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Police arrested a Storm Lake man for operating a vehicle without its owner's consent earlier this month
At 8 p.m. Monday, the Storm Lake Police Department responded to 309 W. 7th St. to arrest Felix Luna, 18, who was wanted on a warrant charging him with operation of a vehicle without owner's consent.
The warrant stemmed from a report alleging that Luna had taken a vehicle without permission Nov. 7.
Luna was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
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He said armed man was chasing him
Police arrested a Storm Lake man Wednesday for being high on methamphetamine and erroneously reporting an armed man was chasing him.
Man threatens to kill 2 others, police say
Police arrested a Storm Lake man Thursday for striking a female victim in the face and threatening to kill her.
At 3 p.m. Thursday, police responded to an alleged domestic assault.
At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the reporting party told police Nee Htoo, 28, struck her in the face and then he threatened to kill her and another person in a residence located at 804 Colonial Circle.
SL man arrested for interfering with investigation
Police arrested a Storm Lake man for obstructing an investigation police were conducting at Malarky's Sunday morning.
At 1 a.m. Sunday, police conducted a bar check at the Malarky's Night Club.
Police arrested two Storm Lake women Monday for attempting to remove $150 in unpaid merchandise.
At 6:45 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the Storm Lake Walmart in reference to a theft.
Store staff alleged Carmen Rodriguez Machin, 60, and Duneisy Martinez Vazquez, 35, attempted to remove $150 in unpaid merchandise.
The SLPD arrested both women and charged them with fifth-degree theft. Both women were booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on a $300 bond each.
Meth bust in Sac City nets two arrests
The Sac County Sheriff's Office and Sac City Police Department arrested two men following a delivery of methamphetamine and an attempted escape Monday night in Sac City.
Intoxicated Florida man strikes squad car Sunday
Police arrested a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. man Sunday morning for striking a police vehicle while intoxicated.
At 1:50 a.m. Sunday, Storm Lake Police were on location at the Malarky's Night Club and observed a 2010 pickup truck strike a SLPD patrol car.
Police stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver identified as Elieser Noel Perez, 41, and found he was intoxicated.
Alta man arrested for driving stolen car, no license
Police arrested an Alta man Monday for operating a stolen vehicle on College Street.
At 3:15 p.m. Monday, police observed observed a 1999 Honda Accord reported stolen from an Alta residence Aug. 4 driving southbound on College St.
Police stopped the vehicle in the 300 block of College St. and made contact with the driver, identified as Cesar Gracia, 19.
Two SL women arrested for theft
Police arrested two Storm Lake women Monday after one made unauthorized purchases on a credit card and the other was wanted for fifth-degree theft.
At 6:18 p.m. Monday, the Storm Lake Police Department was dispatched to 135 Flindt Dr. in reference to a theft.
The reporting party told police a credit card had been stolen and charges were reported on the card at Dollar General Store and Casey's Central.
Man picks fights, leads to arrest
Police arrested a Storm Lake man Tuesday morning for demanding a fight from residents at an East 6th Street address.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to 307 E. 6th St. in reference to an enraged man demanding a fight from the residents inside.
Police arrested Vichit Senesoury, 32, and charged him with disorderly conduct.
Senesoury was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on a $300 bond.
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A one sided love no matter from who is selfish! And we are left hoping that that love will be returned.
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How to Prevent Workout Injuries: The Power of Pre-Hab
I first heard the term pre-hab in a Mile High Run Club class. After the 60-minute workout of sprints and hills, half the class filed out, but the rest of us who stayed were instructed to follow a series of stretching moves. "Let's do some pre-hab to make sure this doesn't hurt you in the wrong way tomorrow," said the instructor.
I followed dutifully, intrigued by the term. But it was a Barry's Bootcamp Class two days later that really proved its importance. Midway through one of the final sprints during Barry's Butt & Legs, the left side of my lower back seized, and I almost ate the rubber tarmac underneath me. I hobbled out of class, head bent down in shame, and decided to invest some time and energy in pre-habbing.
The idea behind pre-hab is that if you take a proactive approach to improving the way you stretch, strength train, and generally engage in your fitness regimen, you can help prevent a sports-related injury before it happens. Get it? Pre-hab instead of physical rehab. And we need it, trust me. The combination of living in New York, where everything is a manic rush; the vogue for high-intensity, boot-camp-style group fitness classes; and the fact that most people spend a large portion of their day sitting at a desk creates a perfect storm for potential fitness-related injuries.
I make an appointment to see Fara Le Breton at Flatiron physical therapy emporium KIMA Center for Physiotherapy and Wellness. She performs a full evaluation of my body's strengths and weaknesses, which thus far I'd only identified as lower back pain at the end of my weekly long runs when marathon training. "Everyone has physical deviations that they're not aware of," she says. "Someone comes in and says, 'I suddenly have back pain,' but the things that led to that back pain didn't suddenly come on." She concludes that my main culprits are tight hip flexors and weak glutes, and prescribes a rotation of nightly stretches and strengthening exercises.
So when I sign up for Nike's 15K Women's Race, I decide to approach my training with a strict focus on pre-habbing. I also meet Joe Holder, a Nike+ Trainer and USATF-certified track-and-field coach, who agreed that there has been a backlash to the ever-expanding juggernaut of push-yourself-till-you-break group fitness classes. "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should or that your body's ready for it," he says. "If you hop into something too quickly, if the stimulus is too intense, it often results in an injury, because your body just doesn't know how to handle it." Holder explains this while leading me through a series of activation exercises that he encourages me to do before I set out for a run. "You can be strong, but if that muscle's not activated, it doesn't matter."
Soho Strength Lab's Andy Speer (who keeps Christy Turlington in peak marathon condition) agrees that activating muscles as well as stretching before a workout is essential to injury prevention. He instructs me to focus on stretching my calves, hip flexors, and hamstrings and engaging in activating exercises such as spider lunges, regular walking lunges, knee highs, and butt kicks. I add a few minutes of active stretching before I set out on my run, and half-mile warm-up and cool-down jogs to bookend my workout, followed by 10 minutes of stretching and—the pre-hab secret weapon—foam rolling.
Speer goes so far as to deem the foam roller "one of the best inventions in training and fitness in the past 50 years, because it brought the ability to manipulate soft tissue to the masses." The roller, he explains, softens the tissue density so that when you go into stretching after a run, you can push the muscle fiber in a longer motion. And Justin Gelband, the fitness sage behind modelFIT, believes so ardently in the power of foam rolling that he has an illustration of the tool tattooed on his left bicep. "It's really important, but you have to know how to do it," he says. "When you find an area that's tight, relax onto it and then roll in really small, controlled motions."
Gelband is also a pre-hab proselytizer. After several of his modelFIT classes, I find myself feeling stronger, and in areas that I typically don't exercise during my workouts. In fact, one of the most important additions to my training regimen proves, counterintuitively, to be not running. I start incorporating strength or resistance training, at least once a week, through Pilates, yoga, barre class, or modelFIT. Because running is so repetitive in a limited range of motion, "if you want to have a long, healthy running career, you have to do some other type of training," Speer explains.
The week before my 15K in Toronto, I meet with Derek Mansfield, the sports physiotherapist at KIMA, who warns me that a solid warm-up is key to a strong race: "You should be sweating before you start." So I dutifully run around in circles in the waiting pen, in the pouring rain. During the race, I continually remind myself to correct my form per Speer's instructions: torso erect, slight forward body lean, mid-foot strike. Around mile 8, I start to feel that familiar twinge of pain in my lower back, but it's totally manageable. And while sprinting across the finish line of a 15K makes me really just want to collapse on the grass, I instead do a slow cool-down jog before making my way to Nike's genius foam rolling tent.
For the rest of the day, I make an effort to incorporate the obvious recovery boosters: keep walking throughout the day, drink as much water as possible to keep muscles hydrated, refuel my body with smart food choices. (I eat a bowl of pasta arrabbiata, but also some dark leafy greens, which help muscle recovery; tart cherry juice also works wonders.) The next day, back in New York, I do inversions at home while watching TV, particularly the legs-against-the-wall pose. I continue to practice the stretches that Le Breton and Mansfield assigned me. The result? No back pain at all. "It's all about educating yourself about your body and about good form so you know the right way to be exercising," says Patricia Ladis, cofounder of KIMA. "Is it important to challenge yourself? Yes, definitely, but taking it in stride, no pun intended, is really essential."


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Kazakhstan Says May Cut Oil Taxes To Spur Investment, Lift Output
ASTANA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The government in Kazakhstan is considering cutting the mineral extraction tax (MET) for some oil fields to try to reverse falling output, a senior energy official said on Tuesday.
News such a move is being considered by Kazakhstan, the second largest oil producer in the former Soviet Union, comes after calls to raise the same tax in neighbouring Russia were rejected.
"The MET will be adjusted to free up some cash," Energy Vice-Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev told reporters.
"Oil-producing companies will be able to channel the free cash into bolstering output and continuing geological exploration."
Kazakhstan has already cut its oil production target for this year by 1 million tonnes to 79.5 million tonnes. If met, that would be less than the 80.8 million tonnes the Central Asian nation produced in 2014.
Addressing reporters on the sidelines of an energy conference, Mirzagaliyev said 39 firms had already applied to the energy ministry for a reduction in the MET and in the oil export duty and some other taxes.
Firms working on mature fields where production had already peaked, like KazMunaiGas Exploration Production , a unit of state oil company KazMunaiGaz, might be eligible, he said.
The government, which gets over half its budget revenues from oil sales, was not expected to take a decision before the first quarter of 2016, he added.
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Kazakhstan is betting on new projects and the expansion of existing ones to lift production.
Most of Kazakhstan's output comes from mature assets, a reality which has prompted it to study if it can tap shale oil and other hard-to-extract resources.
Mirzagaliyev said that Chevron-led TengizChevroil (TCO), Kazakhstan's No.1 oil producer, was expected to keep output similar to its 2014 level this year and next.
TCO, which is developing the Tengiz field in western Kazakhstan, had output of 26.7 million tonnes last year, down from a record 27.1 million in 2013.
"We are considering a number of scenarios, depending on the oil price," Mirzagaliyev told reporters, referring to TCO's operations.
TCO has set out an ambitious expansion plan, which aims to boost production to 38 million tonnes by 2021, Kazakh Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik said earlier this year.
TCO shareholders are currently working to cut Tengiz's expansion costs by around $3-4 billion from $38 billion, said Mirzagaliyev. A final decision was expected by year-end.
Separately, Kazakh First Deputy Energy Minister Uzakbai Karabalin told reporters oil production at another giant oil field, Kashagan, was expected to restart by end-2016. He said it was hard to predict when output might reach 375,000 bpd.
(Additional reporting by Raushan Nurshayeva; Writing by Katya Golubkova/Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by David Holmes/Andrew Osborn)
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- Jacob Juma's siblings to bathe in a river to show that they had nothing to do with the death of their brother
- An elder will also hop into his grave and mutter an incantation to awaken the ghost of the late businessman
A few days ago, it was announced that slain businessman, Jacob Juma would be buried next to a torch and a knife. An eerie Luhya ritual that would aid his ghost in haunting his killers.
READ ALSO: See why Jacob Juma will be buried with a torch and a knife
It turns out now, that the knife and torch were just the crust. The elders, will at his burial, perform an intricate ritual that will set in motion retribution for the late businessman by animating his ghost to haunt his killers.
Juma's two siblings will are required by the tradition to bathe in a river separately and later slaughter a bull as a sign that they had nothing to do with the murder of their brother.
Inside his grave a ritual, okhusalisia, will be performed in order to awaken his ghost. The ghost, will then use the torch and the knife to haunt his killers till they die or go mad.
READ ALSO: Photos:The car businessman Jacob Juma was traveling in when he was shot
One of Juma's uncles or brother will then be lowered to the grave before Juma's body. He will utter incantations and a strong binding curse that will ensure that Juma's killers pay for the murder.
It is also believed that Juma's ghost will appear to his family in a dream to reveal where he was killed since a new twist arose that he might have been killed elsewhere and his body planted conveniently to throw off investigations.
Jacob Juma, popularly known as Kabetes was shot dead on the night of Thursday, May 6 on his way home. Prior to the perceived assassination, the vocal government critic had told social media that he had received Intel that top government officials were planning his assassination.
His death has however taken a twist with theories that he was murdered elsewhere and his body placed later as a decoy.
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The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1941, was a severe economic downturn caused by an overly-confident, over-extended stock market and a drought that struck the South.

In an attempt to end the Great Depression, the U.S. government took unprecedented direct action to help stimulate the economy. Despite this help, it was the increased production needed for World War II that finally ended the Great Depression.

The Stock Market Crash

After nearly a decade of optimism and prosperity, the United States was thrown into despair on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed and the official beginning of the Great Depression.

As stock prices plummeted with no hope of recovery, panic struck. Masses and masses of people tried to sell their stock, but no one was buying. The stock market, which had appeared to be the surest way to become rich, quickly became the path to bankruptcy.

And yet, the Stock Market Crash was just the beginning. Since many banks had also invested large portions of their clients' savings in the stock market, these banks were forced to close when the stock market crashed.

Seeing a few banks close caused another panic across the country. Afraid they would lose their own savings, people rushed to banks that were still open to withdraw their money. This massive withdrawal of cash caused additional banks to close.

Since there was no way for a bank's clients to recover any of their savings once the bank had closed, those who didn't reach the bank in time also became bankrupt.

Unemployment

Businesses and industry were also affected. Despite President Herbert Hoover asking businesses to maintain their wage rates, many businesses, having lost much of their own capital in either the Stock Market Crash or the bank closures, started cutting back their workers' hours or wages. In turn, consumers began to curb their spending, refraining from purchasing such things as luxury goods.

This lack of consumer spending caused additional businesses to cut back wages or, more drastically, to lay off some of their workers. Some businesses couldn't stay open even with these cuts and soon closed their doors, leaving all their workers unemployed.

Unemployment was a huge problem during the Great Depression. From 1929 to 1933, the unemployment rate in the United States rose from 3.2% to the incredibly high 24.9% -- meaning that one out of every four people were out of work.

The Dust Bowl

In previous depressions, farmers were usually safe from the severe effects of a depression because they could at least feed themselves. Unfortunately, during the Great Depression, the Great Plains were hit hard with both a drought and horrendous dust storms, creating what became known as the Dust Bowl.

Years and years of overgrazing combined with the effects of a drought caused the grass to disappear. With just topsoil exposed, high winds picked up the loose dirt and whirled it for miles. The dust storms destroyed everything in their paths, leaving farmers without their crops.

Small farmers were hit especially hard. Even before the dust storms hit, the invention of the tractor drastically cut the need for manpower on farms. These small farmers were usually already in debt, borrowing money for seed and paying it back when their crops came in.

When the dust storms damaged the crops, not only could the small farmer not feed himself and his family, he could not pay back his debt. Banks would then foreclose on the small farms and the farmer's family would be both homeless and unemployed.

Riding the Rails

During the Great Depression, millions of people were out of work across the United States. Unable to find another job locally, many unemployed people hit the road, traveling from place to place, hoping to find some work. A few of these people had cars, but most hitchhiked or "rode the rails."

A large portion of the people who rode the rails were teenagers, but there were also older men, women, and entire families who traveled in this manner. They would board freight trains and crisscross the country, hoping to find a job in one of the towns along the way.

When there was a job opening, there were often literally a thousand people applying for the same job. Those who weren't lucky enough to get the job would perhaps stay in a shantytown (known as "Hoovervilles") outside of town. Housing in the shantytown was built out of any material that could be found freely, like driftwood, cardboard, or even newspapers.

The farmers who had lost their homes and land usually headed west to California, where they heard rumors of agricultural jobs. Unfortunately, although there was some seasonal work, the conditions for these families were transient and hostile.

Since many of these farmers came from Oklahoma and Arkansas, they were called the derogatory names of "Okies" and "Arkies." (The stories of these migrants to California were immortalized in the fictional book, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.)

Roosevelt and the New Deal

The U.S. economy broke down and entered the Great Depression during the presidency of Herbert Hoover. Although President Hoover repeatedly spoke of optimism, the people blamed him for the Great Depression.

Just as the shantytowns were named Hoovervilles after him, newspapers became known as "Hoover blankets," pockets of pants turned inside out (to show they were empty) were called "Hoover flags," and broken-down cars pulled by horses were known as "Hoover wagons."

During the 1932 presidential election, Hoover did not stand a chance at reelection and Franklin D. Roosevelt won in a landslide. People of the United States had high hopes that President Roosevelt would be able to solve all their woes.

As soon as Roosevelt took office, he closed all the banks and only let them reopen once they were stabilized. Next, Roosevelt began to establish programs that became known as the New Deal.

These New Deal programs were most commonly known by their initials, which reminded some people of alphabet soup. Some of these programs were aimed at helping farmers, like the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration). While other programs, such as the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and the WPA (Works Progress Administration), attempted to help curb unemployment by hiring people for various projects.

The End of the Great Depression

To many at the time, President Roosevelt was a hero. They believed that he cared deeply for the common man and that he was doing his best to end the Great Depression. Looking back, however, it is uncertain as to how much Roosevelt's New Deal programs helped to end the Great Depression.

By all accounts, the New Deal programs eased the hardships of the Great Depression; however, the U.S. economy was still extremely bad by the end of the 1930s.

The major turn-around for the U.S. economy occurred after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entrance of the United States into World War II.

Once the U.S. was involved in the war, both people and industry became essential to the war effort. Weapons, artillery, ships, and airplanes were needed quickly. Men were trained to become soldiers and the women were kept on the homefront to keep the factories going. Food needed to be grown for both the homefront and to send overseas.

It was ultimately the entrance of the U.S. into World War II that ended the Great Depression in the United States.


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A Costessey street has closed again just five days after it reopened following bridge repairs.
Costessey Lane shut for three weeks from November 30 to December 21 after a lorry crashed into the side of the bridge by Costessey Mill.
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Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.
You might not know it, but for several years now President Arroyo's government has been abusing the duly constitutional clause of Separation of Church and State, not only by having a recent special non-working holiday, a National Day of Mourning for the late Eraño Manalo of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), and the upcoming special non-working holiday for the end of the Ramadan period for the Muslims, but also by mandating an official, state-sponsored National Day of Prayer for our country.
According to the government website, the Proclamation #1869 is a regular working day devoted to prayer for peace and sanctification of spiritual leaders that will happen this Saturday, September 12.
I support the idea that individuals have the right to pray for whomever they want and in whatever manner they like, as long as the rights of others are not infringed, but it is not the business of the government to direct or encourage any religious practice, like when and how to pray. On theological matters the government should be neutral, and not seek to patronize, favor, or further any faith. Because the freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.
In response to this, a more inclusive and practical holiday should be held – a National Day of Reason to be synchronized with the National Day of Prayer. Instead of collective wishful thinking, all rational citizens should celebrate and promote reason, democracy, human rights, and at same time raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the private sphere of worship.
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Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., puffed himself up and called on the president to "demand the IRS commissioner's resignation, effective immediately."
Only one problem: the position of IRS commissioner is currently vacant. (Rubio's spokesman later clarified he was referring to the acting commissioner; Obama did oust him Wednesday).
Chalk up his confusion to Obama Derangement Syndrome, which afflicts Republicans as acutely as Bush Derangement Syndrome once did Democrats. When you are in a hole, the saying goes, stop digging. The corollary is that when you're on top, don't pile on.
What happened at the IRS is significant, easily understood by a distracted public and being taken seriously by President Barack Obama. What happened in Benghazi — the other scandal Republicans are obsessed with — is none of the above. The differeing ways the president is treating the two stories says a lot about the state of Washington scandals.
With Benghazi, Obama takes the Republicans' second go-round at scandal-making personally, but not serously. He's still bristling over their treatment of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who was said to be his first choice to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. After Rice became the target of criticism last year for her Sunday-morning recital of the administration's talking points about the scandal, she was forced to withdraw her name from consideration.
Benghazi's not nothing. People died. Yet it's hard to turn it into a sustainable political scandal when a promiment Republican such as former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there wasn't a way for the military to have saved the diplomatic compound from an attack last September. Not to mention that Republicans themselves have blocked the spending of more money to increase security at dangerous posts.


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Mukhtaran Mai Bibi was gang raped under tribal law in June 2002. The government of Pakistan gave Mukhtaran 500,000 rupees as compensation and round the clock guards. Six men were given the death penalty in connection with the rape, but various courts have since repealed the sentence. The hearing at the Supreme Court has been repeatedly delayed.


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MANILA, Philippines – Day 37 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona began with a bold assertion by defense lawyers he will face squarely charges he kept $10 million in secret accounts. By day's end, however, the defense team appeared shell-shocked, after its hostile witness, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, shared with the court highlights of the chief magistrate's dollar stash. Her source: a report by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
Corona has $12 million in "fresh deposits" in various banks, Carpio-Morales said Monday. This is aside from the $10 million Carpio-Morales said Corona had maintained in 82 accounts in five banks and where he had made deposits and withdrawals "on very significant dates," including the 2004 and 2010 elections, and on December 11, 2011, the day he was impeached by the House of Representatives.
i was fascinated by the huge amounts, and puzzled by the movement of funds, in and out, in and out, and i wondered "aloud" via facebook and twitter what that was all about, why move money around in different accounts that are all under his name anyway. obviously it wasn't to hide the money, because then he would have put it in the names of other people or aliases ala jose velarde.
no one had an answer on twitter, though one said it was indeed "very weird." but on facebook a friend seems to have figured it out:
he was trading his US dollars in the dollar trading market. Interest in FCDU deposits are extremely low. I wonder who was busy trading his accounts, or was he doing it himself on his spare time? … on just the transaction flows I estimate he lost about $2M over the years — which should reflect the general FC market trend of the same period. I hope some traders will be available to confirm these speculations.
now i want to know where those dollar deposits that coincided with "signfiicant events" came from. unless the ombudsman's testimony was indeed all a 'lantern of lies,' as the chief justice insists.
Morales noted that there were significant transactions made during significant dates, particularly in 2004 and 2007, which were election years, and during the week Corona was impeached. She said $418,193.32 in time deposit was withdrawn when Corona was impeached, and $417,978.80 was transferred to a regular trust fund.
"We will debunk all her bloated numbers. And once she is proven wrong, I urge her to immediately resign from her post for allowing herself to be used by this Administration and making a laughingstock of government auditing," Corona said.
"bloated," hmm. so, less than bloated would be acceptable? the lantern metaphor, though, is intriguing. around here, lanterns are usually more decorative than illuminating.


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This application claims the benefit of a priority under 35 USC 119(a)-(d) to-French Patent Application 04 05524 filed May 21, 2004, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
An embodiment of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for medical imaging and in particular to a method and apparatus for the classification of pixels in medical imaging. An embodiment of the invention relates to Contrast Medium-enhanced Mammography (CMM) by X-rays and the injection of a contrast medium.
Mammography is medical imaging intended particularly for the detection of tumors by examination of successive images taken to reveal the variation with time of impregnation of the contrast medium and its gradual disappearance. In mammography the contrast medium tends to attenuate X-rays significantly more than a non-impregnated tissue, and thus reveals particularly vascularised zones such as tumors. But the variation of contrast within the breast itself provides an important indication about whether or not tumors are present, by the rate at which this contrast appears and disappears.
At present, contrast medium-enhanced mammography is practiced within the context of MRI, a technique that comprises making molecules composing the examined organ vibrate. Within this context, the variation of contrast in the breast is displayed on the screen in the form of a sequence of images that the practitioner interprets based on experience, as revealing or not revealing the presence of a tumor.
Marx et al., "Contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM): phantom experiment and first clinical results", Proc. SPIE—International Soc. for Optical Engineering, vol. 4682, pp. 174-181, 2002, proposes to produce maps representing the distribution of some parameters in the breast. These parameters are measurements illustrating some kinetic aspects of contrast variation obtained from a sequence of X-ray images.
However, the diagnosis work to be done by the practitioner is still considerable.
According to an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises means for exposing an object, such as a body organ, e.g., the breast, to a source of radiation, such as an X-ray beam; means for collecting the radiation after attenuation through the object; means for processing recorded attenuations and means for displaying the result of this processing in the form of a representation on an image of the object. The means for processing the recorded attenuations form means for automatic classification of zones of the object into pathological classes The means for automatic classification is suitable for taking account of at least one classification input into the apparatus in advance in association with data that can be collected by the apparatus, and using this prior classification as a reference in order to produce a classification of the same type if there is similarity between the collected data and the data associated with this reference classification.
An embodiment of the invention is a method for medical imaging, particularly for mammography, comprising exposing an object, such as a body organ, e.g., a breast, to radiation; collecting the radiation after attenuation through the object; processing recorded attenuations and displaying the result of this processing in the form of a representation on an image of the breast, the processing of the recorded attenuations comprises automatically classifying zones of the object into pathological classes, the automatic classification taking into account at least one prior classification input in association with data that can is collected, and using this prior classification as a reference in order to produce a classification of the same type if there is similarity between the collected data and the data associated with this reference classification.
Other characteristics, purposes and advantages of the invention will become clear after reading the detailed description given below with reference to the attached figures among which:
An embodiment of the invention is to improve the way in which the practitioner is assisted in using X-rays for contrast medium enhanced mammography, in diagnosing the presence of a particular pathology, and particularly for identification of the presence of malignant tumors
In this description, the term "grey level" will denote a value representing as possible the attenuation recorded in the presence of the contrast medium. In practice, these values are obtained after application of a logarithm to the attenuation actually recorded, since in the known manner the attenuation induced by the presence of a contrast medium, typically a product containing iodine, is exponential to the local concentration of the product. The logarithm thus applied outputs a value approximately proportional to the attenuation due to the product containing iodine after passing through the breast, in other words the thickness actually impregnated by the product containing iodine.
In a first variant, each point on the image (or pixel) of the examined breast is associated with a vector in n dimensions, in which each dimension corresponds to a different observation instant of this same pixel. In other words, this vector associated with each pixel represents the rate at which the contrast appears in this particular pixel.
Thus, for each point located at the same location in each successive image during impregnation/disappearance of the contract medium, there is a vector Xi,j associated with this point for which each of the components Gn(i,j) correspond to the grey level recorded at each successive instant. N is the number of successive sequences, and i,j are the coordinates of the same pixel in each successive image in the sequence of images.
The result is thus a vector Xi,j defined as follows:
Therefore the coefficients of this vector are distributed from G1 to Gn(i,j) and are representative of grey levels obtained in instants t1 to tn.
The first variant uses these vectors Xi,j to identify a similarity between them and vectors representing a typical variation in contrast with time in the presence of a specific pathology. More generally, the objective is to sort the different vectors corresponding to different points into classes that could reveal the existence of some pathologies.
In one embodiment, these various vectors are classified into four categories. A first category comprises vectors that could reveal the presence of a malignant tumor at the pixel i,j considered. A second category comprises the vectors that could indicate the presence of a benign tumor at the pixel i,j considered. A third category comprises vectors that could indicate the presence of healthy tissue (parenchyma) at the pixel i,j considered. A fourth category comprises vectors that could indicate the presence of a blood vessel at the pixel i,j considered.
In another embodiment, with the purpose of detecting tumors, the first and second classification categories (malignant tumors and benign tumors) may be coincident.
The various categories may also be distributed into vessels, tumors, and normal tissue, for detection purposes.
The following processing can be applied in order to determine which of these categories is applicable.
Each vector may be considered to belong to an n dimensional space, in which each dimension represents a given instant. The position of the point according to this dimension then represents the value of the grey level observed at the instant corresponding to this dimension. This type of space is shown in
In this case, the instant t1 was an image instant at which no contrast medium had yet been impregnated in the breast, and it can be understood that the point would belong to, the oblique line at 45� if the contrast medium were not present at instant t2 either. These points located on the oblique may also be located on zones of the breast in which vascularization is observed to be negligible or non-existent. The points thus positioned are classified as "parenchyma" in
On the other hand, a vector Xi,j will be positioned further above this oblique when the impregnation at time t2 is greater.
Two oblique bands 10 and 20 are shown, one band 10 close to the median passing through the origin, and the other 20 further towards the top. Therefore, the low band 10 represents a location in the breast in which the impregnation at time t2 is relatively low. Therefore, the highest band 20 represents locations within the breast at which impregnation are already very high at time t2.
It is considered that points with low impregnation at time t2 (low band 10) correspond to the presence of a tumor, while points with high impregnation at time t2 (high band 20) correspond to the presence of a vessel at the point considered.
It should be noted now that it is known that malignant lesions/tumors cause a very fast increase in the contrast, followed by a constant period, and then fast disappearance of the contrast. It should be noted also that benign lesions/tumors are marked by a gradual increase in the contrast. It should be noted also that vessels are obviously affected by fast contrast variations. Other tissues are less sensitive to contrast variations.
When considering a number n of successive images, the same processing is performed but this time in a space with n dimensions. The zones corresponding to the different classification categories are then zones in this space with n dimensions.
In one embodiment, the vectors thus localized on particular classification zones are preferably vectors obtained after preprocessing. One desirable preprocessing comprises subtracting using an initial vector corresponding to an image taken without the presence of a contrast medium (this initial image is called the mask). For example, another type of preprocessing may comprise noise elimination filtering.
The classification may also be made on normalized data to compare image sequences acquired under different conditions. Data may be normalized to compensate for radiation conditions at different energies. Data may also be normalized to compensate for a variable breast thickness.
Additional components may also be provided in the vector, such as the number of sign changes in recorded grey levels during the image sequence, or such as the patient's age, weight or any other data related to the patient's medical history. This data is also integrated in the n dimensional space, each time in the form of an additional dimension subsequently used for determining classifications.
In one variant, the vector Xi,j also includes the coordinates of the pixel considered in space. This embodiment can avoid incoherent classification variations such as sudden classification changes in nearby pixels.
In another embodiment, the dimensions of the classification space do not necessarily correspond to a sequence of measurement instants. Each dimension is dedicated to positioning in this space of a value of a kinetic parameter calculated on the contrast variation. Thus, one of the dimensions can be dedicated to the maximum recorded value of the slope while determining the contrast at the pixel considered. Another dimension can represent the maximum value of the contrast recorded at the same pixel considered. Another dimension can represent the hold duration of the maximum contrast at the same pixel considered.
In this variant, the m parameters thus represented in the n dimensional space can easily be compared with data from previous sequences of images, including when these images were taken at different times, in other words at different number of times t1 . . . tn or with a variable distribution in time.
According to a second embodiment of the invention, the space in which the vectors Xi,j are shown is a two dimensional space, in which these two dimensions correspond to different radiation energies used at different times or at the same time. In this variant, the two instants are preferably very close to each other, in other words in practice as close as possible.
This embodiment provoked a contrast difference between these two images, due either to a different reaction of the same dose of the contrast medium facing two different radiation energies. For example, one of the radiations is located at about 25 to 35 keV, while the other is about 40 to 49 keV. Thus advantage is taken that a contrast medium, typically a product containing iodine, has a capacity to attenuate X-rays that varies as a function of the energy in the rays passing through it.
It is known that the attenuation coefficient p varies as a function of the energy of the X-rays according to a variation law by which the value of μ suddenly changes at a precisely determined energy, this sudden change currently being called the K-edge. Thus, when the two energies are located on the opposite sides of this K-edge, the difference in contrast is particular high between the two acquisitions.
Consequently, at pixels in a position corresponding to a strong presence of a substance containing iodine, the contrast will be sensitive to the variation of energy between the two images. On the other hand, zones without this impregnation will only have a small reactivity to the energy variation.
These two acquisitions, preferably very close, are more generally made at an optimum instant for observing such contrasts and their differences, after the injection of the contrast medium. Thus in this approach, the kinetic acquisition is replaced by a double energy acquisition, the two images being acquired at different radiation spectra (and therefore at different energies). One of the spectra advantageously corresponds to a normal energy level for a conventional mammographic examination, the other spectrum for example being a spectrum typically used in the context of an enhanced contrast method.
The contrast for pixels with a low impregnation will be similar at times t1, and t2, and will produce vectors Xi,j close to the oblique at 45� passing through the origin. Pixels i, j with strong impregnation will correspond to vectors Xi,j well above the oblique.
The variable height position of the vectors Xi,j makes it possible to classify them in different zones depending on the classification category mentioned above to which they belong, if any. Consequently, images taken at instants t1 and t2 within the kinetic of the impregnation/deimpregnation reaction are particularly revealing of the different categories.
In the above, we described the application of two radiations at different energies chosen to be on each side of the sudden change in the attenuation coefficient. However, this approach is also possible even if the two energies are not on opposite sides of the K-edge. Thus, a contrast difference can also be used when it is due to the continuous variation of the attenuation coefficient as a function of the radiation energy, in other words when the two energies chosen are located in the typical part of the variation of the attenuation coefficient, and not on opposite sides of the K-edge.
Double energy acquisitions may be carried out many times while the contrast is increasing/reducing, and be analyzed in a space with 2n dimensions like the spaces mentioned above. Recommendations for spatial consistency, the use of data applicable to the patient, pre-processing of vectors, normalization of data, use of kinetic parameters derived from the variation in contrast differences, may also be applicable in this "double energy" variant.
We will now describe the operation of a means for processing capable of making the classification in one of the spaces with two dimensions or n dimensions described above. This means for processing are means capable of acquiring reference data used subsequently for automatic production of the classification. To achieve this, this means (apart from conventional data processing equipment) could implement a network of neurons or a machine with support vectors. This means will use initial information input into the system as a reference result. This information is defined as reference information preferably contains vectors Xi,j like those defined above that can be used in the classification space with n or with m dimensions. Therefore, mean for classification are intended to be able to input vectors that can be used according to any one of the disclosed embodiments, and take account in the device of the fact that these input vectors correspond to a pixel belonging to one of the classification categories.
A first operating mode comprises learning or training in the means for processing by inputting a collection of test data with predefined and associated classifications, in a preliminary phase. Thus, in a first embodiment, there are distinct implementation steps for the apparatus and method performed at different times. One step comprises acquisition of learning data. Another step is how to use the apparatus, in other words, application of learning acquired on specific acquisitions.
In the variant in which the means for processing use vectors comprising successive grey levels, the training vectors will comprise a series of successive grey levels at the pixels considered. Each of these vectors is associated with the data according to which the corresponding pixel belongs to one of the classification categories, in a predefined manner.
A vector encountered afterwards will be categorized as belonging to the same class as one of the reference vectors if it is similar to this reference vector, for example, at a distance less than a predetermined threshold in the n dimensional space.
The same approach will be applied in the case in which the vector comprises kinetic parameters derived from successive grey levels, in other words, parameters such as the slope or the maximum grey level.
This learning is also applicable in the case of vectors representing double energy images. The reference vectors (in this case learning vectors) include the results of two contrast readings with different energy for examinations carried out later and the classification results assigned by a visual diagnosis made on these readings by a practitioner or by a laboratory analysis.
According to one variant, means for automatically establishing a classification of zones encountered are provided, while remaining under the guidance of the practitioner. In this approach, the means for processing displays the sequence of images produced. The practitioner examines the sequence of images and identifies at least one zone representative of each class, by experience. The means for processing uses these manual identifications to compare the remainder of the image with the zones thus classified. If the image sequence reveals other zones that appear similar to those identified by the practitioner, then the method and apparatus classifies these zones in the same categories that the practitioner selected for the zones used as reference.
This similarity is identified in the same way as described above, using vectors associated with pixels identified by the practitioner as reference data. The method and apparatus displays the zones considered as being similar and submits this result to the practitioner. In this case, the reference data defining the classes are at least partly defined directly by the practitioner.
In another operating mode, the method and apparatus combined the two approaches mentioned above. In this case, the means for processing makes automatic classification starting from a learning done earlier. The result is displayed on the screen in the form of a map identifying the different zones corresponding to the different classes. In a further step, the user confirms or contradicts the classification made on these different zones. The means for processing takes into account this confirmation or contradiction made by the practitioner. The method and apparatus integrates data learned earlier and the information comprising data reclassified by the practitioner, when a new automatic classification is necessary.
The processing may then be repeated on the same sequence starting from the learning thus updated. In other words, the means for learning means is reactivated after a first automatic classification to include additional learning data like those introduced by the practitioner in the form of confirmations or contradictions of the first result.
The various means described above, for which a classification will be automatically output, may for example be used under the control of software capable of carrying out the various processing steps when it is implemented on an appropriate processor.
Obviously, the various arrangements or processing described above, and others comprising improvements thereof, can be combined differently in each of the disclosed embodiments to achieve the same result.
One skilled in the art may make or propose various modifications to the structure/way and/or function and/or results and/or steps of the disclosed embodiments and equivalents thereof without departing from the scope and extant of the invention.
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New Delhi, Dec. 4: It was a canvas of contrasting colours: wan smiles and glum faces, and jubilant smiles and glowing faces.
The winners and losers of this grand semi-final to the Lok Sabha polls next year wore their hearts on their sleeve through the day as results poured in, punching the Congress in the face and blessing the BJP with huge electoral gains.
Digvijay Singh, the scalded Congress chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, suddenly had an air of being lost in the woods. I have decided not to contest elections for the next 10 years, he said after being summarily pushed out of the state he ruled for a decade. His Congress counterpart in Chhattisgarh, who was also edged out, was without his usual brashness. A sober Ajit Jogi said: I accept the verdict of the people with utmost humility. We will play out the role of the Opposition.
The only happy face in the despondent Congress crowd was Sheila Dikshits the sole chief minister to land her party on the safe shores of Delhi a second consecutive time.
In the morning, even before the results started coming in, reporters chatted with the chief minister at her breakfast table. I do not know what has worked. All I can say is I have a long association with this city, which has given me my education and my career. I would only want to serve its people better and better, she said.
While most victors crowed on multiple television channels, at party headquarters and on the streets, Vasundhara Raje, the future BJP chief minister of Rajasthan, left her home early in the morning to do puja before heading towards her constituency of Jhalwa Patan.
I owe it to the people of my constituency to visit them before going to Jaipur, she said.
It is the mandate of the people that is behind the victory of my party. Both me and my party are incidental. The people are supreme.
But the biggest achiever of all -- BJPs Uma Bharti who took Madhya Pradesh by storm -- was missing from the noise and the glare of the media and the public.
The sanyasin spent the whole of yesterday at her gurujis ashram in Udupi in Karnataka while political bigwigs and other chief ministerial candidates were notching up figures and swotting over predictions.
She was missing from the celebrations till this evening while a battery of reporters waited for her to arrive in Bhopal.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who was perhaps the biggest casualty of all in this battle, went to Parliament as usual at 11 in the morning and sat through the proceedings.
But her worried expression showed her and her partys discomfiture as the series of defeats was tantamount to a challenge to her leadership.
Later, she and deputy chief minister L.K. Advani shared a platform at a Navy Day function. I was hoping for more states. The results are somewhat disappointing. Obviously, the people were expecting more from us, Sonia said.
Answering a question, she said: Yes, the anti-incumbency factor has worked in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, but I was most disappointed in Rajasthan because we had done a lot of work there. There were five years of a terrible drought. We have now to pull up our socks and do more.
I feel a sense of satisfaction, Advani said. I do not see early polls. We will go to Lok Sabha polls with our five-year track record. It is significant that these Assembly polls have focussed (more) on development, governance and less on politics.


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Tufanos is my favorite Italian Restaurant. My family has been going there since I was a kid. Hands down the best Lemon Chicken outside of my Nana's Kitchen. Comfortable/Casual atmosphere with great service. Inexpensive Valet parking. Great Food & Terrific wine at reasonable prices. Oh and don't forget to order the Calamari - it is super fresh. I believe the reason they have still been a huge success is because they do not elevate their prices or create a stuffy atmosphere. I can't get enough. Manja'
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The pastas all came overcooked with very bland marinara sauce. Stay away from the Chicken Parmesan it was tough and tasteless. The two bright spots were the calamari and antipasto salad, both were fresh. Cheap food and poor quality, in Chicago you can find a much better Italian restaurant.
04/07/2006Provided by Citysearch -
I was very dissapointed after reading the reviews of this place. The food was average but the service was poor. When we asked for seperate checks after we forgot to ask initially, the waitress rolled her eyes and flipped her hair. Then we were informed that thet only take cash. When we asked the manager named Joe why there is no sign stating this, his response was ""Well, we have been here for 67 years"". We told him we were from out of town and he followed that up with another snide remark. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!! I would not recommend this place to anyone if you want good service!
11/01/2005Provided by Citysearch -
Hearing so many raves about this traditional Italian eatery, we were'nt ready for watery salad, tasteless pasta dishes, thin wines, and stringy mussels that didn't seem fresh. Maybe it was an off night, but none of us will EVER go back. Lemon chicken and desserts were good, though. Although inexpensive, bad food is never a good value, and we were deprived of a satisfying meal on one of our few nights in the city.


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Is he the messenger from god or erhhh something
1. Darwin
2. Nature OR...
3. Terraformers
Is he the messenger from god or erhhh something
1. Darwin
2. Nature OR...
3. Terraformers
what is you opinion on MR PYE??
Is he the messenger from god or erhhh something
1. Darwin
2. Nature OR...
3. Terraformers
Hi is a liar, pure and simple.
He built a reputation in the wakko 'UFOlogist' community because he had a skull which he claimed was extra terrestrial.
DNA tests were done on this skull - which he claimed was that of some 'star child' - and showed, conclusively, that it is human, most likely from a child who suffered from hydrocephalus.
He KNOWS this and yet he continues to peddle his nonsense and the gullible continue to lap it up.
Hm I have seen a film on the skull too, he says the mother was a human but the father is of UNKNOWN sort (not fully tested). I have not seen any report in the full on this. Hm do hydrocephalus also affect the ingredients of the skull-bone? I remembered that there was problems of the testing since the (higher carbon levels supposingly or similar) bone was so hard.
Anyhow, the red line in this lecture was that the origins of humankind is from an ET angle, so to speak. Darwin is skin-scraped in the dust by mr Pye. Also Nature / God interacting is shipped down the dustpipe by Pye. and Pye does the conclusion is that human kind was made for slavery, for gold... by some ET's. But remakably NOT from another solar system but from ours... and more therories on planets colliding... and tellus is the hm piece left over from the crash. The rest is comets and the asteroids.
Well that is another angle on the origin of mankind? or...
If the father were not human then it is impossible that this would not show-up in the DNA analysis. 50% of the child's DNA comes from the father. The DNA has the usual X and Y chromosomes showing conclusively that the father was entirely human.
Pye is a self-deluding crank or a profit-seeking liar - either way his opinion is of no importance and he is not worth serious consideration.
PS - the idea that the skull had abnormally high levels of carbon is nonsense - human bones (as all mammalian bones) are made of calcium hydroxyapatite. Neither would that influence the ability to carry out DNA testing.
Yesterday I listened to a radio interview with Pye and now he claimed that it was entirely un-human... some new testing was done. He proclaims the bone is so hard - unhumanly hard - so the test equipment have problems with the samples.
But that head is not the interesting thing about Pye. He has the talent of speech! Very funny approach. Also is the fact that there is missing evidence in human history, infact very intact and strange.
Ok, the downside is the linking, every "holy" book human have produced is the subtile subject and the parts of genesis.
Hm, I saw prometheus with Noomi Rapace... Ha, trendy story nowadays...
He is, as I said, either deluded or dishonest...either way....
I don't see why that is your opinion?
Find just now a video he did to evade sicknesses from the skulls form:
But that skull is not interesting, not to the fact that human/life is not at all complete in its history. Rather strange actually. Hm, the humans variants from neantherthales (? correct ?) to us is completely missing! the missing link that is called I think...
Why is any of that strange?
Of course there are gaps in the fossil record - our species rarely dies in circumstances conducive to fossilization. There is no particular mystery, just a lack of data/specimens.
I don't understand what your video link is supposed to show. The video is some guy make a lot of assertions which I can't be bothered to check-out but which I am sure will turn out to be either incomplete or plain wrong. He quotes ONE 'certified expert' - who was probably taken out of context, and a load of crap about his 'own' DNA tests. CRANK alerts flashing all over the place...
I considered removing the link - it is nothing more than a begging-chain letter really, but I'll trust the intelligence of the readers here to work out which is better evidence - a youtube video by a person with no apparent expertise, no apparent academic standing, making lots of claims and trying to cast doubt on a clear DNA result which showed it for the scam it is.
Alternatively the results of two, independent, respected laboratories showing conclusively that the DNA is human, and narrowing down the mother to an Haplogroup C human female.
Well the video is a mockery, as said in the flick "A caveman could understand.." aso... It is supposed to show, from my side, that the discussion is dumb... this is just a return of a thrown pie as in old slapstick movies
That is why I think both sides are generally made of cork. Just like politicians..
The video is a rather bitter person indulging in some rather silly ad-hominem attacks, and trying to smoke the fact that two properly conducted tests have independently shown he is full of it.
I suppose his age is the problem. Time is running out. Still, let say that in the future a trustworthy test is done and well it says it was 100 % human - that is not really of concern of what he stands for.
That skull is just side spin-off - the real message is that sciencetists and their knowledge of human origins are zero.
And his real message is a lie, then.
Do we know everything? No, that's an absurd notion, but so is the notion that we don't have any understanding. We have a large body of knowledge regarding human speciation, origins and development, however, and it is an active area of research.
well that is must the stronghold... Every side on the matter is telling the other is lying...
Creationists against darwinists against terraformists aso...
Holy wars or something...
Not really.
Some things are true or false. Statements like "sciencetists and their knowledge of human origins are zero" are demonstrably false; we DO know many things about human origins based on scientific analysis of the data at hand. To say otherwise is silly. Add on to that that the information/evidence we do have contradicts every Creation story, you'd have to be foolish to accept the stories as being correct. It's pretty reasonable to believe/accept that which is demonstrated to be true, or at least likely true based on the evidence at hand. If the evidence does not support a position, it is foolish to hold it.
It doesn't matter who says who is lying, only the evidence matters, and it clarifies the situation. No matter how romantic or interesting an idea, it needs to be backed up by actual evidence... and not just backed up by some of the evidence, but all of the evidence. Being supported by aspects of the body of evidence, and refuted by others means that the idea is not good.
The only "war" is between the rational and irrational.
hm, isn't that the problem always... evidence... The missing link...
So we lack a dozen of mankind evolutions to get the species we are - so the knowledge of this part is zero actually! It is not false. We have no clue how the human species ended up today! We come as far as the neanderthales and similar, then it is a mystery. No evidence at all.
This is why it get "holy", with no evidence -> which book is the most holy??
And no party will accept the other idea... politicians maner.
Hm, what if someone comes along with a combined story
Nope, not always a problem at all. We have many theories that are extremely well supported by evidence.
I seriously suggest you read some actual biology and evolution texts... current ones. Fossils, of which we have a pretty strong record of human species, indicating a fairly good lineage, by the way (your statement of missing "evolutions" is plainly misinformed), are only one of he lines of evidence we have, including human and mitochondrial genetics, developmental cues, etc.
You say we came as far as Neanderthal, after which we have no clue... Problem is, you don't understand that they were a different, contemporary species that lived at the same time as early Homo sapiens, that died out. Though there is evidence of interbreeding, there's no direct evolutionary lineage from neanderthal to modern human. Neanderthal is not a direct modern human precursor.
Seriously, look into the field of human evolution; we know much more than you think we do.
Hm in the coffebreak earlier today we discussed the mapping of neanderthal genes in modern man and its spectrum... well... I am not saying this or that is our heritage - I am just saying it is a mystery and anything goes! Even the religious ones might have it right!
It's true that there are questions... but leaping to: therefore "anything goes", is flat out wrong. Saying "I don't know" is fine, but saying "I don't know, therefore magic unicorn intervention" is still an absurd assessment.
In short, even if there are things we don't know, any proposed mechanism or concept needs to be supported by the data we DO have. If it's countered by the current body of knowledge, but answers something for which we don't have evidence, it still fails.
Sure, it's the target, but, is he hitting it? Doesn't really seem he is.
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Look; the problem is that the "current body of knowledge" is the target here! Pye in this video shut its existence down practically. This is the interesting!
Then what Pye proclaims is just something in the "anything goes"... well well...
The "current body of knowledge" is the target!!!
The current body of knowledge is ALWAYS the target - that is how science works. The problem is not that Pye is attacking current theory, the problem is that he lies in doing so. Science requires honesty.
ok, what is he lying about?
Aside from the Starchild bit, and that we don't know anything about human evolution (or were those your words, not his?)?
For the most part, it's less about outright bald-faced lies, and more about trying to pass off assertion as fact. From what I've taken the time to read, this is pretty much his MO: find something that I can't immediately answer, assert outside intervention, highlight information that might support, ignore information that does not. You might notice that this process falls somewhat short in terms of rigour. He also seems very personally invested in his hypotheses, which makes him somewhat defensive when questioned... reading through his site made me feel dirty
I'm gonna be clear here, I haven't extensively researched his "work", so my specifics are few... but, I haven't come across anything that suggests that his work has higher merit than other assertion based works.
This was the film I found interesting, "Everything You Know Is Wrong" - about human origins . It is quite old today (also pre star child ) but as far as I understand it is preatty much flawless.
I distorted the message - "Everything You Know Is Wrong" is the words from Pye!
See the film - is he lying?
So he wasn't a liar... he just pointed out errors in the body of knowledge.
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If you are a medical student or resident or a doctor's wife, you already know that finances are tight. It can be stressful to figure out how to live on a resident's salary or how to minimize medical school debt during the training years.
For starters, if you are a medical student you aren't earning any money yet – you are spending it all on tuition. As I'm sure you are well aware. Unless your spouse is working, your only source of income is school loans. And yeah, these loans can feel almost like Monopoly money! Just fake, magic money that comes in. The money comes in, you use it on whatever, and life is good! Until you have to pay it back. It is wise to know some key ways to cut back on your spending during medical school to minimize the amount of debt you have to pay back later.
If you are a resident physician you do take home a paycheck but it is a small amount (especially when you consider how many hours you work). If that is your only source of income then finances are tight. It is frankly not a lot of money.
We are currently in residency and my husband's paycheck is our only source of income. I am a stay-at-home mom to our two boys. My job is to try and figure out how to financially make it through each month. It is HARD and so not fun. Sometimes I just get sick of not making money for so many years, especially with how hard my husband has been working! And some months I wonder how in the world we are going to financially make this work.
But over the years I have figured out some simple budget savers that helped us so much financially in medical school and continue to save our budget in residency. These are simple things that every medical student or resident and their families can do but they make a BIG difference in your budget.
1. Keep Eating Out To A Minimum
I love eating out. It doesn't matter where, it is just fantastic that I don't have to cook or clean up the kitchen afterwards.
But going out to eat gets very expensive very fast. And even if you eat at inexpensive places (aka fast food) it adds up. So sit down as a couple and come up with a limit for how often your family can eat out each month or how much money you can spend each month on eating out.
For example, my DrH and I have a limit of going out to eat 1-2 times a month. If we go to a nice restaurant for a date night, then we go out to just that one restaurant for the month and that's it. But if we eat at cheaper places then we can go twice a month. I know it sounds crazy and SO not fun but it's worth it! We save soooo much money each month by eating at home.
If eating out is important to you then great! Just make sure to include it in your budget and try to eat out as infrequently as you can.
2. Meal Plan
Speaking of eating at home, meal planning is key to financially surviving medical school or residency. It saves you so much money on food! Sit down and plan ahead what you are having each day for dinner during the week and make your grocery list off of that plan. Why is meal planning so financially awesome? Let me tell you.
Less Frequent Shopping Trips
If you plan out your meals, you can get everything you need in one grocery shopping trip. This way you won't be running back to the store two days later because, "Oh man, I forgot onions!" or "Shoot, I need evaporated milk for that recipe today." Because every time you walk back into that store, you risk spending money on things you DON'T need. And those little $4 purchases of fancy yogurt don't seem like a big deal, but they add up!
Choose to meal plan so you don't go to the grocery store that often. I only go grocery shopping every 7-10 days because I meal plan. I love it! I spend less money and I don't have to drag my kids along to extra shopping trips. Plus I HATE grocery shopping, so it's a win-win for me.
Less Likely to Eat Out
Remember how you're not supposed to eat out as much? If you meal plan you tend to eat out less. Wanna know why? You know those days, where you look at the fridge and can't think of a single possible thing you can make for dinner that night? What do you end up doing? Ordering chinese food or running to your favorite taco joint of course. I am guilty of the same thing! If I have no idea what I'm making that night I am more likely to eat out instead. But when I plan out my meals I know exactly what I'm making each night so I'm not tempted to just grab some food because I have no idea what to make.
3. Pack Your Lunches
If you are a medical student or resident, don't buy your lunches! Seriously, don't! Just simply packing a lunch everyday will save you so much money each month.
"But I don't have time to pack a lunch everyday, I'm so busy!" Yes you do. Choose to make the time. You can slap together a PB&J in the morning in less than 5 minutes. You can have one day each week where you make your lunches a ahead of time. Pack your lunch the night before (depending on the type of food you are bringing) so you can just grab it when you head out the door in the morning.
Leftovers also make fantastic lunches. I make extra food for our dinners almost 3-4 times a week so we have plenty of leftover options for lunches. My DrH packs leftovers to work almost everyday. Sometimes when the leftover pickings are scarce he will bring something as simple and easy as a can of Ravioli, since it has the pop-tab lid. He opens that bad boy up, pours it in a bowl, microwaves it and he's good to go. Not the most glamorous or healthy of lunches, but it works!
4. Cut Out Cable
When you are in medical school or residency you want to cut out things that are unnecessary. Cable is one of those things you can honestly live without! Especially today in the online streaming services age. It is so easy to get access to TV shows and movies for a much cheaper price than paying for cable or dish television.
My DrH and I don't have cable. We got rid of it when we started medical school and have honestly not missed it. And it's not that we don't like to watch TV! We love to relax at the end of the day and watch something together.
But even without cable we have PLENTY of things to watch together. We have a Netflix subscription, VidAngel, and we also use DrH's parent's cable account when we want to access TV channels online.
Online streaming services are usually less than $10 a month. Obviously better than paying $100-300/month for cable or dish TV. So just cut it out!
5. Buy Used
When you are on a tight budget, used items are your best friend!! Used furniture, used clothes, used kitchen appliances…. Almost everything! I know there are some things you don't want to buy used (mattresses, ew) but most things can be bought secondhand.
Seriously, don't be that person who is "too good" to buy used things. Don't. You will eventually have your "it gets better" phase when you are done with training and you can buy everything brand-spankin' new. But for now, just suck it up and buy things used when you can. It can save you a ton of money.
For example, I hardly ever buy new children's clothes. Especially new kid shoes – are you kidding me, they grow out of those so fast! Not worth it. Consignment sales are my best friend. I also buy used furniture and decor when I can.
How do you find used items that you might need? Craigslist, the classifieds in your local paper, garage sales and local buy/sell/trade Facebook groups are a good place to start.
6. Learn to Do Without
And finally, it's just a good idea to develop this mindset. Learn to do without. This goes back to the whole "needs vs. wants" idea. If you don't need it, don't buy it. Yes of course, it's fun to do some fun things and make some fun purchases. We have a budget set aside for entertainment and fun purchases. But don't make these "want" purchases the norm! Put a limit to them.
Do you really need the latest iPhone? Do you really need to buy that new movie or that new flat-screen TV? Does your child really need to be enrolled in that art class?
Learning to do without is hard and definitely not fun. I know I am not preaching a popular idea here! But learning how to do this is key to keeping your finances in control during the lean, training years as a physician.
And practice makes perfect. Just start working on developing this mindset and it will get easier for you to learn to live without. Thank goodness that we all have "it gets better" to look forward to when we are done with training!
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