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Tuesday, October 5, 1999 Published at 23:53 GMT 00:53 UK
Smoking set to kill millions in China
China is folowing the West with a smoking epidemic
By Science correspondent Corinne Podger
China is in the grip of a tobacco epidemic that is set to kill millions of smokers in the coming decades.
It also reveals a startling level of ignorance among smokers about the associated health risks.
China, the world's largest tobacco producer, is also its biggest consumer - more than 300 million men and 20 million women smoke.
"That's an extraordinary number," said one of the report's authors, Dr Jonathan Samet of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the United States.
"The projections made using what we know about health risks of smoking say that about 50 million of the Chinese smokers who're alive now will die prematurely," he said.
Yet many are unaware of health risks and therefore see no reason to quit smoking, or not to take it up in the first place.
The survey, a joint effort by Chinese and American scientists, found that less than half of the Chinese smokers surveyed knew of the links between cigarettes and cancer.
"In China, unlike let's say the United Kingdom, the smokers don't say they want to stop. So they need to be persuaded that stopping is good and then they need to be helped to stop."
And with more teenagers smoking, and taking up the habit at an earlier age, the report has called for swift and vigorous action.
Tax hike
Dr Samet urged China to follow the example of Western countries, which means raising tax on cigarettes.
"Very clear warning labels, advertising bans, educational programmes in schools - these all need to be put in place.
"We know from experiences around the world that higher taxes reduce smoking. So any approach needs to be multi-faceted."
Campaigns need to be targeted at all age groups, since quitting tobacco lowers the related health risks whatever the person's age, he said.
And Dr Samet insisted that new polices will require "rigorous enforcement" to counter what he calls the aggressive marketing pitches of tobacco multinationals.
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There are dozens of strains of C-diff, a bug which takes hold in vulnerable hospital patients who have been treated with antibiotics and causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting. It can be fatal.
Overuse of antibiotics and poor hygiene are thought to be the cause of the disease spreading.
A new Europe-wide study investigated cases of C-diff in a selection of hospitals in 29 countries, examining a particularly dangerous strain called 027.
The results, published in The Lancet medical journal, show that across Europe, the 027 strain accounted for just five per cent of all C.diff cases, making it only the sixth most common variant.
But in the British hospitals where samples were tested, the rate was at least 25 per cent of C.diff cases, one in four.
The latest data from the Health Protection Agency shows there are around 25,500 C.diff cases in England a year meaning that if the pattern were reperated across the country then thousands of patients are suffering the more dangerous strain.
Lead author Dr Martijn Bauer, of the Leiden University Medical Centre, and the National Centre for Infectious Disease Control, in The Netherlands, said: "Although we emphasise that C difficile infection incidence rates of participating hospitals were not representative of national incidence rates, many hospitals with high rates of C difficile infection were from countries in northern and central Europe.
"Most of these countries are thought to have low antibiotic consumption per head, even during the winter respiratory infection season."
Previous studies have suggested the 027 strain is found in around a quarter of all hospitals in England.
C.diff infection accounted for the most patient bed days In Finland at 19.1 per 10,000 bed days but hospitals there also did the most testing for the infection.
One patient in a hospital bed for one day counts as one patient bed day and is used as a measure of how much healthcare resource certain diseases account for.
C.diff accounted for 10.6 bed days per 10,000 in Britain, the third highest proportion.
Six hospitals, that were not named, took part in the research from Britain.
Last year C.diff 027 was associated with an outbreak at Eastbourne District Hospital in which 13 people died and a further 17 contracted the disease.
C.diff was behind Britain's worst hospital superbug scandal at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust where it was linked to the deaths of 331 people over two years.
The paper in The Lancet added that another strain called 078 was very closely related to the disease found in animals suggesting it can jump between species and may be passed on in animal food products.
A spokesman for the Health Protection Agency, which monitors C.diff rates in England, said: "Since 2007 the rate of C. difficile infection (CDI) in England has fallen markedly from 11.1 cases per 10,000 population in 2007/08 to 5.1 per 10,000 population in 2009/10.
"Hospitals are encouraged to continue to submitting samples, so that they can be best placed to continue to identify clusters of cases and so prevent and control CDI. This will also afford the greatest chance of identifying emergent C. difficile ribotypes, including those that are more common in some other countries in Europe."

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Awkward: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton share same pew at Bush funeral
The moment couldn't have been more awkward: Two fierce political rivals forced to share the same pew at the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.
But that's how it played out Wednesday morning at the National Cathedral in Washington as President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, sat just feet from each other.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seated with their wives in the first pew when Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived. After he's seated, a photo shows Trump exchanging a handshake with former first lady Michelle Obama while a few seats away, Hillary Clinton stares icily ahead.
CARING: The touching gesture by George H.W. Bush that his Secret Service 'family' will never forget
The stern look on Hillary Clinton's face was a big change from the smiles, hugs and kisses she had for others in the first two rows, including the current and former vice presidents and their wives.
You can read more about the life of former President George H.W. Bush at our subscriber site, HoustonChronicle.com.


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5 ways you might be disrespecting your partner's boundaries
Getting into a new relationship is always exciting. But sometimes you can get caught up in your own idea of love and affection without understanding your partner's expectations. This is why communication, even in the beginning of a relationship, is so important. Boundaries a person has in a relationship is basically anything they are will to do or not do. This can be anything from an activity to their personal values and their privacy. Here are a few ways you might be disrespecting your partner's boundaries without realising it.
Constantly posting about them on social media
Posting about your partner or about your relationship on social media is not wrong, but doing it too often could make your partner uncomfortable - especially if they are private people and prefer to keep some parts of your relationship just between the two of you. It's also important to respect your partner's personal privacy by not posting their personal information online. Check with them first what they are comfortable with sharing on social media. For more info on being careful with what you post online, read this article here.
Logging into their phone when they're not looking
It's not okay to disrespect your partner's privacy Choma. Even if you're just checking for something randomly on their phone (like for a mutual friend's number) you should ask for permission first. Privacy and personal space is still very important in a relationship so it's important to always respect that.
Making plans without letting them know
Surprising your partner once in a while is great, but constantly making plans for the both of you without consulting your partner first is not taking their own time and plans into consideration. Before making plans that involve the two of you, check with your partner first. Also don't make too many date plans without asking your partner if they are available for it. Remember that you partner has their own life Choma - don't make decisions for them.
Taking pictures of them when they're not aware
Taking pictures of your partner while they're asleep or when they're not looking can come across as cute but to your partner it can come across as invasive, especially if you do it too often. Unplanned, natural pictures are great but taking pictures your partner might not be comfortable with (especially if you share this with others) is not okay. Don't post any pictures of your partner on social media without their permission and don't take pictures of them that you know they wouldn't approve of.
Showing up unannounced/uninvited
Sometimes your partner might want time alone or with their friends and family and allowing them to enjoy this time is important. Call them before you visit or show up, just out of respect for their time.
A good relationship is not just built on love and passion, but on trust, communication and respect as well. Try to understand your partner by understanding their boundaries so that you don't overstep them. Of course Choma, this goes two ways - your partner should understand and respect your boundaries too. Learning to talk to each other is the best way to develop trust and respect.
For relationship advice on this topic read these articles
How to create healthy boundaries in your relationship
Advice for your first relationship
Remember, if you or a friend need advice or help, you can contact me here on Ask Choma, send me a Facebook Message, a Twitter DM, or a WhatsApp Message (071 172 3657).
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This children's book has everything suitable to engage and intrigue the young mind. It is full of action, thrills, educational and positive messages, as well as the fun and exciting adventure one normally looks for in a tale.
The plot and the characters were very well aligned together, eliminating any loopholes or questionable events. The paragraphs and the layout of the work were in good standing and the pace of the story was not fast or slow enough to challenge the young mind. I believe this book will be a great addition to the series and I look forward to reading more from this author.
I'm pleased to see that the we'd eliminated loopholes with this book: that was one of the reasons it took so long to write. Every time we'd fix something, something else would fall over!


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The Beverly Landfillies: new technologies turning "Yuk" to "Ka-Ching!"
"Then one day he was dumpin' off some food, and out of it all came a bubblin' crude. Fuel that is…landfill gold, Texas tea…"
Is it landfill or jet fuel? New technologies blur our ideas about waste.
One of the least-viewed articles in yesterday's Digest offered proof positive on how great a job the advanced biofuels and MSW industries have done in setting exalted expectations.
British Airways committed to a 10-year, $500 million offtake agreement with the GreenSky London facility — which is converting municipal solid waste into jet fuel — and permitting is now underway for construction of the facility at a site in East London, which GreenSky now has an exclusive option to buy.
Zzzzzzz. The world, it appears, was more intent on catching the latest on the Duchess of Cambridge's bout of morning sickness. Sigh.
To go over the data once again: GreenSky London — a joint development between British Airways and Solena — will convert around 500,000 tonnes of locally-sourced waste, that would otherwise go to landfill, into 50,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation biofuel and 50,000 tonnes of bionaphtha and biodiesel. The facility will also have a renewable power generating capacity of 40 MW.
The Digest's take? Not exactly business as usual, folks. Though attention may have been diverted by news that Fulcrum Bioenergy had secured $175 million to build its first commercial plant- Fulcrum is making fuel from MSW as well, and simply is a pile-on in terms of demonstrating momentum.
Even the massive news yesterday that Sasol will invest between $15 and $21 billion in a greenfield gas-to-liquids project in Louisiana – well, that's using natural gas that is currently without an economically viable home and, without a high-value market, might remain be fit for flaring or simply left in the ground.
Tight oil, horizontal drilling, fracking, steel gas-to-biofuels, MSW-to-biofuels — there's a complete renaissance in identifying, capturing liquids and gas for energy – in the very engine-room of advanced civilization. Waste is (finally) becoming a transitional state — a phase — rather than an end-product.
The renaissance in MSW, by the numbers – and some cautionary notes
Yet if the sea-change is not getting much attention, it is certainly getting some traction. Yet there remains a fantastic level of upside for the intrepid investor.
Geoff Rathbone, VP Resource Recovery, Progressive Waste Solutions — speaking at the recent Waste Conversion West Coast Congress in Long Beach — put it best: "We are just starting to reuse organic waste in North America – the EPA says we are using 3 percent of the total available. The figure in 37 percent in Europe. In Germany, 20,000 trucks are running on CNG or LNG from waste, and there is 2.3 gigawatts of biogas power."
Waste Managament's Joe Vaillancourt, managing director of WM's Organic Growth Group, concurs. "We see huge potential emerging. From recycling technologies to increase the capture — and conversion into energy and chemicals. We're dabbling in just about every technology – a total of 30 investments to date."
The cautionary note? "Syndicates and consortia are needed both among private enterprise and at the private-public level to realize the promise of these technologies," Vaillancourt cautioned.
"The landscape is changing, and there's no one, silver bullet technology. Customers require integrated solutions, and existing infrastructure needs t be used to de-risk investments. We also need to see an increase in public-private partnerships and more sophisticated syndicates. Companies like Walmart can't do this alone, and Waste Management can't. We have to work together."
The sourcing of organic waste
In the old days the mantra was: Collect, separate, recycle and sequester. What could not be recycled, like plastics and metals, went to the landfill. The talk was of avoidance, diversion, minimization, mitigation.
Today, the talk is sourcing, channels, fractionation, hub and spoke.
The system? "We see hub and spoke materials recovery facilities (MRFs) emerging," said Progressive Waste Solutions' Rathbone. " Maybe 200,000 tons in a district, hauled to a sorting station, and the recyclables sent to a hub MRF. The remainder to the landfill – or for organic processing.
The sources? "Residential green box programs, 42 percent, restaurants 18 percent, fast food waste 10 percent, grocery waste 10 percent, food processing waste 10 percent, and rendering FOG (fats oils and greases) 6-8 percent, according to Rathbone. "The blue box for residential pre-sorting has become pretty ubiquitous," Rathbone noted. "Now, green bins are becoming common for source separation. But you need technologies that can use standard bag in the kitchen and at the curbside, to manage the "yuk" factor and get consumer adoption."
The contents of those bags in those green bins? "70 percent food and pet waste, 10-15 percent diapers and sanitary waste, 10 percent tissues and towels, and 5-10 percent paper and packaging," noted Rathbone.
The barriers – and they are real
How feasible and financeable are the technologies today? Without tipping fees, incentives, mandates and so on – not very.
Now, tipping fees are real – communities have real reasons to invest in avoiding waste. They have real reasons to provide incentives for new, job-creating local industries that, in this case, process garbage into gold. There are broadly-agreed mandates to move towards low-carbon energy solutions.
But government has limits – technologies have to find economic sustainability as well as social sustainability in order to realize global scale.
Also, industry has to figure out how to dry organics better — it costs money and energy to ship all that water, not to mention the cost of gasifying water into low-value steam – if gasification is used.
If hub and spoke systems are the future, they will have to be planned, financed and built – not to mention the conversion technologies, themselves, need to be financed at scale. Who pays? That will be a debate, if not a battle.
The bottom line
It's the new waste. What do we hear from industry? Think intermediate, upgraded to fertilizer, fuels, chemicals or packaging materials, instead of dead-end by-product aimed at the landfill. Think sourcing not sequester. Above all, think highest-value rather than lowest-cost.
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Just hours before Donald Trump made international news by refusing to say he would accept the results of the Nov. 8 election — an election he has repeatedly complained is "rigged" — one of his campaign surrogates sent a message about how, specifically, the outcome might be altered to steal a victory from the Republican nominee.
"Just off the top of my head," Jeffrey Lord said on CNN, "now that a lot of us are doing electronic voting, just because I touch the button that says Donald Trump doesn't mean it registered for Donald Trump."
But Betsy Cooper, executive director of the Center for Long-term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley, notes that the only hacks we know of in this year's race have been hacks of the Democratic Party, as seen in an ongoing series of document dumps by Wikileaks. And she says it's highly unlikely a hacker could reverse the will of the U.S. electorate.
Despite an avalanche of disclosures clearly intended to damage Hillary Clinton's White House bid, no one from her campaign has suggested the election results are not to be trusted, or that she might challenge them if she lost.
"On the Trump side, though, an overarching theme of his campaign has been that 'the system is rigged,'" Cooper says. "I don't think when he started that he was really referring to electoral systems. But it would be very easy to make an inference that's really what he's concerned about."
Cooper, with more than a decade's experience in homeland security consulting, doesn't share that concern. What we should really worry about, she warns, is a much bigger risk.
The first thing to understand, she says, is the electoral system isn't really a system. It's a system of systems. Each state establishes its own processes for federal elections. "And that's a good thing from a cybersecurity perspective," says Cooper, "because what it means is you can't hack the system as a whole."
States decide what equipment to use — paper or electronic ballot systems or a combination of the two — and although some states use the same vendors as other states, she says it's unlikely that someone could get into each individual system and change enough results to shift the outcome.
"You would almost have to have the perfect storm," she says. "You'd have to have a single swing state affecting the outcome one way or another. You'd have to have that swing state be very close. And then you'd have to have evidence of some kind that that system may have been hacked. So to have all three of those things would be a pretty low-likelihood occurrence."
She says the deeper risk is that the confidence in the system will be undermined whether or not a hack actually occurred.
"If there's even a minute bit of evidence that a system was hacked or even a theory propounded that the system was hacked, that puts in a shred of doubt into whether or not the entire process as a whole was legitimate."
And, she says, it's very hard to prove a negative — that the system was not hacked — especially with recent corporate disclosures where hackers had been hiding in the underlying systems for three, four, sometimes five years.
"I think it would be very surprising to find evidence that a previous foreign government has actually affected the outcome or tried to affect the outcome of an election," she says. "But I also wouldn't be surprised to find that some hacker, foreign government or not, might have previously been in electoral systems watching and waiting much the way that a lot of these corporate vulnerabilities have been exploited."
There are safeguards, she says, to keep electoral systems secure. States can put up walls in voting machines so they stay off the internet and provide less ability for interaction. Many states use paper backups to electronic ballots, which leave a paper trail for cross-referencing votes. And the desegregation of voting systems across states makes it much harder to manipulate the votes enough to change the outcome of the election.
But it's not impossible, just highly improbable.
As we continue to rely more and more heavily on digital systems, she says, we will have to figure out how to maintain trust in our digital interactions. But Cooper isn't worried about this election, even if Trump and his surrogates are — or at least claim to be.
"At the end of the day, I have confidence that our system will reach if not the optimal solution, a solution to allow our democracy to continue operating," she says. "And that's a great thing."


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On Thursday, August 25, 2005, the moderate Category 1 storm named Katrina made her first landfall in Florida. At end of day, Katrina traveled to the Gulf of Mexico where she gathered momentum over the weekend. By Sunday, she was a Category 5 hurricane.
On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made her second landfall, this time she assaulted the southeastern Louisiana coastline. Her storm surge caused 53 different levee breaches in greater New Orleans, submerging eighty percent of the city.
It was surreal to watch the news reports of my husband's birthplace and our concern for his many relatives there was unbearable. Nearly all of his family members had already evacuated New Orleans over the weekend, but one aunt chose to ride out the storm. Sleep was difficult until we heard from her on Wednesday afternoon. By this time, most who evacuated had run through their two-to-three day supply of essentials and those who are hosted by loving family and friends are beginning to worry about overstaying their welcome. Each and every single one wanted to know whether their home was underwater, but accurate news about the state of the city was hard to come by.
We all hungrily read George's account of his trip back into the city:
Sent: Fri 9/2/2005 8:43 AM
Excuse the grammar and typos I am quite tired
Hello all I just made a trip in to New Orleans with the assistance a friend in the military. Believe me I was quite concerned for my safety, before we left I was given a handgun and instructed on how to shoot to kill. Not that I don't own hand guns and have been shooting before but getting instruction on how to kill humans from someone in the military and knowing I may have to was not too exciting.
We left and took I-10 from Baton Rouge about midday today and went through 2 check points before finally getting to Causeway and I-10, the intersection is being used as a transfer point for people leaving the city, most of the area is being used as a helicopter port they are taking off and landing constantly. It was raining and there were hundreds if not thousands of people huddled under the overpasses waiting for buses as well. The helicopters were mainly evacuating hospital patients, they would drive or boat the patients to the location and then fly them out, however they could not get them out fast enough and unfortunately there were many dead bodies there as well.
After a brief stop there (I stayed in the car) we headed down causeway to river road. At the airline overpass you could look to the left to see the city however it was being blocked by thick black smoke something in the city on the uptown side was burning bad. I still don't know what it was. River road was already cleaned so that there was access to ochsner however you could not get down any of the side streets well maybe one or two but it wasn't little trees, you would need more than a chainsaw to get through entire oak trees were down. I was expecting to see more damage to homes however it was only a little roof damage here some siding there not a lot of broken windows but the debris was beyond anything I could have imagined uptown does not look the same way, what you see on tv what you think it looks like multiply that by 100 you may be close.
We got to the parish line and things changed. Oak street was about knee deep in water and we saw people, I will refer to them as "urban outdoorsmen" since this email may get passed along, in the street. Perhaps looters but we didn't wait to find out. We turned on river road the street was fairly clear but we did have to jump up in the rocky area next to the railroad tracks to get through, good thing we had a four wheel drive.
Eventually we made it to st charles and turned towards broadway my goal being to check on my house. I know this was crazy but it's the not knowing that drives me crazy. When we hit broadway and st charles we could go no further without driving on the neutral ground there was a very big tree down right on the other side. We turned up broadway, at the intersection of freret there was a car parked we weaved past and then there was water. The flooding was not too deep nothing I haven't seen before it was not over the neutral ground. I knew then that there was no water in my house (its raised about 5 feet) I still wanted to know was there a tree on it? were the doors blown open? was there roof damage? was it looted? We were now at zimple and broadway moving slowly due to the water and one block away appears a bunch of "urban outdoorsman" I don't think they were up to no good, they weren't carrying tv's or any thing like that but there were about 8 of em. My escort was afraid of being car jacked if we drove any closer. We considered parking the car and walking but we didn't want the car to get looted. He said "you have a gun if you want to go ill wait". The thought of having to use it was not to appealing, splitting up we both agreed was not a good idea. So there I am a mere 2 and ½ blocks from my house and we had to turn around.
Plan B – carrollton to claiborne to broadway
Carrollton was full of debris as well like I said just unbelievable if they could dump it all in the marsh we could solve part of that coastal erosion problem. We made it to oak street the only real significant damage to property I saw being the nice canopy over nicks. At the rite aid on oak I saw the forklift used to open the steel door still there just like in the picture I think we have all seen by now. However there was one more thing there – a looter I took a pic its quite blurry his arms were full of stuff he could barely see over his loot, we sped by. All of the side streets going back to broadway were impassable and we soon failed with plan b when we couldn't get past birch street – there was just way to much debris.
We turned around and set forth on our other goals, all in Metairie (we cancelled the remaining new Orleans ones due to anarchy). Metairie is dry, a puddle here and there but we were never unable to get anywhere due to water. The canals were low as well. However we had to drive the wrong way down many a major thoroughfare. I know Aaron Broussard said people could come back on Monday but anyone would be crazy to go. Major street are passable, barely in some places, one lane usually, but we needed to break out the chainsaw (which we had) to get through side streets. Additionally there are no traffic lights etc if too many people show up it will only make things worse. On a very positive note for Metairie entergy was at work with new poles up on west napoleon form clearview to transcontinental and the linemen beginning to work the wire.
Our goal was C's parents' house off of avron and clearview. C's neighbors stayed so we knew her house was high and dry no water,, or any damage of any kind (she lives right off cleary and w metarie if you were curious). We made if to her parents' house they had about 18" of water in the house it was all drained. We picked up some meds and a case of wine and headed out. We made a little detour to JA's house on kawanee by east jeff hospital. The damage there was the same, water in the house and there were some shingles missing as well. We took more pics and left.
Last stop zephyr field fema is set up there. While there we found out that the coast guard was ceasing all rescue attempts until they could get bullet proof vests and handguns for everyone. We then left on our return to Baton Rouge.
I took pictures on the trip, I wish I had taken more but the shock of it all - you just stare and look and forget to take the camera out. It was also raining very hard so the windows on the truck were up, and lastly C forgot to charge the battery so it died.
Hope everyone is doing fine.
By October 4, 2005, the official death toll from Hurricane Katrina was 1,836 with more than 2,500 still missing.
With devastation all around, once in a while a silver lining appears. During the cleanup activities after the hurricane, seven Tiffany windows were rediscovered in a storage area of Tulane University.
In 1894, Mrs. Josephine Newcomb commissioned Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company of New York to create three lancets in memory of her daughter, Harriott Sophie Newcomb. The "Resurrections" triptych depicts the risen Christ speaking to Mary Magdalene.
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Rembrandt van Rijn, (Dutch 1606-1669)
Read more about Newcomb College's impressive art program in their newsletter. Pages 7 and 8 of the Summer 2009 edition covers the relationship between the Newcomb College and Tiffany Studios of New York and their role in bringing the English Arts and Crafts Movement to the United States.


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Timely information about an applications health and performance is critical. In a clustered environment, knowledge about the overall health and performance of the cluster is more complicated to obtain. Add cloud and this task may become close to impossible to gain insight into the health of the system. Using Apache Geode and Micrometer it will be demonstrated how this can be achieved in a simple manner that can be applied to all types of applications. Speakers: Udo Kohlmeyer Senior Software Engineer, Pivotal Filmed at SpringOne Platform 2018


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Eating homemade mayonnaise is the kind of luxurious pleasure -- like eating chocolate in the bath -- that shouldn't require apology. Rich yet subtle in flavor, with a pillowy texture, homemade mayo is nothing like the pale, cloying stuff you get out of a jar.
It dresses up too. Spiked with chiles or shot with saffron, mayonnaise is the perfect secret weapon for a tapas party.
Mayonnaise is a notoriously breakable emulsion, or combination of two liquids (such as oil and water) that can't be mixed but can be held together in a kind of suspension. But it's easy to make if you know some tricks -- and the payoffs are big.
Purists make mayonnaise by hand, but successful recipes for blender mayonnaise have been around for years. Now, with the wide availability of good immersion or wand blenders, it's a great time to update the technique.
Back in the day of 19th century French chef (and sauce expert) Antonin Careme, mayonnaise was made by stirring vinegar and egg yolks with small increments of oil -- relentlessly, with a wooden spoon, for upward of 15 minutes -- until the sauce slowly came together.
The oil droplets bond with the water-based liquids -- traditionally just the yolks and vinegar -- and as the droplets become smaller and smaller, the mixture combines, or emulsifies, until the mayonnaise is thick, custardy and as yellow as butter.
When you make mayo in a blender, the principle is the same -- oil is slowly added to the yolk-vinegar mixture -- but the whirring blades make the process far easier.
Making mayonnaise using an immersion blender may be the coolest technique yet -- at least until they figure out how to make it in a Pacojet. Or a particle accelerator.
With an immersion blender, the process is even faster and you can see the unfolding chemistry, like a sudden, beautiful lab experiment.
Herve This, author and co-founder of the approach to cooking often called molecular gastronomy, loves to play with mayonnaise. "There is a wonderful experiment that you can make easily," This wrote in a recent e-mail.
"Make a mayonnaise with a fork and a lot of vinegar [and egg yolk]. The result is not very firm, and quite acidic. Then, in the middle of the bowl, put a plunging mixer and [turn] it on for some seconds. Immediately you get, under the place where you mixed, a very firm sauce, more white, less acidic. Under the microscope you see that the droplet size was divided by 10 to 100!"
You don't have to be a molecular gastronomist to be wowed.
To make immersion blender mayo, first allow your ingredients to come to room temperature (this is crucial). Place them in the beaker that came with the blender or in a liquid measuring cup or jar with tall, narrow sides.
Place the blender wand in the container and hold it upright against the bottom. Then slowly pour in a cup of canola or other neutral oil (don't use olive oil at this stage; it's expensive, more difficult to emulsify and often turns bitter when mixed in a blender), allowing the oil to settle on top.
When the container is mostly cloud-filled, plunge the blender to incorporate the remainder of the oil.
At this point you have a very stable emulsion, and you can continue to add oil -- you could theoretically add quite a bit more, according to Harold McGee, another mayonnaise-happy chemist, as long as the ratio of oil to water-based ingredients is 3 to 1 by volume -- to the sauce without it breaking.
If, however, the sauce does break, you can start over -- or reemulsify the sauce by adding the broken mixture, very slowly, into a new egg yolk.
Once the ingredients have emulsified, I like to gently whisk in good-quality olive oil and fresh lemon juice. The floral notes of the olive oil and the tart bite of lemon enhance the flavor and smooth out the texture, making it creamier. (Lemon juice added at the beginning instead of water makes an oddly rougher sauce, less pale and velvety, more likely to separate; the water makes the sauce lighter and smoother.)
The sauce is now a classic basic mayonnaise, ready for spreading on sandwiches, adding to salads or dressings, spooning over fish before roasting, or serving in a bowl alongside a basket of hand-cut French fries.
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Taiwan Steps Closer to Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Bitcoin
The government of Taiwan has moved a step closer to regulating bitcoin under existing anti-money laundering (AML) rules.
Cloud Mining Contracts Are Securities, Says Philippines SEC
The Philippines securities watchdog has warned that it will regulate cryptocurrency cloud mining contracts under existing securities rules.
Trapped Below $7K: Is Bitcoin Prepping for a Big Breakout?
Bitcoin continues to trade sideways in an increasingly tight range, but could be setting up for a major move in either direction.
Bank of England Eyes Private Blockchain Oversight
The Bank of England is examining how to maintain data privacy over a DLT network while still allowing a regulatory window into transactions.
Filecoin Creators Launch $5 Million Crypto Grant Program
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.
Alibaba's Taobao Bars Crypto and ICOs in Policy Update
Alibaba's Taobao e-commerce site has updated its list of prohibited goods and services on the platform, which now includes those related to cryptos.
Bitcoin Dust: How to Tell If You Have It And Why You Should Get Rid of It
It's time to get rid of your bitcoin "dust," some developers argue. CoinDesk explains why.
Bank of America: Bitcoin Bubble Is Already Popping
In an analytical note, Bank of America researchers called bitcoin one of the greatest bubbles in history.
Bitfinex Denies Money Laundering Claims After 'Internal Investigation'
Bitfinex is pushing back against reports that Polish authorities froze $400 million of its funds.
Bear Market 'Largely Over,' Crypto Fund Manager Claims
Cryptocurrency fund manager Timothy Enneking believes all factors impacting the market have been priced in, and it should soon rebound.
Ledger Wallet Users Can't Access Their Bitcoin Cash
Ledger hardware wallet users are still unable to access their bitcoin cash.
UK Cyber Security Division Issues Warning on PC 'Cryptojacking'
The UK National Cyber Security Centre highlighted the rising number of browser apps which force computers to mine cryptocurrencies in a new report.
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Is Taking New Customers Again
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex began accepting new users today after temporarily halting registrations last December.
Europol Nabs 11 in Crypto Drug Money Laundering Case
Europol has shut down an alleged drug trafficking operation that used cryptocurrencies to launder money from Spain to Colombia.
Blockchain Is 'Going Mainstream' Says European Commission Official
European Commission vice president Andrus Ansip stressed the need for governments and private firms to invest in blockchain technology.
Indian Government Think Tank Trials Blockchain to Combat Fake Meds
An Indian government think tank is working on a blockchain solution aimed to combat the country's roaring counterfeit drugs trade.
Below $400: 'Death Cross' Hits Ether But Damage May Be Done
Ether will likely shrug off today's lagging "death cross" indicator and could even rise toward $475.
'Big Four' Firm Deloitte Appoints New Head of Blockchain Services
Deloitte has announced Linda Pawczuk as its new blockchain lead, following the departure of Eric Piscini from the role.
Crypto Portfolio Tracker Raises $1.5 Million in Funding
Cryptocurrency investment management startup CoinTracker has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from some heavyweight investors.
Golem Arrives: One of Ethereum's Most Ambitious Apps Is Finally Live
A long-awaited ICO project for allowing people to get paid for their extra CPU power launched on ethereum's mainnet today.
A Vietnamese scam operation allegedly stole $600 mln from 32,000 investors before disappearing March, in what would be largest scam to date affecting cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital, founded and run by former Wall Street executive Mike Novogratz, will reportedly be hiringGoldman Sachs executive Richard Kim as its new chief operating officer.
New report finds in 2017, there were 3.5 mln cryptocurrency investors in the Japanese market. The report also says 34 percent of Japanese cryptocurrency investors are in their 30s.
Analyst predicts that the cryptocurrency market will "mature" in 2018, attracting "significant" institutional investment as clearer regulatory oversight kicks in.
Coinbase has hired a new Vice President of Communications, Rachel Horowitz.
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For the second straight month, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Law tops all US law schools in the number of new downloads per paper posted to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) in the last twelve months.
SSRN is a website that promotes scholarship in economics, finance, accounting, management, and law. It contains more than 300,000 documents and bases its rankings on readership of scholarly publications.
Academic papers can be posted to SSRN by the author. Many scholarly papers are published to SSRN and similar sites before being submitted to academic journals. This is beneficial because it allows the authors to gather comments that can be incorporated into their papers before they are published in journals and also because it allows widespread dissemination of scholarly papers before they are published in journals that have restricted access.
"Overall, we rank 28th—and 10th among public law schools—in total new downloads," said Gregory M. Stein, associate dean for faculty development and the Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Law. "But UT is far smaller than any of the schools ranked ahead of us. When you examine the downloads on a per-paper basis, we are at the top of the list."
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Scientists assembling information that will determine the future Endangered Species Act status of the northern spotted owl are beginning with a look at how the barred owl is driving its meeker cousin out of Northwest old growth forests.
The panel of experts meets today on the Washington State University campus in Vancouver.
The first in a series of three public workshops will deal with findings that the barred owl has been expanding its territory from northeastern Canada since about 1900, moving into Washington, Oregon and Northern California and pushing out spotted owls.
Eric Forsman, a U.S. Forest Service biologist whose research led to the protection of old growth forests for owl habitat, said he could not imagine the owl being taken off the threatened species list considering continuing population declines, particularly in Washington, where conflicts with the barred owl are heaviest.
"It's one more factor in addition to habitat loss that is for sure impacting spotted owls," Forsman said. "That may explain why the rate of decline is so much higher in Washington than in Oregon and Northern California."
Theories on why the barred owl is moving into spotted owl territory include changes to forest structure from logging, wildfire and climate change, but "there is no way to scientifically test any of these hypotheses," Forsman said.
The review of threatened species status for the spotted owl and a similar review of the marbled murrelet came out of the Bush administration's settlement of a lawsuit brought by the timber industry seeking to ease logging restrictions that protect the birds' habitat in Northwest national forests.
Initially happy with the federal government's decision to farm out the review to a private contractor to avoid any appearance of bias among U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, the timber industry does not like the panel of experts that the private contractor assembled.
Ross Mickey, western Oregon manager for the American Forest Resources Council, said he was disappointed that four are veterans of the long debate over balancing logging against wildlife habitat.
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"We were really hoping that with these third parties we would get a fresh look at the data without being encumbered with past predisposed viewpoints," Mickey said. "That's not to say these people won't do a good job."
The others on the panel are Richard Bigley, silviculturist for the Washington Department of Natural Resources; Martin Cody, a UCLA ecologist; and Rob Fleischer, a Smithsonian Institution geneticist.
The scientists were chosen by the Sustainable Ecosystems Institute, a Portland consulting firm.
The firm is being paid $415,000 to assemble the information that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use to decide whether to amend the spotted owl's threatened species listing.
Subsequent workshops will be held in February to look at whether the owl needs old growth forests across its entire range, and in April to examine the latest owl population trends being assembled by Forsman and others.
At the urging of the timber industry, the deadline for the review has been pushed back to Nov. 15, 2004.


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We provide you, our farming clients and a diverse range of agricultural businesses, with a comprehensive range of specialist advice including, health & safety, employment relations and farm succession planning. In addition, we have a reputation for excellence in, agricultural accounting and taxation services, enabling you to make the most of financial opportunities available despite the ever-changing agricultural environment.
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Time Spent Managing Accounts Halved – Pekanga Farms & Mathieson Chartered Accountants
Ashburton farmer, Lee-Anne Stewart, and her husband, Norm, run three farms – two dairy and one dairy support for young stock. Needless to say, Lee-Anne has enough to keep her busy without to having to worry about spending long hours on the accounts, which was why she was motivated to start looking for a better solution for managing the finances of their farming business.
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Before moving to Figured, Lee-Anne and her husband were using CashmanagerRURAL but found it difficult to use and time consuming when it came to entering data. They were encouraged by their bank, ASB, to make the move to Figured and Xero and make the most of the free subscription they were providing to customers.
As Lee-Anne's previous accountant wasn't providing support around the move, she realised it was time for another change – to a more forward-thinking accounting practice. She approached Ashburton-based Mathieson Chartered Accountants who, as Figured partners, were the perfect choice to provide her with support and training as she transitioned across to the new system.
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"Lee-Anne's biggest pain using her previous accounting software was the budgeting side of things – it would take her a long time. Now, the forecasting in Figured is significantly quicker, and takes much less of her time," says Lee-Anne's accountant, Alannah Martin.
In fact, since switching accounting software, Lee-Anne says she has slashed the amount of time she now needs to spend on her books in half. "It is much more user-friendly, the information I can get out of it is easier to understand, and I love that Fonterra payout prices are automatically updated and recalculated. I would say it has cut the amount of time in half that I used to spend on managing my accounts."
The accessibility that cloud software affords is also helping to make reconciling accounts and managing GST a whole lot easier. "I love being so connected. I can sit down at night and reconcile my accounts in Xero on my iPhone, or I can be out anywhere on the farm and do it from there; I'm not longer tied to the desktop as I was previously", Lee-Anne explains.
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While it's primarily Lee-Anne who takes care of the books in their business, the new system has also got her husband more engaged, connecting what's happening on farm with what's happening in the books.
"It's got my husband a bit more aware of what's going on with the business, not just the happenings out on the farm. We're sitting down more together, having a look at the numbers and having better conversations about what's going on. As a consequence, he's being a bit more strategic around decisions he is making that will affect farm finances," Lee-Anne says.
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Mathieson Chartered Accountants say that their practice is seeing more and more farmers who are motivated to use better technology in their farming business – and it's not just the younger farmers.
And while moving to a new accounting system can seem like a daunting process, Lee-Anne says that Figured and Xero are much easier to use than her previous software, and the support and guidance she has received from her Figured certified advisors at Mathieson has made it simple and straightforward.
"We found the transition very easy. Alannah did the set-up for us and then spent just half an hour going over it with us. I wouldn't say I'm very computer-minded, but I find the software very intuitive to use," Lee-Anne says.
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Lee-Anne says that having immediate access to data, and being able to collaborate with her accountant and bank manager around it, has changed the way that they are working together, "It means that they can go in at any time and see what is happening in the accounts, and it's allowing us to have a more open relationship and better conversations with both our accountant and bank."
From the accountant's perspective, Alannah says they are also noticing a shift in the discussions they are able to have with their clients, "Using Figured and Xero is allowing us to be more proactive about things, we're no longer looking at numbers from 14-18 months earlier as all the data is current and we're able to focus more on what's ahead," she explains.
"Because we don't have to spend time getting the basics right using multiple versions of accounts, we can instead get back to looking after their business and building a strategy for the long-term success of their farms."
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Obama's decision to resign from the Senate was an enormous blunder. He should now renege on his resignation and storm the Senate to fight for the auto industry with a loud vote. Btw, does anyone know if Biden gave up his vote, too? What jerks.
This whole "selling a Senate seat" thing has just fueled my position that no actively sitting elected official should be allowed to campaign for a different elected position. Furthermore no actively sitting elected official should be allowed to be appointed to some other position. The people have elected those representatives to do a specific job, not to job hunt.
For example it is a major conflict of interest for an actively sitting US Senator or Representative to be running for President. You simply can't tell me that the act of campaigning for President didn't have an impact on how the candidates voted on various pieces of legislation. In some cases they weren't present for the votes yet they still were collecting a salary, in other cases I find it hard to believe that they voted in the best interest of their constituents vs. what was more politically expedient to their campaigns. And now I can add that the governor who gets to pick the replacement may use it to get personal favors in return. It simply shouldn't be allowed.
Well, admitting your candidate made a mistake. Perhaps there is still hope for you people.
A senator has no boss other than the ballot box. He can collect his salary & spend all day every day at the Capitol gym if he wants. Sucks, but that's the real world. Show up at a committee meeting every once in a while, fly back & rub with the homies a few weekends a year. Good work if you can buy, I mean, get it.
Back in the 19th century, Senators were appointed by the states, not elected. I suspect there was some selling going on then, just not as blatant and stupid as Illinois.
But I dont think you can renege on a resignation. Well, at least not without the approval of the body (probably perfunctory at this time). Still, Obama cant. His hands are too dirty now. And biden is still as stupid as he ever was.
Alas, the Senate is a bullshit organization that we could do without, thank you very much.
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Former senator of Illinois and president-elect Barack Obama has captured the majority of votes on the November 4th election. Now that Obama has resigned as Senator of Illinois, Politics have become a lot more dirtier and uglier. Wrong deeds will definitely catch up to you sooner or later. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, along with his chief of staff John Harris, was arrested in Chicago Tuesday morning on charges that included conspiring to commit wire fraud and soliciting bribes in exchange for the state's Senate seat, vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. This is the second time an Illinois governor has been arrested on federal charges. George Ryan, Illinois' 39th governor, was also charged for wielding his authority to help himself and his friends. According to the Illinois state law, it is the responsibility of the governor to fill the senate seat and much like Ryan, Governor Blagojevich saw an opportunity to use his power to leverage amenities for himself. According to the news, Blagojevich, 52, was hoping to get a substantially higher salary, a position on the board for his wife, a cabinet post and more in exchange for his choice of a senate replacement. Looks like the governor got a little bit too greedy. The FBI has filed a 76-page indictment against both Blagojevich and Harris. The affidavit reports that the federal authorities caught Blagojevich conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat on court-ordered wiretaps last month. The people of Illinois will have to wait patiently for the conclusion of this story. Times are rough and it's about to get rougher, especially for both Blagojevich and his cohort John Harris. Click to read more on Blagojevich courtesy of Personal Money Store's Payday Loan News.


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Even though I didn't fully understand a lot of the dialogue and even though every time money (even in the form of drug deals) came onto the scene, I tuned out, I loved this season of The Wire. My husband kept complaining about the lack of a larger arc but for me the arc was how we are throwing our children away. And what's bigger than that idea? Also it turned out to be a two-year arc, so there. I will truly miss it for the next year. It digs so much deeper than The Sopranos, for instance although I love that one too.
The best show on TV, hands down.
Five movies I have never seen and should--Lawrence of Arabia, A Clockwork Orange, 2001, On the Waterfront, Dr. Strangelove. How about you?
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The Wire
Posted by pattinase (abbott) at 7:45 AM
2 comments:
- Maria said...
I've never seen the Wire. My cable love is Weeds on Showtime.
Five movies I haven't seen yet but want to: Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Psycho, Star Wars, Rebel without a Cause.
- Unknown said...
I've seen all the movies mentioned in the post and in the comment, but I've never seen The Wire.
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Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter
NBC10 has been holding Great Shredder Events in our area for years. I'd never been to one before today.
I can't believe how many people come with their boxes of papers to be shredded.
What's interesting is how relieved so many seem to feel after they unload it. It's like a weight off their shoulders. Clutter and papers and junk in our lives is a heavy load. I know I feel better when I organize and clean out everything. I swear I feel more at peace and ease.
In fact, I think I'm inspired to declutter my house today after all that shredding. Clear the decks and clear the mind.


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Why UAN is Important for EPFO Members
UAN Information
UAN number is introduced by EPFO to provide a lifetime valid identity number to each member. It remains same in spite of changing companies or jobs. A lots of online facilities are linked to the activation of UAN status at the EPFO official website. If you are an EPFO member, but still ignoring your UAN, do go through the benefits of UAN. If you do not know your UAN, do obtain it from your employer and activate it online. You can click the option of 'Activate UAN Based Registration' at the EPFO member portal. Complete the whole procedure and activate your universal account number.
Employees can login using their UAN number and password whenever they need. This post will make you aware of significance of the universal account number.
Benefits of UAN
The universal account number has various benefits for employees. Especially it simplifies the PF withdrawal procedure for employees.
- If you have UAN you don't need to transfer your PF account from one company to another whenever you change the job. Transferring PF account is a tedious procedure and due to UAN, employees can get rid of it. The account can now be transferred just by submitting your universal account number to your new company. As soon as your new company verifies your details using your UAN status online, the funds will get transferred to the new account.
- Now the employees are not dependent on their employer for the PF withdrawal. UAN has drastically reduced or almost eliminated the role of employer in withdrawal process. If your UAN is activated and linked with aadhar and bank account, you can withdraw your PF money without your employer's signature.
- If you have activated your UAN, you can receive SMS alerts every month. You will know your PF balance every month through SMS. Every time your PF account is debited and credited, you will know it. Read more download EPF passbook online to check all your transactions in your PF account. Such facilities are available only if the employee has UAN.
Since now it is easy to transfer PF money from one account to another, employees will prefer transferring to withdrawing. This will ultimately benefit in long term by enhancing the amount and Open national pension scheme account. Now the employee will choose any one from EPF or national pension scheme.
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Coffee really is one of the pleasures of life for many people around the world. However, deep coffee knowledge and expertise is not something everyone has. By reviewing the information below, it is possible to get the coffee necessary to maximize just about everyone's enjoyment of this very common drink.
Using Coffee Powder from the Garden
Do not throw your old coffee powder. If you have a garden, you can use your coffee powder as a fertilizer for plants and flowers while keeping pests away. You can also use old coffee powder to scrub dirty dishes or clean your kitchen table instead of using chemicals.
Learn How to Decorate a Latte
To add excitement to your daily cup of coffee or impress a dinner guest, learn how to decorate your latte. The carefully poured milk is all it takes to create an attractive whirl design while more proficient tasters can choose to add chocolate to more flavorful decorations. When it comes to more complicated designs, the workouts are perfect!
Do not store your coffee in plastic or metal containers. These ingredients can change the way coffee taste. The best thing to do is store your coffee inside a glass jar that can be sealed closed without getting into the air.
If you want to grind your own coffee, try adding some peanuts to the grinder along with the beans. Many people enjoy an interesting peanut taste providing a cup of coffee. Some great beans to try include almonds, hazelnuts, and macadamia nuts. You can even experiment with crazy combinations!
Consider investing in a coffee grinder if you want an extraordinary taste. By doing so, you will be able to grind the coffee beans when you need them. You will be amazed at the difference between coffee brewed from fresh beans and those made from canned or steamed cans. You owe it to yourself.
If you grind your own coffee, be sure to grind the amount you will use that day. If you grind too much and just leave your coffee around it, the elements will take that freshness and flavor. Contrary to what many believe, storing coffee in the refrigerator does not make it fresh.
You can not heat the coffee, because it will only burn the drink and it feels much worse than cold. Instead, know when you will drink coffee for more than 20 minutes. Have an isolated mug or a thermal jug that is used for these events to retain original heat and warmth.
Average or even grinding is a better choice when buying a coffee grinder. This grinder reduces the heat generated. They also help your coffee stay good. The quality of ground coffee in a machine that uses a knife-based grinder is less consistent than coffee brewed with a conical or flat grinder. They get too hot and can damage the nuts by burning them.
If you stop taking caffeine, you do not have to do it all at once. Try diluting a high-caffeine-free version of coffee. If you use ground coffee, just add as many as you want from each one.
Always drink coffee from a cup designed for hot items. Do not pour coffee into a glass, as this can break your glass and leave you with a stain that you do not want. Mugs are probably the best choice you can choose when deciding where you want to drink your coffee.
If you tend to eat cakes with your coffee in the morning or evening, try dipping one into another. Cookies taste good when combined with coffee, and can give you the flavor shots you want. Make sure that when you dip, you have a towel or towel nearby to avoid clutter.
If you drink coffee that is not added cream, sugar or syrup, your coffee can actually help you burn calories. When you drink sugar-added coffee, you eliminate the fat-burning power. Try drinking black coffee before breakfast to easily manage your weight.
There is no denying the vital role that coffee plays in the lives of a surprising number of people. Coffee starters and old fans can benefit from a little extra learning on this subject. The piece above may just provide the kind of information needed to improve the coffee experience of anyone.


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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
True Words Tuesday: Consequences
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- ellen abbott said...
oh, man, I know how you feel. when we first started looking for a house in the country, we found one that was it for me and very reasonably priced, with the eat in kitchen I have always wanted, two bedrooms downstairs and an upstairs with two more that could be closed off, had it's own air and heating systems, a covered patio in the back. the widow who owned it was moving to live with her daughter. someone else put a contract on it before we could but since it had not been shown to the lady yet because she was out of town we also tendered a contract for more than the previous one. but the remaining family pressured her to take the one for less money because the guy was a friend of the family. I was crushed. The funny thing is that the house we did eventually buy several years later is at the other end of the same road. no eat in kitchen, no covered patio, but we do really like this house and are happy here. but, given the opportunity, I would probably ditch this one for that one. maybe.
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A small people of fishermen and handmade shrimp sellers who are in yes, the principal attraction of the spa. Somewhat informal and of calm appearance, it is of big night `agitation´. It is provided with a magnificent beach and enormous nearby dunes-
Hill of Buena Vista-, to that it goes over walking towards the south, after crossing the creek and gait during an hour, good protected from the sun.
The magnificence of more than 3.000 ombúes, loaded of centuries grouped in the biggest botanical set of the world, they offer the majestic, only and safe spectacle. Thick and imposing, they reach absolutely unimaginable sizes, without losing the peculiarity of every copy.
A part of the forest of ombúes can be visited sailing along the curvilinear creek Valizas. For it, it is necessary to come up to the bridge that crosses the creek, on the route 10 and to hire the service of the specializing guide.
In boat, there are covered five kilometers that are distant to the east of the Valizas in the lagoon of Castillos, where one finds the entry to the forest. The passage lasts twenty minutes and it is a walk in yes same. There have an interview big number of biguaes and ducks of different species, white herons and mulberries, teros and teros real, storks, coots, cuervillos, swans of black neck, white geese and chajaes.
The qualified area of the forest of the State, borders on the bank of the lagoon with more than hundred ombúes. Many of them grew embraced to thick crowns, in an affiliation that wakes up the curiosity of the technicians and supports them studying that one symbiosis, to try to explain it. Up to the moment, the experiences would demonstrate that, if they grow together from a beginning, they will coexist without problem. But once one of two species grew, if other one tries to be implanted to him nearby, it would not allow the development.
Although the absence of rings in his trunk prevents from determining the age of an ombu, it is believed that there are copies of more than 400 years, calculation based on the crown with which simbiotiza.
In contrast to the exotic forests, the native ones are united and they allow the coexistence of several vegetable species in the same space. Here it can appreciate the coexistence of ombúes, with choppings, ceibos, espinillos, myrtles, enviras, mburucuyaes, for naming the most well-known. It prospers also, big wealth of fauna.


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Abstract by Alessandro Perego
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Presenter's Name
Alessandro Perego
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Physics and Astronomy
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John Colton, Robert Davis
Electrical Conductivity of Monolayer Films of Ferritin Molecules
Ferritin is a 12 nm diameter spherical protein with an 8 nm hollow interior, which naturally contains iron oxide nanocrystals. The natural core of ferritin can be removed and other metal oxide nanoparticles can be synthesized inside the empty ferritin cage. The choice of metal used for the growth of the nanoparticles determines different properties for light harvesting and/or for oxidative charge. Knowledge of the electrical conductivity of the protein shell is critical to the performance of ferritin-based nano applications like quantum dots solar cells and nanobatteries. Here we use a 500 μm diameter gold ball as a contact probe to measure the conductivity of a sub monolayer of ferritin molecules. The contact force between the spherical probe and the surface is gradually increased until a stable I-V curve is obtained. At this current research stage, we show conductivity measurements for apoferritin and for different holoferritin molecules loaded with different amount of iron ions. Results show an increase in conductivity as the iron load increases inside the protein, indicating that for holoferritin most electron-transfer goes
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I met a real nice lady at the campground in Moncton who camps in a tent. She lives locally, but likes to camp here every summer. She is originally from Toronto. Think she must be in her 80's. Sorry I did not get her picture, only the tent.
We arrived in at the Riverview RV Park in Edmundston NB on the 13th as a stopping point before going to Quebec City. Full hookups $32.00/nt. We are in site 47 and have satellite. Wi-Fi is good and free. They only take cash in Canadian funds. After going to RBC for the cash, strange thing happened..got a call listing phone number as 0000000000. Knew I should not answer, but did and voice said our debit card had been blocked. So we called our bank and no such thing. Googled the 000's and it is a scam.So don't answer any calls with 000's. Really un-nerves you especially since we had just done an ATM withdrawal. I also refuse to answer calls from unknown which happened later same day. Edmundston is on the St John River that separates New Brunswick from Maine.
|Riverview Campground Site 47
|Stream by Campground
We then drove into town to visit the reconstructed Petit Sault Blockhouse built in 1841 during height of the boundary dispute between the US and England.
|Petit Sault Blockhouse
|My Soldier
|Display in Blockhouse
|Wooden Engine
14th we decided to drive down to Grand Falls to visit the gorge and falls which is the largest waterfall in New Brunswick. 230ft high and 1 mile long. Well not today..barely a trickle. Guess spring is best time to get full effect. You can also do a zip line across which would be more awesome when the falls is at its peak.
|Grand Falls Trickle
|Would Love to See in Spring
We then drove to Fort Kent, ME on the Maine side crossing over at Fort Fairfield. Fort Kent was built in 1839 and stood in the middle of a fierce 56 year old controversy over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border. Ten months before it was built, the armed conflict known as the Aroostook War took place. Officials in Fredricton and Augusta finally agreed to a truce. The location for the blockhouse on the confluence of the Fish and St John rivers was chosen to keep peace and manned by a non military group. In 1842 the Webster Ashburton Treaty established the St John River as the international border.
|Fort Kent Blockhouse
|Another View
|Weather Predictor
|Signage on Aroostook War
Before returning to Edmundston we stopped for gas at the Maine side since it is $3.77/gal versus $5.00 in Canada. I also got 2 bottles of wine.
Well the wine resulted in a car search, but no duty. I was admonished for carrying a pill box with aspirin, tums and meclizine. Was told to always carry in marked bottle.
15 June
Today we drove the 60km to Cabano QC to visit Fort Ingall. On the way we stopped at the Quebec infotouriste who proved to be very helpful with info on our continuing journey to Quebec City and Montreal. Andre, I love his French accent, provided us maps and much info. Thank you, Andre.
|Fort Ingall
|Belvedere Lookout at Fort
|Officers Quarters
|Enlisted Barracks
|Torture Method
|Another Form of Torture
|Guards Quarters
|Interior of Blockhouse with Cells
|Officers Quarters
|Officers Quarters
Fort Ingall sits on the Temiscouata Lac and was built by the British in 1839 due to a boundary dispute with the US in order to protect the wood lands and to control the Portage Trail. The war ended in 1842 with the signing of the Webster-Ashburton treaty and the fort remained in Canadian control.
Stopped for a picnic lunch on Temiscouata Lac.
|Picnic Lunch
|Don't They Look Yummy?
Tomorrow we leave for Quebec City.
Our time in Atlantic Canada has been very nice and we hope to return again one day. Our downfall has been the visits to the Tim Horton's for donuts and coffee.


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SANTA ANA – A 20-year-old man confessed to killing a close friend at the man's Santa Ana home and robbing him, police said Tuesday.
The 47-year-old man was found dead by his landlord Monday morning inside the guesthouse he rented in the 1300 block of South Joane Way, police said, two days after Jose Fuentes said he went to the home and killed his friend in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The two men had a long-time relationship, authorities said, but the nature of that relationship was not being disclosed. Fuentes said he arrived at his friend's home at 2:30 a.m. Saturday and killed and robbed him.
The next day, he was arrested by Garden Grove police on suspicion of drug possession, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. He was driving the dead man's Toyota Camry, he said.
It wasn't until Monday that the maintenance man was found dead by his worried landlords.
The man's name has not been released because authorities are trying to contact his family.
Police and the man's landlords described a bloody scene inside the small rented guesthouse.
An autopsy performed Tuesday revealed the victim died of blunt force trauma, said Bertagna. Exactly how he died remains a mystery.
No one, including his landlords who lived in the home in front of the guesthouse, called police to report a struggle over the weekend.
The victim's gold Camry, a 40-inch television, and other personal items were missing, police said. Authorities have recovered the stolen property.
While detectives investigated the homicide, the man they now believe is the killer sat in the Orange County Jail on suspicion of drug possession.
Fuentes was driving the victim's Camry when he and his three passengers were arrested, Bertagna said. But because no one at the time knew its owner was dead, the car had not been reported stolen.
Fuentes and his three passengers were jailed. The Camry was impounded.
When Santa Ana investigators ran the plate of the victim's missing Camry, it turned up at an impound lot.
That led investigators to Fuentes inside the Orange County jail
Fuentes, who is listed in jail records as a 5-foot-2, 130-pound laborer, told detectives he killed his friend by himself, Bertagna said. Robbery, he said, was the motive, Bertagna said.
The victim worked for a maintenance company and worked as a soccer referee as a side job, Bertagna said. It was unclear whether the man met his eventual killer on the soccer fields.
The victim, who had rented his guesthouse for several years, was last seen around 6:30 p.m. Friday when he had dinner with his landlords. Hours later he would be killed inside his own home.
Fuentes is being held on suspicion of murder, robbery, grand theft auto, possession of stolen property and burglary, Bertagna said. Fuentes does not have a criminal record in Orange County, according to county court records.
Register staff writers Alejandra Molina and Bruce Chambers contributed to this report.
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161 East Chicago Avenue #36b, Chicago
VACANT, EMPTY AND HAPPY TO SHOW- Luxurious Water Tower residences offers-exceptional-gut-renovated-contemporary redesigned floor plan by famed Gooch design studio on the 46th floor. Postcard views frame the lake and city skyline from oversized windows w/motorized solar shades in this - 2754 sq ft- northwest corner residence. Living/dining/family room floor plan offers ultra-exquisite details/finishes throughout the large room sizes which allow for easy living and fabulous entertaining. Gallery foyer, exquisite custom kitchen, master suite with luxurious spa bath and oversized walk in closet, laundry room with side by side washer/dryer, butler pantry/wet bar, AMX smart home system, and lots of storage are just some of the features which make this home a gem! And living above the - just renovated - exclusive Ritz Carlton hotel offers amenities to simplify your life and create that resort like living environment. On site valet or self-parking options available to residents and their guests. Dogs welcome!
Bike Room/Bike Trails, Door Person, Elevator, Exercise Room, Storage, Health Club, On Site Manager/Engineer, Pool-Indoors, Receiving Room, Restaurant, Security Door Locks, Service Elevator, Steam Room, Valet/Cleaner, Business Center
Bar-Wet, Hardwood Floors, Heated Floors, 1st Floor Laundry, Built-in Features, Sauna/Steam Room
Microwave, Dishwasher, High End Refrigerator, Freezer, Washer, Dryer, Disposal, Wine Cooler/Refrigerator, Cooktop, Oven/Built-in, Range Hood
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Happy New Year! If you celebrated the holidays, did you travel to visit family and friends? Our family enjoyed a week in Florida before returning to the cold and snow in wintry Michigan.
This week's photo was taken this morning of the the snow in my yard. We had -3 degrees Farenheit this morning when I woke up. Brrr! Hope it's warmer where you live.
In this week's roundup of web design and development resources, you'll find out about a daily user experience (UX) crash course, get the 2013 highlights of audio accessibility news, find out why WordPress isn't easy in the first post in a series on building and running a WordPress business, and more. Enjoy!
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Always a good question: How will this help the end user? #ux
— Christoph Trappe (@CTrappe) January 3, 2014
User Experience
- Understanding Cancelations: Getting feedback from clients canceling accounts is next to impossible. Read how Garrett Dimon of Sifter tried six different processes before finally finding one that worked well. It's not just about the process, Garrett explains. He discovered key factors that improved their approach.
- It's time: We're making a school: I was thrilled to read this update from Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman about the Unicorn Institute, a brick and mortor school focused on closing the gap between what companies need from recent graduates who want to work in UX design and the skills those graduates have from their studies.
- Are You Browsing Comfortably?: While many of us are focusing on creating sites that work well on smaller resolutions, Steve Workman takes a look at designing for the TV.
I wish news outlets would indicate a link is going to a video and not an article.
— 🥓☕Nathan Reimer🇵🇹⚽👨🏻🍳 (@natedogreimer) December 30, 2013
- Daily UX Crash Course: Not sure how to get started with learning user experience design? Check out experience architect and author Joel Marsh's concise posts.
- New Android App Uses Phone Camera to Read Out Loud: Using Text Detective, a $1.99 Android app available on Google Play, you can point your smartphone camera at text and hear it read aloud. Text Detective also allows the user to edit, copy and paste the text into documents, emails or other apps.
- Teaching WordPress 3.8 to Visually Impaired Managers: Rian Rietveld shares her experience and advice teaching a WordPress workshop to visually impaired managers who brought a diverse number of devices to the workshop, including laptops, iPads with a keyboard attached and VoiceOver, screen readers, Braille displays, screen enlarging software, and glasses with loops.
- Year 2013 in Review: Nice summary from Svetlana Kouznetsova highlighting audio accessibility news and updates for deaf and hard of hearing people in 2013.
- Google Docs Accessibility and Export/Import Options: Since the Google Drive interface isn't accessible for screen reader users due to ARIA and focus-related accessibility issues, screen reader users face many challenges working with Google Docs.
- Why blind internet users are angry with Google, CAPTCHA: While Google recently made improvements to its CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) service, CAPTCHAs continue to frustrate users. Learn about the efforts to have CAPTCHAs removed from websites or replaced with other security protocols.
- How to Send a Custom Welcome Email to New Users in WordPress: If you're using WordPress for a membership site, here's how to send a custom welcome email message to new users to provide more info about the site, highlight features, discounts, and other information.
- Best WordPress snippets, hacks and tips from 2013: Jean-Baptiste Jung from Cats Who Code has gathered some really helpful code snippets to crop uploaded images instead of scaling them, add custom text to the WordPress login page, link Twitter usernames in WordPress, and more.
- WordPress is not easy – and that's OK: The first post in a WordPress series from Morten Rand-Hendriksen focuses on dispelling the myths that WordPress is easy. Excellent points to use with future clients who question time and cost involved with WordPress projects. Good discussion in the comments.
WordPress is easy relative to the alternatives. And when I tell people WordPress is easy I always point this out.
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
- WordPress Plugin Repository Now Rejects Commits With PHP Errors: If you're a WordPress plugin developer, be sure to check your PHP syntax before committing files to the WordPress Plugin Repository. If you don't, you'll received an error message and you won't be able to commit your files.
Responsive Design
- New Year Resolutions Beyond Responsive Design: If your New Year resolution is to make your web applications and website responsive, make them easy to use, offer valuable content, and ensure they can be accessed by any device.
CSS and HTML
- Why We Still Need Web Safe Fonts: Yes, there's still a need for CSS font stacks when you use Web fonts.
- What is the DOM?: Chris Coyier gives an easy to understand overview of the Document Object Model (DOM). Helpful resources at the end of the post for how to learn more about the DOM.
- Nth Test: Are you confused with nth-child and nth-of-type in your CSS? Freelance designer and web developer Paul Maloney has created an online site to test your nth rules.
What I Found Interesting
- Create Direct Links to your Files on Google Drive: Finally, a way to open up files you've stored on Google Drive in their native application. I don't know about you, but I really dislike viewing Photoshop PSDs and Word documents in the browser with the Google Docs web viewer.
- Caulking a Website, Pre and Post-Launch Strategies: Great checklist from Simon Cox for all those website activities that take place before and after the site goes live.
- Seven 52 Week Challenges for an Incredibly Productive Year: Do you always complete your New Year resolution? I've had mixed results with mine, but these challenges look pretty interesting to me. I like the 52-week saving money challenge where you start small and build up your savings. The organizing my home in 52 weeks would be really helpful to me. The reading a new book every week was my resolution three years ago. What's your New Year resolution?