is stored in the device entirely and some data can't be seen. By reading this party, you would know data can be retireved after factory reset or simply delete action.
There are three ways to factory reset an iPhone and wipe all contents and settings
Generation Setting – Just Tap on "Settings" >>"General" >> ""Reset" >> "Delete All Content and Settings" on iPhone,this the most simplay to erase all data and settings through factory reset iPhone devices.
Using iTunes – Hard Rest iPhone with iTunes
Step 1.Connect iPhone with iTunes,and the prepare your iPhone for restoration
Step 2.Restore your iPhone
Click the gray Restore iPhone button to restore iPhone
Step 3.Ensure the phone was restored
All contents and setting will be erased after it done.
Using iCloud – Go into your iPhone Settings menu — Settings > iCloud,Tap the main Settings icon when viewing the home screen, select General on the resulting menu, and tap the Reset button at the bottom of the resulting page.Tap the blue "Erase All Content and Settings" option near the top, followed by the red Erase iPhone option in the resulting pop-up window to confirm your decision.
Deficiencies:Actually, if you delete file with a simple delete operation and factory reset,all those deleted files and other important personal data won't actually be erased from iPhone,because those deleted files still exist in iPhone or could they be recovered by some ios data recovery software later.
We have use two different iPhone data recovery program to tested this fact,all the deleted or erased files can be scaned and retrieved after factory reset iPhone or simple deleted action.
Testing 1:We have deleted all photos on iPhone 6s iOS 10 from recently deleted photos classification.Then Using the D-B iPhone data recovery to scan iPhone 6s device,all delted photos, videos, App photos still can be retrieved and save on computer.
Testing 2:We have factory reset a iPhone 5 and make sure all data already be erased,then use a FoneLab iPhone data recovery to scan the device,we found all contacts, messages, notes, call history, WhatsApp chat history and other personal information can be get back.
Learn more:how to recover deleted files on iOS devices easily
To deleted photos, videos, and other important personal data on iPhone, iPad,or erase deleted data on iPhone permanently,you must to use a thrid-part iPhone Data Eraser tool, which allows you permanently erase deleted data on iPhone, including photos, videos, contacts, text messages, Apple ID and other personal information,even no data recovery can restore them back. It works well with iPhone 7, iPhone SE, iPhone 6s(plus), iPhone 6(plus), iPhone 5s, iPhone 5, iPhone 4s/4, iPhone 3gs, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2/1, iPad mini 4, iPad 4/3/2/1 ect.
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iPhone Data Eraser aimes to completely delete erased and exiting data from iPhone. Please follow the steps below, find out the way to clean your iPhone as new.
Key Features of iPhone/iPad Data Eraser:
-1 Click Clean up iPhone data with 0% Recoverability
-100% permanently erase all the data stored on iPhone, iPad and iPod
-Permanently Wipe Private Data on Your iPhone iPad iPod before selling the old devices
-Quickly clear junk files, invalid files, cache files & more,and speed up the iPhone
-Free Up More Storage on iPhone iPad iPod Touch and Release Massive Space on Your iOS Devices
-Permanently Erase Junk Files from iPhone iPad iPod
-Fully compatible with the latest iOS 9.3, iOS 9.2, iPhone SE, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6 Plus
iOS Data Eraser – permanently delete already deleted data on iPhone&iPad to prevent identity theft on iPhone
Do you worry about those deleted files still exist in iPhone or could they be recovered by some software later?The ios data eraser can help you erase all deleted files or wipe off exist data on iPhone,iPad permanently.
Step 1:Connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable
After run the iPhone Data Eraser on your computer and then connect your iPhone to your computer. Once the device is recognized, the main window will pop up as below:
Step 2:Choose "Erase Deleted Files"
iPhone Data Eraser provides 4 ways to permanently delete data on your iPhone. Click "Erase Deleted Files" option in the left side bar.
Step 3:Start to scan trashed iPhone files
Click "Start Scan" button and the program will start analyzing and scanning the deleted data on your iPhone.
Step 4:Erase deleted files on iPhone
After scanning, select the deleted data to view detailed information of the file. By default, all files will be selected. You can unselect the files you wish to keep and click "Erase Now" to begin permanently erasing the deleted files.
Note: You will be prompted to type the word 'delete' to confirm the permanent deletion of the data.
Step 5:Use your iPhone as a new device
The iPhone Data Eraser will begin to delete all data automatically. And files on iTunes will also be erased ensuring the data is unrecoverable via iTunes. Once the deletion is completed, you can use your iPhone as a totally new device.
Another way is to delete everything from iPhone by iPhone Data Recovery software, restore your iPhone device as a new one. All erased data are irretrievable. Please use this function carefully. On the other hand, the program features in retrieving deleted data from iPhone, iPad, iPod device, including contacts, messages, call logs, photos, videos, etc. See more details at: how to recover deleted photos from iPhone.
Step 1. Connect iPhone Device to Computer
After installing and launching the program, connect your iPhone device to the computer. Then choose "iOS Full Data Eraser" from "More Tools".
Step 2. Start Erasing iPhone Data Permanently
When the program detects your iPhone successfully, you can directly click the "Erase" button to begin erasing your iPhone data permanently.
The erased data are irrecoverable, you need to be careful and enter "delete" to confirm your operation when you are ready.
Step 3. Complete to Erase iPhone Data
Wait for the end of the process, and keep that your device is connected during the whole process. You don't have to spend a long time.
When the data erasure is complete, you will see a window disappearing as follows.
Well done,you have erased all deleted files on your iPhone permanently.Before erase iPhone data with this ios data eraser,please remember backup those data what your need is to backup iPhone to computer with a iPhone Data Backup tool,because you'll need to restore the info in the future.If you have any questional,please contact us!
When you plan to buy a new iPhone SE, iPhone 6S/6 or Samsung Galaxy S7/S6 and selling the old iPhone,at first,we recommend you erase personal sms and other information from iPhone permanently,even no data recovery software can restore them back.
This article will teach you to permanently erase iPhone contacts before selling,you can also erase other data on iPhone,such as Contacts,videos,Photos,iMessages,ect.
This article teach you how to retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone 6/6s Plus. If you lost or deleted SMS on iPhone by mistaken, here you can directly scan and recover deleted text messages from iPhone 6/iPhone 6s (Plus) easily.
Have purchased a new iPhone 6S,iPhone 6(Plus) and want to transfer data to the new iPhone from old iPhone? The iPhone to iPhone transfer allows you quickly transfer text messages from old iPhone to new iPhone without any data loss,as well as contacts,photos,videos,call logs,notes and more.comments powered by Disqus


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Check Point has announced the launch of its new 41000 Security System, a further expansion of the company's high-performance, scalable network security portfolio. The 41000 Security System delivers optimal security performance with up to 40 Gbps of real-life firewall throughput…
Check Point has announced the launch of its new 41000 Security System, a further expansion of the company's high-performance, scalable network security portfolio. The 41000 Security System delivers optimal security performance with up to 40 Gbps of real-life firewall throughput, and 25 Gbps of real-life IPS throughput.
Large data centres and telecommunications infrastructures need performance, up-time and scalability without compromise. Additionally, these environments often have rigid requirements for high reliability. The 41000 Security System leverages the same multi-blade hardware architecture found in the Check Point 61000, giving data centres and telecommunication providers optimised scalable security and high reliability in real-life environments.
"Data centre and telecommunications environments demand optimal performance with the most advanced security protections. The 41000 builds upon the technology found in the industry's fastest Security System, the Check Point 61000, and delivers the power, extensibility and performance needed to secure the data centre of the future," said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies. "Protecting demanding network environment requires that both security and performance to be uncompromised. The 41000 Security System brings together Check Point's innovative hardware and software solutions that in turn accelerate network security."
Leveraging the field-proven, carrier grade platform, the 41000 is a medium-size 6U Security System with the same hardware blades found in the 61000. The 41000 offers more segmentation and connectivity with high port density of up to 30x10GbE and is the only 6U system to offer high speed interfaces of 40GbE.
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- Enhanced performance of up to 11,000 SPU, nearly 3X higher than the 13500 or the 21700 Appliances.
- Connection capacity of up to 80 million concurrent connections and 1.1 million connections per second for demanding transaction environments.
- Highly reliable architecture with complete redundancy and hot swappable blades power supplies and fans.
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First 'Hobbit' Cast Announced
Although the fate of where their big-footed creatures will alight to shoot The Hobbit is still undetermined, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have begun to officially cast the projects with Martin Freeman, as expected, set to play Bilbo Baggins. A host of other names was also announced Thursday.
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that a meeting is set for Tuesday between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Warner execs in a last-ditch effort to keep the films in the country, although The Independent cites Fran Walsh as saying The Hobbit could soon be enrolling in Hogwarts.
A government spokeswoman told the WSJ that talks between Key and Warner execs are scheduled to take place in Wellington on Tuesday, but she would not specify who is attending the meeting on Warners' behalf.
According to The Independent, Fran Walsh told Radio New Zealand on Thursday that Warners wanted to shift production to the UK's Leavesden Studios where the Harry Potter movies were filmed.
"They've got a huge studio that Harry Potter have vacated, that they own…that they say would be perfect for us," she said, adding that other UK locations were being scouted.
Reuters further reported, citing estimates from economists at New Zealand's ANZ-National bank, that the nation's economy could lose as much as $1.5 billion if Warner Bros. relocates the project.
Back to casting … New Line COO/president Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros COO/president Alan Horn, MGM co-CEO Stephen Cooper and Jackson also announced on Thursday that Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow and Peter Hambleton have all been set.
While Deadline reports that nothing's definite, there are rumblings that James Nesbitt and David Tennant are up for roles, while Stephen Fry, Saoirse Ronan and Bill Nighy are possible participants.
Regarding Freeman, Jackson said, "Despite the various rumors and speculation surrounding this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us. There are a few times in your career when you come across an actor who you know was born to play a role, but that was the case as soon as I met Martin. He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave — exactly like Bilbo and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit."


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Cyanide – the facts
Cyanide is a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical. It exists in various forms such as hydrogen cyanide (HCN) which is a colourless gas, or as crystals such as sodium cyanide (NaCN) or potassium cyanide (KCN). Cyanide is sometimes described as having a "bitter almond" smell when mixed with liquid, although not everyone can detect this odour.
Cyanide is readily absorbed by inhalation, ingestion or skin contact. The cyanide compound used to poison elephants is sodium cyanide, a powder that is relatively easy to obtain as it is used extensively in the mining industry. It is transported as dry pellets.
In the poisoning of elephants sodium cyanide is typically mixed with salt and placed in different areas near a waterhole or salt lick so as to affect a number of animals at the same time. Elephants crave salt for its mineral content in their diet, so they consume the contaminated salt mixture. A dose of 100 – 200 grams of sodium cyanide is enough to kill a large bull elephant, less for females and youngsters.
Ingested sodium cyanide readily dissolves in the liquids in the stomach and quickly enters the bloodstream to be distributed throughout the body. It is a rapidly acting, potent asphyxiant as it acts at cellular level to inhibit the enzyme that enables cells to use oxygen. The oxygen-starved cells are unable to produce energy from glucose. The vital organs that most need energy, namely the brain, heart, and lungs are most affected. Fatigue, weakness and collapse are followed by convulsions, inability to breathe, coma, cardiac arrest and death. A lethal dose of cyanide acts within hours, and poisoned animals rarely move far from the place of poisoning before death occurs.
It is a common misconception that sodium cyanide is used to contaminate the water at a water hole. This is unlikely, as the cyanide would be too diluted to deliver a lethal dose. Sodium cyanide readily reacts with water at a normal pH of about 7 to produce hydrogen cyanide gas, and although highly toxic, this gas is very volatile, so it evaporates and disperses into the air in a process that naturally detoxifies the water. In addition, cyanide binds with other compounds in water and settles out as sediment. Various microbes present in the water also help to break it down.
Contrary to what has been publicized the knock on effect of cyanide poisoning is surprisingly minimal. It is not biomagnified in food chains, nor does it cycle extensively in ecosystems largely because it is broken down so fast. Animals that ingest sub lethal doses of cyanide are able to metabolize and excrete it in the urine with relative ease. This rapid detoxification enables predators to ingest high sub lethal doses of cyanide over extended periods without harm. Vultures seem to be the most affected probably because they eat the stomach contents of poisoned animals where the concentration of cyanide is likely to be high enough to deliver a lethal dose.
The poaching of our elephants is an abomination and we need solutions to combat it urgently. Much more needs to be done both within Zimbabwe and internationally to safeguard and protect these magnificent, grey giants of the wilderness.


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Engine: Flat Head V8
Transmission: 3 Speed Manual
Mileage: 5 ( undocumented )
Body Style: Convertible
Exterior Color: White
Interior Color: Beige
Up for sale in our Ft. Lauderdale showroom is a pre-war 1941 Ford Deluxe Convertible, a true piece of American history. The Ford Deluxe was sought after by salesmen for the extremely large trunk space to carry their items and as legend has it, crawl into the trunk for a nap while on the road. The styling of the Ford Deluxe is both elegant and cool looking, which is why many drivers turned them into Hot Rods. This one however, has been kept pretty original except for the 2 year old, custom brown and beige interior. The original V-8 purrs like a kitten, then growls like a tiger, when you press the gas. The 3 on the Tree transmission makes this classic an absolute pleasure to drive. Sporting a split front windshield and head lights integrated into the front fenders, the Ford Deluxe is a pure head turner. Don't be surprised if people yell out "BANZAI!" when they see you driving by in this beauty. In the '80's cult classic "The Karate Kid", it was a yellow '40's Ford Deluxe that Mr. Miyagi gave to a very lucky Daniel-san. When behind the wheel, you notice the simplicity of the classic instrument cluster and easily get the feeling that "less is more". Wherever you're headed, The Mall, The Beach, The Drive-In, a car show, Make Out Point, or just cruising the main drag, this classic Ford Deluxe will get you there in style and with big smiles on the faces of everyone around it. Take the opportunity to own this beautiful piece of American Automotive History, and make this lovely Lil' Ford Deluxe your very own! "BANZAI!!!!" Options include; Convertible Top. For more HD video and pictures please go to Gatewayclassiccars.com or call the Ft. Lauderdale showroom at 954-227-4202 -
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Peter Dundas exits Roberto Cavalli
His successor has not been named
Peter Dundas has left his creative director role at Roberto Cavalli after just 19 months. His last collection for the label was for the Spring Summer 2017 season that showed at Milan Fashion Week in September.
"On behalf of Roberto Cavalli and our shareholders, we thank Peter Dundas for his contribution to the brand, and we wish him well for his future," said Gian Giancomo Ferraris, CEO at Roberto Cavalli SpA, in a brief statement. "As Roberto Cavalli goes through a period of transformation, the design team will carry on and the appointment of a new creative director will be made in due course."
Dundas first joined the label as creative director in March last year. This marks the second time that he has left Roberto Cavalli after first serving as its chief designer from 2002 to 2005. He then took up the role of creative director at Emanuel Ungaro in 2005 before leaving for the same role at Emilio Pucci in 2008.
"I want to thank Roberto Cavalli and the group for this valuable experience and wish them success in their future endeavours," Dundas said. His successor has yet to be named.
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Zach's life was spiraling out of control due to his meth addiction. Things changed for Zach when he joined the men's LifeChange recovery community. In LifeChange, Zach opened his heart to Jesus and found purpose in serving the Mission's homeless guests.
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The following email may sound like it is some sort of update on the current financial crises that the world finds itself in but is, in fact a hoax.
Update on Banking crisis… news from Japan
Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on HBOS in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan.
In the last 7 hours Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.
Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.
If you didn't realise on first reading then look again, as the names of the banks and the associated descriptions of what happened to them should prove to be a big clue that this email is intended to be a humorous exercise.


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Today is my tenth wedding anniversary! To celebrate we're taking in a show (put on by pre-schoolers, including my son) and probably having some some icecream afterward to celebrate. We live such exciting lives.
- Cato
P.S. - Exactly twenty-one years ago REM had the #1 album with Out Of Time. That almost makes me want to lose my religion. *rim shot*
Congrats! Sounds like a nice, relaxing today.
Congrats Cato! Wishing you many more happy years to come!
Thank you, Valyoo and Jbay76.
Another thing more important than the FB IPO: Today is the 32nd anniversary of the Mt. Saint Helens erruption.
very big congrats cato!
Congrats, buddy.
Congrats on ten years and a son. These things are true wealth!
Congrats and many happy returns!
Congrats Cato, but I am richer.:)
47 years and 8 grandkids.
A good companion in life and little ones to watch, teach, and learn from, and these days send them back to mom and dad.:)
These are the true source of wealth.
Many more of each.
Congratulations! Of the two I think your family will be the longer lasting investment, no joke!
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Certainly, this was true of Rodarte, where the almost cinematic sartorial fantasies of the sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, which sometimes seemed overblown and undisciplined in New York, had a new rigor in the leafy, rose-strewn courtyard of a 17th-century cloister. It was as if the setting — romantic and historic and timeless as it was — took some of the pressure off the clothes, and allowed viewers to simply glory in the details of their twisted prettiness as opposed to drowning in it.
Sheer frocks in swiss dot and tulle had skirts cut by an asymmetric ruffle falling below the knee; cropped motorcycle leather jackets were studded in pearls, as were the matching low-slung motocross pants; and feather coats came in bird of paradise shades. Tea dresses bristled with three-dimensional posies of baby's breath, and negligee gowns cut on the bias bloomed with embroidered poppy appliqués. To leaven the fragility, there were big metallic bow cuffs and leather stiletto boots. The Mulleavys may have taken flight to France, but they, and their clothes, are still grounded in the New World, just to the east of kitsch.
And the connection was true of Proenza Schouler, where the designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez cross-fertilized their past signatures (leather halters, peekaboo slicing, asymmetry, collage) with a certain French classicism, so that the basics of old couture — corsets and smoking jackets and intricate handwork — were knocked off their pedestals into the mosh pit.
They proceeded to shimmy and shake to their own easy tune. Oversize white jackets were given a nipped-in abstracted black waist and were paired with elongated slit skirts or flared lace trousers; skinny knits were tamped down by wrapped leather bra tops. Sleeveless sheer stretch jersey was layered over skirts composed of tiers of minute tulle ruffles, or dripped a single ruffle from neck to thigh. There were flapper dresses with seams picked out in hook-and-eye closures orbited by feather rings, and floral lace strung from tiny ribbon roses. They may have been complicated to make, but they looked slouchy.
Unfortunately, however, the connection was less true of the Dundas collection. Though Mr. Dundas said, backstage in a room piled with books, that he had come to Paris because it was where he learned fashion, and that he had his show in his friends' home because it was "personal," his first collection felt more like a greatest hits retread of his time at Cavalli and, before that, Pucci (and before that, Ungaro), than like a fresh start with a honed vision.
From sequin sweatshirt dresses splashed with a leaping panther to billowing caftan gowns, Lurex-embroidered silks cut long and flowing at the back and thigh-high at the front, faded denim mixed with leopard fur and fussy ruched taffeta or sheer cocktail frocks trailing long neon bright bows at the back, he's been here before.


text: On my flight on Continental Airlines to Lisbon, Portugal I bought through the "in-flight duty free" catalog the most beautiful Majorica multi-colored pearl & earring set. My trip was on April 6th. Last week I noticed that my baroque multi-colored Majorica pearls were blistering and peeling and the protective coating was cracking! How and where can I get these pearls fixed??? I did NOTHING wrong but wear them and get a multitude of compliments on them! Can anyone please tell where to send them so someone can fix my pearls so I can wear them again!