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Nissan Leaf Aero Style wears new body kit in JapanThu, 21 Nov 2013 13:00:00 EST
Here we have the Nissan Leaf Aero Style, which the automaker says "offers 100% electric vehicle performance in a new stylish and sporty shape." We call it a Nissan Leaf with a not-terribly-attractive body kit and two-tone wheels. Suffice it to say, it's not much like the conceptual version Nissan showed off at the Tokyo Motor Show back in 2011...
Our blunt assessment of the Leaf Aero Style doesn't necessarily mean it's bad, of course. It's still, best we can tell, a Nissan Leaf through and through, which means it has the same 107 horsepower, 187 pound-feet of torque and 24-kWh battery pack as every other new Leaf. That, in turn, means it has an official range of 75 miles (though you're probably better off assuming you can get 50 or so miles per charge in the real world) and a top speed of 90 miles per hour.
The Nissan Leaf Aero Style will go on sale in Japan in December of 2013, and there's no word on whether or not it will make its way to the States. There's also no official word on whether the Aero Style is actually any more aerodynamic than the standard Leaf, one of the slipperier cars on the market. If you want to read all about Nissan's presence in Tokyo, scroll down below. If you just want to see the new body kit and wheels, check out our high-res image gallery above.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (November 8, 2013) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today released an overview of the company's exhibit at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from November 23rd through December 1st.
At the show, Nissan will reveal several new concept cars. Nissan will also present the Nissan GT-R Nismo, and reveal the upcoming Nissan DAYZ ROOX and other models. In addition, Nissan will also be exhibiting its Autonomous Drive technology, safety technology and other innovations.
Highlights of the show include:
NISSAN BladeGlider - From "driving" to "gliding" in a hyper-agile and highly efficient EV with radical swept-wing styling
The NISSAN BladeGlider concept offers drivers and passengers a new sense of glider-like driving pleasure, evoking exhilaration through its nimble handling that stems from its swept-wing form and gliding roots.
Aerodynamically-focused, NISSAN BladeGlider's narrow front track and wide, stable rear track reduces drag while generating downforce to enhance maneuverability and road-hugging performance, with high G cornering and acceleration-yet the vehicle is thrifty in its power use.
Unique center driver seat position delivers the ultimate in glider-like driving pleasure, and the triangular three-seat cabin configuration enables a shared experience of "free soaring" for all. The car's in-wheel motors provide rear-wheel propulsion with independent motor management.
Prototype of an upcoming production vehicle that demonstrates the innovation and excitement of the Nissan brand and Nissan's leadership in Zero Emissions mobility.
Broadcast quality and embeddable video of the NISSAN BladeGlider is available at:
Nissan DAYZ ROOX - Super-height wagon is second vehicle in Nissan's popular Nissan DAYZ series of minicars
- The second in the Nissan DAYZ series of minicars, Nissan DAYZ ROOX is a new super-height wagon model featuring dynamic exterior styling and a spacious-feeling, premium interior design.
- Around View Monitor, one-touch automatic sliding doors and other convenient features support daily driving.
- Rear ceiling fan, roll-up sunshades and other amenities enhance rear-seat passenger comfort and convenience.
- Green windshield glass filters out 99% of UV rays.
- The solid-looking and distinctive exterior styling suggests a spacious interior.
- Spacious interior with high-grade trim and coverings.
- A surprising amount of interior space accommodates enough space to hold a 27-inch bicycle.
- Innovative new technology includes a cost-effective battery-assist system that relieves burden on engine.
Slated for Japan market launch in early 2014.
New Teana - Premium sedan for the best times of our lives
- The Nissan Teana is a global strategic model sold in more than 120 countries and regions worldwide. Building on the Teana DNA of "Modern Living" in the first generation model and "Hospitality" in the second generation, the third generation Teana features enhanced performance for even greater driving pleasure.
- Design expresses sophistication and exhilaration, built on the concept of "Modern Living" DNA.
- Cabin supports comfort of all passengers, delivering hospitality in the Teana tradition.
- Driving performance that excites the driver with plenty of power.
- Japan market launch planned for fiscal 2013.
New Skyline: Slated for Japan release November 2013.
New X-TRAIL - Tough, all-purpose SUV with excellent driving performance, advanced technology and outstanding fuel efficiency
- With rugged performance to handle a wide variety of driving conditions, the new X-TRAIL is the tough, all-purpose SUV with best-in-segment fuel efficiency in M-size SUV with state-of-the art functions in a package that offers luggage storage convenience and excellent utility. December 2013 Japan launch.
Serena - Enhanced safety equipment, including collision avoidance support system, adopted
- Significant changes to Nissan's best-selling minivan in Japan. The Serena 5-door minivan includes collision avoidance support systems including Emergency Brake and Lane Departure Warning (LDW) as standard equipment. Serena also features a restyled exterior, from front to rear. Japan launch slated for December 2013.
Note - Enhanced safety with Emergency Brake and Emergency Assist for Pedal Misapplication
- Minor changes to Nissan's global compact hatchback provide the 2014 model year Nissan Note with enhanced safety technology, including collision avoidance support systems including Emergency Brake, Lane Departure Warning (LDW), and Emergency Assist for Pedal Misapplication. Japan launch scheduled for December 2013.
Elgrand - Updates to the 2014 model make it the ultimate king of minivans
- Significant changes to Nissan's premier minivan include a restyled exterior featuring a dynamic front face, high-quality premium interior appointments, and expanded cargo capacity. Japan launch in January 2014.
Nissan LEAF Aero Style - Special concept offers 100% electric vehicle performance in a new stylish and sporty shape
- Sporty makeover of the Nissan LEAF, the world's most popular 100% EV. Slated for Japan release December 2013.
e-NV200 - Innovative 100% electric van set to disrupt LCV market with radically new offer for customers
Nissan's second global EV. The 100% electric version of NV200 multipurpose commercial van, which features a spacious cabin and versatile application potential, with LEAF EV powertrain for advanced performance. Slated for Japan launch in fiscal year 2014.
Autonomous Drive - Nissan's breakthrough technology to be available in multiple vehicles by 2020
Nissan's autonomous driving will be achieved at realistic prices for consumers.
Nissan aiming for availability across the model range after 2020 within two vehicle generations.
Benefits: Safety; personal mobility for aged and handicapped people; reduce driving fatigue, and more.
By Jeremy Korzeniewski
See also: Nissan BladeGlider Concept shows its inner DeltaWing, Nissan Sentra gets mean with 240-hp Nismo concept, 2014 Nissan Juke Nismo RS amps up the funky crossover.


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These are enhancements to your résumé or curriculum vita.
AARP Purpose Prize
Every year the AARP Purpose Prize honors 5 exceptional individuals who have tapped their wealth of experience to foster enduring and innovative positive social impacts. After a rigorous review process, recipients of this prestigious award each receive $50,000 to celebrate their achievements and to hopefully help broaden the scope of their work. Included within the AARP Purpose Prize is the Andrus Prize for Intergenerational Excellence. This award celebrates the legacy of AARP's founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus. Dr. Andrus was an innovative educator and social change agent. The Andrus Prize for Intergenerational Excellence recognizes work that brings multiple generations together for a better community.
Food Sovereignty Prize
The Food Sovereignty Prize spotlights grassroots activists working for a more democratic food system. The honorees are being recognized for promoting food sovereignty by: raising public awareness, organizing on-the-ground action, and/or developing and implementing programs and policies, recognizing the importance of collective action in bringing about social change, building global linkages into their work, and prioritizing the leadership of women, indigenous peoples, people of color, migrant workers and other food providers marginalized by the global food system.
National Association of County Agriculture Agents Awards
NACAA is geared toward Extension educators and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural resources, 4-H youth development, community development, administration, aquaculture and Sea Grant, and related disciplines.
The Patrick Madden Award for Sustainable Agriculture (SARE)
[currently not being offered]
Biennially, SARE recognizes farmers and ranchers who raise food or fiber in ways that are profitable, good for families and communities, and beneficial to the environment. The award is named for SARE's first director, Patrick Madden, who was a pioneer in the movement toward a strong, independent agriculture.
The Madden award recognizes producers who:
- have conducted innovative research that explores ways to make farming more profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities and/or
- have served as effective educators about sustainable agriculture practices and systems with their peers or others in the community.
Sponsored by SARE, the award features a $1,000 honorarium and travel scholarships to a SARE regional/national conference.
World Food Prize
The $250,000 annual award recognizes contributions in any field involved in the world food supply including, but not limited to: plant, animal and soil science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing and packaging; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation, storage and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis; and public advocacy.

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Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Hip Hop Orchestra
Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, 100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio
MC² will be opening for Q Live One as they welcome Thee Phantom and the Illharmonic Orchestra back to The Tobin Center. The orchestral ensemble will perform over 20 pieces of hip hop infused classical music. Don't Miss It!!


text: The majority of software faults are present in small number of modules, therefore accurate prediction of fault-prone modules helps improve software quality by focusing testing efforts on a subset of modules. This paper evaluates the use of the faults-slip-through (FST) metric as a potential predictor of fault-prone modules. Rather than predicting the fault-prone modules for the complete test phase, the prediction is done at the specific test levels of integration and system test. We applied eight classification techniques to the task of identifying fault-prone modules, representing a variety of approaches, including a standard statistical technique for classification (logistic regression), tree-structured classifiers (C4.5 and random forests), a Bayesian technique (Na\"{i}ve Bayes), machine-learning techniques (support vector machines and back-propagation artificial neural networks) and search-based techniques (genetic programming and artificial immune recognition systems) on FST data collected from two large industrial projects from the telecommunication domain. \emph{Results:} Using area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the location of (PF, PD) pairs in the ROC space, GP showed impressive results in comparison with other techniques for predicting fault-prone modules at both integration and system test levels. The use of faults-slip-through metric in general provided good prediction results at the two test levels. The accuracy of GP is statistically significant in comparison with majority of the techniques for predicting fault-prone modules at integration and system test levels. (ii) Faults-slip-through metric has the potential to be a generally useful predictor of fault-proneness at integration and system test levels.


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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Daveybloke's latest wheeze on curing Britain of the hated National Health Service has come a bit of a cropper. The basic idea was to outsource the Government's NHS-bashing to patients by carrying out satisfaction surveys, the results of which would be recorded as negative or neutral unless respondents said they were "extremely likely" to recommend a service. A report commissioned by the Department for Profitable Healthcare noted with commendable restraint that "if the public are to engage with this measure, the scoring mechanism does need to be simple, readily explainable and seen as credible". One would hardly think this sort of thing could be beyond a jumped-up PR junior like Daveybloke, particularly when he has the famously adroit Minister for Health and News Corporation, Jeremy C Hunt, to back him up, not to mention the Ghost of Little Ivan; but it seems that Bullingdon crudity has once again won out over soft-sell subtlety. Indeed, the whole process is so crassly manipulative that even the New Labour drone Randy Burnham, who once suggested turning public libraries into leisure centres with on-site GP surgeries, has registered awareness. A spokesbeing for the Government said that recording too many favourable results as favourable would have shown a majority of NHS trusts in a favourable light, which obviously could not be allowed.
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This particular approach to statistics makes an intriguing contrast with the Department of Workfare: the mentally negligible ex-Guardsman IDS chooses the flat-out falsehood, whereas the Murdoch by-blow at the Department of Health chooses crude manipulation. Yet still there are those cynical nihilistic types who maintain that "they're all the same".
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Mary's Immaculate Heart
A Day of Infamy
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
As I pour out my words all will know that they are gifts of my Immaculate Heart for they will be rich but simple, easy to remember and always able to bring hope, even..
A Year from Now
Friday, September 12th, 2014
When the heart speaks it holds nothing back, sometimes revealing what should be kept secret. Such is my heart, pouring out all my secrets. By next September, much will..
The Valley of Decision
The Fire of Mary's Suffering
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
I wait and wait, unable to pour out all the gifts stored in my Immaculate Heart. How I suffer from these flames that long ago should have gone forth. They burn within me..
Man's Free will
Sunday, September 14th, 2014
In these teachings, O reader, I want to take you into the depths of your own heart so you can understand the freedom of your will and how that freedom must be used. All..
The King and Queen of Material Creation
Monday, September 15th, 2014
I want to take you deeply into this great mystery that God decided to create the human person, clothed in flesh, who had a will that could freely know, love and serve..
The Powerful Valley
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Too many wait and wait, allowing the forces of the culture to lead them. They are taken up with worldly ambitions and selfish desires. They never enter the valley of..
Living in Truth
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
The way of integrity is the path of truth. Only truth sets the will free. Otherwise, it is bound by error and confusion, easily led astray and choosing false goods. ..
The Freedom in the Valley
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
What a great gift when man enters the valley and understands his freedom in Jesus Christ. Man thirsts for freedom. He takes extraordinary efforts to be free. Alas, the..
The Secret of the Saints
Friday, September 19th, 2014
In this Valley of Decision, the deepest part of the human heart, only one voice speaks, God alone. No one else has access. All other voices are silent. The incessant..
Hell's Power over Earth
Going from Light to Darkness
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Come, I want to take you into the darkness of hell. Only then can you understand the events that are taking place and the hideousness of sin. There will be stages of..
Satan's Network
Sunday, September 21st, 2014
Sometimes the earth trembles, the skies grow dark and the waves are in turmoil, as happen with hurricanes, earthquakes and tornados. All of these are symbols of the..
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The editor of these locutions, Msgr. John Esseff, is a diocesan priest of Scranton, PA, ordained in 1953. In 1959, Padre Pio became his spiritual director. For many years Msgr. Esseff was the spiritual director of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Some years ago, Jesus and Mary began to speak through the gift of locutions to a special soul under his direction. Beginning on December 10, 2010, locutions were received that are meant to be told to the whole world. Msgr. Esseff has discerned the validity of these locutions.
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Ambulance NSW defends new station
NSW Ambulance has defended criticism of the new Coolamon Ambulance Station, rejecting claims it would not be adequately staffed.
The $1.5 million station will start operating later this year, after it was announced it would follow 'a blended model' of staffing, run by three paramedics and a team of volunteers.
NSW Ambulance operational support manager, Superintendent Brad Porter, said the staffing model had been selected because it was "the best model" for Coolamon and surrounds.
"The benefit of having qualified volunteers in the community is that if paramedics are transporting a patient out of the area to hospital, the remaining volunteers can turn out to another emergency should it occur at the same time," said Mr Porter said.
"The benefits of qualified volunteers working alongside paramedics to gain experience and knowledge are clear."
NSW Ambulance has also defended concerns that staff could be driving past life-threatening Triple-0 emergencies outside of their respondent area.
"Any suggestion crews will be required to bypass patients assessed as having life threatening injuries was blatantly false," the spokesperson said.
Boosted as a "major investment" that would enhance mobile emergency health services in the area, Mr Porter said recruitment for paramedics and volunteers were well underway.
"NSW Ambulance would like to reassure the community that the closest crew, whether two paramedics or a paramedic and qualified volunteer, will always respond to a life threatening emergency," Mr Porter said.
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BENGALURU: Global Internet and ecosystem conglomerate, LeEco has disrupted the status quo in the smartphone industry with the launch of its second generation Superphones – Le 2 and Le Max2. Now the music experience of the entire Superphones portfolio will be enhanced to a whole new level with the launch of LeMusic app. The app will be available to all the users of LeEco Superphones via an OTA starting, October 20th as the rollout begins nationally. The first rollout will be on Le 2 and Le Max2 phones followed shortly by an update across other LeEco Superphones portfolio.
The members of the ecosystem, post this update will be able to enjoy complementary Hungama Music Pro subscription worth Rs. 99 a month, for the next 12 months. Through this subscription, the users of LeEco Superphones will get access to over 3.5 million tracks that are spread across 25 major Indian and 10 international languages. Over 2.5 million songs are in Full HD and users can groove to them in superior crystal clear lossless quality. The LeEco consumer can also download music and listen to their favourite songs and music videos offline at any given time and the entire experience is presented to them ad-free.
Through the LeMusic app users can also enjoy mood-based content programming and adaptive streaming. In the mood for a party? Then LeMusic app will help users curate a playlist based on that. Using this feature, all one has to do is pick up a mood and the app will suggest songs that will gel with the same. The adaptive streaming feature enables users to play their favourite songs and videos seamlessly irrespective of the connectivity be it 2G or 3G or Wi-Fi.
LeEco Superphones incorporate the World's first CDLA (Continual Lossless Digital Audio) Standard, patented by LeEco that enables end-to-end lossless digital music transmission. CDLA technology has made the traditional 3.5 mm audio jack redundant. By doing so and putting the USB Type C port on double duty – to charge as well as plug in the headphones, LeEco has incredibly improved the audio output in the Superphones.
The Hungama Music app integration is a part of the Supertainment membership program that comes bundled in with LeEco handsets. Via this membership, users get access to exclusive live streaming of major entertainment events & music concerts worldwide and specially curated playlists.
Through LeEco's Membership program, users will get to choose from a vast content library of 2000+ movies and 3000+ hours of curated shows, 110+ live TV channels.
Watch the hottest ever photoshoot of bold actress Sunny Leone
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This Diwali, Relive the Timeless Legend of Ramayana on nexGTv's Web and Mobile Platforms!
Huawei Honor Celebrates Diwali in India: Exclusive Offers Available on Flipkart, Amazon
Also Read: Telenor India Launches Next Generation Mobile App
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The mission of the Executive Cabinet is to serve Texas A&M University by representing the student body, having a working relationship within Student Government, and having rapport with the administration. It also serves to preserve and promote the A&M Spirit, Tradition and Core Values. Lastly, it exists to create leaders of character dedicated to serving the greater good.
Our executive cabinet combines a plethora of experiences from around Texas A&M to best represent you. Through our dedication to various organizations, educational majors, and passions, we have the capability and the drive to fully implement the changes that need to be made.
You have a right to know what your Student Government Association is doing for you. We are proud to be transparent and discuss any issue that you think is pertinent to your experience here at Texas A&M. Should you have any questions regarding SGA or our current initiatives, feel free to reach out.
We understand that not every student has the time and capability to research solutions, email administration, and attend meeting after meeting to accomplish a task. That's what we're here for. Our administration believes in listening to your issues and taking initiative with the resources that we have to accomplish them.
At Texas A&M, we know that being an Aggie means more. We pledge to remain steadfast in our commitment to the student body, and will manifest our intentions in the best interest of the students.
As the Student Government Association, we are determined to live up to the message "Different Experiences. Same Spirit." It is imperative that every student at Texas A&M University feels valued and supported in their endeavors. We are the Aggies; the Aggies are we.
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From 28th October to 10th November 2016 we're creating a photographic census of the city's faces. We've invited the world's top studio photographer – London-based Rankin – to take unique portraits of New Yorkers. We believe that great portraits don't require model looks. So NY:SKIN will celebrate the ordinary: the freckled, the dimpled and the lived-in.
Timed to coincide with World Psoriasis Day, NYSKIN will be housed in an installation at 446 WEST 14TH STREET. Any New Yorker can drop in and have their portrait taken. It will be fast and furious – from firing the shutter to on the wall in 15 minutes.
Open 11-8pm* from 28th October to the 10th November
* 29th October – Opens at 12:30pm
To do this we've built a unique way to explore the faces of thousands of New Yorkers – part visual commemoration, part interactive census.
You can enjoy the individual portraits or delve further into the census data, based on age, gender, condition of skin or luminosity.
Presenting the city's skin in a way that's never been seen before.
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Everyday we feature Amazon deals on our Facebook page and I never thought to put them into a roundup each day for people who don't get to see them or who only follow the blog!
Don't forget that pricing on Amazon changes all the time so what you see here may not be the same price later on. Be sure to check the pricing when checking out!
Here are the Daily Amazon Deals we posted today ~
- Pretty Pearl Bib Necklace just $4.57 shipped
- Disney's Frozen Tiara Crown just $5.20 shipped with Prime
- Medium Long Length Kitchen Stacker Shelf just $14.36 shipped with Prime
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- 6 Pack of Metallic Nail Polish Set just $5.77 shipped
- 24 Pack Laced Cupcake Wrappers just $3.97 as an add-on (normally $24.99)
- Crystal Ball Necklace, Earrings and Jewelry Set in 5 color choices just $2.99 shipped
- Add some Play-Doh Easter Eggs to the baskets this year
- Disney Apples to Apples Card Game just $9.99 shipped with Prime (normally $19.99)
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Movies made by David O. Russell are always interesting to watch because he always works with the most phenomenal casts. Why is that? Because his movies are filled with the most interesting characters and that allows actors the freedom to just go nuts which lets us watch beautiful people do interesting things. Full circle.
Jacob T. Swinney writes:
A character in a David O. Russell film cannot be easily described in a few words. Russell's characters tend to possess a variety of contradicting qualities that spin and twist throughout the duration of the film. It started in 1994 with the quirky, baby-faced pre-med student who just so happens to have an incestuous relationship with his mother (Spanking the Monkey). There's also the romantic and volatile mental patient who wants nothing more than companionship (Silver Linings Playbook). And let's not forget the pudgy, comb-over-sporting con artist with a heart of gold (American Hustle). With all of Russell's characters, we often witness a turbulent assortment of emotions, ranging from one end of the spectrum to the other — we see greed and sympathy, violence and tenderness, neurosis and confidence. These characters are clearly not simple, but ironically enough, they usually have one simple desire. And while these characters may seem to be unlikeable on paper, in spite of their tedious and often aggravating complexities, we cannot help but care for them. Here is a look at David O. Russell's unpredictable characters from 1996's Flirting with Disaster to 2013's American Hustle.


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As we are keen to reap all the benefits of PHP technology for our clients, we are going to start a separate blog section on our website. Our blogs will enable readers to know about the latest developments in PHP domain and other useful stuff. Readers can get the idea about both aspects and advantages of revolutionary PHP platform for web development.
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When I grew up I remember my mother teaching me how to cook. She did the majority of the cooking for our small family of three and would teach me simple things like how to scramble eggs or make cookies from a box mix for Dad when he got off of work.
I am so grateful for that instruction because little did I know I would have to take the little that I learned and now I am feeding an army at least three times a day. I no longer cook in the small frying pan but now almost everything is cooked in bulk and big pots and pans.
I watched her make meals for my dad on time, I watched her care for him. I watched how she neatly folded everything into the drawers with care. I was learning from her example.
Now that I am grown, I understand how important it was for me to have seen that. Now don't get me wrong, my home is not immaculate and far from perfect like my mother's home was, but she did set a standard for me that I will never forget.
Does this mean our homes will be spotless all the time? Of course not! Children exist and life happens, that is the reality. But we must remember that our priorities lie not in the cleaning and ordering of the home, but instead with the people that live within that home.
For example, we should not get so caught up in our cleaning that we are neglecting our family and their needs for the sake of cleaning. We shouldn't yell at our children when they are making a mess of all our hard work and we should not get so angry at our husbands should they happen to leave their clothes on the floor instead of putting them away.
It is much better that our homes are not perfect than to have quarreling and strife in our relationships with those most important to us. It is within our hearts that the first cleaning must begin! And from it a home that is filled with the spirit of peace, love, order, joy will come forth...a place where Christ is center.


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Music website Gigwise last week announced it was extending its partnership with secondary ticketing firm Viagogo for a third year, which will see the tickets website be the sole ticketing partner of Gigwise.com.
Viagogo's Ed Parkinson said "Gigwise is a first port of call for music fans, who are passionate about seeing their favourite artists perform live. We are proud to be extending our partnership and continuing to offer their readers the best access to tickets for the concerts they love".
Bad move Gigwise, why would you want to be associated in anyway with Viagogo!
Full article on the CMU website


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Vacant Property Registration
Vacant buildings can be a source of blight in both residential and non-residential neighborhoods, especially if these buildings are not properly maintained. Even one vacant building which is not actively maintained and managed can become a burden to the community, becoming the core and cause of spreading blight. The City of Palm Springs now requires that vacant properties be registered with the Department of Building and Safety so that we may work in partnership with property owners to ensure our City's standards are met and maintained.
Vacant properties, including single-family homes, must be registered as soon as possible, but no later than 10 days after becoming vacant. A commercial property where at least 35% or more of the total floor area within the building(s) is not occupied is considered a vacant property and must be registered. A separate registration form must be completed for each vacant property.


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Your body functions best when it gets enough macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, electrolytes). However, even if you make the best food choices, it is nearly impossible to get the optimal intake of many of these micronutrients that are essential for performance, energy, endurance, and recovery. Without them, over time, the body will start to suffer and show symptoms of this micronutrient deficiency. V(1) provides you with all the micronutrients your body needs to function at peak performance, including a full serving of antioxidants that is the equivalent to 5 servings of vegetables.


text: Mikeyc1984 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2018 Hey, I'm Mike. My mom had a right leg amputation a few months ago, she had a severe blood clot in her aorta that sent pieces to her left kidney(but it's doing well), and several small clots to her right leg. After 4 surgeries, and a lung disease that caused her to be on a ventilator for a while, she's home, back to work part time, and just beginning to walk with a prosthetic. I should have utilized this forum earlier, but she was doing very well with her recovery for a while. She seems to have hit a roadblock though. Physically, she's progressing well. Mentally, she's taken a strong turn downward. She's 61, but had been in good health before the past year. I guess I just have questions on how to deal with the mental and emotional things that she is going through. I can push wheelchairs and guide her when she's learning to walk again, and all that. But I'm clueless on how to motivate her mentally. Thanks for your time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Index of Industrial Production (it is an indicator to gauge industrial activity in India) for the month of July 07 is out and it was quite a surprise. Some facts:
- The growth for July 07 (over July 06) was 7.1% much lower than 13.2% noted in June 06 (over July 05). Market expected about 9.6%.
- Figure for both Apr 07 and June 07 was revised downwards by nearly 1% each. June 07 was revised lower from 9.8% to 9% and Apr 07 from 12.4% to 11.3%. This has also been a part of trend where revision is lower.
- IIP is divided in 3 primary segments- mining, manufacturing (Mfg) and electricity. Mfg is about 80% of the index so focus lies there. It has grown by 7.2% half of 14.3% seen in Jul 06.
- Within Mfg, the maximum fall has been in wood and wood products. It has been growing at 100+% growth since Feb-07 and in Jul 07 it grew by just 21%.
- The most imp sectors in mfg (those having highest weight) are Food Products, Chemicals and Machinery. FP recorded negative growth at – 4.1%. Machinery grew by 7.7% but this is the lowest since Aug 05. From Aug 05, it has always recorded double digit (10-15) growth rates, and only in Apr 06 and Oct 06 it has been below 10% and in Oct 06 it was the lowest at about 4.5%.
- With machinery going down it implies slowdowin in capital goods, which is indeed the case as capital goods sector grows at just 13% lowest since Nov-06. Only in Apr 07 was it lower at about 11%.
So, slowdown is kicking in. As it is July data, and that time the effect of rupee appreciation would also have led to the fall. Keeping watching this space for further developments.


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Forget government regulation, adult performers need to start protecting themselves
Pornstars don't like being told what to do. If they did, well, they probably wouldn't be working in porn. And I know that trying to mandate the use of condoms in porn is a touchy issue these days. A lot of people within the adult industry don't like the government telling them how they should do what they do. And I don't blame them. However, all of that aside, pornstars need to start using condoms in 100% of their performances.
To be clear, I'm not saying that anyone should force adult performers to do anything. I'm saying that all adult performers should be making the decision to demand condoms be used in all of their performances from this point forward. This is not about standing up to the government or freedom of expression. This is about pornstars coming to grips with the fact that they work in an industry that isn't as safe as anyone who works in porn should be comfortable with. Unprotected sex in porn isn't safe.
A false sense of security
Opponents of condoms in porn often point to the mandatory STD tests that all performers are required to take every thirty days or less. They say that these tests keep the talent pool safe and clean. And, in theory, this should be true. However, the reality on the ground and on the sets of porn shoots is entirely different. As we've seen recently, for all sorts of reasons, those STD tests don't do a goddamn thing in terms of keeping anyone safe.
The biggest reason why? Performers are actively trying to get around the system. Not all performers or even most of them. However, there is no doubt that a small segment of adult performers are trying to continue to engage in hardcore porn scenes after knowingly coming up positive on an STD test. Mr. Marcus admitted to it. Alex Gonz is suspected of it. And if these are the two we know about, how many are pulling this shit and getting away with it?
Some might try and make the argument that the tests are working and that those that try to get around the system get caught 100% of the time before any harm can be done. But are you willing to risk getting AIDS or hepatitis C or syphilis on that assumption? Because those are the stakes. And this is what's happening.
Stop trying to make this about freedom of expression
I don't think the government, or anyone else for that matter, should force anyone to wear a condom when having sex. And I would extend that statement to include the production of porn movies. But I do think that male performers should always choose to use condoms and female performers should demand that each and every penis they touch is wrapped up. Because, as previously mentioned, we know that there are dirty people trying to get away with dirty things.
So please don't try to confuse the issue with standing up against Measure B or the AIDS Healthcare Foundation or the government or anything else. This isn't about any of that. As I've said, this is about performers making the choice to look out for their best interests. Because not everyone, and maybe no one, that they work with has anyone's interests in mind.
These STD controversies are bad for business
Eventually, and probably in the not too distant future, the government is going to get serious about dropping the hammer on the porn industry. And if you think that Measure B was the worst of it, you're wrong. If the adult industry doesn't start taking performer safety seriously, more seriously than it currently does, someone will step in and take it more seriously for everyone involved. And if/when that happens, it won't be good for anyone.
Additionally, all of this STD drama is making the porn industry look like an out of control mess. Again, this isn't good for business. Just as porn is starting to gain more mainstream acceptance than ever before, we have STD positive performers trying to sneak around and continue to stick their dicks into their peers. If anyone has any hopes whatsoever of this industry getting its due respect (which I believe it is due), then the people within the industry need to start respecting themselves and each other. And considering recent events, I think that starts with opting for condoms in porn.
In conclusion
I have no love for Measure B, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, or any form of government regulation within the porn industry. I also have no respect or faith whatsoever in Diane Duke or the Free Speech Coalition. I do, however, have a lot of respect for the people within the porn industry. And with that in mind, I strongly encourage all performers to make it a personal requirement that condoms be used in any performance in which they participate.
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It seems to be universal for people to mark occasions, events and important life epochs in terms of numbers – whether it's a 12th birthday party or your child is counting down the days until Christmas.
I've been thinking about that this week and reflecting on numbers that currently have meaning in my life, so I thought I'd share…
It is 40 days until I'm here!
Yes, that's right! 40 days until we are relaxing on a beach in Hamilton Island!!!!!
I don't think I've ever looked forward to a holiday more in my entire life.
Another number I'm focussing on is…
Tomorrow, on August 20, Souljourneyboy and I hit a milestone – 19 years together. 19 years ago, we were at a friend's 17th birthday party and Souljourneyboy asked me to go for a walk. It was raining lightly and we paused by a street light and decided to "go out". Aww, I hear you say. It was very sweet, and the rest, as they say, is history 🙂
And now for another number…
The number of kilos I would like to lose! I don't know why losing 5 kilos is harder than losing 15, but there you go. It just is.
The number of times I have been sick this winter! I am so sick of being sick. I am drinking honey tea, popping vitamins and antibiotics and Codral tablets, sucking on throat lozenges and steaming my head with Vix vapour rub. I'm battling this thing head on.
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My parents didn't own a lot of records, and what they did have was an odd assortment of music, considering they were twenty-somethings during the mid-1960s, one of the greatest eras in musical history. For example, they only owned one Beatles album. But they were young parents of two children living in what must have been Canada's most expensive city, Toronto, and I'm told that records were expensive. One of the records they owned for which I'm very grateful is the 1965 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album Whipped Cream & Other Delights, although I can't say for sure whether I ever listened to it. What I loved, and still love, is the album cover. In what was a conservative household, where racy scenes in movies would see a parent's or even sister's hand quickly cover my innocent eyes, this album was one bit of sexuality that I could–surreptitiously–access. I always thought of it as a kind of forbidden fruit, and instinctively knew that I would be in trouble, or at the very least embarrassed, to be caught looking at it. The ultimate fate of this album is perhaps worth mentioning: for some reason, our dog got hold of the vinyl and destroyed it, leaving the cover (the most important part anyway) untouched. It was the only album he ever destroyed, and I've never settled on a reasonable explanation for why he did it.
With President Barack Obama recently losing a vote on a bill in Congress which would have seen Guantanamo terror suspects transferred to prisons in the continental U.S., surprising news has emerged that the detainees themselves, including the so-called "worst of the worst", are reluctant to make the move to mainland prisons. Although getting any information from detainees is difficult, the few that have access to lawyers have made their preference clear: "Please don't put us in American prisons." June Fremantle, the court-appointed defense attorney for Ali Muhammad al-Maliky, who has been detained since January 2002, released this statement from her client: "I grew up in Beirut during the worst of the fighting. Times were hard. I watched my parents killed by a bomb that destroyed our home, and my brother murdered in front of my eyes. Since I was captured and brought to Guantanamo, I have been tortured on and off for six years, and have had no access to normal human contact. But the thought of going to an American prison truly frightens me. I've seen Oz." Other prisoners agree, citing fears of anal rape, riots, and "shivs" (knives fashioned from spoons). Al-Maliky concludes, "At least here all of the prisoners are on the same side. Here, I feel safe."
Just days into his 50-day suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), Manny Ramirez is once again coming under fire for violating Major League Baseball's anti-doping policy. As part of the suspension process, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger must submit to weekly follow-up tests during his time away from his team, which boasts the best record in baseball. Shockingly, the latest test on Ramirez revealed the presence of another banned substance, Altoids. A spokesman for Ramirez, who speaks English in a charmingly inept fashion, questioned why Altoids, a popular breath freshener, would be included on a list of drugs that are known to aid in athletic performance. "It's just a breath mint," the source said, adding that it was just another case of "Manny-being-Manny", as well as "Manny-having-halitosis", although he was unwilling to comment on the significance of Altoids being "curiously strong", and cut the press conference short. This file photo from 2007, when Ramirez played for the Boston Red Sox, was once thought to be merely a humorous shot of the left-fielder picking his nose, but is now suspected to show Ramirez injecting Altoids nasally.


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Author: Claire Pizzurro
Recently, I went to see Easy A, the new film starring Emma Stone and loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. I thought it was a smart, engaging, and well-written comedy with a factor that would appeal to the masses. Namely, attractive people in skimpy outfits talking about sex. Considering that the girls behind me did not seem to get any of the Huckleberry Finn references, I'm not sure that its homage to great literature is going to be understood by everyone, but I found it exceptionally enjoyable. However, there was one major element left unaddressed in the film that left me frustrated and annoyed. In a movie all about slut-shaming and the prices people will pay to increase their sex appeal, the concept of double standards was left suspiciously absent.
I don't want to write yet another article about Feminism and sexuality, but really, this bears repeating. What the fuck is up with a movie that centers around its main character's rise and fall in the social sphere due to her perceived sexual conquests leaving out any mention that hey, this is wrong? Olive Penderghast is a spunky, intelligent, extremely attractive high school student with an unnaturally put-together family and a level of wit usually reserved for Gilmore Girls banter. Somehow, she is unnoticed in her high school until she inadvertently starts a rumor that she had sex with a college student over the weekend. All of a sudden, everyone knows who she is. And when a friend of hers asks her to pretend to have sex with him so that he won't be bullied anymore for being gay (a very poignant and well acted scene), she agrees because she is just that kind-hearted. So then they pretend to have very loud, drunk, and aggressive sex at a party. As they leave the room where the sex acts are purported to have occurred, the whole party is gathered to cheer the boy and make lewd gestures at the girl.
Okay, seriously? I get that this is an adaptation of The Scarlet Letter, one of the most quintessential works on Puritanical Early American society. However, as a modern adaptation, one would think that the writers could have had some sort of throwaway line mentioning how ridiculously the treatment of the female protagonist versus the treatment of the men she is assumed to have slept with is handled. It wouldn't have to have been much, just someone pointing out the obvious. And yes, maybe it would be too obvious to point out the problems, but without that line and without the issue being expressed, the message becomes that it is okay that she is treated like a prostitute because she is a girl and she was letting people believe that she was having lots and lots of sex. It is okay that she was shamed because she was behaving the way girls are not supposed to. The men she helped out were lauded as heroes for their supposed sexual activities, but she was a slut.
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Rosbank (Росбанк in Russian) is a Russian commercial bank, which is a part of the French financial group Société Générale. It is currently is the process of merging with another Russian subsidiary of the same company, Banque Société Générale Vostok (Банк Сосьете Женераль Восток, BSGV). With this consolidation comes a rebrand. The Rosbank name will be kept, but the new logo take the typeface and red-and-black square symbol used by Société Générale.
While the decision to consolidate Société Générale's assets in Russia was done in February 2010, the new logo was unveiled on April 13, 2011, at a press conference in Moscow. It is yet to be launched on the Rosbank and BSGV web sites. According to a press release, an information campaign has been underway in Rosbank offices since April and May. One can expect that the new symbol will formally replace the old logos when the merger is completed in July. In the autumn, the bank plans to launch an ad campaign and start replacing bank signs, a process which should be completed next year.
The rebrand work has been done in-house and outside professionals and consultants from both France and Russia. It is not uncommon for the Société Générale to be used together with local names, other examples can be found in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Moldova and Greece.
|Current Rosbank logo.
Rosbank claims their previous logo was introduced in 2005 as an update of a logo from 1998.
|Older Rosbank logo.
|BSGV logo.
Russians may already be familiar with the red and black square, as it had been used by BSGV since it was founded. One can note that the BSGV logo was never updated to use the new corporate typeface that Société Générale introduced recently.
|The logo of Societe Generale.
|An ad that informs about the changes.
|This set was used at press conferences held to unveil the logo.
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Who doesn't love a steaming bowl of soup in these beautiful autumn months? I've got to crank up my AC to full blast and pretend that it's cold outside because, it has been 100+ degrees in LA for the last few days. Yikes! For the rest of you not in this weird alternate weather universe – creamy, nourishing, homemade chicken soup is such a wonderful element to get your hygge on and cozy up.
As you all know, I get excited about recipes that are made with exclusively nourishing ingredients, and have a good macro balance for those who are living a keto/primal lifestyle. The main ingredients in this soup (there aren't many) are chicken, lemon juice, chicken broth, veggies, and EGGS! That's right, maybe I'm late to the train but I had no idea that you could put eggs in soup to make it creamy. I'll be making lots of creamy soup from now on.
I adapted this recipe from The Kitchn but made it grain-free, used garlic (cause DUH), chicken bone broth instead of water, and added some veggies for extra nourishment.
Here's the recipe:
- 1.25 lb free-range chicken breast
- 1 tbsp coconut oil (or butter)
- 2 quarts chicken bone broth
- juice of 3 large lemons
- 3 free-range eggs
- 3 large carrots
- 4 stalks celery
- 1 sweet onion
- 10 cloves garlic (or to taste)
- Riced cauliflower (you can get this frozen at Trader Joe's!)
- Sea salt to taste
- Black peppercorns, fresh cracked
- Parsley (for serving)
- Fresh sage (for serving)
Wash your chicken and sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides. Set aside. Chop up your veggies, and set aside. I like to mince mine quite fine for this recipe, as the broth is creamy and delicate and each spoonful should be more homologous than chunky.
Heat oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Add your chicken, cooking until browned – about 4 minutes each side. Set seared chicken aside, and lower heat to medium. Add minced
onion and cook until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, cook for an additional 3 minutes. Now you can add the carrots and celery, stir to coat in onion-garlic mixture. Add the chicken breasts back in, along with the stock, and bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer for about 45 minutes, until chicken is tender.
Turn off the heat and remove the chicken with tongs. If you used chicken with bones,debone and then shred the meat. Put the chicken back into the pot and bring back to a boil, adding the riced cauliflower. Simmer for about 20 minutes. In the meantime, whisk the eggs in a medium-sized bowl. Slowly whisk in the lemon juice, then add 3 cups of the hot soup broth 1 cup at a time to the egg mixture while whisking. Whisking during this entire step is essential because it will prevent the egg from curdling. Once all combined, pour the egg mixture into the soup pot and stir well.
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The BlackBerry Priv will have another sales outlet in the US. Verizon Wireless has made a quick announcement stating it will offer the Android-based smartphone "soon".
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This minimal, hexagon necklace makes up one part of the Talisman story, for me Metra is an ouroboros, a symbol of infinity bringing perspective and looking outward. Made of Brass, the pendant measures 29mm x 48mm and is hung on an 80cm long gold plated chain. If you prefer a different length just state the desired length in the notes when ordering.
Brass is a shiny gold coloured metal and needs to be cared for in a similar way to silver, it is best stored in a box and polished from time to time to restore the shine.
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Because the level of dental treatments differs from dentist to dentist, it's not at all cognizant of search for the least expensive dentist you will find. Some believe all dentists are similar until you are looking for one among their crowns or fillings sheds hours after leaving the dentist and also the dentist isn't available. Think of cost last, and search into additional circumstances first.
One of the first activities to do when looking for a dentist is always to ask around to other people you already know. Family doctors, teachers, and friends in the area might have some great referrals permanently dentists. Many professionals within the healthcare industry can advise you some dentists to never consider or avoid. Checking out some dental labs is definitely a good suggestion because they are those that get dental work from local dentists and will understand the kind of quality or non-quality work they certainly. Other specialists that work closely with dentists are the orthodontist or periodontist in the region who can show you if a dentist is great, has an established reputation if he'll act as an emergency dentist after hours or on weekends which may be major within the selection process. After picking out a few that you want, making a meeting to go to work for any consultation can be a wise idea. Seeing how a office staff responds and what the dentists say can help you determine if they can fit your requirements or not.
Once going to the dental office for your consultation, you should ask major questions. Discover how long to remain in operation, if your emergency care is available on weekends or after hours, whether the dentist is involved whatsoever in the community, and just what their office hours and standard procedures are.
Ensuring your dentist is surely an emergency dentist also can keep you from facing many of the many dental horrors that some do without having a dentist that could be there on their behalf when in need.


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On 09/09/2012 06:33 PM, Mike Wilson wrote: > Is it defined how the browser should behave wrt calling > unrelated event handlers in user code during synchronous > XHR requests? (with "unrelated" I refer to events that are > not related to the ongoing synchronous request itself) > > I didn't find statements directly addressing this in > http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/ > or > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/fetching-resourc > es.html > but maybe there are indirect relationships between > specification sections that I am missing? > Or maybe it's deliberately undefined? > > I ask because Firefox behaves differently to the other > popular browsers, in that it triggers event handlers for > other asynchronous XHR requests while blocking for a > synchronous XHR request. That is a well-known bug in Gecko (other engines have or have had different kinds of bug related to sync XHR, like locks etc). But since synchronous XHR in UI-thread is by all means effectively deprecated and very bad for the ux, I wouldn't expect the bug in Gecko to be fixed any time soon (at least not by me :) ). -Olli > > Thanks > Mike Wilson > >Received on Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:13:19 UTC
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The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
We continue the prior guest post by Ruth E. Kastner (@rekastner http://transactionalinterpretation.org ) with part 2. Ruth is an expert in the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. She recently published a book on this topic.
Part 2: A Challenge Surmounted, and a Further Development of TI
Part 1 of this guest post discussed how the Transactional Interpretation (TI) can explain quantum measurement, including the Born Rule for probabilities of outcomes. In this part, I'll show how TI survives a challenge raised by Tim Maudlin.[1] I'll also discuss my extension of TI into the relativistic domain. That extension clarifies what an absorber is, and as an added bonus, explains how the macroscopic world emerges from the quantum level.
The Maudlin Challenge
Maudlin's challenge is intended to undermine the idea of a well-defined 'competition' between absorbers. Here's the thought experiment (illustrated in Figure 1): a source emits offer waves for a slow-moving type of particle. The offer wave has rightward and leftward components.
Figure 1. The Maudlin challenge.
However, the left-hand absorber B is moveable, and it starts out on the right behind A. It will only be quickly swung around to the left if A does not detect the quantum by the travel time needed for the quantum to reach A, in which case the rightward transaction has failed. If this occurs, B will just be picking up the actualized quantum already headed for the left.
Note that B cannot return a confirmation from its position behind A, so B never returns a confirmation when the quantum is detected at A. If the incipient transaction with A fails, then the quantum is certain to be detected at B. Maudlin argued that this scenario makes the transactional account inconsistent because he considered the weights of the incipient transactions as probabilities that apply to detection at specific detectors. In this scenario, detector B is certain to detect the quantum whenever it is swung around, even though that leftward incipient transaction only has a probability of 1/2.
There are a variety of solutions to the Maudlin challenge. [2] But perhaps the simplest was suggested by Marchildon (2006), and that's what I'll present here. He noted that the direct-action picture, as developed by Wheeler & Feynman (1945, 1949) and Davies (1970-2), assumes complete absorption of all emitted fields – otherwise, it is not guaranteed to be empirically equivalent to standard theories of radiation or to observed radiation phenomena. So Marchildon includes a remote background absorber C, which always responds with a confirmation to the leftward offer wave (see Figure 2). Thus we always have two incipient transactions, each with probability ½, and these correspond to the frequencies of detection on the right and the left.
Figure 2. Marchildon's solution to the Maudlin challenge:
there is always a confirmation from the left.
The probabilities also need to be understood as applying to the quantum itself, not to specific detectors. This makes sense because each offer and confirmation embodies specific physical quantities that are actualized when that incipient transaction is actualized. So we have a probability of ½ that a quantum with leftward momentum will be actualized, and a probability of ½ that a quantum with rightward momentum will be actualized, and there is no inconsistency. It does not matter whether B or C receives the actualized quantum.
Other worries surrounding the Maudlin challenge involve possible causal loops, but these are eliminated when we get away from the typical (but unnecessary) 'block world' picture.[3] In my development of TI, offer waves are physical possibilities, not spacetime events. Only actualized transactions correspond to spacetime events; indeed, this is how events are brought into being.
The Relativistic Transactional Picture
The relativistic domain, rather than presenting a problem for TI, actually resolves some issues facing the original, nonrelativistic version. This is in stark contrast to other interpretations that struggle with a relativistic extension.[4] The relativistic domain addresses interacting quanta, and it is in these details that we find a quantitative basis for both the emission of offer waves and the absorption of those offers, which generate confirmations. This allows us to answer the question "What is an emitter?" and, probably the more pressing question: "What is an absorber"?
We find those answers in the relativistic coupling between fields. As Feynman noted in the context of quantum electrodynamics (QED), the coupling constant is the amplitude for an electron to emit or absorb a photon (Feynman 1985, p. 129). In the transactional picture, these correspond to the emission of an offer wave or the generation of a matching confirmation, respectively. The coupling constant is only ~0.085 (and is further reduced in practice by additional requirements involving the relevant conservation laws). Moreover, the applicable probability is the fine-structure constant , 1/137 (the square of the coupling constant), less than 1%.[5] This tells us that neither emission nor absorption is very likely for any individual quantum. But the more potentially emitting or absorbing quanta that comprise an object, the higher the probability of emission or absorption by that object (see §5 of this paper).
Let's focus on absorption: it turns out that once you have an object composed of enough potentially absorbing entities that the probability of its generating a confirming response to an offer wave approaches unity, what you have is a macroscopic object. For example, a potential absorber is an atomic electron in its ground state. If you took about 100,000 ground state atoms, they would make up roughly the width of a human hair. This many atoms as components of an object would virtually guarantee the generation of a confirmation somewhere in that object, since the probability that none of its 100,000 component ground state electrons responds to an offer with a confirmation is nearly zero. Such an object can be unambiguously identified as an absorber. (But that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be the one receiving the actualized quantum resulting from the 'winning' actualized transaction).
So we see that quantifying the emission/absorption process via relativistic coupling gives an account not only of what constitutes an emitter or absorber, but also of the emergence of the macroscopic objects that are those emitters and absorbers. Thus, in TI we resolve the issue of the 'HeisenbergCut,' we gain a physical account of measurement, and we can read off Von Neumann's theory of measurement and the Born Rule. More details are available in my 2012 book.[6]
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Kastner, R. E. (2006). "Cramer's Transactional Interpretation and Causal
Loop Problems.'' Synthese 150, 1-14.
Marchildon, L. (2006). "Causal Loops and Collapse in the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics," Physics Essays 19, 422.
Maudlin, T. (1996). Quantum Nonlocality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics. (First Edition), Wiley-Blackwell.
Wheeler, J.A. and R. P. Feynman, "Interaction with the Absorber as the Mechanism of Radiation," Reviews of Modern Physics, 17, 157–161 (1945).
Wheeler, J.A. and R. P. Feynman, "Classical Electrodynamics in Terms of Direct Interparticle Action," Reviews of Modern Physics, 21, 425–433 (1949).
[1] Maudlin first presented his challenge in his (1996).
[2] E.g., Kastner (2006), Kastner (2012, Chapter 5).
[4] E.g., the Bohmian and 'spontaneous collapse' interpretations which modify the basic theory by introducing an ad hoc nonlinear term in the basic Schrödinger evolution.
[5] This is because both emission and absorption are required – neither happens without the other in a direct-action picture.
[6] Also forthcoming from Imperial College Press: my next book on TI, a popular account for the general reader.


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The political backdrop is that presidential candidate Mitt Romney apparently did not claim all of his tax deductions for charitable contributions. For most of us, that would seem odd. At the most basic level, many taxpayers cannot afford to forego deductions -- they need the tax savings. But money is one thing Mr. Romney has in abundance, so he does not have the same level of need and, to put it another way, he can easily afford to pay more tax than the law says he owes. Besides, he had the goal of claiming to the American public that he has paid tax at something like 14% (rather than something less) and thereby can empathize with the taxpaying public.
But that does raise an issue as to how he presents the forebearance on his returns. By reporting his taxable income and tax liability without claiming the deductions, has Mr. Romney done something immoral or even illegal?
A noted tax commentator, Charles I. Kingson, published a letter to the editor of Tax Notes noting that the Form 1040 Mr. Romney signed contains the standard jurat declaring under penalty of perjury that "to the best of my knowledge it is true, correct, and complete." See Charles I. Kingson, Did Romney Violate the Jurat?, 137 Tax Notes 107 (Oct. 1, 2012)
Mr. Kingson observes:
Not to claim the correct amount of charitable contributions, as Mitt Romney is alleged to have done (see Doc 2012-19796 , 2012 TNT 185-6 ), renders several entries (including taxable income and taxes payable) untrue, incorrect, and incomplete. The taxes said to be owed, for example, can be gotten back by filing a subsequent correct return. In a related but now obsolete context, the IRS has ruled that "it is not permissible . . . to take into account only a portion of the actual charitable contributions for the purpose of increasing the income tax liability thus computed." Rev. Rul. 67-460, 1967-2 C.B. 123. (The above ruling would have resulted in a tax advantage for that taxpayer in future years, as opposed to the purported political advantage Romney may be looking for.)
But in either case, submitting incorrect numbers on a tax return violates the jurat; and this constitutes violating an oath to the federal government.Now just for a quick review of the potentially applicable provisions: Tax evasion (Section 7201) would not apply because there is no tax due and owing; Tax perjury (7206(1)) could apply, because all it requires is a willful false statement (see an excerpt from my book below); Fraudulent or false returns (Section 7207) also might apply for the same reason.
Excerpt from my Federal Tax Crimes book:
So, § 7206(1) does not require a tax due and owing. Hence § 7206(1) can apply when § 7201 cannot. Indeed, § 7206(1) may apply to a false statement that fully pays the tax liability or even materially overstates the tax liability. For this reason, it is sometimes said that evidence that there is no tax due and owing is irrelevant in a tax perjury case (see the quoted case above), but wouldn't the lack of a tax due and owing and intent to evade same be relevant to the issue of intent or motive to commit tax perjury? Moreover, from a prosecutorial judgment call standpoint, is it likely that the Government will pursue someone for a false statement where that taxpayer has in fact correctly reported the tax liability or even over reported and overpaid the tax liability? This is unlike a tax protestor scheme intending to disrupt the system beyond the individual taxpayer involved. And, if the IRS really suffered no loss (or no material loss) in tax, you will find when we review the Sentencing Guidelines that sentencing will be minimal (almost certainly probation unless the taxpayer has a significant criminal history) and the ripple effect to other taxpayers will be almost minimal because there will be no significant publicity. Accordingly, in virtually every § 7206(1) prosecution (but not all), the Government will believe that it can establish a material tax loss and will do so at the time of sentencing.I won't do a cut and paste on Section 7207 which is a misdemeanor rarely charged by DOJ Tax except in unusual circumstances. Suffice it to say it just requires a false return.
One final note, the Sentencing Guidelines in a case where tax is not underreported makes a sentence unlikely and hence disincentivizes DOJ Tax from using its limited prosecution resources in such a case. I doubt that it would marshal prosecution resources in Mr. Romney's case where his public pronouncements, known to the IRS, made clear that the IRS was not mislead about the numbers reported on the return.
Still, even if one concludes the misstating the numbers on the return will not likely lead to prosecution, can one still be unconcerned about the ethics of stating under penalty of perjury that the return is "true, correct and complete." Normally, regular perjury requires a material false statement and Section 7201 does also (except that the courts say that virtually everything on the return is material). But, for normal perjury one would not think that there is license to tell a false statement just because it is not material and will not be prosecuted. Even if one could not be convicted of perjury for telling an immaterial lie, is it ethical to do so?
Finally, of course, if there were criminal exposure, what about the return preparers?
Any thoughts?
Note: This is a cut and paste from my Federal Tax Crimes Blog entry of the same name here. Readers interested in other readers' comments might want to also check that blog entry for its comments.
Addendum: See James Edward Maule, No Thanks, Uncle Sam, You Can Keep Your Tax Break, 31 Seton Hall Legis. J. 81 (2006), posted on SSRN, here. The abstract is:
This article examines the question of whether a taxpayer is permitted to forego a deduction or credit for which the taxpayer otherwise qualifies. There are many reasons why taxpayers might choose to ignore a deduction. In some situations, the alternative minimum tax computations cause a deduction to increase, rather than decrease, tax liability. A taxpayer whose non-business deductions exceed income has no use for additional deductions. There are instances when the tax cost of giving up a deduction is less than the tax benefit thereby made available to another taxpayer, or less than a non-tax financial benefit available to another person if the taxpayer does not claim that person as a dependent. Taxpayers may disregard deductions or credits because the benefit of the deduction or credit is less than the anticipated cost of an audit, or because they wish to keep private the information supporting the claim.
The question is important because the number of taxpayers facing it on account of the alternative minimum tax phenomenon is increasing rapidly. Similarly, Boeing's recent announcement that it would not deduct the amount it has agreed to pay in settlement of several charges brought by the Justice Department even though it considers it deductible has pushed the question into a brighter spotlight. \
The article explores the statutory language, the few IRS issuances and judicial opinions that address the question in specific, narrow instances, the small bit of applicable legislative history, and concludes that by answering the question one way or the other, they require a more finessed answer to the question than yes or no. The article then explores specific instances in which deductions have been ignored by taxpayers, and identifies those situations in which the IRS and the courts has sanctioned failure to claim a deduction and those in which they have not. Careful analyis of the practical challenges to requiring taxpayers to claim all allowable deductions suggests that an all deductions are mandatory paradigm would be unworkable because it could easily be circumvented with techniques of which the IRS is aware and which the IRS has not sanctioned, such as deliberate failure to maintain requisite substantiation and other records supporting the deduction. Finally, the article considers policy arguments for and against the proposition that all deductions are mandatory.
The article concludes that deductions are not mandatory other than in the computation of self-employment tax, as to which the IRS and courts have concluded deductions cannot be ignored, and other than the earned income tax credit which incorporates the self-employment tax computation concept. This conclusion is based on ample statutory evidence that allowable deductions will go unclaimed, on the failure of courts, aside from the self-employment tax situation, to compel taxpayers to claim all allowable deductions, and on the explicit and implicit approval by the IRS of disregarded deductions. The article suggests that aside from the two situations in which specific authority requires taxpayers to claim deductions, there is no reason for taxpayers who wish to forego deductions to hesitate in doing so.


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Moving into a new territory is a minefield for brands. There are so many things that could go wrong and cost the company a lot of money. Here's just a few examples of when that's happened…
Companies might not think that their packaging needs adapting when they move into new territories. In fact, to maintain brand awareness they might want to keep it the same. But this backfired for Gerber, a Nestle owned baby food brand.
When they started selling their baby food in Africa, they used the same label that they used on their American packaging, with the cute baby on it. But they later learnt that in Africa labels tend to feature images of what is inside the package as most people cannot read.
Cultural differences
There are many things that brands can fall foul of when it comes to cultural differences. What's acceptable in one country, can be highly offensive in another. Take Procter & Gamble, for example. They used a television advert in Japan that had been popular in Europe. It showed a woman bathing, her husband entering the bathroom and touching her. While in Europe this had been accepted, in Japan it was considered an invasion of privacy, inappropriate behaviour, and in very poor taste.
They're not the only ones to slip up when it comes to cultural differences, however. Pepsi Cola lost its dominant market share in South East Asia when they changed the colour of their vending machines and coolers from deep royal blue to light ice blue. This is because in this area, light blue is often associated with death and mourning.
There are many traps that companies can fall into when translating existing branding into a different language for a new territory - Schweppes Tonic Water famously translating into Italian as Schweppes Toilet Water, KFC's slogan "finger-lickin' good" became "eat your fingers off" in China, and Japanese company Panasonic introduced a touchscreen computer named "Touch Woody", not realising the connotations that would have in America.
Unsurprisingly, IKEA's Scandinavian product names have had the potential to cause a few issues in different territories. "Redalen", a town in Norway that they named a bed after sounds similar to a sex act in Thailand and "jattebra", which IKEA uses as the name of a plant pot, sounds like a crude Thai term for sex. Fortunately, the furniture company had the sense to hire locals to scrutinise produce names to see how they sounded in Thai before translating them and in some cases they changed a sound in the word to prevent unfortunate misunderstandings.
Before moving into a new territory, companies need to do a whole lot of competition - especially around who they're going up against. While it's not impossible to take on a big company (just ask Richard Branson!), it's also not an easy task and if the company isn't offering anything different it will be very hard to tempt customers away.
Take Starbucks' move into Australia as an example. The coffee giant opened their first Australian store in 2000 and quickly grew to have 84 stores across the country. But, within eight years they had to close 60 of those stores with losses of more than $140million.
One of the main reasons Starbucks failed Down Under is because they failed to properly analyse their local competition. Both McDonald's and Gloria Jeans were already established in the country and offered better prices than Starbucks - and they were better adapted to consumer's coffee preferences.