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Porth Trecastell or Cable bay near rhosneigr
Porth Trecastell or Cable bay as it is known locally is one of those more remote beaches on this side of the island and is one of five beautiful beaches around the area of Rhosneigr. This clean and sandy beach is very popular in the summer with families as it is sheltered and safe for swimming and snorkelling. This beach is a wide beach with lots of rock pools either side that can be explored by both parents and children alike. Like many beaches on this side of Anglesey the water quality is excellent.
Cable Bay beach is situated on the A4080, the main road that travels from Llanfairpwll, through Brynsiencyn ( Anglesey Sea Zoo), Newborough (Newborough Forest, Anglesey Model Village, Anglesey Transport Museum, Llyn Parc Mawr) through Aberffraw (St. Cwyfan’s Church) and towards Rhosneigr.
watersports at cable bay (porth trecastell)
This is a popular beach for those who enjoy kayaking, canoeing and snorkelling as this beach allows safe access to the water as it is flat and sheltered.
Barclodiad y Gawres Burial Chamber
Barclodiad y Gawres (Welsh for ‘apronful of the giantess’) is a Neolithic burial chamber between Rhosneigr and Aberffraw on the southern coast of the island of Anglesey in North Wales.
It is an example of a cruciform passage grave, a notable feature being its decorated stones. Similar graves and marks exist across the Irish Sea in the Boyne Valley.
More or less equidistant from Aberffraw and Rhosneigr, it is on the north side of Porth Trecastell/Cable Bay, on the Anglesey Coastal Path, and a short walk from the A4080. It is cared for by the Welsh heritage organisation Cadw. From April to October at weekends and bank holidays it is possible to enter the chamber, if accompanied by a key holder (from the Wayside shop in Llanfaelog).
cable bay beach - cables to ireland
The name of this beautiful beach originates from the telephone cables that left this beach and travelled under the sea to either Ireland. The cables can still be seen at low water or when snorkelling.
rock climbing at cable bay (porth trecastell)
Some of the cliff faces that surround Cable bay provide some great rock climbing, described as most very good on good rock, with good situations, most problems are available on mid to low tides and dry quickly, apart from hidden wall. UK Climbing.com link (Courtesy of UKClimbing.com)
Snorkelling at Cable Bay
Cable Bay is a fantastic location to snorkel. It has amazing marine life and its sheltered.
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Programming-in-the-large requires a number of features of a programming language; in
OCaml, many of these are achieved through the module system.
- Namespaces. In large programs it's important to be able
to avoid name collisions; by defining values, types, exceptions and functions in a
module, you force the user to qualify those names with the module's name (in the
familiar dot notation: module.component).
- Information hiding. By giving a module a signature,
you can prevent certain names from being referenced from outside the module.
Thus, you can define helper functions that exploit knowledge about the
implementation types but prevent users from calling these functions. If you see
this as "fascist", then your signature can expose everything (this is the default
with no signature), but if you see this as a way to allow yourself to change the
underlying implementation without breaking any of the code that uses your module,
you can use a more restricted signature. OCaml gives you the choice.
- Abstract types. Most modern languages give you namespaces
and some way of doing information hiding. OCaml's module system goes a step farther
by allowing you to abstract over the types in your modules. When you abstract over
the values or expressions in a piece of code, you are defining a parameterized
function. OCaml gives you parameterized modules. Suppose you define a module
implementing sets of integers. You can generalize this module by making the type a
parameter, so that you now have sets of anything. But you may have restrictions on
the type -- perhaps it needs to have an equality relation to be suitable (it's hard to
imagine how you could implement sets of things that you can't compare). OCaml let's
you express this restriction and use functors to build new modules of the right
type (functors are functions from modules to modules).
I will be the first to admit that OCaml's powerful module system (which is very similar
to that of Standard ML) is perhaps the most complex part of the language, and that I
really don't understand it yet. Fortunately, OCaml makes it very easy to get started.
Simply by defining values and functions in a separate file you define a module whose
name is the base-part of the filename. You also get a default signature for free, which
exposes everything in the module. Just compile this module together with your main
program and it works. You can worry about information hiding and type abstraction
Parameterized modules may sound like the classes of an object-oriented language, and
they are in fact another way OCaml gives you to avoid doing OO. There are
advantages to this: calling the functions from a parameterized module is just as
efficient as an ordinary function call (which is very efficient in OCaml),
without any of the overhead associated with instantiating objects and calling
methods. And while the module system has complexities (from the point of view of
strong typing), in many ways it's much simpler than an object system -- especially
an object system (like OCaml's) that also gives you the advantages of strong typing.
Finally, the OCaml module system is unique (even compared to Standard ML) in that it
gives you strong static typing with the efficiency of separate compilation. OCaml
can even perform most optimizations (even function inlining) across
separately-compiled module boundaries.
What You Need to Know to Use Somebody Else's Modules
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Twitter may have two-factor authentication in the works for its micro-blogging platform to increase its security.
One of the responsibilities for the new engineer will be to "design and develop user-facing security features, such as multifactor authentication and fraudulent log-in detection." The job listing also says that the new engineer's work will "directly impact the security of hundreds of millions of Twitter users."
Other companies have been gradually introducing multi-factor authentication in the past few years. These include Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Amazon Web Services, Dropbox, Blizzard's Battle.Net, and Valve's Steam.
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Susie Frances Harrison (1859-1935)
See biographical information and notes at A Celebration of Women Writers.
Texts below from A Century of Canadian Sonnets.
With outstretched whirring wings of van-dyked jet,
Two crows one day o'er house and pavement pass'd.
Swift silhouettes limned 'gainst the blue, they glass'd
Smooth beak and ebon feather in the wet
Of gaping pool and gutter, while, beset
By nestward longing, high their hoarse cry cast
In the face of fickle sun and treacherous blast,
Till all the City smelt of violet.
Then through that City quick the news did run.
Great wheels were slacken'd; belts were stopped in mill,
And fires in forges. Long ere set of sun
Dazed men, pale women sought the open hill--
They throng'd the streets. They caught the clarion cry--
"Spring has come back--trust Spring to never die!"
To the God Opportunity
Strange, that no idol hath been roughly wrought,
Or fairly carven, bearing on its base
A name so potent! Strange, no ancient race,
Workers in whitest Parian, ever sought
To reproduce thy beauty, slyly fraught
With vast suggestion! Strange, thou couldst not brace
The dull Assyrian, didst not tempt from chase,
Trophy and battle, the sons of literal thought.
We who are tired of gods must yet to thee
Render allegiance. Chance and Love are blind,
And Cause is soulless, Art is deaf and vain,
All unavailing looms the God of Pain.
Disclaiming these, we choose with prescient mind
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“K “, the well-known model to the world's educational institutions for over 20 years, is upgraded for more efficient and effective clinicaltraining in cardiology.
- 1- Wireless remote control of multiple units (maximum 5 units).2- Playlist can be created.
- 2- Playlist can be created.
- 3- Touchscreen control panel.
- 4- Ready- to-use with connecting to power supply
- 5- Sounds are recorded from real patients and are reproduced by using a high quality sound system.
- 6- A stethoscope can be used.
- 7- Auscultation sites corresponding to heart valves are located on a life-size manikin body.
- 8- 36 cases of total patient simulation
- cases of normal heart sounds
- cases of heart disease simulations
- cases of arrhythmia simulations
- 9- 52 cases of Arrhythmia / ECG Simulation
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Le Jeune, Henry (DNB12)
LE JEUNE, HENRY (1819–1904), historical and genre painter, born in London on 12 Dec. 1819, was of Flemish extraction, being the third of the five children of Anthony Le Jeune. His grandfather, his father, and his brothers were professional musicians. His brothers occupied posts as organists at Farm Street, and Sardinian and Moorfields chapels. His sister gave up music for. photography, at which she worked nearly all her life at Naples; Garibaldi was among her sitters. Le Jeune himself showed pronounced musical tastes, but at an early age he evinced a desire to become an artist, and was sent to study at the British Museum. In 1834 he was admitted as a student at the Royal Academy schools; there, after obtaining four silver medals in succession, he was awarded the gold medal in 1841 for his painting of 'Samson bursting his Bounds,' which was shown at the British Institution in the following year. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840, sending a picture of 'Joseph interpreting the Dream of Pharaoh's Chief Butler.' In 1847 the Prince Consort purchased his 'Liberation of the Slaves.'
From 1845 to 1848 he was headmaster of the morning class at the government school of design at Somerset House, and from 1848 until 1864 curator of the painting school of the Royal Academy, an office which included the duty of giving instruction in painting. In 1863 he was elected an A.R. A., but he never attained the rank of academician. In 1886 he became an honorary retired associate.
Le Jeune painted both in oil and water-colour. He exhibited eighty-four pictures at the Royal Academy between 1840 and 1894, twenty-one at the British Institution between 1842 and 1863, and a few at other galleries. The subjects of his earlier paintings were principally derived from the Bible, Shakespeare, or Spenser, and included 'The Infancy of Moses,' 'Una and the Lion' (1842), 'Prospero and Miranda' (1844), 'Ruth and Boas' (1845), and 'The Sermon on the Mount' (1851). Subsequently he devoted him- self to child subjects, and it was as a painter of children that he was mainly known. His figures are well grouped, gracefully drawn, and carefully finished. To the later phase of his work belong 'Little Red Riding Hood' (1863), 'The Wounded Robin' (1864), 'Little Bo-Peep' (1873 and 1881), and 'My Little Model' (1875). One of his best works was 'Much Ado about Nothing' (1873), a fishing party of three children seated catching minnows on an old river sluice. One of his early paintings of scriptural subjects, 'Ye Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul' (1846), is at the Royal Museum and Art Galleries, Feel Park, Salford. The Royal Holloway College, Egham, has one of his genre pictures, 'Early Sorrow' (1869); and another, his 'Children with Toy Boat,' is in the Manchester City Art Gallery. He painted a few portraits. Le Jeune always lived in London, and resided for over forty years at Hampstead. In his last years deafness largely withdrew him from society. He was keenly interested in chess problems. He died at 155 Goldhurst Terrace, Hampstead, N.W., on 5 Oct. 1904. and was buried at Kensal Green cemetery.
He married on 21 June 1844 Dorothy Lewis, daughter of James Dalton Lewis, by whom he had five sons and three daughters.
[Information kindly supplied by Miss F. Le Jeune; Art Journal (engravings, &c.), 1858, pp. 265-267, 1860, p. 36, 1867, p. 60, 1871, p. 236, 1874, p. 40; Illust. London News, 25 July 1863, pp. 80 (portrait), 94; Ottley, Dict. of Recent and Living Painters and Engravers; Men of the Time, 1865, p. 509; Clement and Hutton, Artists of the Nineteenth Century, ii. 55; G. H. Shepherd, Short Hist. of the British School of Painting, 96-7; Hodgson and Eaton, The Roy. Acad. and its Members, 362, 363, 385; A. G. Temple, Art of Painting in the Queen's Reign, 303; Müller und Singer, Allg. Künstler-Lexicon; Cats, of Art Galleries of Manchester City, Salford, and Royal Holloway College; Champlin and Perkins, Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, iii. 55 (portrait); Graves, Dict. of Artists, Roy. Acad, and British Institution; Athenæum, 15 Oct. 1904; Who's Who, 1905.] | <urn:uuid:daaa466b-2c44-496e-b3ad-6400407e70bb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Jeune,_Henry_(DNB12) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00129-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975045 | 1,051 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Summary: In mice, the insular cortex processes negative emotions and bodily discomfort. The findings shed light on emotional processing in animals and humans.
Source: Max Planck Institute
The insular cortex is an important, yet almost hidden part of the cerebral cortex. Here, sensory information, bodily states, feelings and emotions come together. However, how the insular cortex processes this information and how this affects behavior is largely unknown – knowledge that would help us to better understand the mechanisms involved in depression, anxiety and eating disorders, for example. Nadine Gogolla and her team at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology were now able to show how the insular cortex of mice processes such strong feelings as fear or bodily discomfort, and how this affects their behavior.
Feelings and emotions greatly influence our behavior. “Which is a good thing!” says Nadine Gogolla, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology. “For example, if a mouse smells a fox, the feeling of fear causes it to hesitate from exploring its surroundings, and also stops it from eating.” Negative bodily states such as nausea have a similar inhibitory influence. Gogolla and her team have now shown that these very different negative feelings and behavioral adjustments are linked via the posterior insular cortex.
First author Daniel Gehrlach and his colleagues in Gogolla’s group discovered that nerve cells of the posterior insular cortex respond to a large number of different sensory information, emotions and bodily states. All of the information that is processed here has a direct negative effect or acts as an aversive signal for the animal. Interestingly, individual nerve cells can react to many different negative stimuli such as bitter taste, fear, pain, thirst, or bodily discomfort.
As soon as the cells detect these negative states, they forward the information to the amygdala or nucleus accumbens via two different pathways. These two brain regions are known to directly regulate an animal’s behavior. “For the first time, we could now demonstrate the influence of the insular cortex on behavior via these two connections,” says Gogolla.
Activation of the neuronal pathway from the insular cortex to the amygdala primarily causes behavioral adjustments to fear: The mouse reduces its food intake, social contacts and exploration of its surroundings. When the researchers suppressed this pathway’s activity, the animals become less afraid.
Activating the pathway to the nucleus accumbens, on the other hand, had a similar effect as an illness – the mice stopped eating. Conversely, by inactivating this pathway, the animals still ate even when being nauseous. “By being able to directly modify and observe neuronal activity in mice, we were able to show specific mechanistic relationships that are an important step towards a true understanding of anxiety, depression and eating disorders”, explains Gogolla.
Both strong negative emotions and the feeling of being sick should induce humans and animals alike to take care of, and protect themselves. Anxieties and depression arise when negative emotions become too strong or too frequent. “It is possible that the insular cortex learns from previous experiences, so that the cells react stronger or faster to the next negative impression”, reasons Gogolla. “Once we have learned to understand such relationships, we may be able to find a way to reverse or at least contain them.”
The insular cortex is a brain region important for regulating emotions, as well as empathy and social behavior. It lies deeply embedded in the folds of the cerebral cortex of humans, primates and many other mammals. Since the cerebral cortex in mice, rats and some other smaller mammals is smooth, the insular cortex is more accessible to study in these animal models.
Aversive state processing in the posterior insular cortex
Triggering behavioral adaptation upon the detection of adversity is crucial for survival. The insular cortex has been suggested to process emotions and homeostatic signals, but how the insular cortex detects internal states and mediates behavioral adaptation is poorly understood. By combining data from fiber photometry, optogenetics, awake two-photon calcium imaging and comprehensive whole-brain viral tracings, we here uncover a role for the posterior insula in processing aversive sensory stimuli and emotional and bodily states, as well as in exerting prominent top-down modulation of ongoing behaviors in mice. By employing projection-specific optogenetics, we describe an insula-to-central amygdala pathway to mediate anxiety-related behaviors, while an independent nucleus accumbens-projecting pathway regulates feeding upon changes in bodily state. Together, our data support a model in which the posterior insular cortex can shift behavioral strategies upon the detection of aversive internal states, providing a new entry point to understand how alterations in insula circuitry may contribute to neuropsychiatric conditions. | <urn:uuid:78c4b4f7-e4ea-4405-8ba7-58686096ba7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neurosciencenews.com/insular-cortex-negative-emotion-14820/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.920684 | 995 | 3.703125 | 4 |
U.S. adoption of global accounting standards would be intended to create a level global playing field, but within U.S. borders, its benefits would differ dramatically from company to company.
David McCann, CFO.com | US
November 20, 2009
IFRS is too relaxed in their reporting and with the current economy, although it may be beneficial to some companies, I believe will only tend to mask the truth of how a company is really performing. This type of reporting can tend to create monopolies within the US borders. GAAP has been the backbone to businesses being truthful about their receivables. IFRS will only make this reporting more relaxed and allow companies to mask the truth of their assets. The IFRS is only an open invitation to move more and more of our business to a foreign location. The IFRS although may appear to look good on the outside, in the end will hurt the US economy. IFRS is the first step to bringing the world into a financial unity that is one step short of bringing our currency into a unified value system.
Posted by Yolanda Torres | November 23, 2009 12:28 pm
This is a boon to the larger accounting firms. Outside of that, it's a boon...doogle to the rest. The sooner this nonsense is put to rest and the FASB gets it's collective act together completing it's rewrite, perhaps amending a few so they become understandable, we'll all be better off. And just who does the IFRS implementation benefit in capital markets anyway? I thought the US market was really the only one that mattered anyway...
Posted by Thomas Tone | November 20, 2009 04:49 pm
Many people only see the positives of IFRS. I have asked many times, how is IFRS going to increase comparability when EVERY country has their own "carve-outs," or versions to IFRS? Even if there were truly one set of standards that every country had to abide by, comparability would still be hindered by the new "professional judgment" idea. If one auditor in one country implements a standard using his professional judgment, and I implement it in my country using my professional judgment, how comparable can the resulting financial statements be?
Posted by John Schmidlin | November 20, 2009 04:08 pm
Great article. I am hopeful that by the time IFRS becomes mandatory, they will have ironed out the wrinkles so that it can be beneficial for all required companies. Obviously there is considerable scale difference between the Davey Tree Expert Company and Tyco. The ultimate goal is accurate financial reporting, with transparency into the financial reporting process.
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What's in a Name?
Are you merely a family practitioner?
Fam Pract Manag. 2002 Nov-Dec;9(10):18-21.
“What's in a name?” asks the Bard. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Or at least that's what my CliffsNotes say he said. Nevertheless, in our specialty a name may mean more than we realize. Jennifer Bush's excellent article “Is It Time to Re-examine Family Practice?” in the September 2001 issue of this journal (page 43) set my mind thinking. So much so that I ruminated on it over soggy corn flakes for about six months before finally putting my thoughts on paper. During these mental walkabouts, I found myself puzzling over the term family practice. You see, I graduated from a residency in “family medicine,” yet my board certification is in “family practice.” It's a dichotomy many of us live with, seemingly without issue.
Although I haven't researched the history of the terms thoroughly, I suspect that family practice and the related family practitioner are holdovers from before the founding of our specialty. The venerated general practitioner of old was the closest thing to what this new specialty was attempting to achieve, so the “practitioner” moniker was adopted, and family practice was born, signifying to the lay public a new generation of generalist physicians complete with three-year board certification and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
But wait a minute. Our friends in internal medicine don't talk about being in “internal practice” call themselves “internal tioners.” Moreover, across country, departments of family practice are changing their names to become departments of family medicine. What's going on, and why should that make any difference?
Practitioners and physicians
The word practitioner is commonly glued into terms such as yoga practitioner, voodoo practitioner, Zen practitioner – an assortment of “sub-specialists” who are probably at this very moment lobbying your state government for prescription privileges. The term family practitioner makes me picture myself entering an exam room and attempting to treat a patient by dancing around with one leg behind my head while waving a zebra tail. (It's not the therapy I object to; I understand there are some good clinical trials. I just have trouble finding an acceptable CPT code.)
If the public and third-party payers feel that we are merely practitioners of our art, we are not seen as initiators, researchers and scholars, but rather as riding on the coattails of our medical colleagues, and sometimes even as being out of touch with “real” medicine. Meanwhile the quiet re-engineering of “midlevel providers” has chipped away at our years of training to leave us dangling five letters away from being family nurse practitioners. The root of the problem may be in the use of the term “family practitioner” by the lay public, and even our own colleagues. In fact, many of our members don't realize that AAFP stands for American Academy of Family Physicians (that's right folks, it's not “Practitioners”).
To our patients this heavy discussion of semantics will certainly go unnoticed. Many of my older patients have never even caught on to the term family practice and still refer to me as a GP. I don't have a problem with that. If they ask, I'll patiently explain that I spent three years in training to become board certified as a family physician, after which they go on their merry way saying: “He still looks like he's in grade school, but he's sure a nice GP.” Insurance companies, on the other hand, take a different tack. Our local insurance monopoly pays me 15 percent less than my internist colleagues for the same CPT code, as if practitioner meant Deep Discount, Garage Sale and Blue Light Special.
So in family medicine, “To OB or not to OB” may not be the question. Rather, it is “Who are we?” One need look no further than the various organizations devoted to our specialty to see the disparity in titles. The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. The American Board of Family Practice. The American Academy of Family Physicians. Are those three different specialties? I am certain this adds to the confusion of medical students interested in what we do, and we all know the lay public is confused enough. Just yesterday a new patient came in with a stye on her left upper eyelid: “I wasn't sure if I should see a dermatologist or an ophthalmologist,” she said, “so I thought maybe you could help me decide.” I congratulated her on having already made the correct choice.
The term family practice refers in fact to putting our knowledge into action: Even more properly, the term refers more to the office you work at, a family practice, rather than the field you trained in, which is family medicine.
Enough practice! Get it right
The simple question I wish to raise is this: Can we divorce ourselves from the evil term family practitioner without also having to give up the term family practice? I submit that insurance companies and the lay public do not distinguish between the terms; and unfortunately neither do a lot of family physicians. Some may feel I am throwing out the baby with the bathwater, but I think that the only way to completely avoid the negative connotations of the term practitioner is to universally adopt the term family medicine as the proper title of our specialty. Why? I went to medical school to become a physician. I wanted to practice medicine. Family medicine. Those are the terms I prefer and by which I define my career. “My doctor practices family medicine.” This represents the combination of two words much revered in our society, including the oldest and most revered description of our art and calling.
Will universally adopting the term family medicine as the title of our specialty cause the insurance companies to bow at our feet and “closed” hospitals to throw open their delivery suites with trumpets blaring and red carpet? Of course not. On the other hand, standardization of the terms family physician and family medicine could have a lot of impact over the next few decades on public perception by clarifying the nature of our specialty to laypersons, third-party payers, our fellow physicians and, of course, the next crop of medical students.
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Energy Markets Are Manipulated
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says that JP Morgan has massively manipulated energy markets in California and the Midwest, obtaining tens of millions of dollars in overpayments from grid operators between September 2010 and June 2011.
Commodities Are Manipulated
The big banks and government agencies have been conspiring to manipulate commodities prices for decades.
The big banks are taking over important aspects of the physical economy, including uranium mining, petroleum products, aluminum, ownership and operation of airports, toll roads, ports, and electricity.
And they are using these physical assets to massively manipulate commodities prices … scalping consumers of many billions of dollars each year.
Interest Rates Are Manipulated
Interest rates are rigged:
- The big banks have conspired for years to rig interest rates … upon which $800 trillion in assets are pegged
- Local governments got ripped off bigtime by the Libor manipulation
- Libor is still being manipulated
Derivatives Are Manipulated
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Currency markets are massively rigged.
Gold and Silver Are Manipulated
The Guardian and Telegraph report that gold and silver prices are “fixed” in the same way as interest rates and derivatives – in daily conference calls by the powers-that-be.
Oil Prices Are Manipulated
Oil prices are manipulated as well.
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Manipulating Numerous Markets In Myriad Ways
The big banks and other giants manipulate numerous markets in myriad ways, for example:
- Shaving money off of virtually every pension transaction they handled over the course of decades, stealing collectively billions of dollars from pensions worldwide. Details here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here
- Charging “storage fees” to store gold bullion … without even buying or storing any gold . And raiding allocated gold accounts
- Committing massive and pervasive fraud both when they initiated mortgage loans and when they foreclosed on them (and see this)
- Pledging the same mortgage multiple times to different buyers. See this, this, this, this and this. This would be like selling your car, and collecting money from 10 different buyers for the same car
- Cheating homeowners by gaming laws meant to protect people from unfair foreclosure
- Pushing investments which they knew were terrible, and then betting against the same investments to make money for themselves. See this, this, this, this and this
- Engaging in unlawful “frontrunning” to manipulate markets. See this, this, this, this, this and this
- Charging veterans unlawful mortgage fees
The Big Picture
The big picture is simple:
- The big banks manipulate every market they touch
- Too much interconnectedness leads to financial instability
- The government has given the banks huge subsidies … which they are using for speculation and other things which don’t help the economy. In other words, propping up the big banks by throwing money at them doesn’t help the economy
- Top economists, financial experts and bankers say that the big banks are too large … and their very size is threatening the economy. They say we need to break up the big banks to stabilize the economy
- The big banks own the D.C. politicians … so Congress and the White House won’t do anything unless the people force change | <urn:uuid:27045c26-8143-4181-9d6b-5317e2e47103> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/big-banks-manipulated-energy-markets-in-california-and-the-midwest-ripping-off-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-in-9-months.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00165-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936419 | 700 | 1.6875 | 2 |
The ruins of Bulwell Hall’s stable block could be set for a multi-million pound restoration, it has been revealed.
Most of the hall - which in its day rivalled Wollaton Hall for scale and grandeur - was demolished in 1958, and the remaining building has fallen into a very poor state over the years, with the roof having collapsed. It has also been the target of arson attacks.
Now, Nottingham City Council, which owns the building, has an ambitious renovation plan.
The council has received expressions of interest from several parties, but one idea involves using apprentices to do the work as part of their training, and convert it into a learning centre where future apprentices could then be taught.
Eddie Curry is the council’s head of parks, open spaces and investment funding, and said: “It’s been redundant and pretty-much derelict for a number of years, but we have been looking for expressions of interest.
“We do have interested parties doing feasibility plans, and the building would be restored so some sort of business structure would be in use.”
Mr Curry said funding for the project – which the council estimates will cost around £3m - would likely come from a mix of private investment and lottery funding.
He continued: “It’s a big challenge to get the building restored, and obviously it is dependent on us getting funding from the heritage lottery, but we hope it could be somewhere that apprentices could get training.
“It would really bring some life back to that area of the park.”
If the building was used as an apprenticeship training centre, it would be the latest in a long line of uses over the years.
Built in 1770 with large grounds, Bulwell Hall was variously employed as a sanatorium, a boys’ school and a prisoner of war camp for Italian soldiers.
It was demolished in 1958 and only the stable block now remains. The council has been working on plans for the site for a few years, and also hopes to undertake work on the grounds around the historic building.
This would include resurfacing the car park, dredging nearby lakes, and woodland management.
Mr Curry said: “It’s been a difficult journey but we’ve tried to bring new partners to it.
“The isolation of building is quite a challenge and it’s often a place that is easy to be misused.
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This month we’re celebrating the first day of summer! Yes, it’s been warm, but are you really prepared for summer? What about your house? Though winters down here can be mild, the summers are tough on our homes and property. To ready ourselves for a long, hot season, we’re sharing some great ways to prepare your home for a Southern California summer. The best part, these tips are easy to do and won’t take too much time.
Landscape Around Your Condenser
When it comes to your outdoor condenser, don’t neglect landscaping. Plant growth will make an impact on your system and system’s functionality if not properly taken care of. If plants and other foliage grow too close to the condenser, it could impede airflow, making the machine work twice as hard. Plant debris can also get in the condenser and hurt the fan, coil, and other moving parts. This also goes for low hanging branches. Ideally, a condenser should have 2 to 3 feet of space on either side. The condenser should also be shaded; direct sunlight can also impair its functionality.
Clear Your Gutters
No matter what, clearing your gutters and downspouts should be high on your to-do list. We all know that Southern California does not get the same amount of rain it used to, despite this, clearing your gutters and downspouts before summer hits is paramount for home health and safety. Cleaning debris will help keep critters and pests out of your attic. Also, debris left to cook in the summer sun can turn your gutters into a fire hazard.
Change the HVAC Filter
If you haven’t changed your HVAC filter, what are you waiting for? Any treated air that circulates your home first passes through the air filter. The air filter is the first line of defense in ensuring your family is breathing healthy air. After months of hard work keeping you and your family warm, chances are that your air filter is full of dust and debris and needs to be changed. If you want to add an extra layer of protection, look for a filter with a high MERV (Maximum Efficiency Report Value) rating. The higher the MERV rating, the better the filter will be at catching airborne contaminates. If you don’t know how, or feel uncomfortable changing the filter yourself, ask your HVAC technician to take care of it during a tune-up.
Make Any Necessary Fixes to Your Home’s Exterior
While you’re working on your yard, take a quick look at your home’s exterior and see if anything needs a quick repair. During winter, small holes or cracks can form, all you need is a little caulk to seal these up. Siding can also come loose. Now is a great time to perform a quick visual inspection and see if any work needs to be done.
Schedule an Appointment with Service Champions
If you want some help preparing your HVAC system and home for a Southern California summer, call the experts at Service Champions. We are the only Diamond Certified HVAC company serving parts of Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties. Our technicians are trained, reliable, and above all, nice. If you’re ready to schedule an appointment, click here to request one online, or reach out to our friendly call center representatives. They’re ready for your call. | <urn:uuid:a14b7ca4-d846-43d5-a560-3ac9982c9433> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://heatingandairconditioning.pro/how-to-prepare-your-home-for-a-southern-california-summer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.923794 | 716 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Congrats on adopting a dog! I am so happy to hear of someone adopting! There are so many pitties in shelters that are homeless.
It sounds like what you have on your hands is an overexuberent dog. He is only 1 year old, and still acts like a puppy. That is normal for a lot of dogs. It isn’t a food issue at all. He is just a dog with excess energy that he needs to get rid off. It also sounds like he was never taught any manners. That is pretty typical also.
He may know basic behaviors, but you need to teach him so much more. You may want to look into the “Nothing in Life is Free” method. Basically, your dog has to “work” for everything. He needs to sit and do other behaviors prior to eating his food. He just can’t rush the food dish. He has to “ask” for permission for a treat by doing a trick or obedience move. Dogs that are given tasks to do and rules and boundaries are going to be much more well-behaved then dogs who are just given everything they want. Kind of like children.
He needs a lot of exercise than just a stroll around the block a day. APBTs are mid to high energy level dogs. He needs a few brisk walks/runs a day, playing ball or frisbee, or even running on a treadmill. As the old saying goes, a tired dog is a good dog. A dog that is physically and mentally worn out is going to be less of a problem. Being at a rescue, he probably didn’t get the exercise that he needed and he is taking it out in your house. You need to work him out! Hide treats or his kibble through out the house and ask him to “find it”. Get a treat ball for him to eat out of. The possibilities are endless on what you can do.
If your dog is truly hungry, it might be easier to discourage what he is doing if he had more to eat. Feed your dog several small meals a day, or two larger meals (breakfast and dinner). DO NOT ALLOW FREE FEEDING! Also, if he is being fed a poor quality food, he isn’t getting the nutrition that he needs and is looking for it in other places, hence the trash and the counter. Speak with your veterinarian about a high-fiber, low-calorie diet that will help your dog feel full. You can also add green beans, canned pumpkin (not the spiced kind), and some cooked meat to help supplement his diet. Again, if he isn’t being fed a high quality diet, he will suffer medically too.
Sticking him in his kennel for punishment is NOT a good idea. The crate is to be a positive place for him to go. A sancutary. By using it as a punishment tool, you will create another bad situation on your hands. Leave the crate for when you leave, feeding treats, etc. Do not use it as a punishment.
To keep him from stealing the other dog’s food, please feed them in separate areas, or at different times. Do not allow free-feeding. By allowing him access to the other dog’s food, that could cause the other dog to resource guard againist his food and then you will have yet another serious issue on your hands—dog fights.
You want to make sure that you pick up ALL food products from anywhere that the dog can reach. This could be a big adjustment for you if you are used to having food out on tables, the counters, etc. The only way you can keep a dog from doing something you don’t want him to do is to not give him the opportunity to do it. Once he realizes that there is never anything within his reach, he will eventaully give up. He may check every now and then, but it won’t be like it used to be. You just have to REALLY be diligent at keeping EVERYTHING picked up. Use trash cans with lids that dogs can’t open, or keep the can in a closed cupboard. Place wastebaskets up high so that your dog can’t reach them. If your dog has learned to open cupboard doors, install child-proof latches. Close doors or use baby gates to keep your dog out of certain areas. Eventually, you will be able to relax later on once he gets a routine and is used to the way you do things.
The first step in teaching your dog that it’s unacceptable for him to get onto the counter and into the trash is to always react immediately when you see him jump on counters, nose around cupboard doors or nudge at the trash can. Clap your hands loudly and say “Off!” in a firm tone of voice, or a sound such as “EH EH”. Then take your dog by the collar and remove him from the area. Do not do this if you suspect your dog might bite you when you grab him by the collar! Some dogs are not used to being grabbed by the collar and will let you know when you try. Once he is off the counter, praise him and walk away.
Some dogs learn that it’s only safe to surf the counters and get into the trash if people aren’t around. If this is what your dog does, you can dissuade him from getting into off-limit areas by using “environmental punishers.” Environmental punishers work by punishing your dog directly, without you present. For instance, if your dog jumps from the floor onto the kitchen counter, you can balance some lightweight cookie sheets on the edge of the counter. When he jumps up, he’ll land on the sheets. They’ll move and possibly topple over while your startled dog leaps back onto the floor. He shouldn’t be harmed by this experience, but it’s unlikely he’ll risk jumping onto the counter again.
Give all this a try for awhile and see what you come up with. Keep in mind that he is still new in your household, and he is learning things. For some dogs, this is their way of testing you and seeing what he can get away with. It is best to start reigning him in now before it gets worse. | <urn:uuid:6ba82681-393f-46d7-b77e-2be42220080d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pitbulls.org/reply/congrats-on-adopting-a-dog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.976535 | 1,337 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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The Valdres Samband is an organization of emigrant descendants from the Valdres Valley of Norway and those interested in its history and culture. Valdres is approximately 100 miles northwest of Oslo. It is the oldest 'bygdelag' in America having been organized in 1899. This web site serves to provide resources for those who are interested in their Valdres heritage.
Fra Formannen - From the President
Meet Our Genealogist - Be Gunelson
In 1904 Andrew Veblen (founding father), wrote:
"One of the chief aims is to gather, preserve and impart knowledge of Valdris and people of Valdris origin; to serve as a bond between them and to keep alive their common traditions, to foster knowledge of their ancestry and cherish a filial interest in the beautiful ancestral home of the race. By the operation of natural causes the language of our fathers will be forgotten among our descendants a very few generations hence. But the sentiment and interest that called the Samband into being need not die with the language. They should endure as long as there is Valdris blood to transmit; and to keep them alive and perpetuate them is a special function of the Valdris Samband."
Articles eight and nine of the Grunnlov (constitution) specified that the Samband should gather and publish material about Valdres, the people and their work. Today's Internet serves as a vehicle to further the collection, preservation, and dissemination of information as dictated by the Articles. The Internet has also proved to be a valuable resource for people searching for their roots. The 'bygdelag' is alive and well - and growing!
The future of the Valdres Samband depends on your contribution to the lag. In the 1929 Yearbook of Bydelagenes Fellesraad, Veblen wrote:
"...we must nurse knowledge and relationships among Valdrises of the younger generation... I will not go into detail on how this will be done. This must be worked out by those who assume the work; but there must be publishing, and most in English. It will require much work, but it will bring those who do it many pleasant contacts."
The following is a list of recent additions to our web. Whenever we update our web, we'll put a notice here. Every month we'll remove the oldest items. The most recent changes are listed first, and each item is linked to the page with the updated content.
July 30, 2003
History of our Web Site:
April 10, 1999 - We now have our own URL! We have officially obtained our own unique URL. You can reach us by typing www.valdressamband.org in your browser address line.
June 6, 1997 - Valdres Samband Homepage Goes On-line!
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When it comes to eating healthy, most of us only consider what food items to consume. However, most of us usually ignore that eating healthy starts with forming healthy eating habits.
Forming these healthy eating habits will make it easy for you to eat healthily and go back to enjoying your favorite meals rather than getting anxious after every meal. Eating healthy is not about strict diets, rigid nutrition, or depriving yourself of eating the foods you love.
Whether you’re trying to lose weight or following a certain diet, forming these habits will help you achieve your target and be confident about your eating habits.
- 1 Have Realistic Expectations
- 2 Eat-In Moderation And Control Portions
- 3 Be Mindful About What You’re Eating In A Day
- 4 Keep Unhealthy Foods Out Of The House
- 5 Don’t Follow An “All Or Nothing Approach”
- 6 Carry Healthy Snacks With You
- 7 Keep Track Of Your Progress
- 8 Don’t Weigh Yourself Frequently
- 9 Focus On The Positives
- 10 Do Not Skip Your Breakfast
Have Realistic Expectations
Eating a healthy diet has many benefits, including weight loss. However, you must set realistic expectations for yourself. For instance, if you pressure yourself too much to lose weight instantly, your plan to achieve better health may backfire. Instead, setting a more achievable goal can help you not get discouraged and lead you to better results.
Eat-In Moderation And Control Portions
As you may have heard, excess of anything is bad. Therefore, moderation is the key here. You can eat food items you like but in healthy quantities. Also, make sure you check how many calories you are consuming in a day. People who have successfully lost weight control their calorie intake per day. For starters, read the labels to know how many calories you’re consuming. Also, it’s helpful to measure servings and eat off smaller plates.
Be Mindful About What You’re Eating In A Day
Pay attention to what you eat and notice your behavior around food. Eat only when you’re hungry but don’t wait until you feel starving. Because when you’re hungry, you end up eating more unhealthy food to satisfy your cravings. Even after this, you’re tempted to eat something; make sure you make it count. For instance, try to remember when was the last time you gave in to your cravings and whether you enjoyed the food. Eating without any consideration can lead to excessive calorie intake.
Keep Unhealthy Foods Out Of The House
It’s hard to stay on a healthy diet when unhealthy food choices surround you. Staying out of sight, out of mind really works here. If your family member wants something you shouldn’t have, keep those things in the drawer and not on countertops. Having food kept visible in various house areas can increase the consumption of food and obesity.
Don’t Follow An “All Or Nothing Approach”
Following this approach could be a major roadblock in your fitness journey. For instance, some people will go to a party and have a few unhealthy appetizers, then decide that their diet is ruined for the day and proceed to overindulge in unhealthy foods. Instead of considering the day ruined, choose healthy and unprocessed foods that contain protein for the rest of the party.
Carry Healthy Snacks With You
Following a healthy diet can be tough when you’re away from home for extended periods. When you’re hungry and don’t have any healthy options available, you may end up consuming whatever you can find easily. To prevent this, make sure you always carry healthy snacks to satisfy your mid-day hunger. Some healthy munching options are peanuts, almonds, any nuts of your choice, and jerky.
Keep Track Of Your Progress
Recording the food you’re eating in a journal, online food tracker, or app can help you follow a strict diet and get results eventually. You can also measure your exercise progress to keep you motivated to get going.
Don’t Weigh Yourself Frequently
If losing weight is why you’re opting for a healthy diet, wait before stepping on the scale. Weighing yourself daily or paying too much attention to the numbers can also have adverse effects. In addition, this might demotivate you as you may think you’re not losing any weight and it’s useless to maintain the diet.
Focus On The Positives
While building healthy food habits, find new things to add to your diet. For example, add new fruits to your diet beyond the usual bananas and apples or pick any new vegetable from the market. You can stay on track when you have different options to try other than usual boring stuff.
Do Not Skip Your Breakfast
According to a few studies, people who eat breakfast weigh less than people who skip breakfast. This is because breakfast gives all the critical nutrition that your body needs every day to get going. On the other hand, eating breakfast also revs up your metabolism, which can help you further with your weight loss journey. Moreover, people who skip breakfast are more likely to munch on snacks throughout the day and consume extra calories than they should have.
Also, ensure that your breakfast is a combination of complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fats like essential fatty acids found in the omega-3s and omega-6s.
The Bottom Line
Don’t be discouraged at first because it takes longer than you expect to adapt to the new and healthier way of living. Instead, do your best to stay focused and motivated toward your diet plan and fitness regime. Also, there’s no universal way that suits everyone. Therefore, it’s crucial to find a way of exercising and eating that works for you. The best lifestyle is the one you can stick to in the long run. | <urn:uuid:73265f3a-728f-44e7-8367-dce4a8297b34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://topshapenow.com/10-tips-to-make-healthy-eating-a-habit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.934175 | 1,242 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Michele Sayre offers an insight into the process of writing a short story and the components that vary from writing a longer piece. Please visit Michele on her blog for more great articles and stories. https://michelesayre.com/
The Written Road – Behind the Story: Maybe It Was Memphis
Yesterday I cross-posted a short story I wrote for the Facebook group I am a group administrator for, Writers Unite!. First, I want to thank everyone who read it and shared their kind words about the story. I’m really glad you enjoyed it. Now I want to take you into the writing of the story to try and illustrate a creative process for me that’s something I don’t really think about in words too often.
The story ‘Maybe It Was Memphis’ came from a prompt. A story prompt can be anything, such as a picture, a topic, or anything chosen. In this case, the prompt was a picture of a front porch swing.
Now with prompts there’s usually other requirements to work within, mainly the length of the story. This is to help writers focus their storytelling skills in order to tell a story that doesn’t wander all over the place or doesn’t go nowhere at all. For me, this front porch swing got me thinking about a song I’d heard years ago, “Maybe It Was Memphis” by Pam Tillis. The song mentions a front porch swing and is about a young woman meeting a young man sitting on the front porch swing of her mother’s house as the song goes. This first meeting gave me the starting point of the song.
Most of the time, coming up with the beginning of a story isn’t hard for me. Occasionally I have a hard time finding where to start the story but in this case, the opening scene you read came to me pretty quickly and I ran with it. And as you can see, I don’t write out a plot or an outline with my fiction. My writer’s brain does not work from outlines and such because that part of my brain thinks that if I outline a story then I’ve written it and that’s it. So I start from ideas and bits and pieces of scenes and lines of dialogue then go from there.
With a short story, one big thing that kept me from writing them for many years was the issue of plot. Then I realized in a short story the plot line has to be linear. By linear, I mean the plot has to function as a straight line with no off-shoots, or sub-plots as they’re also known. With this story, my plot line became how do I get these two characters together in the end when one of them is going off to war? Five years pass by in a thousand words or so and I’ve never written anything like that before.
The original mid-section actually got deleted and completely rewritten because in my first draft I had Carolyn’s brother killed in combat and John coming home and he and Carolyn bonding over that. But then I thought that’s been done before and it’s much more complicated to do therefore I deleted it and started over. Then two things brought me to the ending of the story: John realizing he saw no future for himself after the war was over, and Bryce (Carolyn’s brother) talking about a woman who referred to herself and him as ‘The River and the Highway’. Because in a way, John and Carolyn were a river and a highway in that they had their own lives halfway around the world from each other but they felt a connection with each other and Carolyn had promised to wait for John no matter what. So with that, I had the ending in place: that connection even in an uncertain future.
Another thought that came to me with the ending of this story was how soldiers have a tremendous amount of difficulty adjusting to life at home after being away at war for so long. In my story, when it came to the end of war, John just didn’t see a future other than hopefully with Carolyn. Now Carolyn understood that John would need time to adjust and figure out his path in life. Carolyn’s way of thinking is to just take things one day at a time and figure out as you go along, which is how I feel about life in general. That patience and understanding are what bring John and Carolyn together in the end.
To add here: since I didn’t kill off Carolyn’s brother Bryce I will be writing his story for this month’s prompt with my group Writer’s Unite!. It will be how he learns to understand what his lady Christie means when she describes their relationship as the river and the highway. So far all I can tell you is their story is a road-trip with an overnight stay. It’s about two people together with nothing else to do but talk things out. That’s the basic idea anyway. Now all I’ve got to do is just write it and figure out what they’re going to say and how they’re going to say it, and work things out.
Check out Michele’s story and other stories written for the May 2022 prompt in the Writers Unite! archives.
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In this era of uncertain futures, you can count on Anthony Porter to bring hope, optimism, and inspiration to audiences across the planet.”
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The spiral staircase prompt from March led to an exciting collection for the month. Thanks to all who wrote and all who read the March stories.
Thanks to the writers who submitted a story and to the readers who enjoyed them. We appreciate your participation in Write The Story!
Now on to the April prompt!
A reminder: WU! created this project with two goals: providing a writing exercise and promoting our author sites to increase reader traffic. We ask that you please include a link to the Writers Unite! blog when you post your story elsewhere. By doing so, you are also helping promote your fellow members and Writers Unite! We encourage all of you to share each other’s stories to help all of us grow. Thanks!
Write the Story! April 2022 Prompt
Here’s the plan:
You write a story of 3000 words or less (minimum 500 words) or poem (minimum 50 words) based on and referring to the image provided and post it on the author site you wish to promote. Don’t forget to give your story a title. (Note: You do not have to have a website/blog/FB author page to participate, your FB profile or WordPress link is fine.)
Please edit these stories. We will do minor editing, but WU! reserves the right to reject publishing the story if poorly written.
The story must have a title and author name and must include the link to the site you wish to promote.
Please submit your story by the 25th day of the month.
WU! will post your story on our blog and share it across our platforms— FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The story will also be available in the archives on the WU! blog, along with the other WTS entries.
We ask that you share the link to the WU! blog so that your followers can also read your fellow writers’ works.
The idea is to generate increased traffic for all. It may take some time, but it will happen if you participate. The other perk of this exercise is that you will also have a blog publishing credit for your work.
Welcome to Write the Story! Each month Writers Unite! will offer a writing prompt for writers to create a story from and share with everyone. WU! wants to help our members and followers to generate more traffic to their platforms. Please check out the authors’ blogs, websites, Facebook pages and show them support. We would love to hear your thoughts about the stories and appreciate your support!
Tower of Possibilities
Diane’s breath came in fast, raspy gasps, and she stopped for a few minutes to rest and look around. The spiral staircase went up a long way, and her footsteps echoed in the tall, empty chamber. She shook her head and tears stung her eyes. Grief threatened to overwhelm her again.
She had just lost Robbie yesterday. He had been shot and killed in front of her, and it was her fault. How could she not have seen that coming? She should have prevented it. Damn!
They had been crouched behind the sofa during the agency’s operation, hidden for the moment. The bad guy had entered the room from the left side. She knew the snipers would get him. Finally. This was the moment they had all prepared for. She held her breath.
And then Robbie started getting up. She grabbed for him, but he got up too quickly. The sniper fired. The bullet hit Robbie.
She gasped again at the memory, a deep aching wave of grief flooding her as she choked on a sob. No!
Diane resumed running up the stairs. It was a great place for both exercise and working off emotions, but it was not helping today. Would anything help? She doubted it. Not only had she been there to protect Robbie, but she had fallen in love with him, and he had recently moved in with her. He was the world to her. And now he … he …
She picked up the pace and continued up the stairs. As she ran, she noticed doors every now and then along the stairwell. Where did they lead? From what she knew, there were no rooms off this tower.
Glancing as she continued up, she noticed numbers on the doors: 1952 … 1964 … 1975 … The numbers struck her as years, but that made no sense. What was happening?
Stopping at the next closest door, she looked at the number — 1989. After hesitating for a few moments, she slowly opened the door. She found herself in a round chamber with twelve doors arranged around the circular wall. Each door had the name of a month on it. Confused, she stared at them as a shiver ran up her spine. She slowly backed out, entering the stairwell again. What was that room for?
Shaking her head, she continued up the stairs, and the doors kept appearing. 1996 … 2004 … 2012 …
Finally reaching the top, panting and out of breath, she saw one last door. The current year. Why?
She opened it and entered the round chamber. Peering around the room, she saw twelve doors, each with the name of a month on it, just like the previous chamber.
Feeling drawn to the current month, she slowly opened the door, hearing it creak as it opened into another round chamber. This room contained numbered doors — the days of the month. She rushed to yesterday’s door. Maybe she could change what had happened. Is that what the doors were for? Was she being given that chance to change what had occurred? Was that even possible?
Opening the door with yesterday’s date led to another round chamber containing rooms with the hours on their doors. Her heart pounding in her chest, she raced to the door with the hour before Robbie was shot.
Slowly opening the door, she peered inside. The room where it had all taken place opened before her. The sofa. Robbie. And there she was as well, crouched behind the sofa next to Robbie, her back toward her. Sweat broke out over her scalp.
Without thinking, she felt herself pulled into the room. She now felt whisper-light and floated toward her crouched body. She felt herself gliding through her back, drifting into her body.
She put her hand on Robbie’s back, feeling the warmth of his body. She focused, alert and vigilant. Footsteps sounded in the room. The smell of an old cigar. She immediately knew the bad guy had entered from the side. It was going to happen. She knew the sniper was ready. It was about to go down.
Robbie shuffled and started to rise. No! She grabbed him and pulled him back. He fell against her with a thud.
The bad guy’s voice rang out. “What —”
A shot pierced the air. A gasp and then something thumped to the floor. She peeked around the sofa — the bad guy lay on the floor, eyes open in shock, a red stain widening on his shirt in the middle of his chest. He had been hit by the sniper’s bullet.
And Robbie was safe. Baffled, but safe. Relief flooded her system. She did it!
She felt herself drifting out from the back of her body. Looking back, she saw her body still holding Robbie. The bad guy was there sprawled on the floor …
And then she was back in the stairwell. Did that actually happen? Had she saved him? Was this just a wild fantasy? Was she hallucinating?
Her mind ran through her recent memories … This morning he had made scrambled eggs for her. But no, that couldn’t have happened — she remembered making cold cereal by herself, and she was all alone … what was going on? Nothing made sense.
Excited and hopeful, she turned and ran back down the stairs, trying not to go too fast. Nervous and jittery, she rushed and suddenly missed one step. Skidding, she fell hard on the next step. She stood, brushed herself off, and then continued down the stairs a bit slower, careful not to trip again.
New feelings flooded her. Fullness … love … mixed with a tinge of grief. She no longer knew what was real or what to believe.
Tears streamed down her cheeks. This was impossible. It could not have happened. She was delusional. It all had to have been a figment of her overactive imagination.
As she rounded a curve in the staircase, a wispy white cloud floated in the stairwell. Thoughts immediately filled her mind. We have allowed you to make this one change, as it was needed to save thousands of lives in the near future.
The cloud dissipated. What was that? Another idle fantasy? None of this was possible.
Her muscles straining, feeling sore and fatigued, she continued down the stairs and finally reached the bottom of the tower. Sweat beaded on her skin and she gasped for breath. Exiting the tower, she blinked in the bright sunlight. How could any of this have possibly happened? She must be simply having a wild fantasy. There was no way any of that could be true. It was all a wishful illusion, nothing more.
Shaking her head at her absurd fantasies, she rushed home. She had to get a better grip on what was real. She needed to face reality and what actually happened. She had lost Robbie yesterday. That was a fact. She refused to be lost in a delusion.
She slowed as she approached her house and hesitated at the front door. Her hand shaking, she opened the door slowly, as fear, desperation, and hope warred inside her.
Entering the house, she froze and then looked around. Her heart pounded and her throat constricted. It was quiet. He must not be …
“Diane?” Robbie’s voice called out.
“Robbie?” Her voice was barely a whisper.
“Hi, honey, how was your run?” He came out of the kitchen and his arms opened to embrace her.
Gasping and sobbing, she fell into his arms, feeling his warm body against hers. She buried her head in his neck, inhaling his familiar scent. He was here!
“I love you,” she murmured into his chest.
Robbie laughed. “Hey, I love you too. And that must have been some run today.”
“You have no idea,” she whispered, tightly hugging him.
I started toying with the idea of doing a how-to writing book around the same time as “Breaking Radio Silence” and “Stand or Fall” with some personal experiences mixed in. But then I had a thought one day:
My relationship with writing is complicated.
And as I asked myself why that was, I fell down another rabbit hole like with the other two books and had to take a whirl around the demented Wonderland of my past to answer that question. One answer that jumped out at me and knocked me back hard was this:
Did my father try to use writing to deal with his untreated mental illness?
All my life my father told me he had been diagnosed as manic-depressive, now referred to as bi-polar depression but had refused treatment. I can’t independently verify that diagnosis (as my father is dead and he had no proof to show me when he was alive). But after reading about bi-polar depression… let’s just say he would have checked pretty much all of the boxes for symptoms and behavior.
I was about eight years old when my dad blew an ulcer and in recuperation started writing. He wrote at first on yellow legal pads then hammered away on a typewriter in the bedroom next to mine late into the night. He was obsessive and a major pain the ass about his writing at times especially to my mother (who he raged at in incredibly-horrible ways). And when I began writing when I was about ten years old, I put myself in a precarious position of not wanting to be an asshole about my writing like he was but wanting to pursue it with the same passion like he had.
I’m sure people who knew my father, and even others who didn’t, won’t be comfortable with me referring to him in the ways that I will. But my father, and my mother (both of my parents are dead, by the way), would be the first ones to tell you they weren’t perfect. One thing I’ve read about bi-polar illness is the extreme mood swings people with that illness have and my father had those in full-blown stereo. But my writing journey is about me but he will be along for the ride just like my mother is along for the ride with my ‘Breaking Radio Silence’ project.
I was around twelve years old when I decided I wanted to be a full-time working writer. In junior-high I wanted to be a songwriter/lyricist but I couldn’t find an Elton John to my wannabe Bernie Taupin. Then I wanted to be a journalist, then a screenwriter, a filmmaker-director, then a novelist. When I graduated high school I just wanted to write and my dad went to bat for me with my mom (though my mom only agreed to let me live at home and write if I did chores and errands, which I did without a second’s hesitation). Then my dad had his first heart attack when I was nineteen and my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was twenty-one. But all throughout my twenties when I was living at home and taking care of them (and later working part-time then full-time), they supported my writing. They paid my writers’ group dues, conference fees, and made sure I had time to write. This wasn’t a popular decision of theirs with other people in my life at that time but my parents asked me not to say anything and I stayed silent to keep the peace. But the damage was done (and a lot of it you can also read about in my book ‘Breaking Radio Silence’).
In the years since my parents died, I didn’t fully pursue my writing and creative endeavors due to the extreme bullshit of my twenties that twisted me into a huge knot of fear. Luckily I’ve worked through that shit and un-knotted that fear and am now pursuing my writing with a passion and determination like never before.
Most of all, I have never taken writing for granted and it’s never felt like a grind to me. And I will never let anyone try to make it a grind for me, or shit all over me for writing. Despite all the bullshit I’ve been through and the time away from it, writing has always been there for me. And yes, it’s been a form of therapy for me, too. My father kept journals that he destroyed shortly before he died so I have a feeling that writing was his therapy, too. Mine is just more public than his, and I’m also not prone to huge mood swings and raging paranoia like him (just anxiety I’ve learned to gain a significant measure of control over).
So I would say ‘The Written Road’ is a memoir of my own writing journey, a conversation with my late father, and any writing how-to I can work in.
About the Author:Michele Sayre
Michele is a writer from Texas who has been writing since she was twelve years old. She writes fiction, non-fiction, poetry with the goal of self-publishing her own works someday. She’s also a single mom to a dog and a cat, and is saving up to buy a van to travel and write in someday.
Of all the issues today’s writer faces, marketing is the trickiest and probably for most, reviled. No one likes it and yet it is essential. That beautiful work of inspiring prose will not reach an adoring public or put a cent in your coffers resting there in your Documents folder, read by your mother and a few Facebook or Twitter friends.
I don’t know the Secret. I am constantly searching and trying new options. I have had some limited successes but to tell you the truth… The differences and similarities in what writers are using these days included in this article, caught me by surprise. There are great ideas in here. I will be trying several of them in the future. We should get together and talk about this more often!
One of my responses showed his frustration when he said, “I’ve spent lots of time and money on marketing my debut books—and then realized that no amount of advertising can save them because they are not marketable. So, the lesson I have learned is that first, you need to research the market and then write a book that fits the market and meets the readers’ expectations.
Also, splurge on the cover, as it is the first thing a reader will see. You can have the world’s best story, but if the cover sucks and if the story doesn’t hit the right tropes, the book won’t sell. Ever.” P.C. Darkcliff,Author of the Deathless Chronicles.
Next, storyteller and songwriter, Mike Turner has this to say. “I’m convinced that “marketing” is the true “dark art” of the writing world! I rely heavily on social media, primarily Facebook and Twitter – I try to take advantage of every opportunity, in posts and comments, to mention my book and how to obtain it. I’ve also begun approaching local independent bookstores about carrying my book on a consignment basis – be aware that many bookstores are resistant, if not hostile, to books published/marketed on Amazon, whom they see as their direct competitor (I don’t understand that mindset – if they don’t carry my book, they don’t get to make any money from its sale, and they need to deal with the reality of Amazon in the marketplace). I also actively pursue opportunities to do video/print interviews, guest blogs (like The Writers’ Journey Blog), podcasts, library reading/signing events, and the like, always looking to reach new audiences as potential readers, fans, and purchasers.”
I found Celestial Echo Press (Gemini Wordsmiths) to have an interesting and informative opinion on getting out there with your work. I had not thought of conferences in the context of marketing. (Not now, but maybe post Covid I will definitely consider this option)
“Each day thousands of books hit the market. If you are one of the lucky authors to complete and publish, now you’re ready to sell. Your novel has to stand out from the crowd. You have to market to achieve that stardom. And successful marketing comes in many forms.”
We at Celestial Echo Press employ several strategies. Aside from social media and tapping reviewers, one marketing tool we use is making appearances at conventions such as Philcon, the longest-running sci-fi convention in the country.
In fact, that is where we hawked our latest publication, TIME Blinked, a time-travel baseball novel written by George W. Young. We held a book launch and signing because attendees at the con were the target audience for this genre of novel…. Ann Stolinsky & Ruth Littner Celestial Echo Press
Steve Carr ofSweetycat Presswho supports the #WritingCommunity on a consistent basis says, “Marketing is the least fun I have as the publisher of Sweetycat Press. I primarily publish anthologies, so marketing works best when both I and the authors work in tandem to promote an anthology. I encourage the authors to announce to their networks (friends, family, local writing groups, Facebook groups, and other social media sites they belong to) that the anthology is available for purchase, almost always on Amazon.com. Since any extra money earned above that which pays for the publication costs, advertising, and website fees, is used 100% on publishing the next anthology, the more anthologies that everyone sells, the better. It’s a team effort.
The problem with marketing anthologies is that there is no way to know who has purchased an anthology unless an individual tells you they have purchased it. I’m very careful not to spend more money on advertising (on Facebook or other sites) than I think I can earn back through sales. It’s all about watching the bottom line. Financially, I underwrite everything I publish, so watching the bottom line is really important. But, even so, a lot of my marketing strategy is based on gut feeling and a sense of what sells and what doesn’t. Some more experienced publishers have it down to a science. I’m still in the learning how to use a Bunsen burner phase.
For anthologies, and probably all books, the first key essential in marketing is choosing the right cover. I’ve been extremely lucky with having great covers designed by Priti J, David Harms, and one upcoming anthology cover by Norbert Somosi. I get almost immediate feedback about covers once they are revealed. No cover is going to please and delight everyone, but if a cover gets a lot of negative reaction, then I know I need to make changes to it, but as I said, I’ve been lucky with who designs my covers, so that hasn’t been a big problem.
The other thing about marketing is that it’s a lot like getting a short story published (something I do know a lot about). Just like an editor who reads submissions for stories and is looking for well-written content, if the contents of an anthology are good, then readers will be pleased, and word-of-mouth will generate more sales. For some reason, there is a general reluctance by people who buy books on Amazon to write reviews. Other than asking everyone to do that, which usually doesn’t solve the problem, you have to publish a book or books that get people talking. Hands down, having one individual influence another individual to buy the book is the best marketing tool out there.”
The more I read my fellow writer’s thoughts on marketing, the more I realized everyone seems to be walking the same high wire without a proverbial net and at multiple heights. Here are some of their thoughts!
Marketing Strategies by P.A. O’Neil. “I’m not exactly what you call “tech savvy,” so the majority of my marketing has been by word-of-mouth or Facebook posts. I have used their advertisement feature, it is very low costing, but other than getting my name out there, I don’t know how they relate to sales of my book. I have tried going the News Release method but that has never panned out. The most promising thing I have ever done is create Facebook Page just for my book, Witness Testimony, and Other Tales. On the page, I thank people who have sent me a photo of them with the book, as well as share background information about how the stories were inspired. There are almost 300 members who, in turn, will share those posts on their page. That, along with the over 15,000 followers of my P.A. O’Neil, Storyteller, has created a worldwide marketing campaign.”
Deborah Ratliff. “With my first mystery novel scheduled for release this spring, I am constantly searching for helpful marketing tips, and one thing stood out to me. As part of a large writing group, I noticed authors tend to market heavily to other authors. While those who write do read, we often forget to look for reading groups, book groups, especially those dedicated to our genre. The ‘writing experts’ tell us to write to the audience we want, but do we market to that same audience? Our best readers may not be in the marketing areas that we choose, and it is vital to the success of any novel to find a way to reach them.”
Christy Miller. “I reach out to my target audience. Groups on Facebook are a fabulous wealth of help and advice. If I’m going to write an Arabian horse book set in the middle east. I reach out to breeders in that area and get them involved, including their animals as characters, and even they can be an inspiration for my stories. The people I contact are going to buy the books, tell their friends and create a fan base and niche market. It is much more special to people if they are included in the process.”
Dawn Debraal. “Marketing is a tough nut to crack. I don’t have the first idea of what to do, so I will be interested in what the other authors say. I have friends give books away in exchange for a critique. I’ve been bombarded with ads on Facebook, which makes me think this is not the ideal marketing tool. Don’t tick the people off that you want to sell a book to. I purchase other authors’ books and read them, critique them, and then when my book comes out demand, they do the same! Luckily, I only have one co-authored book which comfortably lives in obscurity because I don’t know how to lift it up.”
This Is A Marketing Plan? by Jack Mulcahy. “My marketing efforts consist of establishing a presence, mostly by using Facebook. I have a fairly large number of friends, and I also belong to nearly twenty writers’ groups. As for group participation, I mostly post links to markets and share articles from various other writers’ blogs. I’ve created two blogs, but only one is still active. I don’t have any readers, have no idea how to attract readers, and don’t know what to blog about. Several other writers, more successful than I, have told me just to keep writing and submitting, and not to worry about a blog.”
Ann Christine Tabaka – poet & author. “My marketing strategies are pretty much that I do not have any. Oh, I tried purchasing ad space on various Literary Websites, and in Literary Publications, but … I never noticed any sales following those ads. I spent money and got nothing in return. Mostly I use my Social Media Sites to advertise my books. I enjoy making fun memes/ads and posting them on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Goodreads, and Twitter. I cannot say how much success those ads have brought me, but I do sell a book or two most months. I am sure it is mostly my friends who are supporting me. I doubt that I ‘grab’ any new customers since I am not a well-known writer/poet.Where I live, there are no venues nearby where I could do readings, etc. Our small local libraries do not host readings or signings for local artists. I have had two book signings at our one small local bookstore. Again, only my friends who came purchased books (and very few of them did). I am uncomfortable reading my work, and mess up terribly when I try to.
I am always asking [on social media] for people that have my books to leave a review on Amazon, but it does not seem to do much good. I get very few reviews, and when I do, I still do not see any increase in sales. For me, it comes down to this … I am not well known, and do not have a lot of experience in hawking my books. I have come to look at my publishing as a hobby. I spend money and do not make money back. But if I played golf as a hobby, I would be paying greens fees and membership dues, replacing equipment, etc. So, in the end, it is what it is.”
Amrita Valan. “When my debut collection of poems Arrivederci was published in May 2021, I tried to promote the poems by raising overall awareness of them on social media. Any open mic that I participated in I read out poems from the collection. I also posted excerpts of a few poems I liked best on my wall, page, and groups. And when my book went online, I plugged it as much as I could in 20 odd groups and inboxed a few who were interested in further details. I keep channels of communication open and humbly request reviews from editors and publishers as this all goes into creating awareness. I realize I should also request reviews from friends who bought my book. And perhaps get them to share my book on their walls. I am daily learning how having good friends over social media groups helps, as they promote your book for you as well. This is something that I am eager to work towards. Other than that, accepting any opportunities to be interviewed so I can talk about my book or post the links also is another option to market my books.”
Jim Bates. “Unfortunately, I would give myself a D – when it comes to marketing. I read with interest what others are doing to promote their books, like a friend of mine, Paula Readman. She’s in touch with Amazon and frequently runs ‘specials’ on her eBooks. She does videos and puts them on Facebook. She stops in local bookstores (she lives in England) to offer them her books. She brings books to events she attends on the off chance she will talk to someone interested in purchasing a book. She promotes her books through her local paper and radio station. I envy her creativity.
My first book was published last year. The publisher Gill James promotes my book and all the other books she publishes through her newsletter and other postings. She’s very active in that regard and I truly appreciate her for doing that. For me, what I’ve done is pretty pathetic. I’ve listed my books on my blog. I’ve started to link to Facebook whenever a book of mine (five, now) gets a review. Just to get the word out. I’ll also continue to do something I started last year, which is to once a month promote one of my books on my Facebook page. Again, to get the word out.
In the future, I’d love to attend a book convention, but Covid stops me from feeling comfortable being in large public gatherings. I’d love to do a book reading/signing but have yet to find a venue here in the states to do that.
So, I will keep muddling along. One of these days, I plan to quit spending so much time writing and really delve into the market side of this endeavor. Until then, I’m afraid I’ll still be an incredibly poor participant in this essential part of our business.”
Justin Wiggins. “The way I go about marketing, whether it is promoting my books, my friend’s music, books, businesses, publishing companies, or podcasts, is through Facebook, Instagram, Goodreads, and by word-of-mouth when at work, out at coffee shops, bookshops, restaurants, pubs, writer retreats, or at a literary gathering with friends.
By doing this, I have found great joy in cultivating an artistic community globally, cultivating my craft as a writer, promoting what my friends do, expressing great gratitude and joy to my community, and to all the people who have taken the time to read something honest and hopeful I wrote for people of all worldviews.”
There you have it! I hope you got some good ideas and enjoyed the post. If nothing else it lets us all know that we are not alone in our pursuits. Thanks for reading.
The original article can be found on the Writers Journey Blog.
I came across an article that focused on the reasons not to listen to advice from Stephen King. I wondered, why not? Stephen King is a highly successful author and the author of a popular book on the writing process.
When reading articles such as this one, I always remind myself that there is advice and there is opinion. In our quest to improve, writers should always read both to obtain a broad base of information to utilize in our writing.
The author of this article isolates three of Stephen King’s “rules” and proceeds to show how the opposite of his rule can be appropriate. Of course, writing passive sentences or using an adverb or a “five-dollar word” as the author describes can be effective—in the proper context.
What this author fails to mention is that you should use these rule-breaking exceptions in moderation. A plethora (see what I did there?) of passive sentences will eventually bore your readers, too many adjectives, and you create “purple prose,” writing that is too ornate.
As for those “five-dollar words,” I prefer to call that an extensive vocabulary. In the author’s example, her use of complex, long words was entirely appropriate. When writing an educated character or one from the aristocracy, formal dialogue and those “five-dollar and change” words add realism and depth. The same terms used by a character who is uneducated or from a lower socioeconomic level would not feel authentic to your reader. A book laden with too many complex words becomes a textbook and will be difficult for most readers to follow.
This author ends by saying that writers should write anyway that they feel comfortable and break the rules if they are skilled enough.
It seems as though I have heard that advice/opinion before. That statement is what writing is for all of us. We develop our style based on what we have learned and how we arrange words on the page.
I have authored articles on the rules and my opinion of the writing process. However, I want to stress that writers should read everything they can about this art of writing. Take away those ideas, rules, and suggestions that suit your style of writing. This author inferred that if you follow Stephen King’s rules, you will write just like him. No, you won’t. The rules are not his style. How he uses words to convey emotion and create tension is his style.
I offer only one piece of advice here. As I said above, read everything you can about the writing process, read books, and glean from those sources what you need to become the writer you want to be. Always learn the rules first, then you can break them.
In the words of the infamous fashion icon Tim Gunn: Make it work!
I’ve decided to talk about two different subjects this time, although they are connected.
Here’s a strange situation.
I’ve written, revised, and edited an episodic novel and three anthologies of dark urban fantasy, science fiction, and horror, with more than one genre and sub-genres often blended into a single story. I have another five collections I’m still working on.
The thing is, publishers and agents, keep telling me that anthologies and story collections are on the way out; no one is interested in either publishing them or reading them, they say. In fact, I ended up writing a space opera novel in an attempt to break into the publishing market. I’m still trying to find an agent or a publisher for that, too.
And yet, I have had eight short stories accepted for seven different anthologies (plus one for a podcast) in the past nine months. Six of them have been accepted in the past four months.
As I see it, there are several advantages of anthologies:
They allow multiple writers to present their work to the public. Getting your name out there can be very difficult for people starting in their writing careers. Anthologies from publishers can be a great way of getting yourself noticed. Writing and publishing credits are extremely useful for showing agents and publishers that you are serious and that you can write.
Even if the anthology has a single author, each story can be an experiment in changing style, viewpoint, structure, etc., allowing the writer to entertain in various ways. From drabbles (100-word stories) to novellas, each story is complete, even though they can also be part of an overarching tale. Think of A Game of Thrones, the first volume of the all-embracing storyline of A Song of Ice and Fire.
They can be specific, where the subject matter of all the stories has a common thread: Cthulhu, Mermaids, Lesbian Ninja Cats, whatever. This “limitation” can be a source of great creativity, I’ve found.
For the writer, it means that you can narrate a story without having to expend huge amounts of thought, time, and effort on plot and character development. You can concentrate on a single event or series of connected events, telling a simpler story. The characters might never appear again, or they could make cameo appearances in other stories, or even be the Main Characters in most or all of the stories.
For the reader, a shorter read can be a great experience. When you’re commuting (remember doing that?), a quick 10-15-minute read is exactly what you want. You don’t have to remember where you are in a novel, and you needn’t go back to the previous paragraph or page to get back into the flow of the story. And you have the satisfaction of reaching the end of the story and experiencing its resolution.
So please don’t tell me that anthologies are on the decline.
The second theme is what I consider to be the limitations of genres.
Many agents and publishers insist that stories stick within the framework of a specific genre and even a specific sub-genre. And this is where I have a problem.
I write self-help, science fiction, space opera, fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, magical realism, horror, fairy tales, fairy stories, slipstream, interstitial, noir, detective fiction, action, thriller, humour, YA, and children’s stories. I sometimes blend more than one into a single story.
For instance, I have a story with a police detective (detective fiction) who is both a psychic and magician (paranormal/urban fantasy) and a cyborg (science fiction). In which genre should it be pigeonholed? Especially since the preceding story is a noir/magical realism blend and the following one an urban fantasy/action blend.
And all of them are part of an urban fantasy/horror/science fiction episodic novel (again, think A Song of Ice and Fire), which also has flashes of horror, humour, and straight fantasy.
How am I supposed to define the novel-length book? Urban fantasy? Science fiction? Speculative fiction? Something else?
A humorous children’s science fiction story? Done it. Lovecraftian humour? Written that, too. A twisted fairytale with a Carollian quirkiness? Yep! These are all from anthologies based in the same narrative universe as the novel.
And, as all of us know, life isn’t neatly sliced into categories. It’s messy and overlaps, blending and merging, splitting apart and diversifying. There are no blacks or whites, merely uncounted shades of colour and grey.
And then there are the crossovers and mixes; Twilight has vampires and shifters (werewolves), for example, which I’ve been told repeatedly are two genres to be kept distinct from one another. People love stories that blend and blur, no matter what the agents and publishers try to sell us.
And that is how I write.
To get around this, I focused on a single sub-genre and wrote the YA space opera science fiction novel I mentioned earlier. Even there, the genre-loving agents and publishers bite me in the backside. One said that my language was too adult for the proposed audience, while another told me that it was too young and infantile a few days later. Go figure.
And remember, these genre divisions are artificial, devised to allow agents and publishers to pigeonhole things so that they can determine whether they will make any money from them.
Sorry if I sound as if I’m ranting, but I’ve just received my 189th rejection since the beginning of this year, from a total of 287 submissions sent during the same period. That’s a rejection rate of 65.9%. It’s only that low because 92 submissions are too recent to have been rejected.
Mind you, as I said at the beginning, I’ve also had two short stories published last year, and another six have been accepted in the past four months. I’m getting noticed, just not as quickly or extensively as I would like.
I’m a ‘Pantser’ (aka ‘Discovery Writer’), meaning that I write ‘by the seat of my pants’.
In other words, I have no idea what I’m writing until I’ve written it. Give me a picture or a writing prompt (a sentence, a phrase… heck, even a word will do) and let me loose. I can come up with something in twenty minutes, 400-500 words to create a new story. I don’t stop there, of course. Those few words can turn into four or five thousand, or more. The next day or week, the Muse will strike again, and I’ll finish it off, creating something weird, wonderful or just plain odd.
Once I’m done, then comes the hard part: turning it into something good. I’ve had to learn that what I wrote initially is only the beginning. Read, revise, edit, wash, rinse, repeat. And repeat. And repeat… There are some stories I’ve gone over dozens of times, and I’ll still find something to improve, on occasion.
So it is that I’ve self-published a self-help book, written dozens of short stories, completed a novel, and am still working on two more. My genres cover science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, horror, humour (very dark), noir, detective fiction, fairytales and fairy stories. Often more than one in a single tale… Oh, and there’s a second self-help book in the works, too.
I came to writing fairly late in life, but that ain’t going to stop me now. As Harlan Ellison once said, “A writer is some poor schmuck who can’t help putting words on paper.” That’s me, because I’ve already written over a million words since I began. I’ll be done when they peel my cold, dead fingers off my keyboard.
Mind you, given the kinds of stories I write, that will probably be because one of the monsters I created finally finished me off…!
Location is vital in all facets of our lives. Comfort, convenience, commute, and community are essential considerations when selecting where we wish to reside. When writing, it makes sense to consider the impact of where we have our characters live.
Location can be more than the physical terrain in which we set a story, although some places can take a back seat to the plot. However, the setting is another tool in the author’s arsenal to add depth to the story. The choice of locale sets the period of the story, when and where it takes place. It affects how the characters behave, speak, and reflect on the society where they live. More importantly, when needed, the setting can become another character creating a mood and emotional tone.
A few inquiring minds have asked me what is so appealing to me about New Orleans and why I set so many of my stories either there or in Louisiana, where my upcoming novel, Crescent City Lies, is set. After all, I’m from South Carolina, a beautiful state with its own vibrant culture and uniqueness. It also has faults, as do all places, and those faults in a community can also add depth to your story.
When deciding on a setting for a story, the flavor of Louisiana draws me into its spell. Nothing like the sultry summer heat in the south, when life slows down, and the humidity rises. The spicy aromas and comforting palate of Cajun food and the smooth sounds of New Orleans jazz are alluring and set a mood that seems to touch my writer’s passion. Wicked antagonists, flawed heroes, and enticing strong women seem to belong in the bayou or the French Quarter.
In reality, I love the beach. Ribbons of sand lapped by waves, air tangy with salt, majestic pelicans soaring against a cornflower blue sky. My heart lies on the shore, rejuvenated by the sun’s heat. My soul rests in the bayou.
I am fortunate to live in an area that some people call paradise—if you consider heat, humidity, sun, and ocean paradise. I do! As the photo above shows, expansive sky, lush vegetation, a body of water, and a bench to enjoy the quiet beauty sets a mood just outside my door. Not to mention, there are ducks, sea birds, and two resident alligators to add to the ambiance.
I suppose we choose where we want our stories to unfold for a myriad of reasons. Genre certainly plays a role and can dictate the amount of world-building necessary to create the foundation you need. A cozy mystery often occurs in a small town, a detective murder mystery in a city setting, but let your creativity decide what works for your story. How descriptive you should be depends on how important the location is to your storyline. For instance, a city with the ambiance of a New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco, or San Antonio becomes a character within the story, adding depth and mood by using the uniqueness of the environment to enhance the plot. The same for small towns that can provide coziness and character to the story.
My thoughts always seem to be on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Battery in Charleston, or an Atlantic beach in Florida, all locations which spur my muse. Let those places you love inspire your muse and your stories.
This is for all those creative souls who wander around in their own universe bringing light into the darkness.
One of my Twitter friends started a storm in my brain yesterday. I just kept wondering how many people out there are like me. Unconventional and a little different… (Shout out to the #writingcommunity)
I am a lover of moonlight, magnolia blossoms, and soft southern rain on the roof. Spring days that smell like sunshine and the vague scent of honeysuckle floating on the air.
I love the roll and flow of city traffic. The noisy chaos and smell of the city and the night skylines.
I love history. The plight and resolution of all that came before. I am a daydreamer, a believer… A person who will tell you “Half empty or half full doesn’t matter… Just fill the damn thing up again. It works that way.”
I am a mother, well pleased with the result of her hard work and sacrifice. I am a grandmother. I am a writer, a journalist, a seeker of knowledge.
I am a writer. I allow myself to absorb these things and enjoy the aura they leave behind in my spirit.
I am also obsessive. I want to finish the whole book tonight! Breakfast is highly overrated, coffee will do. Boiled eggs and cheese for lunch and making dinner is an unnecessary interruption. I wait so long, it is a race to the restroom. Crazy? Perhaps, but I have found there are a lot of us out there…
The science is in and all agree that creative people think differently than the accepted mainstream of society. Some of the traits we share are awesome and some… not so awesome and there’s the rub.
We are always redefining what is possible. We question everything. While it satisfies most people to take things at face value, creative people are always questioning those accepted norms and are not at all afraid to place their own perceived value on what is important and what is not.
Creative people are sometimes introverted, preferring the authentic company of the few over the chaotic normal social gatherings and atmosphere. Especially today when the world is at our fingertips and we can quench the thirst for knowledge with a stroke of the mouse, and the tap of a keyboard.
There are periods of productivity. I call my personal times, “on a roll.” When I am on a roll, I want isolation. I don’t answer my phone. I am alone in a world of my creation and it is always the most magnificent place to be. A place I am reluctant to leave, even for a moment. A place I must struggle to return to, once I have been interrupted. I love these days, they are what gives me a passion for the craft or maybe my passion for the craft gives me these days. Either way, the result is the same. Wonder.
Then there are downtimes, procrastination… Days where the magic won’t come and no matter how hard you reach for it… it is elusive. I believe both states are probably essential to the creative mind. It is almost like an inevitable cycle that winds itself again into the thralls of the creative flow. I read that ‘creative flow’ is the most addictive state. I don’t know about that, but I know these moments cannot be explained to someone who does not experience them. These moments must be lived.
Creative people are intuitive, focus intensely and feel deeply. They are sensitive souls and experience the world through a different lens. Like the eyes of a child, many hold onto that sense of wonder, always learning, always questioning the world around them. In a way it sustains creativity. Refills the well when it threatens to run dry in a world in which they don’t function as others think they should.
Yet, some writers are very pragmatic. Approach everything in a concise and structured way… and that works for them. Some excellent storytellers are of this guild. We are individuals with different echelons of creativity, different tastes and different ways to manage. There is magic though, and we see it. We chase it and we bring it to the world.
Sometimes relationships are hard. It takes a special person to love and support someone who lives much of the time in their own minds. Creative people are often struggling on the edges of joy and sorrow. They have a hard time believing in themselves and the same people are at times super confident in their abilities and opinions. In the long run, it doesn’t matter, they’ll risk it anyway.
Life is about experience, mystery, and adventure for them. Creative people perch high on that ledge, work in bursts, live in a world of their own and they are in love with it!
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” – Ray Bradbury
My personal favorite because I love Albert Einstein…
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein
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About Elaine Marie Carnegie
Elaine Marie Carnegie, a Paralegal, and PI worked as a Newspaper Journalist for many years, then a part-time history and foodie columnist for a decade before accepting a publishing partnership; then opening her own SPPublishing and Author Services. She worked with both the FBI and Texas Rangers, has written for Discovery ID, and works for the PI in a consultant capacity today. Her articles have been used in the Texas Legislature, utilized in regional Texas school systems, published in both print and online venues, magazines and anthologies as well as in charity and collaborative projects. She is a published short story author and poet. Her first novel is in the works, “The Path of Totality.” Elaine makes her home in the idyllic East Texas Piney Woods… on a private lake, doing what she loves and living her best life!
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Coral reefs are structures under water formed by the calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Corals are colonies of tiny marine animals. Reefs typically grow best in warm, clear and sunny waters. Corals are usually found in waters that contain little nutrients. Reefs provide a home to more than 25 percent of marine life even though they take up less than 1 percent of the ocean's floor. Humans have had a grave impact on coral reefs whether through direct or indirect interaction.
Destructive Practices Near Coral Reefs
Coral reefs in close proximity to human practices such as cyanide fishing and dynamite fishing have turned vibrant coral reef colonies into reefs containing very little life. The destructive forces of dynamite and cyanide fishing have overturned colonies and reefs alike, gravely impacting life.
Humans and Pollution
Human-developed pollutants have caused a lot of harm to coral reefs. For example, the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is in close proximity to land that is 80 percent farmland. Fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and other contaminants run off into the ocean and have negative consequences for the coral reef. Water also becomes less clear, which results in the coral reef not being able to have enough sun exposure to sustain itself.
Human-Induced Climate Change
Human-induced climate change has resulted in increased ultraviolet radiation, anomalies in ocean temperature and increased ocean acidification. High levels of ultraviolet radiation can result in tissue damage of coral organisms. The temperature of the ocean affects the outbreak of disease among the corals and the bleaching of corals. Increased ocean acidification causes the skeletal formation in many organisms, especially coral that secrete calcium carbonate, to change. This results in an inability to preserve and form the reef itself.
Depletion of Sea Life
Since 25 percent of the ocean's creatures depend and evolve around the coral reefs, the depletion of the coral reef results in the depletion of other sea life including fish species. This not only effects the oceans, but humans as well, especially those populations who severely depend upon seafood for sustenance.
Diving And Its Impact
Diving around and near coral reefs can have a substantial impact on the reef. Divers touching coral heads can impact the health of the coral head. Divers taking photographs can accidentally crash into the reef. The bubbles that escape from breathing masks get trapped in caves and overhangs on the reef and can kill delicate sea life. The boats that bring divers to the site also pollute the water around the reef with petroleum products, sewage and trash such as aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic bags. Incompetent operators have also been known to crash into the reefs with their boats.
- Cyber Diver News Network: Human Impact on Coral Reefs Far Worse Than Tsunami
- University of Michigan: Human Impact with the Great Barrier Reef: Pollution
- National Science Foundation: Human Impacts on Coral Reefs of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- The Oceanography Society: Coral Reefs and Ocean Acidification
- PlosOne: Coral Skeletons Defend Against Ultraviolet Radiation
About the Author
Si Kingston has been an online content contributor since 2004, with work appearing on websites such as MadeMan. She is a professional screenwriter and young-adult novelist and was awarded the Marion-Hood Boesworth Award for Young Fiction in 2008. Kingston holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Mills College.
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Paul Horton: History Matters: The C3 Social Studies Standards are Fool's Gold
Guest post by Paul Horton.
I could not but help get a little hot around the collar the first time I read the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) C3 "Framework for Social Studies Standards": Social Studies for the Next Generation. Like most of us with history degrees who teach high school history and who take history seriously, we don't like to closely examine the very bright and glossy NCSS bulletins that we receive, typically from district level curriculum people who have degrees in Social Studies Education.
The fact is that somehow NCSS has a boatload of money, and we history scholar wannabes who have memberships in the American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), and the National Council for History Education (NCHE) saw money for History professional development dry up when the spigot for the Teaching American History Grants was turned off.
When I saw that the AHA and the NCHE endorsed the new standards on the inside cover, I saw red. This can't be, I told myself, are these two proud organizations selling out? When I copied an e-mail to the Director of NCHE that expressed my dismay, he was upset with me because I had not taken the time to read the political tea leaves. Many senior members of NCHE had endorsed the standards, and the NCHE's representative at the curricular table really put up a good fight for history.
The fact is that most education money, public and private, is flowing into the Common Core Curriculum and STEM. The only significant source left is NCSS. It should come as no surprise, then, that NCHE would be left begging at the curricular table because it could not bring very many bucks to the table.
Of the other major Historical organizations that participated, the AHA came to the table because the NCSS document needed some street cred, some History PhD clout. Toward that end, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Flannery Burke, and Fritz Fischer were asked to advise. Wiesner Hanks and Burke both received their PhDs in History at Madison. Wiesner-Hanks served as co-editor of the Journal of Global History with AHA President Kenneth Pomeranz, a brilliant comparative historian. Fischer, a Northwestern PhD in History, represented the NCHE. The scuttlebutt in the NCHE (I am a member) is that Fischer did everything he could to get a better hearing for history, but left the table very disappointed.
Why the disappointment? History, the course that makes up 75% of the high school curriculum, was reduced within the "Framework" to one of four rubric categories beside Civics, Geography, and Economics. (p. 13) History as a discipline gets five pages. (pp. 45-49)
Such a division makes since in the lower grades, but not in grades 7-12 where history makes up the bulk of the content standards in most states.
I am acquainted with John Lee, a middle school social studies expert from North Carolina State who is one of the principle authors of the Framework. I met him several times at the Georgia State Model United Nations in Atlanta where my kids competed. John, then a professor at Georgia State, and I had several conversations about social studies and history assessments. I remember him saying that the Document Based Question was the best way to assess historical thinking. I said I agreed, but I also thought that "free response essays" required the student to construct their own analytical categories, a more important skill at the college level. We both agreed that multiple-choice questions measured short term memory rather than than historical thinking skills.
John was gung-ho on the DBQ as a way to assess historical thinking. Not surprisingly, so are the people at the Stanford History Education Group who are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
DBQs are an excellent way to encourage students to think about history. My world history students write fifteen a year. Sometimes they construct DBQs from the Modern History Sourcebook, at other times I create them or I use prepackaged DBQs. By the end of the year with a great deal of practice, the kids get really good at evaluating and grouping sources and using those sources to construct sound arguments when combined with broader narrative contexts.
This DBQ approach, however, while an effective way to teach historical thinking within limited contexts, falls very short of building the skills that most college history professors want their students to possess when they arrive at a solid four year college or university.
Students need to see the big story, the big picture. Unless DBQs illuminate historical issues and themes within a big picture, we lose the big picture. When we rely too much on what we used to call "post holing" we get a good core sample for one place in time, but we don't get a broad context of the surrounding area. To quote Professors Lee and Kathy Swan, the Project Director, "The Common Core Standards specifically encourage depth of knowledge and higher order thinking, which is sorely needed in the social studies, in contrast to the current tendency to favor breath over depth, or factual minutia over understanding." (xxi) This is the crux of the problem: as I understand history, historical inquiry combines both depth and breath, facts and theory, primary and secondary sources, corroborative evidence and multiple perspectives. To say that inquiry post holing is what we really need is like saying that micro histories should not be synthesized into synthetic narratives.
We run into this problem when social studies educators have the final say on standards. Within the debate among social studies educators, the focus has been the tension between the inquiry approach and the content coverage approach. The inquiry folks dominated from the sixties to the mid eighties, when the content folks responded to the Bradley Commission Report. NCHE, AHA, and OAH have pretty much come down on the content side until now, but with Common Core and C3, the inquiry folks are making a well-funded comeback. (For an excellent summary of the debate see David Jenness, Making Sense of the Social Studies, 119-164).
But the debate within the history profession has followed a different trajectory. The sixties and early seventies saw the rise of "social history" and the 80s saw the rise of race, class, gender, global and environmental history as well as the absorption of postmodern and neo-Marxist theory that seemed to eclipse the field of intellectual history. However, a strong countercurrent from the eighties forward saw a push to create synthetic narratives that sought to weave together the strands of history created since the 70s that absorbed traditional and "new" history approaches, subsuming the disciplines categorized in C3.
The point is that the profession of History is working its way to broader, more synthetic history, while C3 emphasizes a return to the inquiry based "post holing" that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation support in the Common Core Standards and the Stanford Education Group.
What this means is that the synthetic insights of the new narrative histories, broader histories, will not make it into curriculum packages that emphasize short formulaic essays based on DBQs to "align" with the Common Core Curriculum.
In final analysis, the C3 represent a retreat to a late sixties and early seventies inquiry and constructivist approach. Although the standards list, describe, and create rubrics for "Inquiry Literacies" (Questioning, selecting sources, gathering information from sources, evaluating sources, making claims, using evidence, constructing arguments and explanations, adapting arguments and explanations, presenting arguments and explanations, critiquing arguments and explanations, analyzing social problems, assessing options for action, taking informed action), this is nothing new under the sun: we have been doing this forever. When I ask my student to write a history paper, we go through a far more elaborate process, step by step, as a history exercise using Patrick Rael's, "Reading, Writing, and Research for History: A Guide for College Students". There are literally dozens of these guides in print and online for free, written at all levels.
The authors of the C3 sincerely believe that they are refocusing Social Studies Education away from the standard lecture and test mode that emphasizes content. They don't consider several obstacles:
1) Class size and class loads in average public schools work against the frequency of writing practice that students need to improve their social studies writing skills. Any effective writing program will work to reduce class sizes.
2) Effective citizenship requires social studies to be balanced by social science. AAAS wrote very sound social science standards for Project 2061 that heavily involved the best social scientists.
3) DBQ focus must be balanced with narrative history in the form of reading historical books. Adequate preparation for a college level history course requires the ability to read, think about, and write about historical narratives, so that the forest is not lost in the trees. Learning to read books, and lots of them, is a must for college readiness.
4) Students must learn how to write short analytical essays, research papers focused on proving an argument, they must learn how to conduct academic research using search engines like JSTOR, and they must learn to find books in virtual and non virtual libraries. If they have not acquired these skills by high school graduation, they will have a difficult time adjusting to college history classes.
5) Any serious social studies curriculum should give students effective tools for inquiry. The IB Program's, Theory of Knowledge, by Richard van de Lagemaat, for example, introduces students to serious epistemological concepts for many disciplines.
6) Strong tools for critical inquiry that cut across disciplines at differing levels of analysis for juniors and seniors exploring topics across disciplines can be found in, Questions of Evidence: Proofs, Practice, and Persuasion Across the Disciplines, James Chandler, Arnold Davidson, and Harry Harootunian. The C3 provides critical concepts that are very limited in scope and depth.
7) C3 is tainted by its connection to The Council of Chief State School Officers, and organization that produced the Common Core Standards that collaborated with Achieve and Pearson Education on tying standards assessment to standardized testing. Although CCSSO withdrew from the C3 in June of 2013, the organization is not to be trusted. C3 could be adapted by a number of states and Pearson could develop standardized tests for C3, betraying the intention and spirit of its writers. As long as Pearson, CCSSO, ETS, Achieve, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are around, they are very likely to highjack any standards framework. We could soon be seeing C3 aligned Pearson multiple choice tests and essay grading algorithms, despite the best intentions of the authors of the C3 Social Studies Framework.
In my judgment as a high school history teacher with 31 years experience, C3 will not adequately prepare high school students for a lower level college history course.
Former President of the Organization of American Historians, Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia, puts it this way, "You can't just separate fact and interpretation quite as simply as many people seem to think. I would love to see students get a little more experience trying to write history, and trying to understand why historical interpretation changes over time." According to Foner the key to improving History teaching is not improving "pedagogical approaches," it is rather "the training of the teacher, the teacher's ability to inspire students by conveying his or her own enthusiasm for the subject" that makes the biggest difference.
If we are going to make a positive difference in history education, we should consult those who love their discipline rather than the corporate backed, but well intentioned and politically naïve, pedagogues.
Do you think that the C3 NCSS Social Studies Framework for the Next Generation will make a difference in the long run?
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Authorities say a 21-year-old man has plunged to his death in an apparent suicide jump off the Empire State Building during the evening rush hour.
Police say the man was dead when rescue workers arrived at the 102-story skyscraper shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities wouldn’t immediately release his name or say from which floor he had jumped.
The Empire State Building is the third-tallest building in the United States. More than 30 people have committed suicide at the building since it opened in 1931.
Before Tuesday, the most recent was believed to have been in 2006, when a man jumped from a vacant office on the 66th floor.
Archive for March, 2010
A ‘highly professional’ criminal gang is on the run after digging their way into the vault of a Paris bank and stealing millions of pounds worth of cash and jewellery.
The meticulously planned raid saw four men using pickaxes and even a flame thrower to get into the vault of a Credit Lyonnais branch in the upmarket Avenue de l’Opera, close to the Louvre Museum.
Once inside they tied up a security guard and then spent at least seven hours emptying more than 200 high security private safes, getting away with more than £20million.
So as to destroy evidence, they then started a fire which set off sprinklers which flooded the entire basement of the bank.
Police have estimated the criminals’ haul to be worth ‘at least’ £22million.
The ingenious heist – which is already being described by French media as the ‘Crime of the Century’ – is thought to have been carried out by a notorious gang dubbed ‘The Termites’.
The bodies of 21 babies, believed dumped by hospitals, have washed ashore on a riverbank in eastern China, state media reported Tuesday.
Video footage showed that the bodies – stashed in yellow plastic bags, at least one of which was marked “medical waste” – included some infants several months old. Some wore identification tags with their mothers’ names, birth dates, measurements and weights. The official Xinhua News Agency said there were also fetuses among the bodies.
Residents discovered the remains under a bridge in the city of Jining, Shandong province, over the weekend. Tags on the feet of eight of the babies traced them back to a hospital in Jining, according to the People’s Daily Web site. Three of them had been admitted earlier to the hospital in critical condition, the report said. It did not say when.
Hat tip to Kara!
At the headquarters of Human Rights Watch, more than 30 storeys above the noise and bustle of Manhattan, there is so much high-mindedness hanging in the air you can almost taste it. This is the epicentre of a certain type of socially smart, progressive activism — the kind that persuades Hollywood grandees, power lawyers and liberal financiers to dig deeply into their pockets.
When the story broke that one of the organisation’s most prominent and vocal members of staff might be a collector of Nazi-era military memorabilia it felt like some sort of sexual scandal had erupted in the Victorian church. For a lobbying group accustomed to adulatory coverage in the media, it was a public-relations catastrophe. Human Rights Watch is one of two global superpowers among the world’s myriad humanitarian pressure groups.
It is relatively young — established in its current form in 1988 — but it has grown so quickly in size, wealth and influence that it has all but eclipsed its older, London-based rival, Amnesty International. Unlike Amnesty, HRW, as it is known, gets its money from charitable foundations and wealthy individuals — such as the financier George Soros — rather than a mass membership.
And, also unlike Amnesty, it seeks to make an impact, not through extensive letter-writing campaigns, but by talking to governments and the media, urging openness and candour and backing up its advocacy with research reports. It is an association that is all about influence — an influence that depends on a carefully honed image of objectivity, expertise and high moral tone.
So it was perhaps a little awkward that a key member of staff was found to have such a treasure trove of Nazi regalia.
Heads turned during the filming of singer Erykah Badu’s latest music video, “Window Seat”
The video was shot in and around Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.
In it, Dallas native Badu walks down Elm Street while stripping her clothes off one piece at a time – until she’s fully nude.
Elm Street is the place where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Badu walks between several people on the street, and a few can be seen staring at her as she strolls and strips.
You can watch the video on her site.
It’s slightly NSFW, although parts of her body have been blurred out.
Badu is completely nude as she approaches the spot on Elm where Kennedy was shot (which is marked with an “X” on the pavement).
The sound of a gunshot can be heard and Badu collapses as if she has been shot.
A Republican National Committee (RNC) spokesperson said the committee is looking into a large expenditure at a Los Angeles club known for simulated bondage scenes and nudity.
A Daily Caller report Monday pointed out the expenditure, which was for almost $2,000 at Voyeur West Hollywood.
An RNC spokesperson said the committee is looking into the matter, but said the expenditure was made by a non-committee staffer and added that the report erroneously hinted that RNC Chairman Michael Steele attended the club.
“The chairman was never at the location in question; he had no knowledge of the expenditure, nor does he find the use of committee funds at such a location at all acceptable,” the spokesperson said.
“Good reporting would make that distinction crystal clear. The committee has requested that the monies be returned to the committee and that the story be corrected so that it is accurate.”
French and Swiss police have launched a cross-border manhunt for an armed gang who stormed a casino in Basle and broke open cash desks before vanishing into the night with hundreds of thousands of euros.
The raid, which prosecutors said was a professional operation orchestrated with “brutal” efficiency, was carried out at 4am this morning at the city’s Grand Casino by about 10 masked raiders armed with machine guns and pistols.
After one man burst through the front entrance with a sledgehammer, his accomplices ran inside and ordered guests to the floor while firing into the air.
“The criminals fired a number of shots, but luckily no one was hit,” the Basle public prosecutor said in a statement. Some of the gang tried to break into the safe room but failed, despite firing bullets into the door. Others went to the cash desks and managed to steal “several hundreds of thousands of [Swiss] francs”.
The gang then sped off across the border in two silver Audi cars whose numberplates were registered in the Bas-Rhin area of eastern France.
The Grand Casino, which describes itself as “the Swiss Las Vegas”, is just 200 metres from the French border. Witnesses said the gang members spoke in French. Today, as the authorities in both countries stepped up the manhunt, casino staff said they were left shaken by the heist.
“This is the first time we’ve been robbed. We are all very shocked. You can prepare for it, but when it happens it’s something else,” a manager, Michael Favrod, told Swiss television.
“Thankfully nothing happened to my colleagues or the guests,” he added. While none of the staff or guests were shot, several were kicked or manhandled. One woman, who accidentally blocked the gang’s getaway, was dragged from her car and beaten, said the authorities.
“The perpetrators knew what they were after. They proceeded quickly, professionally and brutally,” said Peter Gill, a spokesman for the Basle prosecutors.
Uma Thurman’s latest film is set to be one of the biggest box office flops ever after just one ticket was sold for the movie on its opening day.
Over its opening weekend at the beginning of March, only around a dozen people went to see Motherhood, a semi-autobiographical account of parenting in New York written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann. The film took just £88 at the British box office on its opening weekend.
On its debut Sunday, takings at the box office were just £9 – the price of a ticket for one person.
Only one British cinema was given permission to launch the film earlier this month, with the film’s producers hoping that exclusivity would generate a buzz and lead to box office success by word of mouth.
Instead, cinema goers stayed away from the Apollo West End in record numbers in a move that will be embarrassing for Thurman, the star of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill who divides her time between London and New York.
Motherhood, which also stars Jodie Foster and Minnie Driver, is thought to have made only £40,000 when it opened in America last year, despite costing around £3.4 million to make.
State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen giving mouth-to-mouth “resuscitation” to a long-dead opossum along a highway.
Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal along Route 36 in Oliver Township Thursday about 3 p.m.
The trooper says one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, while another saw the mouth-to-mouth attempt.
In freak accident, hydrogen peroxide used to lighten hair sparks when hair dresser lights a cigarette, causing her car to explode.
A British hairdresser died after her cigarette ignited a leaking bottle of hydrogen peroxide bleach which then blew up in her car as she drove along a quiet country lane, the Bournemouth Echo reported Thursday.
Jennie Mitchell’s grieving father Bob urged hairdressers to show extreme caution when carrying the hydrogen peroxide, a powerful bleach used to lighten hair when mixed with ammonia.
“The hydrogen peroxide had ventilated in the car. She opened the window, which introduced oxygen,” he said.
“Jennie was a smoker and it’s likely that she lit or had a lit a cigarette.”
“Until the accident, nobody knew this could happen. We keep saying, you couldn’t have written this in a script.”
In the hours after a monkey on the lam fell into a woman’s pool and then swiped some fruit from her backyard tree, fans of the wily primate cheered it for avoiding capture.
“Go little monkey, go! No cages for you,” wrote a guy named Jack on the “Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay” Facebook fan page. (There were more than 16,000 fans of the elusive monkey as of Wednesday morning.)
“I sure hope ‘they’ don’t catch you!” wrote a woman named Kathleen.
“Why can’t ‘they’ just leave you alone?”
Why, indeed? The rhesus macaque monkey has avoided capture for nearly a year.
Authorities don’t know where the animal came from, but some believe it could have gotten separated from a troupe of wild monkeys in an Ocala-area state park, some 118 miles north of St. Petersburg.
Another possibility: the animal could have escaped from an unpermitted owner. The creature has captivated people in Tampa Bay and beyond — possibly because of his ability to outwit the humans trying to catch him.
“It’s something that you can kind of cheer for,” said Amy Ellis, a Pasco County employee who has become a fan of the monkey on Facebook. “Every day there’s so much bad news. He’s kind of like a little hero.”
When Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, was chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools, his office kept a log of nearly 40 pages listing the local politicians and business people and others who sought help getting children into the city’s most selective public schools.
According to an article Tuesday in The Chicago Tribune, which first obtained and reported on the confidential log, those who sought such help included 25 aldermen, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s office, the State House speaker, the state attorney general, the former White House social secretary and a former United States senator.
A spokesman for the Department of Education said Tuesday that the log was a record of those who asked for help, and that neither Mr. Duncan nor the aide who maintained the list, David Pickens, ever pressured principals to accept a child. Rather, he said, the creation of the list was an effort to reduce pressure on principals.
“Arne Duncan asked David Pickens to respond to all of these requests, some of which came from him, some from lots of other people, as a way to try to manage a process that was putting a lot of pressure on principals,” said Peter Cunningham, who handled communications for Mr. Duncan in Chicago and is now assistant secretary of the Department of Education.
“This was an attempt to buffer principals from all the outside pressure, to get our arms around something that was burdensome to them. It was always up to the principal to make the decision. Arne never ever picked up the phone.”
Yep, I “believe” it too – do you?
A Chinese boy with 31 fingers and toes is set to undergo an operation to remove the extra digits.
The six-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, has 16 toes and 15 fingers.
One of the fingers is incomplete and appears on X-ray photographs as a “fork” sticking out from the right thumb.
Three fingers on each of the boy’s hands are also fused together by skin.
The boy, from Shenyang in China’s north-eastern Liaoning province, beats the current world record held Indian boys Pranamya Menaria and Devendra Harne, who have 12 fingers and 13 toes.
A 62-year-old man was rushed to hospital after he attempted to take his own life the ancient way. The sexagenarian inserted a zucchini into his anus in the attempted suicide at his home in Hong Kong on Friday.
According to Ming Bao, the man’s daughter who returned home at about 10.40pm was shocked to see her father moaning in pain and lying in a pool of blood.
She rushed him to the hospital for bleeding in the anus.
When asked by the medical assistants, the man said he wished to die and that it was an ancient way to take one’s own life.
Scientists have already created mini-cyborgs out of living cells and semiconductor materials, but now biological cells can also contain tiny silicon chips.
Those silicon chips could become future intracellular sensors that monitor microscopic activities, deliver drugs to target cells or even repair cell structures, according to Nanowerk.
Experiments found that living human cells can ingest or receive injections of silicon chips and continue functioning as usual for the most part.
More than 90 percent of chip-containing HeLa cells — the first immortal human cell line derived from a poor, cancer-stricken woman – still survived a week after receiving their silicon loads.R
Other studies have tested nanoparticles inside living cells. But silicon chips allow for much easier integration of electronics and mechanical parts, say scientists at the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona in Spain.
The study published in the aptly-named journal Small opens the doors for possibly putting microprocessors and other silicon-based devices inside cells. That could lead to promising developments for both micro-computing and medicine.
Unexploded Second World War bombs at an Austrian airfield threaten to shut down a May concert by metal rockers AC/DC.
The concert at Wels Airport on May 22nd has already faced another obstacle — complaints by environmentalists that it would disturb colonies of rare birds in the area.
Now, city officials have informed the metal band that the bombs pose a danger to the estimated 80,000 fans who have bought tickets to the sold-out concert.
Hermann Wimmer, the mayor of Wels, told Austrian TV this week that approval for the concert will not go ahead until experts in demining and bomb defusing evaluate the site.
The airport had been the target of heavy Allied bombing during the war.
Clamp on your foil hat and cower under your bed, Alien Abduction Day is here!
March 20 is Alien Abduction Day, when “the skies are carefully watched by those expecting / wishing to be abducted by an alien life form,” states eHow.com.
The strange holiday’s origins are unclear, though it was clearly popularized by the 2008 Alien Abduction Day festival in Toronto.
The festival was an all around sci-fi street party in Toronto, sponsored by a comic book shop and several local businesses.
But references online exist to the even from years earlier — and watch for Twitter to heat up Saturday with the #AlienAbductionDay tag.
It could be India’s version of “Survivor,” or “The Biggest Loser.”
A famous Indian guru used his television show to boast about his power to kill other men using only a mystic ritual.
So the head on the Indian Rationalist Association offered himself up as a sacrificial lamb.
Sanal Edamaruku volunteered himself for the ritual because he wanted to expose the guru as one of many spiritual con men roaming the country.
While millions tuned in to watch the scheduled murder live on TV, the station canceled the program.
The showdown quickly appeared on YouTube. The guru, Pandit Surender Sharma, is seen chanting mantras and massaging Edamaruku’s forehead.
The willing participant is in good spirits and simply laughs it off. After the show, Edamaruku was still alive.
Hat tip to Jonathan!
It happened at about 8 p.m. at a Wal-Mart store in the area of 3rd Avenue and Bell Road. The victims were rushed to the hospital after the attacks.
Two people are in critical condition and a third person who jumped in to help was also hospitalized.
3TV has learned two women were walking down the street when they were attacked by the swarm of bees. Witnesses say there were so many bees that at one point they could not see the women’s faces.
Heather Laroc, who saw the bee attack, tells 3TV, “We hear screaming from outside and there’s two ladies laying in the street and they’re covered with bees from head to toe. You could just not see their skin and screaming ‘Help, help, help’.”
That woman called the police and the fire department.
By the time first responders arrived the two older women were still blanketed with bees.
They had been stung almost 100 times each. Two men who jumped in to try to help them were also stung.
The women and one man were rushed to the hospital.
Firefighters searched for the hive and eventually found it and took it down.
Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq.
The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation.
Mr Blair – who has made at least £20million since leaving Downing Street in June 2007 – also went to great efforts to keep hidden a £1million deal advising the ruling royal family in Iraq’s neighbour Kuwait.
In an unprecedented move, he persuaded the committee which vets the jobs of former ministers to keep details of both deals from the public for 20 months, claiming it was commercially sensitive.
The deals emerged yesterday when the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments finally lost patience with Mr Blair and decided to ignore his objections and publish the details.
The man who staged a St. Patrick’s Day bank robbery in a leprechaun costume and died during a police shootout also held up a bank three days before Christmas in a Santa suit, police said Thursday.
Investigators in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin said information from the FBI linked David Christopher Cotton, 20, of Brentwood to the December robbery.
FBI Supervisor Special Agent Scott Augenbaum told The Associated Press that investigators found a Santa suit at Cotton’s home, and that the suspect made similar comments during both robberies.
The man police identified as the getaway driver, 20-year-old Western Kentucky University student Jonathan Ryan Skinner, also was killed.
Police said they think Cotton shot himself to death as officers surrounded the two in a field after a car and foot chase.
Patrol car video of the chase released Thursday shows one of the suspects leaning out of the passenger window of the getaway car and firing several shots at police on the street of a subdivision.
At least one round strikes the front of the car, kicking up a shower of metal and glass. Police said the shots disabled the vehicle, and the video shows a string of other police cars giving chase.
Police said the two ditched their vehicle and ran into a field near a subdivision where they died.
Wal-Mart officials are looking at security tapes after an announcement was made for “all black people” to leave a store in South Jersey.
A man used the public-address system at the Route 42 store in Washington Township Sunday night and calmly announced: “Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now.”
Patricia Covington and Shelia Ellington were inside the store when it happened and told the Courier Post that customers and store employees looked stuneed when they heard it.
“In 2010, I want to know why such statements are being made because it flies in the face of what we teach them [our kids] at home, and that’s tolerance for people,” said Ellington.
Ellington and other customers let store management and police know they were upset. They asked the store to use the same announcement system to apologize to customers that night, which it did.
A man armed with a high-powered gas pistol tried to break into Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin’s tomb on Red Square in Moscow, shooting a policeman in the process.
The man, named as Sergey Karpentsov, is quoted as saying he wanted to let loose a volley of bullets at Lenin’s carefully embalmed corpse, one of the Russian capital’s most popular and ghoulish tourist attractions.
“My main demand is the quick bulldozing of the mausoleum which contains the body of the anti-Christ,” he said.
“I wanted to open fire on the tomb with an assault rifle but I was advised not to do that in case the tomb is armour-plated.”
“I have drawn attention to this issue with my actions,” he added.
Lenin’s waxy presence at the heart of the Russian capital 86 years after his death continues to divide Russian society, with many older people believing he should be left where he is.
Game show contestants turn torturers in a new psychological experiment for French television, zapping a man with electricity until he cries for mercy — then zapping him again until he seems to drop dead.
“The Game of Death” has all the trappings of a traditional television quiz show, with a roaring crowd and a glamorous and well-known hostess urging the players on under gaudy studio lights.
But the contestants did not know they were taking part in an experiment to find out whether television could push them to outrageous lengths, and which has prompted comparisons with the atrocities of Nazi Germany.
“We were amazed to find that 81 percent of the participants obeyed” the sadistic orders of the television presenter, said Christophe Nick, the maker of the documentary for the state-owned France 2 channel which airs Wednesday.
“They are not equipped to disobey,” he added. “They don’t want to do it, they try to convince the authority figure that they should stop, but they don’t manage to,” he told AFP.
A £90,000-a-year housing boss leads a sordid secret life – dressing up as a Nazi for sick racist sex games.
By day Gareth Mead works in one of Britain’s most ethnically-diverse communities.Mead, 44, is in charge of social housing and homelessness in Hammersmith and Fulham, where his duties include helping decide who is eligible for a council house or emergency homeless shelter.
But at night he poses in front of a swastika in full SS regalia and tells other lovers of the vile fetish: “Gas the Jews and Wogs.”
In a series of shocking photos seen by the Sunday Mirror, the high-ranking council official shows off his array of fascist outfits.
In one shot, Mead reclines on a sofa, wearing jackboots, leather trousers, a khaki shirt with swastika armband and a Nazi officers’ hat.
In another photo, shaven-headed Mead stares menacingly into the camera, dressed in “bovver boy” boots, bomber jacket and swastika T-shirt.
Mead also sent racist texts to men he met on fetish websites. In one he wrote: “Turn on the furnaces for those Jewish boys and let them burn in hell with us 2 Nazis j****** off on their terrified screams.”
Villagers in a remote Alaska region are blaming the death of a 32-year-old schoolteacher on wolves after her body was found along on isolated road, though an autopsy completed Thursday was inconclusive.
The autopsy concluded that Candice Berner was killed by animals, the Alaska State Troopers said.
The agency’s chief said the autopsy could not determine for sure if wolves were responsible but it ruled out other causes of death.
Col. Audie Holloway said DNA tests might determine whether wolves are responsible.
Berner, who had arrived in Alaska just last August, appeared to have been attacked while jogging and her body pulled off the road, villagers in Chignik Lake told The Anchorage Daily News.
Four people riding snowmachines came across her body about 6:30 p.m. Monday, the newspaper reported.
“There was a blood spot on the road,” Gregory Kalmakoff, 23, told the Daily News by phone Wednesday. “I turned around, looked and there was drag marks going down a little hill.”
Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Derek Sabatini says the woman was taken to a hospital Friday with cuts and bruises from the fall in Malibu.
She told deputies she had finished a run at about noon at Point Dume State Beach and was standing at the edge of a cliff when she was grabbed from behind.
She says she and the man struggled for several minutes before she was able to break away.
That’s when the woman ran and jumped off the cliff.
They were 51 young men who met a grisly death far from home, their heads chopped off and their bodies thrown into a mass grave.
Their resting place was unknown until last year, when workers excavating for a road near the London 2012 Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth, England, unearthed the grave.
But questions remained about who the men were, how long they had been there and why they had been decapitated.
On Friday, officials revealed that analysis of the men’s teeth shows they were Vikings, executed with sharp blows to the head around a thousand years ago.
They were killed during the Dark Ages, when Vikings frequently invaded the region.
“To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development,” said David Score, project manager for Oxford Archaeology, which excavated the remains.
“Any mass grave is a relatively rare find, but to find one on this scale, from this period of history, is extremely unusual and presents an incredible opportunity to learn more about what is happening in Dorset at this time.”
A woman dropped her gym bag on the tracks of a crowded Upper East Side subway station yesterday — then made the fatal decision to jump after it as screaming straphangers watched in horror.The 48-year-old victim was crushed by a northbound No. 6 train barreling into the 77th Street Station below Lexington Avenue as she tried desperately to claw her way back to the platform.
“She had one choice to make and seconds to make it,” said Alfonso McGruder, 55, of The Bronx, who witnessed the tragedy. “She didn’t make the one that would have saved her life.
Rose Mankos lost her life trying to retrieve a nylon LeSportsac bag filled with exercise clothes, toiletries and her cellphone, sources said.”She tried to go under the platform because the train was bearing down on her. Then she tried to climb onto the platform, but she couldn’t do that. Then she just froze.”
“People were yelling at the lady on the tracks when they saw the train coming,” said Hakeem Nhl, 53, a vendor on the opposite platform. “People were screaming, ‘Oh, my, God! Oh, my God!’ “
Witnesses reported that the train operator sounded his horn eight times and attempted to brake.
In 1951, a quiet, picturesque village in southern France was suddenly and mysteriously struck down with mass insanity and hallucinations.
At least five people died, dozens were interned in asylums and hundreds afflicted.For decades it was assumed that the local bread had been unwittingly poisoned with a psychedelic mould.
Now, however, an American investigative journalist has uncovered evidence suggesting the CIA peppered local food with the hallucinogenic drug LSD as part of a mind control experiment at the height of the Cold War.
The mystery of Le Pain Maudit Cursed Bread still haunts the inhabitants of Pont-Saint-Esprit, in the Gard, southeast France.
On August 16, 1951, the inhabitants were suddenly racked with frightful hallucinations of terrifying beasts and fire.One man tried to drown himself, screaming that his belly was being eaten by snakes. An 11-year-old tried to strangle his grandmother.
Another man shouted: “I am a plane”, before jumping out of a second-floor window, breaking his legs. He then got up and carried on for 50 yards. Another saw his heart escaping through his feet and begged a doctor to put it back. Many were taken to the local asylum in strait jackets.
Time magazine wrote at the time: “Among the stricken, delirium rose: patients thrashed wildly on their beds, screaming that red flowers were blossoming from their bodies, that their heads had turned to molten lead.”
Eventually, it was determined that the best-known local baker had unwittingly contaminated his flour with ergot, a hallucinogenic mould that infects rye grain. Another theory was the bread had been poisoned with organic mercury.
The scientists who produced both alternative explanations, he writes, worked for the Swiss-based Sandoz Pharmaceutical Company, which was then secretly supplying both the Army and CIA with LSD.
However, H P Albarelli Jr., an investigative journalist, claims the outbreak resulted from a covert experiment directed by the CIA and the US Army’s top-secret Special Operations Division (SOD) at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Most pet owners take steps to protect their animals. In Santa Rosa, California, Odessa Gunn worried a car or coyote might one day claim the lives of her dogs, which is why she and her husband, renowned American cyclist Levi Leipheimer, fenced in their property.
But Fox News reported Wednesday that they’re mourning the loss of their beloved Chihuahua, Trooper, and nursing their other dog, Bandit, back to health. The attacker came from an unlikely place — the sky.
Gunn had just let her dogs out into the backyard and was preparing to join them. She recalls, “in the time it took me to put my boots on, I heard what sounded like a really horrendous cat screeching noise. I thought it was a mountain lion or a bobcat or something.”
In fact, it was a pair of Great Horned Owls, birds that typically eat rats and squirrels. On this recent night, the birds set their sites on larger prey. From out of the darkness, the two owls swooped down and attacked Trooper and Bandit, just feet away from where Gunn stood.
After a violent struggle, Bandit escaped, bloody and limping, but Trooper was carried off and hasn’t been seen since. No fur. No blood. Nothing.
Assisted suicide for anyone over 70 who has simply had enough of life is being considered in Holland.
Non-doctors would be trained to administer a lethal potion to elderly people who ‘consider their lives complete’.
The radical move would be a world first and push the boundaries even further in the country that first legalised euthanasia.
The Dutch parliament is to debate the measure after campaigners for assisted suicide collected 112,500 signatures in a month.
Euthanasia has been available for the terminally ill in Holland since 2002 in cases of ‘hopeless and unbearable suffering’ certified by two doctors, but this would be a far bigger step.
At least six women in New Jersey who hoped to plump up their backsides have ended up hospitalized with infections, after a bogus doctor injected their derrieres with a mixture of silicone, petroleum jelly and, perhaps most hazardous, household caulk.
New Jersey health officials said the dangerous mixture had seriously damaging effects.
“What we’ve been hearing from the hospitals is that these women are presented with deep tissue infections and skin infections,” New Jersey Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Tina Tan told the New York Post.
“Abscesses form in some cases.”
Officials in Pecica, a village town about 13 miles from the Hungarian border in the country’s west, ordered the bright red signs, complete with the phrase “Attention – Drunks”.
The 10 road signs, which also show a person crawling on their knees while clutching a glass in one hand, were erected in popular nightspot areas close to the city’s bars and restaurants.
Peter Antal, the Pecica Mayor, said the idea came after he visited an unnamed town in Germany, which had installed similar signs.
He said officials took action after a “despairing” number of accidents in the town, which has a population of about 13,000, caused by drunken revellers, with some even resulting in fatalities.
He said it was not motorists’ fault but blamed the town’s pedestrians, many of whom were not able to look out for themselves as they walked around the town, which is more than 300 miles west of the Romanian capital Bucharest
True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a Korean man falling in love with, and eventually marrying, a large pillow with a picture of a woman on it.
Lee Jin-gyu fell for his ‘dakimakura’ – a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side.
In Lee’s case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the ‘magical girl’ anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between ‘obsessive’ and ‘nerd’) has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest.
Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media. ‘He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,’ said one friend.
Rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France.
The suggestion that the couple were both committing adultery first emerged on Twitter, the microblogging website. It was followed by a report in the Sunday newspaper le Journal du Dimanche.
The first ‘tweet’ claimed that Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy had become romantically involved with Benjamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France’s recent Victoires de la Musique awards.
It then claimed that the jilted Mr Sarkozy had swiftly found solace in the arms of his 40-year-old ecology minister Chantal Jouanno, also a French karate champion.
French web magazine suchablog.com alleged that Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy had been a close friend of Biolay for many years and was now unofficially living with him at his flat in Paris.
The rumours were given extra weight after being reported in an blog on the website of Le Journal du Dimanche.
Police arrested a man early Sunday after two bottles of corrosive liquid were hurled into a crowd at one of Hong Kong’s famous tourist spots, officials said.
At least 30 people were injured in the city’s latest acid attack. The victims, including children and tourists, were all treated at local hospitals for burns and other injuries and released.
The liquid was thrown on them Saturday night near Temple Street, a densely populated district known for its outdoor shops and restaurants in the city’s Kowloon area.
Hong Kong has seen a series of similar attacks since December 2008 that have injured more than 100 people.
The suspect, described as a Chinese man in his 30s, was arrested after authorities found him on the roof a nearby building along with caps to the bottles believed to have been used in the attack, said police spokeswoman Michelle Mak.
The suspect has not been formally charged, and the investigation is ongoing, Mak said.
She did not say if he was also suspected in other attacks.
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, speaking on the GOP’s expected strategy against Democrats in elections this fall, said Republicans would describe President Obama as “a nice person … very articulate” but an ineffective leader who “couldn’t sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.”
Rather prefaced the comments, made Sunday on the “Chris Matthews Show,” by saying, “The Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument.”
Rather is known for his homespun anecdotes, though his choice of language in this instance already is raising some eyebrows on media blogs, which note the potential “racial minefield.”
Armed robbers on Saturday struck at Germany’s largest poker tournament, stealing hundreds of thousands of euros in prize money and injuring gamblers, police said.
The masked gang burst into the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Berlin, where the tournament was taking place, threatening security staff and prompting a brief panic, police spokeswoman Heidi Vogt told AFP.
Berlin’s Tageszeitung newspaper reported on its website that six robbers armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and grenades made off with €800,000 ($1.1 million).
“Several masked, armed individuals entered the Grand Hyatt and fled with a haul of money,” Vogt said, without giving details of the sum involved.
She said a number of the tournament’s players were injured in the incident, though none were seriously hurt.
Wildlife officials killed a mountain lion yesterday that invaded a home near Salida, attacking five dogs and trapping a mother and two children.
The mountain lion entered the home nine miles northwest of Salida about 4 p.m. Thursday after it chased a small dog through a pet door. Michelle Bese, 27, and her two children, ages two and five, were inside with four of her five dogs.
Bese said in an interview that her Jack Russell terrier had been outside when it spotted the mountain lion and began barking at it. The mountain lion jumped a 9-foot fence and chased the six-year-old Jack Russell terrier, named Shai, through the pet door.
Bese was sitting at the kitchen table with her five-year-old son Logan, who was coloring.
“At first I thought it was a stray dog, then maybe a coyote because it was not very big,” said Bese. However, she realized it was “a cat” when the dog turned and confronted the mountain lion.
Bese took Logan and ran to the back bedroom where Avery, her two-year-old, was sleeping. She said Logan couldn’t figure why she was dragging him through the house.
“He didn’t see the lion. He thought I was pretty mad at him,” she said. She shut the bedroom door but then realized the phone was in the living room with the cat.
Her husband, Devin, was driving home with their 9-year-old daughter, Mary, and Bese wanted to warn him. She dashed out of the bedroom, got the phone, ran back and called her husband and then 911.
When her husband arrived, he helped her and the two children out a bedroom window. Minutes later, deputies from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office arrived with Colorado Division of Wildlife officials.
The mountain lion stayed inside, where it had killed one of the dogs, even as a DOW officer pounded on the walls and windows. At that point officers went in and the cat was tranquilized, the DOW said in a news release.
A South Korean couple left their baby daughter to starve to death at home while playing an Internet game which simulated child-rearing, police said Friday.
The man aged 41 and his 25-year-old wife were arrested Thursday, five months after they reported the death of their three-month-old baby, a police investigator in the city of Suweon just south of Seoul told AFP.
The father met his wife in 2008 through the Internet. They had been on the run since their baby died.
“They were formally arrested yesterday,” the investigator said, declining to give details.
The baby was found dead last September 24 and an autopsy showed her death was caused by a long period of malnutrition.
The couple had “raised” an online girl character while neglecting their own prematurely born daughter, feeding her just once a day in between 12-hour stretches at a neighbourhood Internet cafe, Yonhap news agency said.
It quoted police as saying they had become obsessed with raising a virtual girl character called “Anima” in the popular role-playing game “Prius Online”.
“The couple seemed to have lost their will to live a normal life because they didn’t have jobs and gave birth to a premature baby,” Chung Jin-Won, a police officer, told Yonhap.
“They indulged themselves in the online game of raising a virtual character so as to escape from reality, which led to the death of their real baby.”
Hat tip to Trish!
Police say a bear bit off a woman’s fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal.
The Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc closed after the incident Friday morning.
Police say the 47-year-old woman lost a thumb and a forefinger, and two other fingers were partially severed.
The woman’s boyfriend was bitten as he tried to pry the bear’s mouth off her hand, but he didn’t lose any fingers.
Her 3-year-old granddaughter wasn’t injured.
A mayor’s office statement says alcohol played a factor.
Surgeons saved a man’s life after a three week erection nearly killed him, The Sun reported Wednesday.
The businessman, 55, was forced to undergo an emergency operation after his problem persisted for a staggering 21 days.
Doctors at a hospital in Kolkata, India, eventually performed the surgery to put the middle-aged man out of his misery.
But although the hour-long operation was successful, it rendered the man impotent.
Doctor Avishek Mukherjee said: “It was very late when the man sought treatment.
“The treatment has to be sought within six hours, otherwise it could even lead to death, besides the degeneration of the penis.”
TWO Russian men died in a sauna after jumping into a plunge pool that had accidentally been heated to boiling point, investigators and media said.
The two men jumped into the pool to cool down after sweating in a steam room. A third man tried to save the victims but was unable to pull the men out of the boiling water, Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported today.
The two men’s bodies were discovered in the sauna in the city of Kirov in central Russia on February 18 and “their death was caused by overheating”, the Kirov regional investigative committee confirmed in a statement.
The water in the pool was “overheated due to an error by one of the victims,” investigators said.
As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don’t try to shave your privates, either.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husband took the wheel from the passenger seat.
“She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit,” Trooper Gary Dunick said.
“If I wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have believed it. About 10 years ago I stopped a guy in the exact same spot … who had three or four syringes sticking out of his arm. It was just surreal and I thought, ‘Nothing will ever beat this.’ Well, this takes it.”
AN alleged pervert was caught with a picture of a man having sex with a dead SQUID, a court heard today.
Andrew Dymond, 46, was netted when cops apparently found a haul of grossly offensive porn on his home computer.
JPs heard the sea creature was clearly dead in the picture and a man was having sexual intercourse with it.
Dymond is charged with possessing an image of someone “performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely an octopus/squid, which was grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character”.
He faces a total of 25 porn charges and entered no pleas when he appeared before magistrates.
Prosecutors claim Dymond also made 14 indecent photos of children and possessed an additional 57 child porn images.
He is also alleged to have had photos of a person performing sex acts with horses and dogs.
Hat tip to Kara!
An Australian woman walking to work was killed during a freak accident after she was struck in the head by flying metal thrown up by a grass cutter, which left her decapitated.
The 42 year-old woman, who has not been named, is believed to have been struck by a 60cm piece of steel pipe, in what witnesses described as a “freak accident”.
Workplace safety officials have launched an investigation into the accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning in the north Queensland town of Townsville.
The Daily Telegraph understands the woman was decapitated and died instantly at the scene after walking past an empty block of land just after 8am.
Police said a tractor pulling a grass cutter ran over a steel pipe that had been lying in the long grass, which was then sent flying through the air at great speed.
Hat tip to Jonathan!
Three teachers at a South Los Angeles elementary school have been suspended for allegedly encouraging students to celebrate O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul for Black History Month, officials said Wednesday.
Children at Wadsworth Avenue Elementary School were carrying pictures of the men at a parade Friday on the school playground, said Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry.
She said Supt. Ramon C. Cortines learned about the incident Tuesday and had the teachers, who are white, pulled from their classrooms pending an investigation.
The suspension is without pay for the first three days.
“The superintendent believes there are better choices,” she said.
Millions of dollars in Western aid for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 was siphoned off by rebels to buy weapons, a BBC investigation finds.
Former rebel leaders told the BBC that they posed as merchants in meetings with charity workers to get aid money.
They used the cash to fund attempts to overthrow the government of the time.
One rebel leader estimated $95m (£63m) – from Western governments and charities including Band Aid – was channelled into the rebel fight.
The CIA, in a 1985 assessment entitled Ethiopia: Political and Security Impact of the Drought, also alleged aid money was being misused.
Its report concluded: “Some funds that insurgent organisations are raising for relief operations, as a result of increased world publicity, are almost certainly being diverted for military purposes.”
Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail.
Kenton County jail Chief Deputy Scott Colvin said deputies have had to turn away several patients of Douglas Rank, charged last month with first-degree assault in an attack on 32-year-old woman.
Colvin told the Kentucky Enquirer that some patients have asked if they could drop off Rank’s prescription pad at the jail so he could write their prescriptions.
Colvin said the requests have been denied, as prisoners are not allowed to practice their trade in jail.
Tired of that old Bible or Koran?
Members of the Atheist Agenda, a student organization at the University of Texas at San Antonio, are encouraging students to trade in religious texts for pornography this week with their “Smut for Smut” campaign.
In the view of club members, religious texts are as smutty as pornography because they contain violence and torture and spark religious wars. But mostly, it’s a public relations stunt meant to ignite debate and attract new members to the club.
As in past years, the campaign did not disappoint, drawing hundreds to UTSA’s Sombrilla Plaza Monday to either cheer, protest or inquire about the event, and to debate the role of religion in society.“It’s a First Amendment right,” said Bradley Lewis, 18-year-old freshman from Pearland who said he plans to join the Atheist Agenda.
“If religious groups can put out missionaries and go knock on my door and wake me up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, I can put a table outside of the college.”
Robin Lorkovic, an 18-year-old freshman from Houston, disagreed. Lorkovic stood near the “Smut for Smut” table holding a cardboard sign that said “God Loves You! Keep your Bible and learn from it!”
An Elma man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a one-car crash near Montesano.
Grays Harbor County sheriff’s Deputy Dave Pimentel said Monday that 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday night and called a relative to pull his car out of the ditch.
When family members arrived they found Messenger electrocuted.
Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn’t see the live wire.
A CAMERAPHONE application that finds names and addresses of total STRANGERS was blasted as a “stalker’s dream” last night.
The facial recognition “app” instantly identifies snaps by matching them to photos on websites like Facebook and Twitter, where personal info is accessed.
Horrified security experts claim BURGLARS taking secret snaps of revellers could find out their addresses. Unsuspecting strangers fooling around on nights out could also fall prey to BLACKMAIL.
And women could be stalked by PERVERTS. Simon Davies, of Privacy International, slammed the “Recognizr” gizmo as an “atrocious invasion”.
He warned: “It takes the dangers that already exist and increases them infinitely.”
Dr Ian Brown, of the Oxford Internet Institute, said: “A guy could take a picture of a girl in a bar and find out all sorts of information.”
Hat tip to Jonathan!
Citing what he described as the “the persecution of a great hero who rid their land of Godless communists” as a possible cause, prominent TV evangelist and amateur seismologist Pat Robertson today argued that the 8.8 magnitude of the earthquake that struck Chile early this morning should serve as a warning to the population that “God is even angrier with them than he is with the people of Haiti.”
“If I had to guess, I’d say it must have to do with Chile’s persecution and attempted prosecution of their great former leader, and a personal hero of mine, Augusto Pinochet – who, it should be noted, had never been convicted of a crime when the Lord called him home three years ago.”
The popular host of ‘The 700 Club’ and longtime bingo circuit icon also added, “General Pinochet not only assisted the CIA in the overthrow of Chile’s Marxist government, but is widely credited with personally arranging the meetings of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his countrymen with Jesus.”
General Pinochet, who spent the last eight years of his life fighting prosecution on human rights and other charges before succumbing to congestive heart failure in December 2006, could not be reached for comment, even by Robertson.
The General–turned-Dictator has long been considered a transformative figure in the field of Crimes Against Humanity as a result of his landmark policy of ‘Forced Disappearance’, and was even honored in 1998 with the first-ever arrest warrant for a former head of state under the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ by Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, who is currently investigating former Bush Administration officials for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.
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Who may be offered amniocentesis?
1. Women with an abnormal nuchal translucency test or maternal blood triple test.
2. Women who have an abnormality on the mid pregnancy ultrasound at 18 – 20 weeks.
3. Women aged 35 and above.
4. Parents who are known to have a chromosomal abnormality themselves or who have a family history of a genetic disorder.
An amniocentesis can be performed at any stage in pregnancy after 15 weeks.
How is the test performed?
The mother will have an ultrasound examination, which will confirm the dates of her pregnancy and show the position of the baby and placenta.
Using a slender needle, which is guided by ultrasound, the doctor can locate a pocket of amniotic fluid separate from both the baby and placenta and withdraw a small amount of fluid (approximately 20-30mls). It only takes about thirty seconds to draw up the small quantity of amniotic fluid.
Normally the fluid is used to carry out two tests.
1. There is a quick result called a fast FISH (Flourescent In-Situ Hybridisation), which is a preliminary result only. If this is abnormal the final result is required to confirm this.
2. A test is carried out on the cells which are present in the fluid. Using special procedures in the laboratory, the chromosomes in these cells can be examined and in this way it is possible to find out if the baby has Down syndrome, or any of the other less common chromosome problems.
After the needle is removed and the baby is checked again, the mother may leave the room immediately to empty her bladder and dress.
Any discomfort felt is usually minor. Almost without exception, women experience far less discomfort from the test than they had expected.
The doctor who is looking after you and your pregnancy will tell you the results of the amniocentesis. In most cases, he/she will also be able to tell you the sex of the baby if you want to know.
There are a number of other tests which can be carried out on the fluid but these are only performed when the parents are known to be at risk of having a baby with a certain genetic condition.
A comprehensive assessment of the baby’s structures cannot be performed at 15 weeks. Your doctor may therefore arrange for another scan at around 18-20 weeks when details of the fetal development are more easily seen.
What complications can occur?
The risk of the test causing a miscarriage is low, not more than 1 in 200.
In about 0.5% of patients, there is some leakage of the amniotic fluid through the vagina in the 24-48 hours after the procedure. In almost all cases this stops on its own and does not cause any problems to the baby or to the pregnancy. The amniocentesis test does not appear to be associated with any other complications to the baby or to the pregnancy.
The test, like any other, may fail to give a result, either because no specimen is obtained or because the laboratory cannot produce a result. Both of these events are uncommon.
What about the results?
The fast FISH is available in around 2 days.
This gives a result on the 5 main chromosomes most commonly associated with abnormality.
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It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so let’s #BeCyberSmart and talk about your password manager. Whether you already use one, or you’re looking for a way to wrangle all of your logins, we have three questions to help you be sure your information is secure.
Let’s start with some basic considerations.
What is a Password Manager?
We’ve all needed to create a new password with requirements like:
- 8-12 characters long
- One uppercase letter and one lowercase letter
- One special character
- But not that special character
- Now put your left foot in
- Put your right foot in
- Hey Macarena!
Keeping track of secure passwords that meet these requirements isn’t easy. On top of that, did you know the average person has 100 passwords to keep track of? Yikes! Password managers help organize and manage your information so you aren’t stuck hitting the “Forgot password” button each time you try to log into one of your accounts.
You may have heard of popular password managers like Keeper Security, 1Password, and LastPass. So, we asked our Director of Information Security what the most important factors are to consider, and he gave us a great breakdown:
- Does your password manager encrypt your stored information?
- Is it available across the platforms and devices I need?
- What other convenience features does it have?
Let’s dive in!
1. Does your password manager encrypt your stored information?
When it comes to sensitive information, the answer should always be a very emphatic “yes.”
But what is encryption? Think of your password manager like a storage locker. You put your information in and lock it up with a padlock only you have the code and the backup key for. That padlock is encryption. It makes the information unreadable to others unless they have a “key” to access it.
You’re trusting your password manager to keep all of your passwords and usernames secure. If it is ever compromised and that data isn’t encrypted, the hacker will have immediate access to your login credentials.-BRI’s Director of Information Security
Speaking of access, let’s move on to question two…
2. Is your password manager available across the platforms and devices you need?
Fun fact: In the United States, people have, on average, seven connected devices with screens. Smartwatches, tablets, computers, tablets, mobile phones – there are so many different devices and platforms you use to log in to different accounts!
The real goal is to find a password manager that you can access based on your individual needs. Versatility is key so no matter what fun tech devices are in your future, your password manager will be easily accessible to keep your information secure.
3. What other convenience features does it have?
Password managers continually add features and functionality such as:
- autofill on websites
- recommend new passwords
- facilitate password updates (this includes offering a scale indicating how strong your password is)
- allow you to share passwords with the other account users
As you’re evaluating which password manager is right for you, take a minute to decide on what kind of additional convenience features are most important to you.
Basic Password Tips
Once you decide on how you want to manage your plethora of passwords, keep these three tips in mind:
- Don’t write them down.
- Don’t store them on files on your computer.
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Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
An allergy is an immune response by the body to certain stimuli in theenvironment that are normally harmless.
What is going on in the body?
The immune system is made up of chemical pathways and cells within the body. When these are activated, an allergic response occurs. Allergies occur in response to normally harmless triggers known as allergens. The body of a person with an allergyresponds to an allergen by attacking it.
The immune response activates certain immune cells called mast cells. Mast cells trigger the release of chemicals. These chemicals include histamine and leukotrienes. They act on tissues in the body and create theallergic response.
What are the causes and risks of the condition?
No one knows for sure why some people have allergies and others do not. Family history appears to play a part in a person’s development of allergies.
Some common types of allergies include the following:
Symptoms & Signs
What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?
Allergies can affect nearly any part of the body. The nose, sinuses, eyes, lungs, and skin are most affected. Symptoms may include:
Diagnosis & Tests
How is the condition diagnosed?
Allergies are generally diagnosed with a medical history and physical examination. Blood tests and skin testing can be done to identify specific allergens.
Prevention & Expectations
What can be done to prevent the condition?
There is little that can be done to prevent allergies from developing. Once they have developed, flare-ups can be reduced by allergy shots. These shots decrease a person’s sensitivity to the allergen.
What are the long-term effects of the condition?
Most allergic reactions simply cause extreme discomfort. They usually do not pose any long-term risk to the body.
What are the risks to others?
Allergies are not contagious and pose no risk to others.
Treatment & Monitoring
What are the treatments for the condition?
Medications used to treat allergies include the following:
Avoidance therapy involves removing or reducing exposure to allergens. For example, problematic foods can be identified and avoided. Air cleaners and hypoallergenic covers on mattresses can reduce nasal allergies.
What are the side effects of the treatments?
Antihistamines may cause drowsiness. Decongestants and bronchodilators can cause wakefulness.
What happens after treatment for the condition?
Treatment of allergies is generally lifelong.
How is the condition monitored?
Any new or worsening symptoms should be reported to the healthcare provider.
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The Troubled Families programme, Life Chances Fund and Children's Social Care Innovation Programme all specifically target vulnerable young people.
In addition, all the strategies aimed at reducing social inequality (described in the article on 'Strategy for the Social Inclusion of Young People') prioritise support for vulnerable young people.
The systems for providing formal and non-formal education, and youth justice, all have a central role to play in fostering social inclusion.
The Troubled Families Programme is a programme of targeted intervention for families with multiple problems, including crime, anti-social behaviour, truancy, unemployment, mental health problems and domestic abuse. One aim of the programme is to tackle issues before they require costlier interventions. Staff funded by the programme identify ‘troubled families’ in their area and usually assign a key worker to each family, acting as a single point of contact. The Government uses a ‘payment-by-results’ model to incentivise positive outcomes. This involves both an upfront attachment fee to local authorities and a reward payment for each family that shows sustained improvement across set criteria or moves into continuous employment.
£448 million was allocated to the first phase of the programme which ran from 2012 to 2015. The second phase of the Programme was launched in 2015, with £920 million allocated to help an additional 400,000 families. In 2020, the programme received £165 million in funding to ensure it continues running for another year, until March 2021.
Evaluation has indicated that the programme has reduced the number of Looked After Children, as well as the number of custodial sentences and convictions. The 2019 cost-benefit analysis suggested that the programme had resulted in economic and fiscal benefits to the taxpayer and wider society. These benefits had mainly been realised through reductions in the number of Children in Care and youth offending.
Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families
The Government published ‘Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017. It identifies that children from workless families are often faced with other multiple, complex problems, like parental conflict, poor parental mental health, and parent alcohol and drug dependency, as they tend to overlap with parental worklessness. These issues in turn, affect children’s and families outcomes and prevents them from fulfilling their full potential. The policy paper provides a framework on how the government will improve disadvantaged children’s and families’ outcomes, this includes:
- Setting the next phase of the Troubled Families Programme,
- Reduce parental conflict through a new programme delivered locally by specialised organisations
- Improve the Jobcentre Plus’ services by providing more personalised services for Jobseekers and to efficiently address their needs, strengthen partnerships with local authorities, wider public service and the public sector, and circulate information more effectively
- Implementing a trial of the Individual and Placement Support approach which tackles alcohol and drug dependency, by providing them support to go back into employment, building a network to help them, and treatment.
In 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions published ‘Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families Indicators 2019’, which was used to track progress in tackling disadvantages affecting families’ and children’s outcomes.
Life Chances Fund
The Life Chances Fund (LCF) is an £80m fund provided by central government to help people in society who face the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives. It provides top up contributions to outcomes-based contracts involving social investment, referred to as Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). These contracts must be locally commissioned and designed to tackle complex social problems over six themes:
- drug and alcohol dependency,
- children's services,
- young people,
- early years,
- older people's services,
- and healthy lives.
Targeted policy callouts will invite applications to the themes across three staggered intervals. The fund launched in July 2016 and will run for nine years through to March 2025. The Life Chances Fund has awarded over £760,000 to local commissioners and service providers to develop the Social Impact Bonds that tackle social issues, like drug and alcohol dependency amongst disadvantaged young people and help support children’s services.
The use of SIBs should make it easier for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) to access the investment they need to increase the size of their project. An example of SIB funding is the 2016 Youth Engagement Fund of £16 million. The ultimate aim of the fund is to improve employment prospects of disadvantaged, vulnerable, young people by paying for positive education and employment outcomes. This will improve their employability and in turn, reduce long-term benefits dependency and likelihood of offending, as there is a strong link between poor educational achievement and chances of offending. A list of the projects supported by the third and final round of funding was announced in September 2018.
An evaluation report of the Youth Engagement Fund was published in May 2020, and found that overall the interventions delivered appear to have been implemented successfully. The services provided were found to be effective in engaging young people, in particular the quality of the coaching/mentoring. However, there were also limitations to the support, as the providers did not necessarily support the most disadvantaged young people in the area, and focused primarily on supporting young people rather than also addressing the wider factors that affect whether young people become NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).
Children's Social Care Innovation Programme
In 2013, the Department for Education launched the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme, aimed at developing, testing and sharing effective ways of supporting children who need help from social care services to ultimately help improve social care for the future. The programme was extended in 2016 with £200 million of government funding committed over four years. More information about the programme, and its main delivery partner, the Spring Consortium, can be found on the Innovation Unit website.
Youth justice system
The Youth Justice Board oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales; its principal aim is to prevent offending. It is a non-departmental public body which was created by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 .
The youth justice system in England and Wales is made up of a network of organisations that work together to administer justice and support children and young people. This network consists of:
- youth offending teams (YOTs) (multi-disciplinary teams which work young people that get in trouble with the law)
- local partnerships made up of partners from the police, probation services, local authority children’s services and health services
- the police and the Crown Prosecution Service
- the courts and the judiciary
- secure accommodation providers.
There are various prevention programmes that work to keep young people, especially those who are vulnerable, away from crime. They are run within local communities, and can involve parents and families.
Participation is voluntary, and does not begin before the young person themselves and their parents confirm and agree to what will be expected of them. This is set out in an Intervention Plan. Many programmes are run by the relevant local authority's youth offending team or by other local organisations, such as youth charities.
From 2018 to 2021, priorities include:
- national standards for youth justice
- improving local practice
- resettlement and transitions between services
- safety and education in custody
- Secure Schools
- the disproportionate representation of children from some black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds in the youth justice system
- serious youth violence reduction
Furthermore, the Home Office released the Serious Violence Strategy in April 2018. It addressed how the Government will be responding to the increase in serious violence - knife crime, gun crime and homicide. It sets out a programme that focuses on young people and early intervention to ‘catch young people before they go down the wrong path.’ See section ‘Serious Violence Strategy’ in the article on ‘Current Debates and Reforms’ for more information.
For programmes within the education system aimed at vulnerable young people, see the section ‘Educational support’ in the article ‘Social inclusion through education and training’ for further information.
Local authority programmes for vulnerable young people
Local authorities have a youth support team (or similarly named group) responsible for supporting young people most at risk of not making a successful transition into adulthood. They are generally multi-disciplinary teams consisting of youth workers and family support, health and careers specialists, social workers, police and probation officers. They may offer advice, support and guidance in the following areas:
- sex and relationships
- youth justice (see above).
Under statutory duties, local authorities have to provide services and activities that improve the well-being of young people, and those with learning difficulties to age 24.
Other programme providers
A number of charities provide services which target vulnerable young people to aid their social inclusion, including (but not limited to):
- Action for Children, which provides practical and emotional support for young people to help them build the skills they need to successfully transition to adulthood.
- Transitions UK, which supports disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 25 years to help them become healthy, happy and fulfilled adults.
- The Explore programme (part of The Prince’s Trust) which supports disadvantaged young people aged 16-25, by encouraging them to develop the motivation, self-confidence and skills they need to change their lives.
For further information, please visit each charity's website. The following section focuses on government programmes.
Funding mechanisms are described where the programme / intervention is mentioned above.
Programmes focusing on young people’s social inclusion tend to have built in evaluation and quality assurance procedures. For example:
- A comprehensive, independent audit of the first phase of the Troubled Families Programme was undertaken; the final report was published in 2016 by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- A second evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015 to 2020 was published in 2019.
- An evaluation was undertaken of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme prior to the commitment of second phase funding.
- The Youth Justice Board's remit includes quality assurance. It has published National Standards for Youth Justice services and reports to the Department for Justice on compliance with these standards.
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My buddy and colleague in Patheos blogging, Justin Whitaker, has the story at his American Buddhist Perspective.
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya is, of course, the world famous Buddhist institution of higher learning in Bangkok, Thailand. One of two such public universities in the country, it says of itself:
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University aims to be the leading center of Buddhist education and to cooperate with other organizations and institutes to promote Buddhist education…In today’s modern, Globalized world, the university recognizes the need for people to meet and exchange ideas about Buddhism.
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Esther Greenwood, a bright college student who aspires to be a writer. At the age of nineteen, brown-eyed and brown-haired, Esther feels somewhat out of place in the world of high fashion and money to which she is introduced as a result of winning a fashion magazine contest. She enters her prestigious college on a scholarship. Esther is not one to sit in the corner feeling insecure; instead, she meets the world with a lively touch of sarcasm that colors her description of New York City, her friends, and herself. After her month in the city working as an intern on the magazine, however, her sense of daring becomes coupled with a feeling of disappointment over life. She attempts suicide and has a nervous breakdown, which is followed by recuperation in a series of hospitals and sanatoriums.
Buddy Willard, a medical student whom Esther has dated. He is an only child, and his parents encourage his relationship with Esther. Buddy has a fairly realistic view of life. Although he prides himself on his health, as a first-year medical student he contracts tuberculosis and must spend time in a sanatorium. When Esther visits him, he proposes to her, but by this time she has lost interest. Later, he visits her in the sanatorium, but by now there is nothing but curiosity about their relationship and a lurking fear that he may have contributed to her emotional condition.
Mrs. Greenwood, Esther Greenwood’s widowed mother. She tries to let Esther alone and not pressure her too much. After the death of Esther’s father ten years earlier, she reared Esther alone and supported the two of them by teaching business courses at a city college in Boston. She refuses at first to recognize Esther’s mental illness.
Doreen, another winner in the competition that Esther won. Doreen comes from a finishing-type school in the South. She is a striking young woman, with white hair and deep blue eyes. She is much more sophisticated and daring than Esther, who is quite taken with her. Doreen does not feel any need to follow the schedule set for the girls or to worry about doing the work assignments. She takes Esther to places where, alone, she would never have thought to go; her behavior and outlook suggest to Esther a new and different approach to the world.
Jay Cee, the famous editor under whom Esther was assigned to work during her special one-month internship. She tries to help Esther learn the work and consider her future and her opportunities, but at this point in her life, Esther has another agenda.
Philomena Guinea, a novelist and alumna of the college that Esther attends. She provided the scholarship that made it possible for Esther to attend the private women’s college in Massachusetts. She continues to assist Esther after her breakdown by financing a move from a public mental institution to a more exclusive, and more expensive, private one.
Dr. Nolan, a female psychiatrist who treats Esther at the hospital where she is recuperating. She administers shock treatments, but they are not as grueling to Esther as the shock treatments administered by Dr. Gordon earlier.
Joan Gilling, an acquaintance of Esther. She becomes more important in Esther’s life when they find themselves at the same mental institution and have a gentle rivalry regarding privileges, freedom, and ultimately release. She is a former girlfriend of Buddy Willard. She seems to recover more quickly than Esther, but eventually she hangs herself.
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Aurelia Plath's comments on The Bell Jar's use of "caricatures" are well founded: The minor characters in the novel tend to be stock, one-sided, static, and nearly all of them are cast in a most unflattering light. Nonetheless, one of the great virtues of the book lies in Plath's ability to limn her characters in a few well-chosen and immediate words, an accomplishment one critic has likened to "a series of snapshots taken at high noon." When the unimaginative and deadly dull Buddy Willard exhibits himself in front of Esther, prompting in her only thoughts of "turkey neck and turkey gizzards," an enduring portrait has been etched in the reader's mind. Similarly, Mrs. Willard's domination by her husband is made real when she is shown laboriously braiding a doormat for the kitchen floor. The Bell Jar is made up of some eighty-odd distinct "scenes" of this sort, in most of which a minor character is tellingly caught in the lens of Esther's razor-sharp eye.
A more troublesome issue is the depiction of Esther herself: For many readers, her initial ingenuousness and her later derangement undercut her credentials as a reliable narrator. Nevertheless, a British reviewer of the novel's first edition noted that there "are criticisms of America that the neurotic can make as well as anyone, perhaps better . . . " Esther has not misread fundamentally the world around her, nor does she lack the intelligence and humor which are commonly supposed to ward off despair. Indeed, Esther's problem is that she sees the world so clearly that no intellectually honest accommodation can be made with it any longer; madness and suicide become, paradoxically, the only remaining "healthy" ways to respond to this life. Her emotional distance from less clear-eyed peers, the sham at the heart of New York's glittering canyons, the subjugation of ambitious and competent women, the gothic horrors of modern history, the difficulties of authentic relationships — all these insights and more collide with Esther's real love of life and beauty, causing her to assume the role of madwoman, if only to assert a polar opposition to a reality she finds clinically insane. "To the person in the bell jar," Esther testifies, " . . . the world itself is the bad dream." | <urn:uuid:256068e8-448d-4e59-884f-a11a470602ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.enotes.com/topics/bell-jar/characters | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.972391 | 1,268 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Microsoft Hardly Changes Its Smear Campaign Against Google After Microsoft’s Collusion With the NSA Got Exposed
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Summary: The biggest source of SPAM (Windows) and privacy violations (Windows and Microsoft services) throws accusations of spam and privacy violations by Google
Thanks to Edward Snowden we now know a lot more about the NSA’s liaisons with Microsoft. Microsoft can no longer accuse Google of privacy violations with a straight face, can it? So what happens to the Scroogled PR campaign, which reportedly made another comeback? The Inquirer reports:
MARKETING GENIUSES in Redmond must be spinning in their chairs and high-fiving, having launched Microsoft’s latest anti-Google “scroogled” campaign.
This time around the Google Scroogle relates to emails and spam. “Google spams your inbox with ads that look like real emails,” it hollers.
“Google violates your privacy by reading every single word of every single email sent to and from Gmail accounts so they can better target you with ads. Now, they’re going one step further over the line by using that same personal information to spam your inbox with ads that look like real emails,” said the accompanying marketing information.
First of all, Microsoft lets the NSA hijack entire systems of over a billion people. So don’t tell us about privacy, Microsoft. It also lets the NSA eavesdrop on Skype and much of its server-based business (Azure, E-mail, and so on).
Secondly, Microsoft is the number one cause of SPAM (last pointed out a couple of days ago), so who the heck at Microsoft has the nerve to accuse Google of ‘spam’? Google is mostly a victim of this Windows-spewed SPAM.
Microsoft’s main product these days is surveillance/dossiers on people and of course a slew of abominable lies, such as the above. Shun Microsoft like you would shun an oppressive regime, which is what Microsoft is secretly advancing (while publicly pretending to pursue the opposite). Recall what Microsoft did in Russia. █ | <urn:uuid:fd3b2877-b2cf-41e3-b793-d10ff568903d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://techrights.org/2013/08/13/nsa-and-scroogled/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00146-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92171 | 456 | 1.625 | 2 |
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I don't get it! ! I now someone who got that rubber band surgery
I met someone who had that band surgery. She lost 60lbs. She did look good but she had about 30lbs more to lose. I tild here about peer trainer and she said she didn't need it. I said what do you do when you get upset now. She said I just don't eat. I use to eat for every emotion now I just don't eat because when I eat to much now I get sick. I don't get it!I
Sat. Jan 6, 12:37pm
There isn't much to "get". The stomach banding means she has a MUCH smaller stomach than she used to. Banding is a very extreme way to lose weight, and you are forced to change your lifestyle and eating habits for the rest of your life. She CAN'T eat more than a cup or so of food at a time any more. There isn't enough room. If she eats more than that, it backs up into "the pipes" and can't be processed. Have you ever eaten so much that you make yourself sick? Same thing, but sooner.
My only question about this, is, what happens when you are done losing weight? If you can eat so little that you lose weight without exercising, won't you KEEP losing weight forever? I've never heard of having the banding reversed when the weight loss is done, so what happens when these people are skinny?
Saturday, January 06, 2007, 3:55 PM
Um, where are you from? The lap band is not an extreme way to lose weight, it is actually safe then gastric bypass with longer safer term results. You are misinformed. You can also have the band tighten if you see you have stopped losing weight. Once you get to your goal you should be able to eat a normal portion. I think the key about lap bands is that you learn how much a normal serving is.
Saturday, January 06, 2007, 11:52 PM
I agree with the second poster, to my way of thinking banding is still an extreme intervention (though with advantages over gastric bypass) that comes with risks as an intervention of this nature would. It is one of the options people have when all else fails - that is, when they are morbidly obese and are not able to address the problem through food intake and exercise alone. It is not something that should be entered into lightly, as there can in some instances be serious complications.
The banding operation allows people to lose the excess weight, they still have sufficient stomach capacity to enable them to maintain a healthy weight - but in 'normal' circumstances they are not able to overeat at individual sittings.
Sunday, January 07, 2007, 12:02 AM
I know of 2 women in my office who have had gastric bypasses. (I don't think they
did the banding thing).
They cannot eat more than a small bit of food and they also cannot eat too much sugar or they get sick.
I ate lunch with one of the women-- It forced me to 1) eat slower and 2) a smaller portion.
She ate so slowly and like a bird-- it made ME feel self-conscious about scarfing down my food!
Sunday, January 07, 2007, 1:32 AM
OP What I don't get is how getting this procedure changes the way you react to situations I am an emotional eater! I think most overwieght people are
Sunday, January 07, 2007, 9:32 AM
I agree 9:32. Do they stop binging because it becomes painful? I mean, no one likes to throw up... I wonder if they must deal with the pain in their lives before surgery...but why can't they do that instead of surgery?
Sunday, January 07, 2007, 3:32 PM
Some over weight people are over from over indulgence but then there is people like me who had a bad reaction to birth control and gained 80 pounds form it and then gets pregnant and gains weight despite not being able to eat at all. Honestly I could not eat. I gained over a hundred pounds from this and the weight will not go away. Sorry I just had to post this everyone does not get fat from over eating. Life just kicks our butt.
Sunday, January 07, 2007, 11:32 PM
very true, 1132! i gained a lot of weight by taking prescribed medications. and it's been a real struggle to lose it. i wonder if it wouldn't have been better to not have taken the medication at all and just dealt with my problems in a more holistic way. but there's nothing i can do to change the past, only new ways to embrace the future.
Monday, January 08, 2007, 10:58 AM
My family members were discussing these types of surgery over the holidays. One of our relatives had a gastric bypass, and between the people sitting in the room they knew of six people who had these type of procedures. Among them, four are regaining weight. They've been eating more than they are supposed to, and their stomachs gradually stretch.
There are so many TV shows and news articles these days discussing these procedures, and I wonder if they are not causing some people to view the procedures as a magic pill or (relatively) easy solution. The shows rarely take a long-range view. They highlight the success in the months immediately following the surgery, but don't show if the people can maintain in the long run.
If it turns out that the long-term success rate is only 33% or a similar number, it may not be worth the risk that these surgeries pose.
Monday, January 08, 2007, 1:30 PM
I saw a show that some people who had lap band and gastric bypass appeared on...and they said that the emotional component is still there, but since they CAN'T overeat without getting sick, something else takes its place-- some developed sex addictions, alcohol addictions, etc. Not all of course, some get lots of therapeutic help from pros or churches, but that is one of the catches-- it's certainly not the "quick fix" some people claim it is or accuse those people of taking.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007, 1:27 AM
should be outlawed.
Friday, March 11, 2011, 11:57 AM
It's only a tempory fix! Don't you guys read, or watch the biggest loser? There was a father and son team. The father had the gastric bybass, and he was huge! I heard Carny Wilson, gained all her weight back. I meet people all the time at Weight Watcher meetings who had the surgery, and gained the weight back, now they have to try again. It is ahrd thing to lose weight, but we can! One day at a time. Those surgeies are dangerous, and are onlty temporary fixes.
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 6:55 AM
It's essentially surgical behavior modification - for the short term.
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 11:22 AM
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It’s hard to really capture an incredible view.
Sure, a few Instagram filters will help. Your iPhone camera does the job. You’ve learned to stop putting your thumb in front of the camera.
But there’s still something missing. And that something is a dinosaur.
Photographer Jorge Saenz has learned this lesson. When he travels around as part of his work as an Associated Press photographer, he always remembers to add in a few little toy dinosaurs to make each shot complete.
It all started when Jorge took a picture of a toy green Brachiosaurus, named Dino, in his living room.
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And so, over the last two years, Jorge’s included Dino and his friends in all his travel photos.
He’s now turning their adventures into a series of children’s books.
Jorge told us that each dinosaur has its own personality. Dino is ‘innocent like a child but talkative, with simple but deep thoughts’.
Dina, the big stegosaurus, is more aggressive and instinctive.
Spiny the spinosaurus has a keen sense of irony, and Brachy the brachiosaurus is Dino’s girlfriend who doesn’t always approve of his behaviour.
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The delegation, led by Brazil, met with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Fisheries Agency to denounce Japan’s Whale Research Program (JARPA II).
Japan plans to take 935 minke whales this year — more than double its previous intake. It will also take 10 fin whales this year, with plans for 50 fin and humpback whales each year.
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Australia led a demarche of 15 countries last year to raise concerns directly with the Japanese Government about its proposed increased whale catch in Antarctic waters.
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DETROIT – Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., a recent graduate from Wayne State University, and her mentor, Lisa J. Rapport, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Wayne State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, found that if traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims feel close to a higher power, it can help them rehabilitate. The study was recently published in Rehabilitation Psychology.
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Traumatic brain injury is a disruption of normal brain function after a head injury and affects 1.7 million Americans annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those struggling with the long-term effects of TBI are at a heightened risk for mental and physical problems. Such problems can significantly inhibit rehabilitation outcomes and are therefore important to address in the context of rehabilitation efforts. And when TBI leaves people feeling stressed, less satisfied with life and functionally dependent on others, rehabilitation is the only option.
“Among healthy adults, religion and spirituality have shown strong association with improved life satisfaction and physical and mental health outcomes,” said Waldron-Perrine. But research about religion’s effect on TBI rehabilitation in particular is lacking….
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Scientists from the University of Utah and Omicia, Inc., a privately held company developing tools to interpret personal genome sequences, have announced the publication in Genome Research of a new software tool called VAAST, the Variant Annotation, Analysis and Selection Tool, a probabilistic disease-causing mutation finder for individual human genomes.
The dramatic decline in DNA sequencing costs is making personal genome sequencing a reality. Already, significant progress has been made in applying whole genome sequencing to cancerprognosis and early childhood disease. Examples include the 2010 publications on Miller Syndrome in Nature Genetics and Science, and similar studies aimed at identifying the unknown genetic defects responsible for some early childhood diseases…
…However, a data interpretation bottleneck has limited the utility of personal genome information for medical diagnosis and preventive care. VAAST is a new algorithm to assist in overcoming this bottleneck. VAAST is the product of a collaboration between Mark Yandell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and colleagues, and the Omicia scientific team under the leadership of Martin Reese, Ph.D., the company’s CEO and Chief Scientific Officer.
In the Genome Research paper, Yandell and colleagues show that VAAST provides a highly accurate, statistically robust means to rapidly search personal genomes for genes with disease-causing mutations. The authors demonstrate that as few as three genomes from unrelated children, or those of the parents and their two children, are sufficient to identify disease causing mutations.
“The big challenge in genomic medicine today is how to sift through the millions of variants in a personal genome sequence to identify the disease-relevant variations,” said Dr. Reese. “It’s a classic needle in a haystack problem, and VAAST goes a long way toward solving it. We look forward to integrating VAAST into the Omicia Genome Analysis System currently under development for clinical applications.”
Dr. Yandell added: “VAAST solves many of the practical and theoretical problems that currently plague mutation hunts using personal genome sequences. Our results demonstrate that this tool substantially improves upon existing methods with regard to statistical power, flexibility, and scope of use. Further, VAAST is automated, fast, works across all variant population frequencies and is sequencing platform independent.”
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From the 27 June 2011 Eureka news alert
Most parents are unaware of the risks their teenagers face in the workplace and could do more to help them understand and prepare for those hazards, according to a new study.
Previous findings have shown that about 80 percent of teens are employed during their high school years. But the study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Injury Prevention Research Center and North Carolina State University highlights the role parents play in helping their children get those jobs, and making good decisions about workplace safety and health.
The paper will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
About 38 workers under the age of 18 in the U.S. die from work-related injuries each year, while an estimated 146,000 experience nonfatal injuries or illnesses.
“Because parents are so involved with their children about work, they are in an excellent position to help teens ensure that their employers are assuring good safety standards,” said Carol Runyan, Ph.D., the study’s lead investigator and director of the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center….
….Runyan and Schulman said questions that parents should ask their working teens include:
- How much training did you receive?
- If you are handling cash, have you been trained about what to do if there is a robbery?
- Are you ever alone in the workplace?
- Are there machinery or tools that could be hazardous?
- Have you been trained on how to deal with an angry customer?
- Is there an adult manager on site?
The researchers are planning additional work to determine how to get parents more informed and more involved. Parents, educators, teens and employers can find additional information at the U.S. Department of Labor website: http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/
Along with Runyan and Schulman, the paper, “Parental Involvement with Their Working Teens,” was co-written by Catherine Vladutiu, a doctoral student in epidemiology at UNC, and Kimberly Rauscher, Sc.D., of West Virginia University. The research was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service.
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Are you a digital reader? If so, you might be interested in the following news. On June 2nd, the National Academies Press (NAP) began offering the PDF versions of their reports and books as FREE downloads.
Who is the National Academies? The National Academies is a collection of four private, nonprofit institutions: the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Center. Each year, the NAP publishes over 200 authoritative books and reports that address science, engineering, and health topics.
More the 4000 NAP titles are now freely available to download. Users can choose to download entire books or individual chapters. To download a book, visit the NAP website at http://www.nap.edu/. Select a topic to browse (for example, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Education, Food & Nutrition, and Health and Medicine) and explore the available titles. Once you select a title, look for the DOWNLOAD FREE PDF option. To complete the download, you will need to create an NAP user account or register as a guest.
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The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011)
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The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking: Workshop Report (2011)
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Why are sea shanties so good?
Sea Shanties were work songs sung on ships during the age of sail. They were used to keep rhythm during work and make it more pleasant. Because these songs were used to accomplish a goal, rather then for pure entertainment, the lyrics and melody were not very sophisticated.
What is in a seafood basket?
A seafood basket , also known as the fisherman’s basket , is a fried dish usually consisting of fried seafood including fish fillet, prawns and calamari. Additional foods used can include fried scallops, oysters and crab sticks.
Are sea shanties Irish?
Sea shanties – first recorded in Western seafaring culture in the late 18th century – are work songs – with strong links to work songs from other cultures – like black African work songs. The important thing is that they are claimed, celebrated, enjoyed, written or arranged by people within the Irish cultural milieu.
What is the oldest sea shanty?
“A-Roving,” or “The Amsterdam Maid,” is rerhaps the oldest of the great capstan shanties , going back in time at least to 1630 I<.
Are sea shanties still sung?
Still loved by modern sailors, the sea shanties are now rarely used as work songs since the modern vessels do not require a large group of people to complete as task aboard.
What are pirate songs called?
A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire.
What kind of music did pirates listen to?
A substantial number of pirates were Africans or African Americans, and may have sung traditional songs brought from Dahomey, Fante, the Ivory Coast, or the plantations they had escaped from.
Did pirates really sing?
Shanties are songs that were sung by sailors and pirates as they sailed the seven seas, intended to keep the men both entertained and motivated during their long spells at sea. The word shanty is sometimes spelled “chanty” as it is derived from the French word “chanter,” which means to sing .
What is a fisherman basket called?
A creel is a wicker basket usually used for carrying fish or blocks of peat. It is also the cage used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. In modern times it has come to mean a range of types of wicker baskets used by anglers or commercial fishermen to hold fish or other prey.
How old are sea shanties?
Traceable from at least the mid-1400s, the shanty hails from the days of the old merchant ‘ tall ‘ sailing ships.
Does the Navy sing sea shanties?
Now to answer your question, shanties have died out of our modern navy as there really isn’t a need for them. However, I have heard, in the Coast Guard, when the officers have to sail the only SV still in active service, they will sing shanties . For moral as well as all the things listed above.
Are sea shanties copyrighted?
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1. Interstitial Lung Disease with high fever and unable to diagnose: could be possible Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
that have no known cause and affect lungs Primarily.
2. blood test
usually don't confirm the diagnosis but are done to search for possible secondary infection. (high WBC count)
3. In hospital, a TEAM of doctors is/are looking after her, so sooner or later they will come up with a Provisional or Final diagnosis.
4. you haven't mentioned about her BP range and neither about the elevated creatinine
5. any h/o of Autoimmune disease
6. presently in hospital antibiotics and corticosteroids
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When your friend tells you she’s pregnant, what do you do?
Maybe she texted you last night or quietly told you while hanging out. Likely, she is confused and worried about her future. You want to support her, but you’re not sure what to say or do next.
Finding out you are unexpectedly pregnant is difficult, complicated, and traumatic. And you want her to do the right thing.
Simply, the best thing you can do is be there for her, be supportive, and provide a listening ear.
Be sure that you are in a place where you can give your friend your full attention. If you can’t stop what you’re doing, let your friend know you want to listen and ask for a time that you can do that.
She is turning to you with major, life-changing news and that means your input matters. Be attentive and ask questions that will give her a chance to express what she feels and thinks.
Don’t Interrupt or Judge Her
It’s easy to respond with stories you’ve heard of someone else’s crisis situation or with what you would do if you were in her situation.
This is not the time to say things like, “I told you so,” or “Babies are so cute. You’ll be fine!” Or, “I could never give my baby up for adoption. Who does that?”
An unintended pregnancy can raise a number of difficult questions that you just don’t have answers for. Instead of changing the subject, or judging her, put your emotions in check as you focus in on what your friend is saying. If she asks for your thoughts, agree with her as much as you can and if you disagree, communicate that gently.
Your friend will need to decide what she wants to do about her pregnancy; it’s her decision. Just ask her what you can do to help and try to stay positive. Help her locate resources as she prepares for the future.
Let her know that she can talk to someone at Pregnancy Resource Center. We can confirm the pregnancy through a pregnancy test and and ultrasound to let her know how far along she might be. We’ll also discuss all of her options and provide a range of resources, from healthcare to housing, as she decides what her next steps are. All of our services are free.
If she has already confirmed the pregnancy, our trained client advocates can provide accurate answers to her questions and address her needs and concerns. You can also come to the appointment with her, so that she has the support she needs.
As your friend navigates a difficult pregnancy decision, you can love her well by listening, asking questions, holding your opinions and helping her find the resources she needs. | <urn:uuid:ede90231-64cb-4740-ae90-0a3b50556543> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://prcbctn.com/2018/07/15/my-friend-thinks-shes-pregnant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.976096 | 591 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Biography of Brent Scowcroft
As President and founder of The Scowcroft Group and one of the country’s leading experts on international policy, Brent Scowcroft provides Group clients with unparalleled strategic advice and assistance in dealing in the international arena.
Brent Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Ford and Bush. From 1982 to 1989, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. In this capacity, he advised and assisted a wide range of U.S. and foreign corporate leaders on global joint venture opportunities, strategic planning, and risk assessment.
His prior extraordinary twenty-nine-year military career began with graduation from West Point and concluded at the rank of Lieutenant General following service as the Deputy National Security Advisor. His Air Force service included Professor of Russian History at West Point; Assistant Air Attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Head of the Political Science Department at the Air Force Academy; Air Force Long Range Plans; Office of the Secretary of Defense International Security Assistance; Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Military Assistant to President Nixon.
Out of uniform, he continued in a public policy capacity by serving on the President’s Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the Commission on Strategic Forces, and the President’s Special Review Board, also known as the Tower Commission.
He currently serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards. He earned his masters and doctorate in international relations from Columbia University. | <urn:uuid:a42a672f-74fc-4d8b-ba7d-8968370f0da9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.un.org/News/dh/hlpanel/scowcroft-bio.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00466-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954704 | 304 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Stuart Leonard "Stu" Miller (December 26, 1927 – January 4, 2015) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1956), New York/San Francisco Giants (1957–1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963–1967) and Atlanta Braves (1968). He batted and threw right-handed. In a 16-season career, Miller posted a 105–103 record with a 3.24 earned run average, 1164 strikeouts, and 154 saves in 704 games pitched (93 as a starter).
On April 30, 1967, Steve Barber and Miller combined to pitch a no-hitter for the Orioles against the Detroit Tigers, but would lose 2–1 because of a wild pitch and an error allowing two runs to score in the ninth inning.
Miller was involved in one of the more memorable moments in All Star Game history, albeit for an exaggeration of the event in question. In the ninth inning of the first of two 1961 All Star Games (two were played between 1959 and 1962), which was played at Candlestick Park, a gust of wind caused Miller to sway slightly, resulting in a balk, which advanced Roger Maris to second and Al Kaline to third. In the embellished version, it is reported that the wind gust blew the 165-pound Miller off the pitcher's mound. Kaline later scored on an error by Ken Boyer on Rocky Colavito's ground ball, which tied the score at 3–3. One batter later, the wind caused catcher Smoky Burgess to drop Tony Kubek's foul pop-up for an error. Miller bailed Burgess out by striking out Kubek, and after Yogi Berra reached base on Don Zimmer's error, Miller got Hoyt Wilhelm to fly out to left to end the inning. In the top of the 10th inning, the defense behind Miller almost did him in; Nellie Fox walked and scored all the way from first on Boyer's three-base throwing error (the second by Boyer in as many innings) on Kaline's ground ball. Miller's teammates bailed him out in the bottom of the inning and made him the winning pitcher; Hank Aaron singled and scored on a double by Miller's Giant teammate Willie Mays to tie the score, then Mays scored the winning run on Roberto Clemente's single.
On May 14, 1967, he gave up Mickey Mantle's 500th career home run.
Miller died January 4, 2015, in Cameron Park, California, aged 87 after a brief illness.
By Dean Hanley
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Why is there a global obesity epidemic?
A review of the global literature reveals that "experts" blame people across the globe for increasingly becoming overweight due to "urbanization and the influx of Western ways of life including the myriad of fast food choices, little exercise and stressful jobs." Dr. Frank Hu, associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health, agrees stating: "The problem of obesity rates dramatically increase in countries that are undergoing economical development. Rural workers moving to urban areas perform less physical labor and supplant traditional low-fat diets that include local foods with processed diets that are high in fats and sugar." This statement typifies the general consensus why the world is getting fatter. Unfortunately, these observations, though not without merit, are highly oversimplified and convey the ignorance about the true causative reasons behind the very complex subject of obesity.
In fact, in a 2009 survey of 290 primary care physicians in the United States, the survey revealed that “almost all primary care physicians want to help obese patients lose weight, but they say that no one in their practice knows enough to adequately deal with weight-related issues” (Family Practice News, April 1, 2010). Clearly that is evidenced when the medical professional takes an overweight individual and provides that person a strict exercise and dietary management program. That person may lose weight at first, but most often regains that weight back and more. Even Oprah, with her multiple attempts at weight loss and access to her "gurus", has found frustration in her ability to maintain her desired weight long term. Therefore, there is obviously something more than "urbanization" and "fast food diets" responsible. There are people who eat salads every day who can not control their weight while there are people who eats hundreds of calories a day who are not obese nor exercise much. This conveys that there clearly are other major underlying factors with the matter of obesity. In recent years, scientists have discovered a so-called fat gene in the hopes that the drug industry can find that magic bullet. Yet, like most genetic discoveries, genetics only predisposes you to the condition but does not necessarily condemn you to the condition. Your genes are like road signs for cellular growth. However, it's the bumps in the road of life that can steer your health off course. Fix the bumps and you regain control of your health. In recent years, scientists have come to realize that the triggers and control of obesity lie within the brain. Neurosurgeons have experimented with implanting electrodes in the brain's hypothalamus in a desperate but futile attempt to slow the obese person's metabolism.
In 2007, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 1.6 billion people overweight worldwide with projections that this number will grow by 40% within 10 years. A team at John Hopkins University in Baltimore conducted a study that predicts 75% of adults in the U.S. will be overweight by 2015. Indeed the number will grow as the lack of understanding of the underlying causes of obesity continues. It is the intent of this site to shed new light upon this epidemic and finally offer the global public a real solution to curing obesity permanently. Moreover, it is QuantumMAN's mission to deter anyone contemplating the horrendous gastric bypass surgery, a surgery that literally trashes your health. Click here to review Gastric Bypass Surgery and its house of horrors.
Review ZAG's Obesity Flow Chart that conveys the myriad of metabolic events responsible for obesity.
Overweight and Obesity Defined
The terms "overweight" and "obesity" are both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height. For an adult, these ranges are calculated on a number called the "body mass index"(BMI). BMI is used because it correlates with the person's amount of body fat. However, BMI does not measure body fat directly.
- An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight
- An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Use the following table to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). To use the table, find your appropriate height in the left-hand column. Move across the row to the given weight. The number at the top of the column is the BMI for that height and weight.
Body Mass Index (BMI) Table
The following profile chart conveys the different body types depicting severity levels of obesity:
For children and teens, the United States Center for Disease Control has the following link that allows one to calculate the BMI for these individuals:
The Evolution of Man
Despite all the best efforts by scientists and health professionals the world over, man has grown fatter over the generations. With so many children significantly overweight presently, they are becoming the first generation to begin dying before their parents. Contributing to this trend is the repeated efforts by people with ill-designed programs that further slow the person's metabolism resulting in making the person fatter with each weight loss attempt. | <urn:uuid:8c5438ab-dbf9-40fb-9f9b-131ac697532e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.quantummansite.com/catalog/obesityepidemic.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00329-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950612 | 1,017 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The fourth edition of the most comprehensive book about the risks posed by genetically engineered foods was recently published. GMO Myths and Truths is co-authored by Claire Robinson, managing editor of GMWatch, and two genetic engineers: Michael Antoniou, Ph.D. of King’s College London; and John Fagan, Ph.D., who pioneered GMO testing methods and is co-founder of Health Research Institute.
The first three editions of the book proved popular all over the world including in India, East Asia, Russia, Europe, and North and South America, according to Robinson.
This new edition was needed to address the threats posed by new gene editing techniques such as CRISPR, which GMO supporters claim will help “feed the world,” deliver more nutritious foods, and mitigate climate change—all unmet promises of the “older” GMOs.
“We’ve heard these promises before, regarding the older-style GMOs. They were untrue then and they are untrue now,” Robinson says. “So we updated the book with a new chapter on gene editing, explaining this new threat to the food and feed supplies and why people need to insist that these new untested products are stringently regulated and labelled.”
Antoniou said, “Gene-edited crops are easier to produce than old-style transgenic crops. Thus we face the immediate prospect of untested gene-edited crops entering our food and feed markets. It was therefore crucial that we include the new chapter on gene-edited crops and the dangers that they pose to health and environment.”
Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, and UN Messenger of Peace says GMO Myths and Truths “is a very important contribution to the GMO debate. Written in a clear and concise style, it is an invaluable reference for those wanting to learn more about the arguments of proponents and those critical of the technology. I found it of great value in my own efforts to better understand the issue. I hope this information will be widely available to students and to the general public.” | <urn:uuid:177f5e51-9e79-424a-8d63-0af7964abcee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://non-gmoreport.com/articles/fourth-edition-of-leading-book-on-gmo-risks-published-with-new-chapter-on-gene-editing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.951624 | 433 | 2.5 | 2 |
The concept of zero-based budgeting is not one commonly associated with the "third way" of political economy. This is not to say that thee is no connection. When dealing with budgeting processes for "third way" economics, there are two strands of thought: First, that the budget must meet the expectations of the "third way labor capitalism," and second, to be focused entirely on efficiency in the use of public funds. Therefore, third way, zero-based economics is about refocusing the national or local government budgets both for efficiency and responsiveness.
The "Third Way"
The concept of a "third way" in political economy is that of a "labor capitalist" state. In some cases, it is called a "social democracy" or a "mixed economy." Its elements are a strong commitment to social justice, some basic equality, equal access to public services and a strong and large state presence in the economy. The point is to take some insights of moderate socialism and mix them with the productive success of late capitalism. It has been the subject of many social experiments from Putin's Russia to Chavez's Venezuela.
Zero-based budgeting is a form of allocating public funds based on the efficiency and reliability of an organization. Instead of using last year's numbers to budget for this year, each department, project or office starts from zero dollars. The organization must justify itself to the taxpayers on issues of responsiveness, efficiency and the ethical use of public funds. In practice, what this means is that new mechanisms are found each year to save money as each bureau must show how it will use its needed funds with greater efficiency than last year.
The combination of the zero-based idea and the economic third way implies that there is a large and socially active state that must be extremely careful about its budget priorities. The zero-based method is important for strong welfare states because public funds are at a premium. Therefore, each department must constantly be improving their efficient use of public funds. Since each office starts at zero, the assumption is that there is no need for that office unless the office itself proves the contrary. This requires each specific office to report its activities and success to the government before it gets a dime. If government funds are in high demand, the zero-based method makes sense because each penny must be accounted for each year as the budgeting process begins.
Budgeting for the Third Way
A government office under a third way system must prove that it uses its funds in the best interest of its constituents. If you are dealing with the British health service, this means that this bureaucracy must submit to Parliament how it is responding to public demand and with what level of caution. Since the third way is about social protection against the inequalities of capitalism, the zero-based process will be primarily concerned with how these inequalities have been minimized through the specific action of the bureaucracy itself.
- "The Economics of the Third Way"; Experiences from Around the World; Philip Arestis and Malcolm C. Sawyer; 2001
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They were promised a life of peace and quiet in a new-build “garden village” on the edge of a pretty Herefordshire town with cycle routes, allotments and wildlife-friendly ponds giving the settlement an eco-friendly vibe.
But residents of St Mary’s Garden Village in Ross-on-Wye are up in arms after McDonald’s put in a planning application for a 24-hour drive-through within metres of their homes that they say could lead to almost 2,500 cars a day passing close to their front doors.
They have launched a campaign against the proposal, arguing that if Herefordshire council were to give it the go-ahead it would contravene commitments it made after declaring a climate emergency, including working to reduce car use.
The residents argue it is not a case of nimbyism – though most do not want the fast food firm as a neighbour – but believe there is an important principle at stake: if councils declare a climate emergency they should do everything in their power to tackle it.
Villagers are particularly angry at an email from a council officer to a McDonald’s agent in which he suggests a “McHive” (a beehive in the shape of a McDonald’s) could be built at the site, adding this could bring “mutually interesting and beneficial PR”.
Residents fear this sort of remark shows the council is not taking the climate crisis seriously enough and will look favourably on the plan.
One resident, Debbie Hall, expressed deep concern at the number of “light vehicles” that planning documents say are expected – 2,444 a day.
“This is completely at odds with Herefordshire council’s own declaration of a climate emergency and stated commitment to net zero carbon,” she said. “We want the council to conduct a proper analysis of the long-term impact the restaurant would have on the local and global environment rather than simply approving the planning.”
Another, Julia Batty, said the beehive suggestion was “laughable” and showed the council was not serious about addressing the climate emergency. She said the McDonald’s, which would be on a prominent junction, would make a “horrible gateway” to Ross.
Sue Williams, the secretary of the Ross business association and owner of an art gallery in the town, said business people were concerned.
“The last 18 months have been desperate for the hospitality sector,” she said. Cafes and restaurants in Ross depended on people driving into the town rather than stopping at a fast food place on the edge of it, Williams argued. The development would have a knock-on effect on other businesses.
“We need footfall, not a drive-through,” she added.
Herefordshire council, which declared a climate emergency in 2019, said it intended to “accelerate a reduction of emissions” and “aspire” to become carbon neutral by 2030-31.
Ellie Chowns, the council’s cabinet member for environment, said at the time: “Climate and ecological change is a huge challenge that we must face together and I am proud to say that Herefordshire council is leading the way in tackling climate and ecological issues. Residents, community organisations and businesses can join us by making their own changes, from making homes more energy-efficient, reducing and recycling waste and choosing alternatives to car travel.”
There are challenges. According to the council’s figures, transport contributes 36% to Herefordshire’s carbon emissions. It says much of Herefordshire is rural with limited access to public transport and the county has an elderly and increasingly ageing population. “This makes access to services difficult and encourages car use,” a council briefing document says.
The council said it could not talk at the moment about the McDonald’s proposal as it was conducting a consultation and all material would be assessed by the planning committee and determined against the development plan.
A briefing note from McDonald’s on the proposal said the 24-hour restaurant would provide 65 jobs and deliver GBP52,500 a year in business rates. Under a section on “looking after the local environment” it said it would keep the site tidy, have recycling facilities and added it was committed to sourcing all its packaging from renewable and recyclable materials by 2025. It did not explicitly mention the climate emergency.
A spokesperson for the company said: “We strive to be a good neighbour in every community we serve. We are working closely with Herefordshire council on this proposal, and have outlined a number of sustainability measures we’ll be incorporating to the design to help ensure we are mitigating any impact this may have on the environment and surrounding areas.”
An email from a planning officer to the McDonald’s agent for the site flags up the climate emergency declaration. The officer said: “This matter is of the most primary importance to Herefordshire council.”
He said he had read about “McHives” installed at some restaurants in Sweden and suggested the council would be “delighted” if one could be secured for the Ross restaurant.
“Alongside its very real ecological enhancement and mitigation, which is a local plan requirement, such a solution would bring mutually interesting and beneficial PR,” he wrote. “Herefordshire would be delighted to host the first McHive in the UK and I’m sure the company would gain much positive press or media releases and interest.”
Earlier this month, Ross town council voted to oppose the drive-through proposal, arguing it would contravene a string of policies set out in its local plan, ranging from encouraging active travel to preserving views of the spire of St Mary’s church.
Another resident, who spoke at the town council meeting and asked to be identified only as Daniel, said he had been proud when Herefordshire declared a climate emergency.
McDonald’s has argued that most of the customers would be passing rather than making a specific journey but Daniel said he had worked out that even if this was correct – and he doubts it will be – 44 tonnes of CO2 would be generated every year by vehicles leaving the main road and accessing the restaurant.
He said Herefordshire council had a responsibility under its own commitments to turn down McDonald’s’ application – and it if did, it would show the many other councils who have declared a climate emergency the way.
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Eating not only aims to overcome hunger or feel the taste of food, but the most important thing from eating is also fulfilling the nutritional needs needed by the body. Proper food is an important key to being able to live healthily.
The body not only needs calories for activity but also other nutrients such as protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and so forth. Not everyone is able to meet their daily nutritional needs. So it will cause the body to experience several disorders. Here are the signs and symptoms if the body lacks nutritional needs.
Feeling a lack of energy throughout the day can be a sign of a lack of intake of certain nutrients in the body, such as iron or calories. Too little mineral intake can cause the body to lack red blood cells or anemia.
Calories are nutrients that the body needs to have energy. One day the body needs a minimum of 1000 calories to perform its basic functions. If someone has physical activity, it requires more than 1000 calories. However, if the calories consumed are more than what is needed by the body it will be stored as fat.
Experiencing hair loss several strands every day is a normal condition. However, if the amount of hair loss increases, it is necessary to correct daily nutritional intake. A lot of nutrients are needed to maintain normal, healthy hair growth. Lack of calorie intake, protein, biotin, iron, and other nutrients is a common cause of hair loss.
Jagged or Spoon-like Nails
Poor nutrition can cause several changes to the nails. Nails can be thin and brittle or curved like a spoon, especially on the index finger or third finger. This can occur due to lack of iron, protein, calcium, vitamins A, B6, C or D.
A sign of unbalanced nutrition is the emergence of problems in the mouth. Vitamin C deficiency can cause bleeding, gingivitis (disruption of the gums due to irritation).
Having a poor intake of nutrients can cause a decreasing in the immune system so that the ability to fight with viruses, bacteria or other diseases also decreases. Some nutrients that are important for the immune system are protein, zinc, vitamins A, C, and E.
If the body is prone to bruising, especially if it occurs without a reason such as being dropped or crashing into something then it is likely caused by the unbalance of nutrition. Nutrients that affect this such as protein, vitamin C or vitamin K are needed for the wound healing process. Vitamin C has a role to help tissue repair itself and vitamin K plays a role in the process of blood clotting. | <urn:uuid:69f25b7d-54f4-48af-8743-4f26e158f4a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://donlego.com/nutrition-deficient-body-signs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.946348 | 547 | 3.21875 | 3 |
NASHVILLE — In an effort to combat to the invasive Asian carp species, a commercial harvest incentive program will be developed in the fall of 2018.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s request of $500,000 budget expansion from the Marine Fuel Tax Fund was approved at the May meeting of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission.
This will provide two years of funding for the program.
The TWRA, and other state and federal fish and wildlife organizations, have deemed the species as a threat to waterways.
In high abundance, these fish can out-compete native fish for essential resources. Asian carp were brought to the United States for use in the aquaculture industry, and these fish then escaped into the Mississippi River. Using navigation locks to traverse dams, the fish are steadily moving about the Mississippi Basin, including the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers in Tennessee.
Along with competing with other fish species for food, it has been well-documented that Asian carp can be a safety threat to humans. They jump out of the water and have struck boaters or those on other recreational crafts or skiers.
Harvest of carp by commercial fishing is the most practical means to reduce carp abundance, and to control their movement upstream as a population, according to officials. TWRA is hoping this new commercial harvest incentive program will encourage more carp to be harvested for a variety of expanding markets. | <urn:uuid:0f3ddfdb-d499-4920-987b-6f807098bef2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://outdoornewsdaily.com/asian-carp-harvest-incentive-program-planned-for-tennessee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.950105 | 281 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Taiwan launched a single-payer National Health Insurance program on March 1, 1995. As of 2014, 99.9% of Taiwan’s population were enrolled. Foreigners in Taiwan are also eligible for this program. The database of this program contains registration files and original claim data for reimbursement. Large computerized databases derived from this system by the National Health Insurance Administration (the former Bureau of National Health Insurance, BNHI), Ministry of Health and Welfare (the former Department of Health, DOH), Taiwan and maintained by the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, are provided to scientists in Taiwan for research purposes.
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UC Food Blog
Lamp says children learn to like new foods by exploring them, so parents shouldn’t be concerned if youngsters make a mess touching their food, playing with it and trying to put it in their mouths. These are all forms of learning.
“The child feels a natural sense of fear in trying new foods and for that reason it is important to permit them to become familiar with them from an early age,” Lamp said. “Some children need to see food more than 15 times before accepting it. Let children see you eating the food you are giving them and let them touch the food, but don’t force them to eat. If children reject a food on the first try, this doesn’t mean the food will never be part of their diets.”
Lamp suggests an educational reward system for expanding children’s diets. One system is creation of a “seed chart.” On a piece of paper or cardboard, glue the seeds from the fruit or vegetable each time your child tries a new food. If your children can write or color, ask them to draw the fruit or vegetable on the chart.
“The chart of new fruits and vegetables that your children have tried will help them feel proud of their accomplishments,” Lamp said. “In this way, you reward them for trying new foods. In addition, you will measure your progress in helping your child learn to enjoy a large variety of fruits and vegetables.”
As we all know, the benefits of preparing fresh food at home are myriad. Alas, the time savings and convenience of prepared foods can beckon strongly.
So when I happened to hear during a radio interview with celebrity chef Guy Fieri that he was partnering with California State Senator Anthony Cannella in introducing Senate Joint Resolution 5, which designates every Sunday as “Cooking with Kids Day,” it seemed like a great idea.
The Joint Resolution “encourages parents and children to spend time in the kitchen together and prepare a healthy meal; and be it further resolved that the legislature recognizes the health benefits of cooking with kids at least one day a week throughout the year and encourages parents, caregivers, and children to shop together, select ingredients, and prepare a healthy meal to share together each week.”
Initially, in 2008, Chef Fieri collaborated on a resolution that the second Sunday in May was “Cook with your Kids Day” (Senate Concurrent Resolution 94), but he decided once a year just wasn’t enough so he approached Senator Cannella about drafting this new resolution. After approval 39-0 on April 25, 2011, by the Senate, Senate Joint Resolution 5 now awaits approval by the California Assembly.
Cooking with kids once a week is a worthwhile, if lofty, goal. Finding menu ideas that lend themselves well to helpful little hands can be a big help. Some resource websites include: All Recipe’s Kid-Friendly Recipes, Cooking with Kids, and Food Network’s Cooking For Kids.
It’s a long-term investment that pays rich dividends. I love the fact that my adult children have embraced the passion of preparing "from scratch" wholesome and delicious food, and now after years of patiently (usually) teaching food preparation techniques and tips, they have turned the tables back on me, and often inspire me with their culinary creations. Pass that torch, it’s a win for everyone.
Sunday-best oatmeal pancakes
2 c. old fashioned oats
2 + c. buttermilk
1/4 c. canola oil
1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 Tbls. sugar (organic if desired)
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon (optional)
1/2 c. raisins or blueberries (optional)
Combine oats and 2 c. buttermilk in a large bowl, let sit 15 minutes. Stir in eggs and oil and beat well. On top of oat and buttermilk mixture, make a mound of the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon (if desired). Take a fork and lightly blend the dry ingredients together. Then stir the dry ingredients into the oat and buttermilk mixture until well blended. Add 1-3 Tbls. additional buttermilk if needed. Pour 1/4 c. batter on greased pancake griddle pre-heated to medium high. If desired, sprinkle with raisins or blueberries. When pancakes are brown on the bottom, and bubbles start breaking on the top, turn pancake. Cook until browned on both sides. Makes about 18 3-4" pancakes.
The sturgeon never ceases to amaze folks.
The largest freshwater fish in the world, it can live more than 100 years, tip the scales at 1,500 to 2,000 pounds and reach 20 feet in length.
It’s a primitive fish that, according to fossil records, lived more than 175 million years ago. For its uniqueness, some think it belongs in the same category as the (now extinct) wooly mammoth and the saber-toothed tiger -- both disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, about 12,000 years ago,
Other just consider the sturgeon a “good-eatin’ fish,” like halibut or swordfish.
If you’re NOT an angler or a friend of a "Sturgeon General "-- with no access to this tasty fish -- you can sometimes buy farm-raised sturgeon in the supermarket or order it in a restaurant.
We recently marinated a freshly caught sturgeon with a lemon-garlic base, popped it on the grill, and served it with green salad and a crusty bread. Delicious!
Lemon-garlic marinated sturgeon
Pound of sturgeon, cut into two six-inch strips
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
6 cloves of garlic
4 fresh bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
Zest of one medium-sized lemon
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
Pulse the marinade ingredients in a blender, and then pour into a zip-locked plastic bag. Add fish, seal the bag, and shake -- or use your fingers to move the marinate around. Refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight
Remove marinated fish from sealed bag and place on a barbecue grill for a total of about 10 minutes. At the five-minute mark, flip it over and grill another five minutes. (This is a tender fish and will cook fast.)
Serve with rice or a green salad with crusty bread.
You can use this marinade for halibut, swordfish or striped bass, too.
If you’re like me and can’t pass up the bananas at your warehouse store, then hit the banana wall, freeze the extras in chunks on a plate, and use them in smoothies. When the last of the strawberries are looking a little sad to eat fresh, freeze them individually on a plate and use them in smoothies. Ditto for peaches, kiwis, mango, melon, pineapple … just about any ripe fruit, frozen, is an excellent addition to your smoothie. And speaking of that warehouse store, they also sell this delicious Greek yogurt, which is an excellent and healthy addition to your smoothie. And speaking of additions, in our family, we like a little bite to our smoothie, and usually end up dribbling a little lime juice to finish off the blending.
Want to expand your smoothie repertoire? How about incorporating vegetables? Smoothies are a painless way to add some extra vegetables to your diet. Often, you can barely tell they’re there and they sure add to the nutritional punch of your smoothie.
Almost everyone could benefit from eating more fruits and vegetables, and smoothies are an easy way to do it. With ingredients low in fat, low in calories, low in sodium, high in fiber and nutritionally dense, smoothies could, and maybe should, become a regular part of your warm days routine. Here are a couple of websites and my favorite recipe to start your smoothie engines:
½ frozen banana
5-7 frozen strawberries
½ C frozen blueberries, raspberries, kiwi or pineapple
½ C greek yogurt
Enough milk to get it swirling in your blender
2-3 T lime juice (preferably fresh squeezed)
UC Davis professor Adela de la Torre, a national expert on Chicano and Latino health issues, received a five-year, $4.8 million federal grant to discover the best ways to help Mexican-heritage children in California maintain healthy weights.
The study, called "Niños Sanos, Familia Sana" (Healthy Children, Healthy Family), will take place in the Central Valley towns of Firebaugh and San Joaquin.
“More than four in every 10 children born to parents of Mexican heritage are overweight or obese, and therefore at greater risk of early diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease,” said de la Torre. “We are fortunate that we have received unprecedented support to tackle this issue from community members, so that we can build a healthier environment in Firebaugh and San Joaquin.
“We hope that this is the beginning of a series of long-term, collaborative projects to tackle issues of importance raised by our community advisory board.”
In the UC Davis "Niños Sanos, Familia Sana" study, 400 Firebaugh children and their families will be provided with practical tools, education and incentives to help them eat healthy diets and get sufficient exercise.
The Firebaugh program activities include:
- $25 monthly in vouchers that can be used to buy fruits and vegetables at participating markets
- Family Nights that include parent education about children’s nutrition needs and physical activity
- Classroom instruction for children on nutrition and physical activity
- Two health screenings yearly to monitor body mass index, skinfold thickness and waist circumference
- A community art project with murals and posters promoting healthy eating and active living
In San Joaquin, a similar number of children will receive the health screenings. In addition, their parents will be provided workshops on topics such as “How to support your children in school” and “Strategies to help your child prepare for college.” However, the San Joaquin group will not receive the more intensive intervention. (After both towns had agreed to take part in the study, a random card-draw determined that Firebaugh would be the intervention group and San Joaquin would be the control group.) At the study’s end, UC Davis researchers will analyze the results to see which strategies worked best.
“This intervention study will be one of the first of its kind in the nation for Latino children between the ages of 3 and 8 and, hopefully, will help us target what really works in sustaining healthy eating and exercise for Latino families with young children,” said de la Torre.
Lucia Kaiser, a Cooperative Extension specialist in the UC Davis nutrition department and a co-investigator on the "Niños Sanos, Familia Sana" study, said, “This project is an exciting opportunity to pull a multidisciplinary University of California team of social scientists and other professionals to work in partnership with an underserved community to address a pressing health problem -- childhood obesity.” | <urn:uuid:19c9bf46-64c5-4b29-8900-fdd5dfebc856> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/?blogstart=369&blogasset=43457 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00383-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935498 | 2,402 | 2.796875 | 3 |
According to the CDC stats, in 2003-2004, there were over 1 million live births that happened prior to 37 weeks of gestation. This excludes all stillbirths, because babies born dead are not issued birth certificates, which I think is a shame. They were born, even if they didn’t live to see it. I used to think that just as there is a “certificate of live birth”, so there would be a “certificate of still birth” which would include the baby’s birth weight and so forth. Some states issue fetal death certificates and/or have some sort of birth certification, but only babies issued birth certificates are included in these statistics.
For a breakdown, over 3,000 births in this listing occurred prior to 20 weeks; some 50,000 were between 21 and 27 weeks; over 100,000 were from 28-31 weeks; 470,000+ were at 32-35 weeks, and 370,000+ were at 36 weeks.
I believe that some of these births are classified differently from how they were many years ago. For instance, at the time of the famous Roe v. Wade decision, “viability” was (I think) generally considered to be around the start of the 3rd trimester, or perhaps later; and fetal deaths prior to this were still called “miscarriages” whereas now they are called stillbirths, if they happen at or after 20 weeks of gestation. So this is something to keep in mind when looking at past records of miscarriage, stillbirth, perinatal deaths, neonatal mortality, and infant mortality. This also is a factor in comparing the U.S. to some other countries — because they cannot save some babies who could live if they were born here, they may not even count them the same way — may count them as miscarriages, if at all. (This is especially problematic in poorer countries where women may not seek care during pregnancy until near term, if at all; if the baby dies in utero and passes without a problem, she would have no reason to take the time and spend the money on going to a clinic to register the stillbirth and/or miscarriage — she probably couldn’t even afford it.)
But why does every 1 in 8 live births in the U.S. happen prior to term? There may be many reasons for that.
First, there are unavoidable reasons (perhaps some of these could have been avoided in retrospect, but at the time they were not able to have been avoided) — such as incompetent cervix, in which mothers and doctors tried to avert a preterm birth using every way they could, to no avail. Then there are early births which could have been avoided, but it was better for mother or child (or both) for birth to take place. My cousin’s birth is such.
My aunt was 8 months along when she had an full-blown attack of toxemia (as it was called then), becoming unconscious from the seizures. They called the ambulance (both she and my mom were visiting their mother at the time), and she was taken to the hospital. My mother believes her labor was induced, although nowadays they probably would have performed a C-section on her. This was in 1973, and C-sections were much more uncommon (probably about 5% of births), and reserved for truly necessary cases, because at the time, C-sections were considered much riskier than they are now. Since the end of the pregnancy is the only medically known “cure” for eclampsia, birth probably saved my aunt’s life, and therefore that of my cousin’s.
There are undoubtedly many others in which it is obvious to anyone that a preterm birth is the best and perhaps only viable option.
There are other births which are less cut-and-dried — for instance, a C-section at 36 & 1/2 weeks for known placenta previa. This is done because of the fear that the cervix will begin to dilate prior to the onset of labor and may compromise the fetus. But since it might not dilate until 38 or 39 weeks or later, this technically pre-term birth could have been avoided by waiting a few more days. Obviously, that’s a call for the mother to make in concert with her doctor and the best available evidence, and I’m certainly not decrying it.
Then there are preterm births that are not medically indicated — even partially. The mom who is “just tired of being pregnant” or wants to schedule her birth a little early because it’s the easiest time for her husband to get off of work, or it’s a good time for herself to get off of work, etc. One case of an induced preterm birth that was not medically indicated was of a woman whose first baby died during the term period, and she was so fearful of that happening again that she chose to have her second baby slightly before that time. Understandable. Unfortunately for the baby, he was not ready to be born and spent six weeks in the hospital, much of that time in the NICU due to problems breathing. While he ultimately did live, he had a rough start at life because of his slightly preterm birth (36 & 1/2 weeks). Perhaps he would have been one of those babies who naturally would have been born at 41-42 weeks, and then instead of his birth being “just a few days early” it was actually five weeks early — based on Mother Nature’s time, anyway. The mother said of his “slightly” early birth, “we thought it would be all right.”
Finally, there is another class of preterm birth entirely, that is also not medically indicated, and that is the induced birth of a baby with fetal anomalies or a genetic defect. Pro-life proponents call it “live birth abortion”; most medical professionals call it “induced preterm birth.” It’s a kind of middle ground, a gray area, between abortion and birth, and is actually quite complex when you think of it.
First of all, some people who choose a pre-term birth for fetal anomaly do so because the particular defect their baby has, has a high rate of stillbirth if the pregnancy is attempted to be carried to term, and the parents wish to have time with the baby out of the womb and alive before it dies. That’s their choice, and one which I’ve not had to encounter, so I might change my mind if I were actually faced with it. But while I do not “condemn” them for their choice, I don’t think I would make the same one. What if the diagnosis was wrong — either entirely inaccurate, or not as bad as they feared? A baby that might survive with problems at 35 weeks might succumb to problems related to immaturity if born at 31 weeks. Instead, parents could just savor their baby’s life with him or her still in the womb, being constantly hugged and carried by the mother’s womb. But to each her own.
Others may choose an induction or an early C-section to end the pregnancy because the baby has a lethal defect, and they are choosing to terminate the pregnancy early, and presumably hasten the baby’s unavoidable death. Some do this as a way of “getting on with their lives”; others may not give it much thought and just do it because the doctor suggests it. In this case, it may sometimes be rightly considered an abortion, although it would be called a pre-term induction; and if the baby survives the birth process, it will be given a birth certificate and be included in the CDC stats.
One such case involved a woman whose baby was diagnosed prior to 24 weeks with an abnormality, and the doctors pressured her to have an abortion. Being pro-life, she declined, and breathed a sigh of relief when she got past 24 weeks, because that was the latest legal time for her to have an abortion, so she assumed she wouldn’t be pressured any more. Her first appointment after that, though, she was offered a preterm induction, which she of course declined, because it was too close to abortion, even if called by a different name.
This is where it gets a little “iffy.” If the intent of the parents was not the death of the baby, they may spend time holding their baby until it succumbs to either immaturity or its defects. (However, some parents do choose a preterm induction for defects that are not lethal, and do hold it until it dies.) If the defects are not as bad as were thought based on the prenatal diagnosis, then care will be given to the baby and attempts at prolonging its life will be made. But if the baby has a defect which in the opinion of the medical community is lethal, then even if it lives, it may not be offered any care, beyond being held until it dies — and this happens at full-term, too, depending on the opinion of the doctor, the protocol of the hospital, or the wishes of the parents.
But if the parents’ intent was the death of the baby (for example, in one of the cases mentioned by this L&D nurse who for 45 minutes held a baby with Down Syndrome after he born alive from a preterm induction when the parents refused) and the baby’s inherent problems (such as Downs or some other typically non-lethal defect), then often no care is given to the baby, even if it could have lived with intense treatment. This is where BAIPA comes in and says that if a baby is living after being born, then steps should be taken to try to preserve its life.
So, while preterm births are increasing, there are many reasons behind it. Some of these preterm births are life-saving, others are death-inducing. The above-mentioned nurse said that if babies are born alive following an induction abortion, then they are given birth and death certificates — so it seems that if these inductions took place in an abortion clinic, they’d not be counted as live births; but if done in a hospital, they would be — assuming the tiny and fragile babies survive the birth process. Some of these premies are induced early because they have a defect which the parents don’t want. While some of these preterm births do reduce the number of stillbirths, they may not be saving any babies’ lives, if they are saved from stillbirth only to die of immaturity or anencephaly.
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Moss is one of those weird, old plants that you can tell comes from a different time. The fossil record for moss isn’t all that expansive because of their fragility, but there is evidence that they were around at least four hundred million years ago, and could have evolved long before then. They are unique in that they reproduce with spores, sort of like a fungus (though they aren’t closely related). They also don’t have a vascular system, which separates them from most other plant life.
I associate moss with the swamps of my childhood in Northern Minnesota. There are places where moss covers every surface, sometimes many feet thick, in the peat bogs. Moss can be useful stuff. My parents store fresh carrots over the winter in a sphagnum lined cellar. It can also be used, in the form of peat, for a fuel—though that is pretty rare these days in the Western world. For most of us, moss is just that green fuzz that tends to grow on things after a while. When it grows in our lawns, on concrete, or on roof shingles, it can be destructive. When it starts destroying things, we need to think about getting rid of moss.
Different Kinds of Moss
Mosses are a pretty cool division of plants, also known as Bryophyta, which has only eight classes covering over 12,000 species. One of those species (Andreaeobryum macrosporum) is so rare and genetically isolated, that it is classified as its own genus, family, order, and class. One of the most problematic plants bearing the name are actually not a moss. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a flowering plant that grows in the limbs of trees in the Southeastern United States. The plant can damage the trees with its added weight and wind resistance and its propensity for blocking out the light a tree needs to absorb.
Coronal Moss Ejection
In order to get its spores up into the air layer that flows just above ground—thus allowing a longer distance of genetic dispersal—sphagnum mosses have evolved an interesting, somewhat explosive method for making it happen. As the spore pod dries out and shrinks, it compresses the air that is trapped inside. Finally, it bursts, propelling the spores into the air flow at speeds of around 30 miles per hour.
Best Ways to Get Rid of Moss
Physical removal will probably be necessary. If you have an area of moss that is bothering you, killing and removing it is going to be your first step. Killing the moss can be done physically, chemically, or a combination of both. Look for chemical moss killers that contain ferrous sulfate, or use a cryptocidal soap. Physical removal of moss from a lawn can be done with a rake or shovel. Using a tiller or a dethatcher will make the job a lot easier. If the moss is on a roof or other architectural surface, a scraper or brush might be more appropriate. Be careful not to damage the surface any more than necessary. Remember, moss spores are in the air all the time and could return, if the conditions are right.
A healthy lawn will prevent moss from taking over. Moss tends to take over lawns that are not properly maintained. They will fill up dead patches caused by poor fertilization, poor aeration, and compaction. If your lawn area is thick and healthy, there will be no place for the moss to grow. Yearly aeration treatments, along with a basic fertilizer, can keep your lawn healthy. Adding new soil and reseeding any dead spots will help prevent moss from returning.
Shade is a haven for moss. At least in the Northern Hemisphere, mosses and lichens are famous for growing on the North side of trees in a forest. They like a little bit of light, but not direct sunlight. The same is true in your yard or on your house. If there is a spot that is being invaded by moss, I am willing to bet that it is in the shade most of the day. Trimming some branches from nearby trees might help to keep moss from becoming a problem. In places closer to the equator, where it might be wetter and warmer, moss grows everywhere. Attempting to get rid of moss in that kind of environment might be impractical.
Moss likes acidic environments. Places that have a lot of decomposing plant material tend to get acidic. While acidic soil is great for blueberries, it is also a place where moss thrives. But it isn’t good for your lawn, and that’s why moss will win against grass in an acidic environment. Keeping your lawn clear of large amounts of decaying matter will help keep your yard free of moss, in the long run. You can also adjust the pH of your lawn by adding a base, like garden lime. You can get garden lime from Amazon.
A damp lawn is a mossy lawn. Moss grows very well in bogs and swamps. If your lawn is losing the battle to moss, it might be too wet. Some basic landscaping might be necessary to provide adequate drainage for runoff from nearby roofs or other water sources. Combined with the other factors listed here, your moss problem should abate.
Moss likes to grow in shady, wet, acidic places. In the average yard, that means around the base of a shady tree or up a brick retaining wall. If you want to keep your tree, and have opened up the ground level to as much sun exposure as you can, and moss is still growing, maybe you need to think about just going with it? I really like the look of a rock garden skirting a tree. Add a pond with a fountain, and some mossy rocks of the non-rolling variety. You’ve built yourself a little piece of the grandeur of nature. All without having to fundamentally change the dynamics of your yard.
If you don’t want to get rid of that shady, wet spot by cutting down trees and digging drainage paths, any moss you remove will come back. Moss spores are flying around all the time, and will only sprout in the correct conditions. If you don’t change the conditions, you will never get rid of the moss. | <urn:uuid:78a3b406-2f7b-45ac-b20c-b575196310f0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.getridofthings.com/pests/weeds/get-rid-of-moss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00502-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95996 | 1,301 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Today I’ve been thinking about an idea to find simple pleasures in our surroundings.
It’s so easy to get caught up in your worries of the future or pain from the past. I’m hoping that this project will help me and others take some time to really absorb what is around us. This is the brilliance of art therapy – taking moments to enjoy creating from what we have.
It’s a pretty accessible idea – using your camera phone to take pictures of objects or scenes with a particular colour. I’ve taken my phone around my home and local area to look for the colour blue and green. It’s interesting to find different textures and look for the details when you take a photo. You can look at things close up or broader images that incorporate your chosen colour.
Once you have a collection of photos you can use an app like Photo Grid to put them into a collage. You could even get them printed and make your own collage to hang in your home. It could make a lovely picture for a children’s nursery and you will have a constant reminder to check in with the moment and really see your surroundings.
Here’s some examples of the collage of images I created:
Another idea is to focus on textures and turn your photos to black and white. An example of this can be seen below.
The possibilities are endless but another idea could be to focus on a particular letter, like below I’ve looked fo the letter A
If you have older children then this is something you could get them to participate in – they could create their own artwork.
I really enjoyed doing this project – it helped distract myself from the negative thoughts. I hope you’re able to go out and get lost in your surroundings, while making some art.
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This isn’t a security header per se, but there are three different options for cookies that you should be aware of.
Cookies marked as Secure will only be served over HTTPS. This prevents someone from reading the cookies in a MiTM attack where they can force the browser to visit a given page.
Solution Django (si utilisation de https) ¶
Django Session cookies are HttpOnly by default. To set secure:
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True.
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STATE OF DELAWARE
WHEREAS, the Flag of the United States of America has become the symbol of hope throughout the world, not only for a lasting peace but as the emblem of a nation with a heart ; and
WHEREAS, that emblem, with which the early colonies and later the 48 states became identified, now is one of the oldest in the world in point of continuous service to a nation ; and
WHEREAS, this banner with thirteen alternate stripes of red and white and its field of blue with a star for each state was officially adopted on June 14, 1777, as the emblem of liberty ; and
WHEREAS, it has been customary for many years to recognize that anniversary by a general display of Old Glory on all state and public buildings, schools, churches and homes,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. Caleb Boggs, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby set aside and designate, Tuesday, June 14, 1955, as
FLAG DAY IN DELAWARE
It is my sincere hope that proper homage will be paid to our national colors on that day and that patriotic exercises will be held; that sometime during that day we take time to repeat our pledge of allegiance to the flag, either publically or privately; and that we remember the sacrifices that have been made during the past 178 years in order that our banner could fly over a land of the free.
May we also emphasize on June 14 and every other day, that proper respect be accorded our national emblem in public places, and that it receive its deserved recognition when it passes by in parades or on any occasion where it may be used as a demonstration of our faith and loyalty to the land we love.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, J. Caleb Boggs, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the said State to be hereunto affixed at Dover, this Second day
(Great Seal) of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and fifty-five and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and seventy-ninth.
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Data-driven decision making has a profound impact on a retail business. Understanding real world data and processing it in a timely fashion is the difference between dominating a market or lagging behind the curve in digital transformation. In truth, not everyone in the retail sector understands the specific whats, hows, and whys that enable data-driven decision-making in retail.
IoT (Internet of Things) is one of the major components of making data driven decision-making in retail possible and adoption is growing fast. In fact, Statista projected the IoT U.S. retail market will grow to $11.26 Billion USD by 2025. In this piece, I review the IoT devices commonly found in retail to acclimate you with the “whats” and then dive into 7 benefits of IoT in retail to help you better understand the “hows” and, most importantly, the “whys”.
Which IoT devices are found in retail & what do they do?
Let’s start by looking at what IoT devices are and their role in retail. In short, an IoT device connects to the internet and captures and transmits data while interacting with the environment in near real-time. Examples of IoT devices commonly found in retail environments include temperature & humidity sensors, cameras, barcode scanners, door sensors, and more. These devices generate a wealth of data insights, such as, product touch, and sales lift, from analytics and processing by business intelligence (BI) software.
Consider this scenario: an IoT camera tracks foot traffic into a store, and facial recognition software determines the demographic makeup of people who visit the display. IoT devices have gained significant popularity retail because they are a cost-effective way to amass a wealth of data about customers, products, and promotions. This data enables better strategic decisions to create demand that increases foot traffic, basket size, and revenue per square footage in your retail store. For a deeper dive into IoT and big data in general, check out chapter 5 in our Big Data Series.
7 benefits of IoT in Retail
Now that you understand conceptually that IoT captures customer data in near real time for quick processing, we’ll dive into some of the specific ways businesses use IoT to enhance their brick-and-mortar retail operations.
1. Deliver targeted, real-time promotions to customers
IoT devices can significantly enhance a customer’s digital experience inside and even outside of a brick-and-mortar location. For example, IoT sensors identify which specific products interest customers, then targeted promotions trigger digital content on signage or mobile devices. Similarly, IoT-enabled digital signage and kiosks use facial analysis in conjunction with pinhole cameras to display engaging and targeted messaging defined by a set of rules.
2. Measure the attractiveness of your storefront
The attractiveness of your storefront drives how many people actually decide to enter the shop. In fact, retailers can assess their “attractiveness score” by simply following the conversion ratio. IoT-enabled cameras and sensors near storefronts and doors provide a reliable way to automate people counting. Then, by comparing the data from different storefront configurations and displays, you gain valuable insights as to what drives traffic from the street and into your store.
For instance, create metrics to quantify your store’s attractiveness, such as the conversion capture rate.
Once you obtain the initial baseline, compare future campaigns messaging to continuously assess and improve your performance.
Capture the right audience, target new segments and grow their interest level.
3. Enhanced visibility into the customer’s path to purchase
IoT sensors even track their eventual path to purchase within the space. “Heat maps” show the most heavily trafficked areas, and “dwell time”, the time a customer spends in a specific location, measures what’s catching their attention. As you identify dwell time patterns, and piece together the consumer path to purchase, you develop responses to convert more sales (for example by pushing a specific promotion to a customer or mobilizing a sales rep with useful information).
Similarly, by mapping out traffic within your store, you get an idea of what promotions work to capture customer attention, what promotions get ignored, and the areas of highest visibility for messaging.
4. Know when to engage a customer
Related to the customer in-store journey, IoT solutions allow you to better understand when to engage with a customer. By tracking customer behavior, store staff begins to sense the best time to engage with them. This is as simple as having a salesperson walk over and learn how customers need help. After a given amount of dwell time or a more advanced approach, IoT systems provide specific information to assist customers or employees delivered through strategically placed digital signage, tablets, mobile devices, or salespeople.
5. Create readiness for testing or seasonality with Connected Pop-ups
Pop-up stores are a hot trend in the retail industry. They typically launch in less than 90 days from inception to execution and replicate quickly. However, if executed poorly, pop-ups can leave opportunity on the table and result in millions of dollars of wasted time and resources.
As The Atlantic pointed out, big brands often leverage temporary pop-ups to collect useful data for their programs and new launches. Connected pop-ups allow companies to create a consistent, positive customer experiences at every customer touch point. IoT plays a central role in enabling connected pop-ups to quickly assess and make changes daily with a flexible design and cloud-managed platform. Further, they provide all-important quantifiable data to assess the effectiveness of marketing programs and product-market fit.
6. Stay connected
Here is an opportunity to make sure every impression is the highest value a store can offer. If a person walks into your store and doesn’t purchase, the store should have all the tools to develop that interest further. Being able to connect on a personal, one-to-one basis is what consumers are looking for. They want a personal touch that’s helpful and authentic. A positive instore-experience compels consumers to follow-up even if they didn’t buy. Most likely, they will revisit the product that piqued their interest, whether in-store or online.
IoT devices are the engines behind many ‘wow factor’ experiences which drives customers to voluntarily participate in the activation. It’s important to stay connected with these potential customers and learn from them. By leveraging IoT, you enable workflows that identify an individual shopper’s interest so that brands follow up with them using surveys, social media, targeted promotions or mobile technologies. Well-developed strategies create additional touch points, opening the door for valuable feedback on ways you can improve.
7. Enable advanced analytics
Business Intelligence and retail analytics software thrive from the wealth of data processed by IoT. Using the right software solution, like Samsung Nexshop Behavior Sensing, retailers transform this data into useful information that drives business forward. By building a holistic solution that focuses on the customer experience and measuring engagement, IoT and analytics allow retail management to better implement marketing, training, inventory management, and sales strategies based on actionable real-world data and objective insights. It’s like having a localized retail consultant giving you their best recommendations for improvements every day in every market area.
As you have seen, there is no shortage of use cases for IoT in retail. My big picture takeaways?
- IoT-enabled insights go beyond ‘gut feel’ to drive better retail decision-making, efficiently maximizing sales for existing programs and brand new launches.
- To make the shopping experience more enjoyable, it is more important than ever for physical stores to integrate technology to enhance human, face-to-face interactions. IoT is instrumental to learning buyer behavior and preferences. In order to positiviely increase customer service, the staff needs to understand how to engage before, during, and after the in-store experience.
- Building brand awareness improves customer sentiment and increases the chances of success for new launches. Brands with a strong following cut through the clutter of competition by standing out. IoT enables you to understand your target user segments, develop a social presence, and creates an authentic connection to your customers.
Coming up with the right solution to meet the needs of your unique use case is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. For more on how IoT can drive your retail business forward or to discuss your unique needs, contact Samsung SDS today.
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What is Blackboard Learn?
Blackboard Learn is a course management application designed to enhance teaching and learning. The Blackboard course management e-learning system enables instructors to build and customize course offerings. In addition, students enrolled with Blackboard become engaged in an interactive learning environment.
Accessing Blackboard Learn
- Go to: https://bblearn.astate.edu/
Login using your assigned A-state email address and password
- All faculty have been enrolled in an online Blackboard class, “Blackboard Learn Orientation for Faculty.”
In Class Training
Blackboard Learn Orientations are presented often during the first weeks of the Fall term to provide faculty who are new to Blackboard the basics of using the application.
Check the Scheduler often to enroll or look for various class offerings. Review the Daily Digest for new and upcoming sessions.
All new faculty are automatically set up with a Blackboard Learn account when they get an Astate email account. If you cannot access Blackboard Learn, contact the ITS Help Desk at (870) 972-3933.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Blackboard Learn?
- How do I make a course available?
- How do I merge my courses?
- How do I manage a test?
- How do I deploy a test?
- I need to create a test pool, how can that be done?
- How do I manage discussion boards?
- How do I copy my course?
- How do I go about exporting and importing my course?
- How do I get back my missing scrollbars in the Grade Center when using a Mac?
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Deer can be a major challenge for gardeners. These wild animals like to nibble on tender shoots, flowers and other plants in the garden. Using fencing and deer repellents are some ways to keep deer out of the garden. Another way is planting deer-resistant plants. While no plant is deer proof, deer-resistant plants are ones that deer tend to avoid because they may have a strong fragrance, may not taste good, may have a bad mouth feel or may be toxic to deer. Choose from a wide selection of deer-resistant perennials for sale, including ornamental grasses, ground covers and flowering plants. When buying deer-resistant plants, consider their grow zone, light and soil requirements, mature height and spread, and bloom times (if applicable). | <urn:uuid:c6835c59-0e80-41b6-a9ce-a729d68cc4d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.farmerseed.com/category/perennials-deer-resistant | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.910796 | 165 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Reviewed Date: 12/01/2021
FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation commonly intersect with GINA because employers frequently handle medical information in the course of administering FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation.
When employers requests medical information in the course of administering ADA and FMLA, there is a potential to obtain information that could be protected by GINA, including genetic information such as: results of genetic tests for cancer genes, hereditary diseases, and other disorders.
Results of genetic information on family members are also protected under GINA. GINA protections include requests for genetic information by an employer about an employee or his family member as well as genetic information regarding a fetus or embryo. It also includes the manifestation of a disease or disorder of that may pertain to an employee or his family member. As a general rule when employers specifically ask for pertinent medical information for purposes of FMLA/ADA, the employer is acting in good faith for business and will likely fall under the GINA exception protection provision that will cover them in cases of inadvertent acquisition.
When using ADA/FMLA forms, or requesting medical information, be sure to provide a disclaimer stating you are not soliciting genetic test results from employees or their family members or any information that may not be applicable to the ADA/FMLA/Workers’ Compensation statutes. Under FMLA, if an employee is seeking leave to care for a family member an employer will have access to a family member’s health information that may be protected under GINA (family history of medical information specifi cally). This is a limited exception and only applies to an employee’s family member which may include family history information. So in this case, under FMLA; an employer could legally receive information on a family member’s medical history information. Note: This exception does not apply to the employee’s request for their own serious health condition.
The regulations make it clear that the employer is required to take certain steps to make sure employee medical requests do not seek genetic information.
GINA makes clear that if a covered entity acquires genetic information in response to a lawful request for medical information the acquisition of that medical information will not generally be considered a violation of GINA unless the individual directs the employer in writing or verbally not to request genetic information. In other words, the employer needs to explicitly state that genetic information on health care certification forms is not needed. Otherwise the employer may be creating a situation where it is likely to acquire genetic information under GINA, and this information may not be protected under the inadvertent acquisition clause. Regarding Workers’ Compensation, the EEOC states that “genetic information” does not include the fact that an individual has a diagnosed disease, disorder, or pathological condition therefore it is not likely that an employer dealing with workers’ compensation injuries would need genetic information to assist in defense of a claim. | <urn:uuid:3b1c8586-60d6-4d93-8ae2-c799406db596> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/reference/gina-and-ada-fmla-workers-compensation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.941452 | 591 | 1.5 | 2 |
- Kevin D. Plancher
Use this case-based text to prepare for any hand or wrist surgery!
From treating rheumatoid arthritis to tendon repair, this lavishly illustrated text examines nearly 100 cases of common elbow, hand and wrist surgeries as performed by leading experts. You will review techniques for treating compression neuropathy, amputations, arthroscopic procedures, joint reconstruction, and arthrodesis, demonstrated by high-quality, full-color intraoperative photographs, x-rays, and illustrations. A practical refresher when planning your operative strategy, as well as a useful general reference, the book offers such special features as:
- More than 200 color illustrations that provide dynamic representations for easy visualization of techniques
- Combines both trauma and elective surgery in one convenient volume
- Pearls and pitfalls to help avoid complications and problems
- Step-by-step descriptions of the newest techniques for carpal tunnel syndrome, arthroscopic assisted distal radius fixation, scaphoid percutaneous reduction, and more!
- Each chapter written by experienced specialists who perform these surgeries on a daily basis
Incorporating both outstanding graphics and clear, practical information, this book is a must for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, emergency room physicians, trauma specialists, plastic surgeons, residents, and fellows. It is also an ideal way to prepare for the CAQ in hand surgery, and to confer with your colleagues on the most current and effective surgical techniques for the hand and wrist. | <urn:uuid:5521e64c-44db-4ad2-8b8b-40717581e9e0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://e-surg.com/2482/mastercases-in-hand-and-wrist-surgery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00341-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918337 | 309 | 1.890625 | 2 |
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'Domestic abuse victims must not be a test case for downsizing justice. When victims seek our help, more advisers than not report legal aid restrictions endangering the outcome of the victim’s case. The Government’s assurance that it will protect access to legal aid for domestic abuse victims is not standing up.Article continues below...
Legal aid restrictions are currently forcing victims of abuse to shoulder intolerable extra burdens at their most vulnerable moments. To require someone who has fled an abusive home to make a financial contribution because of assets they share with their abuser is clearly senseless. The evidence victims of abuse now need in order to protect their children or separate from their abuser is also often completely impractical, and threatens to keep victims in harm’s way.
That we have a Government committed to stamping out domestic abuse in all its forms is hugely encouraging. Ensuring all victims of abuse can access the support they need through legal aid and from specialist services must be made a priority to fulfil this commitment.'
Explains the changes to the way courts deal with domestic violence
One woman was assaulted by her ex-partner after she told him she didn’t want him to have unsupervised contact with their child whilst under the influence of drugs. Even though police were called, took statements and said they would put in papers for a restraining order, when the mother attempted to get legal aid to legally stop her ex’s contact with the child she was denied it because there was no record of the incident or restraining order. She represented herself in court and facing her abuser got him to admit to the abuse, but she has still needed help filling out a C100 child contact form that will cost £215 that she isn’t sure she can afford.Even in cases where the victim can meet the evidence required to qualify for legal aid it is often restricted due to the assets or income of the victims, Citizens Advice research finds. Victims who have left an abusive home can be trapped in a ‘catch-22’ situation, unable to return to the home to access their financial assets and pay for legal assistance, but ineligible for legal aid because they have a joint bank account or home ownership.
One mother sought Citizens Advice’s help after her attempt to leave her abusive husband and protect her children was thwarted by legal aid restrictions. When she fled her home following abuse from her husband and went to live in a refuge she had been forced to leave her children behind. She sought help from a solicitor to get a divorce and manage access to her daughters, but was told that, despite evidence of abuse, she was ineligible for legal aid because of her share in the property.Frontline bureaux workers reported facing a debilitating mix of reductions to both legal aid availability and specialist services for victims. Only 4 in 10 advisers report adequate specialist support for victims with differing needs, with male victims and those with English as a second language amongst those facing the biggest barriers. | <urn:uuid:c9f1fd85-93ed-4754-acf6-c3311a10e4c1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/news_and_comment/legal-aid-changes-limiting-justice-for-victims-of-domestic-abuse-according-to-research | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00163-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978579 | 608 | 1.726563 | 2 |
The first, most important invitation a woman can accept is Christ’s invitation to forgiveness. A woman cannot grow in holiness unless and until she recognizes and embraces the forgiveness offered to her at the foot of the Cross. Forgiveness is the precious gift Jesus freely gives every woman that is often left unopened when a woman does not truly believe in her own worthiness of such a gift. A woman sometimes believes she has to earn this priceless offering—yet it can’t be earned. It is intended for all, regardless of the state of their soul.
Freely given it should also be freely accepted. Without accepting the forgiveness of Christ, a woman will never fully be all that she is intended to be. Equally important is the forgiveness she needs to give to others; for it is often unforgiveness that holds a woman back from knowing true joy in her life. Unforgiveness is a tool that the evil one always uses to his advantage. A woman should never choose to give such a fruitful gift as an unforgiving heart to the devil for him to use against her. Accepting Christ’s forgiveness and extending it to others is an invitation that every woman needs to accept to be fully alive in the spirit. | <urn:uuid:16561ee2-cc3f-4603-8d3c-4cd12b87fb71> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/galleries/3-invitations-every-woman-needs-to-accept.aspx?p=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00437-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961209 | 252 | 1.804688 | 2 |
United American Metals was founded in 1889 by the Muscat Family in Brooklyn, N.Y. During the 1890's, UAM patented the first double eared Linotype Margash Ingot with Auto Feeder. This was a very innovative aid in developing faster production which was needed by rapidly expanding newspaper.
During the 1920’s, under the direction of Lazarus Muscat and Abe Levy, UAM opened another plant in Chicago (Lou Goldberg) , San Francisco in the early 1930’s (Abe Rubin) , and Los Angeles in 1939 (Fred Manoil, son-in-law of Lazarus Muscast).During the Second World War, the concentration was on Bobbitt’s for the Marine industry and the general trade. The Tyler, Texas plant was opened to produce Brass Bushings for the war effort. Highest priority for use of scarce materials such as Tin and Antimony was given UAM by the War Production Board.
In 1944, Lazarus Muscat died suddenly of a heart attack at age 54. His son Victor Muscat, branched off into Victor Industries and became the largest produce of collapsible tubes in the country; producing Tin-base, Lead base and Aluminum tubes for the pharmaceutical, dental and general trades. In 1962, the Los Angeles branch of UAM was sold to Bruce Chalett and Norman Shanks.
In 1964, the Chicago branch was of UAM was sold to Weldon Feldman after the death of Lou Goldberg. Also in 1964, the Victor Industries received the prime contract from Colgate for the production of wax lined Lead collapsible tubes is used in their new line of Florida Tooth Paste. For the West Coast, UAM, Los Angeles, produced for Victor Industries in excess of 3 million pounds of Lead alloys slugs to be extruded into Colgate collapsible tubes over five year period.
In 1969, UAM Los Angeles became distributor for Dow Photo-engraving Magnesium plates and chemistry; one of seven such distributors on the West Coast. Within a year, UAM became the largest of the distributors. In 1974, UAM Los Angeles expanded into new office and warehouse at 2420 South Santa Fe and began slowly to expand into Litho supply field.
In June, 1981, Mr. Arnold W. Johnson, formerly executive Vice President of one of Chicago’s major banks, purchased UAM from Weldon Feldman. Mr. Johnson remained as owner for over thirteen years. In September, 1994, Mr. Johnson sold UAM to Bill Renotti and his son, Alan. Bill has been with UAM since May, 1964 and Alan joined the company in May 1983.
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In the past few issues, we at Farm Industry News have encouraged readers to consider adopting a high-speed Internet connection as a standard tool for their farm businesses. As part of our series, we asked Shirley and Abe Hodgen to give a high-speed connection a try and then tell us what they learned. Here is their story.
This fall, a high-speed Internet satellite dish lightened Shirley Hodgen's normally busy farm workload and saved her from occasional midnight sessions downloading critical farm management information from the Internet.
Hodgen, who farms with her husband Abe near Roachdale, IN, 50 miles west of Indianapolis, has long recognized that information gathered through the Internet has much to offer their operation. But there was only so much sleep she was willing to give up. And Abe wasn't willing to deal with Internet frustrations at dial-up speeds — period.
“We didn't use the Internet very much at all except for e-mail,” she says. “If there was something we wanted to look up on the Internet, I would stay up to the wee hours when the dial-up service was better and somewhat faster.”
Despite their sense that using the Internet more would be valuable, the Hodgens balked at the cost of high-speed Internet. Last fall, when they began their high-speed experiment, their only option was a satellite connection. Their local phone company's promise that Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service was just around the corner hadn't yet materialized, although that service since has become available. Satellite-based high-speed Internet typically costs $400 to $600 for equipment and installation, plus $50 to $60 monthly in base service charges. (For costs and other details, see “High-speed Internet options,” pages 28-31, December 2006.)
The Hodgens signed up for the satellite system after Farm Industry News approached them with an offer that helped defray equipment and installation costs. When they accepted the offer, which was made in conjunction with Agristar Global Networks (www.agristar.com), they agreed to be interviewed for this story.
They also agreed to offer their insights on Agristar, which includes an agricultural news, weather and markets information package in conjunction with high-speed Internet services provided through its satellite partner, Hughes Network Systems, the world's largest satellite provider. Agristar's basic ag business content, which has a value of $50/month when purchased separately, is included for all subscribers at no additional cost with the monthly satellite fee. The company plans to offer other premium services in 2007.
Now, after about three months with the new service, Hodgen says she uses the Internet daily and finds new and valuable uses for it that she wouldn't have sought out in the past.
“It is well worth $60 a month just for the information that is available to me,” she says. “The biggest thing I have noticed, if we want to get something from the Internet, we can get it right away instead of waiting and sitting up to the wee hours of the morning. It is just a couple clicks away. I wasn't using the Internet to our advantage before. Now I am.”
High-speed Internet also has encouraged her husband to go online. “Before, he did not have the patience for the Internet,” she says. “This has changed it. He actually has gotten on the Internet and used it several times. It is amazing.”
Internet time-savers, moneymakers
The Hodgens began saving time via the Internet almost immediately after their high-speed system was installed. “The second day we had it, we had a new employee and I didn't have a W-4 form,” Hodgen recalls. “I clicked on www.irs.gov and within two minutes, I had printed the form out. I thought, ‘This is going to be nice.’”
Although harvest kept them too busy to explore the Internet extensively, the Hodgens found that a high-speed connection was an important time-saver for day-to-day chores. For example, they used John Deere's parts Web site to keep harvest machinery up and running. They used the site in the past, even though it was frustrating at dial-up speeds.
“Normally, it would take 15 to 20 minutes to get to the correct page for the part we needed,” Hodgen says. “Now I can get to it in three minutes or less. If a part breaks after hours, I can get a printout of the part and a schematic and see if the dealer has it in stock. If he has the part, I can be at the dealership waiting when they open up the next morning.”
In the fall, the Hodgens also harnessed the Internet to help them select next year's seed varieties, plan tiling projects and design changes in their grain-handling system.
“One of the things I just did, which was a pleasure, was to download Purdue University's variety trials results,” Hodgen says. “We are being bombarded by the seed salesman, but we wanted to see how the varieties we planted this year did in the trials. To download that, I would normally stay up to 2:00 in the morning. This year it took me five minutes to download all three sections. It was a joy.”
Hodgen recently used a Web link from Agristar to view USDA aerial maps of their fields to help determine whether the fields need tiling and how tile lines should be laid out. “It took me six minutes to find one of our fields,” she says. “Before, it would have taken me an hour. Every time you would click, it would take a good 45 seconds to a minute for a page to reload with dial-up. Now it is a second or less.”
High-speed Internet also helped the Hodgens uncover a creative grain-handling solution, courtesy of grain-handling equipment Web site. Although they had been planning to buy a drive-over pit, they now plan to design their own system with help from a schematic from one of the five or six manufacturer Web sites they visited.
Hodgen is not sure whether they would have found the schematic with a dial-up connection. “We looked at five or six pits within a matter of minutes,” she says. “In the past, after three manufacturers, I would have said, ‘That is enough.’”
Banking, LPDs and weather
During the winter, the couple hopes to make more use of the Internet for both business and pleasure. Already, Hodgen has surprised herself by exploring online banking. “I would have never thought about paying bills or banking online,” she says. I have started doing that. With dial-up, to get on the banking page, I could have driven to the bank faster.”
She plans to use the Internet to handle Farm Service Agency (FSA) paperwork in the future, including using electronic Loan Deficiency Payments (LDPs). That will easily save an hour for each trip to the county FSA office that she avoids.
She expects Abe, who handles marketing chores, to use the Internet more, too. She notes that Agristar offers extensive marketing information, which will be a good supplement to marketing information they already gather.
“The Agristar link puts us in touch with things that are agriculturally related, like USDA reports, weather and commodity commentaries,” she says.
Agristar's weather links also look like a great help, says Hodgen, the operation's self-described “weather guru.” She and Abe rely on weather radar to manage field operations over their 3,000 to 4,000 crop acres, which are spread over a 25-mile radius, and welcome their improved access to radar and other weather data.
Keeping up with family
Hodgen expects their high-speed Internet connection to help her and Abe keep in touch with their two sons and daughter-in-law. They frequently offer information and advice via large e-mail attachments, which in the past have been cumbersome to download.
The new service also should please the younger-generation Hodgens, because it will save them time as well. In the past when they were home, the Hodgens' son Robert, who is involved in the livestock feed industry in California, and son Paul and daughter-in-law Jennie, who are University of Nebraska graduate students in agronomy and meat science, respectively, occasionally had to drive to an area coffee shop to gain access to high-speed Internet.
“The Internet has become like the telephone to them,” she says. “They need access and they can't stand slow.”
Now that the Hodgens have high-speed Internet, they also have asked their nieces to put them back on the e-mail distribution list for baby pictures. “With dial-up, I had to tell my nieces not to send baby pictures anymore,” Hodgen says. “The pictures could clog my e-mail for an hour.”
Overall, Hodgen says that high-speed Internet has already become valuable for their farming operation, with promise that it will become even more important in the future.
In retrospect, she is amused at the logic that kept the operation from making the investment earlier. “I had no problem paying the $65 monthly satellite TV bill, and we don't even watch much TV,” she says. “I couldn't see my way to pay that much for fast Internet service. I just couldn't realize how much faster and more useful a high-speed connection would be. High-speed Internet has made me more productive. It is well worth the investment.” | <urn:uuid:6eedd33d-f6c9-4e7f-88f4-833987b17025> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.farmindustrynews.com/connect-speed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978019 | 2,071 | 1.523438 | 2 |
TEACHER – STUDENT RELATIONSHIP
An exceptional landmark case wherein the Supreme Court ruled in favor of love.
A 30-year-old teacher married her 16-year-old student when marriage between minors was still legal. As a result, the teacher was terminated from employment “for abusive and unethical conduct unbecoming of a dignified school teacher.”
While it is true that a having an extra-marital affair with another married person is a serious misconduct, it doesn’t follow that a teacher falling in love with and marrying her student is an immoral act.
“If the two eventually fell in love, despite the disparity in their ages and academic levels, this only lends substance to the truism that the heart has reasons of its own which reason does not know. ” – Justice Florenz Regalado
Private respondent Tay Tung High School, Inc. was ordered to pay teacher-petitioner backwages equivalent to three (3) years, without any deduction or qualification, and separation pay in the amount of one (1) month for every year of service.
CHUA-QUA vs TAY TUNG HIGH SCHOOL, INC.
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Pre-orders for the book have launched for a Dec. 8 release, with costs varying depending on shipping destination.
Within the approximately 300 pages, the book is designed to reflect the knowledge of the Copenhagen-based Coffee Collective group while also touching on a range of issues from seed to cup. Notably, the English language version expands the book’s explorations of issues related to coffee’s history and sustainability.
A certified B Corp and early practitioner of the “direct trade” movement in coffee, Coffee Collective has since its inception publicly vowed to support the coffee farmers in its supply chain, even as the company has grown to more than 100 employees.
Peter Dupont, who co-founded Coffee Collective along with Klaus Thomsen and Casper Engel Rasmussen in 2007, told Daily Coffee News via email that the English-language version of the book reflects advancements in coffee on multiple fronts since its initial publication nearly a decade ago.
“In general, the development we have seen since we wrote the first version in Danish back in 2012 is that coffee is now taken much more [seriously] — both as a gastronomical experience, but also the sustainability dimensions of coffee are taken much more seriously in society now,” Dupont said. “We have tried to treat each subject thoroughly, [while] at the same time writing a book that gives a good overview of what, in our minds, are the most relevant aspects of coffee — speaking about quality and sustainability.
The book touches on the history of coffee, coffee production and cultivation, commercial and home roasting, a “barista’s toolbox,” milk steaming and latte art instruction, and 20 proven recipes for manual and mechanical coffee preparations.
Notably, the book also explores the more recent movement in coffee sustainability towards supply chain and price transparency. It does not, however, provide a romanticized version of the seed-to-cup supply chain, according to Dupont, who noted the industry’s long history of “telling exotic stories that [have] very little to do with reality.”
“This is a major flaw in our industry; much more transparency is needed,” Dupont said, noting Coffee Collective’s own evolutions since the book’s initial publication.
“We started up with the focus [on] improving conditions for farmers, and this is still our deep contribution to sustainability and something we will never divert from. But over the years we have broadened out our attempts to do business in a responsible manner — both looking at environmental impacts of our work… as well as the social aspects of our company.” | <urn:uuid:7069724d-2b30-4a2b-aaa3-cfc40541bdea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/12/06/denmarks-coffee-collective-releasing-the-fundamentals-of-excellent-coffee-book/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957666 | 552 | 1.53125 | 2 |
When I was a kid, my aunt gave me a comic book about black history. I love-love-loved it. And — bonus! — I learned stuff from reading it. But I was a kid. I held onto the comic for years but eventually I just didn’t have it. Did I lend it to someone and never get it back? Did it get lost in one of my 400,000 moves? It was just no longer in my possession. And I didn’t lose sleep over it, but I was unhappy that that was true.
From time to time I’ve thought about it, and I’ve certainly wished I still had it, but what can you do about something like that? I’ve mentioned it to people, but no one had ever seen or heard of it.
And then last weekend it occurred to me to search for it online. I know: why had I never thought of that before? But I hadn’t. Clearly I wasn’t meant to think of it until my search would be able to bear fruit:
It is as I remember it — Crispus Attucks and Deadwood Dick and Daniel Hale Williams — every story I was so happy to read about when I was a kid, every story that — with the single exception of Harriet Tubman — wasn’t included in any of the history books we studied in school. (I’ll admit that I definitely didn’t remember “Negro Americans, the Early Years” as the title! Maybe if I had, I’d have found it before last weekend.) I purchased it immediately and it arrived on Thursday. Now I’m searching for a front-opening shadow box to display it in!
Yeah, sometimes happiness really can be a comic book. And sometimes the internets really can be a force for good!
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Joining a wave of American institutions moving to offer a measure of restitution for their ties to slavery, Georgetown University will raise about $400,000 a year to benefit the descendants of the 272 enslaved people who were sold to help keep the college afloat nearly two centuries ago, the New York Times reports. The Times goes on to say: “The university plans to use the money to support community projects such as health clinics and schools.
The announcement came six months after Georgetown students voted in a nonbinding referendum to impose student fees that would have raised about $400,000 a year to support the descendants. While Georgetown officials said students would play “a substantial role” in the new initiative, but would not be required to pay additional fees. The university plans to seek voluntary contributions from alumni, faculty, students and philanthropists.
At Georgetown, college officials relied on Jesuit plantations in Maryland to help finance the school’s operations, university officials said. The 1838 sale — worth about $3.3 million in today’s dollars — was organized by two of Georgetown’s early presidents, both Jesuit priests.” | <urn:uuid:ffbc871e-a30a-4856-bdc3-a3c794d40d2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.planthepath.com/georgetown-to-make-reparations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.961886 | 231 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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By definition, trees and tree-like species are essential components of all the agroforestry systems described in the body of this book. These arboreal species now in use need to be preserved and considered first as the basic components of future agroforestry development and in the reversal of agrodeforestation.
Whether on high islands, with their rich soils, varied habitats, and low population densities, on the harsh atolls, almost without soil and short of water, or in home gardens in densely settled urban areas or monocultural rural agricultural areas, all Pacific societies have selected and incorporated into their agroforestry systems a wide range of tree and tree-like species that suited local environmental conditions and met particular cultural needs. Out of the more than 400 such species or groups of closely related species (chapter 10), 100 are listed and described here (table A.2). All were and remain of economic, cultural, and ecological importance in Pacific Island rural and urban agroforestry systems.
The current use of these species, and many others not listed here, in agroforestry is the cumulative result of a selection process occurring over thousands of years. This process began in the ancestral homelands of today's Pacific islanders - in mainland South-East Asia and the archipelagic areas of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea (known collectively as Malesia). From these areas, valuable cultigens and accumulated knowledge about uses of widespread indigenous species and genera were transferred to the smaller Pacific oceanic islands.
Subsequently, indigenous species encountered in the islands by the settlers were incorporated into Pacific agroforestry systems prior to European contact (Yen 1990). Some of those indigenous species of particular value were, in turn, carried farther east as new islands were settled. Finally, post-Europeancontact introductions have been tested and selected by Pacific islanders themselves and incorporated into indigenous systems to such an extent that the undiscerning visitor or agricultural "expert," and many of the current generation of islanders, believe them to be traditional or even indigenous plants. The integration of species (indigenous and aboriginal and post-European-contact introductions) has been carried out to such an extent that the status of many species remains unclear. Of the 100 tree or tree-like species or distinct cultivars listed here,
74 are usually classified as trees, whereas approximately 26 are better described as shrub-like perennials, which constitute relatively permanent fixtures in Pacific Island agroforestry systems. The classification system is, of course, arbitrary because some species, such as Hibiscus tiliaceus, Pandanus spp., Pipturus argenteus, and Vitex trifolia, are all found as both "shrubs and trees," depending on the environment, the variety, or cultivar. The species classified as shrubs or tree-like perennials (those not normally classified as trees) include:
Table A.1 Origin or antiquity status of the 100 tree or tree-like perennial species listed in table A.2
|Indigenous and aboriginal introductions||37|
|Primarily aboriginal introductions||13|
|Early post-European-contact introductions||24|
In terms of origin, 19 are considered to be indigenous throughout most of their Pacific Island range; 37 are indigenous in parts of their range, usually in the western Pacific, but probably aboriginal introductions into other areas; 13 are probably aboriginal introductions throughout most of their range; 24 are long-established post-European-contact introductions; and 7 are relatively recent introductions (table A.1).
The indigenous species include the coastal or mangrove species Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Calophyllum inophyllum, Guettarda speciosa, Intsia bijuga, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus, Pisonia grandis, Premna serratifolia, Rhizophora spp., Scaevola sericea, Tournefortia argentea, and Vitex spp., which are either commonly incorporated in, or serve to protect, agroforestry systems from the harmful impacts of the sea and salt spray; coastal or lowland forest species Alphitonia spp., Ficus spp., Pterocarpus indicus, and Rhus taitensis, which are commonly found in active agricultural areas and/or protected when clearing new gardens; and the widespread pioneer species Commersonia bartramia, Glochidion spp., Macaranga spp., and Kleinhovia hospita, which are important, sometimes protected, components of fallow vegetation.
Those that are indigenous to the larger islands of the western Pacific, but possibly aboriginal introductions to some of the smaller islands of the eastern Pacific, include the wild and/or cultivated food plants Adenanthera pavonina, Barringtonia spp., Canarium spp., Dracontomelon vitiense, Ficus spp., Gnetum gnemon, Inocarpus fagifer, Metroxylon spp., Musa troglodytarum, Pandanus spp., Pometia pinnata, Saccharum edule and S. officinarum, and Terminalia catappa. Other culturally important species are Acalypha amentacea, Atu na racemosa, Bischofia javanica, Cananga odorata, Casuarina spp., Cordia subcordata, Cycas spp., Erythrina variegata, Euodia hortensis, Fagraea berteriana, Gardenia taitensis, Garuga floribunda, Heliconia spp., Hibiscus tiliaceus, Morinda citrifolia, Pandanus spp., Polyscias spp., Schizastachyum spp., Securinega flexnosa, Syzygium spp., and Thespesia populnea.
The 13 plants that seem to have been aboriginal introductions throughout their Pacific Island range are mostly domesticated food plants (cultigens). These include breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis and A. marianennsis), shaddock, or pomelo (Citrus grandis), coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), Cordyline terminalis, bush hibiscus spinach (Hibiscus manihot), two banana or plantain cultivars (Musa AAB and Musa ABB triploid), and Malay apple (Spondias dulcis). The remaining aboriginal introductions include candlenut (Aleurites moluccana), betel-nut palm (Areca catechu), paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), common hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), and kava (Piper methysticum).
The 24 early post-European-contact introductions, all of which have been integrated into agroforestry systems in the Pacific, are mainly food or beverage plants. These include jakfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), soursop (Annona muricata), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), papaya (Carica papaya), five Citrus species (lime [C. aurantiifolia], sour, or Seville, orange [C. aurantium], lemon [C. Iimonl hystrix?], mandarin orange [C. reticulata], and sweet orange [C. sinensis]), coffee (Coffea spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), horseradish, or drumstick, tree (Moringa oleifera), the Cavendish and lady's finger bananas (Musa AAA and Musa AAB), guava (Psidium guajava), avocado (Persea americana), tamarind (Tamarindus indicus), and cocoa ( Theobroma cacoa). Other important post-European-contact introductions include common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris), kapok (Ceiba pentandra), flamboyant, or poinciana (Delonix regia), leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala), plumeria, or frangipani (Plumeria rubra), and rain tree, or monkey-pod (Samanea saman).
More recent introductions with increasingly widespread or localized importance in agroforestry systems include Albizia spp., the flowering cassias, or shower trees (Cassia spp.), gliricidia (Gliricidia septum), a range of eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus spp.), Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea), big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), and the jambolan (Syzygium cumini).
The common names, scientific names, and synonyms, related species, origin, range and antiquity status, brief physiognomic descriptions, place in Pacific Island agroforestry systems, and information on the cultural and ecological importance of these 100 tree or tree-like perennial species or groups of related species are detailed in table A.2.
Table A.2 One hundred (100) cultivated and wild tree or tree-like perennial species of widespread or considerable local economic, cultural, and ecological importance in Pacific Island rural and urban agroforestry systems (Note: Information provided on: 1) distribution, range, and antiquity status in the Pacific Islands, i.e. whether a given species is indigenous or an aboriginal or recent post-European-contact introduction [Malesia refers to the Malaysian "phytogeographical region," which includes all of the Malay and Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, and the Island of New Guinea]; 2) the physical characteristics [physiognomy] of the species; 3) its habitat and role within the context of agroforestry systems; and 4) its cultural and ecological utility.)
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Python, licenses and CVS
kragen at canonical.org
Mon Nov 26 04:07:57 CET 2001
Hans Nowak <wurmy at earthlink.net> writes:
> - should I use a license / copyright notice?
If you want people to use the code, yes; if they don't have a written
license, the code is still copyrighted by you (assuming you live in a
Berne Convention country) and they can still infringe your copyright.
They might have an 'implied license', consisting basically of what
you've encouraged them to do, but I feel a lot more comfortable with
an explicit license.
> - if so, which one would you recommend?
A popular one, because if you don't use a popular one, people who take
this stuff seriously and hate legalese won't even consider using your
software, because they'd have to read another license.
> I know of the GPL, Python license, BSD license etc, and opensource.org
> has a long list of them, but I absolutely hate legalese, and reading
> all of this and pondering the possible consequences of picking one
> over the other makes me cringe. Does someone have a pointer to a
> page with some concise explanations of these licenses?
The Free Software foundation has a page at
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html that is more or less
what you want. My summary is as follows:
- GPL: you can use this software freely but can't incorporate it into
proprietary software without negotiating with the author for special
- BSD: you can do whatever you want with this software. (There's an
older version of the BSD license which includes a clause that
requires credit be given; this is generally considered annoying.)
> Then there's a second point: I see that many projects use version
> control (usually CVS). I tried using DJGPP's cvs, but it
> (unsurprisingly) doesn't work well on WinXP. There's such a thing
> as WinCVS, but the whole process strikes me as clumsy... checking
> in and out and committing every time something changes... what is
> the point of this? What happens if you forget a step? Does it have
> substantial benefits over versioning your files by hand, aside from
> having a repository through which you can undo changes?
Cygwin cvs works well on pre-XP versions of NT. I haven't tried XP.
CVS doesn't require you to check out repeatedly, and you only check in
when there are changes.
Version control is a huge benefit when you're trying to work on
something with other people; it keeps you from accidentally destroying
their work. It's not as big a win with individual projects, but it
still has some advantages:
- I can type 'cvs annotate' to see when each line of code in my work
area was added --- what date, what time. (And by whom.)
- I can type 'cvs diff -D 2001-10-25' and see the changes since
- I can type 'cvs diff' and see what changes I haven't committed,
which often keeps me from committing typos in comments (where I typed
some character in the wrong window)
- saving my current work state is quicker than with a copy-tree, and
it takes less disk space, which makes it easier to back up my entire
That said, I still mostly use it when I'm working with somene else, or
when I have multiple copies of files on different machines that I
might edit independently. (I keep my PIM stuff --- calendar,
addresses --- this way.)
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Here are excerpts from the post:
Initial Research Study Preview: Uniform Law Adoption Analytics
[…] One of the promising entry points being pursued by the Legal Science research team here at the MIT Media Lab is with an important body of statutes known as “Uniform Law”. The idea was initially proposed by the kick-off LegalScienceSalon Keynote Speaker Joshua Lenon, of Clio […] This body of law has some great characteristics making it especially amendable to analytics, including that the 50 state legislatures that enact these statutes all receive the initial legislative bill language from a single point source: The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (NCCUSL). Legal Science research lead Dazza Greenwood brings significant experience with this method of law making engagement with drafting the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), among other uniform laws. This direct experience, combined with the fresh perspectives and insights available when the body of law is analyzed as data, make this type of legal instrument especially well suited for exploration and analytics by the Legal Science research team.
Preliminary Analytics and Visualizations:
MIT Human Dynamics Lab data science visiting graduate student Luc Rocher (with oversight and feedback by Human Dynamics doctoral student Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye) generated the visualization below (available in higher resolution here), depicting the normalized time it took each state to adopt a sample set of uniform laws. The colors are based upon the average time for adoption by states. The median time overall is show next to the name of the law. The states are ranked according to their borda count and dT is the average time it took them to enact. […]
MIT Human Dynamics Lab legal research team collaborator Ray Campbell generated the visualization below using the Tableau visual analytics package and hosted service. A higher resolution image is available here and an interactive version is available here. […]
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This article was written by Tom Heenan, Ben Kiernan, Greg Lockhart, Stuart Macintyre, and Gavan McCormack.
It is a perverse tribute to the journalist Wilfred Burchett that, 25 years after his death, major Australian media continue to devote space to denigrating him. Robert Manne, Australia’s “Number One public intellectual”, took 10 pages of the June issue of his magazine The Monthly to condemn Burchett. In the same month, Mark Aarons wrote in similar vein for The Australian, and Philip Adams hosted both authors on his Radio National program Late Night Live.
For three decades, as a former columnist and then editor of Quadrant magazine, and now as Chairman of the Board of The Monthly, Robert Manne has been the central figure in the assaults on Burchett’s reputation. His recent rearguard action, conceding much ground but firing loud salvos as he retreats, opens an illuminating window on Australian political and intellectual history. It illustrates Manne’s tendency to consider selectively other scholars’ research and his penchant for redefining the terms of an argument to suit his current agenda.
Robert Manne first took up cudgels against Burchett in 1985, in an article published in Quadrant, which awarded him a prize for it. There he accused Burchett of a multitude of sins: working as a KGB agent; a Korean War torturer and brainwasher of POWs; black-marketeer; black-mailer; black-guard; womaniser; alcoholic; Soviet agent of influence; and fabricator of germ warfare propaganda stories, whose treacherous activities, had they been properly investigated, would have got him hanged for treason.
Twenty-three years later, Manne has modified his view. He now concludes that Burchett was a journalist of “very considerable talent” with “a genuine instinct for human equality”, who had ventured to Berlin under Nazi rule in a “noble” effort “to help Jews escape to Australia”. Manne thus omits his earlier grotesque comparison of Burchett to the Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher.
On Hiroshima, 63 years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Manne now acknowledges for the first time that Burchett’s exclusive report from the target city weeks after its destruction was a scoop “of world-historical importance”. He also concedes (again for the first time) that Burchett “backed the right horse” on the war in Vietnam, “where opposition to American behaviour turned out to be right”.
In his most astonishing reversal, Manne now concedes that Burchett “probably” never did work for the KGB.
On many matters, therefore, it seems Manne was totally wrong. His retractions have vindicated the views of his long-time targets, including some of us. (See Ben Kiernan’s essay, “The Making of a Myth: Wilfred Burchett and the KGB,” in his 1986 anthology, Burchett: Reporting the Other Side of the World, 1939-1983, and Gavan McCormack, “The New Right and Human Rights: Cultural Freedom and the ‘Burchett Affair’”, Meanjin 3/1986.) Attempting to explain “the recent rise in Wilfred Burchett’s reputation”, Manne cites the family’s determination, anti-American sentiment since the invasion of Iraq, and the flaws of the Australian Left, but he omits a key factor: the falsity of charges long levelled by Burchett’s critics like himself.
Manne refers to “the Western left” today as “the most reliable defender of human rights”. Yet during the 1980s and 1990s he was most critical of those in “the western Left” who defended Burchett’s human rights.
Indeed, from 1985 to 2008, Manne himself had no word of criticism for the Australian government’s 17-year denial of a passport to Burchett, barring the return home of a third-generation citizen attached to his country. Nor did Manne condemn the gratuitous 15-year official refusal to register the births of Burchett’s Australian children.
Even now, he tiptoes reluctantly around this in the neutral passive voice: “Even if the denial of a passport to Burchett is seen as an injustice …” Maybe, Manne muses, “it was wrong to deprive Burchett of his passport when the decision had been taken not to bring him to trial. Yet, given what was known about Burchett’s activities in Korea, it is not difficult to sympathise with the instinct of the Menzies government that something needed to be done.”
Manne neglects to mention that by 1969 the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO) was forced to concede that its intelligence on Burchett’s activities in Korea was so insubstantial that the Gorton Government considered it potentially defamatory. Australians like Burchett, and their children, Manne implies even now, deserve no defence of their citizenship rights.
This raises a serious point about Manne’s mode of argument. In 1985 he debased discussion on Burchett by resorting to character assassination (accusing Gavan McCormack of teaching his students “a neo-Stalinist version of post-war Asian history” and of “doctoring history”). In 2008, Manne diagnoses those who do not follow his own convoluted argument as “pro-Burchett” leftists, sunk in “parochialism” and “post-Cold War intellectual inertia”, who suffer from “vanity or pride”, and “rancour”. His dropping the offensive charge of Stalinism is welcome, but Manne’s new language is no more enlightening.
Declaring Burchett somewhat ambiguously “the most controversial and influential communist in Australian history”, Manne still insists on two points: first, that he was a secret member of the Communist Party of Australia; and second, that he was guilty of treason.
In the first case, whatever the truth, most people have long regarded Burchett as a communist. Throughout the Cold War he was frequently introduced in the Western media as “the Australian communist journalist Wilfred Burchett”. We have no knowledge of evidence proving beyond doubt whether he did or did not belong to any communist party and are open to the possibility that he may have lied by denying such membership. We hope, however, that witch-hunting McCarthyist values now hold little sway outside Quadrant magazine, a journal considered “too right wing” even by its CIA sponsors (Ben Kiernan, “Australia, East Timor and the Aborigines,” Overland, No. 167, 2002, p. 28).
At any rate Manne contradicts himself, saying (in a characteristically tortuous phrase) that Burchett was a “self-directed but financially dependent agent of influence”. To grant that he was “self-directed” is to concede that Burchett was his own master and not a servant of any party. That he also happened to be poor is well known. The term “agent of influence” is in any case a spurious cold war construction used by Western security organisations including ASIO to brand prominent people whose associations they disliked but about whom they had no evidence of wrongdoing. In that way, Manne’s revival of the term to describe Burchett maintains the long discredited ASIO narrative on him.
Manne maintains his core charge that Burchett was a “traitor”. Yet this most serious of allegations he cannot state without equivocation. In print he adopts the formula that Burchett “did not betray his country in Korea because he was a bad person but because he thought he was supporting a higher cause”, and on radio, only when pressed to say whether he still considered Burchett a traitor did Manne reply, “Well, I think he was, to be honest”.
One seeks in vain a clear and consistent definition of this capital crime and any recognition of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. At work here is Manne’s distortion of legal terms to suit his argument. As he knows, the Australian government devoted considerable effort to put together a case to try Burchett as a traitor. It failed, and abandoned the case (Tom Heenan, From Traveller to Traitor: The Life of Wilfred Burchett, Melbourne University Press, 2006).
The United States government too, stated that it had “no independent evidence” for any charges. Henry Kissinger invited Burchett to Washington as a breakfast guest, and in 1977 the United States government granted Burchett a visa to conduct a lecture tour of the United States.
What matters, we have always insisted, was what Burchett wrote, where he got it right and wrong, and how his country treated its leading public dissenter.
He was badly wrong on some things, notably Stalinism in Eastern Europe. Among others, Kelvin Rowley pointed out in his 1986 essay, which Manne’s article ignores, that Burchett's “uncritical reportage” on Stalinism was “terribly mistaken” and “profoundly misleading”. Rowley wrote that “Burchett had witnessed the consolidation of Stalinist control over Eastern Europe. And he didn't even notice it.” (Kiernan, Burchett, pp. 49-54.)
Greg Lockhart has observed the black-white dichotomy of “good socialists and bad Americans” in Burchett’s Cold War writings (“Red Dog? A loaded question,” The Australian Literary Review, March 5, 2008). Burchett may well have been wrong on germ warfare in Korea also (see McCormack, Target North Korea, 2004). Possibly so too were others, like the great Cambridge historian of Chinese science, Joseph Needham, who maintained a similar view till his death. Burchett’s sensitivity to what he saw as signs of bacteriological warfare is scarcely surprising in one who had been the first to report to the world the horror of nuclear war.
On the question of what Burchett did or did not do in Korea, Manne has yet to respond to the detailed evidence and analysis published 20 years ago, especially that concerning the Korean POWs. Among many POWs and other conflicting sources, Manne still chooses to rely heavily on the evidence of one US airman, Paul Kniss, and still ignores the various different and contradictory versions of Kniss’ uncorroborated story (McCormack’s chapter in the Kiernan volume, pp. 188-90, and Meanjin, 3/1986).
Acknowledging that Wilfred Burchett “backed the right horse” in the Vietnam War (about which he wrote nine books), Manne makes his stand that Burchett was a “traitor” primarily on the Korean War, of whose justice he still seems in no doubt. However, in past decades the historiography of the Korean War has changed in fundamental ways.
To mention here just the most shocking recent revelation, within the past month, South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirmed that during the first months of that war, in July 1950, “United Nations” forces had slaughtered about 100,000 Koreans, including around 5,000 taken from nearby prisons, massacred, and dumped in improvised mass graves outside the city of Daejeon (formerly written Taejon). The “Daejeon Massacre” has long been recognised and recorded in histories of the Korean War as its worst single atrocity. At the time the US Army deemed it “worthy of being recorded in the annals of history along with the Rape of Nanking, the Warsaw Ghetto” - but wrongly attributed it to North Korea.
Now, the South Korean Truth Commission has unambiguously attributed the massacre to South Korean forces operating under American direction (“Alleged communists massacred under the eyes of American soldiers,” Seoul, June 16, 2008, with photographs released on May 5, 2008 by US National Archives and Records Administration).
To criticise Burchett’s reporting of the Korean War, Robert Manne has to face the fact that among the worst atrocities of that war were those committed, and long covered up, by “our” side. Wilfred Burchett, who reported the Daejeon massacre at the time in his 1953 book, This Monstrous War (pp. 129-31), was the only Australian to do so. As of July 2008, Australian media have yet to report on these matters at all.
We believe that advances in the cause of human rights will come more easily without dividing scholars into "Left" and "Right", or into "pro-Burchett" or "anti-Burchett" parties.
These banal oppositions provide no explanatory power. There are plenty of fine people on both sides, and Burchett's long life displayed plenty of nuances and contradictions. Honest people can disagree about whether he should be honoured for some of the things he did, and criticised for others. But if the cause of human rights in Australia is to progress, there can be no ideological excuse for a government depriving a citizen of his rights, let alone depriving his children of theirs. | <urn:uuid:3cb6a714-bfff-4784-bd1d-5a2c5eaad3b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7594&page=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00498-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965795 | 2,880 | 2.375 | 2 |
Media Coverage of Pearson
- Pearson's life story was the subject of "Heretics," an episode of the Chicago Public Radio program This American Life that was first broadcast on December 16, 2005,.
- Pearson's life story was telecast on the Dateline NBC program, To Hell and Back, first shown on August 13, 2006.
- Pearson was the subject of a Cable News Network story on June 24, 2007, that covered the changes in his teachings (including acceptance of LGBT people into his church) and the backlash against it.
- In March 2009, Pearson appeared on Nightline "Face Off" with Deepak Chopra, Mark Driscoll, and Annie Lobert to address the question "Does Satan Exist?"
- In July 2010 it was announced that director Marc Forster will direct a feature film about Pearson's life. The script will be written by screenwriter Marcus Hinchey and based on the This American Life 's "Heretics" episode.
- In September 2010, Pearson again appeared on CNN with anchor Kyra Phillips, discussing the widely-publicized gay rumors regarding Bishop Eddie Long. Pearson was again criticized for his inclusive thinking by many Christian fundamentalists, for stating "Until the Church—the Church, black or otherwise—confronts—not combats—confronts this issue of human sexuality and homosexuality, which is not going away. Homosexuals and homosexuality is not going away. If every gay person in our church just left or those who have an orientation or preference or an inclination, or a fantasy, if everyone left, we wouldn't have -- we wouldn't have a church."
- In December 2010, Academy Award winner Mo'Nique personally invited Pearson to appear on her BET-TV Late night talk show. Mo'Nique publicly suggested that she followed & supported Pearson and would "come to his church in Atlanta, if he had one and would have her."
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This year's Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival should be the 'greenest' yet. The South West TUC has worked hard to encourage people to come by public transport, coach or shared cars. People will be urged to recycle and leave no waste; a wind and solar generator will be tested; all caterers are expected to come with biodegradable plates and cutlery and the new South West TUC Green Workplaces project team will be on hand to give advice. The Tolpuddle Green Camp has had a good response and local environmental campaigners and advice agencies will have stalls.
The cottages and museum have had their insulation improved and solar panels are being fitted.
Derek Wall, the Green Party Principal Speaker, will address the festival and the discussions on the Saturday will include a debate over food production.
'The repression of the Tolpuddle martyrs in the 19th century is the reason for this festival but trade unionists are still repressed even killed for their work in countries like Colombia. I am proud to have been invited to celebrate the spirit of Tolpuddle and to provide the support of the Green Party to workers across Britain, particularly in the public sector who are threatened with pay cuts.
Green politics is about social justice and to create real justice you have to challenge neo-liberalism and give workers rights.
In turn environmental problems are problems that can only be solved with the participation and input of workers. We need green plans where workers helped develop ecological forms of production. We must also remember how green industrial action has brought benefits. In the 1980s sea dumping of nuclear waste was halted after industrial action by the National Union of Seamen.
Of course such action would now be illegal because of Mrs Thatcher's anti-union legislation. Strong unions are essential both to the prosperity of ordinary people rather than fat cats and to protecting the planet. This is why I am proud to say the Green Party supports the campaign for a Trade Union Freedom Bill.'
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Touting his supreme confidence, Ice Cube once said, “If It was all about me, I’d do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money.” For Ice Cube, and many other people who share this belief, producing a popular song is a choice. From this perspective, some musicians have decided to make pop music, while others have chosen more alternative routes.
Is Ice Cube correct? Is making a popular song simply a choice? As a songwriter, is there a formula, a series of notes, or a particular theme that we can master and then in turn produce a “hit” song? And further, does a pop song require an audience? In other words, if a pop song falls in the woods, and nobody’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Is it in fact still a pop song if it is not in fact popular?
To the greater and often-asked question of whether there is a clear formula or a hard science for composing pop music that could turn a song from a rough cut into a worldwide ‘hit’, for us, the answer is NO!
That is not to suggest that there aren’t similarities in song structure, theme or style that is shared between the majority of ‘hit’ songs, whether composed in 1965, 1995, or 2016. These similarities, in turn, have allowed some songs to become wildly popular while other songs receive significantly less attention.
In order to narrow the scope of this layered topic, we will be using the term ‘hit’ to describe the ‘thing/s’ that allow certain songs to move from, let’s say, the alternative, rock, rap, country, or dance charts into Billboard’s Hot 100. This is not implying that very successful, popular songs on the alternative or rap charts, for instance, are lesser “hits” than the Hot 100- it simply allows us to narrow in on a more specific question- how do ‘hits’ become ‘pop’?
IF IT SOUNDS LIKE POP, THEN IT MUST BE…
In music making, however many patterns in songwriting exist, there are far too many variables that will affect whether a song will truly become a hit, and whether that artist will be able to produce a follow up hit. We might suggest to fellow songwriters that the formula to ‘hit-making’ is to stick with the popular ballad metric – “thirty-two-bar form” or more commonly known as the AABA song structure. It has two verses (“A” sections), followed by a contrasting “B” or bridge section, leading back to another “A” section. After a slight instrumental interlude, we may be brought back for a second bridge then wrap things up nicely with the initial melody that made us fall in love with the song in the beginning.
One might also propose to stick to accessible themes: finding love, losing love, sex, addiction, loss/death, seasons/holidays, and weather.
Many musicians, of all levels of success and fame, are more than capable of producing what is undeniably a ‘pop’ sounding song. Talented musicians can not only replicate popular songs, but make great advancements to tried and true formula, creating new, exciting ‘pop’ songs in the process. Unfortunately, there are many hurdles standing between a pop song and a mass audience.
JUST BECAUSE IT POPS DOESN’T MEAN IT HITS
So if making a pop song isn’t about the song itself, then what is it about? Your gut instinct could be that the right marketing, the perfect roll-out of the song, a large infusion of capital and push from the radio stations, publicity and streaming sites in collaboration with that perfect formula-driven pop track, a song will become an instant hit. And you wouldn’t be wrong, however it’s unfortunately not always the case either.
It is important to also address any preconceptions you may have that there is a ruling body of music industry masterminds with the unbeatable power to determine the fate of a song. While the machinery of the recording industry (record labels, A&Rs, artist managers, publishers) may believe or speak with confidence that they KNOW without a doubt what song will become a smash, this is far from the truth. There’s a certain unexplained ‘luck’ involved in why some songs hit and others don’t. If the culture at the exact moment a song hits is not looking for a guitar-focused track, there is no amount of money or song structure that will convince the masses that this is the song of the summer, the next youth anthem, or the soundtrack to their breakup.
So while it’s not exactly a choice whether a musician makes a pop song or not, and even those who choose to make a pop song still face incredible obstacles, the potential is still there for those who keep Cube’s words in mind: “ya done run 100 miles, but you still got one to go.”
Every day an artist seemingly comes out of nowhere and turns the industry on its head, writes the year’s biggest track and springboards themselves into international success. Just as the process of trying to crossover into pop can be frustrating, it can also be incredibly magical and a great pop song truly has the power to change your life, and the lives of millions of followers. That could be you. Keep writing, studying culture, and enjoying the process!
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Irritability, hot flashes can be attributed to menopause but also thyroid diseases. If you’re a woman on the threshold of forty or fifty years, it’s good to know and the thyroid is affected by physiological changes. May start working differently or may not. The symptoms of menopause and thyroid diseases are quite similar. Thus, it requires particular attention before pinpointing precisely the origin of these disorders.
What is Thyroid?
The thyroid is an endocrine gland that synthesizes and releases hormones. It has a shape very similar to a butterfly. It’s located in the front of the neck at the base of the throat. The thyroid has a vital role in the development of the skeletal and cerebrum. Besides, the thyroid makes an indispensable contribution to the regulation of metabolism. Determining the speed with which the body must work and how to use food to produce energy.
“The main hormones produced by the thyroid gland are thyroxine (T4), 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine (T3), and reverse 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine (rT3). They are controlled by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from the anterior pituitary gland.” For correct sintering of these hormones, the thyroid needs common mineral and amino acid, tyrosine and phenylalanine. Muhammad A. Shahid; Muhammad A. Ashraf; Sandeep Sharma
Menopause Symptoms or Thyroid Conditions??
The malfunction of the thyroid glands can start at any age. The risks increase over the years; it’s much more frequent in women than in men. When women approach the age of menopause, the hormones start to drop. This can affect the correct functioning of the thyroid glands. In fact, about 7-8% of pre-menopausal women suffer from it, while it reaches 10-15% after menopause.
Menopause affects thyroid activity as much as thyroid affects menopause. The ovaries and uterus rely on thyroid function to get the thyroid hormones they need to function properly and stay active. The intensity of menopause and perimenopause symptoms strongly depends on the production and availability of the thyroid hormone.
Typically, perimenopausal and menopausal women who suffer from hypothyroidism experience an increase in the different menopause symptoms. They may have vaginal dryness, hair and skin, as well as hot flashes. Reduction of the thyroid gland increases the intensity of menopause symptoms, such as vaginal dryness, hair and skin, as well as hot flashes. The decline of thyroid function increases the severity of menopause symptoms.
Connection Between Menopause and Thyroid Dysfunctions
Some women arrive at the climacteric with a thyroid problem already diagnosed in the past. Others instead manifest the issue during one of the phases of menopause or postmenopausal. Concerning this question, there’re some articles that I’ve read on the subject. If you want to know more, find the links in the references.
Estrogens regulate thyroid function; during menopause, the hormone decrease, which can lead to thyroid disease. “There’s evidence that estrogen may have direct actions in human thyroid cells by ER-dependent mechanisms or not, modulating proliferation and function. ” Normally, these alterations don’t present any change, but in some cases, it can promote pathologies and dysfunction of the thyroid.
Scientific research has shown that “thyroid status doesn’t significantly affect climacteric syndrome; menopause can modify the clinical expression of some thyroid diseases, especially autoimmune ones. Thyroid function isn’t directly involved in the pathogenesis of menopause complications …”
According to research carried out by the Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology, the risks of complications increase: “This is evident in conditions of hyper- and hypothyroidism. Although it isn’t yet clear whether the bone changes observed in a state of thyrotoxicosis are related to the lack of TSH or the excess of thyroid hormones, or both. “
Another research is done in 2013 claim that. “Coronary atherosclerosis and osteoporosis may be aggravated in the presence of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism”.
Most Common Types of Thyroid Dysfunction
Hypothyroidisn is when the thyroid glands don’t produce a sufficient amount of hormones T3 and T4. The thyroid gland becomes “sluggish”, doesn’t provide enough hormones for the proper functioning of the metabolism. Furthermore, people with hypothyroidism have a slow metabolism.
Often, the symptoms are not evident, especially at the beginning. Generally, the most frequent alarm is weight gain. Besides, to get fat, they can have symptoms such as slow digestion, tiredness, sensitivity to cold, constipation, dry skin, weakness, muscle cramps—even alteration of the menstrual cycle, and an immense desire for sugar.
Is the most frequent cause of hyperthyroidism. This pathology is a chronic autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid gland due to antibodies against thyroid cells. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is more common in women and is hereditary. It’s also more common in subjects with chromosomal abnormalities.
Hyperthyroidisn is the opposite situation; the thyroxine T4 and T3 produce an excessive amount of hormones; consequently, the thyroid works too quickly. People with hyperthyroidism can develop metabolic disorders associated with weight loss, increased appetite, excessive thirst.
The nodules don’t change the thyroid functions; they’re often benign; however, the nodules can vary. For this reason, periodic control is a best practice. The leading cause is iodine deficiency.
Therapy depends on the type of nodules when they don’t present any disorder; monitoring is sufficient. On the other hand, if the nodules produce excess thyroid hormones, the therapy involves taking drugs. When the nodules are malignant, surgery is necessary to perform partial or total removal of the thyroid gland.
Is it Menopause or Thyroid Dysfunction?
Do you feel tired, suffer from low concentration, hair loss, anxiety or even a hint of depression? Or, on the contrary, do you lose weight? Even if your appetite has increased or suffered from irritability, hot flashes, tachycardia?
The symptoms of thyroid dysfunction are very similar to those of premenopause symptoms, so it’s widespread to overlook the problem. Ailments should not be underestimated.
The most common symptoms are easy tiredness, dry yellowish skin, increased fluid retention, a tendency to gain weight, increased hair loss and the appearance of constipation. If you may notice these problems, it can be useful to check; with a simple laboratory examination, it’s possible to diagnose and start adequate treatment.
How to Treat the Thyroid During Menopause?
Before starting the treatment of hypothyroidism, it’s necessary to analyse the general condition of the subject. These include age, lifestyle and other diseases already present. Particular attention deserves when the woman is in menopause to avoid interference with other ongoing treatments, such as hormonal replacement. Only a doctor will be able to evaluate the entire clinical picture to identify the best medicine.
A balanced diet is an essential component in the life of a human being. You’re what you eat; your diet can prevent and cure any organism disorder but cannot replace medical treatment.
For optimal thyroid function, some foods are essential. Iodine, selenium, iron, zinc, and protein foods will improve thyroid function. As well as in low-fat dairy products such as grana cheese and Greek yoghurt.
The daily iodine requirement is 150mg / g. Iodine is present in crustaceans, sea fish, molluscs, sea salt, cow’s milk, eggs. We can find the protein foods our body needs: lean meat, such as beef, chicken, turkey and lamb in fishes like; tuna, salmon, cod, sardines: Also the legumes lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, edamame and soybeans.
Selenium is known for the antioxidant properties of molecules called selenoenzymes. Meat, chia seeds, nuts, sunflower seeds, fish and cereals are sources of selenium for the body.
Studies have identified selenium as a component of an enzyme that activates thyroid hormones. “Furthermore, low selenium levels are associated with an increased prevalence of thyroid disease“.
Omega 3 is a category of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids that our body cannot synthesise and must necessarily be taken with the diet. Among the foods that contain Omega 3, we find cod, salmon and tuna, sardine, herring and mackerel, oilseeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds and walnuts.
Foods to Avoid with Hypothyroidism
Doesn’t exist the perfect diet, special for hypothyroidism people. In any case, you can nourish yourself without slow down the thyroid function and increase the benefit from hormone replacement therapy. Underactive thyroid’ people like me should avoid consuming foods that prevent iodine absorption and interfere with hormone replacement.
Here they are:
The cruciferous: Some vegetables such as cabbage belong to the cruciferous family; among those are; cabbage, savoy cabbage, black cabbage, curly cabbage, Brussels sprouts, also broccoli, mustard, radish, arugula and horseradish. The doctor recommends those with thyroid problems should eat them raw or steamed.
Soy: Experts advise limiting the intake or consuming products containing soy. The best method to eat soy is to wait a few hours (at least 4 / h) after taking the hormones. The soy could affect the body’s ability to absorb synthetic thyroid hormones.
Additionally, some foods need careful attention to ensure that you’re not eating a high-gluten variety. It isn’t a problem only for celiacs. In fact, it seems that gluten can irritate the intestine, reducing the absorption of levothyroxine administered as replacement therapy.
Hyperthyroidism and Foods to Be Avoided
If the problem is hyperthyroidism, try to eliminate or reduce all those foods which contain high quantitate of iodine. Among them: fish, seaweed (also as supplements), prawns, crabs, lobster, oysters, sushi and also seaweed used to combat cellulite.
US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, “Thyroid and menopause”, written S. del Ghianda, M. Tonacchera &P. Vitti, available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23998691 (accessed 05 May 2020)
EndocrineWeb “Thyroid Gland Overview”, written by Dr Robert M. Sargis, available at https://www.endocrineweb.com/endocrinology/overview-thyroid, (Accessed 03 May 2020).
British Thyroid Foundation “Thyroid and menopause” available at https://www.btf-thyroid.org/thyroid-and-menopauseb(accessed (Accessed 20 April 2020). | <urn:uuid:521cde12-daa6-41c7-a391-15c02e6c705d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://resourcefulmidlife.com/thyroid-diseases-and-menopause-symptoms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.908303 | 2,441 | 2.828125 | 3 |
PhD student becomes first interdisciplinary student in Caring Science programKatherine Phillips | College of Nursing Nov 19, 2018
When Rachel Johnson began her career as a social worker, she wanted to help others just as a social worker helped her as a young adult. As a LCSW and social work researcher at the VA hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus and adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University, Johnson enrolled in the PhD in Caring Science program at the University of Colorado College of Nursing because of her research interest in social work’s benefit on people’s health.
As the first interdisciplinary student in the program, Johnson was inspired by the readings of Jean Watson, former Dean and creator of the program at CU Nursing.
“I chose the caring science track because it allows students to learn about fostering healing and relationships, and connect and communicate with each other,” said Johnson.
With her knowledge in caring science, Johnson is working on a dissertation that focuses on those living with chronic conditions. As a social worker, it is has given her insight into helping others, and working with nurses has helped her better understand how patients with chronic illness are treated.
“Nurses and social workers work on the same teams clinically and in research“, said Johnson. “It’s an inter-professional relationship in the workplace.”
When asked about her experience at CU Nursing, Johnson spoke highly of the program, explaining that there is a feeling of a sense of belonging even as an interdisciplinary student.
“The program allows students to expand their knowledge and understanding and we learn from our classmates,” said Johnson.
Johnson also expressed that being a PhD student has been easier due to having four years of research experience prior to enrolling in the program.
“The PhD program has nurtured me and helped me grow. It’s about supporting everyone together to grow into PhD researchers together, and it’s a powerful environment.” | <urn:uuid:3f85affe-2786-414d-be81-ddf65559b5c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nursing.cuanschutz.edu/about/news-archives/article/CU-nursing/phd-student-becomes-first-interdisciplinary-student-in-caring-science-program | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.967404 | 407 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Pica (from the Latin term “magpie”) is the term for a feline’s affinity for eating anything that isn’t FOOD. And although it appears most frequently in young cats, it can affect older cats as well.
Many cats may “nurse” on fuzzy items like wool, fleece and stuffed animals due to being weaned from their mothers too early, while others may “nurse” on their owners’ arms, earlobes or hair instead. But when SUCKING progresses to EATING such items as shoelaces, string, paper, plastic (from grocery bags to shower curtains), elastic bands and electrical cords, then there’s a pussycat problem. And its name is pica.
The ingestion of inedible and indigestible items is indeed cause for concern. Why? Because indigestible items can cause intestinal blockages that can be both extremely costly and potentially deadly.
According to feline specialists, the suspected physical causes of pica include:
Dietary deficiencies: When suffering from anemia, some cats may eat their kitty litter. And while eating SOME grass is normal for cats, eating large quantities of grass or the leaves of houseplants may indicate that something is missing from their diet. (This habit is also dangerous because many houseplants are either poisonous to cats or can cause them severe gastrointestinal upset).
Medical problems: Often associated with FeLV (feline leukemia) and FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus), pica may also be triggered by such conditions as diabetes or brain tumors.
Genetic predisposition: Wool “sucking”, sometimes a precursor to pica, is seen more often in Siamese, Burmese and other “Oriental” cats.
“Compulsive pica”, on the other hand, results from boredom due to a lack of physical and mental stimulation or is used by some cats as an attention-seeking mechanism.
To learn whether YOUR cat is suffering from a medical or mood disorder, begin by visiting your vet. If the source is NOT medical, animal behaviorists suggest the following:
Remove, hide or store the items your cat loves to eat and keep all play areas free of tempting and chewable “clutter.” Consider it a form of constructive housecleaning.
Apply a pungent, non-toxic substance such as Bandguard or Bitter Apple to electrical and power cords to turn them from appealing to UNappealing.
Divert your cat’s need to chew on and swallow dangerous objects by providing safer, more appropriate alternatives such as cat toys with inside pockets to hide tasty, edible treats.
Discard all toxic houseplants (refer to the ASPCA web site) or place a few small pots of grass or catnip on a ledge or other low surfaces for plant-eating cats to nibble on, while carefully monitoring their intake.
Create a consistent routine of active playtime with your cat to remove boredom or loneliness from the equation. Not only is playing together (from using cat wands and feather toys to interactive games and simple tricks) an essential bonding time for you both, but it also keeps your cat mentally stimulated and physically satisfied.
Consider training your cat to wear a harness, then go on walks together.
If possible, build a “catio”, a safe outdoor enclosure where your cat can prowl, sit or curl up in a cat bed while keeping an inquisitive eye on the activities of the world outside.
But if, despite these efforts, your cat continues to eat inedible and indigestible items, seek out the advice of a certified applied animal behaviorist (CAAB). | <urn:uuid:2a202410-01ee-4dfe-a099-928444f854c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thecatsmeowrescue.org/blog-feline-friends/-that-peculiarity-called-pica | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.932987 | 788 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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From the Introduction:
The role of a game master ("GM") running a tabletop roleplaying game can be a tough one. Not only do they have to maintain a handle on the stage they are setting, but they also have to keep things interesting. A lot of times a GM will look towards a pre-made adventure - many of which require players to do A then B then C to get D, etc. - to save some time in the game preparation. Just as many times, players will start at A then send their characters to X, destroy C, and then run away from D to get to M. All the GM's planning in the world cannot account for every action the players want their characters to take.
Perhaps the worst situation in which a GM can find himself results when a player character ("PC") is trying to have an unforseen conversation with a non-player character ("NPC"). For example, the Mayor that Dooley wants to meet. The GM could just ignore the player's request and say that the Mayor says nothing interesting. Another GM could use the Mayor to get the PC's back on track with the prepared adventure. A GM could take a break to flesh out the area the PC's want to explore.
This supplement attempts to help a GM create interesting NPC's on the fly so that if the third option is taken, the task is simpler and the results fun. Instead of just a stereotypical Mayor (whatever that may be), with a few die rolls a Mayor can be created with a history, motivations, and even a reason to speak with the PC's. The best part is that this supplement is universal. It was designed to work for every genre from fantasy to horror, space opera to post-apocalypse adventure. | <urn:uuid:2cae357d-4560-4b4c-ae73-01234d959154> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/144497/une | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00576-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968445 | 355 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Everyone wants to save money during the holidays but some of us want the frugality without looking cheap so what does one do? Fortunately, I have some ideas that will save you money without making you dive in dumpsters or worse, spend money.
1) Temporarily convert to Judaism. Chanukah is a few weeks before Christmas this year so you might even convince people to give you Chanukah presents without guilting you into reciprocating around Christmas. Being among the chosen people has it’s privileges and besides, there’s a good chance that Christianity isn’t even right! But if it is and you’re one of those weird people who don’t want to be ‘struck by lightning’ or ‘infected with the pox’ by God. Well, then maybe this isn’t for you.
2) Deferred payment option. Rather than buy presents and mail them to loved ones, hold off and say that you’d rather give the presents to them in person the next time you see them. At this point you can buy stuff after Christmas (and on sale) or not bother depending on their memory and/or health.
3) Celebrate the ‘true meaning’ of Christmas by saying that you are refusing to give into the commercialization of this precious holiday. Sure it’s BS but who’s going to call your bluff on that one? This one has it’s downsides though. First, you’ll look a little bit like a crackpot and second, you might have to practice what you preach by actually going to church and leading a more spiritual life. I don’t know about you but Jaye ain’t got time for religion! What might be a slightly better option would be
4) Suggest a ‘no presents’ holiday. This is tough because it also means you won’t get presents or you’ll have the rogue relatives breaking the ban on gifts and making you feel like a douche. A CHEAP douche. That’s the worst kind!
5) Homemade crafts. Now, I wouldn’t suggest making something yourself but maybe the next time you see a friend with a scarf that she knit or a purse that she made, compliment her on it and say ‘Gosh! If only I were as crafty as you! My mom would love something like that!’ You might have to force out a few tears too but it’s totally worth it!
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It is not a secret that PLM has strong roots in engineering. PLM was born as an extension of CAD and engineering business. Expanding from CAD, PDM and engineering was a very logical approach, but it created high level dependencies between PLM and engineering disciplines. Some of you might disagree, but most of companies in PLM business for the last two decades ended up in the hands of engineering domain. Design software was core business and PLM was just part of the portfolio.
Outside of vendors’ portfolios, PLM was defined as a business approach with high level focus on business process transformation in a company. Processes, work organization, business goals. collaboration, new product development… you name it. An entire PLM stack was purely focused on how to improve work of people and optimize processes. As much as I like it, for many reasons I can see it as a very problematic approach. Here is why…
For a long period of time. PLM weakness is a complete disconnect of PLM from direct revenue streams. It is engineering productivity tools. It is R&D budget. It has no direct impact on revenue – only saving. Some people suggested to use a “running business” approach to justify PLM cost. And the cost is high. In both models (engineering and business process transformation) PLM systems aren’t involved much in the revenue generation stream. PLM is defined “time and money” saving. But it very hard to quantify. And this is a problem. Because when it comes to decision point about future improvement of PLM systems, the best way to be is the place when money is coming to the company. Therefore if you’re not earning money, but only saving money, this is a really bad news for PLM budget.
Recent news of about Dassault Systemes buying U.S. based ERP vendor- IQMS caught my attention, since this is a rare case of CAD / PLM reposition. According to DS, the main driver of the acquisition is DS platform transformation into business platform. Nice marketing words, but what does it actually mean?
Engineering.com article published interview with Bernard Charles of DS about IQMS acquisition. Read it here. My favorite passage is this one:
Bernard Charles has long declared that the aim of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform is to turn it into a business platform, rather than merely remaining in the product development and manufacturing tracks. The acquisition of IQMS is a big step forward—partly to expand 3DEXPERIENCE’s capabilities, and partly to make 3DEXPERIENCE more attractive for the smaller, SOLIDWORKS user companies as they move towards a digitization and cloud future.Bernard wants these companies on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform; however, the SOLIDWORKS community has generally been resistant to make that move.
One thing that makes this purchase particularly interesting is that it is a PLM developer stretching its “tentacles” towards the ERP side. While there are exceptions like Aras’ acquisition of Impresa MRO (a maintenance solution), usually it is the ERP players who develop or buy PLM capabilities to adapt their manufacturing-related abilities to PLM systems. IFS is a good example with its Application suite, as are companies such as Oracle, who bought Agile PLM; SAP, who bought Right Hemisphere; and Infor, who integrated a version of Aras PLM’s Innovator in their business system.
I found PLM stretch towards ERP interesting. It comes as opposite of many years divide between PLM as innovation and ERP and business execution system. Dassault Systemes demonstrates move from business execution separation into integration and augmentation of business functions. There are few interesting outcomes in my view as a result of this move. It created a new competitive balance in the market. ERP functions can become a differentiator for DS and it will demand changes in traditional PLM position. ERP business functions can be a competitive advantages in SOLIDWORKS channel and it will generate demand for similar functions from other CAD/PLM vendors. End-to-end business integration will drive a new value proposition of DS portfolio especially for mid-market companies. These companies are traditionally afraid of 2 systems – PLM and ERP. Will they buy new 3DX bundle of SOLIDWORKS and IQMS?
What is my conclusion? Stretch towards ERP can be a big change in PLM industry. Especially when it will come to a business of small manufacturing companies traditionally not capable to acquire multiple systems – PDM, PLM, ERP. The demand of these businesses to have an integrated products and ERP functions are missing part in PLM systems. How IQMS functions will be integrated into 3DX platform? This is a great question I don’t know answer yet. But Dassault let genie to get out of the bottle and this move is unstoppable. It is OK now to have ERP functions in PLM business. Even more… PLM companies will want more of such functions now. Just my thoughts…
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Margaret Williams on Collar’s Recent Book
(Dr. Margaret Williams is an internationally recognized epigrapher working in the Roman period. She is also a colleague here in Edinburgh, and I was keen to know what she made of Anna Collar’s recent book that I mentioned briefly in a previous posting here. At my invitation, she agreed to review the book for this blog site. LWH)
Anna Collar, Religious Networks in the Roman Empire: The Spread of New Ideas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
I found the methodology of this study interesting and I think that the network approach (most notably the use of Proximal Point Analysis/PPA) is useful in interpreting the epigraphic material relating to the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus. However, I feel that with the Jews and the Theos Hypsistos cult (cults?) C.’s discussion is far less convincing. The main problem in these areas, I think, is that instead of dispassionately reviewing the source material to see what comes out of it, C. is striving all the time to fit the source material (unnecessarily restricted in the case of the Jews to inscriptions alone) to a pre-conceived structure.
C. takes it pretty much for granted that the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE was a watershed moment in Jewish history, that the Jewish leadership (assumed without discussion to be rabbinical) immediately concluded that Temple-worship had disappeared for ever and so embarked at once upon the codification of the oral law (in Hebrew) and its rapid dissemination throughout the Jewish world, even its western half where Hebrew had pretty well dropped out of use. The effect of this, so C. repeatedly claims, was Jewry everywhere turning inwards, rapidly re-Hebraising and in consequence effectively shutting the synagogue-door to the Theosebeis (Greek = “God fearers”). By way of compensation the latter (always conceived in this work purely in cultic terms) then turned to the worship of Theos Hypsistos. Hence the apparent rise in popularity of that cult in the second century.
I find all this deeply unconvincing (a) because of the lack of hard contemporary evidence for rabbinical activity in the decades after 70 CE (many scholars question the historicity of the activities ascribed to the rabbis at Yavneh in the years after 70 CE; (b) the fact that the first rabbinical compilation, the Mishnah, wasn’t published until around 200 CE and (c) because this hypothesis so clearly smacks of anachronism. Jews in 70 CE could not have known that Temple-worship had effectively gone for ever. Given the relatively short interval between the First and the Second Temple, why should the possibility/likelihood of a Third Temple not have been envisaged? It seems that the Temple cult was restored briefly by Bar Kochba in the 130s CE and in the 360s CE the Jews almost did get their Temple back. So why should the Jewish leadership have given up immediately in 70 CE on the idea of a future restoration of Temple-worship? After all, even today there are Jews who fervently believe that one day the Temple in Jerusalem will be restored.
However, C.’s discussion is marked by no doubts about a sea-change in Jewish attitudes in the period immediately after the destruction of the Temple. Excluding from the discussion papyri as well as literary evidence (both of which would have revealed immediately the flawed nature of the main hypothesis, especially the postulated post-70 CE change in Jewish attitudes towards the Law), she proceeds to present the epigraphic evidence that she claims supports her case. I find this presentation far from convincing. A major problem with this approach is that it is virtually impossible, using epigraphic evidence alone, to compare Jewish attitudes before and after 70 CE since there is not a single community for which epigraphic evidence exists both before the destruction of the Temple and afterwards. Either the evidence runs out around 70 CE (e.g. Leontopolis; Cyrenaika) or (this, far more common) the evidence does not start until well after 70. Examples of this are provided by Hierapolis (about two dozen epitaphs, most of them documents recording tomb ownership, dated mostly to the third century), Rome (around 600 inscriptions/epitaphs, most of them from catacombs, conventionally dated to the 3/4th centuries), Sardis (about 80 donor texts from the synagogue probably dating from the fourth to the sixth centuries), Aphrodisias (Jews and Godfearers inscriptions, provenance unknown, now dated to Late Antiquity – i.e. 4th/5th or even the early 6th century). Most of the evidence from Venusia in southern Italy (between 70 and 80 epitaphs from the Jewish catacomb there) is similarly late. Another problem is that there is hardly any Jewish epigraphic evidence that can be dated with any confidence either to the late first century or to the whole of the second. This makes it virtually impossible, using inscriptions alone, to illustrate developments in the Diaspora during that very period when, according to C., Diaspora communities were rapidly re-Hebraized and rabbinised as a result of a veritable “information cascade” (C’s term for a kind of critical-mass effect of the spread of an idea through a social network).
Since the bulk of the evidence used by C. to make her case consists of inscriptions from the catacombs of Rome, material with which I am particularly familiar, I will restrict my comments to this evidence. C.’s case for the rapid re-Hebraisation of the Roman Jewish community rests on inscriptions relating to four topics – (i) the use of Hebrew itself; (ii) the (allegedly) increased emphasis on the Law as a way of advertising Jewish identity; (iii) the (allegedly) greater use of Hebraic names, especially by community (synagogal) officials; (iv) the increased prevalence of the menorah as tomb-decoration. In each of these areas, the evidence is far less compelling than C. claims.
Take the use of Hebrew, for a start. This is found in only a dozen texts out of approximately 600 (i.e. a mere 2%). Mostly the Hebrew amounts to no more than a single word Shalom, frequently mis-spelled (JIWE II no. 183). On occasion the lettering is so bad that there is debate as to whether it is even Hebrew (JIWE II nos. 161 and 203(xviii). In two (or possibly three) epitaphs, we come across the three-word phrase – Shalom al Yisrael (JIWE II nos. 193, 529 and possibly 92). And that is the extent of Hebrew found in Romano-Jewish inscriptions. For C., this Hebrew is but the tip of a large (assumed) Hebraic iceberg. I am more convinced by those scholars (e.g. Nicholas de Lange) who believe that knowledge of Hebrew among the Jews of Rome was at best superficial, that the Hebrew in these inscriptions may simply have been copied and “it is not necessary to suppose that the authors of all these inscriptions knew some Hebrew.” (quoted by C. at p. 194) Indeed, we should no more assume on the basis of this evidence a community au fait with Hebrew than we would assume a deep knowledge of Latin from the occasional RIP on a British tombstone.
References to the Law (supposedly revealing that reverence for it became, through rabbinic influence, a more significant element in expressing a Jewish identity) are equally limited – again around a dozen cases and so amounting to about 2% of the evidence. These references consist largely of honorific epithets such as philonomos (“law lover,” 2 cases); philentolos (“commandment lover,” 4 cases); nomomathes (“learned in law,” 3 cases). Given the scores of honorific epithets to be found in the epitaphs of the Jews of Rome, this haul is pitifully small. Most of the epithets, as Rutgers’ careful analysis has shown, are those used in the wider, non-Jewish community – in Latin epitaphs, benemerens (“well deserving”), dulcissimus (“sweetest”); in Greek texts, glykytatos (“sweetest”). Had evidence other than inscriptions been considered by C. – e.g. the writings of Philo, Josephus and NT texts – then it would have immediately become apparent that observance of the Law was a constant element in Romano-Jewish identity throughout antiquity.
Nor is the onomastic evidence as revealing of rabbinic influence as C. seems to think. From her discussion, it would be concluded that the use of Hebrew names was widespread, especially among synagogal officers. Close analysis of the evidence shows quite clearly that that was not the case. Rutger’s analysis in Jews in Late Ancient Rome (the most thorough that I know) shows that “Semitic, Greek, and Latin names all seem to have been used freely by the Jewish community in third- and fourth-century Rome” (p. 148) and “Jewish ancestral names did not enjoy a higher degree of popularity among Jewish community officials than less conventional names.” (p. 150) In the Jewish community at large and among synagogal office-holders the take-up of Semitic names (they include Aramaic as well as Hebrew ones) was roughly the same – between 13 and 14%. (ibid.) As with epithets, the personal names used by Roman Jews are largely those popular in the wider community – among male Jews, most notably the name Alexander. You do not get the feeling of a community shutting itself off and deliberately stressing its differences with the host community.
Finally, there is the widespread (and incontestible) use of the menorah as a symbol on tombs. Unusually (uniquely?) C. takes this to be a sign of rabbinic influence. I do not think that this can be right. If this image was indeed rabbinic, you would expect it to figure widely in that most rabbinic of burial places – viz. Catacomb 14 at Beth She’arim, believed by many to be the burial ground of the family of Judah I, the Patriarch. But its use there is very limited indeed – a single instance. Where the menorah does occur at Beth She’arim, it is found mostly on graves clearly belonging to Diaspora Jews, an occurrence that has prompted Avigad to suggest that “these Jews, Greek speaking and bearing Greek names, doubtlessly (sic) wanted to stress their national affiliation by appending a distinctively Jewish symbol to their tombstones.” (An analogous case is the use of the identifier, Ioudaios, by Jews at Rome. Those found using this term in their epitaphs tend to be either immigrants or proselytes.)
While the popularity of the menorah as a grave-symbol from the 3rd/4th century onwards cannot be disputed, I see no reason at all to see this as rabbinic. Reasons for this development continue to be disputed. I suspect that several factors, differing according to time and place, may be at work. In the case of the Jews of Rome, where the actual Temple menorah was on display in the Temple of Peace as part of the loot from the First Jewish War (66-72 CE) and the image of the seven-branched candlestick prominently depicted on the Arch of Titus, a powerful reason for putting its likeness on their tombstones may have been a desire to reclaim their inheritance.
From the foregoing, it will have become clear that I regard the epigraphic evidence presented by C. in support of her thesis as inadequate. In my opinion, the evidence does not support the idea that there was a widespread Hebraisation of the western Diaspora in the wake of the destruction of the Temple or that it became rabbinised at such an early date. In fact, the first unambiguous epigraphic reference to rabbis occurs only in the early sixth century – a bilingual Latin/Hebrew inscription from Venusia. Although one can trace in that community an increasing use of Hebrew in Late Antiquity (i.e. during the 5th and sixth centuries), that process took several generations as can be seen from my analysis of the data relating to the family of Faustinus the Father. (Personal names remain largely Latin – e.g. Faustinus/a; Pretiosa, Asella (Little Ass!), Vitus, Bonus, Rosa.) It’s only in the ninth-century inscriptions from that town that you get epitaphs written completely in Hebrew and an onomastikon that is entirely Hebraic.
A final word on the Theos Hypsistos cult. Here, C.’s case rests on accepting her hypothesis about the nature of post-70 CE Jewry: Because the Jews had become rabbinical (and therefore Hebraised and inward-looking), the Theosebeis (“God fearers”) were forced to turn elsewhere for their cultic needs. Hence the popularity of the Theos Hypsistos cult (cults?) in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. There is, of course, not a shred of evidence for what is essentially an argument from silence – namely, the absence of inscriptions relating to Theosebeis in the second/third centuries. Given the overall thinness of the Jewish epigraphic record in that period, noted above, the absence of texts referring to Theosebeis is entirely unsurprising.
JIWE II = D. Noy, Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe II (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1995).
See L. V. Rutgers, The Jews in Late Ancient Rome, Leiden: Brill 1995, chapter 5.
M. H. Williams, “The Shaping of the Identity of the Jewish Community in Rome in Antiquity” in J. Zangenberg and M. Labahn (eds), Christians as a Religious Minority in a Multicultural City, London/New York: T&T Clark International 2004, chapter 3.
N. Avigad, Beth She’arim III: Catacombs 12-23 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press 1976), p. 270.
See M. H. Williams, Jews in a Graeco-Roman Environment (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), chapter 17.
D. Noy, Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe I [= JIWE I] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1993), no. 86 – duo rebbites.
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The MMCZ Inspectorate department was established in July 2010 to ensure the effective accounting of national mineral resources through sound inspectorate and monitoring strategies in line with the Corporation’s policies and control systems.
Inspectors are appointed in terms of Section 3 of Statutory Instrument 109 of 1983. They are deployed at major mining houses to witness production, weighing, packaging and sealing of minerals. To augment this function, samples of minerals are collected from time to time and are sent for assaying to determine value of the product. For bulk cargo, weighbridges are used to verify weights.
Inspectors focus on
- The systems and procedures that relate to prevention of leakages
- The maintenance of records relating to production, storage, movement, and sale of minerals.
- The systems and procedures that relate to prevention of corrupt practices.
- The prevention of collusion by officers in the system.
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- Enter any premises of any person who mines, owns or possesses any mineral.
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- Demand from any person an explanation of any entries in any record referred to in (2) above.
- Seize and remove any record which affords evidence of a contravention of the MMCZ Act.
- For the purposes of examination or production as evidence, seize and remove without payment, any sample or specimen of any minerals which are subject to any investigation and shall be required to issue a receipt in respect of anything seized. If circumstances permit, the minerals so seized shall be returned to the owner upon the conclusion of the inquiry or investigation. | <urn:uuid:21f826d8-a9a2-42ac-a68c-e39565c640a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mmcz.co.zw/the-inspectorate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.910843 | 363 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Almonds are a rich source of fiber, protein, heart-healthy fat, antioxidants and vitamins and minerals, making them a one-stop food. "[They make] a great snack but watch your portion size as almonds are high in calories," warns Johnson. "Stick to no more than one ounce." That's 23 whole, shelled nuts.
While the monounsaturated fat works to lower LDL cholesterol, their significant dose of vitamin E provides antioxidant power. What's more, a quarter-cup of almonds has about 100 milligrams of magnesium (about 25 percent of a daily allowance), which promotes vascular and heart health, and 257 milligrams of potassium, which helps prevent high blood pressure.
These benefits also have a track record in real-world scenarios: in five longitudinal cohort studies, including the Iowa Women Health Study and the Nurses' Study, researchers found that replacing some portion of carbohydrate with nuts like almonds led to a heart disease risk reduction of 30 percent.
And in a study in the journal Metabolism, researchers found that eating almonds along with a high glycemic index food (such as white bread, potatoes or sweets) at breakfast significantly lowered the overall glycemic index of the meal by helping to modulate the postprandial blood sugar rise.
Apples are an "excellent source of pectin, a soluble fiber that can lower blood cholesterol," says Wixom. The fruit is also high in fiber and its peel contains something called ursolic acid, which has been shown in recent studies to lower the incidence of obesity.
"Apples also contain quercetin, which has anti-inflammatory properties and can help in preventing respiratory problems," Heather Bauer tells The Huffington Post. "Research shows that pregnant women who incorporated apples into their daily diet were less likely to give birth to a child with asthma."
These small greenish-yellow veggies are jam-packed with fiber -- 12 grams per cup, in fact. And a diet sufficient in fiber helps to promote healthy weight and cholesterol levels -- and digestive health. But what's more, a 2006 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that artichoke hearts had the highest antioxidant density of any vegetable, beating out such well-known antioxidant powerhouses as blueberries, dark chocolate and grapes.
Packed with heart-healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat that help people feel satiated, avocados are also rich sources of vitamin C, E, potassium, and lutein. And, points out Politi, when paired with salsa or salad, the monounsaturated fat helps us better absorb carotenoids, lycopene and beta-carotene -- an important class of antioxidants found in many vegetables that help to protect against everything from cancer to eye health problems to heart disease.
Early research has also found that the fruit could play a role in inhibiting the growth of prostate cancer cells.
"The dark red color indicates the powerful phytonutrient package of beets," Diekman tells The Huffington Post. Indeed beets are rich in betalains, such as betanin and vulgaxanthin, that give them their pigment and also have anti-inflammation and antioxidant properties.
Beyond that, beets contain significant amounts of folate, vitamin C, B6, iron, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, zinc, niacin, riboflavin and thiamine.
Thanks to a certain gross-out childhood rhyme, everyone knows that beans are good for your heart thanks to a high fiber content. Their fiberous quality also makes them protective against certain cancers and a top-rated food for diabetics, per the American Diabetes Association. And when combined with a grain, they comprise a high-quality vegetarian source of complete protein.
Beans are an excellent dietary source of folate and also have high levels of iron, potassium and magnesium, according to Wixom, which help with bone health and blood pressure levels.
The peppers are "loaded with vitamin C," says Joy Bauer. But unlike many other sources of the nutrient, bell peppers are relatively low in sugar, while also providing fiber and several antioxidants from the carotenoid class (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin). Carotenoids improve eye health, and are associated with a reduction in cancer risk and a lower risk of cardiovascular-related death. And at least one study found that they can make you appear more beautiful.
Berries are low in calories and are excellent sources of fiber, vitamin C, antioxidants and phytochemicals, and, according to Wixom, some research suggests they help with such divergent health challenges as age-related mental decline, heart disease, some cancers and urinary tract infections.
On the mental acuity front, the berries are full of anthocyanins for boosting memory, according to Joy Bauer, but that's not their only age-related benefit. "These foods are high in antioxidants, protect the body from the harmful effects of by-products known as free radicals, made normally when the body changes oxygen and food into energy," according to experts at the Penn Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania.
Along with green and white teas, black tea is full of antioxidant flavonoids. "Studies suggest [they] may have strong anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties, be protective against certain cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes," says Heller. "Just don't load your tea up with sugar and cream!"
On the other hand, adding a squeeze of lemon could help your body absorb antioxidants as well. But don't think that the compounds from tea are just the same as those found in other antioxidant-rich items like fruits and vegetables -- flavonoids are distinctly different, according to tea researcher John Weisburger, who told WebMD: ""In my lab, we found that green and black tea had identical amounts of polyphenols. We found that both types of tea blocked DNA damage associated with tobacco and other toxic chemicals. In animal studies, tea-drinking rats have less cancer."
While all berries provide healthful antioxidants, vitamins, fiber and phytochemicals, studies show that blueberries have a particular and unique health benefit.
"Among the fruits with the highest level of antioxidants, blueberries have been linked to lowering cholesterol, reducing diabetes risk, slowing the aging process, improving motor skills and supporting urinary and vision health," says Fitzgerald. "The compound, anthocynanin, gives blueberries their color and may be the main component of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties."
"Broccoli is high in fiber, low in calories, rich in the antioxidants vitamin C and beta carotene," says Young. But that's not all: according to Politi, the cruciferous vegetable is also rich in vitamins K, E, B and the minerals, calcium, iron, selenium and potassium. And that means broccoli is something of a wonder-food, promoting eye health and preventing macular degeneration with the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin; protecting against cancer, heart disease, stroke; building strong bones, thanks to calcium; and fortifying the immune system.
But it's their richness in sulforaphane (what also gives them a slightly unpleasant smell) that research shows may help fight breast cancer. In fact, in one recent Chinese study, women who consumed the most cruciferous vegetables were 62 percent less likely to die of breast cancer and, if they had a history of breast cancer, were 35 percent less likely to experience a recurrence.
Fiber-packed and nutrient dense brown rice helps fill you up while being relatively low in calories," says Johnson. What's more, a 2010 Harvard study found that eating two or more servings of brown rice helped protect against Type 2 diabetes, compared to five servings of white rice, which actually increased the risk. And a 2006 rat study found that brown rice might specifically help to lower blood pressure.
"Consuming cruciferous vegetables like Brussels sprouts may play a role in protecting against heart disease perhaps by reducing inflammation," Zied tells The Huffington Post. They contain important nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids (in the form of ALA), vitamin A, B vitamins (thiamine, niacin, and folate), and vitamin E, according to Zied.
And that's not all: according to a resource for breast cancer patients from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the antioxidant, antiestrogen and chemopreventive properties of the Brussels sprouts may make them useful in preventing recurrence of cancer.
These tartly sweet fruits are packed with vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, and are a low-calorie food to boot.
Zied explains that they also are a good source of fiber, and have virtually no sodium or fat.
Cherries are "packed with antioxidants, and emerging studies suggest that eating cherries or drinking cherry juice may promote heart health, play a role in pain management, support recovery from exercise, and even help you fall asleep faster," Zied tells HuffPost.
Experts at the Penn Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania also note that cherries' antioxidants help to "protect the body from the harmful effects of by-products known as free radicals, made normally when the body changes oxygen and food into energy."
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Chia seeds are actually from the Salvia hispanica plant, and have been a part of the diets of the Aztecs and Mayans. The little seeds are super-rich in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids, which research has shown to be important in lowering inflammation in the body and reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer.
Heather Bauer says that she loves putting chia seeds as a topping for yogurt in order to boost calcium and fiber intake.
"A one tablespoon sprinkle contains 6 grams of fiber and is full of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids to reduce inflammation," Bauer tells HuffPost. "They're also abundant in antioxidants and contain more calcium than milk per serving."
And Joy Bauer says that chia seeds actually have more calcium and fiber than the notoriously healthy flaxseed.
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Ah, coffee. The perks of this remarkable brew have been more and more researched lately, with potential health benefits including the ability to protect against heart failure, lower depression risk, lower risk of some cancers, protect against diabetes and possibly even help you live longer.
Joy Bauer also points out that coffee is high in antioxidants, which is great for brain health.
This little red fruit is actually a powerful urinary tract infection preventer, as it's able to stop bacteria from clinging to the urinary tract walls, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. However, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine notes that there is not yet enough evidence to say that cranberries can actually treat UTIs.
Some studies have also shown that cranberries have lots of antioxidants and may even be able to lower the amount of dental plaque we have in our mouths (which is a risk factor for gum disease, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
However, it's important to keep in mind that juices made of cranberries often contain high amounts of sugar, so look out for types that are sugar free, the University of Maryland Medical Center advises.
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How sweet it is that this sweet can actually be good for us?
Ding notes that the flavonoids in cocoa are able to protect the heart from disease by lowering blood pressure, raising levels of "good" cholesterol and lowering levels of "bad" cholesterol, helping with blood flow and even improving insulin sensitivity.
However, Ding also says that chocolate is high in calories and fat, and so supplements of cocoa flavonoids may be a better option for getting the full benefits of chocolate, instead of eating several bars a day.
For more health benefits of chocolate, click here.
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This green soy bean is packed to the gills with important nutrients like folate, protein, magnesium, potassium and fiber, Heller says, estimating that "one half a cup has about 8 grams of protein."
And studies have shown that soy-containing foods -- such as tofu and edamame -- may even be able to protect the body from diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease, Heller says.
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"Eggs provide perfect protein in a nutrient-rich, low-calorie, low-fat package," Katz says.
That's because they are full of choline -- which is good for memory -- as well as the vision protectors lutein and zeaxanthin, Harvard Medical School says.
Eggs do contain cholesterol -- about 212 milligrams per large egg, according to Harvard Medical School -- but the Mayo Clinic points out that having four egg yolks a week doesn't seem to have an effect in increasing heart disease risk or most people.
Eggs' "dietary cholesterol is of limited, if any, importance," Katz says.
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Flax seeds are high in omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and lignans (a phytonutrient linked with lower risks of heart disease and possibly some cancers), Katz says.
HuffPost blogger Kathy Freston, a health activist and author, notes in a past blog post that the abundant amount of fiber in flax seed makes you feel full faster and keeps blood sugar stable.
Freston notes in her blog post that flaxseeds can be purchased ground or whole (and you can grind them on your own in a coffee grinder) and then added to foods like oatmeal, salads or smoothies.
A "superstar of Traditional Chinese Medicine," ginger root can be consumed as a tea (from boiled root) or eaten sliced as part of a dish, according to Fitzgerald.
"Ginger has demonstrated anti-inflammatory properties, can help with nausea and digestive challenges [and] possesses anti-viral properties," she says.
The National Institutes of Health also notes that ginger -- fresh dried, and/or juiced-- can also be used to treat migraines, toothache, rheumatism, cough, upper respiratory tract infections, stomach pain and burns.
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Even though Greek yogurt is trendy right now, it does live up to its nutritional name, says Diekman. Greek yogurt provides "a good dose of protein and is an important source of calcium, potassium and phosphorous."
In fact, the amount of protein obtained from Greek yogurt is actually twice that of traditional yogurt, Joy Bauer notes.
However, U.S. News reports that Greek yogurt does have a significant fat content, with 16 grams of saturated fat in a six-ounce full-fat Greek yogurt from Fage. Therefore, to decrease fat intake, it may be wise to choose low-fat or nonfat options.
Green tea, made of unfermented tea leaves, has the highest amount of polyphenols -- a kind of plant-derived antioxidant -- compared to other teas, Politi says. These antioxidants keep the heart and brain healthy, and even protect against cancer.
Recently, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that elderly people who made green tea consumption a part of regular life were also more likely to retain their independence and not have "functional disability."
Studies have also shown that drinking three cups of green tea a day can decrease heart attack rate by 11 percent, and that it can also raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol, the University of Maryland Medical Center reported. Other research has linked drinking green tea with lower levels of bladder, breast and colorectal cancer.
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This dark leafy green is loaded with calcium, which is good for bone and teeth health.
"Kale contains most of the important vitamins and minerals needed to help the body grow and work the way it should," say experts at the Penn Institute On Aging. "Vitamins help resist infections, keep nerves healthy, and help the body get energy from food or blood to clot properly."
Kefir is a probiotic drink made of milk, typically from cows or goats, that has been fermented with kefir grains.
Forberg notes that the beverage is a "scrumptious source of calcium, protein and probiotics to aid our digestion," and is also a welcome substitute in smoothies for milk or yogurt.
Studies have shown that probiotics can improve our health by amping up the immune system and fighting infections. For the complete guide to probiotics, click here.
Think you need meat to fulfill your protein requirements? Think again. As The Huffington Post reported earlier this month, just a cup of lentils is loaded with 18 grams of protein (about the same amount as three ounces of steak). That means lentils have enough high quality protein to substitute for meat in your diet, Katz says.
And when that protein is combined with the fiber in lentils, it becomes a "dynamic duo" for satiety, Zied explains. "Not only do they fill you up and give you the unique combination of complex carbohydrates -- essential fuel that your body and brain rely on -- and protein," she says, "but they also provide valuable vitamins and minerals including folate, manganese, thiamin, potassium and copper."
They may also lower LDL (or bad cholesterol), raise HDL (good cholesterol) and lower heart disease, according to Zeid.
This breakfast superstar is a great source of soluble fiber, Diekman says -- and that means it keeps you full way past the morning hours. Oatmeal is also a proven cholesterol reducer.
Oats are additionally a solid source of vitamins B1, B2 and E, and minerals zinc and iron, Politi says.
Added bonus? Diekman points out that oatmeal tastes great with berries and walnuts as toppings, both of which are on the list in their own right.
This heart-healthy oil contains monounsaturated fatty acids (also known as MUFAs), which, according to experts at the Penn Institute on Aging, provide energy and keep you feeling fuller longer.
MUFAs are among the so-called healthy class of fats that might lower risk of heart disease. "For instance, MUFAs may lower your total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels," Donald Hensrud, M.D. told the Mayo Clinic, pointing out that these fats might also help with clotting. "And some research shows that MUFAs may also benefit insulin levels and blood sugar control, which can be especially helpful if you have Type 2 diabetes."
Just remember that olive oil isn't low-cal (one tablespoon has 119 calories) so stick with a drizzle to max out your benefits without overdoing it on your calorie count.
Oranges (and their other citrus cousins, like grapefruit) are a solid source of fiber, folate, antioxidants, photochemicals and, of course, vitamin C, Wixom says. And, in turn, vitamin C is important for immune function, wound healing and as an aid in iron absorption, she explains.
"Not only do they taste great, but they fill you up because of their protein and fiber content," Zied says of these little green nuts. She also points out that they make a good source of nutrients such as vitamin B6, thiamin, copper and phosphorous, as well as some potassium.
Pistachios also rank high for antioxidant content, Zied says, and several studies have linked them to heart health (including new research recently published in the journal Hypertension, suggesting that the nut might reduce blood pressure when under stress).
These tasty little seeds pack a powerful punch of antioxidants to promote heart health, Forberg says. Pomegranate is also a good source of dietary fiber, folate, vitamin C and vitamin K, according to Self Nutrition Data.
Forberg suggests adding them to cereal, using them to top off a salad, squeezing the juice into a cocktail or just snacking on them plain.
Potatoes get a bad rap -- and for good reason when they're fried up or slathered in butter. But in their pure form, spuds can actually find a place in a healthy diet. According to Zied, potatoes are, "rich in complex carbohydrates, relatively low in calories, and virtually free of fat, cholesterol and sodium." They're also rich in vitamin C, B and potassium -- and the skins contain dietary fiber that helps to fill you up, she explains.
One small, preliminary 2011 study also found that purple potatoes might help to lower blood pressure, maybe even as much as oatmeal, USA Today reported when the findings were released.
According to Forberg, quinoa is easy to prepare and versatile -- it works in everything from breakfast to dinner. And it's healthy, to boot.
Forberg calls quinoa a "powerhouse of nutrition," as well as a "complete protein." According to Self Nutrition Data, it's also a solid source of magnesium, phosphorus and especially manganese.
Cheers to this one: according to Young, red wine (and red grapes) contain resveratrol, a compound that acts as an antioxidant and might even reduce inflammation and blood clot formation. Not bad for 100 calories in a four ounce serving (just remember that experts typically define moderate drinking as one glass a day for women and two for men -- anything beyond that can cause health problems).
On top of these red wine-specific perks, alcohol in general has been found to boost our good cholesterol, or HDL, Politi points out.
Salmon was perhaps one of the most popular items among our experts -- almost all of them recommended including it. As Katz puts it, this fish superstar is a "delicious source of great protein and concentrated omega 3," he says. "What more needs to be said?"
Forberg explains that those omega 3s make you healthy from the inside out, promoting heart health, brain health, soft skin and shiny hair.
For more on how to pick the healthiest salmon (wild vs. farmed, frozen vs. fresh, etc.), check out this piece from our partner, EatingWell.
Nutritionist and author Dr. Jonny Bowden, author of "The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth," once told the New York Times that sardines are basically "health food in a can."
These little fish (their name, in fact, means "small fish") are among the best sources of Omega-3 fats, according to Eating Well, with a full 1,950 milligrams per three ounce serving. And Omega-3s, in turn, help with blood clotting and support healthy brain function, among other health benefits.
Sardines also pack a healthy punch of niacin, calcium, protein, vitamin D, vitamin B12, phosphorus and selenium. Added bonus? HuffPost blogger Dr. Andrew Weil points out on his website that because sardines are closer to the bottom of the food chain, they don't have the same contaminants found in larger fish.
"This is my favorite low-calorie food for when I'm craving something salty and crunchy," Heather Bauer says. She explains that it's packed with vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium and iodine, which helps to regulate and maintain the health of the thyroid.
According to an article last year in Science Daily, researchers have targeted seaweed, which has been eaten for centuries in other parts of the world, as a possible rich source of bioactive peptides:
Maria Hayes and colleagues Ciarán Fitzgerald, Eimear Gallagher and Deniz Tasdemir note increased interest in using bioactive peptides, now obtained mainly from milk products, as ingredients in so-called functional foods. Those foods not only provide nutrition, but have a medicine-like effect in treating or preventing certain diseases.
Seaweed is low-cal, too -- most brands have fewer than 50 calorie per package, according to Bauer. For more on the nutrition benefits of various types, click over to this list from Oprah.com.
"This delicacy has been shown to lower cholesterol and improve the immune response," says Fitzgerald. "Shiitake contains a compound lentinan, which has been found to have powerful anti-cancer properties."
Lentinan is believed to stop or slow tumor growth, according to the American Cancer Society.
At least one clinical trial found lentinan, in conjunction with chemotherapy, helped stomach and colorectal cancer patients live longer. Animal studies, such as a study in mice that found lentinan in high purity reduced the size of colon cancer tumors, have shown even more promising results, according to the ACS.
While the taste can take some adjusting to if you're used to a richer milk, the fat-free variety is "low in calories while rich in several nutrients that are low in many Americans' diets," says Johnson, like calcium, vitamin D and potassium.
And a recent study found that people who eat and drink low-fat dairy products, including skim milk, have a lower stroke risk than people who eat high-fat dairy foods.
This leafy green, along with kale (also on our list), is rich in antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which keep eyesight sharp, says Joy Bauer. It's also full of vitamin A and packs a serious calcium punch, with 245 milligrams in a cup of the cooked stuff, almost as much as a glass of milk.
A half-cup of cooked, fresh spinach also contains 3.2 milligrams of iron -- more than beef -- according to the CDC. (Keep in mind, however, that non-heme sources of iron don't absorb as easily, so eat your spinach with some vitamin-C-rich foods to make them more bioavailable.)
These sweet red berries are low in calories and rich in fiber, says Johnson. Plus, they are packed with vitamin C: one serving (147 grams) contains over 86 milligrams -- more than an orange and even more than one day's recommended amount, she says.
Strawberries have also been linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults and may protect the stomach in a way that could be used to treat stomach ulcers.
"An ideal addition to salads to provide a different flavor, they have a great nutty taste that'll add some kick to your greens," says Heather Bauer. "They're loaded with health-boosting components such as chlorophyll, antioxidants and vitamin D for bone and muscle health. In addition, they contain tons of digestive enzymes, crucial for GI health."
Sprouts in general may fight certain cancers, help with menopause symptoms and lower cholesterol, among other benefits, according to the Times Of India. However, they have taken some heat for possible involvement in recent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses.
"Sweet potatoes boast vitamin A and beta carotene, which makes them effective weapons to help keep your immune system strong," says Zied. They're also a good source of fiber, folate and potassium, adds Wixom.
They can additionally give your skin a boost. Beta carotene jumpstarts skin cell production, helping repair damage and leaving you looking silkier.
But don't confuse them with yams. Turns out, the two aren't even related. In most cases, the orangey starch you're used to seeing labels "yams" is just a sweet potato by the wrong name.
Full of vitamin C and low in calories, tomatoes are also "rich in lycopene, which may help fight cancer," says Young. Lycopene, a fat-soluble nutrient, has been shown to help fight prostate, lung and stomach cancers in particular, according to the ACS.
"Known for its significant anti-inflammatory properties, this root may provide relief for those with arthritis," says Fitzgerald, as well as diabetes, allergies and Alzheimer's. "The anti-cancer properties of this popular Indian spice are impressive."
Among those properties: University of Texas studies found that curcumin, the main component of turmeric, stopped skin cancer growth and slowed the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. It may also increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation.
Plus, spices in general are smarter ways to add flavor to dishes than adding salt or fat.
While you might think of sardines or salmon first when you consider healthy, fatty fish, tuna is not to be forgotten. It's a smart source of iron, protein and omega 3's, which keep your brain functioning properly and reduce the risk of heart problems, among other benefits.
Just be sure to look for albacore tuna that's been troll- or pole-caught in the U.S. or British Columbia. EatingWell reported smaller, younger fish are usually caught this way, and typically have lower levels of mercury or other unwelcome contaminants. (Albacore is the light-colored tuna most often found in cans.)
These nuts are "the one nut that is a good source of omega-3 oil," says Katz, notably alpha linolenic acid (ALA), which has been linked to decreasing inflammation. They also contain fiber and an array of vitamins, he adds, plus protein Young points out.
"Walnuts made history in 2004 when they became the first food that the FDA allowed to make a qualified health claim," says Fitzgerald. "Supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 ounces of walnuts per day, as part of a low-saturated-fat and low-cholesterol diet, and not resulting in increased caloric intake, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease."
Don't underestimate the power of a simple glass of water. Soaking up 91 ounces (women) or 125 ounces (men) a day keeps skin smooth and memory sharp, protects the joints and can even help you shed those couple extra pounds.
Not to mention, the body couldn't perform a number of key processes without H20. "Water helps the body digest food, absorb nutrients from food and then get rid of the unused waste," according to experts from the Penn Instutute on Aging. They also point out you don't only have to drink it -- there is plenty of water in high-water-content foods like watermelon and cucumbers and in other liquids, too.
And did we mention it's the only food or drink with absolutely zero calories?
"Black, green and white teas contain antioxidants called flavonoids that studies suggest may have strong anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties, be protective against certain cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes," says Heller. "Just don't load your tea up with sugar and cream!"
White tea in particular may have a more powerful anticancer punch, according to WebMD. That may be at least in part due to its higher concentration of antioxidants compared to green tea, Katz explains. "Green tea is made from the mature leaves; white tea from the buds before the leaves unfold," he says.
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We’ve been so excited to see the steady stream of youth members coming in to our branches this month as we celebrate National Credit Union Youth Savings Month. It’s always fun to see our youngest (and often most excited) members, but that’s not the only reason we love greeting your kids at the teller station.
Did you know that having a savings account helps even younger children learn about savings and spending? Getting your kiddos used to visiting the credit union and managing their money in age-appropriate ways will help set them on a path to a healthy financial future.
According to a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, students who have a bank account were more likely to earn money from a part time job and save gifts of money from friends or relatives. At Clackamas, we’re happy to offer our Student Saver accounts for members age 10-17 to help our teens learn savings skills.
Before the Student Saver, our younger members can open (with a parent or responsible adult as a co-owner) a Cub Account, which includes activity books and other fun bonuses featuring the Berenstain Bears! Many of us learned important life lessons from Brother Bear and Sister Bear growing up, and now the Bear Family can help teach your little ones about building good saving, spending, and sharing habits.
Bring in your current Cub members during the month of April and receive a special Berenstain Bears book and a tasty treat. Thinking about signing your little one up for an account? April is a great time for that, too- new Cub members will receive a special welcome kit loaded with fun activities.
Want some other tips that can help your kids get off on the right financial foot?
- Set age-appropriate savings goals. Create a visual way to track your kids’ saving progress, and celebrate when they reach their goal.
- Regularly talk about money. That famous “I want this!” at the grocery store? Explain why you will or will not buy it in money-related terms, or discuss how much money you want to spend on the shopping trip ahead of time. That way, your kids can help make decisions about what you buy and what you save for next time- this also leads into a great way to:
- Talk about Needs versus Wants. Helping your kids understand needs versus wants can help you explain why you can’t buy a teddy bear or special snack right then.
- Make money fun. Keep conversations about money positive, and help them have good experiences with money- our Cub accounts and visits to your favorite Clackamas branch can help!
Do you have other questions about how to help your kids and teens become money savvy? Let us know how we can help! | <urn:uuid:43f73356-933d-449c-9815-cbb04ae98b49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.clackamasfcu.org/blog/kids-and-teens/celebrate-national-credit-union-youth-savings-month/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953635 | 572 | 2.125 | 2 |
According to information released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in January 2021 U.S. beef and pork exports opened the year below the large volumes posted in 2020.
The data, compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), shows beef exports totaled 105,047 metric tons (mt) in January, down 2% from a year ago, while value slipped 3% to $653 million.
But, USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom says the January numbers were steady with a year ago for beef muscle cuts.
For U.S. pork, January exports totaled 248,656 mt, down 9% from a year ago but slightly above USMEF’s projections. Export value was down 13% to $642.8 million.
The January numbers also show U.S. lamb exports climbed 7% to 1,027 mt but value fell 43% to $1.2 million, as volume growth was driven by lamb variety meat demand in Mexico and Canada. Lamb’s muscle cut exports trended higher than a year ago to Bermuda and Japan.
And while Halstrom said January did represent a fairly solid start to 2021, he cautions that U.S. red meat exports still face COVID-related obstacles and significant transportation and labor challenges.
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oa Curationis - Sexual health dialogue between parents and teenagers : an imperative in the HIV/AIDS era : research article
|Article Title||Sexual health dialogue between parents and teenagers : an imperative in the HIV/AIDS era : research article|
|Affiliations||1 University of Venda, 2 North-West University and 3 Walter Sisulu University|
|Publication Date||Jan 2010|
|Pages||33 - 42|
|Keyword(s)||AIDS, Dialogue, HIV, Parents, Sexual health and Teenagers|
Societies are reluctant to openly confront issues of sexuality, and this reluctance forms a barrier of communication between parents and teenagers and even between sexual partners (Wulf, 2004:2). This reluctance promotes the presence of misconceptions about sexual health, sexual risks and its consequences. Poor dialogue about sexual health between parents and teenagers is one of the contributory factors of high teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates including HIV and AIDS.
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe how dialogue about sexual health between teenagers and parents is conducted and to use the information gathered as a basis for making recommendations for improvement.
A qualitative study of an explorative, descriptive and contextual nature was used. The researcher used the main question as a point of departure and more questions emanated from the discussions. There were 42 informants involved in the study, of which 4 were males and 38 were females. A purposive sampling method was used to collect data through in depth individual interviews and focus group discussions. The researcher strived to adhere to the principle of trustworthiness by adopting Guba's model (in Krefting, 1991: 217). Tech's method (Creswell, 1994: 154-55) was used to analyse the data and an independent coder was used.
The results indicate that there is minimal if not absent dialogue about sexual health between teenagers and parents. Culture was identified as a major challenge to sexual health dialogue between teenagers and parents. Recommendations to enhance dialogue were made.
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The Agriculture & Animal Science Department of Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe - Faculty of Earth Sciences deliver programs in Animal Technology, Industrial Skills, Equine Studies, Aquaculture, Natural Resources, Viticulture and Winemaking, Production Horticulture and Agriculture and run two working farms, a sixty hectare Thoroughbred Stud and a 250 hectare broadacre Farm , four vineyards and two wineries for the delivery of practical training, one being a sixty hectare Thoroughbred Stud and Vineyard, the other a 250 hectare broadacre farm.
NMIT Equine Studies
These fully operational properties normally focus on the production side of agriculture and horticulture and cover beef, deer, viticulture, sheep, cropping, herbs, aquaculture and horses
The Department of Agriculture and Animal Science is located at NMIT's Epping campus and offers training to industry in the following areas:
Making of wine, marketing and vineyard management
Freshwater aquaculture and hatchery management, including indoor recirculating and outdoor pond systems
Beef management and production
Herb production and management
Deer and goat farming
Equine Studies and farriery
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Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language-2 (CASL-2)
Author(s): Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk, PhD
The CASL-2 is the new update to this assessment of spoken language which requires no reading or writing. The 14 subtests span four structural categories:
- Lexical/Semantic: Knowledge and use of words and word combinations
- Syntactic: Knowledge and use of grammar
- Supralinguistic: Knowledge and use of language in which meaning is not directly available from the surface lexical and syntactic information
- Pragmatic Language: Knowledge of language that is appropriate across different situational contexts and ability to modify language according to the social situation
Subtests can be used either as stand-alone assessments of specific areas of interest, or in combination for a broad evaluation of oral language skills. The test is structured to reduce or eliminate the need for memory, where possible, by using pictures and repeating words at the beginning and end of items. The Pragmatic Language Test is especially useful for assessing social communication skills in people with autism. It is the only performance test that measures pragmatic language abilities in children under age 6.
The CASL–2 has the same theoretical foundation of Integrative Language Theory as the Oral and Written Language Scales–II (OWLS-II). This edition includes enhanced validity, functionality, and ease of administration. These include updated record forms and inclusion of age-based basals and ceilings. This edition is based on new normative data from a nationally stratified sample of 2,394 individuals, and more extensive clinical groups. The Paragraph Comprehension test has been dropped, and item content includes current technology. There are also alternative scoring guidelines for African American dialect.
Administration and Scoring
Administration takes 5–10 minutes for each test and 45 minutes for the General Language Ability Index (known as the Core Composite in the original CASL). The examiner reads items aloud from a self-standing easel book, and the examinee responds by speaking or pointing. The easels include instructions, examples, pictures, items, prompts, sample correct and incorrect answers, and scoring criteria.
Record forms now have a fold-out panel to facilitate transferring raw scoresto the Score Summary page. In addition, an Item Analysis Worksheet for each test highlights examinee strengths and areas for improvement. Fourteen individual test scores are calculated, plus six index scores: General Language Ability Index (overall skill), Receptive Language Index, Expressive Language Index, Lexical/Semantic Index, Syntactic Index, and Supralinguistic Index.
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The Jews went to the synagogue on the Sabbath which was Saturday. God picked the seventh day because it was on this day that He rested from the creation. The beginning of the Sabbath was announced with three blasts from a trumpet.
At the Sabbath service scriptures were read, a sermon was preached, prayers were offered, blessings were given and the trumpet was blown (at the beginning and end of the Sabbath.)
In the synagogue, Men sat in one section, women in another and the leaders in another.
It took 10 men to start a synagogue and it was built on the highest spot in the city and faced Jerusalem.
In every synagogue, there was a chest containing the scriptures, a platform for reading, lamps, caldelabra, musical instruments, and rows of wooden seats.
The ruler of the synagogue was responsible for upkeep of building and property, oversight of public worship, picking people to read and pray, and inviting strangers to address the congregation.
The person who read from the scriptures always stood. And each week scripture readings woudl be taken from the Law and from the Prophets.
The service always ended with three trumpet blasts. | <urn:uuid:b146e8b9-21ae-4292-9052-00f17647e2f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.quia.com/pages/synagogue.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00531-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985354 | 235 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Sherpa is a name given to people who live in the upper Himalayan region of Nepal. Some of them also live in Sikkim, India and Tibet, but most of them live in Nepal. “Sherpa” means “person of the east”. The first Sherpas are believed to have walked from eastern Tibet in the 16th century to Nepal and hence the name. They follow Buddhism largely and speak a “Sherpa” language that is a different version of the one spoken in Tibet. They are very nice, friendly and helpful people.
Sherpas often guide the tourists visiting the Himalayas. Isn’t it wonderful living in such beautiful mountains? But the fact is these people have a tough life. And Sherpa kids have no yellow school buses to take them to schools. No mode of transport is available other than their two feet or on a yak’s back! It is not an easy lifestyle, but they have adjusted well – including making mountaineering as their main occupation. And why not, Sherpas are excellent in trekking and climbing mountains!
Sherpas have always aided the people who visit the Himalayas to climb the mountains. But very few have tried to scale the summits themselves because they believe that Gods live high up in the mountains. According to Hindu mythology, the most powerful God Lord Shiva still lives in the Himalayas.
Till date, the Sherpa ask the climbers to respect the mountains and not spoil them by dirtying them or hunting there. They strongly believe that the Gods can get angry if they do so.
Ang Tharkay, author of Mémoires d’un Sherpa (1954), and Ang Tsering (Tshering) along with Tenzing Norgay were some famous Sherpas. A female Sherpa, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, reached the mount Everest in 1993. | <urn:uuid:75f01d13-457e-40b1-aff8-291fd3ee0123> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://kinooze.com/who-are-sherpa-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00288-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963149 | 391 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Natural Resource Management (NRM) and Livelihoods
One of the world’s biodiversity hotspot, the North East region (NER) of India, is bountifully endowed with rich minerals, forest wealth, wildlife, water resources, agro-biodiversity and rich traditional knowledge systems. However, the region is challenged with erratic climate variations, shrinking common resources including livelihoods, food and nutritional insecurities, and rising inequalities due to biodiversity destruction, human induced development, invasive technology and profit maximization. In this context, there is a growing threat to the NER’s unique ecosystem and the survival of communities living within it where particularly women’s vulnerabilities are increasing. NEN believes that conservation in isolation without community’s support is impractical. An optimal balance is sought between the practice of conservation and sustainable livelihood which endorses environment and cultural rights.
NEN works on four components:
1. Women’s role and participation is fundamental in the processes of Natural Resource Management and its governance. Women in rural communities have in depth knowledge, practices and understanding of the natural environment which remains unaccounted and invisible. NEN therefore works towards strengthening women’s role and amplify their voices in influencing policies at the community, state and global platforms on issues of environment, climate change, biodiversity, sustainable livelihoods, food and farming. These strategies are used to advocate for women’s participation in all decision making processes.
2. Collectivising and organising of women is another component where NEN addresses collective activism for stronger articulation of economic, social and cultural rights. In Nagaland, NEN has been engaging with women workers (agricultural producers, street vendors, home based workers) in raising collective consciousness on livelihood rights. Diverse skill based knowledge is imparted to the women workers to enhance their livelihoods and strengthen women agency networks.
3. NEN is committed to raising environmental consciousness and its protection amongst the local community particularly the young people by adopting innovative strategies. NEN in Nagaland strongly believes that building young catalysts in the community is the keystone of sustainability. Nature Conservation Education programme of NEN facilitates intergenerational learning and reconnects young people with nature.
4. NEN strongly upholds the significant role of indigenous communities in safeguarding and nurturing agrobiodiversity, agroecological practices, food and cultural identity. The biodiversity and food festivals, exchange learning programmes, community film screenings and discussions, exhibitions, trainings, networking, policy recommendations and advocacy efforts significantly enabled local communities’ voices and stories to be heard. Such initiatives also strengthened solidarity amongst farming communities within and beyond the region. | <urn:uuid:e2432d9f-cc83-4226-b901-4c327841ae81> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.northeastnetwork.org/natural-resource-management-and-livelihoods/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00145-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923333 | 542 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Unable to find webelement using id or name or classname or xpath
I have the following as my HTML tags.
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If i inspect the element, i get following as my xpath
I have tried to find this web element by using multiple forms however it doesnt seem to be working. Could you please help?
driver.findElement(By.className(“applabel”)).click(); –> this works but it is taking me to a different webelement which has the same classname
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just would like to clarify that above code snippet is part of a container xpath for which is //*[@id=”appcontainer”]
I guess my question is how do i find an element within a container? Or is there a way to list out the container items and then select it? | <urn:uuid:0e06f6e5-f25f-486b-afcf-fb47b2829e3a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://forumsqa.com/question/unable-to-find-webelement-using-id-or-name-or-classname-or-xpath/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00180-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.716966 | 328 | 1.835938 | 2 |
467 U.S. 229 (1984), argued 26 Mar. 1984, decided 30 May 1984 by vote of 8 to o; O’Connor for the Court, Marshall not participating. Midkiff stands as the Supreme Court's most important explanation of the requirement that any governmental taking of private property must be for a “public use,” as set forth in the Fifth Amendment. The case involved a challenge to a Hawaii statute that attempted to undercut a landowning oligopoly that had long tied up land titles in the state. The contested statute gave lessees of single family homes the right to invoke the government's power of eminent domain to purchase the property that they leased, even if the landowner objected. The challengers claimed that such a condemnation was not a taking for a public use because the property, once condemned by the state, was promptly turned over to the lessee.
In Midkiff the Court virtually eliminated public use as a limit on when governments can condemn property. A public use is present, the Court held, even when the property is immediately turned over to private hands and is never used by the public. The requirement is satisfied whenever the taking is rationally related to some conceivable public purpose; it is the purpose of the taking, not the use of the property, that is important. This meant, the Court said, that the condemnation power is equal in breadth to the police power. The Court also held that courts should defer to legislative determinations of whether a purpose is a public one unless the determination is without reasonable foundation.
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Hormones have a lot in common with our reproductive systems; every minute of imbalance causes various fertility problems. Hormonal imbalance occurs when the human body is excessive and has little or no synchronized production of the hormone or hormones that are necessary to regulate bodily processes.
How do hormones affect fertility?
Hormones play an important role in a woman's fertility, especially hormones that control the menstrual cycle. The reproductive hormones regulate the growth of the egg in the ovary, the release of the newly formed egg into the fallopian tube, and the thickening of the uterine lining before implantation for conceiving. The newly released egg is fertilized with sperm (sperm development is also regulated by hormones in the male body), and the resulting embryo will travel to the uterus for implantation.
Loss or irregular levels of one or more hormones can slow or prevent any of the above processes, making pregnancy difficult.
Symptoms of hormonal imbalance
Infertility is one of the primary reasons for investigating hormonal imbalance. Women may experience one or more of the following symptoms:
- No irregular menstruation.
- Spotting between seasons.
- Severe or painful menstruation.
- Increased hair growth on the face, neck, chest, and back.
- Unexplained weight gain.
- Constipation and diarrhea.
Men can also have a hormonal imbalance that contributes to infertility and the following are the symptoms of male hormonal imbalance:
- Erectile dysfunction.
- Low sperm count.
- Reduce hair growth on the body.
- Breast tenderness and excessive growth of breast tissue.
- Thinning hair or male hair loss.
If infertility is suspected, it is important to discuss any of the above symptoms with a reproductive endocrinologist.
Primary hormones responsible for affecting fertility
While it is true that many different hormones flow through our body, very few of them play a role when trying to conceive. Below are some of the important fertility hormones you want to become familiar with if you suspect that hormonal imbalances may affect your ability to conceive. The good news is that the hormone test will give you an understanding of these important hormones.
- FSH is the most important hormone for fertility, FSH or follicle-stimulating hormone is responsible for maintaining a regular cycle and producing a healthy egg.
- LH or luteinizing hormone, commonly known; is a hormone measured in home ovulation prediction kits (OPK). LH is a hormone that tells your body to release an egg that is ready for fertilization.
- AMH, also called the anti-Mullerian hormone, is responsible for maintaining the immature eggs that are in your body. If you find a hormone test that measures your ovarian reserve or how many eggs are left, measure it with AMH.
- Progesterone is an important player in preparing the body for pregnancy and in helping the new pregnancy continue. Often, when a woman suffers from a miscarriage, the cause is a decrease in progesterone levels. Prolactin If you think it's a hormone that regulates milk production, you're right! But it's also important to make sure your cycle stays regular, which is important when you're trying to get pregnant.
- T3 and T4 Many women do not realize this, but these thyroid hormones have a major effect on their ability to conceive. Endocrinologists explained that the thyroid gland, female reproductive organs, and adrenal glands are intricately linked. If anyone has a thyroid or adrenal gland problem, pregnancy can be a challenge. The good news is a thyroid hormonal imbalance test or adrenal dysfunction can reveal problems that can be easily solved in most cases. Many women find that when their thyroid gland returns to a healthy range of hormones, they can get pregnant more easily.
Tests for hormonal imbalance
Hormonal imbalances in men and women can be detected by a simple blood or urine test. The fertility hormone test looks for the presence of several hormones in the reproductive center to see if one or more hormones are reduced or too much. This will help fertility specialists identify possible causes of infertility and appropriate treatment options.
Treatment of hormonal imbalance
Hormonal imbalance is normal for treatment and should be treated if the patient wants to become pregnant or not. Treatment for hormonal imbalance may include medication to restore normal thyroid function, normalize hormone levels, stimulate ovulation, or trigger a fully grown egg. Lifestyle changes, such as weight loss or dietary changes can also normalize hormone levels and improve your chances of getting pregnant. | <urn:uuid:fe156cd1-495b-4c05-ba27-c18b662edea9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artbabyeggdonors.com/2022/05/chemical-imbalance-and-fertility/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.922886 | 929 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Emily Thacher Ayala, third-generation citrus farmer, leads a tour through her tangerine orchard in California's isolated, mystical Ojai Valley. From a heavily laden branch she plucks a plump, gleaming tangerine and peels it in less than a second, the skin fluttering to the ground after a few deft finger movements. She hands out segments to eat and murmurs of delight ripple through the crowd as unexpected sweetness hits our tongues.
“My grandfather started growing tangerines here back in the ’20s. But it was just a niche market in those days,” she explains. “Customers mostly wanted oranges instead. Oranges were dominant in the 20th century.” More segments passed around. More happy groaning. “But these days people are tired of oranges. Tangerines have arrived.”
She’s not kidding. Between 2000 and 2012, tangerine groves in California skyrocketed from 8,800 acres to 38,000 acres, while over the same timespan orange groves slipped from 199,000 acres down to 177,000. That’s an astonishingly swift reversal of fortunes in the nation’s leading tangerine-growing state.
This preference cascade toward tangerines didn’t happen by accident. It took concerted marketing campaigns from business-savvy citrus farmers who brought a new idea to the world of tangerines: product branding.
For over a century in the U.S., tangerines were mostly ignored, seen merely as smaller, seedier cousins to the ubiquitous orange.
It’s pure economics: A 2005 study revealed that customers would be willing to pay up to four times as much for a seedless tangerine as they would for one of the old-fashioned seedy varieties. So tangerine growers gave shoppers what they wanted: new seedless varieties have created a 21st-century tangerine gold rush.
Those damn seeds were the problem. The natural plethora of seeds in most varieties made tangerines more problematic than the seedless and effortless navel orange. Citrus researchers have been hard at work for decades in a quest for seedlessness.
It’s not that farmers have an eccentric personal phobia of seeds. It’s pure economics: A 2005 study revealed that customers would be willing to pay up to four times as much for a seedless tangerine as they would for one of the old-fashioned seedy varieties. So tangerine growers gave shoppers what they wanted: New seedless varieties have created a 21st-century tangerine gold rush. An acre of seedless mandarins is now much more profitable than an acre of any other citrus.
But dethroning Big Orange took something more: an awareness of how customers behave.
“The concept of ‘branding’ tangerines was pioneered by Tom Mullholland,” says Ayala.
Mullholland is a Central Valley citrus farmer who in the early ’90s stumbled across an outlandishly sweet type of easy-to-peel tangerine that was nonetheless seedless — the holy grail for tangerine growers. He learned to his amazement that the variety was grown only in Morocco, but would soon become available in California. So he fatefully decided to devote his entire farm to this new miracle citrus. But there was one problem: The tastebud-friendly fruit already had an ungainly official name “W. Murcott Afourer” — a marketer’s nightmare. Solution: Just ignore the official name. Mulholland trademarked the brand name “Delite” and bestowed it on his crops. Immediately customers began snapping up the easy-to-eat (and pronounce) “Delites.” So he planted more acres, and then extended the growing season by planting other seedless mandarin varieties which he also called “Delites,” eventually making the brand a reliable year-round product.
It’s not clear whether most customers even noticed that the contents of the box changed from month to month. It didn’t matter. Mulholland had proven that “brand loyalty” — the American consumers’ tendency to swear allegiance to a corporate logo — worked even with a natural product such as fruit, and even when you switched fruits.
Success breeds imitators. And so the big boys moved in.
Two large corporate-style citrus firms, Sun-Pacific and Paramount Citrus, joined forces and emulated the Mulholland strategy. With much more Central Valley acreage to play with, they started planting vast clementine groves in 1997, followed shortly afterward by W. Murcott Afourers, and in 2001 trademarked their shape-shifting product — which was actually the exact same product Mulholland was already selling — as “Cuties.”
Cuties were aggressively marketed nationwide, and consumers fell in love with the (what else?) cute logo. Delites still hold ten percent of the tangerine market, but since Cuties first hit the shelves of big box retailers in 2004 they have become dominant, a household word.
Customer confusion over terminology may have contributed to the variety’s long-term also-ran status compared to oranges. What, after all, is the proper name for these sweet little citruses? Tangerines? Mandarins? Or perhaps clementines?
Technically, all of these fruits are indeed “mandarins,” which is their official botanical nomenclature. “Tangerines” do not exist, scientifically speaking. But popular vernacular trumps science every time, and for nearly two centuries the term “tangerine” — a word derived from the Moroccan port Tangiers, from whence the fruit was first exported to England — has been the default name in common speech. But branding the fruit with a new moniker seems to have rendered the question moot. No more confusion: they’re just Cuties.
After a contentious two-decade partnership, Paramount Citrus parted ways last year with Sun-Pacific and its maverick owner Berne Evans III, who retained the Cuties brand name. (Paramount kept half the orchards and has since launched a rival new tangerine brand, “Wonderful Halos.”) Evans has been unable to grow enough tangerines to satiate the national yearning for Cuties, so he’s been signing up independent citrus growers to join the Cuties label and leave the marketing to him.
After the corporate divorce, Evans’ volume was cut nearly in half, but he doesn’t merely want to get back up to 100 million boxes — he’s playing the long game and is looking to make tangerines America’s default fruit.
As Evans recently told The Packer, a citrus industry newsletter, “Last year we sold about 100 million 5-pound boxes [of Cuties]. It’s going to be a billion-dollar industry before it’s over, probably bigger than the navel orange industry.”
Down in Ojai’s citrus country, things are more low-key. Ayala’s family-run “Friend’s Ranches” along with Jim Churchill and Lisa Brenneis of nearby Churchill Orchards pioneered a different seedless tangerine, the Pixie, which seems to thrive in Ojai and nowhere else. They teamed with 40 other small tangerine farmers to form the Ojai Pixie Growers Association, a farming cooperative that’s so laid-back “we don’t even have contracts — it’s all done with a handshake,” Ayala says, laughing. “We all combine our crop and market them as Ojai Pixies. That’s our brand: We always say ‘Ojai’ in front of ‘Pixies.'”
Unlike other tangerine growers, Pixie farmers didn’t have to devise and trademark a cutesy brand name, because “Pixie” was already the official botanical title for this unique variety.
What makes Pixies unique?
“When they’re fully ripe, Pixies have the lowest acid of any commercially grown citrus in the United States,” notes Ayala.
That makes Pixies especially popular with young children whose palates can’t yet handle the stinging tang of most citrus. But they’re also sought out by connoisseurs who cherish the unusual.
Renowned not as a farming area but instead as a health resort and alleged spiritual vortex, Ojai recently launched what is probably the world’s only tangerine-themed agritourism campaign. During Pixie season (sorry, you’ll have to wait until next April), visitors can take guided tours of tangerine orchards, get Pixie body scrubs, and taste tangerine recipes at local bistros. It’s all part of the branding strategy, positioning Ojai Pixies as the tangerine for the cognoscenti.
As much as we want face-time with the growers themselves at farmer’s markets and farm-to-table restaurants, selling directly to consumers and individual businesses is hard work for them — and it’s not the soil-and-sunshine type of work that produces actual food. “It takes a huge amount of time and effort to retail the fruit yourself,” says Ayala, who sells as much as she can through mail order and one-on-one customer interactions, and only the remainder to a local wholesaler. “I can’t deny that I’m tempted to just sell our entire crop wholesale to some big outfit; I could finally take a vacation.”
“I don’t subscribe to the Hayride Theory of small farming,” insists Lisa Brenneis. She might seem at first the poster child for California’s hipster locavore foodie scene: She grows rare and exotic fruit, sells it herself at farmers’ markets, is part of an agricultural cooperative, and along with her husband bootstrapped their small farm to sustainable success. But she laughs at those who think modern farming should be some kind of historical re-enactment to entertain urban connoisseurs.
“The word ‘hayride’ is just my shorthand for the contemporary fad of people turning farmers into pets. In order to look cool, we’re supposed to pretend we’re still in the 19th century. You can’t survive that way; I’m a 21st-century farmer. Access to distribution, shipping, markets — it’s essential for small farms like us.”
Citrus farmers may have accidentally solved the conundrum of how to wean youngsters off factory-made snacks: Don’t mention that tangerines are healthier than candy.
Thanks largely to the marketing and branding of Cuties, Delites, Pixies, and other contenders like Sweethearts, Smiles, Sumos, Sweet2Eat, Clem’N Tina’s and Bee Sweet, tangerines have been trending ever upward since the ’90s.
Tangerine farmers may succeed where decades of government nagging have failed: improving the diet of the American child. For years the FDA has tried to cajole kids to cut back on processed junk foods. Didn’t work. Obesity rates rose as children continued to gobble candy and soda. Yet citrus farmers may have accidentally solved the conundrum of how to wean youngsters off factory-made snacks: Don’t mention that tangerines are healthier than candy. Simply convince the kids that tangerines are more delicious than candy. In 2013, consumption of California tangerines topped one billion pounds for the first year ever, more than dectupling the mere 100 million pounds eaten in 2000.
The slogan for Cuties’ 2011 national advertising roll-out was “Kids love Cuties. Because Cuties are made for kids.” The marketing director at the time, Mark Seguin, told The Shelby Report, a food industry publication, that “We know how much parents love sharing Cuties Clementines with their kids on the West Coast and we are excited to now offer this popular fruit to families across the country.” One glance at the new official Facebook photo stream for Cuties reveals precisely where marketing efforts are targeted: Every single picture shows smiling children and Cuties, a campaign that’s aimed not just at the kids but their parents who do the buying.
There are as yet no official stats about what age group is eating that one billion pounds of tangerines, but the anecdotal evidence suggests many are youngsters.
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A new study from Umeå University shows that a first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and a second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine gives a good immune response against COVID-19.
A combination of different types of vaccines also leads to a significantly higher level of antibodies compared to having two doses of the same vaccine, and the combination also protects against the South African virus variant, the new research shows. The results, published in New England Journal of Medicine, might be important when it comes to so called heterologous prime booster strategies.
Moderna’s mRNA vaccine
The scientists investigated and compared immune defenses and side effects in people that had received either two doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine or one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine and then a second dose of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine.
“It is a limited study that included 88 people but we clearly see that Moderna’s mRNA vaccine is working excellent to reinforce the antibody defense that the first dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine generated,” says Mattias Forsell, Docent in Immunology at Umeå University.
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Last fall, I decided to give my journal writing more direction by using a study guide as a starting point. The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth was so useful that I chose another of John Maxwell's books - Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Ensure Tomorrow's Success - to work through next. The premise behind this book is that the most important day is today and that to make the most out of today, which in turn leads to tomorrow's success, it's best to make decisions about key areas in life - such as attitude, priorities, values, finances - twelve of them - once and then live into those decisions on a daily basis.
William Gladstone is quoted in the chapter on priorities as saying - He is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is wiser still who from among the things he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best. My immediate reaction was how nice for him and who gets to do everything else?
It became clear as I read this chapter that it's written from a business perspective, for a man in a career with a wife at home doing all the things he'd rather not do. The chapter, in my opinion, over-simplifies and fails to address potential conflicts between individuals that have the same priorities but live them out differently. Because it's written from a business perspective, by the head of a company, his solution to incompatible individuals is to fire them. For a stay-at-home Mom - and in many other roles - firing the opposition is rarely an option. LOL - can you imagine?
Further in the chapter, the author, John Maxwell, writes if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities. That statement totally annoyed me because wrapped up in some people's priorities is a whole lot of drudgery and that sentiment is too simplistic for the scope and impact of many priority based decisions.
After my faith, my first priority has always been my family, and I'm pretty sure that the author is NOT going to say that faith and family are wrong choices. There's a disconnect in our perspectives most likely because I am not the intended audience for this material. That said, whenever you're angered by something it's an opportunity ask why because there's a little niggle trying to talk to you. In this case, it lead to a good discussion about what we say our priorities are and what our actions prove our priorities to truly be. That's an interesting thought to ponder; an action changer if you let it be.
Later in the same chapter, the author asks .... will you take complete responsibility for how you spend your time, take control of the things you can, and make today yours? The key words being of the things you can. He asks three questions - what is required, what gives the greatest return, and what gives the greatest reward. The defining line between return and reward appears to relate to money. It wasn't entirely clear to me.
He goes on to say that many people are not successful because they focus too much on what is rewarding and not enough on what is required. I would argue that most women are focused too much on what's required and not enough on what's rewarding. Women tend to put everyone but themselves first to the detriment of their own energy, health, and self-development. I saw this time and again with my students when I was teaching and with my friends, especially when our children were very young. Caroline and I were the only two to take a yearly vacation, separate from the family - in our case a sewcation - and she came because I invited her and organized the event.
In most families, if someone is going to go without, it's typically the mother. Women will make sure that Joey and Billy and Sally get to hockey and painting and piano every week, without fail, even though the odds are heavily stacked that Joey and Billy and Sally are NOT the next Gretzky, Rembrandt, or Beethoven but the same woman can't find an hour a week in the studio or some time to read or an evening for coffee with a friend. It's a soap box issue for me. I'm a HUGE advocate of self care and as I look at the questions swirling at this time in my life, I am VERY grateful that it's a precedent I've already developed.
Working through the study questions around priorities, I've been thinking about the three requirement, return, and reward questions, about how life looks currently, about possible new directions, and about taking control of the things I can control. This decade - of my fifties - more than any other decade - is MY decade and my priorities need to be reshaped and shifted to take on new dimensions and expressions that are more heavily weighted toward my self care and my growth. It sounds selfish and I don't believe it is. Rather, I think it's the natural ebb and flow of a woman's life, especially the life of a stay-at-home Mom whose children are now adults. I believe that letting this chance to invest more solidly in me go past without investment would be a tremendous loss.
Knitting is a fabulous way to curl up on the couch in front of the fire and think. With this scarf, I cast on 34 stitches, knit five rows of garter stitch, knit in pattern until the end, knit five more rows of garter stitch, and cast off. Knitting in pattern until the end gives you LOTS of time to think.
The scarf is for a friend's birthday. It's long - as long as my dining room table - and will wrap around her neck twice and tie nicely. The yarn is a silk blend with a luscious feel. It should will make a lovely gift. I'll give it to her at lunch today. I'm making roasted garlic potato with salmon soup, biscuits, and a quinoa chocolate cake. YUMMY!
Talk soon - Myrna
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Part 1 out of 6
Produced by Julie C. Sparks.
HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII
LETTER I. Miss Howe, from the Isle of Wight.--
In answer to her's, No. LXI. of Vol. VII. Approves not of her choice of
Belford for her executor; yet thinks she cannot appoint for that office
any of her own family. Hopes she will live any years.
LETTER II. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
Sends her a large packet of letters; but (for her relations' sake) not
all she has received. Must now abide by the choice of Mr. Belford for
executor; but farther refers to the papers she sends her, for her
justification on this head.
LETTER III. Antony Harlowe to Clarissa.--
A letter more taunting and reproachful than that of her other uncle. To
LETTER IV. Clarissa. In answer.--
Wishes that the circumstances of her case had been inquired into.
Concludes with a solemn and pathetic prayer for the happiness of the
LETTER V. Mrs. Norton to Clarissa.--
Her friends, through Brand's reports, as she imagines, intent upon her
going to the plantations. Wishes her to discourage improper visiters.
Difficult situations the tests of prudence as well as virtue. Dr.
Lewen's solicitude for her welfare. Her cousin Morden arrived in
England. Farther pious consolations.
LETTER VI. Clarissa. In answer.--
Sends her a packet of letters, which, for her relations' sake, she cannot
communicate to Miss Howe. From these she will collect a good deal of her
story. Defends, yet gently blames her mother. Afraid that her cousin
Morden will be set against her; or, what is worse, that he will seek to
avenge her. Her affecting conclusion on her Norton's divine
LETTER VII. Lovelace to Belford.--
Is very ill. The lady, if he die, will repent her refusal of him. One
of the greatest felicities that can befal a woman, what. Extremely ill.
His ludicrous behaviour on awaking, and finding a clergyman and his
friends praying for him by his bedside.
LETTER VIII. Belford to Lovelace.--
Concerned at his illness. Wishes that he had died before last April.
The lady, he tells him, generously pities him; and prays that he may meet
with the mercy he has not shown.
LETTER IX. Lovelace to Belford.--
In raptures on her goodness to him. His deep regrets for his treatment
of her. Blesses her.
LETTER X. Belford to Lovelace.--
Congratulates him on his amendment. The lady's exalted charity to him.
Her story a fine subject for tragedy. Compares with it, and censures,
the play of the Fair Penitent. She is very ill; the worse for some new
instances of the implacableness of her relations. A meditation on the
subject. Poor Belton, he tells him, is at death's door; and desirous to
LETTER XI. Belford to Clarissa.--
Acquaints her with the obligation he is under to go to Belton, and (lest
she should be surprised) with Lovelace's resolution (as signified in the
next letter) to visit her.
LETTER XII. Lovelace to Belford.--
Resolves to throw himself at the lady's feet. Lord M. of opinion that
she ought to admit of one interview.
LETTER XIII. From the same.--
Arrived in London, he finds the lady gone abroad. Suspects Belford. His
unaccountable freaks at Smith's. His motives for behaving so ludicrously
there. The vile Sally Martin entertains him with her mimicry of the
LETTER XIV. From the same.--
His frightful dream. How affected by it. Sleeping or waking, his
Clarissa always present with him. Hears she is returned to her lodgings.
Is hastening to her.
LETTER XV. From the same.--
Disappointed again. Is affected by Mrs. Lovick's expostulations. Is
shown a meditation on being hunted after by the enemy of her soul, as it
is entitled. His light comments upon it. Leaves word that he resolves
to see her. Makes several other efforts for that purpose.
LETTER XVI. Belford to Lovelace.--
Reproaches him that he has not kept his honour with him. Inveighs
against, and severely censures him for his light behaviour at Smith's.
Belton's terrors and despondency. Mowbray's impenetrable behaviour.
LETTER XVII. From the same.--
Mowbray's impatience to run from a dying Belton to a too-lively Lovelace.
Mowbray abuses Mr. Belton's servant in the language of a rake of the
common class. Reflection on the brevity of life.
LETTER XVIII. Lovelace to Belford.--
Receives a letter from Clarissa, written by way of allegory to induce him
to forbear hunting after her. Copy of it. He takes it in a literal
sense. Exults upon it. Will now hasten down to Lord M. and receive the
gratulations of all his family on her returning favour. Gives an
interpretation of his frightful dream to his own liking.
LETTER XIX. XX. From the same.--
Pities Belton. Rakishly defends him on the issue of a duel, which now
adds to the poor man's terrors. His opinion of death, and the fear of
it. Reflections upon the conduct of play-writers with regard
servants. He cannot account for the turn his Clarissa has taken in his
favour. Hints at one hopeful cause of it. Now matrimony seems to be in
his power, he has some retrograde motions.
LETTER XXI. Belford to Lovelace.--
Continuation of his narrative of Belton's last illness and impatience.
The poor man abuses the gentlemen of the faculty. Belford censures some
of them for their greediness after fees. Belton dies. Serious
reflections on the occasion.
LETTER XXII. Lovelace to Belford.--
Hopes Belton is happy; and why. He is setting out for Berks.
LETTER XXIII. Belford to Lovelace.--
Attends the lady. She is extremely ill, and receives the sacrament.
Complains of the harasses his friend had given her. Two different
persons (from her relations, he supposes) inquire after her. Her
affecting address to the doctor, apothecary, and himself. Disposes of
some more of her apparel for a very affecting purpose.
LETTER XXIV. Dr. Lewen to Clarissa.--
Writes on his pillow, to prevail upon her to prosecute Lovelace for his
LETTER XXV. Her pathetic and noble answer.
LETTER XXVI. Miss Arabella Harlowe to Clarissa.--
Proposes, in a most taunting and cruel manner, the prosecution of
Lovelace; or, if not, her going to Pensylvania.
LETTER XXVII. Clarissa's affecting answer.
LETTER XXVIII. XXIX. Mrs. Norton to Clarissa.--
Her uncle's cruel letter to what owing. Colonel Morden resolved on a
visit to Lovelace.--Mrs. Hervey, in a private conversation with her,
accounts for, yet blames, the cruelty of her family. Miss Dolly Hervey
wishes to attend her.
LETTER XXX. Clarissa. In answer.--
Thinks she has been treated with great rigour by her relations.
Expresses more warmth than usual on this subject. Yet soon checks
herself. Grieves that Colonel Morden resolves on a visit to Lovelace.
Touches upon her sister's taunting letter. Requests Mrs. Norton's
prayers for patience and resignation.
LETTER XXXI. Miss Howe to Clarissa.--
Approves now of her appointment of Belford for an executor. Admires her
greatness of mind in despising Lovelace. Every body she is with taken
with Hickman; yet she cannot help wantoning with the power his obsequious
love gives her over him.
LETTER XXXII. XXXIII. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
Instructive lessons and observations on her treatment of Hickman.--
Acquaints her with all that has happened since her last. Fears that all
her allegorical letter is not strictly right. Is forced by illness to
break off. Resumes. Wishes her married.
LETTER XXXIV. Mr. Wyerley to Clarissa.--
A generous renewal of his address to her now in her calamity; and a
tender of his best services.
LETTER XXXV. Her open, kind, and instructive answer.
LETTER XXXVI. Lovelace to Belford.--
Uneasy, on a suspicion that her letter to him was a stratagem only. What
he will do, if he find it so.
LETTER XXXVII. Belford to Lovelace.--
Brief account of his proceedings in Belton's affairs. The lady extremely
ill. Thought to be near her end. Has a low-spirited day. Recovers her
spirits; and thinks herself above this world. She bespeaks her coffin.
Confesses that her letter to Lovelace was allegorical only. The light in
which Belford beholds her.
LETTER XXXVIII. Belford to Lovelace.--
An affecting conversation that passed between the lady and Dr. H. She
talks of death, he says, and prepares for it, as if it were an occurrence
as familiar to her as dressing and undressing. Worthy behaviour of the
doctor. She makes observations on the vanity of life, on the wisdom of
an early preparation for death, and on the last behaviour of Belton.
LETTER XXXIX. XL. XLI. Lovelace to Belford.--
Particulars of what passed between himself, Colonel Morden, Lord M., and
Mowbray, on the visit made him by the Colonel. Proposes Belford to Miss
Charlotte Montague, by way of raillery, for an husband.--He encloses
Brand's letter, which misrepresents (from credulity and officiousness,
rather than ill-will) the lady's conduct.
LETTER XLII. Belford to Lovelace.--
Expatiates on the baseness of deluding young creatures, whose confidence
has been obtained by oaths, vows, promises. Evil of censoriousness.
People deemed good too much addicted to it. Desires to know what he
means my his ridicule with regard to his charming cousin.
LETTER XLIII. From the same.--
A proper test of the purity of writing. The lady again makes excuses for
her allegorical letter. Her calm behaviour, and generous and useful
reflections, on his communicating to her Brand's misrepresentations of
LETTER XLIV. Colonel Morden to Clarissa.--
Offers his assistance and service to make the best of what has happened.
Advises her to marry Lovelace, as the only means to bring about a general
reconciliation. Has no doubt of his resolution to do her justice.
Desires to know if she has.
LETTER XLV. Clarissa. In answer.
LETTER XLVI. Lovelace to Belford.--
His reasonings and ravings on finding the lady's letter to him only an
allegorical one. In the midst of these, the natural gayety of his heart
runs him into ridicule on Belford. His ludicrous image drawn from a
monument in Westminster Abbey. Resumes his serious disposition. If the
worst happen, (the Lord of Heaven and Earth, says he, avert that worst!)
he bids him only write that he advises him to take a trip to Paris; and
that will stab him to the heart.
LETTER XLVII. Belford to Lovelace.--
The lady's coffin brought up stairs. He is extremely shocked and
discomposed at it. Her intrepidity. Great minds, he observes, cannot
avoid doing uncommon things. Reflections on the curiosity of women.
LETTER XLVIII. From the same.--
Description of the coffin, and devices on the lid. It is placed in her
bed-chamber. His serious application to Lovelace on her great behaviour.
LETTER XLIX. From the same.--
Astonished at his levity in the Abbey-instance. The lady extremely ill.
LETTER L. Lovelace to Belford.--
All he has done to the lady a jest to die for; since her triumph has ever
been greater than her sufferings. He will make over all his possessions
and all his reversions to the doctor, if he will but prolong her life for
one twelvemonth. How, but for her calamities, could her equanimity blaze
out as it does! He would now love her with an intellectual flame. He
cannot bear to think that the last time she so triumphantly left him
should be the last. His conscience, he says, tears him. He is sick of
the remembrance of his vile plots.
LETTER LI. Belford to Lovelace.--
The lady alive, serene, and calm. The more serene for having finished,
signed, and sealed her last will; deferred till now for reasons of filial
LETTER LII. Miss Howe to Clarissa.--
Pathetically laments the illness of her own mother, and of her dear
friend. Now all her pertness to the former, she says, fly in her face.
She lays down her pen; and resumes it, to tell her, with great joy, that
her mother is better. She has had a visit form her cousin Morden. What
passed in it.
LETTER LIII. From the same.--
Displeased with the Colonel for thinking too freely of the sex. Never
knew a man that had a slight notion of the virtue of women in general,
who deserved to be valued for his morals. Why women must either be more
or less virtuous than men. Useful hints to young ladies. Is out of
humour with Mr. Hickman. Resolves to see her soon in town.
LETTER LIV. Belford to Lovelace.--
The lady writes and reads upon her coffin, as upon a desk. The doctor
resolves to write to her father. Her intense, yet cheerful devotion.
LETTER LV. Clarissa to Miss Howe.--
A letter full of pious reflections, and good advice, both general and
particular; and breathing the true spirit of charity, forgiveness,
patience, and resignation. A just reflection, to her dear friend, upon
the mortifying nature of pride.
LETTER LVI. Mrs. Norton to Clarissa.--
Her account of an interesting conversation at Harlowe-place between the
family and Colonel Morden; and of another between her mother and self.
The Colonel incensed against them all. Her advice concerning Belford,
and other matters. Miss Howe has obtained leave, she hears, to visit
her. Praises Mr. Hickman. Gently censures Miss Howe on his account.
Her truly maternal and pious comfortings.
LETTER LVII. Belford to Lovelace.--
The lady's sight begins to fail her. She blesses God for the serenity
she enjoys. It is what, she says, she had prayed for. What a blessing,
so near to her dissolution, to have her prayers answered! Gives
particular directions to him about her papers, about her last will and
apparel. Comforts the women and him on their concern for her. Another
letter brought her from Colonel Morden. The substance of it. Belford
writes to hasten up the Colonel. Dr. H. has also written to her father;
and Brand to Mr. John Harlowe a letter recanting his officious one.
LETTER LVIII. Dr. H. to James Harlowe, Senior, Esq.
LETTER LIX. Copy of Mr. Belford's letter to Colonel Morden,
to hasten him up.
LETTER LX. Lovelace to Belford.--
He feels the torments of the damned, in the remorse that wrings his
heart, on looking back on his past actions by this lady. Gives him what
he calls a faint picture of his horrible uneasiness, riding up and down,
expecting the return of his servant as soon as he had dispatched him.
Woe be to the man who brings him the fatal news!
LETTER LXI. Belford to Lovelace.--
Farther particulars of the lady's pious and exemplary behaviour. She
rejoices in the gradual death afforded her. Her thankful acknowledgments
to Mr. Belford, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Lovick, for their kindness to her.
Her edifying address to Mr. Belford.
LETTER LXII. Clarissa to Mrs. Norton. In answer to her's, No. LVI.--
Afflicted only for her friends. Desires not now to see her cousin
Morden, nor even herself, or Miss Howe. God will have no rivals, she
says, in the hearts of those whom HE sanctifies. Advice to Miss Howe.
To Mr. Hickman. Blesses all her relations and friends.
LETTER LXIII. Lovelace to Belford.--
A letter of deep distress, remorse, and impatience. Yet would he fain
lighten his own guilt by reflections on the cruelty of her relations.
LETTER LXIV. Belford to Lovelace
The lady is disappointed at the Doctor's telling her that she may yet
live two or three days. Death from grief the slowest of deaths. Her
solemn forgiveness of Lovelace, and prayer for him. Owns that once she
could have loved him. Her generous concern for his future happiness.
Belford's good resolutions.
LETTER LXV. Mr. Brand to Mr. John Walton.
LETTER LXVI. Mr. Brand to John Harlowe, Esq.;
in excuse of his credulity, and of the misreports founded upon it.
LETTER LXVII. Lovelace to Belford.--
Blesses him for sending him word the lady is better. Her charity towards
him cuts him to the heart. He cannot bear it. His vehement self
reproaches. Curses his contriving genius, and his disbelief that there
could be such virtue in woman. The world never saw such an husband as he
will make, if she recover, and will be his.
LETTER LXVIII. Belford to Lovelace.--
The lady's pious frame. The approaches of death how supportable to her;
and why. She has no reason, she says, to grieve for any thing but the
sorrow she has given to her friends.
LETTER LXIX. Lovelace to Belford.--
Never prayed in his life, put all the years of it together, as he has
done for this fortnight. Has repented of all his baseness: And will
nothing do? Conjures him to send him good news in his next, as he would
not be answerable for consequences.
LETTER LXX. Belford to Lovelace.--
Solemn leave taken of her by the doctor and apothecary; who tell her she
will hardly see the next night. The pleasure with which she receives the
intimation. How unlike poor Belton's behaviour her's! A letter from
Miss Howe. Copy of it. She cannot see to read it. Her exalted
expressions on hearing it read. Tries to write an answer to it; but
cannot. Dictates to Mrs. Lovick. Writes the superscriptive part herself
on her knees. Colonel Morden arrives in town.
LETTER LXXI. From the same.--
What passes on Colonel Morden's visit to his cousin. She enjoins the
Colonel not to avenge her.
MISS HOWE, TO MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MONDAY, AUG. 7.
MY DEAREST CREATURE,
I can write but just now a few lines. I cannot tell how to bear the
sound of that Mr. Belford for your executor, cogent as your reasons for
that measure are: and yet I am firmly of opinion, that none of your
relations should be named for the trust. But I dwell the less on this
subject, as I hope (and cannot bear to apprehend the contrary) that you
will still live many, many years.
Mr. Hickman, indeed, speaks very handsomely of Mr. Belford. But he, poor
man! has not much penetration.--If he had, he would hardly think so well
of me as he does.
I have a particular opportunity of sending this by a friend of my aunt
Harman's; who is ready to set out for London, (and this occasions my
hurry,) and is to return out of hand. I expect therefore, by him a large
packet from you; and hope and long for news of your amended health: which
Heaven grant to the prayers of
MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE, TO MISS HOWE
FRIDAY, AUG. 11.
I will send you a large packet, as you desire and expect; since I can do
it by so safe a conveyance: but not all that is come to my hand--for I
must own that my friends are very severe; too severe for any body, who
loves them not, to see their letters. You, my dear, would not call them
my friends, you said, long ago; but my relations: indeed I cannot call
them my relations, I think!----But I am ill; and therefore perhaps more
peevish than I should be. It is difficult to go out of ourselves to give
a judgment against ourselves; and yet, oftentimes, to pass a just
judgment, we ought.
I thought I should alarm you in the choice of my executor. But the sad
necessity I am reduced to must excuse me.
I shall not repeat any thing I have said before on that subject: but if
your objections will not be answered to your satisfaction by the papers
and letters I shall enclose, marked 1, 2, 3, 4, to 9, I must think myself
in another instance unhappy; since I am engaged too far (and with my own
judgment too) to recede.
As Mr. Belford has transcribed for me, in confidence, from his friend's
letters, the passages which accompany this, I must insist that you suffer
no soul but yourself to peruse them; and that you return them by the very
first opportunity; that so no use may be made of them that may do hurt
either to the original writer or to the communicator. You'll observe I
am bound by promise to this care. If through my means any mischief
should arise, between this humane and that inhuman libertine, I should
think myself utterly inexcusable.
I subjoin a list of the papers or letters I shall enclose. You must
return them all when perused.*
* 1. A letter from Miss Montague, dated . . . . Aug. 1.
2. A copy of my answer . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 3.
3. Mr. Belford's Letter to me, which will show
you what my request was to him, and his
compliance with it; and the desired ex-
tracts from his friend's letters . . . . Aug. 3, 4.
4. A copy of my answer, with thanks; and re-
questing him to undertake the executor-
ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4.
5. Mr. Belford's acceptance of the trust . . Aug. 4.
6. Miss Montague's letter, with a generous
offer from Lord M. and the Ladies of that
family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 7.
7. Mr. Lovelace's to me . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 7.
8. Copy of mine to Miss Montague, in answer
to her's of the day before . . . . . . . Aug. 8.
9. Copy of my answer to Mr. Lovelace . . . . Aug. 11.
You will see by these several Letters, written and received in so little
a space of time (to say nothing of what I have received and written which
I cannot show you,) how little opportunity or leisure I can have for
writing my own story.
I am very much tired and fatigued--with--I don't know what--with writing,
I think--but most with myself, and with a situation I cannot help
aspiring to get out of, and above!
O my dear, the world we live in is a sad, a very sad world!----While
under our parents' protecting wings, we know nothing at all of it.
Book-learned and a scribbler, and looking at people as I saw them as
visiters or visiting, I thought I knew a great deal of it. Pitiable
ignorance!--Alas! I knew nothing at all!
With zealous wishes for your happiness, and the happiness of every one
dear to you, I am, and will ever be,
MR. ANTONY HARLOWE, TO MISS CL. HARLOWE
[IN REPLY TO HER'S TO HER UNCLE HARLOWE, OF THURSDAY, AUG. 10.]
As your uncle Harlowe chooses not to answer your pert letter to him;
and as mine, written to you before,* was written as if it were in the
spirit of prophecy, as you have found to your sorrow; and as you are now
making yourself worse than you are in your health, and better than you
are in your penitence, as we are very well assured, in order to move
compassion; which you do not deserve, having had so much warning: for all
these reasons, I take up my pen once more; though I had told your
brother, at his going to Edinburgh, that I would not write to you, even
were you to write to me, without letting him know. So indeed had we all;
for he prognosticated what would happen, as to your applying to us, when
you knew not how to help it.
* See Vol. I. Letter XXXII.
Brother John has hurt your niceness, it seems, by asking you a plain
question, which your mother's heart is too full of grief to let her ask;
and modesty will not let your sister ask; though but the consequence of
your actions--and yet it must be answered, before you'll obtain from your
father and mother, and us, the notice you hope for, I can tell you that.
You lived several guilty weeks with one of the vilest fellows that ever
drew breath, at bed, as well as at board, no doubt, (for is not his
character known?) and pray don't be ashamed to be asked after what may
naturally come of such free living. This modesty indeed would have
become you for eighteen years of your life--you'll be pleased to mark
that--but makes no good figure compared with your behaviour since the
beginning of April last. So pray don't take it up, and wipe your mouth
upon it, as if nothing had happened.
But, may be, I likewise am to shocking to your niceness!--O girl, girl!
your modesty had better been shown at the right time and place--Every
body but you believed what the rake was: but you would believe nothing
bad of him--What think you now?
Your folly has ruined all our peace. And who knows where it may yet end?
--Your poor father but yesterday showed me this text: With bitter grief
he showed it me, poor man! and do you lay it to your heart:
'A father waketh for his daughter, when no man knoweth; and the care for
her taketh away his sleep--When she is young, lest she pass away the
flower of her age--[and you know what proposals were made to you at
different times.] And, being married, lest she should be hated. In her
virginity, lest she should be defiled, and gotten with child in her
father's house--[and I don't make the words, mind that.] And, having an
husband, lest she should misbehave herself.' And what follows? 'Keep
a sure watch over a shameless daughter--[yet no watch could hold you!]
lest she make thee a laughing stock to thine enemies--[as you have made
us all to this cursed Lovelace,] and a bye-word in the city, and a
reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.'
Ecclus. xlii. 9, 10, &c.
Now will you wish you had not written pertly. Your sister's severities!
--Never, girl, say that is severe that is deserved. You know the meaning
of words. No body better. Would to the Lord you had acted up but to one
half of what you know! then had we not been disappointed and grieved, as
we all have been: and nobody more than him who was
Your loving uncle,
This will be with you to-morrow. Perhaps you may be suffered to have
some part of your estate, after you have smarted a little more.
Your pertly-answered uncle John, who is your trustee, will not have
you be destitute. But we hope all is not true that we hear of you.
--Only take care, I advise you, that, bad as you have acted, you
act not still worse, if it be possible to act worse. Improve upon
MISS CL. HARLOWE, TO ANTONY HARLOWE, ESQ.
SUNDAY, AUG. 13.
I am very sorry for my pert letter to my uncle Harlowe. Yet I did not
intend it to be pert. People new to misfortune may be too easily moved
The fall of a regular person, no doubt, is dreadful and inexcusable.
is like the sin of apostacy. Would to Heaven, however, that I had had
the circumstances of mine inquired into!
If, Sir, I make myself worse than I am in my health, and better than I am
in my penitence, it is fit I should be punished for my double
dissimulation: and you have the pleasure of being one of my punishers.
My sincerity in both respects will, however, be best justified by the
event. To that I refer.--May Heaven give you always as much comfort in
reflecting upon the reprobation I have met with, as you seem to have
pleasure in mortifying a young creature, extremely mortified; and that
from a right sense, as she presumes to hope, of her own fault!
What you heard of me I cannot tell. When the nearest and dearest
relations give up an unhappy wretch, it is not to be wondered at that
those who are not related to her are ready to take up and propagate
slanders against her. Yet I think I may defy calumny itself, and
(excepting the fatal, though involuntary step of April 10) wrap myself in
my own innocence, and be easy. I thank you, Sir, nevertheless, for your
caution, mean it what it will.
As to the question required of me to answer, and which is allowed to be
too shocking either for a mother to put to a daughter, or a sister to a
sister; and which, however, you say I must answer;--O Sir!--And must I
answer?--This then be my answer:--'A little time, a much less time than
is imagined, will afford a more satisfactory answer to my whole family,
and even to my brother and sister, than I can give in words.'
Nevertheless, be pleased to let it be remembered, that I did not petition
for a restoration to favour. I could not hope for that. Nor yet to be
put in possession of any part of my own estate. Nor even for means of
necessary subsistence from the produce of that estate--but only for a
blessing; for a last blessing!
And this I will farther add, because it is true, that I have no wilful
crime to charge against myself: no free living at bed and at board, as
you phrase it!
Why, why, Sir, were not other inquiries made of me, as well as this
shocking one?--inquiries that modesty would have permitted a mother or
sister to make; and which, if I may be excused to say so, would have been
still less improper, and more charitable, to have been made by uncles,
(were the mother forbidden, or the sister not inclined, to make them,)
than those they have made.
Although my humble application has brought upon me so much severe
reproach, I repent not that I have written to my mother, (although I
cannot but wish that I had not written to my sister;) because I have
satisfied a dutiful consciousness by it, however unanswered by the
wished-for success. Nevertheless, I cannot help saying, that mine is
indeed a hard fate, that I cannot beg pardon for my capital errors
without doing it in such terms as shall be an aggravation of the offence.
But I had best leave off, lest, as my full mind, I find, is rising to my
pen, I have other pardons to beg as I multiply lines, where none at all
will be given.
God Almighty bless, preserve, and comfort my dear sorrowing and
grievously offended father and mother!--and continue in honour, favour,
and merit, my happy sister!--May God forgive my brother, and protect him
from the violence of his own temper, as well as from the destroyer of his
sister's honour!--And may you, my dear uncle, and your no less now than
ever dear brother, my second papa, as he used to bid me call him, be
blessed and happy in them, and in each other!--And, in order to this, may
you all speedily banish from your remembrance, for ever,
MRS. NORTON, TO MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE
MONDAY, AUG. 14.
All your friends here, my dear young lady, now seem set upon proposing to
you to go to one of the plantations. This, I believe, is owing to some
misrepresentations of Mr. Brand; from whom they have received a letter.
I wish, with all my heart, that you could, consistently with your own
notions of honour, yield to the pressing requests of all Mr. Lovelace's
family in his behalf. This, I think, would stop every mouth; and, in
time, reconcile every body to you. For your own friends will not believe
that he is in earnest to marry you; and the hatred between the families
is such, that they will not condescend to inform themselves better; nor
would believe him, if he were ever so solemnly to avow that he is.
I should be very glad to have in readiness, upon occasion, some brief
particulars of your sad story under your own hand. But let me tell you,
at the same time, that no misrepresentations, nor even your own
confession, shall lessen my opinion either of your piety, or of your
prudence in essential points; because I know it was always your humble
way to make light faults heavy against yourself: and well might you, my
dearest young lady, aggravate your own failings, who have ever had so
few; and those few so slight, that your ingenuousness has turned most of
them into excellencies.
Nevertheless, let me advise you, my dear Miss Clary, to discountenance
any visits, which, with the censorious, may affect your character. As
that has not hitherto suffered by your wilful default, I hope you will
not, in a desponding negligence (satisfying yourself with a consciousness
of your own innocence) permit it to suffer. Difficult situations, you
know, my dear young lady, are the tests not only of prudence but of
I think, I must own to you, that, since Mr. Brand's letter has been
received, I have a renewed prohibition to attend you. However, if you
will give me leave, that shall not detain me from you. Nor would I stay
for that leave, if I were not in hopes that, in this critical situation,
I may be able to do you service here.
I have often had messages and inquiries after your health from the
truly-reverend Dr. Lewen, who has always expressed, and still expresses,
infinite concern for you. He entirely disapproves of the measures of the
family with regard to you. He is too much indisposed to go abroad. But,
were he in good health, he would not, as I understand, visit at
Harlowe-place, having some time since been unhandsomely treated by your
brother, on his offering to mediate for you with your family.
I am just now informed that your cousin Morden is arrived in England. He
is at Canterbury, it seems, looking after some concerns he has there; and
is soon expected in these parts. Who knows what may arise from his
arrival? God be with you, my dearest Miss Clary, and be your comforter
and sustainer. And never fear but He will; for I am sure, I am very
sure, that you put your whole trust in Him.
And what, after all, is this world, on which we so much depend for
durable good, poor creatures that we are!--When all the joys of it, and
(what is a balancing comfort) all the troubles of it, are but momentary,
and vanish like a morning dream!
And be this remembered, my dearest young lady, that worldly joy claims no
kindred with the joys we are bid to aspire after. These latter we must
be fitted for by affliction and disappointment. You are therefore in the
direct road to glory, however thorny the path you are in. And I had
almost said, that it depends upon yourself, by your patience, and by your
resignedness to the dispensation, (God enabling you, who never fails the
true penitent, and sincere invoker,) to be an heir of a blessed
But this glory, I humbly pray, that you may not be permitted to enter
into, ripe as you are so soon to be for it, till, with your gentle hand,
(a pleasure I have so often, as you now, promised to myself,) you have
closed the eyes of
MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE, TO MRS. NORTON
THURSDAY, AUG. 27.
What Mr. Brand, or any body, can have written or said to my prejudice, I
cannot imagine; and yet some evil reports have gone out against me; as I
find by some hints in a very severe letter written to me by my uncle
Antony. Such a letter as I believe was never written to any poor
creature, who, by ill health of body, as well as of mind, was before
tottering on the brink of the grave. But my friends may possibly be
better justified than the reporters--For who knows what they may have
You give me a kind caution, which seems to imply more than you express,
when you advise me against countenancing visiters that may discredit me.
You have spoken quite out. Surely, I have had afflictions enow to
strengthen my mind, and to enable it to bear the worst that can now
happen. But I will not puzzle myself by conjectural evils; as I might
perhaps do, if I had not enow that were certain. I shall hear all, when
it is thought proper that I should. Mean time, let me say, for your
satisfaction, that I know not that I have any thing criminal or
disreputable to answer for either in word or deed, since the fatal 10th
of April last.
You desire an account of what passes between me and my friends; and also
particulars or brief heads of my sad story, in order to serve me as
occasion shall offer. My dear good Mrs. Norton, you shall have a whole
packet of papers, which I have sent to my Miss Howe, when she returns
them; and you shall have likewise another packet, (and that with this
letter,) which I cannot at present think of sending to that dear friend
for the sake of my own relations; whom, without seeing that packet, she
is but too ready to censure heavily. From these you will be able to
collect a great deal of my story. But for what is previous to these
papers, and which more particularly relates to what I have suffered from
Mr. Lovelace, you must have patience; for at present I have neither head
nor heart for such subjects. The papers I send you with this will be
those mentioned in the margin.* You must restore them to me as soon as
perused; and upon your honour make no use of them, or of any intelligence
you have from me, but by my previous consent.
* 1. A copy of mine to my sister, begging
off my father's malediction . . . . . . dated July 21.
2. My sister's answer . . . . . . . . . . . dated July 27.
3. Copy of my second letter to my sister. . dated July 29.
4. My sister's answer . . . . . . . . . . . dated Aug. 3.
5. Copy of my Letter to my mother . . . . . dated Aug. 5.
6. My uncle Harlowe's letter . . . . . . . dated Aug. 7.
7. Copy of my answer to it . . . . . . . . dated the 1oth.
8. Letter from my uncle Antony . . . . . . dated the 12th.
9. And lastly, the copy of my answer to it. dated the 13th.
These communications you must not, my good Mrs. Norton, look upon as
appeals against my relations. On the contrary, I am heartily sorry that
they have incurred the displeasure of so excellent a divine as Dr. Lewen.
But you desire to have every thing before you: and I think you ought; for
who knows, as you say, but you may be applied to at last to administer
comfort from their conceding hearts, to one that wants it; and who
sometimes, judging by what she knows of her own heart, thinks herself
entitled to it?
I know that I have a most indulgent and sweet-tempered mother; but,
having to deal with violent spirits, she has too often forfeited that
peace of mind which she so much prefers, by her over concern to preserve
I am sure she would not have turned me over for an answer to a letter
written with so contrite and fervent a spirit, as was mine to her, to a
masculine spirit, had she been left to herself.
But, my dear Mrs. Norton, might not, think you, the revered lady have
favoured me with one private line?----If not, might not you have written
by her order, or connivance, one softening, one motherly line, when she
saw her poor girl, whom once she dearly loved, borne so hard upon?
O no, she might not!--because her heart, to be sure, is in their
measures! and if she think them right, perhaps they must be right!--at
least, knowing only what they know, they must!--and yet they might know
all, if they would!--and possibly, in their own good time, they think to
make proper inquiry.--My application was made to them but lately.--Yet
how deeply will it afflict them, if their time should be out of time!
When you have before you the letters I have sent to Miss Howe, you will
see that Lord M. and the Ladies of his family, jealous as they are of the
honour of their house, (to express myself in their language,) think
better of me than my own relations do. You will see an instance of their
generosity to me, which at the time extremely affected me, and indeed
still affects me. Unhappy man! gay, inconsiderate, and cruel! what has
been his gain by making unhappy a creature who hoped to make him happy!
and who was determined to deserve the love of all to whom he is related!
--Poor man!--but you will mistake a compassionate and placable nature for
love!--he took care, great care, that I should rein-in betimes any
passion that I might have had for him, had he known how to be but
commonly grateful or generous!--But the Almighty knows what is best for
his poor creatures.
Some of the letters in the same packet will also let you into the
knowledge of a strange step which I have taken, (strange you will think
it); and, at the same time, give you my reasons for taking it.*
* She means that of making Mr. Belford her executor.
It must be expected, that situations uncommonly difficult will make
necessary some extraordinary steps, which, but for those situations,
would be hardly excusable. It will be very happy indeed, and somewhat
wonderful, if all the measures I have been driven to take should be
right. A pure intention, void of all undutiful resentment, is what must
be my consolation, whatever others may think of those measures, when they
come to know them: which, however, will hardly be till it is out of my
power to justify them, or to answer for myself.
I am glad to hear of my cousin Morden's safe arrival. I should wish to
see him methinks: but I am afraid that he will sail with the stream; as
it must be expected, that he will hear what they have to say first.--But
what I most fear is, that he will take upon himself to avenge me. Rather
than he should do so, I would have him look upon me as a creature utterly
unworthy of his concern; at least of his vindictive concern.
How soothing to the wounded heart of your Clarissa, how balmy are the
assurances of your continued love and favour;--love me, my dear mamma
Norton, continue to love me, to the end!--I now think that I may, without
presumption, promise to deserve your love to the end. And, when I am
gone, cherish my memory in your worthy heart; for in so doing you will
cherish the memory of one who loves and honours you more than she can
But when I am no more, I charge you, as soon as you can, the smarting
pangs of grief that will attend a recent loss; and let all be early
turned into that sweetly melancholy regard to MEMORY, which, engaging us
to forget all faults, and to remember nothing but what was thought
amiable, gives more pleasure than pain to survivors--especially if they
can comfort themselves with the humble hope, that the Divine mercy has
taken the dear departed to itself.
And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early
departure and the longest survivance!--and what the consolation attending
the sweet hope of meeting again, never more to be separated, never more
to be pained, grieved, or aspersed;--but mutually blessing, and being
blessed, to all eternity!
In the contemplation of this happy state, in which I hope, in God's good
time, to rejoice with you, my beloved Mrs. Norton, and also with my dear
relations, all reconciled to, and blessing the child against whom they
are now so much incensed, I conclude myself
Your ever dutiful and affectionate
MR. LOVELACE, TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.
SUNDAY, AUG. 13.
I don't know what a devil ails me; but I never was so much indisposed in
my life. At first, I thought some of my blessed relations here had got a
dose administered to me, in order to get the whole house to themselves.
But, as I am the hopes of the family, I believe they would not be so
I must lay down my pen. I cannot write with any spirit at all. What a
plague can be the matter with me!
Lord M. paid me just now a cursed gloomy visit, to ask how I do after
bleeding. His sisters both drove away yesterday, God be thanked. But
they asked not my leave; and hardly bid me good-bye. My Lord was more
tender, and more dutiful, than I expected. Men are less unforgiving than
women. I have reason to say so, I am sure. For, besides implacable Miss
Harlowe, and the old Ladies, the two Montague apes han't been near me
Neither eat, drink, nor sleep!--a piteous case, Jack! If I should die
like a fool now, people would say Miss Harlowe had broken my heart.--That
she vexes me to the heart, is certain.
Confounded squeamish! I would fain write it off. But must lay down my
pen again. It won't do. Poor Lovelace!----What a devil ails thee?
Well, but now let's try for't--Hoy--Hoy--Hoy! Confound me for a gaping
puppy, how I yawn!--Where shall I begin? at thy executorship--thou shalt
have a double office of it: for I really think thou mayest send me a
coffin and a shroud. I shall be ready for them by the time they can come
What a little fool is this Miss Harlowe! I warrant she'll now repent
that she refused me. Such a lovely young widow--What a charming widow
would she have made! how would she have adorned the weeds! to be a widow
in the first twelve months is one of the greatest felicities that can
befal a fine woman. Such pretty employment in new dismals, when she had
hardly worn round her blazing joyfuls! Such lights, and such shades! how
would they set off one another, and be adorned by the wearer!--
Go to the devil!--I will write!--Can I do anything else?
They would not have me write, Belford.--I must be ill indeed, when I
But thou seemest nettled, Jack! Is it because I was stung? It is not
for two friends, any more than for man and wife, to be out of patience
at one time.--What must be the consequence if they are?--I am in no
fighting mood just now: but as patient and passive as the chickens that
are brought me in broth--for I am come to that already.
But I can tell thee, for all this, be thy own man, if thou wilt, as to
the executorship, I will never suffer thee to expose my letters. They
are too ingenuous by half to be seen. And I absolutely insist upon it,
that, on receipt of this, thou burn them all.
I will never forgive thee that impudent and unfriendly reflection, of my
cavaliering it here over half a dozen persons of distinction: remember,
too, thy words poor helpless orphan--these reflections are too serious,
and thou art also too serious, for me to let these things go off as
jesting; notwithstanding the Roman style* is preserved; and, indeed, but
just preserved. By my soul, Jack, if I had not been taken thus
egregiously cropsick, I would have been up with thee, and the lady too,
* For what these gentlemen mean by the Roman style, see Vol. I. Letter
XXXI. in the first note.
But write on, however: and send me copies, if thou canst, of all that
passes between our Charlotte and Miss Harlowe. I'll take no notice of
what thou communicatest of that sort. I like not the people here the
worse for their generous offer to the lady. But you see she is as proud
as implacable. There's no obliging her. She'd rather sell her clothes
than be beholden to any body, although she would oblige by permitting the
O Lord! O Lord!--Mortal ill!--Adieu, Jack!
I was forced to leave off, I was so ill, at this place. And what dost
think! why Lord M. brought the parson of the parish to pray by me; for
his chaplain is at Oxford. I was lain down in my night-gown over my
waistcoat, and in a doze: and, when I opened my eyes, who should I see,
but the parson kneeling on one side the bed; Lord M. on the other; Mrs.
Greme, who had been sent for to tend me, as they call it, at the feet!
God be thanked, my Lord, said I in an ecstasy!--Where's Miss?--for I
supposed they were going to marry me.
They thought me delirious at first; and prayed louder and louder.
This roused me: off the bed I started; slid my feet into my slippers;
put my hand in my waistcoat pocket, and pulled out thy letter with my
beloved's meditation in it! My Lord, Dr. Wright, Mrs. Greme, you have
thought me a very wicked fellow: but, see! I can read you as good as you
can read me.
They stared at one another. I gaped, and read, Poor mo--or--tals the
cau--o--ause of their own--their own mi--ser--ry.
It is as suitable to my case, as to the lady's, as thou'lt observe, if
thou readest it again.* At the passage where it is said, That when a man
is chastened for sin, his beauty consumes away, I stept to the glass: A
poor figure, by Jupiter, cried I!--And they all praised and admired me;
lifted up their hands and their eyes; and the doctor said, he always
thought it impossible, that a man of my sense could be so wild as the
world said I was. My Lord chuckled for joy; congratulated me; and, thank
my dear Miss Harlowe, I got high reputation among good, bad, and
indifferent. In short, I have established myself for ever with all here.
--But, O Belford, even this will not do--I must leave off again.
* See Vol. VII. Letter LXXXI.
A visit from the Montague sisters, led in by the hobbling Peer, to
congratulate my amendment and reformation both in one. What a lucky
event this illness with this meditation in my pocket; for we were all to
pieces before! Thus, when a boy, have I joined with a crowd coming out
of church, and have been thought to have been there myself.
I am incensed at the insolence of the young Levite. Thou wilt highly
oblige me, if thou'lt find him out, and send me his ears in the next
My beloved mistakes me, if she thinks I proposed her writing to me as an
alternative that should dispense with my attendance upon her. That it
shall not do, nor did I intend it should, unless she pleased me better in
the contents of her letter than she has done. Bid her read again. I
gave no such hopes. I would have been with her in spite of you both, by
to-morrow, at farthest, had I not been laid by the heels thus, like a
But I grow better and better every hour, I say: the doctor says not: but
I am sure I know best: and I will soon be in London, depend on't. But
say nothing of this to my dear, cruel, and implacable Miss Harlowe.
A--dieu--u, Ja--aack--What a gaping puppy (yaw--n! yaw--n! yaw--n!)
MR. BELFORD, TO ROBERT LOVELACE, ESQ.
MONDAY, AUG. 15.
I am extremely concerned for thy illness. I should be very sorry to lose
thee. Yet, if thou diest so soon, I could wish, from my soul, it had
been before the beginning of last April: and this as well for thy sake,
as for the sake of the most excellent woman in the world: for then thou
wouldst not have had the most crying sin of thy life to answer for.
I was told on Saturday that thou wert very much out of order; and this
made me forbear writing till I heard farther. Harry, on his return from
thee, confirmed the bad way thou art in. But I hope Lord M. in his
unmerited tenderness for thee, thinks the worst of thee. What can it be,
Bob.? A violent fever, they say; but attended with odd and severe
I will not trouble thee in the way thou art in, with what passes here
with Miss Harlowe. I wish thy repentance as swift as thy illness; and as
efficacious, if thou diest; for it is else to be feared, that she and you
will never meet in one place.
I told her how ill you are. Poor man! said she. Dangerously ill, say
Dangerously indeed, Madam!--So Lord M. sends me word!
God be merciful to him, if he die!--said the admirable creature.--Then,
after a pause, Poor wretch!--may he meet with the mercy he has not shown!
I send this by a special messenger: for I am impatient to hear how it
goes with thee.--If I have received thy last letter, what melancholy
reflections will that last, so full of shocking levity, give to
Thy true friend,
MR. LOVELACE, TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.
TUESDAY, AUG. 15.*
* Text error: should be Aug. 16.
Thank thee, Jack; most heartily I thank thee, for the sober conclusion of
thy last!--I have a good mind, for the sake of it, to forgive thy till
now absolutely unpardonable extracts.
But dost think I will lose such an angel, such a forgiving angel, as
this?--By my soul, I will not!--To pray for mercy for such an ungrateful
miscreant!--how she wounds me, how she cuts me to the soul, by her
exalted generosity!--But SHE must have mercy upon me first!--then will
she teach me a reliance for the sake of which her prayer for me will be
But hasten, hasten to me particulars of her health, of her employments,
of her conversation.
I am sick only of love! Oh! that I could have called her mine!--it would
then have been worth while to be sick!--to have sent for her down to me
from town; and to have had her, with healing in her dove-like wings,
flying to my comfort; her duty and her choice to pray for me, and to bid
me live for her sake!--O Jack! what an angel have I--
But I have not lost her!--I will not lose her! I am almost well; should
be quite well but for these prescribing rascals, who, to do credit to
their skill, will make the disease of importance.--And I will make her
mine!--and be sick again, to entitle myself to her dutiful tenderness,
and pious as well as personal concern!
God for ever bless her!--Hasten, hasten particulars of her!--I am sick
of love!--such generous goodness!--By all that's great and good, I will
not lose her!--so tell her!--She says, that she could not pity me, if she
thought of being mine! This, according to Miss Howe's transcriptions to
Charlotte.--But bid her hate me, and have me: and my behaviour to her
shall soon turn that hate to love! for, body and mind, I will be wholly
MR. BELFORD, TO ROBERT LOVELACE, ESQ.
THURSDAY, AUG. 17.
I am sincerely rejoiced to hear that thou art already so much amended, as
thy servant tells me thou art. Thy letter looks as if thy morals were
mending with thy health. This was a letter I could show, as I did, to
She is very ill: (cursed letters received from her implacable family!) so
I could not have much conversation with her, in thy favour, upon it.--But
what passed will make thee more and more adore her.
She was very attentive to me, as I read it; and, when I had done, Poor
man! said she; what a letter is this! He had timely instances that my
temper was not ungenerous, if generosity could have obliged him! But his
remorse, and that for his own sake, is all the punishment I wish him.--
Yet I must be more reserved, if you write to him every thing I say!
I extolled her unbounded goodness--how could I help it, though to her
No goodness in it! she said--it was a frame of mind she had endeavoured
after for her own sake. She suffered too much in want of mercy, not to
wish it to a penitent heart. He seems to be penitent, said she; and it
is not for me to judge beyond appearances.--If he be not, he deceives
himself more than any body else.
She was so ill that this was all that passed on the occasion.
What a fine subject for tragedy, would the injuries of this lady, and her
behaviour under them, both with regard to her implacable friends, and to
her persecutor, make! With a grand objection as to the moral,
nevertheless;* for here virtue is punished! Except indeed we look
forward to the rewards of HEREAFTER, which, morally, she must be sure of,
or who can? Yet, after all, I know not, so sad a fellow art thou, and so
vile an husband mightest thou have made, whether her virtue is not
rewarded in missing thee: for things the most grievous to human nature,
when they happen, as this charming creature once observed, are often the
happiest for us in the event.
* Mr. Belford's objections, That virtue ought not to suffer in a tragedy,
is not well considered: Monimia in the Orphean, Belvidera in Venice
Preserved, Athenais in Theodosius, Cordelia in Shakespeare's King Lear,
Desdemona in Othello, Hamlet, (to name no more,) are instances that a
tragedy could hardly be justly called a tragedy, if virtue did not
temporarily suffer, and vice for a while triumph. But he recovers
himself in the same paragraph; and leads us to look up to the FUTURE for
the reward of virtue, and for the punishment of guilt: and observes not
amiss, when he says, He knows not but that the virtue of such a woman as
Clarissa is rewarded in missing such a man as Lovelace.
I have frequently thought, in my attendance on this lady, that if
Belton's admired author, Nic. Rowe, had had such a character before him,
he would have drawn another sort of penitent than he has done, or given
his play, which he calls The Fair Penitent, a fitter title. Miss Harlowe
is a penitent indeed! I think, if I am not guilty of a contradiction in
terms; a penitent without a fault; her parents' conduct towards her from
the first considered.
The whole story of the other is a pack of d----d stuff. Lothario, 'tis
true, seems such another wicked ungenerous varlet as thou knowest who:
the author knew how to draw a rake; but not to paint a penitent. Calista
is a desiring luscious wench, and her penitence is nothing else but rage,
insolence, and scorn. Her passions are all storm and tumult; nothing of
the finer passions of the sex, which, if naturally drawn, will
distinguish themselves from the masculine passions, by a softness that
will even shine through rage and despair. Her character is made up of
deceit and disguise. She has no virtue; is all pride; and her devil is
as much within her, as without her.
How then can the fall of such a one create a proper distress, when all
the circumstances of it are considered? For does she not brazen out her
crime, even after detection? Knowing her own guilt, she calls for
Altamont's vengeance on his best friend, as if he had traduced her;
yields to marry Altamont, though criminal with another; and actually beds
that whining puppy, when she had given up herself, body and soul, to
Lothario; who, nevertheless, refused to marry her.
Her penitence, when begun, she justly styles the phrensy of her soul;
and, as I said, after having, as long as she could, most audaciously
brazened out her crime, and done all the mischief she could do,
(occasioning the death of Lothario, of her father, and others,) she stabs
And can this be the act of penitence?
But, indeed, our poets hardly know how to create a distress without
horror, murder, and suicide; and must shock your soul, to bring tears
from your eyes.
Altamont indeed, who is an amorous blockhead, a credulous cuckold, and,
(though painted as a brave fellow, and a soldier,) a mere Tom. Essence,
and a quarreler with his best friend, dies like a fool, (as we are led to
suppose at the conclusion of the play,) without either sword or pop-gun,
of mere grief and nonsense for one of the vilest of her sex: but the Fair
Penitent, as she is called, perishes by her own hand; and, having no
title by her past crimes to laudable pity, forfeits all claim to true
penitence, and, in all probability, to future mercy.
But here is Miss CLARISSA HARLOWE, a virtuous, noble, wise, and pious
young lady; who being ill used by her friends, and unhappily ensnared by
a vile libertine, whom she believes to be a man of honour, is in a manner
forced to throw herself upon his protection. And he, in order to obtain
her confidence, never scruples the deepest and most solemn protestations
After a series of plots and contrivances, al baffled by her virtue and
vigilance, he basely has recourse to the vilest of arts, and, to rob her
of her honour, is forced first to rob her of her senses.
Unable to bring her, notwithstanding, to his ungenerous views of
cohabitation, she over-awes him in the very entrance of a fresh act of
premeditated guilt, in presence of the most abandoned of women assembled
to assist his devilish purpose; triumphs over them all, by virtue only of
her innocence; and escapes from the vile hands he had put her into.
She nobly, not franticly, resents: refuses to see or to marry the wretch;
who, repenting his usage of so divine a creature, would fain move her to
forgive his baseness, and make him her husband: and this, though
persecuted by all her friends, and abandoned to the deepest distress,
being obliged, from ample fortunes, to make away with her apparel for
subsistence; surrounded also by strangers, and forced (in want of others)
to make a friend of the friend of her seducer.
Though longing for death, and making all proper preparations for it,
convinced that grief and ill usage have broken her noble heart, she
abhors the impious thought of shortening her allotted period; and, as
much a stranger to revenge as despair, is able to forgive the author of
her ruin; wishes his repentance, and that she may be the last victim to
his barbarous perfidy: and is solicitous for nothing so much in this
life, as to prevent vindictive mischief to and from the man who used her
This is penitence! This is piety! And hence distress naturally arises,
that must worthily effect every heart.
Whatever the ill usage of this excellent woman is from her relations, she
breaks not out into excesses: she strives, on the contrary, to find
reason to justify them at her own expense; and seems more concerned for
their cruelty to her for their sakes hereafter, when she shall be no
more, than for her own: for, as to herself, she is sure, she says, God
will forgive her, though no one on earth will.
On every extraordinary provocation she has recourse to the Scriptures,
and endeavours to regulate her vehemence by sacred precedents. 'Better
people, she says, have been more afflicted than she, grievous as she
sometimes thinks her afflictions: and shall she not bear what less faulty
persons have borne?' On the very occasion I have mentioned, (some new
instances of implacableness from her friends,) the enclosed meditation
will show how mildly, and yet how forcibly, she complains. See if thou,
in the wicked levity of thy heart, canst apply it to thy cause, as thou
didst the other. If thou canst not, give way to thy conscience, and that
will make the properest application.
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words!
Be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
To her that is afflicted, pity should be shown from her friend.
But she that is ready to slip with her feet, is as a lamp despised in the
thought of them that are at ease.
There is a shame which bringeth sin, and there is a shame which bringeth
glory and grace.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye, my friends! for the hand of
God hath touched me.
If your soul were in my soul's stead, I also could speak as ye do: I
could heap up words against you--
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips
should assuage your grief.
Why will ye break a leaf driven to and fro? Why will ye pursue the dry
stubble? Why will ye write bitter words against me, and make me possess
the iniquities of my youth?
Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the
time of drought.
Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little--before I go whence I shall not return; even to the land
of darkness, and shadow of death!
Let me add, that the excellent lady is informed, by a letter from Mrs.
Norton, that Colonel Morden is just arrived in England. He is now the
only person she wishes to see.
I expressed some jealousy upon it, lest he should have place given over
me in the executorship. She said, That she had no thoughts to do so now;
because such a trust, were he to accept of it, (which she doubted,)
might, from the nature of some of the papers which in that case would
necessarily pass through his hands, occasion mischiefs between my friend
and him, that would be worse than death for her to think of.
Poor Belton, I hear, is at death's door. A messenger is just come from
him, who tells me he cannot die till he sees me. I hope the poor fellow
will not go off yet; since neither his affairs of this world, nor for the
other, are in tolerable order. I cannot avoid going to the poor man.
Yet am unwilling to stir, till I have an assurance from you that you will
not disturb the lady: for I know he will be very loth to part with me,
when he gets me to him.
Tourville tells me how fast thou mendest: let me conjure thee not to
think of molesting this incomparable woman. For thy own sake I request
this, as well as for her's, and for the sake of thy given promise: for,
should she die within a few weeks, as I fear she will, it will be said,
and perhaps too justly, that thy visit has hastened her end.
In hopes thou wilt not, I wish thy perfect recovery: else that thou
mayest relapse, and be confined to thy bed.
MR. BELFORD, TO MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE
SAT. MORN. AUG. 19.
I think myself obliged in honour to acquaint you that I am afraid Mr.
Lovelace will try his fate by an interview with you.
I wish to Heaven you could prevail upon yourself to receive his visit.
All that is respectful, even to veneration, and all that is penitent,
will you see in his behaviour, if you can admit of it. But as I am
obliged to set out directly for Epsom, (to perform, as I apprehend, the
last friendly offices for poor Mr. Belton, whom once you saw,) and as I
think it more likely that Mr. Lovelace will not be prevailed upon, than
that he will, I thought fit to give you this intimation, lest, if he
should come, you should be too much surprised.
He flatters himself that you are not so ill as I represent you to be.
When he sees you, he will be convinced that the most obliging things he
can do, will be as proper to be done for the sake of his own future peace
of mind, as for your health-sake; and, I dare say, in fear of hurting the
latter, he will forbear the thoughts of any farther intrusion; at least
while you are so much indisposed: so that one half-hour's shock, if it
will be a shock to see the unhappy man, (but just got up himself from a
dangerous fever,) will be all you will have occasion to stand.
I beg you will not too much hurry and discompose yourself. It is
impossible he can be in town till Monday, at soonest. And if he resolve
to come, I hope to be at Mr. Smith's before him.
I am, Madam, with the profoundest veneration,
Your most faithful and most obedient servant,
MR. LOVELACE, TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.
[IN ANSWER TO HIS OF AUG. 17. SEE LETTER X. OF THIS VOLUME.]
SUNDAY, AUG. 20.
What an unmerciful fellow art thou! A man has no need of a conscience,
who has such an impertinent monitor. But if Nic. Rowe wrote a play that
answers not his title, am I to be reflected upon for that?--I have
sinned; I repent; I would repair--she forgives my sin: she accepts my
repentance: but she won't let me repair--What wouldst thou have me do?
But get thee gone to Belton, as soon as thou canst. Yet whether thou
goest or not, up I must go, and see what I can do with the sweet oddity
myself. The moment these prescribing varlets will let me, depend
upon it, I go. Nay, Lord M. thinks she ought to permit me one interview.
His opinion has great authority with me--when it squares with my own: and
I have assured him, and my two cousins, that I will behave with all the
decency and respect that man can behave with to the person whom he most
respects. And so I will. Of this, if thou choosest not to go to Belton
mean time, thou shalt be witness.
Colonel Morden, thou hast heard me say, is a man of honour and bravery:--
but Colonel Morden has had his girls, as well as you or I. And indeed,
either openly or secretly, who has not? The devil always baits with a
pretty wench, when he angles for a man, be his age, rank, or degree, what
I have often heard my beloved speak of the Colonel with great distinction
and esteem. I wish he could make matters a little easier, for her mind's
sake, between the rest of the implacables and herself.
Methinks I am sorry for honest Belton. But a man cannot be ill, or
vapourish, but thou liftest up thy shriek-owl note, and killest him
immediately. None but a fellow, who is for a drummer in death's
forlorn-hope, could take so much delight, as thou dost, in beating a
dead-march with thy goose-quills. Whereas, didst thou but know thine own
talents, thou art formed to give mirth by thy very appearance; and
wouldst make a better figure by half, leading up thy brother-bears at
Hockley in the Hole, to the music of a Scot's bagpipe. Methinks I see
thy clumsy sides shaking, (and shaking the sides of all beholders,) in
these attitudes; thy fat head archly beating time on thy porterly
shoulders, right and left by turns, as I once beheld thee practising to
the horn-pipe at Preston. Thou remembrest the frolick, as I have done
an hundred times; for I never before saw thee appear so much in
But I know what I shall get by this--only that notable observation
repeated, That thy outside is the worst of thee, and mine the best of me.
And so let it be. Nothing thou writest of this sort can I take amiss.
But I shall call thee seriously to account, when I see thee, for the
extracts thou hast given the lady from my letters, notwithstanding what I
said in my last; especially if she continue to refuse me. An hundred
times have I myself known a woman deny, yet comply at last: but, by these
extracts, thou hast, I doubt, made her bar up the door of her heart, as
she used to do her chamber-door, against me.--This therefore is a
disloyalty that friendship cannot bear, nor honour allow me to forgive.
MR. LOVELACE, TO JOHN BELFORD, ESQ.
LONDON, AUG. 21, MONDAY.
I believe I am bound to curse thee, Jack. Nevertheless I won't
anticipate, but proceed to write thee a longer letter than thou hast had
from me for some time past. So here goes.
That thou mightest have as little notice as possible of the time I was
resolved to be in town, I set out in my Lord's chariot-and-six yesterday,
as soon as I had dispatched my letter to thee, and arrived in town last
night: for I knew I could have no dependence on thy friendship where Miss
Harlowe's humour was concerned.
I had no other place so ready, and so was forced to go to my old
lodgings, where also my wardrobe is; and there I poured out millions of
curses upon the whole crew, and refused to see either Sally or Polly; and
this not only for suffering the lady to escape, but for the villanous
arrest, and for their detestable insolence to her at the officer's house.
I dressed myself in a never-worn suit, which I had intended for one of my
wedding-suits; and liked myself so well, that I began to think, with
thee, that my outside was the best of me:
I took a chair to Smith's, my heart bounding in almost audible thumps to
my throat, with the assured expectations of seeing my beloved. I clasped
my fingers, as I was danced along: I charged my eyes to languish and
sparkle by turns: I talked to my knees, telling them how they must bend;
and, in the language of a charming describer, acted my part in fancy, as
well as spoke it to myself.
Tenderly kneeling, thus will I complain:
Thus court her pity; and thus plead my pain:
Thus sigh for fancy'd frowns, if frowns should rise;
And thus meet favour in her soft'ning eyes.
In this manner entertained I myself till I arrived at Smith's; and there
the fellows set down their gay burden. Off went their hats; Will. ready
at hand in a new livery; up went the head; out rushed my honour; the
woman behind the counter all in flutters, respect and fear giving due
solemnity to her features, and her knees, I doubt not, knocking against
the inside of her wainscot-fence.
Your servant, Madam--Will. let the fellows move to some distance, and
You have a young lady lodges here; Miss Harlowe, Madam: Is she above?
Sir, Sir, and please your Honour: [the woman is struck with my figure,
thought I:] Miss Harlowe, Sir! There is, indeed, such a young lady
lodges here--But, but--
But, what, Madam?--I must see her.--One pair of stairs; is it not?--
Don't trouble yourself--I shall find her apartment. And was making
towards the stairs.
Sir, Sir, the lady, the lady is not at home--she is abroad--she is in the
In the country! Not at home!--Impossible! You will not pass this story
upon me, good woman. I must see her. I have business of life and death
Indeed, Sir, the lady is not at home! Indeed, Sir, she is abroad!--
She then rung a bell: John, cried she, pray step down!--Indeed, Sir, the
lady is not at home.
Down came John, the good man of the house, when I expected one of his
journeymen, by her saucy familiarity.
My dear, said she, the gentleman will not believe Miss Harlowe is abroad.
John bowed to my fine clothes: Your servant, Sir,--indeed the lady is
abroad. She went out of town this morning by six o'clock--into the
country--by the doctor's advice.
Still I would not believe either John or his wife. I am sure, said I,
she cannot be abroad. I heard she was very ill--she is not able to go
out in a coach. Do you know Mr. Belford, friend?
Yes, Sir; I have the honour to know 'Squire Belford. He is gone into the
country to visit a sick friend. He went on Saturday, Sir.
This had also been told from thy lodgings to Will. whom I sent to desire
to see thee on my first coming to town.
Well, and Mr. Belford wrote me word that she was exceeding ill. How then
can she be gone out?
O Sir, she is very ill; very ill, indeed--she could hardly walk to the
Belford, thought I, himself knew nothing of the time of my coming;
neither can he have received my letter of yesterday: and so ill, 'tis
impossible she would go out.
Where is her servant? Call her servant to me.
Her servant, Sir, is her nurse: she has no other. And she is gone with
Well, friend, I must not believe you. You'll excuse me; but I must go up
stairs myself. And was stepping up.
John hereupon put on a serious, and a less respectful face--Sir, this
house is mine; and--
And what, friend? not doubting then but she was above.--I must and will
see her. I have authority for it. I am a justice of the peace. I have
a search warrant.
And up I went; they following me, muttering, and in a plaguy flutter.
The first door I came to was locked. I tapped at it.
The lady, Sir, has the key of her own apartment.
On the inside, I question not, my honest friend; tapping again. And
being assured, if she heard my voice, that her timorous and soft temper
would make her betray herself, by some flutters, to my listning ear, I
said aloud, I am confident Miss Harlowe is here: dearest Madam, open the
door: admit me but for one moment to your presence.
But neither answer nor fluttering saluted my ear; and, the people being
very quiet, I led on to the next apartment; and, the key being on the
outside, I opened it, and looked all around it, and into the closet.
The mans said he never saw so uncivil a gentleman in his life.
Hark thee, friend, said I; let me advise thee to be a little decent; or
I shall teach thee a lesson thou never learnedst in all thy life.
Sir, said he, 'tis not like a gentleman, to affront a man in his own
Then prythee, man, replied I, don't crow upon thine own dunghil.
I stept back to the locked door: My dear Miss Harlowe, I beg of you to
open the door, or I'll break it open;--pushing hard against it, that it
The man looked pale: and, trembling with his fright, made a plaguy long
face; and called to one of his bodice-makers above, Joseph, come down
Joseph came down: a lion's-face grinning fellow; thick, and short, and
bushy-headed, like an old oak-pollard. Then did master John put on a
sturdier look. But I only hummed a tune, traversed all the other
apartments, sounded the passages with my knuckles, to find whether there
were private doors, and walked up the next pair of stairs, singing all
the way; John and Joseph, and Mrs. Smith, following me up, trembling.
I looked round me there, and went into two open-door bed-chambers;
searched the closets, and the passages, and peeped through the key-hole
of another: no Miss Harlowe, by Jupiter! What shall I do!--what shall I
do! as the girls say.--Now will she be grieved that she is out of the
I said this on purpose to find out whether these people knew the lady's
story; and had the answer I expected from Mrs. Smith--I believe not, Sir.
Why so, Mrs. Smith? Do you know who I am?
I can guess, Sir.
Whom do you guess me to be?
Your name is Mr. Lovelace, Sir, I make no doubt.
The very same. But how came you to guess so well, dame Smith! You never
saw me before, did you?
Here, Jack, I laid out for a compliment, and missed it.
'Tis easy to guess, Sir; for there cannot be two such gentlemen as you.
Well said, dame Smith--but mean you good or bad?--Handsome was the least
I thought she would have said.
I leave you to guess, Sir.
Condemned, thought I, by myself, on this appeal.
Why, father Smith, thy wife is a wit, man!--Didst thou ever find that out
before?--But where is widow Lovick, dame Smith? My cousin John Belford
says she is a very good woman. Is she within? or is she gone with Miss
She will be within by-and-by, Sir. She is not with the lady.
Well, but my good dear Mrs. Smith, where is the lady gone? and when will
I can't tell, Sir.
Don't tell fibs, dame Smith; don't tell fibs, chucking her under the
chin: which made John's upper-lip, with chin shortened, rise to his nose.
--I am sure you know!--But here's another pair of stairs: let us see: Who
lives up there?--but hold, here's another room locked up, tapping at the
door--Who's at home? cried I.
That's Mrs. Lovick's apartment. She is gone out, and has the key with
Widow Lovick! rapping again, I believe you are at home: pray open the
John and Joseph muttered and whispered together.
No whispering, honest friends: 'tis not manners to whisper. Joseph, what
said John to thee?
JOHN! Sir, disdainfully repeated the good woman.
I beg pardon, Mrs. Smith: but you see the force of example. Had you
showed your honest man more respect, I should. Let me give you a piece
of advice--women who treat their husbands irreverently, teach strangers
to use them with contempt. There, honest master John; why dost not pull
off thy hat to me?--Oh! so thou wouldst, if thou hadst it on: but thou
never wearest thy hat in thy wife's presence, I believe; dost thou?
None of your fleers and your jeers, Sir, cried John. I wish every
married pair lived as happily as we do.
I wish so too, honest friend. But I'll be hanged if thou hast any
Why so, Sir?
Hast thou?--Answer me, man: Hast thou, or not?
Perhaps not, Sir. But what of that?
What of that?--Why I'll tell thee: The man who has no children by his
wife must put up with plain John. Hadst thou a child or two, thou'dst be
called Mr. Smith, with a courtesy, or a smile at least, at every word.
You are very pleasant, Sir, replied my dame. I fancy, if either my
husband or I had as much to answer for as I know whom, we should not be
Why then, dame Smith, so much the worse for those who were obliged to
keep you company. But I am not merry--I am sad!--Hey-ho!--Where shall I
find my dear Miss Harlowe?
My beloved Miss Harlowe! [calling at the foot of the third pair of
stairs,] if you are above, for Heaven's sake answer me. I am coming up.
Sir, said the good man, I wish you'd walk down. The servants' rooms, and
the working-rooms, are up those stairs, and another pair; and nobody's
there that you want.
Shall I go up, and see if Miss Harlowe be there, Mrs. Smith?
You may, Sir, if you please.
Then I won't; for, if she was, you would not be so obliging.
I am ashamed to give you all this attendance: you are the politest
traders I ever knew. Honest Joseph, slapping him upon the shoulders on
a sudden, which made him jump, didst ever grin for a wager, man?--for the
rascal seemed not displeased with me; and, cracking his flat face from
ear to ear, with a distended mouth, showed his teeth, as broad and as
black as his thumb-nails.--But don't I hinder thee? What canst earn
Half-a-crown I can earn a-day; with an air of pride and petulance, at
There then is a day's wages for thee. But thou needest not attend me
Come, Mrs. Smith, come John, (Master Smith I should say,) let's walk
down, and give me an account where the lady is gone, and when she will
So down stairs led I. John and Joseph (thought I had discharged the
latter,) and my dame, following me, to show their complaisance to a
I re-entered one of the first-floor rooms. I have a great mind to be
your lodger: for I never saw such obliging folks in my life. What rooms
have you to let?
None at all, Sir.
I am sorry for that. But whose is this?
Mine, Sir, chuffily said John.
Thine, man! why then I will take it of thee. This, and a bed-chamber,
and a garret for one servant, will content me. I will give thee thine
own price, and half a guinea a day over, for those conveniencies.
For ten guineas a day, Sir--
Hold, John! (Master Smith I should say)--Before thou speakest, consider--
I won't be affronted, man.
Sir, I wish you'd walk down, said the good woman. Really, Sir, you
Great liberties I hope you would not say, Mrs. Smith?
Indeed, Sir, I was going to say something like it.
Well, then, I am glad I prevented you; for such words better become my
mouth than yours. But I must lodge with you till the lady returns. I
believe I must. However, you may be wanted in the shop; so we'll talk
that over there.
Down I went, they paying diligent attendance on my steps.
When I came into the shop, seeing no chair or stool, I went behind the
compter, and sat down under an arched kind of canopy of carved work,
which these proud traders, emulating the royal niche-fillers, often give
themselves, while a joint-stool, perhaps, serves those by whom they get
their bread: such is the dignity of trade in this mercantile nation!
I looked about me, and above me; and told them I was very proud of my
seat; asking, if John were ever permitted to fill this superb niche?
Perhaps he was, he said, very surlily.
That is it that makes thee looks so like a statue, man.
John looked plaguy glum upon me. But his man Joseph and my man Will.
turned round with their backs to us, to hide their grinning, with each
his fist in his mouth.
I asked, what it was they sold?
Powder, and wash-balls, and snuff, they said; and gloves and stockings.
O come, I'll be your customer. Will. do I want wash-balls?
Yes, and please your Honour, you can dispense with one or two.
Give him half a dozen, dame Smith.
She told me she must come where I was, to serve them. Pray, Sir, walk
from behind the compter.
Indeed but I won't. The shop shall be mine. Where are they, if a
customer shall come in?
She pointed over my head, with a purse mouth, as if she would not have
simpered, could she have helped it. I reached down the glass, and gave
Will. six. There--put 'em up, Sirrah.
He did, grinning with his teeth out before; which touching my conscience,
as the loss of them was owing to me, Joseph, said I, come hither. Come
hither, man, when I bid thee.
He stalked towards me, his hands behind him, half willing, and half
I suddenly wrapt my arm round his neck. Will. thy penknife, this moment.
D----n the fellow, where's thy penknife?
O Lord! said the pollard-headed dog, struggling to get his head loose
from under my arm, while my other hand was muzzling about his cursed
chaps, as if I would take his teeth out.
I will pay thee a good price, man: don't struggle thus? The penknife,
O Lord, cried Joseph, struggling still more and more: and out comes
Will.'s pruning-knife; for the rascal is a gardener in the country. I
have only this, Sir.
The best in the world to launch a gum. D----n the fellow, why dost
Master and Mistress Smith being afraid, I suppose, that I had a design
upon Joseph's throat, because he was their champion, (and this, indeed,
made me take the more notice of him,) coming towards me with countenances
tragic-comical, I let him go.
I only wanted, said I, to take out two or three of this rascal's broad
teeth, to put them into my servant's jaws--and I would have paid him his
price for them.--I would by my soul, Joseph.
Joseph shook his ears; and with both hands stroked down, smooth as it
would lie, his bushy hair; and looked at me as if he knew not whether he
should laugh or be angry: but, after a stupid stare or two, stalked off
to the other end of the shop, nodding his head at me as he went, still
stroking down his hair; and took his stand by his master, facing about
and muttering, that I was plaguy strong in the arms, and he thought would
have throttled him. Then folding his arms, and shaking his bristled
head, added, 'twas well I was a gentleman, or he would not have taken
such an affront.
I demanded where their rappee was? the good woman pointed to the place;
and I took up a scollop-shell of it, refusing to let her weight it, and
filled my box. And now, Mrs. Smith, said I, where are your gloves?
She showed me; and I chose four pair of them, and set Joseph, who looked
as if he wanted to be taken notice of again, to open the fingers.
A female customer, who had been gaping at the door, came in for some
Scots sniff; and I would serve her. The wench was plaguy homely; and I
told her so; or else, I said, I would have treated her. She, in anger,
[no woman is homely in her own opinion,] threw down her penny; and I put
it in my pocket.
Just then, turning my eye to the door, I saw a pretty, genteel lady, with
a footman after her, peeping in with a What's the matter, good folks? to
the starers; and I ran to her from behind the compter, and, as she was
making off, took her hand, and drew her into the shop; begging that she
would be my customer; for that I had but just begun trade.
What do you sell, Sir? said she, smiling; but a little surprised.
Tapes, ribbands, silk laces, pins, and needles; for I am a pedlar:
powder, patches, wash-balls, stockings, garters, snuffs, and pin
cushions--Don't we, goody Smith?
So in I gently drew her to the compter, running behind it myself, with an
air of great dilingence and obligingness. I have excellent gloves and
wash-balls, Madam: rappee, Scots, Portugal, and all sorts of snuff.
Well, said she, in a very good humour, I'll encourage a young beginner
for once. Here, Andrew, [to her footman,] you want a pair of gloves,
I took down a parcel of gloves, which Mrs. Smith pointed to, and came
round to the fellow to fit them on myself.
No matter for opening them, said I: thy fingers, friend, are as stiff as
drum-sticks. Push!--Thou'rt an awkward dog! I wonder such a pretty lady
will be followed by such a clumsy varlet.
The fellow had no strength for laughing: and Joseph was mightily pleased,
in hopes, I suppose, I would borrow a few of Andrew's teeth, to keep him
in countenance: and, father and mother Smith, like all the world, as the
jest was turned from themselves, seemed diverted with the humour.
The fellow said the gloves were too little.
Thrust, and be d----d to thee, said I: why, fellow, thou hast not the
strength of a cat.
Sir, Sir, said he, laughing, I shall hurt your Honour's side.
D----n thee, thrust I say.
He did; and burst out the sides of the glove.
Will. said I, where's thy pruning-knife? By my soul, friend, I had a
good mind to pare thy cursed paws. But come, here's a larger pair: try
them, when thou gettest home; and let thy sweetheart, if thou hast one,
mend the other, so take both.
The lady laughed at the humour; as did my fellow, and Mrs. Smith, and
Joseph: even John laughed, though he seemed by the force put upon his
countenance to be but half pleased with me neither.
Madam, said I, and stepped behind the compter, bowing over it, now I hope
you will buy something for yourself. Nobody shall use you better, nor
sell you cheaper.
Come, said she, give me six-penny worth of Portugal snuff.
They showed me where it was, and I served her; and said, when she would
have paid me, I took nothing at my opening.
If I treated her footman, she told me, I should not treat her.
Well, with all my heart, said I: 'tis not for us tradesmen to be saucy--
Is it, Mrs. Smith?
I put her sixpence in my pocket; and, seizing her hand, took notice to
her of the crowd that had gathered about the door, and besought her to
walk into the back-shop with me.
She struggled her hand out of mine, and would stay no longer.
So I bowed, and bid her kindly welcome, and thanked her, and hoped I
should have her custom another time.
She went away smiling; and Andrew after her; who made me a fine bow.
I began to be out of countenance at the crowd, which thickened apace; and
bid Will. order the chair to the door.
Well, Mrs. Smith, with a grave air, I am heartily sorry Miss Harlowe is
abroad. You don't tell me where she is?
Indeed, Sir, I cannot.
You will not, you mean.--She could have no notion of my coming. I came
to town but last night. I have been very ill. She has almost broken my
heart by her cruelty. You know my story, I doubt not. Tell her, I must
go out of town to-morrow morning. But I will send my servant, to know if
she will favour me with one half-hour's conversation; for, as soon as I
get down, I shall set out for Dover, in my way to France, if I have not a
countermand from her, who has the sole disposal of my fate.
And so flinging down a Portugal six-and-thirty, I took Mr. Smith by the
hand, telling him, I was sorry we had not more time to be better
acquainted; and bidding farewell to honest Joseph, (who pursed up his
mouth as I passed by him, as if he thought his teeth still in jeopardy,)
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The Yowie is Australia's version of the Yeti, although they are generally classed as a different creature, like the Yeti they are considered by some as a "missing-link": a mix of human and ape - however the Yowie have a reputation for being a fairly aggressive creature and even before colonization of Australia their were Aborigine legends about "wild men": whom the native tribes were said to have fought with.
The Yowie is also blamed for the mutilation and death of household pets such as dogs, the reasons for these attacks could be predatory or simple aggression - rarely (if ever) has a Yowie been depicted as killing a human (though if the Aborigine legends are to be believed the Yowie wasn't beyond fighting with humans in the past).
Some view the Yowie as a relative of the Bunyip - another Australian monster/cryptid - which puts a more supernatural slant to the creature and discredits it in the eyes of many scientists.
Yowie, Whowie, Wowie
Before it was considered to be an Australian yeti, Aborigines once believed about a nocturnal beast with a similar name in myths. A hybrid creature of the night, it assumes a form midway between a reptile and an insect. Those who have glimpsed it say that it has six legs like an insect, the head of a great lizard, a body scaled either like a beetle or a reptile, and the tail of a snake. Apparently, this yowie lives in deep caves and only ventures forth after dark in search of prey. Some of the livestock losses blamed on dingoes may in fact have been caused by prowling yowies.
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A digital multimeter (DMM) is an essential testing tool for any electrical project.
A basic DMM combines the tasks of measuring the 3 fundamental electrical properties for a given component/circuit, Voltage (Volts), Current (Amps), & Resistance (Ohms).
Although a multimeter has the capability to measure all 3 of these parameters, a DMM might still be heard referred to as a “Voltmeter”, “Ammeter”, or “Ohmmeter”.
This is, in large part, due to single task analog meters having been so common before digital technology made it easier/more economical to combine tasks into one multi-functional tool.
There are also numerous models which offer additional features and advanced options. From cars to computers to household appliances, the multimeter is a seriously powerful tool any handyman should have in his/her arsenal to combat faulty electronics and electrical power issues. Whether you are a professional electrician, technician, engineer, or just a DIY kind of person, you can find a DMM model with the specific features you’re looking for to meet your testing needs.
In this article, I will provide in-depth reviews for some of the best modern multimeters available, as well as provide an in-depth buying guide at the bottom of the page here to help you understand the features and functions you should be looking for to meet your needs. I will cover what a multimeter does, how they work, how to use, and show you the best deals on the most modern and up to date multimeters. I’ll do my best to make this an all-encompassing “one stop shop”, so buckle up and let’s get started!
What's in this Guide?
- Here Are The Best Multimeters
- 1. Fluke 87-V True RMS Digital Multimeter (Best Overall)
- 2. KAIWEETS Digital Multimeter True-RMS Digital Multimeter (Budget Pick)
- 3. Fluke 115 Compact True-RMS Digital Multimeter (Best Value)
- 4. FLIR DM166 Industrial Thermal Imaging Multimeter (Best Thermal Imaging)
- 5. Fluke 88V (Best Automotive Multimeter)
- 6. Fluke 1AC II VoltAlert Non-contact Voltage Tester
- 7. Fluke 1577 Insulation multimeter
- 8. INNOVA 3320 (Best Under $20)
- 9. Klein Tools MM6000 Electrician’s HVAC TRMS Multimeter
- 10. Southwire Tools & Equipment 14090T TechnicianPRO
- 11. Fieldpiece LT17AW Digital Multimeter
- 12. Fluke 101 Basic Digital Multimeter (Best Under $50)
- 13. Craftsman 34-82141 Digital Multimeter
- 14. AstroAI Digital Multimeter
- Multimeter Buying Guide
Here Are The Best Multimeters
1. Fluke 87-V True RMS Digital Multimeter (Best Overall)
|Dimensions||9.75 x 6.25 x 3.5 inches|
My Review: For most applications concerning any electrician, engineer, technician, or at-home DIYer, the Fluke 87-V True RMS digital multimeter is my choice for best digital multimeter overall and could easily be discussed as the best value choice as well. As an electrical engineer by profession, this is the model I and the rest of my engineering colleagues in our testing labs use, as well as the technicians who work on our shop floor.
As professionals in a design and manufacturing environment, we choose to use the Fluke because they offer a superior product for the essential tasks we perform on a daily basis, backed with a lifetime warranty. Reliability, durability, precision, and at a price point that is tough to beat.
What I Liked About It: Many of the products I work with, in my industry, are electronics housed in steel enclosures, so the Fluke magnet hanger is perfect for me, as well as an electrician, HVAC professional, etc. who would benefit from having both hands free to work in areas without a table or surface area available.
I have traveled the world with a Fluke 87-V providing engineering support, testing, troubleshooting, and training technicians both domestic and international. It has an excellent display, a plethora of optional accessories, takes reliable and precise measurements, and is intuitively designed with every feature you would ever need, short of some very specialized functionality that would require a much more specialized device.
What I Didn’t Like About It: Although this is my pick for the best DMM overall if I had to choose one thing to about this meter is that it’s not the most compact model on the list. If you’re just looking to do simple tasks such as continuity checks and quick voltage checks you could check out a Fluke 101 or 115 model below which will be a much smaller meter. The 87-V is an incredible meter with precision accuracy, higher current rating, frequency measuring, etc, but if these features happen to be a bit overkill for your needs then there are models that come in a more portable design with equally high build quality reviewed below in this article.
- True RMS for higher accuracy on AC
- Measures 20 A for 30 seconds momentary, 10 A continuous
- Accurately measure frequency of VFD, ASD
2. KAIWEETS Digital Multimeter True-RMS Digital Multimeter (Budget Pick)
|Dimensions||7.48 x 3.54 x 2.17 inches|
|Measurement Type||Multimeter, Voltmeter|
My Review: If you don’t want to ante up hundreds of dollars for a Fluke and want a more budget-friendly option, but still want a solid DMM with nice features to keep around the house, garage, or office for taking basic measurements, check out this KAIWEETS DMM. It’s a best seller for good reason. The bottom line is you will not be getting quite the quality in build and functionality we’ve come to expect from brands like Fluke, Klein, and others, but that’s ok! If you’re not going to be needing a professional level meter and using it every day, then the affordable price point on this model will make it a great budget pick for someone needing to make hobby level, DIY, or at home troubleshooting level measurements.
What I Liked About It: It’s impossible to not love the price point on this one, which made this a natural winner for my best cheap DMM category. I love that, although this multimeter comes at a budget price, it doesn’t come up short on features and functions.
This model is easy to operate and has all the functionality you’d expect plus some other cool and useful features such as non-contact voltage testing, Live function with both a sound and light indicator alarm, Auto-ranging, Low battery indicator prompt, Data retention, and more. One that I like when I was personally using this meter was when I was testing a live wire, the screen color changes to red to indicate this detection. It also had a built-in LED flashlight on the back which I found very useful, as I was taking my measurement inside an enclosure.
What I Didn’t Like About It: Sometimes you get what you pay for, and we could definitely feel the difference in build quality between this meter and bigger name brands we tested like Fluke. This DMM would be great for an engineering student looking for something to use for educational purposes or for small tasks around the house. I would recommend a more rigid designed multimeter if you are needing to use it in a professional capacity and in environments that are harsher on your tools.
- DC Voltage Accuracy: 0.1%
- Measures 20 A for 30 seconds momentary, 10 A continuous
- Accurately measure frequency of VFD, ASD
3. Fluke 115 Compact True-RMS Digital Multimeter (Best Value)
|Dimensions||6.57 x 1.82 x 3.31|
My Review: Of course, Fluke makes the list again and it won’t be the last time either so stay tuned. The Fluke 115 is purpose-built to offer a fully functional multimeter in the most compact form factor possible. It’s got incredible durability and can operate in extreme temperatures thanks to extra internal insulation. Of course, at this price, it’s got a backlit LCD display and a little kickstand that feels pretty hefty and durable. The Fluke 115 is a true-RMS device for incredibly accurate measurements on non-linear loads. It’s rated at CAT III 600V and is also capable of measuring 20A.
What I Liked About It: Although I love my Fluke 87-V, I’ve found I really like the more compact dimensions of the 115 at times. As with most Fluke devices, this one is fully capable of measuring continuity, frequency, diode testing, and capacitance, making the Fluke 115 an awesome value DMM. I love that I’m getting a top-quality brand in Fluke, loaded with all the fundamental multimeter functionality needed for most applications, in a very conveniently sized design, for half the cost of other top-quality models. I consider this a perfect option for a field technician or any professional that travels with their tools and may benefit from a lightweight form factor. I find this to be one of the best value options for anyone who wants a great multimeter built to last.
What I Didn’t Like About It: While I found the compact design of this DMM very appealing for portability, this meter does lack some of the functionality of higher-end fluke models.
- TrueRMS for higher accuracy on AC
- Measures 20 A for 30 seconds momentary, 10 A continuous
- Large LED backlight
4. FLIR DM166 Industrial Thermal Imaging Multimeter (Best Thermal Imaging)
|Dimensions||3.4 x 1.9 x 7.5|
|Measurement Type||Multimeter, Thermal Imaging|
My Review: Okay, so this is probably overkill for 99.9% of our readers here, as it’s capable of thermal imaging, wireless connectivity, data logging, and implements the FLIR InSite professional work tool management software.
What I Liked About It: The thermal imaging, obviously, so let’s touch on that. Why would you even want thermal imaging on a multimeter to begin with? Using FLIR technology, you’ll be able to scan for system components exceeding their thermal ratings. I love this functionality as it instantly alerts you to failing components on major pieces of equipment. These are often used on technology and equipment that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, so I’d say companies certainly don’t mind outfitting their techs with a multimeter that only costs around $340.
- 18 function DMM, includes VFD mode, True RMS, LoZ, NCV, built‐in work light, and a laser pointer
- Onboard data storage for both electrical data and thermal images
- Wirelessly connect to the FLIR InSITE professional workflow management tool
5. Fluke 88V (Best Automotive Multimeter)
|Dimensions||9.75 x 6.25 x 3.5 inches|
Price Range: Under $450
My Review: The Fluke 87V and 88V have many similarities. The key difference between the two is that the 87V is a True-RMS DMM whereas the 88V is optimized with functionality specifically for automotive measurements.
What I Liked About It: I was happy to see Fluke take their 87V model and upgrade specific features that are critical to professionals in the auto industry. The 88V has a higher accuracy rating for measuring basic DC Voltage at 0.1% whereas the 87V has an accuracy of 0.5%. The 88V also includes an optional inductive pickup, that would allow a mechanic to make RPM measurements, and has the ability to perform millisecond accuracy pulse width measurements needed for measuring the pulse width of fuel injectors. I feel like fluke knocked this one out of the park and came up with a design that I consider one of the best automotive DMMs on the market.
- DC Voltage Accuracy: 0.1%
- Measures 20 A for 30 seconds momentary, 10 A continuous
- Accurately measure frequency of VFD, ASD
6. Fluke 1AC II VoltAlert Non-contact Voltage
|Dimensions||10.2 x 3 x 1.5 inches|
My Review: I know what you’re thinking. No, this is not a multimeter. But if you found this page it’s possible that a non-contact voltage tester is actually the handy little tool you’re looking for. It uses a magnetic sensor to determine if a cable or outlet jack is hot. There is not display for measurement readouts, but it is an inexpensive and quite easy to use way to ensure equipment is de-energized before you begin working on it. For that specific application, a non-contact voltage tester is a more convenient and efficient tool to use than a DMM. Just be sure to test both sides of the loop as it will only detect the hot side. As you can imagine, there are many acceptable manufacturers for this product. I stuck with Fluke as my top choice. You get the quality brand name that stands behind their equipment for the lifetime you own it and has thousands of positive ratings from satisfied users, making it an excellent choice if a voltage tester is the type of tool you need or if you decide to add to your tool bag to go along with your new DMM. I know that’s what I would do!
- Range: 90V to 1000V
- Batteries: 2 AAA (included)
- Red light and Beep sound indicator
7. Fluke 1577 Insulation multimeter
|Dimensions||1.97 x 3.94 x 7.99 inches|
My Review: I told you, Fluke was going to make another appearance and here she is! This thing is an absolute monster. Basically, take all the cool features from all of the other multimeters we’ve talked about here and shove them all into one multimeter with the added bonus of insulation features.
What I Liked About It: Not only is it jam-packed with tons of features, its IP40 rated and is capable of surviving 10ft drops. This unit is safety rated at CAT IV and is capable of measuring upwards of 1000V in both AC and DC and up to 60 milliamps. It’s a downright monster of a multimeter, you won’t be disappointed!
- Insulation Test Voltages 500V, 1000V
- Live circuit detection prevents insulation test for voltages over 30V
- True RMS, provides accurate readings when measuring linear or nonlinear loads
8. INNOVA 3320 (Best Under $20)
|Dimensions||2 x 10 x 5 inches|
Price Range: Under $20
My Review: This little $20 gadget packs a surprising amount of punch in a nifty little form factor I’ve grown to appreciate. This is by far one of the best budget multimeters on the market today, I highly recommend buying one, or maybe even two, and having them in the car, on the boat, in the camper, or wherever you may need them!
What I Liked About It: I found that the auto-ranging admittedly, isn’t great, as it does struggle to keep up with fast fluctuations, but it is good enough to make ya lazy on easy projects! As far as general functionality, I’d say the thing has everything basic to get you started and some, including color-coded LEDs, a little kickstand, and rubber drop guards.
- Large digital display with color coded LED’s
- Drop protection corner guards
9. Klein Tools MM6000 Electrician’s HVAC TRMS Multimeter
|Dimensions||8.5 x 6.75 x 2.5 inches|
My Review: With a CAT IV safety rating, a DC accuracy of 0.2%, a super bright backlit LCD, and all the testing you’d ever need, the Klein Tools MM6000 is ready to rock and roll for any HVAC professional or electrician’s needs. It can also test flame sensors and offers analog bar graphs for fluctuating readings. As an added bonus, this device is made with the finest components sourced from South Korea (known to be a leader in these type of components) and hand-assembled right here in the USA. Did I mention it’s one of the best auto-ranging multimeters on the market today with an auto shut-off feature? Klein Tools is a brand many electricians and automotive technicians know and trust, pick one of these up and you won’t regret it. Oh, and it most certainly lives up to its 10ft drop endurance rating!
What I Liked About It: The first thing I noticed when pickup up this Klein Multimeter was the build quality. It feels rigid and the parts look and feel of great quality. This thing is built to last and will likely be something you hand down to your kids that will still be relevant and powerful.
- CAT IV safety rating
- Basic DC accuracy of 0.2%
- Comes with test leads, batteries, thermocouple, carrying case
10. Southwire Tools & Equipment 14090T TechnicianPRO
|Dimensions||3.11 x 1.99 x 6.6 inches|
My Review: Oh boy, where to get started with this one. The first thing you’ll notice is that it’s heavy and feels incredibly durable. This thing feels like it’s ready to go to war, or at least withstand several years of field abuse. The Southwire 14090T multimeter is is CAT IV rated and IP67 waterproof which is awfully nice for those of you working outside.
Moving on from the mobile app integration, this multimeter also encompasses leading-edge Low Z technology, which eliminates false ghost voltage readings and is capable of extreme accuracy when measuring AC. As a final note, the backlighting LCD is not only incredibly durable but is also very bright and very easy to use in complete darkness. This is a technician’s best friend and a multimeter designed to last the duration of your career.
What I Liked About It: Something that really stands out about this particular unit is its mobile app integration. I love having the ability to upload data to my smartphone and compile the data in one easy to use place. This is especially useful for people, like myself, that have multiple job sites and many readings to keep track of. The app will track all of your data and even geotag it with GPS, ensuring you never get data from two job sites mixed up.
- TrueRMS for higher accuracy on AC
- Wireless interface for downloading, viewing, and sharing readings
- IP67 rated and durable build
11. Fieldpiece LT17AW Digital Multimeter
|Dimensions||6.5 x 3 x 9.5 inches|
My Review: Fieldpiece is a well-known mid-tier brand and has brought us a truly fantastic multimeter at a ridiculously low price. If you aren’t familiar with Fieldpiece products, you’ll be delighted to know about how their entire accessory line can transmit data wirelessly which makes compiling data from multiple job areas a breeze. This multimeter includes a magnetic hander, a super bright backlit LCD, a kickstand, a very durable body, and can test continuity, capacitance, temperature, and Microamps DC. This is probably the top of the line for what most people would require.
What I Liked About It: Short of Industry-specific features this model does everything I would likely ever need it to. Everything past here is going to implement specialized features for specific jobs only a professional or hardcore handyman might require.
- Includes wireless transmitter & can be used directly or wirelessly
- Continuity indicator, capacitance, temperature, microamps DC
- Rugged ABS case with rubber boot fits naturally in the hand
12. Fluke 101 Basic Digital Multimeter (Best Under $50)
|Dimensions||5.12 x 1.06 x 2.56 inches|
My Review: Fluke is an ironic name… THE name in the world of multimeters today. Fluke has multimeters for every price range and it’s no surprise they took the top spot in our best overall and best value category. The 101 Basic multimeter is purpose-built to be portable and carriable in your pocket. It is another strong Best Budget contender. It’s CAT III 600V rated and comes equipped with the ability to test continuity and diodes. It’s got a nice rugged anti-slip design that fits in the palm of your hand comfortably.
What I Liked About It: While It will only provide basic functions compared to other Fluke meters, I really like this compact model for under $70! It’s incredibly small and lightweight and offers all the standard features you’d need for basic testing! It has an auto shut-off feature that I’m a big fan of. All in all, this is a steal at $70 and will blow away any other multimeters on a tight budget.
- Diode and continuity test with buzzer
- Automatic shutdown, Battery is easy to replace
- Small lightweight design for pocket portability and one-hand use
13. Craftsman 34-82141 Digital Multimeter
|Dimensions||5.49 x 2.64 x 1.75 inches|
My Review: Oooh I just love Craftsman. I’ve been using Craftsman tools since I could walk and although some people send them a lot of hate, I’ve always been fairly impressed with the quality and value they provide. Of course, this isn’t the best multimeter, far from it actually, but it is insanely cheap while still offering everything you need on a basic troubleshooting level. It can measure up to 600 Volts and up to 10 A both AC and DC which a lot of meters in this price range fail to do.
What I Liked About It: All in all, it’s one of the best budget-friendly options I’ve used and it will definitely serve you well. As a bonus, it comes with a plastic kickstand. Not exactly the most stable or durable, but hey, it works and it’s under 25 bucks!
- Measures up to 600V and up to 10A
- Audible tone to test for proper wiring and short circuits
- Diode test functionality
14. AstroAI Digital Multimeter
|Dimensions||5.1 x 2.8 x 1.4 inches|
My Review: For 10 bucks, this little unit is a great starting point for those of you who haven’t ever used a multimeter. This model is perfect for troubleshooting automotive or household electrical issues. Easy to use and has the ability to measure voltage, current, resistance, as well as check continuity. It can also test transistors and diodes. As a quick little note, you cannot use this meter to measure AC current, only DC current can be measured with this model.
What I Liked About It: The AstroAI multimeter is as bare bones as it gets, but sometimes that’s all you need! I like that it does have a sampling speed of 2 seconds which isn’t bad and includes basic overload protection. As for the unit as a whole, it’s not fancy, but it works and it’s cheap! I don’t think you can go wrong with this one. If you’re worried its too “cheap” and won’t last, I found they even offer a 1-year warranty. Not bad!
- Sample speed of 2 times per second
- Data hold and digital display with backlit LCD
- Easy to use and Low Price Point
Multimeter Buying Guide
What is a Multimeter?
A multimeter is a small electronic device that consolidates, into a single unit, the task of measuring volts, resistance, and electrical current (or lack thereof). When speaking about multimeters, we need to identify whether the specific unit in question is either a digital or analog multimeter. The differences are subtle and they both do essentially the same job but they do encompass a bit of a different strategy in how they display their information, which is their primary difference.
An analog meter will provide a scale reading with a deflection pointer (a physical moving needle points to the measured value on a paper scale). These don’t have fancy screens but rather a glass panel with a sheet of data behind them. Not as common anymore as digital multimeters, these are still used by those oldskool electronic guru’s and are sometimes preferred due to their ability to monitor rapidly varying measurements.
A digital meter provides you with a reading in numeric form which appears on a screen such as an LCD. It does this by utilizing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which is an electronic system that, as its name suggests, converts the incoming analog signal into a digital signal which can then be processed and displayed in numeric form on the output on the meter screen and eliminating the need to decipher a needle and a graph. These are far more common than analog multimeters nowadays as there is a much better selection of options/features and a wide price range that can generally offer better value for what you need, all while typically providing higher levels of accuracy.
Both analog and digital meters will be functionally usable for much of the same application. Personal preference and perhaps prior familiarity can end up being your deciding factor, but in this article, I will be focusing strictly on Digital multimeter reviews.
History of Multimeters
Before the handy dandy multimeter came into existence, there was the galvanometer which was introduced around the 1820s. They measured voltage and resistance by using a Wheatstone bridge, which works by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one being placed on the unknown electrical component.
These devices, although fairly accurate, were incredibly slow and difficult to use in fieldwork. They were specially calibrated and although bulky in nature, were very fragile and delicate. The slightest unfortunate bump could ruin the accuracy of the device so it was tough to carry it around in your run of the mill tool bag/box.
In the 1920s, when having electronic devices became a reality for a lot of people and radios became the cool thing to have, multimeters were born as a result of Donald Macadie. Those pesky vacuum tube electronics were always malfunctioning and required special attention to seek and alleviate its electronic malfunctioning components. Donald was frustrated with having to carry and use multiple different tools to track down said faulty components and he decided to name his nifty new device the “Avometer”.
The Avometer used a mobile coil meter, precision voltage resistors, and switches to select specific ranges, giving this meter unparalleled power in an array of situations that hadn’t been available in one single unit before.
Eventually, in 1923, The Automatic Coil Winder and Electrical Company, or ACWEECO for short, was the first company to fully embrace Mr. Macadie’s invention and begin mass producing the units. From there on, the multimeter sustained small and incremental improvements until they became the devices we have today. His invention truly changed the lives of every electrician, handyman, engineer, mechanic, and hobbyist who has ever worked with electronics.
How Does a Multimeter Work?
Today’s multimeters include a wide array of testing solutions that include multirange DC voltmeters, multirange AC voltmeters, multirange ammeter, and multirange ohmmeters.
The inner workings of multimeters are fairly complex to those who don’t have prior experience in electrical components but lucky for us, you don’t need to hold an electrical engineering degree to use one! If you aren’t interested in the serious nitty-gritty behind these awesome little units, Wikipedia has a great write up on how multimeters work under its “operation” section.
For the quick and dirty explanation, I’ll lay out a few of the features you’ll likely use on a multimeter. Most, if not all multimeters have three distinct parts: A display, selection knob or switch, and at least two ports where wired probes are connected to them.
The display on most multimeters on the market today typically readout in four digits and are capable of measuring in positive or negative units. The fancy multimeters have a handy dandy backlit display, making for the readout display usable in low light situations.
The selection knob is used to choose what the multimeter will measure. For example, you’ll typically find ranges measurements in milliamps (mA), voltage (V), and resistance (Ω). Each of the selections available is to measure in a specified range. For example, setting the selector knob to the 20V setting will give you a readout between 2 and 19.99. If you receive just a 1, you might be testing a current that is too powerful for the specified range, thus requiring you to select a higher range to find the information you need.
The wired probes connected via the ports on your multimeter consist of metal prongs and are used to make contact with the electrical components/circuit you are testing. Although the color-coded wires are for organization purposes and the meter will work with them in either order, it can be important to use the colors in the proper port each time to avoid confusion. The black wire is almost universally accepted (at least within the U.S.A) as the ground wire and is marked (-). The red wire is conventionally plugged into the other port, which should be marked as something such as mA, V, Ω, or (+). Depending on the model of your DMM there could be several ports on the front of your meter which you will need to plug your probes into the appropriate configuration depending on the parameter you are needing to measure. One common example of this is measuring current. Setting your meter to measure electrical current (A or mA or uA) will typically require a different probe configuration than measuring a Voltage (V or mV) or a resistance (Ω, mΩ, uΩ). This is due to HOW your meter goes about doing its job. When measuring a Voltage or Resistance, your meter typically needs to be in parallel with the component you are measuring (If interested, read here for more on parallel components). When measuring electrical current, your meter typically needs to be configured within the circuit in series with the portion of the circuit you are measuring (If interested, read here for more on in-series components) By failing to measure current by placing the meter in series with the circuit, you risk blowing the internal fuse of the meter.
Your multimeter may have a port labeled something such as “10A”, which is to be used when measuring unusually high currents exceeding 200mA.
If you lose or damage one of the wired probes you do not need to purchase a new multimeter. Any probe with a “banana plug” can be used on your multimeter and they can be found cheaply in most electronic department stores or on Amazon.
There is also a wide range of different probes that you can use for different applications. For example, if a project you’re working on requires the attention of more than two hands, and you’re a normal two-handed human being, you can use probes that utilize alligator clamps to keep those suckers in a place like the Elenco Electronics TL-16 Banana to Large Alligator Test Lead Set.
You can also find probes that include tweezer clips to test SMT / SMD components such as the AST Labs SMD Tweezer Clip Test Meter Probe.
Some probes also come with IC hooks such as the Davitu 1pair Airplane Test Hook & Connector Wire Multimeter Lead Wire Kit.
The ammeter function measures the number of electrons passing a given point over a specified period of time, which is measured as a current. The units this measurement is displayed in will be given as amperes. This allows the user to identify electronics that are overdrawing current and likely to cause circuit breakers to trip.
The ohmmeter function is used to measure electrical resistance. This resistance is referring to the opposition in electrical current and is measured in ohms. You can identify a short-circuit by measuring 0 ohms and sometimes a unit near 0 will also indicate a short-circuit. When a circuit is open, the meter should read infinite resistance and no current flow.
You can measure voltage in either direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC). In regards to a typical household outlet found in the USA, the outlet is most likely using AC, however, this can vary in some countries prefer using DC.
When testing voltages and currents in your house, it is important to exercise extreme caution. You can really ruin your day, or your life, depending on how high the current it is.
Usually, you’ll be checking AC in regards to an outlet, switch, or light acting oddly and if you are new to working with electrical circuits, I advise contacting a professional to handle this for you.
If you are comfortable doing the work on your own, please use all safe electrical work practices as well as personal protective equipment (PPE)
Set the multimeter to the 20kΩ setting and let’s get started! Press the probes against the resistor legs and apply light pressure, ensuring good consistent contact on each side of the resistor. Your meter should show either 0.00, 1, or the actual resistance value. If it reads 1 or displays OL, it’s being overloaded and will require a higher mode. If it reads 0.00 or something really close to 0.00, you’ll need to use a lower range of measurement. If you see a reasonable number between 0.00 and 1, you’ll be seeing the correct resistance data for that resistor.
If you know the resistance already but you’re simply testing it to practice or confirm its resistance, keep in mind that most resistor manufacturers create these tiny electronic components with a 5% tolerance gap, meaning the rating can be 5% in either direction. Resistors are also typically color-coded so you can use the resistance color code to determine its resistance by using this chart: Resistor Color Code
As a final tidbit regarding resistor measurements, keep in mind that measuring a resistor installed on a circuit board may greatly impact the measurement you receive due to other components drawing on the resistor itself. You can learn more about measuring resistance with a multimeter here.
To measure current, you’ll need to physically input your meter into the line parallel with the existing components by using your probes on the ground of the device and its voltage common collector (VCC). Pull out the VCC wire leading to the resistor and add a wire where that wire was connected. Then use your probes on the power pin from the power supply to the resistor. You’ll be breaking the power to the circuit and in turn adding your meter to the line.
After you’ve done this, it becomes a matter of finding the correct setting on your multimeter. Remember, we’re measuring current in mA, so set the multimeter to 200mA and work from that position. If you suspect the current to be higher than 200mA, you may want to use the 10A port on your meter, otherwise risking blowing a fuse.
Note that you may want to use alligator clips as you should observe the measurements over a period of several seconds or even several minutes. The meter can’t deliver a specific number but more of an average over time, so the reading should fluctuate a bit.
Pro tip: when you’ve finished reading your necessary measurements for current, return the multimeters selector knob to read voltage. If you leave the multimeter in current mode while attempting to measure voltage, you’ll likely overload the meter and blow the fuse.
Usually, you’ll want to do a continuity check to determine if two points are connected. Continuity simply means there is resistance between two specified points. If the points in question are connected, the multimeter should emit a tone, and if they are not, leaving the circuit open, there should be no tone emitted.
To set your multimeter to check continuity, turn the selection knob until it indicates the symbol that looks like the WIFI strength symbol turned on its side. Some multimeters may have a different symbol so you may just need to consult with its user manual.
Now that you’ve selected continuity mode, press the probes together. You should receive an audible notification through some kind of tone. Turn off the electrical system first and then use the probes on the two separate ground pins. You should hear the tone.
Next, use the probes on the VCC pin and on a microcontroller to VCC on your power supply (PSU). A tone should be audible, indicating power is capable of flowing from the VCC pin to the controller. If there is no tone, you’ll know there is an issue with the connection and you’ll need to inspect the copper power lines for breaks or identify any loose wires.
Pro tip: some systems can contain residual power due to the extra capacitance which may set off your multimeters tone for a super quick moment. Ignore that and focus on the tones they are strong and lengthy.
Testing continuity is an essential method in troubleshooting and testing if two SMD pins are touching that otherwise shouldn’t be. You can use this as an integrity check before fully powering on a new system.
Need more help? Check out the How to page on Fluke’s website about How to test for continuity.
Blown Multimeter Fuse
Now you’ve done blown up your device and you’ll have to buy a brand new one!
Just kidding, your multimeters come equipped with a safety fuse that will blow, protecting your multimeters internals from catastrophic failure if you accidentally use it on the incorrect settings. Replacing the fuse is something you’ll likely need to get used to if you’re brand new to the world of testing and troubleshooting electronics. Accidents happen and this stuff is difficult!
Replacing the fuse will cost roughly $1 and about five minutes of your time. Grab a screwdriver that will fit and remove the backplate (sometimes on the front or the side) from your multimeter. Next, yank out the battery and set everything loose aside. There will likely be a few more screws to take out and then you can lift up the face of the multimeter off of its body.
Some of these have hooks, tabs, or something else holding them together. Be careful not to break them and try to remember how everything came apart so that you can put that bad boy back together again. Once the board is visible you should see a blown up tube fuse. The fuses are usually situated right next to the ports that your banana connectors slide into. Simply lift it out of its little holder and discard the blown fuse.
Make sure you replace the fuse with the exact same fuse that is rated for the same amount of power. The metal cap on the end of the fuse should indicate what the fuse is rated for. If you use the wrong fuse and you go on measuring things, your multimeter can become permanently damaged, so it’s absolutely imperative that you replace the fuse with the exact same fuse that was in it before. Reconstruct it likes its humpy dumpty and you’re good to go! Make sure to take note on what blew that fuse so that you don’t repeat your mistakes in the future!
Signs of Quality in Multimeters
Okay, so we’ve gone over a very basic guide on how to use your multimeter, what it does, how to replace its fuse and now you’re probably wondering what multimeter to get. Before we get to the actual buyer’s guide where I recommend my favorite multimeter units and show you where to get bargain deals on them, let’s talk about quality and fancy functionality.
First and foremost, a solid clicking feel on the selector knob is a pretty good indication of quality. Many multimeters come with similar functions in a similar form factor but the way they are built can range drastically. If the knob feels like you’re trying to spin a wet noodle, I’d stay away from it and perhaps spend a few extra bucks on a more solid built unit.
A fancy feature that people who use their multimeters regularly might want to have available to them is the auto-ranging feature. This means the multimeter is capable of automatically changing their internal range to find the best range that provides the highest accuracy.
I mentioned backlit LCD displays before, but I’ll go ahead and mention them here once more. These are nice to have if, for instance, you’re working in a dark basement with very little light or you’re testing something underneath your car. In most situations, you likely won’t need a backlit display, but most of the high-end multimeters have this and it can come in clutch for you if you really happen to run into trouble in the dark!
Another thing to look out for is probe quality. We’ve discussed probes a bit earlier on in this guide and I even showed you some examples of replacement probes, however, not all probes are created equally. Just like those cheap Walmart headphones that always end up with one earbud working and one not, probes’ internal wiring can come undone and stop working. The last thing you want is a faulty probe when trying to figure out what electronic components are faulty!
Most decent multimeters nowadays come with an auto shut off function. Honestly, I’m not even sure I’d buy one without an auto shut off function unless I was really on a ramen noodle budget. Of course, you could just remember to turn off your multimeter when you’re done and you’d never have to worry about it, but accidents happen and we all forget some things from time to time. It would be a major drag to have a dead multimeter and no spare batteries lying around when you really need your meter in a pinch.
Although I can’t use and test every single multimeter ever made and will ever be made in the future, I can do my best to suggest the best meters in multiple price ranges on the market today. In the above review, I list my favorites in order of price, trying to find the absolute best multimeter for everyone’s budget. If I missed one of your favorites, let me know in the comments section and I’ll do my best to check it out!
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