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Apple releases the battery health tool to disable intentional iPhone slowdowns
After a year of silence, Apple admits an intentional slow down of iPhones lithium-ion batteries
Tough time for Apple. For the last year, the company cannot defend against accusations about older iPhones that being slowed down with the iOS 10.2.1 update released in January 2017. It took more than a year for Apple to confirm[1] that the update did cause a severe slowdown of many iPhone models with degraded batteries. This incident pushed many users to spend hundreds of dollars for newer devices.
Followed by official Apple's response to the scandal, many companies and individual users filed a lawsuit[2] against the company for misleading customers. Class-action lawsuits have already been filled in the US, Italy, France, and South Korean.
Apple has published an official apology[3] and provided the whole background and resolution of the battery scandal. The question whether the company knew the effects that the software update for iOS 10.2.1 can have on older iPhone devices or not is still debatable. However, Apple rejects the accusations that such move was planned with an intention to increase the sales of new iPhones and claims that the software update was an attempt to fight against unexpected shutdowns and claims that Apple users were informed about possible consequences.
"With the update, iOS dynamically manages the maximum performance of some system components when needed to prevent a shutdown. While these changes may go unnoticed, in some cases users may experience longer launch times for apps and other reductions in performance," said one of the Apple's spokesperson Cynthia Hogan.
Most of the iPhone 6, 6S, SE, and 7 have been affected
iPhone battery improvement was released as a response to the report's of iPhone 6S users about abrupt turn offs even when the battery remains about 30-40% in charge. The company explains how Apple device may act when the condition of its battery is poor:
A chemically aging battery can also have increased impedance, reducing its ability to provide a sudden burst of power when demanded by other components in an iPhone, such as the CPU and GPU. A battery's impedance will also temporarily increase when it has a low charge and/or in cold temperatures.
Besides, to protect some of the components from a drop in voltage, Apple safeguards can shut the device down abruptly.
As pointed out by Apple's spokesperson, "Last year we released a feature for iPhone 6, iPhone 6S and iPhone SE to smooth out the instantaneous peaks only when needed to prevent the device from unexpectedly shutting down during these conditions." Soon after that, iPhone 7 with the iOS 11.2 has also been updated. Soon after that, users started reported a reduced device performance, which even led thousand of users to buy newer devices.
You can check if your device has been slowed down
It's not possible to inform individual iPhone users whose devices were slowed down by the update. Therefore, those who noticed prolonged launching of apps and decreased overall performance can determine whether the problem is at the end of the device or iPhone's battery degradation scandal. For that, people can download Geekbench 4 app coconutBattery for Mac. For more info, please refer to the official Apple's website.
The company is offering a battery replacements discounts to reduce people's anger
In its apology letter, Apple explained the aging of the batteries comprehensively and offered a battery replacement for $29 starting in late January 2018 and lasting until the end of the year.[4] $50 off the price is much, isn't it? However, the discount has triggered many discussions on tech-forums where people ask in what state the battery has to be in to claim a discounted battery replacement.
Apple introduces a battery health feature in iOS 11.3 beta 2
In its official report, Apple promised to release an iOS update with the Battery Health feature[5] added. The feature is supposed to give users more explicit information about the health of iPhone's battery.
The company has fulfilled its promise and released the second beta for iOS 11.3 Tuesday, Feb. 6. The update showed up only two weeks of the first iOS 11.3 beta and has been complemented with the promised battery health tool. It's supposed to allow owners of older iPhones to disable the power management, which will prevent severe slowdowns. Nevertheless, there's no option to do so right now.
The new feature consists of three sections – Battery Health, Maximum Capacity, and Peak Performance Capability.[6] Newer devices are expected to exhibit 100% capacity, which should decrease not more than 80%.
Older devices with the older batteries should display the reduced Maximum Capacity and provide explicit information about the decreased battery capacity. Besides, the Peak Performance Capability section should display a notification saying: "This iPhone has experienced an unexpected shutdown because the battery was unable to deliver the necessary peak power. Performance management has been applied to help prevent this from happening again." To disable the iPhone's performance management, people can click the "Disable" button next to the Peak Performance Capability alert.
- ^ Samuel Gibbs. Apple admits slowing older iPhones because of ageing batteries. The Guardian. Online magazine.
- ^ Ben Lovejoy. Class action lawsuits against Apple for intentionally slowing iPhones now 15 and counting. 9to5. Breaking exclusive news.
- ^ A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance. Mac. Official website.
- ^ Tony Romm. Apple is exploring whether to offer rebates to customers who previously purchased full-price iPhone batteries. Recode. Online tech publisher.
- ^ Chris Mills. This is what Apple's battery health 'fix' looks like. BGR. A leading online destination for news and commentary focused on the mobile and consumer electronics markets.
- ^ Christina Bonningon. Apple Will Let Users Disable Intentional Battery Slowdowns. Slate. Publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, technology, and culture.
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Arcola Homestead Savings Bank Closed by Regulators
State banking regulators closed the Arcola Homestead Savings Bank Friday, and turned it over to the federal regulators. But unlike many failed banks, Arcola Homestead will not be opening under a new name.
FDIC spokesman David Barr says Arcola Homestead Savings Bank will be closing for good.
"More than nine out of ten bank failures result in a transition over to a new ownership group", says Barr. "However, in this case, Homestead was one of the four or five percent of the bank failures we've seen, where we haven't been able to find a buyer."
But Barr says Homestead depositors will still be getting their money back. He says checks for all insured deposits will be mailed to account owners, starting on Monday. In addition, Homestead depositors have the option of transferring the checking and NOW accounts over to the First Mid-Illinois Bank in Arcola. Barr warns that account holders will have to go over to the First Mid-Illinois branch in Arcola to make the switch --- and that checks from their Homestead checkbooks are no longer valid.
The FDIC says 81 federally insured banks have failed so far this year. Arcola Homestead Savings Bank 12th Illinois bank to fail.The federal agency says the bank had about $17 million in assets and $18.1 million in deposits, as of March 31st.


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Dell Monitor Energy Savings Calculator
Dell has a cool new Monitor Energy Savings Calculator for determining how much energy you will use/save with various monitors over their lifetimes.
This goes along Dell's launch of two new green monitors: the $349 24" G2410 LCD and the $239 22" G2210 LCD.
The G2410 uses 21W vs. 42W for a similarly sized non-green Dell S2409W saving $15 in electricity over a 5 year lifetime. Given that they are priced the same, the green guy comes out ahead. Well, not exactly as Dell currently has the S2409W on sale for $249. :) But, at least you now you take into account energy costs/usage when making your buying decision.


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ROGUE solicitor Michael Lynn's former apprentice – whose career almost collapsed after revelations about his boss's €80m mortgage fraud – has been shortlisted for a major legal award.
Daniel Hughes was just 24 when the Law Society, the ruling body for solicitors, closed down Lynn's practice in September 2007.
The Leitrim native, a commercial litigation lawyer, has now been shortlisted for "sole practitioner of the year" at the Danske Bank Irish Law Awards.
Five years ago, the High Court ordered that Lynn be struck off the roll of solicitors and pay a record €2m in fines to the Law Society.
Lynn fled Ireland in December 2007 with a bench warrant for his arrest and estimated €80m liabilities to banks after drawing down multiple mortgage loans on the same properties.
"It was off the wall," said Mr Hughes (30), speaking to the Irish Independent about the weeks leading up to the first major scandal involving members of the solicitors profession.
"I was only halfway through my apprenticeship and Michael Lynn was my master," added Mr Hughes, who also suffered financial losses after he invested in one of Lynn's property schemes in Bulgaria.
Mr Hughes struggled to secure any job interviews with law firms following media revelations about the Mayo-born Lynn.
So, when he qualified, Mr Hughes set up his own firm – Hughes and Associates Solicitors – which specialises in commercial litigation, insolvencies and liquidations.
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A Paddling We Will Go
Now maybe we can get a sponsorship for our travels from Sea Eagle!
Thanks for visiting and feel free to leave a comment.
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Whoa! You guys will be fending off the paparazzi before you know it! Start working on those disguises.ReplyDelete
WOW...that's a fantastic picture...you need to send it to Sea Eagle!!! Your blog followers should go off the charts now;o))) We are totally impressed with your paddling form...right in tandem!!!ReplyDelete
OH MY! Now, we can say we knew them when ... :-)))ReplyDelete
You sold your home in South Dakota?? Wow, you're holding out on us. Good picture & caption! ;-)ReplyDelete
Wow...you really ARE famous!ReplyDelete
- Brenda BrownSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:59 AM
I will be able to say. "I knew them when"ReplyDelete
looks like a fun day.
I suppose this will be 'the end' of associating with us common people??ReplyDelete
now you are 'famous'..or is it 'infamous'?..great photo!!! congrats to you both!!ReplyDelete
I'm so excited I know somebody important and famous. That's a great photo.ReplyDelete
Maybe you can just get a sponsorship for your travels period. We've seen motorhomes all painted up as advertising tools. Maybe you're next. Heck, maybe they'll even buy you the bigger and better one you were looking at. If you're going to dream, dream big!ReplyDelete
Lifestyles of the rich and famous :)ReplyDelete
Maybe the Olympics? Yall looked good.ReplyDelete
Great form - you're even synchronized. I bet your kids were proud.ReplyDelete
Hmm sold your house in South Dakota huh? Guess that should give us a clue how much of what the news media prints to believe. But you may get somne serious blog traffic out of the plug. Now that would be fun!!ReplyDelete
But Marti, you have obviously not been practicing the Linda Payne kayaking method.Replies
Good catch, but it's the norm. Everytime I've been in the newspapers, they've always made some kind of mistake. I've got a good campfire story on that one.Delete
As for the Linda Payne kayaking method, Marti stopped paddling shortly after the picture was taken and laid back for the rest of our excursion.
You've heard of dueling banjos? We're dueling paddlers. The photographer caught us on one of the few strokes where we weren't clacking paddles and going in circles.


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Chiron Retrograde: 7:10 am EDT June 27, 2016, 25 degrees Pisces 15 minutes Chiron Direct: 4:53 am EST December 1, 2016, 20 degrees Pisces 40 minutes Chiron stationed direct yesterday, after 5 months in retrograde motion. In this moment of Chiron's station, a potent healing energy is being released. Chiron is powerful on its … Continue reading


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|Mar 06, 2014
Light and electrons, a profitable dance
|(Nanowerk News) Over the past half-century, biosensors have opened a new window on the physical world while revolutionizing much of modern society.
|By utilizing an electronic or optical system, biosensors detect and interact with the components of biological materials, making it possible to analyze DNA, measure the content of glucose in the blood, detect biotoxins in the water and the atmosphere and much more.
|Sales of biosensors reached $8.5 billion worldwide in 2012 and are expected to double to $16.8 by 2018. The United States, with $2.6 billion in sales in 2012, leads the world market.
|Yongkang Gao has spent much of the past three years using nanotechnology to improve the speed, efficiency and sensitivity of biosensors while dramatically decreasing their size and cost of operation.
|His goal is to transform todays relatively bulky surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors, which take up most of a desktop, into nanoplasmonic biosensors that can be held in the hand and can perform hundreds of testsmedical, environmental or otherat a time.
|Yongkang Gao (right) and Filbert J. Bartoli took advantage of nanofabrication advances to improve the resolution of their nanoscale biosensors to levels almost as sensitive as those achieved by much larger commercial systems.
|Gao, who completed his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in January and is now a researcher with Bell labs in New Jersey, is the lead author on an article that a team of Lehigh engineering researchers published recently in the journal Lab on a Chip. The group also contributed the cover image for the issue.
|Titled Plasmonic interferometric sensor arrays for high-performance label-free biomolecular detection, the article was coauthored with Zheming Xin, Beibei Zeng, Qiaoqiang Gan, Xuanhong Cheng and Filbert J. Bartoli. Xin and Zeng are Ph.D. candidates. Gan, who earned his Ph.D. from Lehigh in 2010, is an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Bartoli, the Chandler Weaver Endowed Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is Gaos Ph.D. adviser and leads the project. Cheng, the P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor in the department of materials science and engineering, is director of Lehighs Lab of Micro- and Nanotechnology for Diagnostics and Biology.
|Improving on the gold standard
|Scientists have made great progress in recent decades with labeled biosensors that use a receptor attached to a fluorescent molecule to target biomolecules. When bonding occurs between the target and receptor molecules, the fluorescent label emits a light signal whose color provides information about the identities of the two molecules that are bonding and the strength of the bond.
|More recently, scientists have developed a label-free sensing approach, which measures a simple change in the optical or electrical signal to determine which molecules have bonded and how strong their bonds are. Without the use of time-consuming and costly labeling processes, researchers have demonstrated label-free biosensing that is simple and fast, and that eliminates any unwanted interference between labels and biomolecules.
|SPR technology, which has been used commercially for more than 20 years, represents the current gold standard for label-free biosensing, says Gao. SPR biosensors can monitor biomolecular bonding in real time while providing information on bonding kinetics, affinity, specificity and concentration, all without the use of labeling. The sensors are widely used in drug testing, diagnostics, proteomics (the study of proteins in living organisms) and immunology.
|But the prism-coupling design used in most SPR biosensor systems, says Bartoli, requires instrumentation that is cumbersome, complex and expensive, limiting their use mainly to laboratory research applications.
|To overcome these limitations, researchers are turning to nanotechnology. Advances in fabrication techniques, says Gao, have made it possible to build, on a chip, nanostructures that have dimensions similar to those of visible light waves, or about 400 to 700 nanometers (1 nm is a billionth of a meter). But while these nanoscale devices are smaller, simpler and cheaper than conventional SPR biosensors, so far they are one to two orders of magnitude less sensitive.
|By combining two new approachesnanoplasmonic architectures and interferometrythe Lehigh group has succeeded in retaining the simplicity of nanoscale biosensors while improving sensor resolution to levels almost as sensitive as those achieved by commercial SPR systems.
|Plasmonic architectures are based on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), a type of electromagnetic wave that is generated when a beam of light couples with an oscillating wave of electrons in the surface of a metal. Interferometry is an experimental technique that uses the interference of light waves to yield information about refractive index changes, surface irregularities and other phenomena involving the interaction of light and matter.
|The resonant interaction of light waves with oscillating electrons, says Gao, causes the waves to be highly confined to a metal surface. This creates a strong optical field within a nanoscale volume, which is especially suitable for biomolecular detection. SPPs were discovered half a century ago but it is only recently, with the maturing of nanofabrication techniques, that engineers have been able to exploit the plasmonic nanostructures to freely control the interactions between light waves and electrons.
|In an effort to improve the sensitivity of its nanoplasmonic sensing device, the Lehigh group has focused on several goalsachieving a much narrower sensing peak line width, a higher spectral contrast and a larger peak shift for a moderate refractive index change.
|After performing 3-D numerical simulations to test and optimize various parameters, the Lehigh group etched a 600-nm-diameter nanohole and three surrounding concentric grooves into a 300-nm-thick gold film deposited onto a glass substrate. This geometry, says Gao, achieved the proposed research goals and obtained greater sensitivity and imaging than the nanohole array sensors developed by other researchers.
|Other researchers investigating nanoplasmonic sensors have been limited by a very broad line width, he says. We want a much narrower line width, as well as a high spectral contrast and an intense transmission peak.
|When the Lehigh researchers illuminated their device with a collimated white light beam, the light coupled with electrons in the concentric grooves to form SPPs, which propagated toward the nanohole in the center. There, the SPPs interfere with the light beam being transmitted through the hole.
|By careful structural tuning, the researchers wrote in Lab on a Chip, we can effectively control the phase and intensity properties of interfering SPPs and light waves to generate spectral fringes with high contrast, narrow line width and large amplitude, all key characteristics to achieve optimized spectral sensing.
|By controlling the size of the hole, says Gao, we control the intensity of the free-space light that is directly transmitted through the hole. By controlling the size of the grooves, we control the intensity of the SPPs to delicately balance two components and produce an interference pattern with large spectral contrast and narrow linewidth.
|The resolution recorded by the group (0.4 picograms per mm-2) compares favorably with the resolution of commercial SPR systems (0.1 picograms per mm-2) but has the advantage of a sensor footprint that is smaller by two orders of magnitude.
|Moreover, the Lehigh device has the potential to achieve simultaneous measurement from a high-density array of 144 sensors and, when combined with CCD imaging, is predicted to have significantly higher throughput as well.
|This is a very simple optical transmission geometry, says Bartoli, and it transforms the SPR from an expensive, bulky system to a low-cost monitoring platform without sacrificing performance.
|We believe our success promises revolutionary advances in low-cost, portable biomedical devices for point-of-care diagnostics and personalized healthcare applications, and also in other high-throughput sensing applications in proteomics, diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental cell biology research.
|Source: By Kurt Pfitzer, Lehigh University
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For reals, though, this
crack in a can yummy sauce is called Dulce De Leche. I found the recipe here about a year or more ago and finally got around to making it!
You may already know what I'm talking about...Caramel Like Goodness slow-cooked right in the can. So it isn't even really a recipe. Did I mention it's GOOD? I'm drooling as I type and glancing at my fridge. And it's EASY. I could make some more. Right now. While I snack on the jar I already made. Hmmmm...spaghetti for dinner or Dulce De Leche? I'll get back to you on that...
The theory is: take a couple of cans of Sweetened Condensed Milk and take the labels off. Place them in your crock pot and add enough water to submerge the cans. Cover that baby up and cook it on low for 8 hours. Then wait for the water to cool in the crock before removing the cans.
That's it!
The sweetened condensed milk people (and probably the crock pot people and maybe the fire department) don't recommend you slow cook sealed cans. I think it's an explosive hazard. Pressure and stuff like that...not sure...didn't take physics. I took chemistry, but we didn't cover this, we just made peanut brittle.
Mine didn't explode.
I'm not telling you to make it. But if you DO try it...it's not my fault if your kitchen explodes. That's concludes my Public Service Announcement on Blowing Up Things in Your Kitchen.
My only remaining instructions (if you decided to ignore my PSA and make this amazing golden deliciousness) are to open the can. Insert a spoon. Immediately eat a quarter of the can with your back turned to your family. Then cut up some apples and share!


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State Journal
A generous appearance
Sen. Hank Sanders of Alabama found himself moved by his recent visit to East End Elementary School, the poorest in Selma.
The state lawmaker, who was brought in to speak about Black History Month, was one of 13 children who grew up in a three-room house.
He told the Selma children about growing up poor but feeling motivated at school.
"When I was in the 7th grade, our teacher had each of us stand once a week and tell what we were going to do when we grew up," he said. "This day I stood up and said, 'I am going to be a lawyer.'"
When his classmates laughed, he recalled, it made him cry.
In the end, however, Mr. Sanders graduated from Harvard with a law degree. And he urged the children in Selma to set goals for themselves.
After asking each student to stand and voice his or her hopes, and hearing a entire school of children become ambitious, Mr. Sanders made a big promise.
He told the assembly of 113 students that if they stayed in school and worked hard, he and his wife, who is also a lawyer, would help them pay for college and start toward their newly stated goals.
It was only after the commitment that Mr. Sanders was confronted with the price of his pledge. While not estimated precisely, observers told him it would be steep. But the senator did not back down.
"We will help supplement the scholarships, financial aid, and family assistance so each can attend at least a state school," Sen. Sanders said, noting that he now must determine how to raise the money.
The appearance amazed school officials, who said they could not recall a more motivational guest speaker.
Internet governors
Back-seat governors can try to run their own states with an Internet game created by the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center.
The game, called "$5.8 Billion and Change," challenges players to score points by making wise political and financial decisions. A recession might hit, the federal government might change Medicaid rules, or a court decision could create confusion.
Players get eight years to balance a budget--a job that real governors have to earn four years at a time.
The game can be downloaded at http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/ltprc/home.htm.
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Aunt Julia and the Surreal Nature of The West Wing
There's a moment in Mario Vargas Llosa's excellent Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter where your whole notion of the boundaries between the world, the book and its various fictional realities starts to go to pieces. Where the Scriptwriter's various soap operas, which interspersed the main story of the novel, start to intertwine and characters start appearing, albeit peripherally, in the wrong stories. It's as if the cement certainties you had when you started reading have been dissolved and are rotting away, leaving bits and pieces of the various spaces the characters (and you) occupy to bleed into one another.
I mention this only because I've been getting into The West Wing – all seven series of it – and it's been an interesting ride. It seems to start off almost as if the original pitch meeting was "it's like Friends, but in the White House and with fewer laughs" only for it to develop into a Runyonesque political commentary. So there's the spunky, irritating John Hughes chick who's a little bit kooky, but somehow endearing and lovable (not lovable or interesting enough to make it to Season 2 though); the President who initially comes off like a cartoon Dubya Bush, but ends up redefining American politics, getting things done and achieving stellar approval points; the various policy makers who amazingly also manage to get things done and who seem to shed their initial personality quirks (like inadvertently sleeping with hookers for instance) as the seasons progress and somehow manage to make the country better; the 'comedy couple' who initially start as a parody of husband and wife and end up representing the humanity of the series; and the Press Secretary, who starts off all spin and flippancy, but ends up Chief of Staff, thereby defining the show's move from spin parody to political seriousness. By the end of Series 7 you're left with a profound sense of the importance and gravitas of American politics. So much so that the entire final season, way the best of the bunch, is devoted to the campaign to replace the President. And it's so enthralling, that you're happy that one entire episode is a televised debate between the two candidates and that two are devoted to the election day itself.
But the moment that cracked it for me, the moment I saw through the glass and into the disturbing, reality blurring space beyond, was when characters from The Wire began to bleed through into individual or multiple episodes. Cedric Daniels, in a moment of pre-Wire policing, is a detective who is supervising a death scene. His wife (or possibly ex-wife by then) Marla is apparently moonlighting as the principal of an elementary school (could this explain her frigid relationship with Cedric during the early series of The Wire?). Assistant State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman obviously cut her teeth working for the Republicans up on the Hill, doing deals to secure appropriate legislation and judicial appointments prior to banging McNulty and then Cedric Daniels. Maurice Levy puts in a pre-corrupt lawyer appearance as a harassed White House adviser (obviously showing that eventually the profits of crime do entice individuals away from the honest legal system). Not even the Barksdales are immune from a little moonlighting from the running of their drugs empire. In case anyone was concerned about Brianna's exact role in the Barksdale's ever-expanding criminal empire and what she spent her time doing, it's clear that she spends most of her non-crime minutes organising secret polling for political parties – the political equivalent of highly deniable black ops missions. I was relieved that the likes of McNulty, Bunk, Snoop and Omar didn't make appearances otherwise I really would have been confused (or the plot of The West Wing would have taken a seriously violent turn).
It's not that the appearance of characters from one series in another is that disturbing, after all Marcie from Alias and Commander Adama from Battlestar Galactica also make appearances (and we don't really think it is Commander Adama), it's just that you could believe that the rarefied world of Washingtonian politics and the crack-fuelled underbelly of Balitmorian law enforcement could collide in just such a surreal way. After all, if Major 'Bunny' Colvin can almost get a job running the security at Johns Hopkins (before incinerating his career prospects by attempting to legalise drugs) and President Bartlett's daughter Ellie can study there, it's not a great leap of faith to imagine that the two narratives could somehow link and intertwine.


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British Banks May Need More State Funds: Think Tank
The independent New Economics Foundation said that central bank data indicated the banks are facing major funding problems, Reuters reported.
"I am certainly not expecting and I have no indication at all that any British bank needs any further support," Osborne said.
British banks Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds (LYG) had to be partly nationalized during the financial crisis, while others such as Barclays Bank (BSC) and HSBC (HBC) were able to take advantage of cheap central bank credit.
British banks have until January 2012 to pay back £185 billion they owe to the Bank of England. They borrowed the funds against £287 billion of illiquid assets, mostly residential mortgage backed securities.


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So, folks, Thanksgiving is a day away, and we typically host the big day. (We've had up to 18 regulars, including me, Hubby and "da boys.") I've done this! I've almost got a routine worked out!
And yet, mishaps happen, no matter how prepared or experienced one is.
I've been married over 24 years and have had Thanksgiving at my home 23 times. A relatively small house fire pre-empted Year 12.) That translates into 22 successfully cooked turkeys, right?
We-e-e-ll… Lucky Year Number 13 had its share of errors. Turned out to be quite a comedy of them. That year…
(1) Hubby brought home a twenty-nine pound bird. (The man loves doing things on the grand scale.) We're lucky we got that bad boy in the oven. (I mean, who measures the bird's height at the food store?) Good thing my mother-in-law had recently given us a counter-top multi-function broiler-oven unit. Without it, there would have been no side-dishes that day—at least, none done in time to serve with the turkey.
(2) While stuffing this creature, bleary-eyed at 6:30 AM, a quick glance at the cooking times suggested roasting him close to seven hours. No biggie—until I realized the directions stopped at the twenty-four-pound mark. (Oh, and I'd already scheduled everything around a two-o'clock dinner time after putting the bird in at 6:45 AM. Good thing my mom brought those appetizers.)
(3) Of course this monster-sized critter's foil pan needed to be supported underneath, so I placed it on a baking sheet—with a plastic market bag under it to keep raw turkey juices off the counter. About three hours into cooking I uh, went to baste that baby and noticed the Plastic. Was. Still. There. (How nothing smelled of plastic was beyond me, but I went with it, removed the bag and replaced the baking sheet with a clean one. The one from the oven was now coated with melted plastic. I tossed it. What else could I do?)
(4) A while later, I heard way too much sizzling coming from the oven—smoke, too. This bird's drippings were beyond the roasting pan's capacity to contain. Hubby lifted Tom out; we drained as much liquid as we could, had a good laugh and put the monster back in the oven along with a few sweet potatoes. (I piled them onto the side of the pan.)
(5) Fast forward ninety minutes later: I pull big-bird out to baste. The oven was way cooler than it should have been. Er, I'd forgotten to turn the oven back on after mishap #4. (Add praying no one ends up with salmonella to the to-do-on-Thanksgiving-list. At this point, poisoning by petroleum and/or food were both significant possibilities.)
Despite the potential for disaster, that holiday meal somehow came together. My kids, ages thirteen and eleven at the time, kept their four favorite little cousins (aged 7-3) entertained on the trampoline or with video games until dinner was ready—by 3:30.
Not bad for a near-disaster, right? While we waited, my mom and my brother did the Italian drive-each-other-nuts thing that everyone else ignores or laughs about. The turkey turned out incredibly moist, tender and delicious–no hint of petroleum there! 😉 My stuffing got its usual raves—and did I mention? I forgot to put one part of the basket assembly into the coffee maker. Did that once before and ended up with coffee all over the counter. That Thanksgiving, we were spared such puddling. Then again, once the counter is piled high with all the leftover food, who would notice brown liquid on the tan-n-brown-speckled counter?
Feel free to share your Thanksgiving memories here!
Wishing all of you a wonderful, peaceful holiday!
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State of Paid Social 2018
23% of advertisers are spending more in social this year, compared to last year. Social media is a staple in today's society and it's not going anywhere. Though Facebook still dominates, it's no longer the only player. Users typically have accounts on other networks and the numbers show advertisers are branching out their own efforts to reach users on a variety of platforms.
In our new 2018 State of Paid Social report, we share the latest data on paid social advertising trends in a variety of networks including Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Pinterest, and Youtube, collected from over 400 marketers at brands and agencies.
Here are some insights that surprised us:
- Marketers spending more than half of their budget on social, doubled this year
- Despite controversy, Facebook continues to be the leading social platform for ad dollars
- Linkedin and Youtube ads are most successful on desktops


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Carrot Seeds - Parisian HEIRLOOM - OPEN POLLINATED
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We try our utmost to maintain reliable inventory of all products, and are very proud of our record in doing so. However, as we are a company engaged in what Mother Nature provides, we do sometimes experience shortages and crop failures beyond our control. If, for any reason, we are required to backorder any portion of your order, rest assured we will keep you apprised of updated shipping information and/or any other options that may satisfy your needs and wishes.
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Grow Heirloom Carrots - Plant Parisian Carrot Seeds:
Not much bigger than a typical globe radish, French market Parisian Carrot seeds produce gourmet-quality 1-2" in diameter cuties that are fabulous raw, steamed or canned. Perfect variety for heavy or rocky soil, container gardening or the gardener who just wants to grow an interesting old world heirloom.
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Name: Parisian Carrot Botanical Name: Daucus Carrota "Parisian" Type: Heirloom Size at Maturity: Orange, 1" - 2" Diameter Days to Maturity: 60 Days Light Requirement: Sun/Partial Shade Planting Time: Cool Season Sowing Method: Direct Sow Planting Depth: 1/8" - 1/4" Plant Spacing: 2" Seeds per Pound: NA Hardiness Zones: All Ships: Year-round Average Seeds Per Packet: ~1/4 tsp
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- Don't pull up the excess carrots or it may damage root systems of neighboring carrots.
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- When carrots have reached maturity, simply pull them up by the tops.
*Carrots do best in sandy, loose soil. If your carrots are too short and ball-like, it means that the soil wasn't loose enough to push through. Carrots taste better after going through one or more frosts, so don't worry if it freezes when they are in the ground!
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This is a guest post by Kenneth Liu, an intellectual property and internet law attorney with the law firm of Gammon & Grange, in McLean, VA.
By now, if you watch basketball, know someone who watches basketball, or know what basketball is, you've no doubt heard of the "Linsanity" phenomenon sweeping the National Basketball Association and the world. In the space of one week, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin went from being a fourth string bench warmer to being an international sensation. And of course, this being America, enterprising entrepreneurs have been quick to capitalize on the craze.
Just days after Lin began his streak of top scoring games, two people filed applications to register the trademark "Linsanity" with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for use with athletic apparel.
One was filed by Andrew Slayton, an unofficial volunteer basketball coach of Lin at Palo Alto high school, who has been selling unofficial Jeremy Lin T-shirts since he created the first "Linsanity" website in July 2010--well before Lin's sudden fame.
Michael Yenchin Chang, a California businessman, beat him to it, filing an application two days earlier, on Feb. 7. Chang told Bloomberg that he would be willing to sell the trademark to Lin, but "just wanted to be part of the excitement."
Does Slayton or Chang have the right to trademark the term "Linsanity?"
If someone files an "Intent-to-Use" application with the Patent & Trademark Office, as Chang did, he can acquire senior trademark rights in the term once the application matures to registration. However, under trademark common law, the first person to use a term specifically to sell goods or services generally has senior trademark rights in the term. So, between Slayton and Chang, Slayton would likely have the upper hand because he was selling T-shirts from the Linsanity website long before Chang filed his application. Still, it could require some legal feuding to sort it out between them.
But wait a minute. How about Jeremy Lin? Does he have any rights to "Linsanity" himself? If a term being trademarked is associated with a living person's name, permission from that person is required under federal trademark law. Also, if that person is well known, as is now the case with Lin, many states grant a right of publicity that may be violated by someone attempting to trade on his name without permission.
Slayton and Chang might argue that "Linsanity" is a made-up term and not Lin's actual name, but it is obviously a reference to Lin. And while Slayton might have had a role, as a former coach, in Lin's success, that alone would not give him the legal right to trade on Lin's fame. Chang has even less of a claim, having no relationship to Lin and no prior use of the term.
Last month, two other enterprising entrepreneurs tried to register the trademarks "Blue Ivy Carter NYC" and "Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV" for use with clothing items and beauty products, respectively. The Patent & Trademark Office quickly rejected the applications on the ground that the trademarks would falsely suggest a connection with the famous newborn of singer Beyoncé and rap artist Jay-Z. Chances are good that the Patent & Trademark Office will also reject both Slayton's and Chang's attempts to trade on Lin's fame.
Regardless of who wins the right to register "Linsanity" as a trademark, Jeremy Lin fans and sports commentators do not need to worry that they will need to stop using the term to describe the current sports craze. Owning a trademark does not mean that one has the right to stop others from using the term generically. A trademark owner only has the right to stop others from using the same term, or any confusingly similar term, to sell goods or services similar to those sold by the trademark owner.
NBA fans may remember the term "Threepeat," which was registered as a trademark by retired L.A. Lakers coach Pat Riley's company after the quest for three successive championships by his former team. Although Riley can stop others from selling "Threepeat" T-shirts, he cannot stop fans from using the term generically to refer to the act of winning three championships.
That should be good news for all of us who want to continue enjoying the Linsanity craze.


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Losing is the New Winning
posted on Tuesday 08 Apr, 2014.
The title of this article caught my eye because, even though I have learned to deeply appreciate success, if I am honest with myself I have learned far more from my failures than my successes.
OK, I don't plan to fail. But if I accept that I can handle it if some plan of mine doesn't work out, then I am far more likely to stretch myself and thus increase the odds of succeeding with something that I haven't tried before.
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How to use a remote firewire port and transcode DV video locally with ffmpeg
I recently moved into another appartment and found some old VHS tapes I recorded years ago. As luck would have it, I got my hands on a VCR and a MiniDV camcorder with builtin ADC, so I can get analog video signals into the MiniDV camcorder. So all I needed was a computer with firewire or IEEE1394 port. The only computer I have that still has a firewire port is my server, so I hooked the VCR to the MiniDV and the MiniDV to my server.
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How to make screencasts with FFmpeg
FFmpeg is able to use audio and video streams from many different sources. In order to record a screencast, you can use the x11grab input module for recording an X screen and the alsa input module for audio recording.
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has witnessed a mild hostility in his home state as he went to pray in a mosque. The embattled Senate President witnessed a backlash against him during an appearance at a mosque in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, last Friday.
According to Reporters, after attending a wedding at the palace of Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, Mr. Saraki hurried away to attend Jumaat prayers at the Sharia Court Mosque, avoiding the nearby Ilorin Central Mosque where he had been heckled and stoned in the recent past.
But Mr. Saraki encountered mild embarrassment at the Sharia Court Jumaat Mosque located on Ahmadu Bello Way, a more controlled environment surrounded by administrative offices, including the office of the Secretary to the State Government and the Kwara State headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS).
The presiding Imam at the mosque, Justice Salihu Muhammed, who is also the Grand Khadi of Kwara State, startled the worshipers with an announcement that prayers would be slightly delayed because a VIP was being expected. When Mr. Saraki eventually entered the mosque, Justice Salihu Muhammed started to pray for the Senate President to overcome his difficulties, an allusion to his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja.
Spontaneously, many of the worshipers started chanting, "Sahu!" The word meant that they wanted their Imam to enter the spiritual line of praying to Allah. The Imam, who seemed rattled, hurriedly concluded the prayer for Senator Saraki and started the Jumaat prayer.
A source, who was present at the mosque, told Reporters that Mr. Saraki made a quick exit from the mosque once the Friday prayers were finished.


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1993 For the first time Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center. A devastating tsunami, caused by an earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan kills 202 on the small island of Okushiri. The ever popular Beanie Babies are launched . In technology the first bagless vacuum cleaner is invented and Intel introduces the Pentium Processor.
Cost of Living 1993How Much things cost in 1993
Yearly Inflation Rate USA2.96% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 3654 Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 6.00% Average Cost of new house $113,200.00 Average Income per year $31,230.00 Average Monthly Rent $532.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16 Movie Ticket $4.14 Average cost of new car $12,750.00 Loaf of Bread $1.57 Tuition to Harvard University $23,514.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 67,856 Gallon of Petrol 2.33 Yearly Inflation Rate UK 1.6% Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 5.38% FTSE 100 Average 3200
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What Events Happened in 1993
United States - Mars Observer
U.S. / Russia - START II Signed
- The Waco siege on the compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and US military started on 28th February and ended 19th April
1. February 28th 9:45 am The 76 ATF agents attempted to execute their search and arrest warrants for Koresh and specific followers on weapons charges on Sunday morning
2. Four ATF agents (Steve Willis, Robert Williams, Todd McKeehan, and Conway Charles LeBleu) were killed during the raid. Another 16 were wounded. Five Branch Davidians were killed
3. 11:30 am Sheriffs Lt. Lynch of the McLennan County Sheriff Dept. contacted the ATF and negotiated a ceasefire. The Branch Davidians allowed the ATF dead and wounded to be evacuated and held their fire during the ATF retreat.
4. 19:30 David Koresh is interviewed by CNN. The FBI instructs CNN not to conduct further interviews.
5. Koresh talks for about 20 minutes on KRLD Radio In Dallas, describing his beliefs and saying he is the most seriously wounded of the Branch Davidians.
6. Jeff Jamar, head of the FBI's San Antonio field office takes command soon after as a result of the deaths of federal agents, placed in charge of the siege as Site Commander
7. The FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) was headed by HRT Commander Richard Rogers
8. The FBI cut Davidian communication to the outside world stopping Koresh from giving phone interviews with local news media
9. The siege lasted 51 days with a team of 25 FBI negotiators who managed to facilitate the release of 19 children, ranging in age from five months to 12 years old,
10. The children were interviewed by the FBI and Texas Rangers, Allegedly, the children had been physically and sexually abused long before the standoff. This was the key justification offered by the FBI (both to President Bill Clinton and to Attorney General Janet Reno) for launching tear gas attacks on the compound to force the Branch Davidians out.
11. 98 people remained in the building including 23 children
12. The FBI cut all power and water to the compound, forcing those inside to survive on rain water and stockpiled military MRE rations
13. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno approved recommendations by the FBI to mount an assault, after being told that conditions were deteriorating and that children were being abused inside the compound
14. 5:55 AM April 19 FBI Hostage Rescue Team deploys two armored CEVs to the buildings. CEV1 goes to the left of the buildings, CEV2 to the right.
15. 6:04 AM Armored vehicle with ram and delivery device to pump tear gas into building with pressurized air rips into front wall just left of front door, leaving a hole 8 feet high and 10 feet wide.
16. 6:31 AM The entire building is filled with tear gas and the FBI fires additional plastic, nonincendiary tear gas rounds through windows
17. 7:58 AM CEV2, with battering ram, rips hole into second floor of compound and then minutes later another hole is punched into the backside of one of the buildings of the compound
18. 10:00 AM A man is seen waving a white flag on the southeast side of the compound. He is advised over loudspeakers that if he is surrendering he should come out. He does not. At the same time, a man believed to be Schneider comes out from the remains of the front door to retrieve the phone and phone line.
19. 12:07 AM A man is seen waving a white flag on the southeast side of the compound. He is advised over loudspeakers that if he is surrendering he should come out. He does not. At the same time, a man believed to be Schneider comes out from the remains of the front door to retrieve the phone and phone line.
20. 12:10 AM Flames spread quickly through entire building, fanned by high winds. The building burns very quickly.
21. 12:30 AM Part of the roof collapses. Around this time, there are several further explosions and witnesses report the sound of gunfire, attributed by the FBI to live ammunition cooking off throughout the buildings because of fire.
22. 76 Branch Davidians died and nine survived the fire on April 19
From FBI recordings and observations it is believed that the Branch Davidians set fires and intended to die rather than be arrested and jailed. After multiple reports and investigation of the incedent Special Counsel Danforth concluded that the allegations by Branch Davidian survivors and relatives that the fire was started by the FBI were meritless.
Space Shuttle Mission STS-55
Canada - First Female Prime Minister
2. Campbell made her bid for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party following the announcement of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's retirement in February of 1993.
3. She faced her first federal election on October 25th, where the Progressive Conservative Party was defeated in a landslide election in favor of the Liberal Party with Jean Chretien as the leader.
4. While Campbell was considered popular during her short time as the Prime Minister, her predecessor's unpopularity and her own frankness about the economy worked against her.
5. She left office on November 4th, 1993.
- Bill Clinton President of the United States
- Brady bill requiring background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law
- Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center
- Ferry in Haiti sinks - over 1000 die
- Several bombs explode in Bombay, India killing about 300
- Severe Blizzard strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec
- A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri, Hokkaido
- Earthquake centered on Killari, Maharashtra, India kills nearly 10,000 people.
- The Oil tanker MV Braer carrying 85,000 tonnes of crude oil runs aground on January 5th in hurricane force winds off the Shetland Islands and large amounts of crude oil spill into the North Sea causing an ecological disaster in the area.
World -- South African Leaders Get Nobel Prize
- Fighting occurs between Muslims and Croats in Bosnia
- The United Nations sets up safe haven for Muslim Refugees in Srebrenica in Bosnia
- The Maastricht Treaty signed on February 7th takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
- EU Farmers protest the reduction in agricultural subsidies due to Maastricht Treaty
- In the United Kingdom, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool
- Earthquake hits Flores, Indonesia - 2200 dead
- Apartment building collapses in Malaysia killing 48
- Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on December 2nd of 1993 to complete its fifth mission. Its mission objective was to install COSTAR (Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement) on the Hubble Space Telescope to correct a flaw on a Mirror that had been causing some images to be out of focus. There were seven crew members and they conducted a record of five space walks to repair the telescope. The mission lasted until December 12th of 1993 and the crew was successful in installing COSTAR and adding some new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble had been originally placed into space on April 24th of 1990 and remains in operation.
European Union
- A report states 2.5 million people in Europe are homeless
- Buckingham Palace opens its doors to the public
- The IRA explodes a massive bomb in a parked Van in Bishopsgate in the heart of the City of London
- An anti-abortion activist murders a doctor outside an abortion clinic
- Russian Nuclear Accident at Tomask 7
- Ben Johnson, is banned from athletics for life
- The US and Soviet Union sign Start II reducing nuclear warheads by 3,500 each
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton
- Yitzhak Rabin ( Israel ) and Yasser Arafat ( PLO ) sign peace agreement on September 13th on White House lawn.
- Harley Davidson Motorcycles are 90 years old
- The tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a spectator during a quarter final tennis match in Hamburg by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf
- Ty Warner USA launches the first Beanie Babies
- Worst Brush Fires in Australian History destroy the world's second largest national park Royal National Park
- Slovakia Gains Independence when Czechoslovakia divides into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Two former police officers are convicted of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King.
- NASA's STS-57 Space Mission is successfully completed during June and July.
NASA's STS-57 space mission successfully returned to Earth in July of 1993 after spending 9 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 54 seconds in space. The mission carried the six crew members Ronald Grabe, Brian Duffy, G. David Low, Nancy Sherlock, Peter Wisoff, and Janice Voss aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission was important in that it marked the first flight of pressurized lab, SPACEHAB, a commercially created laboratory, they also carried and conducted 22 experiments. The crew also captured the over 9,000 pound European Retrievable Carrier, an experiment carrying satellite that had been in space for about a year. Overall, the mission was successful in completing its objectives and returned home safely.
- The Pentium microprocessor introduced by Intel.
- Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
- The World Wide Web was born at CERN
- Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
- World Health Organization W.H.O. estimates 14 million people worldwide infected with the AIDS Virus
- The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.
- Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American Scientists.
- US Drops SDI initiative
- US and Russia sign the Start II treaty calling for bilateral reduction of strategic nuclear weapons
Popular Culture 1993
- Police begin investigations of child abuse by Michael Jackson
Popular Films
- Jurassic Park
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- The Fugitive
- The Firm
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Indecent Proposal
- In the Line of Fire
- The Pelican Brief
- Schindler's List
- Cliffhanger
- Philadelpha
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Check out our TV Shows From The 90s whenever possible we have included a trailer to jog your memory. Series trailers and more information are found on the decade they started.
Popular Musicians
- Janet Jackson with That's The Way Love Goes
- Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Garth Brooks
- Rage Against the Machine
- Phil Collins
- Radiohead
- Aerosmith
- Madonna
- Rod Stewart with Have I told You Lately
- Mariah Carey with Dream Lover
- Nirvana
- Whitney Houston with I Will Always Love You
- Meat Loaf
- The Proclaimers
- Garth Brooks
- Alice in Chains
Major World Political Leaders 1993Australia Prime Minister Paul Keating Brazil President Itamar Franco Canada Prime Minister Brian Mulroney till September 17,
Canada Prime Minister Kim Campbell from September 17,
Canada Prime Minister Kim Campbell till November 4,
Canada Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from November 4,
China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin
France President François Mitterrand
Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl
India Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao
Italy Prime Minister Giuliano Amato Till 28 April
Italy Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi From 28 April
Japan Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa Till 9 August
Japan Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa From 9 August
Mexico President Carlos Salinas de Gortari Russia / Soviet Union
General Secretary of the CPSU Boris Yeltsin South Africa State President Frederik Willem de Klerk United States President George H. W. Bush Till January 20,
United States President Bill Clinton From January 20, 1993
United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major
Political Elections 1993
Canadian Federal Election 1993 Jean Chrétien ( Liberal ) defeats Lucien Bouchard ( Bloc Québécois ) and Preston Manning ( Reform )
1993 Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney till September 17,


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The Globe and Mail-by -Nov 5, 2013
Visitors to Canadian libraries will no longer have access to free digital magazines from Canada's largest publisher.
Magazines Canada, an industry trade group, advised
Canadian publishers to walk away from an agreement with the company whose software makes the publications available because of delivery problems. Rogers Media complied, and its magazines are no longer available on the popular Zinio app.
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Grapefruit juice can delay, increase or enhance the reaction of some drugs. Check your prescription labels for warnings of potentially dangerous grapefruit interactions.
FDA's new video, "Taking Acetaminophen Safely" is the latest installment of the Medicines in My Home series. It provides background about acetaminophen, a common over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer, and the many different types of medications that might contain acetaminophen; the danger of taking more acetaminophen than directed; how to learn if acetaminophen is in a medicine by looking at the Drug Facts label; and how to take acetaminophen safely. It also encourages consumers to contact their healthcare professionals if they have questions or concerns.
FDA is making it easier for patients, their families, and advocates to get involved in medical product approval and safety through the FDA Patient Network website at http://www.patientnetwork.fda.gov
A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. The FDA frequently reviews and analyzes reports of medication errors on marketed human drugs including prescription drugs, generic drugs, and over-the-counter drugs that come through MedWatch, which is the FDA's adverse event reporting program. FDA also conducts pre-marketing reviews of all proprietary drug names, labeling and packaging to minimize the potential for confusion. Furthermore, FDA educates the public about medication error prevention through public health advisories, medica¬tion guides and outreach partner ships with other organizations.
There are three main types of drug interactions: drugs with food and beverages, drugs with dietary supplements, and drugs with other drugs. In this Consumer Update video, Shiew-Mei Huang, Ph.D., Deputy Director of FDA's Office of Clinical Pharmacology, provides tips on how to avoid harmful drug interactions.
Taking the wrong medication or the wrong dose can be an easy mistake to make. It can also be life threatening. In this Consumer Update video, FDA Drug Safety Expert, Cindi Fitzpatrick, R.N., provides tips on avoiding medication mistakes.
When young children are sick and cranky, it can be tough to get them to take their medicine. Watch this video for tips from an FDA pediatrician on giving the dose without the battle.
Watch the Spanish version, Administrando Medicina a los Niños
Every year thousands of children are hospitalized and some die after taking medicine not meant for them. Teens share stolen prescription drugs at "pharm parties" and toddlers are tempted by colorful pills that look like candy. In this Consumer Update video, FDA pharmacist Connie Jung explains how you can prevent harm by locking your medicine up.
When young children are sick and cranky, it can be tough to get them to take their medicine. Watch this video for tips from an FDA pediatrician on giving the dose without the battle.
All liquid Maalox products are not the same. Maalox Total Relief, Maalox Advanced Regular Strength, and Maalox Advanced Maximum Strength may look similar but they are not interchangeable. In fact, using the wrong one could be harmful.


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Date: 3rd Dec ~ 11th Dec 2011
Time: 9:00am - 7:00pm
Admission: FREE
Location: Botanic Gardens, Penang
Federation of Malaya Orchid Society (FOMOS), and
Penang Sate Tourism Development and Culture Office
Contact: +604- 227 0428 or +604-228 4124
Event details from Penang State Tourism website here
Location map here
Objectives :
To promote Penang as an orchid growing state
To educated the public on how to grow orchids.
- Over 300 orchids of 35 species which will be on display by experienced and dedicated orchid growers from every state of Malaysia.
- Participants from Singapore and Thailand
- Malaysian Nature Society and Friends of Botanic Gardens activities
- Recycling clinic
- Nature walk
- Nature book sale
- Group discussions on herbs, bird-watching, etc.
- Exhibition on the environment
- Glass painting, paper quilting, leaf craft, origami, T-shirt and canvas bag printing
- Many varieties of orchids and related accessories on sale by different vendors
- Flowering and ornamental plants, fruit trees, gardening tools and accessories on sale


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How Digestive and Immune Systems Work Together
Our digestive health has a lot to do with our immune health and vice versa. Its role in maintaining our immune health and, eventually, our overall well-being cannot be underestimated. The two systems work closely to keep us in good physical shape.
Here, we'll see how the two systems partner each other and what one does to keep the other system running.
A major Part of the Immune System is Located in the Digestive System
Around 70% of our immune system dwells in our digestive tract in the form of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT). An important component of our immune system called plasma cells (which give rise to invader-defending antibodies) also reside within the GALT. Our gut is the major channel between the external environment and the internal systems of our body. It is exposed to plenty of germs and harmful invaders such as bacteria and viruses present in food particles on a daily basis. [1] These toxic agents are perceived by the immune system in the gut as being harmful to our body and attacked. That being said, our body does not reject everything we put into it. This process is known as tolerance. When our immune system rejects an otherwise harmless substance, we are labeled as being sensitive or allergic to that food/food ingredient.
Our Gut Microbiome Shapes Our Immune System
Our immune system, which is designed to control microbes, is, in essence, also controlled by the microbes themselves. The "friendly" gut bacteria function exactly opposite to the harmful microbes that cause disease. These bacteria provide essential nutrients, defend against pathogens, breakdown indigestible substances, and even contribute to the development of the gut structure. [2]
An additional factor emphasizing the importance of these beneficial microbes in actively shaping our immune system is their absence leading to disease. An imbalance in the composition of the microbiome (called as dysbiosis) upsets the relationship between the gut microbiome and our immune system. This alters the immune responses, which in turn, triggers several inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). [2]
It is also noteworthy that with IBD, your immune system fails to recognize and differentiate between self and non-self (invading) agents such that it begins attacking self (your own body tissues). So, with the gut microbiome getting off-balance, your immune system may also not be able to hold up well.
Components of the Immune System Interact with and modify our Digestive Health
Regulatory T cells (Tregs)
Just like the gut microbiome functions to shape our immune system, the latter also tends to modify the former. This is exemplified by an important aspect of our immune system called Tregs. These cells counter-balance the inflammatory responses. If for any reason, the Tregs stop functioning, it causes a breach in the intestinal immune responses, resulting in diseases like leaky gut, IBS, and IBD. In fact, the role of Treg cell defect in triggering IBD has been vastly documented so much so that these cells represent a promising approach for treating IBD. [3]
Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs)
Other crucial components of our immune system called TLRs are present on the intestinal cells as well as immune cells. They serve to identify and guard against the invaders in their "crosstalk with the microbiota." [4]
As soon as the gut bacteria come into contact with the gut lining, TLRs are activated and stimulate the production of antibodies to limit the gut bacteria from over colonizing the gut. This, subsequently, protects us from inflammation. Aberrant TLR signaling, thus, forms the basis of conditions like inflammation of the colon and even cancer. [5]
This further elucidates the partnership of the digestive system with the immune system.
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- Round JL, Mazmanian SK. The gut microbiome shapes intestinal immune responses during health and disease. Nature reviews Immunology. 2009;9(5):313-323. doi:10.1038/nri2515.
- Lord JD. Promises and paradoxes of regulatory T cells in inflammatory bowel disease. World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG. 2015;21(40):11236-11245. doi:10.3748/wjg.v21.i40.11236.
- De Kivit S, Tobin MC, Forsyth CB, Keshavarzian A, Landay AL. Regulation of Intestinal Immune Responses through TLR Activation: Implications for Pro- and Prebiotics. Frontiers in Immunology. 2014;5:60. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2014.00060.
- Cario E. Toll-like receptors in inflammatory bowel diseases: A decade later. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2010;16(9):1583-1597. doi:10.1002/ibd.21282.


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California produces a tremendous quantity of wine, eleven times that of Washington State, in fact, its closest US rival in terms of volume. And yet, prices have never been higher. While I can neither explain nor justify this reality, I can offer valuable insights on where to look, what to look for, and whose wine to consider if you want to drink California, yet prefer to use your rent money for rent rather than wine.
We'll sample Cabernet Sauvignons from places like Paso Robles, Zinfandels from Dry Creek Valley, rich and supple Merlots from Sonoma Valley, and other varieties, such as Petite Sirah, from the Santa Cruz Mountains and beyond. We'll compare these wines with similar examples from Washington State and Oregon, both of whom offer wines that easily compete with those from the Golden State, and often surpass them, especially in the under $20 range. And of course, you'll also taste artisanal, handmade cheeses from all along the west coast, and see if the maxim "What grows together, goes together" actually holds up.
While the names of these producers may be new to you, they have been plying their craft for decades, and would be truly grateful for your support. Best of all, many of the wines we will taste are available in NYC, but first, you just need to know they're here. We hope you can attend.
As always, an array of beautiful breads, meats, and cheeses will be on offer, and paired with the wines.
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