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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/19955 | Our faq says we are for "participants in team and individual sport activities". It doesn't clarify whether this is limited to questions by participants, or if it includes questions about participants.
Should we allow questions about sports trivia?
Edit: wax eagle brings up a good point - trivia needs to be defined first.
The dictionary definition is
especially obscure and useless knowledge
I would contend that our working definition could be (but is open to modification)
knowledge about a sport that has no significant impact on the performance of the sport
I think to address this we should weigh the pros and cons...
• What are the pros to allowing trivia?
• Wider question set attracts a wider audience
• Many experts on rules and performance are also familiar with trivia
• What are the cons to allowing trivia?
• Questions on trivia may not be 'expert enough' for the site.
• What are the pros to not allowing trivia?
• There would be a finer focus on the scope of questions
• What are the cons to not allowing trivia?
• There currently is no stack exchange venue to handle such questions.
After looking at the matter objectively, I feel that the site would be better off as a whole with the trivia included. If it ends up being a significant portion of the site, perhaps it would then be most appropriate to split into a separate site. For now, it would seem a logical extension.
• What do you consider trivia? – wax eagle Feb 9 '12 at 3:19
I'd much rather see us a bit light on trivia and heavier on academic or research aspects (how are stats calculated/determined etc). Trivia is sort of a shady issue with SE anyways so it will be a challenge to integrate it properly.
I think trivia questions just don't fit in with the StackExchange Q&A model. Consider, for example:
Who is the all-time assists leader in the NBA?
This is not a question that promotes any kind of discussion, nor is there room for multiple answers to be upvoted or downvoted. Somebody answers:
John Stockton
And that's it. End of story. LMGTFY. What's the point? Maybe it changes in a few years? Again, LMGTFY. I just don't think trivia questions fit.
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But the StackExchange model is not supposed to promote discussion. The more objectively an answer can be answered, the BETTER it fits the model. The point is that there is lots of information that cannot be googled so easily, and that people don't necessarily know where to look. – corsiKa Feb 10 '12 at 16:52
• Fair enough, less discussion is better. Still, I don't think a Q&A site is the same as a "trivia" site. What exactly constitutes "hard to Google sports trivia"? – Zann Anderson Feb 10 '12 at 16:55
• Well, how about "Who is the NFL's all time solo sack leader?" I mean, how would someone go about trying to compile something like that? – corsiKa Feb 10 '12 at 17:19
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Ok, I can see that. I just think that saying, "Trivia! Bring it on!" sets the bar pretty low. I'm afraid you'd be opening the door for lots of the kinds of questions I illustrated in my answer. – Zann Anderson Feb 10 '12 at 17:25
• Many rules questions are the same way, though. All the rulebooks are available online. If we didn't allow trivia would we allow rule questions? – corsiKa Feb 10 '12 at 17:34
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I don't know, I guess you get into splitting hairs when you get too deep into "what trivia/rule/____ questions are valid"? I just think trivia has its place and that this isn't it, but if that's not what everybody else feels then so be it - it's the community that counts here. – Zann Anderson Feb 10 '12 at 18:06
• There's no hard feelings. I personally don't anticipate trivia questions being a huge portion of our question base. One thing worth noting is that this is meta: splitting hairs is what we do here. It's our responsibility as a community to define what we do and don't want, and why. Heck right now, we don't even have a goal for the site clearly defined. You could not, in one sentence, say what the goal of the site is. It's going to be... rough... for a little while until we get things sorted out. That's the primary reason for the week-long private beta, to get a head start on sorting it out. – corsiKa Feb 10 '12 at 18:16
• I think "trivia" might be the wrong word here. The real question is what does expert Q&A for fans look like? Its pretty easy to determine what it looks like for participants in a sport. Figuring that out will solve a lot of this (I'd imagine its going to be stats definition heavy, and who broke x record light) – wax eagle Feb 11 '12 at 4:30
Various close requests are showing that there is a lot of confusion about the site. 'participants in team and individual sport activities' suggests that this site should be more for participants in sporting rather than fans of pro-sports, and I think we should make that clear.
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What should we make clear though? That we are not allowing it? Or that we are allowing it? If we are allowing it, why are we allowing it? If we are not allowing it, why are we not allowing it? We need to pick one, and we need to justify why we picked that. – corsiKa Feb 9 '12 at 4:11
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The purpose of the beta that we signed up for was not for pro-trivia, and if they want that they should make their own stack exchange site instead of confusing the purpose of this one. – Peter DeWeese Feb 9 '12 at 4:15
• where is it stated that it wasn't for pro-trivia? I personally am okay with either answer, it doesn't bother me, but I would like the communities decision to be rooted in a fact, reference, or at the very least a logical justification. – corsiKa Feb 9 '12 at 4:20
• Refrences: The area 51 proposal and our faq, which each state that the site is for participants. – Peter DeWeese Feb 9 '12 at 4:23
• But it doesn't clarify if questions about participants of the sport is acceptable. It can easily be interpreted that way. – corsiKa Feb 9 '12 at 4:24
• @PeterDeWeese the original Sports proposal was inclusive of pro sports triva and this site should remain as such. – wax eagle Feb 9 '12 at 12:39
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My personal vote, coming to this community when the Running group was merged into the Sports group, is that this group would be for participants. And maybe it would be good to have a separate group for folks who like to watch football on TV, participate in fantasy versions, etc. – Mike Hedman Feb 10 '12 at 21:51
• prosports.stackexchange.com – Peter DeWeese Feb 10 '12 at 22:38
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The current ISA, expiring December 31, 2016, imposes nuclear, missile and terrorism sanctions on Iran. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, Congressman Ed Royce, will likely make the ISA the first order of business when the House returns to Washington on November 14, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Royce said, "The Iran Sanctions Act was enacted to curb Tehran's support for terrorism and its very dangerous weapons proliferation. It should remain in place until the regime stops exporting terror and threatening us and our allies with deadly weapons. That's why I'll be introducing a bipartisan, long-term extension of these important sanctions," according to Reuters.
Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress support extending the ISA, but there is no guarantee that the act will be approved in the Senate, where Republicans have 54 seats, as 60 votes are needed to pass the legislation. US President Barack Obama is unlikely to sign the extension, as earlier his administration asked Congress to postpone a renewal of the ISA. The White House asserted that even if Iran violated the nuclear agreement, the US has enough power to impose sanctions after the ISA expires.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/19995 | Ernst Stromer
From The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt by William Nothdurft, Munich Museum of Paleontology
In 1901, German paleontologist Ernst Stromer paid his first visit to Egypt. He was captivated, and returned years later to look for early mammal fossils. In that venture, he was disappointed, but his other discoveries made up for it. Between 1911 and 1914, Stromer and his European and Egyptian team found the remains of three different species of carnivorous dinosaurs: Bahariasaurus, Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus (with bladelike vertebral extensions shown on this page). Not only were the huge predators impressive as individual species, but their proximity to each other was unusual; generally the food chain can only support one giant carnivore species in any area. Perhaps even more puzzling, remains of carnivores in this region appeared to outnumber herbivores (their likely food source). This oddity became known as Stromer's Riddle.
Due to political tensions before and after World War I, Stromer had to wait years for the Egyptian fossils to be shipped to him in Germany. He finally received them in 1922, but they had been packed poorly and damaged so badly that he spent several years piecing them together. He finally published formal descriptions of the fossils in the 1930s.
Stromer was a study in irony. Though often considered frail, he survived the punishing heat (and cold) of Egypt's Western Desert, and eventually lived to the age of 82. He disliked roughing it, but preferred that to crowded, noisy cities, so he braved windstorms in flea-infested tents near tiny towns or in the middle of nowhere. He was landed gentry but always short of cash. He resented an Egyptian assistant, whom he depended on completely, for trying to rise above his "station." Years later, however, Stromer irritated the Third Reich for refusing to join the Nazi party and — worse — for maintaining ties with Jewish colleagues.
Stromer's defiance of the Nazi party cost him dearly. As a member of an old aristocratic German family, he was spared personal harm, but his sons were not: All three were sent off to battle; two died in combat and one was captured and imprisoned in the Soviet Union for several years. As the war progressed, and curators of fine art and science museums all over Germany removed their specimens to caves and salt mines, the fossils Stromer had found in Egypt remained in a Munich museum, just blocks from Nazi headquarters. The museum head, an ardent young Nazi, ignored Stromer's repeated requests to move the fossils to a safer place. On April 24, 1944, a British Royal Air Force raid bombed the museum and incinerated its collections. Stromer's fossils were gone.
The loss of Stromer's fossils was not an isolated occurrence. Between 1940 and 1944, 17 dinosaur fossils, including several type specimens used as examples of named species, were destroyed in World War II battles. After the war, paleontologists became more conscientious about making casts of fossils in the event the originals were destroyed.
Finds of the early 21st century returned Stromer's name to the public eye — and began to solve Stromer's Riddle. In 2001, a team of paleontologists led by Joshua Smith described an 80-foot sauropod that may have weighed up to 70 tons found in Egypt. In 2008, a nomad (who preferred to remain anonymous) brought a box of intriguing fossil bones to Nizar Ibrahim, then a graduate student visiting Morocco. In 2009, visiting the Milan Natural History Museum, Ibrahim examined bones that proved to be not only from the same species but in fact the same animal. The Milan museum bones had been found in 1975 and originally misidentified as the lower jaw of a crocodile when they were actually part of the snout of a big Spinosaurus. Ibrahim managed to piece together bones found decades apart and presented to him at locations more than 1,000 miles from each other. In 2014, Nizar Ibrahim, Paul Sereno and collaborators published a paper on the remarkable fossil. Not only did Spinosaurus prove to be the biggest predatory dinosaur yet known, but also the only dinosaur showing strong indications — a tiny nostril high on the snout, dense limb bones, long forelimbs and flat feet — of being a swimmer. If Spinosaurus really did spend most of its time in the water, it had plenty of food; sizeable fish frequented the waterways of Cretaceous northern Africa.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20005 | Thoughts on Chiropractic Care
I couldn’t believe this myself when I first added them all up, but I have actually seen a total of seven chiropractors over the past eight years. I have one chiropractor now who I absolutely love, but because it took me a while to find him and even after I’d found him, I went to college in a different area, I’ve ended up having the opportunity to sample many different approaches to chiropractic care.
I’m sure that these days, pretty much everyone has heard of chiropractors and has some idea of what they do. For those who aren’t sure, chiropractors perform what are called “adjustments” on bones and joints. Using either their hands or a tool called an activator, they push or tap on different parts of your body, mainly focusing on the bones of the spine, to make sure your bones are lined up in the optimal position. I have never really found the adjustments to be painful, although at times I have been sore for a day or so afterwards (never so sore that I regretted the adjustment, however).
Based on my experiences with these seven chiropractors, I have come up with the following suggestions for anyone who is interested in trying chiropractic:
1) If you don’t feel better after the first, or at least the second visit, look elsewhere.
The first chiropractor I ever saw promised me that I’d start feeling better after about four to six weeks, and I never did. In retrospect, I was totally taken in by his initial presentation, detailed explanations, and optimism. I signed up for an extended treatment package, which gave me a “discount” off of the price of each adjustment. I showed up twice a week, got an adjustment from him, and followed his instructions to put ice on the areas he’d adjusted when I got home. I never actually felt a difference in my level of pain.
After about a month, I was tired of being patient, so I went to see a new chiropractor, who my father said had really helped him. I felt better the instant I got up from the exam table. “You mean I can actually expect to feel better right away?” I asked. He nodded at me, incredulous that any chiropractor would have told me differently. This is the chiropractor I still see today.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that you will only need one or two visits for your pain to be “cured.” A general rule of thumb is that the longer your problem has been going on, the more time and chiropractic visits it will take to get better. I consider the pain relief I experience from each individual visit to be more of a short-term fix than anything else. However, assuming your chiropractor knows what he or she is doing, your visits will have a cumulative effect, and long-term relief will come over time.
2) It is normal to be a little bit sore after an adjustment.
This is simply because your body will be aligned a little bit differently. Even though your bones and joints are lined up in what is anatomically-speaking a healthier position, your muscles, tendons, and ligaments are not necessarily used to being in that position. It will take some time to get used to it.
I know I mentioned how I felt immediate relief the first time I saw my current chiropractor, and I did. I felt a mild rush of euphoria the second he popped something around my right shoulder blade that had been bothering me for months. But I was also incredibly sore that night.
You should be able to tell whether or not the adjustment helped you by whether or not the pain has shifted. If he pain feels exactly the same as it was before the adjustment, your chiropractor probably didn’t really make a big difference. But if you feel soreness in a new area of your body and notice you are no longer focused on the area that you asked the chiropractor for help with, this is probably a sign that what he or she did was effective. The key is to be able to see a difference in in the type and location of the pain you are feeling. Post-adjustment soreness will gradually fade away over the course of the next day or so.
I have found that my level of soreness following an adjustment corresponds with how much pain I was in prior to an adjustment. If I was in a lot of pain and things felt totally out of place before the adjustment, I will definitely be sore for about 24 hours afterwards. If I’m having a week where everything feels okay but I go to the chiropractor as a form of maintenance, I probably won’t be very sore afterwards and I’ll go about the rest of my day as normal.
3) Don’t allow a chiropractor you are unfamiliar with to adjust your neck.
Many people, including some medical professionals, believe that chiropractic adjustments to the neck pose a risk of stroke. My best understanding of the reason this could happen is that during the extreme neck movements that occur during an adjustment, the edges of your cervical vertebrae (the bones in your neck) can come into contact with the major arteries that run up either side of your neck and damage them. This can restrict blood flow to your brain if a clot is formed.
I personally choose to let my chiropractor adjust my neck because I really trust him. He has been in business for decades, and I honestly think he would tell me if he believed there was any risk from what he was doing. With that being said, I only let him adjust my neck with the activator. My neck remains in a neutral position than the activator, which seems a lot more safe to me than having him pick my head up in his hands and contort my neck to pop things into the right place.
Whether or not you will allow a chiropractor to make adjustments to your neck is a decision that only you can make. I suggest you inform yourself as much as possible. Here are a few starting points:
4) Don’t believe chiropractors who make exaggerated claims about what chiropractic treatment can and can’t treat.
The first chiropractor I saw (the one who didn’t end up helping me) sent me home with a small paperback book about all the things chiropractic could fix. It basically claimed that regular chiropractic adjustments could reverse the course of about every health problem short of cancer and AIDS. As far as I can tell, there is really no evidence that this is possible. I would stick to viewing chiropractic primarily as something you do for musculoskeletal pain. My current chiropractor has made adjustments on all different parts of my body, not just my back. Over the years, he has performed adjustments on my knees, ankles, elbows, and even hands, but the purpose has always been the same: to treat muscular pain and improve my body mechanics. I strongly believe you will be wasting your time seeing a chiropractor who claims he or she will cure your ear chronic ear infections.
For an example of the type of chiropractor not to see, check out this article about a chiropractor who was found guilty of causing the death of a patient with epilepsy. This chiropractor convinced the patient to stop taking the medication she used to control seizures, insisting that chiropractic treatment alone could “cure” her. The patient died after she ceased her medications.
My current chiropractor has never made such wild promises about what I could hope to experience after his treatments, and he has never once suggested that I should follow his advice over that of regular doctors.
5) Check to see if your insurance company will pay for chiropractic care.
The different health insurance plans I have had have paid for between ten and twelve visits a year. For someone with severe issues, this isn’t very much (I definitely went through that many visits alone in the two months after I first hurt my back). But it’s still worth looking into, especially if you can’t afford to pay out of pocket.
A side note to this is that there are some physical therapists who have been trained to perform manipulations similar to those performed by chiropractors. The physical therapist who did this for me performed motions that were similar to what my chiropractor did, but they were more gentle and seemed to be done with much less force. My pain relief afterwards wasn’t quite as dramatic, but it was still pain relief, and it was covered by insurance. Unfortunately I don’t really have any great trips for how to find a physical therapist who has been trained in this, but you could try asking around for someone who knows how to do “joint mobilizations.”
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1. it’s great to hear chiropractic from a patients point of view! well done. Chiropractic aims to ensure proper communication between you brain and body via the central nervous system in your spine. As a result your body is able to heal itself better so Chiropractic doesn’t cure anything – You Do!!!!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20029 | Why Strong Freestyle Kick Mechanics Really Matter
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November 06th, 2017 International, Masters, Opinion, Training
This is part II of Building a Better Freestyle or Flutter Kick.
There is more to a strong kick than flexibility.
For the down kick, the quadriceps, hip flexors and core muscles have to be incredibly strong in order to create a quick snap of the foot backwards. Since the kicking motion occurs over and over again at a very high rate, the leg muscles also need to be incredibly fit. With a freestyle stroke rate of 100 (fifty right arms, fifty left arms per minute), a six beat kick produces a kicking stroke rate of 600 kicks per minute. To sustain that for very long, the legs had better be fit.
So what about the up kick?
The 600 kicks per minute would also include 300 up kicks. How important are those? It turns out, they are very important. Working the legs and feet on the up kick, using the gastrocnemius (calf) muscles, hamstrings, and lower back, produces a nice vortex of current (a wake) following the path of the foot. Add this to the wake of the body moving forward in the water and one has a nice stream of water to push against on the down kick. In other words, a good up kick leads to a more powerful subsequent down kick. It gives the foot more to push against than still water. It also leads to a faster kick cycle, meaning a higher kicking stroke rate.
There is no recovery time for the kick.
One of the biggest differences between the pull and kick is that there really is no recovery time for the kick. Granted, no one can sustain a really hard six beat kick for 800 meters or longer, but for any race of elite swimmers shorter than that, the legs never stop working. Furthermore, the kicking speed really determines the baseline speed of the swim. If you want to elevate your game in freestyle, improving and sustaining your kicking speed is a good place to start.
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I somehow missed this until part three came out. Now I’m a week late and this may never be seen, but I’ll give it a shot anyway in case someone reads this in the distant future. I think there was a mixup with strokes per minute and cycles per minute. At 100 strokes per minute (50 right, 50 left), or 50 cycles, a six-beat kick would result in 300 kicks per minute (and thus, 150 upkicks and 150 downkicks). It’s pure semantics, sorry, but I’d hate for anyone to skim this and think they’d be expected to average 10 kicks every second or do a 12-beat kick. I suppose they’d figure it out soon enough once they tried it, though.… Read more »
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I caught that too… maybe they were saying 600 when tyou count the 300 down beats and 300 upbeats? That’s what I’m telling my group 🙂
Hi Sven,
With a six beat kick, within each stroke cycle, there are 3 down kicks and 3 up kicks with each leg. Since we have two legs, with a stroke rate of 100/min or cycle rate of 50/min that means we are doing 12 kicks per cycle or 600 kicks per minute. Even 300 kicks per minute is a lot..but the actual number is 600 kicks per minute. Makes me tired just thinking about it.
BTW…I am looking at velocity meter studies every week…so it is easy for me to count the kicks, as we look at velocity, acceleration and deceleration at every .02 seconds in the stroke cycle.
i wanted to kniw that what actually 6 beat kick is….
like a pair is counted as 1 or one stroke of single leg is counted as one
One stroke of single leg is counted as one.
My coach years ago said its like a car where the front wheels go 60 miles an. Hour and the rear go 30 at Cortland State when he was there 1952-1957.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20054 | J003-Content-Webvertising-Has-the-Commercialization-of-the-Internet-Gone-Too-Far_SQTANSTAAFL. Robert A. Heinlein, one of my favorite sci-fi writers, and Milton Friedman, one of my favorite economists, made this concept famous decades ago. It stands, of course, for There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. That’s as true today as it was back then.
Whether you’re talking about “free” government handouts or “free” Internet content, somebody has to pay for it. In the case of the latter, that somebody is the advertisers who make it possible for sites to operate without going broke. Advertising is a fact of life on most websites today, but not all advertising is created equal – and on many sites, the ads have gotten completely out of hand. It’s no longer just annoying; it’s rendering those sites completely unusable, which is bound to eventually have the opposite of the intended effect. In this article, I want to take a look at the evolution of webvertising, the types of ads that are turning potential customers off, and how much is too much.
Prior to the 1990s, there was very little advertising on the Internet (yes, I’m ancient enough to remember). Of course, prior to the 1990s, very few people were online or even knew what the Internet was. In fact, in its early days, commercial use of the Internet was prohibited by law. Those restrictions were a little vague, though, and were gradually removed and completely gone by 1995. Meanwhile, the first Internet Service Providers appeared in the late 1980s, but those were the days when online access via CompuServe or Prodigy cost $25 an hour, so cyberspace was inhabited primarily by those working in government and academia and a few geeks who could scrape together the money.
Then a perfect storm of circumstances in the mid-90s – which included a good economy that resulted in increased ownership of home PCs, falling prices for access caused by more competition among ISPs (culminating in unlimited plans) and the development web browsers and search engines that made finding information on the Internet much easier – created a boom. Suddenly everybody who was anybody was “going online.” Gradually even the technophobic were dragged kicking and screaming into the cyber world, required to do so by employers or pressured into it by friends and relatives for whom it was the preferred means of communication.
As more and more sophisticated content became available on the ‘Net, especially when provided by for-profit businesses, it was inevitable that a way had to be found to monetize the media. There are basically two choices for making money from informational or entertaining content, whether it’s digital, print, or broadcast: You can charge the users fees (either per-use or as a monthly or yearly subscription) or you can sell advertising – or if you’re a cable company, you can do both.
Attempts to fund content the first way, with a few exceptions, didn’t go over very well. Internet users felt that they were already paying for access (i.e., their ISP charges) and were, for the most part, resistant to paying additional fees to the content providers. This would be like paying the cable company for the use of its lines and then having to also pay ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, ESPN etc. for viewing their programs over that line. Even though you actually are doing that, it’s built into your cable bill so you don’t realize it. Because of the huge number and the scattered nature of web sites, that’s not feasible for online content.
The other problem with pay-for-content is that there is such a plethora of free content on the web that a site that charges for access appears to be “greedy” so unless it has very unique content that you can’t find elsewhere, most people won’t buy it. Again, there are exceptions such as the Wall Street Journal and some other news sites that were well established print newspapers that people were used to paying for, and a few sites such as Classmates.com, dating sites, porn sites and professional sites aimed at doctors, lawyers, etc., but most of the web is still “free.”
Except it’s not. Instead of paying money for access to most commercial sites, you have to tolerate advertising. In fact, many for-pay sites accept ads as well, but they usually keep them under control better than “free” sites so they won’t lose customers. On those “free” sites, though, the nature of ads can vary widely, from classy and unobtrusive to obnoxious and invasive.
Online advertising is big business. Revenues were close to $50 billion in 2014, and it’s growing rapidly. How rapidly? Here’s a startling statistic: Google alone accounted for almost $52 billion in ad revenue in 2015 – and the company has only around 31 percent of the market. Digital advertising, then, isn’t going away anytime soon – and most of us don’t really want it to, if that would mean having to pay extra every time we want to read something on a website. But does it really have to be so in-your-face?
I don’t mind ads that sit quietly at the side of the page. I sometimes even click on them, if they’re selling things in which I’m interested (and with today’s targeted advertising based on browsing history, they frequently are). I can even tolerate the ones that flash on and off or revolve or jump up and down to get my attention – as long as they don’t obscure the actual content I’m trying to read.
What I hate are the ones that rudely step (or dance) in front of the copy and sit there, covering it up and defying you to click that X to close them. Even worse are the ones that won’t let you close them until they’re finished displaying what they want to show you. There is no way in the world that I would ever, ever buy something based on them, and if I were on the fence about a product or service, such an ad could (and has) cause(d) me to decide against it.
As annoying as the above might be, eventually you do get to read what you came for. My biggest gripe is reserved for the increasing number of sites that are rendered totally useless by their advertising. The worst offenders seem to be those sites that display all of their info in slideshow format. Every sentence or paragraph is on a new slide, i.e. a new page, and each new page has to load dozens of ads before you can go on to the next. Often all these ads loading at once will crash the browser. And if they don’t, as new ads load, the other contents of the page jump around to accommodate them as they load. Which means you can click on what you think is one link but by the time your click is complete, something else has moved into that spot and you’re taken to a whole different page you didn’t want.
I work primarily on an i7 system with 32 GB of RAM and connect through an 85/85 FiOS link. I can’t imagine the problems this ad flooding must cause for those unfortunate folks who are still stuck with dialup or low-end cable connections. When I encounter a site like this, I no longer mess around trying to navigate my way through the muddle of advertising. I just leave. The site owners and their advertisers are alienating their users (and potential customers) with these unrelenting inundation of advertising.
What’s the solution? Webvertising isn’t going away anytime soon, but the only way to convince site owners and the advertisers themselves that the “slap you in the face, knock you to the ground and jump up and down on your chest” types of ads are doing them more harm than good is to show them. Some think just not buying is enough, but it’s not. Unless and until the click-through rates on these kinds of sites falls off precipitously, they’re unlikely to get the message. If a site inundates you with these types of ads, don’t go there again, and tell all your friends not to click those links. Hit them where it hurts: in their “pageview” numbers. Maybe then we can get back a usable, functioning web experience – without having to shell out more money for it.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20073 | Starting AutoCAD Your Way with Desktop Shortcut Icon Switches
You’re likely familiar with many of the ways we can customize AutoCAD. Many of these discussions focus on things we can do inside the software. While such customization options are indeed endless, did you know you can begin customizing AutoCAD before you ever start it?
A lesser discussed customization method rests with the desktop shortcut icon you use to launch AutoCAD in the first place. In all, there are more than a dozen different ways to customize the way AutoCAD starts on your computer. While each is powerful in their own way, the real power rests in the ability to combine switches to start AutoCAD just the way you like it.
Available Desktop Shortcut Icon Switches
So what desktop shortcut icons are available? AutoCAD provides more than a dozen shortcut icon switches. With these, you can choose to automatically run a script file at startup, set the default workspace, disable Hardware acceleration, and more. Best of all, you don’t have to choose just one. in fact, you can combine as many switched as you need to start AutoCAD your way.
Here’s a list of the available desktop shortcut icon switches inside of AutoCAD:
/b – Run a Script File
Have a set of system variables that you want to set a specific way each time you start AutoCAD? Create a script file with those variables, and AutoCAD will make sure they’re set to your liking each time you start the software. Prepare to say goodbye to the dreaded FILEDIA = 0 configuration with this switch.
If the script file is in the Start In folder, a full path to the script file is required unless this security measure is suppressed either by including the /six command line switch or setting the LEGACYCODESEARCH system variable to 1.
/ld – Load an ARX or DBX Application
Have a compiled ObjectARX or ObjectDBX application you would like to run each time you start AutoCAD? The /LD switch is here to help! Add the path and filename to your application after the switch, and AutoCAD will load it into each session you start. One idea for this switch is to leverage it to automatically load a customization such as the Navisworks Exporter.
Apply the following format to use this switch:
Some things to note about this switch. First, if the path or file name has spaces, then the path or file name should be wrapped in double quotes. Similarly, if no path information is included, the program search path is used. Finally, the same security measure as described in the /b switch above applies to ARX and DBX files.
/nologo – Disable the AutoCAD Splash Screen
Continuing the trend of disabling parts of the software, the /NOLOGO switch disables the splash screen upon startup. This can have the perception of speeding up the AutoCAD startup process, but I find the improvement tends to be minimal with modern hardware. What you will miss out on with this switch is the abstract hero artwork for AutoCAD.
/nossm – Suppress the Sheet Set Manager Palette
After its introduction in AutoCAD 2005, Sheet Set Manager quickly became one of my favorite features. Much to my dismay, you can disable the Sheet Set Manager palette from appearing at startup with the /NOSSM switch. Should you change your mind about Sheet Set Manager after startup (and I hope you do) the full SSM toolset is still available after startup.
/set – Automatically Open a Sheet Set
Opposite to /NOSSM above, the /SET switch loads a sheet set of your choice at startup. I like to use this switch in tandem with the /P switch to build standardized AutoCAD configurations for specific projects. Use the following format to use this switch:
<path><sheet set data file>.DST
/p – Start With a Custom Profile
The /P switch is the single switch I use the most. With it, you can apply a custom AutoCAD Profile (ARG) file to any session of AutoCAD. Beyond leveraging to setup AutoCAD, this switch is especially helpful when maintaining multiple client-specific standards.
At its core, this switch specifies a user-defined registry profile for starting the program. Since the selected profile is only in effect only for the current session of the program, you can apply this switch without fear.
You create or import profiles on the Profiles tab in the Options dialog box. With the /p switch, you can specify the name of a profile that is listed in the Options dialog box or the file name of an exported profile (ARG) file. If the profile does not exist, the current profile is used.
/pl – Automatically Publish a Drawing Set
Looking for a way to automate plotting? The /PL switch may be your answer. With it, AutoCAD publishes a drawing set defined within a drawing set descriptions (DSD) file in the background upon startup. That means plotting could be as simple as starting your software and letting it take care of the rest. The following format should be used with this switch:
<path><drawing set descriptions file>.DSD
/s – Add Support Folders
Although the /P (profile) switch is what I most often use to configure the Files Tab of the Options dialog box, the /S switch is designed to compliment it. The /S switch allows you to override the support folders to something other than the current ones. Configurable paths include text fonts, menus, AutoLISP files, linetypes, and hatch patterns. Each folder, up to a maximum of 15 folders, is delimited by semicolons.
/nohardware – Disable Hardware Acceleration
Assuming you have a compatible graphics card, I typically recommend keeping Hardware Acceleration turned on. Though an incredibly helpful setting, it’s also a setting that can cause occasional problems. With this in mind, I’ve most often used this switch for troubleshooting.
For example, disabling hardware acceleration is a common first step when troubleshooting display issues. With this in mind, the /NOHARDWARE switch is an incredibly helpful tool to make sure hardware acceleration is disabled from the start.
/safemode – Disable Custom Code with AutoCAD Safe Mode
I often use this switch in concert with the /NOHARDWARE switch mentioned earlier when troubleshooting the software. With it, loading of all executable files is prevented in the current session. Although core AutoCAD commands are unaffected by this switch, commands outside the core, such as Express Tools, is prevented from loading with this switch. Given the impact of this switch, I suggest reserving it for emergency situations.
/six – Start in Execution
Although the Start In folder is typically specified as part of a program’s shortcut icon, the /SIX provides a way to search for executable files in the “Start In” folder. Important to note when using this switch are the security measures in place for AutoCAD. Even with this switch, searching in folders other than the Start In folder is disabled. This behavior is controlled by the LEGACYCODESEARCH system variable. To search in folders other than the Start In folder, set the LEGACYCODESEARCH system variable to 1.
/t – Start with a Custom Template
If configured, the QNEW template is used to create “Drawing 1” when starting AutoCAD. If no QNEW template is specified, AutoCAD uses the default acad.dwt template. In either case, the /T switch provides a way to override these settings.
Starting AutoCAD with a /T switch enabled will open a new drawing (Drawing 1) with the template specified. This switch is especially handy when configuring AutoCAD for client specific standards.
/v – Start with a Custom View
Model space and paper space are the principle views inside every AutoCAD drawing. Using the /V switch, you can specify which of these AutoCAD opens with. Likewise, you can even specify a named view such as “Plan 1” if it exists in the drawing.
/w – Set a Default Workspace
AutoCAD Toolsets such as AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD Map 3D include one to many workspaces beyond the default AutoCAD workspace. You can force a specific workspace, such as the Map 3D Planning and Analysis workspace to load every time you open Map 3D with the /W switch. Additionally, this switch is also helpful if you have client-specific interface customizations (such as a custom Ribbon tab for client-specific LISP routines).
With more than a dozen desktop shortcut icon switches available, the combination of switches is virtually limitless. The ability to set an AutoCAD profile with the /P switch and specify a custom template with the /T switch is likely among my most used switches.
Which of the above switches do you commonly use, and in what way? Let us know in the comments section below.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20081 | Staying Spiritual with Depression
Doctrine: Like a seed is planted in the darkness of dirt where it can best take root and germinate, so also is true faith sewn/born in darkness. Exercising faith in darkness (or dark times), lighting a mere candle, is what eventually brings us out into the glorious light of Christ. Christ is the light that disperses darkness.
Depression is real. Anxiety is real. Mental disorders and conditions are real. To what extent, to what duration, and to what level we experience these mental and psychological struggles is different for each of us. Some depression and mental disorders are clinical—meaning they are semi-permanent, or permanent. They may come and go, or they may never go at all. Some depression and anxiety is circumstantial based on hurtful life experiences and temporary struggles—and it passes with time.
No matter what extent we suffer any of these issues, they are difficult. And, these are often the times we struggle the most to feel a connection to God. Indeed, we may struggle to feel anything at all. Or, conversely, we may feel so much that connecting spiritually with God is nearly impossible.
Though we may not realize it, strong feelings, of any kind, can be more than a sufficient blocker to feeling the Spirit. But, simply because we can’t feel the Spirit doesn’t mean we are evil or that we have done something wrong. It’s simply difficult to connect when we are in the throes of any kind of extreme emotion; whether it be anger, infatuation, pride, selfishness, exhaustion, despair, intense grief, intense emptiness, and so forth.
Richard G. Scott (April 2012) taught: “…yielding to emotions such as anger or hurt or defensiveness will drive away the Holy Ghost. Those emotions must be eliminated, or our chance for receiving revelation is slight. (Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal Life)”
C.S. Lewis says in A Grief Observed, that:
C.S. Lewis goes on to describe grief/depression/despair like both fear and suspense. And, I think depression, anxiety, and other mental struggles often feel similar.
If you are empty, you fear you may never feel again. Then, you experience the suspense of waiting till the moment feeling returns. You may even try to initiate, or take charge of, the return of feeling by resorting to actions that bring on anger, lust, despair, and guilt. I use these because for some reason when we are in such depths we rarely (unless we have trained ourselves) naturally (Mosiah 3:19) resort to those actions that bring on forgiveness, love, hope, and peace. We seem to naturally choose to excite negative feelings. Maybe that’s because those Christ-like actions seem more impossible when one feels nothing at all.
Or, on the other hand, you may feel so much, an excess of emotion, that you fear you may never bet back to normal levels. Then, you experience the suspense of waiting for blessed normalcy and equilibrium in your emotions and feelings to return. You may, again, try to initiate the return of normal feeling by taking unhealthy actions; simply because in this excessive emotional stimulation healthy actions are not natural (Mosiah 3:19) and seem to require heroic effort, while negative ones “seem” to not require as much.
Again, I want to emphasize that having feelings that temporarily block our ability to feel and comprehend God’s hand on our shoulder during these mental struggles does not make us evil. It also doesn’t mean He isn’t there. In fact, He is there, but our ability to tune into that presence is often difficult because we are wearing emotional and psychological sunglasses in an already dark room.
Lest anyone think I don’t know what it feels like to be in any of these throes or to struggle with anxiety, emptiness, excess emotion, or the like; I can only venture to say I have experienced them all in several ways and to extents I have not the room to explain. And, unfortunately, I continue to experience them. However, over years of practice, I have learned how to get out of these “dark ruts.” It is for exactly this reason that when I was asked to blog on this topic that I had sufficient doctrine fodder to present—because I have pondered it extensively.
So, how can we stay spiritual if our mental, emotional, and psychological illnesses are akin to the wall of China between us and our ability to sense the presence, love, guidance, comfort, and Spirit of God in our lives?
I have two answers to this. Both came to me while listening to well-prepared talks at church.
The first came a year or so back. I don’t remember what the talk was, but I had a jolt of insight about light.
So often, when we feel we are sitting in a void unable to reach God or to feel His presence, we are in a metaphorical darkness. Of such darkness, Elder Uchtdorf (April 2014) taught:
This quote talks about how when we are in darkness, we need to make an effort to feel light. When we are in darkness it is hard for us to comprehend the light that very well may be present. However, Elder Uchtdorf compares it to flicking a switch. Yet, while I was sitting in Sacrament meeting one day, a more applicable illustration came to my mind. Because as we all know, flipping a switch from darkness to light simply isn’t that easy.
So, in my mind, instead of a switch, I saw a candle. When we are in darkness and we light a candle, there is still darkness. The small light, while better than ultimate darkness, still casts shadows creating fearful images and it leaves much of a room, or space, still hidden from us. Yet, we can use that candle to make our way, little by little to the light switch. We navigate with anxiety past certain shadows and dark patches that once we are past we see they aren’t as frightening as we thought. Then, at last we reach the light switch. Because it is the light switch which is able to disperse all the darkness and leave very little, if any, of the room (or God) obscured.
Candle, flame.
So, when we feel that our ability to feel the Spirit and God’s presence in our lives is inhibited by our weaknesses and struggles, we do have to take a leap of faith and light a small candle. We have to reach out to the Lord even though in that moment we feel that He couldn’t be farther from us, that He doesn’t care about our struggles, or that perhaps He doesn’t exist at all. If we can light that small candle and protect it, it will give us sufficient light to creep closer and closer to the light switch. That small candle light—though not sufficient to disperse all fear and darkness—by slow and steady progress, will lead us across the “dark room” of our current struggle to the switch. Then the Light of the World will make Himself known unto us and enable us to continue forward through each and every dark room that follows until one day, all the lights are on: “and I say it unto you that you may know the truth, that you may chase the darkness from among you (Doctrine and Covenants 50:24-25).
Would you like an example of lighting a candle? Well, in my past I had at least 2.5 years of depression, sadness, and hurt that was quite intense at the beginning and then slowly ebbed (going up and down) over the course of those 2.5 years. During that time, I told myself that when I felt down in that dark pit of feeling sorry for myself or of feeling empty and abandoned, that I would text my three visiting teaching sisters. I would say something nice to them and ask how they were.
It was that simple. That was my candle. And, believe it or not, it was extremely difficult to do even that, to strike that match and light a stubborn wick with a shaky hand. But, I always had my phone on me and those numbers were programmed in. So, every time I was down in that pit I texted those ladies. They didn’t know that was why I texted. They never knew. But I knew that thinking about someone other than myself for the 30 seconds it took to text could make a difference.
And, you know what…that candle helped me climb out of the pit—every time. Every time I did it, I would think, “It’s not going to work; not this time.” And, that candle would flicker, but somehow it was always enough. It enabled me to change my course of thoughts, to stand up, to move, to go and do something that brought the light flowing back into my mind and heart.
(See also my blog post Knowledge versus Intelligence on acting on truth even when we don’t “feel” like it)
The second answer, came to me at a recent Stake Conference that I attended. One of the ladies who spoke had me riveted for her entire talk—which I sadly admit doesn’t happen very often. The reason she had me riveted is because she said something that was like pure truth being injected into my head and heart. And yet, it was something so simple I couldn’t believe I hadn’t ever discovered it myself.
This woman had spent years, and I mean literally years upon years, battling a life and death and yet entirely unknown and never before treated brain stem issue/tumor (I believe). She talked about being in constant darkness. She consistently struggled to “tune in.” Yet, there were many times she did feel the Lord’s help, comfort, and guidance despite the fact that He did not remove or easily fix her problem. She entered many experimental surgeries never knowing if she would come out alive. And, even as she spoke to us she wore a unique neck brace and could hardly move her head. So, she wasn’t out of the darkness, completely—not yet.
Then came the injection of truth. She said quite simply that during these dark times, she often felt she lacked faith in God. She struggled to find her faith. She was in “darkness.” Then, she quoted several lines from Alma 32 (the noted chapter on “faith is like a seed”). She said:
It occurred to me one day that when we plant a seed that it goes down into the darkness of the dirt. Then, as it is watered and nurtured, it is still in darkness as it takes root, sprouts and begins to grow. It isn’t until it has been nurtured with great care that it begins to break the surface of the darkness of the dirt and burst forth into the light. So, it would seem that all faith must be born in darkness if it is to grow at all. And it is only when we nurture our faith despite the darkness that it will eventually bring us out into the light.
I remember sitting there, stunned. How had this simple truth about faith totally escaped me?
I mean, I may have experienced such a phenomena, but no one had ever explained why before. No one had ever put it before me so plainly. I wondered how I ever thought true faith came in any other way (Doctrine and Covenants 101:4).
In the parable of the sower, did not seeds that fell upon the soil and remained out in the light get eaten by the birds? Did not the seeds that did not sink down into the dirt and “take root” in darkness fail to properly germinate and thrive? How did I miss this beautiful doctrine all these years?
Light Switch - On
So, my second answer is this: If you feel that you are often, or nearly always in mental, emotional, or psychological darkness, remember that you have the capacity to grow and produce a deeper, stronger faith than many others will ever have. I don’t say this is “on the surface” something to celebrate. But, certainly it is without a doubt a spiritual gift that if grasped will lead you straight to the throne of God.
So, like a seed must be planted underneath the soil to take root and to germinate properly into a plant with the potential to grow up and produce true fruit; so also, must our faith be born in darkness. It must be tried before it can thrive.
But, when we are in these dark moments, we need only light a tiny candle. That candle won’t disperse the darkness immediately. But, it will give us enough light to proceed forward until we can reach the light switch and then be showered with the glorious light of the Master.
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Is Easter an innocent little holiday, or is there more to it? Is it the day Christ was resurrected? Should we as Christians be celebrating this day? Well let’s start with Colossians 2:8 and see what it says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Most Christians think the whole purpose of Easter is because of the death and resurrection of Christ, however Easter was around for thousands of years before Christ ever walked this Earth. It is a pagan holiday, and it started back with Nimrod. Nimrod is a descendent of Noah’s son Ham, and was a builder of cities (Study Genesis chapter 10). Some of those cities included: Ninevah, Babel, Asshur (Assyria), and Calah, all of which were known for their evil, perverse acts. Nimrod’s wife Semiramis, who was also called Ishtar, Ostara, Isis, or the Queen of heaven is where we get the word Easter from.
When her husband Nimrod died, she deified him, and called him the sun god. You can do a search of different cultures throughout history and find reference to him, usually called Baal, Molech, Satarn, Osiris, etc. Ishtar claimed to have a miraculous conception from the rays of the son, her husband, the sun god, and she gave birth to Tammuz. Being that Ishtar was the wife of the sun god, she was called the moon goddess, or goddess of fertility. Her son Tammuz was a mighty hunter just like his father Nimrod, but at 40 years of age, he was killed by a wild boar. To honor his death, Ishtar required her followers to weep and mourn for him 40 days each year, and to eat a pig as revenge for the wild boar that killed her son. These 40 days would start at the spring equinox each year. This is where Catholics get their 40 days of lent from. It is also where the tradition of the “Easter ham” came from. What does God think about these practices? He speaks very clearly against it in Jeremiah 44. He even mentions Ishtar, the Queen of Heaven. Jeremiah 44:17-19 “But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?” God was angry with the wicked acts that his children started becoming part of because of traditions of men that were passed down and worked into the true word of God. God also speaks of the evil workings of those taking part in these traditions of men in Ezekiel 8, verse 14 even speaks specifically of the weeping for Tammuz, “Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.”
So we’ve established where the name Easter came from, and how some of these pagan traditions started, but what about the egg and the bunny? The egg was a symbol that was sacred to the Babylonians. Eggs are also used as a symbol of fertility, and during this time in the spring, the pagans would often participate in an orgy in the groves as part of their “religious” practices. As if all of this wasn’t bad enough, there is a more sinister background of eggs and the practices of dying them. The classic poets are full of the fable of the mystic egg of the Babylonians, and its tale is told by Hyginus, the Egyptian, the learned keeper of the Palatine library at Rome, in the time of Augustus, who was skilled in all the wisdom of his native country. At the Sunrise service (Ezekiel 8:13-17) the priest of Ishtar would impregnate young virgins on the altar and during that service they would take the babies that were now three months old from the previous year and sacrifice those children on the altar to Ishtar and take the eggs of Ishtar and dip those eggs with the blood of those young infants. This is also where we get our Sunday sunrise service from. You can see how angry this made God in Ezekiel 8.
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It’s important to note that the word easter was never meant to be in our bibles. It is in it only once, and that’s in Acts 12:4 “And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.” This word easter, is a deliberate mistranslation, it should say Passover. The word is Pascha in the greek, and you can find it in your Strong’s concordance G3957. What is another way we can know this to be true? Look in Acts 12:3 “And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)” The days of unleavened bread is Passover! Luke 22:1 “Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.”
Keeping easter instead of Passover is an abomination to the Lord. These traditions of easter make void the very word of God, Mark 7:13, “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.” So how did these traditions of men, these pagan traditions, get tied into Christianity? The emperor Constantine in 325 A.D. is a good place to start. Emperor Constantine in the Council Nicaea ordered all Churches to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. The ancient Church had celebrated the Resurrection during the Passover [Nisan 14], which could fall on any day of the week, but the Churches near Rome had abandoned the practice because they hated the Jews (those from the bloodline of Judah, not the religion of Judaism), and fixed the date to the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring. They also called the celebration ‘Easter’, after the pagan goddess of spring. All of this is verified by the following quote from the Encarta Encyclopedia:
“An important historical result of the difference in reckoning the date of Easter was that the Christian churches in the East, which were closer to the birthplace of the new religion and in which old traditions were strong, observed [the Resurrection] according to the date of the Passover festival. The churches of the West, descendants of Greco-Roman civilization, celebrated Easter on a Sunday.
After the council of Nicaea, Constantine outlawed Passover, his goal being to remove Jesus from the context of Passover. The church fought against this for centuries after Constantine. In the 6th century, Justinian sent the Roman army to enforce the prohibition of Passover. Thousands of men, women, and children were murdered simply for refusing to stop celebrating Passover. The Roman church would eventually get involved in attempts to stamp out Passover.
So this is why churches celebrate the pagan holiday of easter today. The Roman church brought in many pagan practices, and then “Christianized” them so that they could please the pagans and Christians. These traditions of men were then passed down from generation to generation. Easter is not the only pagan holiday that is celebrated here today, but we will go over the others in a different teaching.
Jesus Christ and His apostles would have never taken part in the type of celebration that goes on today. Jesus and the apostles took part in 3 feasts that God commanded in Exodus 23, Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Exodus 23:14-16, “Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.” As Christians these are the days that we should keep holy as well. Satan wants people to “stay in Egypt” and keep celebrating these pagan holidays. Satan and his children love it when we mix pagan worship with the worship of God, Christianity with babylonianism, the truth with a lie, but God will not mix with evil. What are we doing when we attempt to “Worship Jesus” with the traditions of Babylon? Mark 7:7-9, “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” In 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 God commands: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
If you did not know these things before, and the Lord has opened your eyes to His truth regarding them, please do not continue celebrating these pagan traditions of men. Turn from these evil practices so God can use you! Study God’s word yourself so that you may know the truth. Don’t put your trust in the man at the pulpit, put your trust in God almighty! 2 Timothy 2:21, “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” |
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Theme song of my life: Hakuna Matata (from the Lion King)
Music I listen to: I like everything from alternative and indie music to rap and R&B, but my favorite music is classic rock.
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1. This poll has proven who are delusional among us! Really Steve, all yes go yes??? lmao!! Yalls circus now!!
2. So here’s the question in light of the poll-
Will the releasing of AB be considered a net positive for the Patriots in that in firmly reinforces with the team the culture of not tolerating the distractions no matter what your talent level? Does it serve as a lesson on the head down and grind philosophy of the Patriots without distractions and team first philosophy that has earned them six Superbowls?
So even though I voted that AB would be considered a negative addition to the team when the season ends, could it be considered a positive?
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What Are Weed Hangovers?
A Look Into What They Are & How To Prevent Them
Many enthusiasts turn to recreational marijuana due to the relatively minor side effects that one can experience even after consuming a significant amount. Unlike alcohol and other drugs, weed has always had the famous reputation of never giving you a hangover, making it that much more of an attractive option for many. However, with successful legalization efforts rapidly growing around the world we are now seeing stronger and stronger strains, powerful concentrates, and more potent edibles than ever before.
Weed Hangovers, trending marijuana news, when will marijuana be legal everywhereAs a result, more and more people have been reporting what some folks have been calling a “weed hangover.” Symptoms of this malady often mirror those of an alcohol hangover and may include stomach troubles like nausea and vomiting, a shortened attention span that can be accompanied by some memory loss, as well as troubles with speech and motor skills. While these hangovers are more prevalent for those enthusiasts that consume strong edibles due to how they are metabolized, smokers can still suffer from these symptoms if they are not careful.
So, what can enthusiasts do to prevent waking up with a weed hangover? As with any good thing, moderation is always key. Chronic use of some of the more potent strains will increase your resistance thereby causing you to use more to obtain the same effects which can potentially lead to hangover city in the morning. Your weed use should preferably be stretched out over time and if you are getting to the point where you are lighting up constantly, it may be a good time to take a break in general.
Another good idea is to make sure that you eat well before you start enjoying your weed. Just like you want to have a solid “base” in your stomach before you start drinking in order to help curb the effects of the booze, you’ll want to do the same when it comes to weed. You’ll want to make sure you eat healthy too because chips, candy, and other types of munchies just won’t cut it.
Also like when you are drinking alcohol, staying hydrated will help keep some of the hangover symptoms at bay. Making sure that you have enough to drink prior to, during, and after your sessions goes a long way in keeping your body’s systems happy. We recommend good old fashioned water, sport’s drinks, and natural juices but highly suggest avoiding anything too sugary or drinks that contain alcohol as they can potentially lead to dehydration.
Weed Hangovers, weed news, latest cannabis news, when will cannabis be legal everywhereWhile not nearly as terrible as alcohol hangovers, weed hangovers can still suck pretty bad, especially if unexpected and you have things to do. However, if you are able to follow the above advice you should be okay to enjoy your herb without having to worry too much about how you are going to be feeling tomorrow!
Have you ever suffered from a weed hangover before? What type of cannabis product(s) were you using at the time? Do you have any tips or tricks for preventing them that you can share?
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June 8, 2016
English speakers love to turn nouns into verbs. There was rain before it rained. There was Google before we googled. And there were adults before we adulted.
The latter has exploded onto the Internet in the past year. In fact, the American Dialect Society—the organization that basically invented choosing a “word of the year”—nominated the verb adult as last year’s most creative construction in their most recent vote a few months ago. And in the most recent issue, the linguistics journal American Speech has offered up these definitions:
1. to behave in an adult manner; engage in activities associated with adulthood
2. to make someone behave like an adult; turn someone into an adult
The linguists who wrote the piece also noted that this noun that has been turned into a verb has been turned back into a noun, in the form of an activity known as adulting—which operates in a sentence much like its cousin “parenting” does. They also traced the currently hot usage (Defintion #1) back as far as a tweet from 2008.
But while a definition is a satisfying thing to have sorted out, it doesn’t tell the whole story. For instance, it doesn’t explain the context in which one might want to use the word or why searches for the term have done this.
According to Jane Solomon, a lexicographer at and one of the article’s authors, a big factor is millennials and their “delayed development” (which isn’t necessarily as unfortunate as it sounds).
“This generation of millennials,” she says, “they go through life stages that other generations have gone through much later in life, like starting families, owning homes. Maybe they won’t own homes at all.” The age of first-time mothers is indeed at a historic high of 26. Real-estate site Zillow found that first-time home-buyers are more likely to be older and single today than in past decades. We’ve all heard about millennials’ boomeranging.
And so this jokey way of describing one’s engagement in adult behaviors—whether that is doing your own taxes, buying your first lawn mower, staying in on a Friday, being someone’s boss or getting super pumped about home appliances—can help those millennials acknowledge and/or make fun of and/or come to grips with that transition (or how late they are to it).
Depending on the person and their listeners, different motivations may be driving the “adulting” utterance. It may be the speaker’s insecurity at so rarely finding themselves in an adult posture well into their 30s. Or it may be their wish to imply that they’re still so young and hip that it is laughable for them to be, say, ironing the serviettes before a dinner party. Or it may be their fear that their peers will find the fact that they spent a lot of time making a Thanksgiving centerpiece kind of lame, so they use the term to make fun of themselves when they Instagram it. #adulting
Or perhaps the speaker is the only one in the friend group who is 25 and has a house and spouse and kid and uses the term to spare the feelings of fellow diners who, they happen to know, wish they could also be in that position, a sort of implied “No, no, you’re the normal one. I’m the one acting much older than my age,” even though they’re doing those things even later than their own parents did.
Or maybe it’s some completely different context because English words have a fantastic habit of defying being pinned-down.
While some find the phrase cute and cuddly, others do not. Jezebel writer Madeleine Davies believes there is a “self-congratulatory” vein to this, an expectation of millennials to be applauded for “fulfilling your basic responsibilities as a human,” which she finds to be “pretty much the most childish thing imaginable.” And at least one person, Kelly Williams Brown, appears to be making a living off the term. She turned her popular blog on adulting into a book that sympathetically (and comically) offers to help millennial-types cope with things like “Accepting non-Special-Snowflake-ness.”
Also in the sympathetic camp is linguist and author Ben Zimmer, another mind behind the American Speech article. Adulting tends to be used by those “who find themselves doing adult things for the first time and feeling like an adult,” he says. “It is very much attached to people coming of age, where they’re thrust into having to take things more seriously.” Every generation, he adds, “comes to grip with aging in their own way.”
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In its basic sense, life insurance is a contract between an insurance company and an insured person that is designed to provide money if the insured person passes away. Individual life insurance policies are meant to protect the life of a specific term life insurance policies
There are three entities involved in an individual life insurance policy – the owner, the insured, and the beneficiary. The owner of an individual life insurance policy is the one who has the rights that are stipulated in the contract. Oftentimes, the owner of an individual life insurance policy is also the insured, but this is not always the case.
The insured is the person whose death causes the insurance company to pay the death benefit or face amount of the policy. These proceeds are paid to the beneficiary. There can be more than one beneficiary.
Although there are some instances where life insurance benefits are taxable, in most cases, the benefit amount received by your beneficiaries from a life insurance policy is considered to be income tax-free.
Group Life Insurance
Group life insurance is a type of life insurance in which a single contract covers an entire group of people. This coverage will provide a benefit to the policy beneficiaries if the covered individual dies during the defined period of coverage. This can help to ensure that the insured's loved ones have enough to pay for final expenses, unexpected medical bills, or other bills – even those for necessities like food and utilities – if the primary income earner passes away.
Typically, the owner of the policy is an employer or an entity such as a labor organization. The policy covers the employees or the members of the group. The employer has the right to change or to cancel the coverage at any time.
Group life insurance differs from individual life insurance in that it covers an evolving group of individuals. As employees or members of the group change, the demographics of the group may also change, but the rate and benefits remain the same.
Group life insurance is often provided as part of a complete employee benefits package. In many cases, the cost of group coverage is less than what the individual employees or group members would pay for a similar individual life insurance policy with the same amount of coverage.
When a group benefits plan is initiated, enrollment forms are used to collect information, benefit elections, and beneficiary information from the employees. Once the employees have enrolled, benefit summaries are issued to show the highlights of the benefit plan. These summaries help to simplify the explanation of the benefits that insureds are entitled to.
Insurance companies create benefit summaries for all coverages. And, benefit summaries are used in employee enrollment meetings and benefit fairs. Since most insurance coverage entails lengthy documentation, benefit summaries can make it easier to read about coverage because they simplify the communication process.
Group life insurance policies can be paid for by the employer, the employees, or a combination of the two. If the company or employer is paying for the benefit, it is called an employer-paid plan. If the employees are paying for the benefit, it is called a voluntary plan.
The employer or entity organization keeps the actual insurance policy, which is known as the master contract. Normally, all of those individuals who are covered will receive a certificate of insurance that is provided by the employer or organization. This certificate serves as proof of insurance. However, it is not the actual insurance policy.
When group term life insurance is provided through an employer, the employer may pay most, and in some cases all, of the premiums. The amount of coverage is typically equal to one or two times an employee’s annual salary.
Group term life insurance remains in force until a person's employment is terminated, or until the specific term of coverage ends. At that time, the insured would have the option to convert the group life insurance policy to an individual life insurance policy. However, the individual premiums tend to be much higher than the group premiums for the same policy.
One of the attractions to employers and groups of group term life insurance is its affordability. Because the life insurance policy covers a broad group of people, it is relatively inexpensive for each individual person. This is because the risks are spread out among a larger group of people. Therefore, the insurance company can afford to charge a lower premium than it would for many other types of life insurance policies.
A second feature that makes group policies very affordable is that they typically have no medical exam. This means they are a good option for individuals who would normally be classified as a high risk policy, because they can get much more affordable coverage by being considered part of a a group.
Group term life insurance, like any other term life insurance policy, must be renewed every so often, or it will expire. At that time, a premium adjustment may be required by the insurance company. In most cases, the employer or group administration – typically the human resources department – will take care of this without individual employees or group members being involved. However, if the participant contributes to a portion of the premium, he or she will be notified and given the option of whether or not to renew the policy.
How Group Life Insurance Policies Work
Group term life insurance is a foundation of insurance protection for employees and their families. It provides protection for a specific period of time and pays a benefit if the insured passes away during the term of protection. This base level of protection can be enhanced by the person's personal savings, individual life insurance proceeds, and / or Social Security death benefits.
The death benefit from group life insurance is paid income tax-free to the insured's beneficiary. This can provide loved ones with an emergency fund, allowing them to use individual life insurance and other funds for longer-term needs.
Often, especially when the primary income earner in a family dies, their loved ones must drastically change their lifestyles due to this loss of family income. Life insurance can help prevent family from having to endure the loss of a loved one and the hardship of being unable to pay rent or a mortgage, utilities, and other necessities. Without life insurance, loved ones are often forced to sell their home or make other drastic lifestyle changes.
The most common form of group life insurance is term insurance. Typically, it is provided in the form of yearly renewable term. Often, the life insurance coverage provided by most group plans is one-year term. The plan comes up for renewal each year, and both the insurance company and the employer or group have the opportunity to consider whether or not to continue it. For the insurance company, this is also a good time to revise the rates.
The primary feature of a life insurance policy is the death benefit it provides. Term life insurance policies provide coverage within the time specified in the contract. After that time period, protection expires, and no death benefit is paid, unless the policy is renewed.
Just as with an individual life insurance policy, group life may offer other features, too - often referred to as riders - that may be added on to the policy that provide additional benefits to either the insured or to the named beneficiary on the policy.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20171 | How to quickly translate the text on Android
You wish to translate a part of text of an article but you do not want Chrome to translate the whole web page? Today we will show you a very quick way to translate the selected text in browser (a single word or a phrase) without turning on the auto-translation function. By the way, how many taps do you perform on your Android device to see the translation of an unknown word on a website?
How to translate the word or phrase on Android
Install the Google translate from Google Play Market:
1. Long press on the word (not the link). The word will be selected.
2. Edit the selection or leave it as is if you would like to translate the single word.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20199 | The use of standard times – the time a service worker should take to complete a task – is common in service organisations. Call centre agents are given standard times for handling calls, back-office workers have standard times for completing tasks, home-repair tradesmen and car-repair shop technicians have standard times for repairs.
Any deviation from working to the standard times gets attention from management. And management thinks any deviation from standard times is the fault of the worker. A mistake. When they study their system, managers will find that the majority of deviations are due to the work, not the worker.
Behaving in this way managers are tampering with their system, increasing variation and lowering capability.
This tampering is institutionalised. A veritable factory of activity sits around standard-setting, monitoring, reporting and resource-planning. When leaders learn how dysfunctional it is to work to standard times the management factory is radically reduced and re-shaped. And the key is to switch from standard times, which are arbitrary, to actual times, which are real. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20214 | New API Released for Visual Studio Online
The API integrates many third-party tools and cloud-based services using standard Web technologies.
Microsoft has released a new API for Visual Studio Online that provides more integration with Web-based tools and services, with the goal of becoming a "hub for ALM in the cloud."
That's how it was described by S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division, on his blog. The new API uses common, standard Web technologies like JSON, OAuth, REST and service hooks, making it easy for most Web developers to work with, without abandoning their everyday tools and technologies.
Microsoft Technical Fellow Brian Harry blogged that the first release of the API has "specific integrations with 18 tools/services, and we'll add more in the future." Some of them include Azure Service Bus, Zapier, AppVeyor, Apprenda, SendGrid, Flowdock and SourceClear.
The API also allows integration with cloud services like GitHub, Jenkins, HipChat, Trello and others, Somasegar said.
The REST APIs use standard JSON and OAuth2, and can be accessed from any HTTP client. That fits in with Microsoft's desire to enable Visual Studio Online functionality from mobile devices. "For example," Somasegar blogged, "a developer can programmatically access the Git repositories in their Visual Studio online account."
The service hooks alert other services about various activities within Visual Studio Online like updated work items, new code, completed builds and new comments.
Microsoft has created a landing page with information and common scenarios for integrating the various third-party tools, along with a reference page for the REST API. In addition, an integration page has been published, with details about interoperating with Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Online and the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program.
First announced last November, Visual Studio Online reached general availability last month. Somasegar noted that more than 1 million accounts have been created for the service thus far.
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“Can’t I just put a picture with my words and call it a day?” No. Across the digital landscape, even into your brick and mortar (if you have one), including business cards, signs, and logos – everything that speaks for your brand should be visually cohesive to build trust and consistency. This imagery needs to be fresh and interactive if your goal is to engage the consumer. Technology and trends change constantly, your visual representation must stay relevant. Without words, graphic design speaks volumes.
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Resources, Activities and Strategies to Support Your Child
SFUSD created a helpful Standards Based Report Card (SRBC) Parent Resource webpage, a “companion guide” for families to help make sense of what grade-level expectations are for their child in all areas (Literacy, Math, Science, Social Emotional Development, Health). It also provides many useful resources and links to help families support their children outside of school.
The SFUSD Parent Companion Document provides a link to a PARENT TOOLKIT, a website (in both English and Spanish) that is designed to serve as a resource for parents to work with their children in very specific ways. You can search by subject area and/or age level and find strategies and activities to work with your child.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20251 | Advanced Project Settings
This article explains the advanced functionalities of the Crashtest Security Suite - and how to earn the sweet fruits of automated pentesting in agile development processes.
In the project preferences, you can configure in-depth settings for further fine tuning of your security scan. Especially the automation part is where you can use our software to the fullest extent and get started on your continuous security testing journey (also referred to as "DevSevOps").
If your system is protected by an authentication, you can specify the needed authentication to access the system.
System authentication: If http basic authentication (.htaccess protection) is enabled, configure the credentials here.
Application authentication: If your application has a login form, you may add credentials here. This only works for Multi Page Applications.
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Parameter authentication: This setting allows you to configure HTTP headers, GET parameters, or (session) cookies for authentication. If you would like to get more guidance on how to set up an API for scans, please check out this wiki article.
More advanced authentication flows such as SAML or OAuth2 are described in our advanced authentication article.
This setting is where you start to reap the benefits of automated pentesting - starting a security scan automatically by time or event.
Scheduled Scan: Configure a daily or weekly schedule so that your scans are started automatically at a certain time a day or week.
Webhook: Create a webhook so that your build system can start a security scan automatically based on your needs. You can easily integrate it into your CI/CD pipeline following the steps explained here.
Enter a Slack webhook so that we notify you every time a scan has finished. More information on the creation of Slack webhooks can be found here.
Crawler Mode & Throttling
Crawling method
Adjust the crawler mode to define whether the smart crawling should try to detect forms which appear on multiple sites and only scan them once to reduce the scan duration.
You can choose between the following crawling methods:
• The Smart Crawling mode tries to detect forms, which appear on multiple sites (e.g. a search form) and only scan them once to reduce the scan duration. Depending on the implementation of your web application this might reduce the scan coverage, if an identical form appears on multiple sites, but is processed differently. Please choose the exhaustive crawling if this is the case.
• The Exhaustive Crawling mode scans each detected form for vulnerabilities. Therefore forms appearing on multiple sites are scanned each time individually. This might significantly increase the scan duration, but can increase the detection rate.
Adjust the throttling threshold to limit the maximum amount of requests per second, which are sent to scan your server. Please consider that the threshold influences the scan duration and that certain scanners require a minimum threshold. |
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Broken link in the introduction[edit]
The broken link points to I propose changing the introduction to:
There are a number of reasons why code or documentation contributions may not be adopted by the OpenSSL maintainers. See Getting Started for an introduction on becoming a contributor.
Jflopezfernandez (talk) 16:26, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
Works for me. Go for it.
--Matt (talk) 16:38, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
Great, it is done.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20260 | Aromatic winesTaste: Intense and complex perfume of rose petals, lavender, lychees and Turkish delight with a musky spiciness.
Body: Full with high alcohol.
Dry / Sweet: Dry, off-dry, medium-dry or sweet (if in doubt ask supplier).
Acidity: Low
Age: Drink while young and fresh.
Gewürztraminer (guh-vurts-TRA-MEE-NER) is one of the most individual and distinctive of all grape varieties. It has a long history of cultivation going back over a thousand years, which has made identifying its origin a very complicated process.
In short, it is a variant of Traminer, a less aromatic grape, which is named after the Tyrolean village of Tramin in the Alto Adige region of northern Italy. For convenience, Gewürztraminer is sometimes abbreviated as “Traminer”, although this can be misleading as it is the name of a different, albeit similar, grape variety.
Today Gewürztraminer is grown widely around the world, but in small quantities and performs best in cool climate regions due to its low acidity and high natural sugar levels (in warm climates the acidity is too low to balance the sweetness). It is considered one of the ‘noble’ grapes of the Alsace region, in eastern France, which produces world-renowned examples.
It’s a very difficult grape to grow, often described as a labor of love, as it is prone to disease and is sensitive to both soil type and climate. Consequently, it needs careful management in the vineyard and the winery to produce good quality wine. As the grapes are naturally high in sugar and low in acidity, the wines they make are typically off-dry, although many are dry. Because the skin of the grape is a light pink the wine can have quite a deep yellow colour.
It produces intensely perfumed white wines with aromas and flavors of rose petals, lavender, lychees, peaches and Turkish delight, together with a gentle musky spiciness (Gewürz is the German word for spice). It is very full bodied, perhaps more so than any other white table wine, with high alcohol and can be dry, off-dry, medium-dry, medium-sweet or sweet. Be sure to check the label to determine the level of sweetness of the wine, or ask your retailer, as this is not always apparent.
Generally, Gewürztraminer is best to drink when it’s young and fresh as acidity is low, but some wines can develop complex flavors with age. It is undoubtedly the most aromatic of all the grape varieties in this style and is a wonderful partner for Asian cuisine.
The aroma and flavor profile of Gewürztraminer is so exotic and distinctive that you will either love it or find it overwhelming. Either way, your wine repertoire will not be complete without getting to know this lovely, if often overlooked, grape variety.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20261 | Professional Indemnity Teardown: What Are You Covered For?
Policy wordings can be hard to decipher. What exactly does professional indemnity cover you for?
As a freelancer, you'll likely fall into one of three categories when it comes to business insurance:
• Never thought about it before
• Bought insurance because it was recommended, but have no idea what it actually covers
• Diligent freelancer who has insured their business, went through the policy wording with a fine tooth comb and knows exactly what they're covered for
We're guessing the majority fall into the first two categories. Your policy wording isn't the most inviting read, so we've taken some of the relevant aspects of cover and translated it into freelance terms.
What are you covered for?
What are you covered for?
Defence Costs
If a client makes a claim against you, your professional indemnity (PI) policy will pay the defence costs. Even if you're in the wrong.
A famous case in the web development world is the lawsuit between Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and ConnectU's Winklevoss twins. The Winklevoss twins claim Zuckerberg had broken an oral contract between them, 'stealing' their idea and even using some of the code from the ConnectU project for Facebook.
The Winklevoss twins received compensation to settle the lawsuit. This would be covered under a PI policy alongside defence costs.
Intellectual Copyright Infringement
The most common claim against designers is for copyright infringement.
A famous example of this is the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster. The artist used a copyrighted photograph without permission from the photographer.
The designer originally faced prison time, but the agreement was settled on a fine of $25,000 and 300 hours of community service. Professional indemnity would have covered the legal fees, as well as the $25,000 fine itself.
Cover extends to infringement of domain names, trademarks, trade names, logos. This is particularly relevant for graphic or web designers.
Unpaid Invoices (Mitigation Costs)
Unpaid invoices are the bane of any freelancer's life. If a client is dissatisfied with your work, they may refuse to pay any or all your fees and threaten to bring a claim against you.
Professional Indemnity will pay you the amount owed to you by your client if the insurer believes this will avoid a claim for a greater amount.
Negligence covers a broad spectrum, but think of this as the bread and butter of your PI policy.
This covers any errors you make. This could be a bug in your code, a pricing typo on the client's website, or providing misguided advice to a client.
Check out 4 true stories of creative businesses that wished they had insurance.
Data Breach
A data breach covers loss of documents or deletion of important data. As a freelancer, clients are trusting you with important information, files, graphics, templates, etc.
It's your responsibility to keep this information safe.
This could extend to cyber liability, where there's been unauthorised disclosure of personally identifiable information or third party corporate information.
In the event you lose documents, delete data or are victim to a data breach, your professional indemnity cover will step in.
Unintentional Breach of Contract
Breach of contract can take many forms. It could be something as simple as failing to deliver a project on time, or not meeting the client's expectations. Any breach of contract may entitle the client to make a claim for damages for the losses it has suffered.
Read The Wording
That wasn't so bad, was it?
PI policies differ between insurers, so it's always worth reading the policy wording. A good PI policy may cost a bit more, but you'll be safe in the knowledge that it offers broader cover.
Oh, and if you're a freelancer who falls into category one of never having thought about insurance, you can get a quote with Jack.
We asked ourselves one important question …
What do we want out of an insurance provider?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20264 | Cholesterol Lowering Techniques
Consuming a healthy, well-balanced diet can help keep your blood cholesterol low.
When considering things you can do to improve your general health and well-being, one of the most important is managing your blood cholesterol level. High cholesterol raises your risk of many serious disorders that can become chronic problems. Lucky for us, there are several basic strategies that can help keep your cholesterol in a healthy range.
Dietary Fats
Your body needs some cholesterol for a variety of processes, for example, production of cellular membranes and certain hormones, but when your blood cholesterol is high, it can form a substance called plaque on your artery walls. Plaque can narrow arteries and make them less elastic, raising your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. You can help prevent this by reducing your intake of dietary fat and choosing unsaturated fats over saturated types whenever possible. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend you consume no more than 20 to 35 percent of your daily total calories from fat. Also, less than 10 percent should come from saturated fats, which are found in fatty meats and full-fat dairy products. Instead, choose lean meat, skinless poultry, fish and reduced-fat, dairy-based foods.
Soluble Fiber
When your digestive system breaks down fats in food, fat is absorbed into your blood, raising your blood level of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, which is a cholesterol-containing compound that can be especially damaging when its level is too high. You can lessen the rise in LDL after a meal by adding foods that contain a type of indigestible carbohydrate called soluble fiber to every meal. Soluble fiber forms a gel in your digestive tract, slowing absorption of fat and keeping LDL from rising to high levels. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, consuming 5 to 10 grams of soluble fiber daily can lower your LDL by up to 5 percent. Most fruits and vegetables contain soluble fiber, but legumes, citrus fruits, apples and bananas are especially rich sources.
Weight and Exercise
The Institute also states that controlling your weight and pursuing a regular program of physical activity can help lower your blood LDL level. It says you should only consume enough calories to meet your body's needs, avoiding foods and beverages that have excess sugar and too many calories. It also recommends doing at least thirty minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every day. Examples include brisk walking, bicycling or swimming; breaking up the activity into shorter, ten-minute blocks is also acceptable. For variety, you might add to your program "fun" activities such as gardening, playing golf while walking the course, or playing a sport such as bowling or tennis.
Although adopting a healthy diet and lifestyle can help lower your cholesterol, there are prescription medications also available. One type, belonging a class called statins, can decrease blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting an enzyme in the liver cells that make cholesterol. Other types of medications reduce absorption of fats from food or interfere with your body's ability to digest fat. Several supplements, including niacin, one of the B vitamins, and a type of fat called omega-3 fatty acid found in oily fish, may also help lower your cholesterol. Discuss these options with your doctor, who can help you decide what is best for your situation.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20271 | This is the fifth teaching on the word of the Lord for 2018 “The Refining has begun bringing forth a New Breed of Believers”. I encourage you to prayerfully listen as the Lord paves the way for you to receive of His message. God is unleashing us to move in the Spirit like never before; entering into this place in Him enables us to enter into an unmatched level of obedience in Him. He is preparing to unleash the New Breed of Believers who will lead the church in the days ahead. Only those who’ve learned absolute obedience to the Spirit will be counted among them. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20276 | Arathi coast dwarven farm
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The dwarven farm.
An unnamed dwarven farm is a small domicile and parcel of cultivated land on the southeast coast of the Arathi Highlands. While there, the location is given as The Forbidding Sea. Coordinates are [92, 70]. The area holds two farm fields, a small farmhouse and stables. There is also a dock near the water and ships out in the distance of the sea.
Two Dwarven Farmers live on the farm. One patrols the road leading up to the farm. The other one is inside the house, sleeping. Both are marked as Alliance NPCs. Many critters roam around on the farm. Rats hide in the acre, or in the stable. The cats, which there are many of, only sit and watch the rats. There are two rams in the stable as well.
There are no quests associated with this location, nor are there any named NPCs or even mentions of its existence. It is possible that there was intended to be some form of content present here, though it may also simply be present to add beauty and realism to the zone. In concept, this location is similar to the Silithus coast tauren settlement, though that location was completely abandoned.
Getting there
Swim south from the Overlook Cliffs, past Revantusk Village, and continue until you see a patch of land. Alternatively, you could swim from Wetlands, starting at the Thandol Span and swim northeast until you reach the farm. As of Cataclysm, one can also fly to the location. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20280 | Birthday – 5 July – Jean Cocteau
Literary Birthday – 5 July – Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was born 5 July 1889, and died 11 October 1963
1. The poet doesn’t invent. He listens.
5. After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
7. The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
9. When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
10. What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.
Jean Cocteau was a French artist, poet, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Parents Terribles, and the films, Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. His circle of associates included Pablo Picasso, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Igor Stravinsky, and Édith Piaf.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20281 | Good afternoon. Could I use the brand name 'Imodium' as a title for my short story?
• Probably not but there are some weird work arounds. – ggiaquin16 Nov 9 '17 at 15:45
Imodium is trademarked, so the company could send a cease and desist letter as a way to protect their protect their trademark -- that's part of the obligation of maintaining the trademark.
I've seen several posts about this very question, but very few by lawyers except for this post http://www.rightsofwriters.com/2010/12/can-i-mention-brand-name-products-in-my.html
• This seems true, until I look at my bookshelf: Prozac Nation – August Canaille Nov 9 '17 at 16:53
• @AugustCanaille is this a book about the prozac medicine and it's effect on the country? In which cause this may have been allowed by the company who did prozac. – ggiaquin16 Nov 9 '17 at 17:00
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is prozac a trademark – Alexander Nov 9 '17 at 17:46
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20379 | If every twinge and niggle is making you anxious, and you’re worried about every ache and pain, this blog post will show what you can do to ease your stress.
I want to talk to you about health anxiety. This is a particular type of anxiety where you are worried about every ache and pain and it is very, very close to my heart because I experience health anxiety from time to time.
Watch the video or continue reading below…
What is health anxiety and why does it make you worried about every ache and pain?
Health anxiety is basically an overblown reaction to symptoms and what it means is you interpret the symptoms in a catastrophic way.
You become worried about every ache and pain.
So, say you find a lump somewhere, the first immediate thing that comes to your mind is that lump must be the big C when in fact, there are so many other reasons for having lumps and bumps in your body and in fact, the older you get, the more lumps and bumps you’re going to get.
They’re a fact of life.
But when you have health anxiety, this causes you to look at every symptom as if it’s a potential threat to you and you just have this overblown reaction.
I know when my health anxiety is at its worst, I’m absolutely convinced that I’m going to die and I’m worried about every ache and pain.
That’s the reality of it when you have health anxiety, that is what you live with a lot of the time.
I just want to examine why this happens and to share with you some energy healing tips, they’re common sense tips but they do relate to energy healing as well.
This has definitely worked for me in helping me overcome my own health anxiety.
Before I go into it, I’ll just explain to you my story with health anxiety and why I experience it.
Back in 2003, I started experiencing numbness and tingling in my body and I remember I was in a plane flying from Sydney to Perth when I got this little twitch in my face and it felt like my entire right hand side went numb.
And I went to my GP and he said, “Well, I think you might have multiple sclerosis or MS.”
Back in those days, they didn’t have the treatments available these days that help people with multiple sclerosis. It really was quite a catastrophic thing and a traumatic thing for me to hear at that age.
So, I was going through investigations and tests and a huge amount of anxiety.
That was also around the time that I met the Archangel Michael.
It was around the time I started seeing auras as well but there was also this trauma of being told that I might possibly have multiple sclerosis.
Turns out I didn’t and I don’t.
It was just anxiety manifesting in this numbness and tingling.
But that trauma, to this day, means that every time I have to go see my GP about something, I worry that they might tell me something really catastrophic and really bad.
So that’s the fear for me.
The fear for me is hearing that that catastrophic type of diagnosis and what that would possibly mean.
My mind races with, “What would my kids do if I died? What would that mean for them growing up without a mother?” All those sorts of things, they just flood my head all at once and they all crash into each other and it’s really, really horrible.
But I have done some things that have helped me calm my health anxiety, be a little bit more realistic about symptoms when I experience them because the symptoms don’t go away.
We all have little things that we need to go see the doctor about, things that need further investigation and if you’re sensible about life, you don’t just stop going to the doctor. That’s not realistic at all.
It’s just about reframing so that you’re not seeing your symptoms as catastrophically and there’s a three-step process for how to do that.
3 steps to take if you are worried about every ache and pain
Step 1: Google is NOT your friend when you’re worried about every ache and pain
This is the golden rule always when you have health anxiety: Do not Google your symptoms.
Google is not your friend!
Google does not have a medical degree and Google does not have your best interest at heart when it comes to telling you what symptoms might mean.
When you go to your doctor and you have a collection of symptoms, they use those symptoms and they use their own interpretation and their own knowledge and their own background of your medical record to tell you what it is most likely to be, what you’re most likely experiencing.
And then they might refer you for more tests, they might send you for more investigations but the doctor will use their knowledge.
Google is an aggregator that goes out and seeks everything on the internet and brings back results.
So if you Google “heart palpitations,” and a list comes up and on that list, you’ll see “heart palpitations anxiety” or you might see “heart palpitations heart attack.”
Which one are you going to click on?
Of course, you’re going to click on heart attack because that’s what your brain registers as a threat.
And as an anxious woman, you’re going to investigate that threat because you want to tell yourself and calm yourself and say to yourself, “No, that’s not a threat anymore. I investigated that. That’s not a threat, that doesn’t apply to me.”
9 times out of 10, clicking on that link will only make you more anxious and alarmed because you won’t be able to discount the threat.
Instead, your anxiety will escalate.
So, I’ve got one blanket solution for that: do not Google your symptoms.
And you might say to me, “Well, how do I research what my symptoms might be?”
Go and see your doctor. But don’t go and see your doctor every single time something new crops up. In step three below, I will tell you how and when you should go and see your doctor.
Step 2: Stop seeking immediate reassurance all the time
Most of the time, with most symptoms, you don’t need to react on them right away.
Give it a couple of weeks just to see if this symptom calms down or not before going and seeking medical attention.
But of course, people with health anxiety who are worried about every ache and pain don’t only seek medical attention from a qualified medical professional.
They try and seek it from their family and their friends and a lot of the time, this can lead to a person with health anxiety sort of coming across as a hypochondriac, I hate that term, but people have called me a hypochondriac in my time and I think it’s just a reflection as to how toxic and annoying it can actually become when you’re constantly seeking reassurance for symptoms that are most likely to be benign.
The other thing with stopping seeking immediate reassurance is, energetically, this brings in space.
Space around the symptom, space around the emotion, space around the issue.
And energetically, white light and space is what heals, that’s the healing energy.
I have a free Space between your brain cells meditation that you can listen to and it will guide you through a guided meditation to how you can actually bring space between your brain cells, but space between any cells, space between any part of your body to just give you that room that you need yourself and the emotion of the symptom, that catastrophic interpretation that you’re experiencing.
Step 3: Keep a list of your symptoms and make a monthly appointment with your doctor
Now, I said earlier I would tell you when and how to go and see the doctor.
This is my recommendation if you’re experiencing lots of worrying symptoms, they seem to happen fairly regularly and you want to break that habit of being constantly in the doctor’s office:
When you get symptom, write it down on a piece of paper and write down the date when you first noticed this symptom.
Then give it a month and see if that symptom is still bothering you.
If the symptom is still there after a month, yeah, by all means, go and see your doctor.
And in fact, a lot of the time, it’s recommended that if you experience health anxiety and you do need that medical attention, that you make a monthly appointment with your doctor and take your list so you can show them what you’re experiencing.
It’s also helpful to cross the symptoms off your list within the month if they resolve:
“Yeah, that bump’s not there anymore…cross that off.” “Yeah, headaches are gone…cross that off.” And anything else that remains, the doctor then uses their knowledge…remember, they are highly educated people, they know what they’re talking about, to recommend whether something needs more investigation or not.
Sometimes it will, sometimes it won’t.
Please learn to trust your doctor, learn to trust their opinion.
There are times that doctors do make mistakes but by far and large, they don’t.
Remember, most of the time, you’ll be the rule. You won’t be the exception. Those exceptions are exceedingly rare, so rare. That’s why those exceptions make it into the media because they are so incredibly rare. Most of the time, doctors do a fantastic job and they get it right.
Health anxiety affirmation
So, Butterfly, those are the steps for healing health anxiety in your life when you’re worried about every ache and pain. These are the steps that I’ve used myself so I know that they work.
Number one, Google is not your friend. Get off Google.
Number two, stop seeking immediate reassurance from your family and friends. They don’t want to hear about you harping about it all the time and it’s also no good for you to be constantly seeking this reassurance. Giving it some space between you and the symptom, as uncomfortable as it might feel is really important towards breaking this habit of health anxiety.
Number three, write a list of every symptoms as it comes, write the date next to it and make monthly appointment with your doctor until your health anxiety settles.
And remember to listen to my Space between your brain cells meditation – it will really help you.
Love + light,
Eva xo
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20399 | Almost Everywhere Apparent Sonia Leber and David Chesworth Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne 11 August 30 September 2007
Sonia Leber and David Chesworth, Almost Everywhere Apparent 2007, video still, courtesy the artists. Photo: Sonia Leber.
The entrance to Almost Everywhere Apparent extends a highly physical invitation to its visitor: turn a non-descript white door and walk into an equally anonymous antechamber. Door follows door. Gradations of light give way to the dusky glow of a narrow corridor; choral music and singing voices surround us, creating an unnerving sonic atmosphere that plays upon our bodily sensitivity to sound. The interplay of space and architecture, sound and voice beckon us to proceed (and enter into a ghostly phenomenology of listening and hearing) at our own risk. The passageway suddenly veers off, as if the architecture of the space were shifting only to leave the body lagging behind. We arrive at a huge vaulted space with a (projected) overhanging dome; a series of centrifugal corridors radiate out from this open chamber. Each ends with a lens embedded in the wall through which we view intriguing but apparently disconnected 'peep-shows' (an amorphous mass of black clad-figures, clinging to a ceiling, the image of a choir from on-high). Different sounds and vocalizations continue to surge throughout the hub; a sonic palimpsest keeps us guessing, on edge.
On an affective level, this piece beautifully calls up the spectral or ghostly nature of sound itself, as a kind of absent presence; absent in its invisibility but present in its reverberation in and through the body that encounters it. Unfortunately, the use of sound tends to be overwhelmed by the more tangible groundings of image/architectural layout in the main chamber, which offers us a far less creepy experience of the acoustic than entering the work. Unable to pinpoint any exact auditory location to its echoic effects, the entrance gives greater license to the potentially disorientating effects of listening, rather than privileging surveillance/viewing. The main chamber, by contrast, seems labored and overly 'cerebral' in its allusions to the architectural motifs of the panopticon or the sprawling aisles of a cathedral.
The fusion of the religious with the institutional, the sacred and surveillance, also comes at the expense of downplaying the architectonic dimensions of sound itself. As philosopher, Michel Chion, often remarks, sound tends to 'fill' a space in a way that the image simply cannot; it possesses a multi-directional quality and its contours are far less certain or easily identifiable. Sound, in its ambience, naturally lends itself to the reign of phantasms.
Almost Everywhere Apparent is an uneven but potent realization of how spatially complex and affectively immediate our response to the acoustic realm can be. A less didactic mix of sound and structure might have yielded more interesting and sensually perplexing results. The installation is at its most evocative when you close your eyes and listen, letting yourself become haunted by the acoustic ghost.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20421 | Kirkwall Ba – Orkney, Scotland - Atlas Obscura
Orkney, Scotland
Kirkwall Ba
Twice a year, usually on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, the Uppies play the Doonies (also known as the “Up-the-Gates” and “Doon-the-Gates”) in a giant game of football. The game lasts for hours, and sometimes, even days.
The game is a Ba, a type of mob football that dates from the Middle Ages. Its origin is unclear, as it predates written records. Some believe it’s tied to the Orkneyinga saga, a 13th-century Norse saga.
There are two games played, one for boys and one for men (the only two women’s games ever played occurred in 1945 and ‘46). The men’s game begins when the cathedral bell strikes 1:00 p.m. A special leather ball—the Ba—is thrown into the crowd of players gathered below, which can number a few hundred men on opposing sides.
The aim is to win control of the Ba and get it closer to your goal, either by a sustained scrum, devious misdirection, or by surging. There are no rules, but instead a strict code of conduct, and there is no referee.
The Doonies win if the Ba goes into the Kirkwall Bay. The Uppies win if they can get it to the site of the old town gate. When the Ba has been put in one of the goals, an argument then starts to determine the individual winner, who usually decided in a popularity battle.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20456 | Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Science is pinning great hopes on stem cell research. However, research in this field also raises ethical concerns because the cells are generally obtained from early human embryos. This is why the legislator has set clear boundaries.
Human embryonal stem cells are undifferentiated progenitor cells. Each has the potential to develop into any type of “mature” cell. Once the process of maturation is complete, the cell takes on a specific function in tissue or in an organ. In addition, embryonal stem cells can divide indefinitely and are thus available in large quantities. These properties make human embryonal stem cells very interesting for medical applications.
The long-term objective of research is to develop specific body cells from embryonal stem cells. If this is successful, it will be possible, for example, to replace defective cells in a patient who has had a heart attack. While it is not currently possible to use stem cells therapeutically, there is justified hope that this will change in a few years.
Ethically controversial aspects
Research involving human embryonal stem cells is ethically controversial. Nowadays the cells are generally obtained from early human embryos. However, the embryos are destroyed in the process.
This is why, in Switzerland, stem cells may only be obtained from “surplus” embryos. These are embryos that develop in the course of artificial fertilisation but cannot be used to achieve a pregnancy. They would thus be incapable of survival anyway.
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Applications and licences for stem cell research
Work involving human embryonic stem cells is subject to strict rules. Here researchers, ethics committees and medical personnel will find information on the relevant applications and licences.
Development of Legislation on Stem Cell Research
Research involving embryonal stem cells is regulated in Switzerland by the Stem Cell Research Act (StRA). A brief outline shows how the legislation developed.
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The FOPH informs interested members of the public and scientists about research involving human embryonal stem cells in Switzerland by providing an overview of research projects.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20466 | Abigail Smith Adams is Known as a Silent Hero to Our Country
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Abigail Smith Adams were borne on November 11,1744. Her parents were Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. She had two sisters named Mary Smith Cranch and Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody and one brother named William Smith. She lived in a rich family, and her parents had lots of money. She is known as a silent hero to the country. Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the first Vice President, and the second President of the United State. She was important for being an unofficial adviser of John Adams and her extensive correspondence. She was a former first lady as a writer. In her time back then, it was normal for girls for not attending school. But Abigail was educated at home by her father and grandfather. She took advantage of her father libraries and visited often. Her religious affiliation is Congregationalist. Abigail takes special interest in philosophy, theology, Shakespeare, the classics, ancient history, government and law. On the other hand, her mother and grandmother taught her social graces, homemaking, and handiwork. In her earlier years, she was often poor in health. When she was nineteen years old, she met a lawyer named John Adams. He was a Harvard graduate pursuing a law career. They were married on October 25, 1761. She moved with him to Braintree. Three years later, the couple soon had their first child, a daughter named Abigail. Along with John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, and Thomas. But their daughter Susanna died as a toddler. They
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20484 | I first met “Ving” through Bells of Steel. He wanted a Macebell and a Prowler sent to Singapore. After that first order we kept in touch, and while I was backpacking Asia in 2012 I had the pleasure of training at the PIT myself. I had been in SE Asia for a few months by then, and was feeling like a giant among men. Then I met Ving and it was like being back home. Built like a brick shit house and covered in tattoos, he looked like he belonged at a GPC powerlifting meet, not on the sleek streets of Singapore. We kept in touch and met up again at the Beijing Sports show. The biggest fitness trade show in the world. It was a bit of a let down, as it was mostly composed of this:
and only a few booths among hundreds had any of this:
This got me wondering about people’s attitudes towards fitness in Asia, and how and if things were changing. My friend Irving was eager to answer my question.
Getting the skinny (OUT) of Asia.
A bit about the Pit
With the Westernization of most Asian countries like my home Singapore, more and more people look at what is accepted as “fit” and healthy. Now thanks to various media, the waif look is apparently in. When the west think Asian, they think of three things:
1. Good at math
2. Bad drivers ( Hello. This one is not so funny ok ?)
3. Bruce Lee
Every Asian brother looks like Bruce Lee.
Except for this Asian brother
In the past, Asians were generally pretty lean, but with the Westernization of Asia came with it its poor over processed fast food dietary habits fuelled by multi national conglomerates like Mickeydees and friends; which tore through the belt buckles of Asians like wildfire.
Yes, we eat a lot of rice. But we WERE generally more active. Look at the Asians in third world asia – Not many fat people. Why? Obesity is a FIRST WORLD PROBLEM. It’s not a problem that’s caused by Western culture. It’s a problem that’s caused by living ‘”the good life”. A bit like how many channels you get with your cable subscription.
People in first world Asia spend more time in the office, less time moving, less time working out, less time cooking their own meals etc. So they look at magazines, see a photo-shopped girl or a guy that looks “different”, and tell themselves “ I want that!”. They go on crash diets, whip out their suspension trainers and bust some moves during lunch time. Because that’s what the media tells them to do. Then they realize, they are not getting anywhere…. and what does the media tell them then? “Try this diet instead”. Great, now you have a guy on a 1,000 calories a day because he wants to fit in his sister’s jeans. Good going journalists. But things have started to change. Well, at least where we are.
When I started out as a personal trainer, people wanted to lose weight, bulk up, look good naked so to speak. Well, that hasn’t changed much. But there is a new following of people… I do some voluntary work with the Singapore weightlifting federation. I’m basically on the committee and when I first saw these boys lift I thought to myself; “Ving, you are such a pussy, THIS is strong. This is awesome”. I then got socially introduced to the guys at SG Titans, a non-profit organization in Singapore promoting Strength sports. I then knew being average is for wimps. I’m not saying that you have to be a strongman, or do Olympic lifts to be considered strong. I’m just saying that us humans are capable of doing a lot of good shit.
Ahmad Taufiq Muhammad of the SG Titans
And there are more people like myself who just don’t want to be average. When being average just doesn’t cut it anymore. They want to be awesome. So how do we convince people in our area that they actually are (deep down inside) already an athlete?
My name is Irving Henson, and I run The PIT, one of Singapore’s top fitness facilities, aiming to revolutionize the way fitness is approached in the island city.We set up in 2011 with one goal in mind, my team of dedicated and experienced trainers are focused on unleashing the athletic capabilities in every person that walks through the gym’s doors. What we do is tell people the truth that they don’t want to hear. That they are weak. That because they are weak, they are incapable of doing things that they were born to do.
We had guys come in and ask us, do you have an assisted chin up machine? A smith machine? Our reply, is always somewhat the same “Did you pack your lip gloss in your gym bag?”. Sure, not many people can take our attitude. But we explain to them that if they want to get better, they have to leave their egos at the door. They have to come in and train their hearts out. They have to put in the hours. There are no shortcuts, no easy way. We are not Shape magazine or Mens health, we are the PIT and shortcuts are a way away from the truth. We have a training system and we are strict with our training. The day you manage to flip that tyre on your own, is the same day you sold your soul to your inner demons and you won’t want to turn back. Because unlike the guy or girl who goes into their aerobics class in their color coordinated gear…YOU made progress.
We do however have fun during training. And the environment you will find here is one that is encouraging and full of camaraderie. You have the housewife training next to the MMA fighter, who is training along the Strongman. Then you have my 7-year-old son who walks in and deadlifts 75 lbs and everyone, and I mean everyone, stops to cheer him on. It’s not just a gym, it’s a family.
Like father like son
We converted people and made heroes out of zeros. Gone are the days of making an exercise easier, if you can’t do an exercise, you train for it. It’s not rocket science. Now we have girls doing chin-ups, flipping 506lb tyres, and swinging kettlebells. Why? Because they can. They thought they couldn’t, but now they know they can.
So what happened to being skinny? Do they still want to look good? Are their goals still cosmetic? Yes. But looking good doesn’t mean being waif and looking like a replica of a stick man drawing. Besides, being stick thin, also means, you can’t do all that awesome shit that you trained for.
We broke it into a simple science. Strength before conditioning. Without strength, the body cannot generate power, when you can’t generate power, you are better off sticking to your step aerobics and pump class. Because, at least it’s keeping you moving. But that’s all you are going to be doing. MOVING. You wont be training which means you won’t be progressing, and when you don’t progress, you wont be awesome.
Just average.
Like my dog Milo.
Well, Milo’s pretty awesome. He can lick his own nuts.
Bad example, but you get the picture.
We use our facebook page a lot, put up pics and videos of everyday people doing chin-ups, oly lifts, flipping tyres and what not (no we are not a crossfit box – we respect their programs, we just don’t use their protocols). At the end of the day do these girls and boy look good? Hell yeah. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20534 | Are cut, raw onions the secret poison sitting in your fridge?
The internet says yes. 13, 20208:40am
Viral posts suggested that pre-cut onions could harbour dangerous bacteria. Image: iStockSource:BodyAndSoul
Do you ever cut a raw onion in half, and pop it in the fridge to use the next day? The internet says might be unwittingly exposing yourself to bacteria. We asked the experts to separate fact from fiction.
The internet is good for many things... booking restaurant tables, stalking your ex, keeping up to date on the latest news, and (unfortunately) spreading scary-arse sounding rumours that are not always founded in scientific facts.
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Are leftover, raw onions poisonous?
The humble onion, one of the most commonly used vegetables to add flavour to just about every delicious savoury dish in our recipe repertoire, suffered from a smear campaign of sorts, with a Facebook post going viral in 2018, claiming that it could be highly poisonous to use leftover, raw onions:
"Please remember it is dangerous to cut and onion and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning."
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Image: iStock
Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Image: iStockSource:BodyAndSoul
Similar warnings of the 'poisonous' nature of onions did the rounds in 2008 - via a viral text, stating "onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion..."
Bad news for anyone who only wants to use half a red onion in their salad...
Science disproves the poisonous raw-onion myth
Luckily, science came to the rescue - with Joe Schwarcz, director of the McGill Office for Science and Society at McGill University in Canada, debunking the rumours back in 2012. He wrote:
So unless you have sliced your onions on a contaminated cutting board, or handled them with dirty hands, you can safely put them in a plastic bag and store them and there will not be any bacterial contamination."
The science says onions, if prepared properly, are safe to eat after being cut and stored. Image: iStock
Safe consumption of leftover onions
And that friends, puts an end to that rumour. So, go forth! Feel free to use those leftover, raw, pre-cut onions that are sitting in your fridge. Just be sure to always wash your hands, then use a clean cutting board, knife, and storage containers and you'll be cooking with gas (and be bacteria-free).
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OPUS/3D is a modern and intuitive spectral imaging software package for comfortable 3D data processing, evaluation and visualization. For visual and spectral data from micro-spectroscopic analysis e.g. with the Bruker microscopes LUMOS II, HYPERION, SENTERRA II and RamanScope III, the OPUS/3D Chemical Imaging window provides powerful tools and functions.
• Broad Variety of 2D and 3D Views for the display of chemical images resulting from regular (line, rectangular) and irregular mapping measurements.
• View for user-selected Spectra in a 3D file.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20572 | Name Claire Jones
Registration Type Full Time
Degree PhD
Status Completed
Start Year 2006 (All day)
End Year 2010 (All day)
Thesis Title The Medical Instrument Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1800-1914: Its Changing Form, Role and Significance in Healthcare
Supervisor Graeme Gooday, Jonathan Topham, and Jim Garretts
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20588 | I Tried Clip-In Extensions & All Of My Long-Hair Dreams Came True
I've cycled through quite a few hair phases over the past 24 years: chunky middle school highlights, ombré, balayage, sideswept bangs, blunt bangs, lobs, and hair short enough that it just barely fit into a ponytail as a little nubbin. And that's just a sampling. But the one hairstyle I could only have in my dreams was silky, lustrous long locks.
Long hair has always felt just out of my realm of possibility (the longest it's ever been was just below my collarbone). When I'm feeling restless — which, admittedly, is often — my first instinct is to change my hair, and the easiest way to do it is to chop some off. Maybe it's a control thing, or a lack of patience. In any case, I've never given my hair a chance to grow out.
In the wake of a big move and a job change, I've been itching to do something different with my hair. So when Barefoot Blonde Hair offered me the chance to make my mermaid aspirations come true and try clip-in hair extensions, I couldn't resist finding out what I'd really look like. Plus, it seemed less risky than plan B, which was dying my hair platinum blonde. (Maybe next time.)
Created by Amber Fillerup Clark, the woman behind the Barefoot Blonde blog and queen of gorgeous, natural-looking hair extensions, Barefoot Blonde Hair Extensions are the latest and greatest to hit the market. There are 20 shades to choose from, and Fillerup Clark matched my gradient hair to a hue called Honey Dipped. There's also a color matching guide on the site, along with some amazing styling tutorials for cool braids and updos that I'll definitely be trying out.
But first, it's all about mastering the basics. I watched her video on how to put in clip-in hair extensions (they're also great for adding volume and thickness to hair that's already long), as well as this tutorial specifically for shoulder-length hair.
Then, I jumped right in. The extensions arrived in a pretty box along with some guidelines. A few big ones to note: You can gently wash, condition, and air dry them flat on a towel them after about 20 wears (they're made of real hair, but since they're not attached to your scalp, they won't produce natural oils). Try not to sleep in them, but if you do, braid them to avoid tangling. You can brush them with a soft bristle brush when they're not wet, and store them in a dry place. I found a handy Pinterest hack to clip them to a ribbon tied around a hanger, so they don't crease when they're stored.
Alexa Tucker
As for blending them in with short hair, Fillerup Clark told me that a curly or wavy style was my best bet. "It breaks up where the ends of where your hair is and gives texture," she says Since they're real hair, you can heat style them, but proceed with caution. "The thing with extensions is that once they are damaged from heat, you can't repair it as well as you can your normal hair."
Use the lowest heat setting that'll do the trick, she says (this is best for keeping your real hair healthy, too). "To style using hot tools, I recommend putting all the extensions together and closing the top off in a drawer so they are secure, and curling them like that. Curl your natural hair and then put the curled extensions in." My hair was already a little wavy (as were the extensions), so I decided to just touch up the ends when I was done.
Alexa Tucker
Another trick for blending them in with shorter hair is to section off the hair below your ears, braid it all to one side, and then bobby pin it to the other side of your head (as shown above). Clip the rest of your hair on top of your head. This helps avoid an obvious line on the underside of your hair where your real hair ends and the extensions begin, and it also gives the first "weft" something to clip onto.
After I clipped in the first weft, I took a little bit of hair down from section on top of my head and clipped in the next one, staggering each a little bit from the last one. Barefoot Blonde extensions come with eight wefts — two with four clips, two with three clips, two with two clips, and four with one clip. Start with the wefts with the most clips and use the smaller ones as you go on.
Per this tutorial from Buzzfeed, I also clipped up the small front sections of hair in front of my ear, so I could clip the single-clip wefts to the sides rather than the back.
I was surprised at how secure they felt once you slid the prongs into your hair and "snapped" them toward your head to keep them in place. One thing I learned from trial and error: Make sure you're clipping them into the section of hair that's already down, not accidentally into the section that's still clipped up (it creates a pretty obvious bump when you take the next section down).
Overall, it took me about 15 to 20 minutes to put the extensions in the first time, not including styling time. Even if it took me several hours, though, the result would've been totally worth it.
Alexa Tucker
Pretty neat, right? Truly, I've never felt more like a Disney Princess/the blonde version of Kyle Richards from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Blending them in to look natural takes some practice, but I've been surprised at just how legit they look.
I've found that clipping a couple of front sections of my real hair into a half-up style helps them look more real, and Fillerup Clark also reccomends playing with chunky braids to blend them. "Hairstyles are so fun with clip-ins because you can move them around to make braids and twists thicker," she says. "Once you try a braid with extensions, you won't be able to go back to normal braids."
Alexa Tucker
I don't even think I can go back to normal hair after this. I'm officially a clip-in convert. |
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As stipulated in the statutes of the Foundation, it is not the saving of life as such that is recognised, but the rescue act “of extraordinary heroic character”.
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The rescuer has voluntarily risked severe personal injury or even death in order to save the life of another person. The Foundation does not recognise acts of rescue that do not require any particular courage, or that may be considered the duty of each individual to perform on behalf of his or her fellow human beings. In the case of a rescuer being killed in the course of saving a life, the Foundation is empowered to grant the rescuer’s immediate family nonrecurrent or continuing financial compensation.
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What are the awards granted to a rescuer?
The founder ordered that every awardee receive a citation. In addition, a bronze, silver or gold medal bearing the engraved name of the recipient or, alternatively, a wristwatch of equivalent value may be given, and in individual cases, also monetary awards. The degree of danger to which the rescuer exposed himself or herself is always decisive in determining the award. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20648 | Governors of Missouri and Oregon: Tell Sister State, Jeollanam-do, Korea That We’re Opposed to Torture Consumption of Dogs!
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Governors of Missouri and Oregon: Tell Sister State, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, That We’re Opposed to Torture and Consumption of Dogs and Cats!
Jeollanam-do Province of South Korea became a sister state with Missouri in 1986 and Oregon in 1996 , despite the fact that Jeollanam-do, South Korea is responsible for a horrendous dog and cat meat cruelty.
In South Korea, home to global companies such as Hyundai, Kia, Samsung, LG, Daewoo, SK, and POSCO, an estimated 2.5 million dogs are tortured and slaughtered every year because of the greed of dog eaters and the dog meat industry, and the profound indifference of the majority of South Koreans who does nothing to stop this. One of the provinces which supports the illegal mass breeding and brutal slaughter of dogs for human consumption is Jeollanam-do.
Have you ever wondered what Hell is like? Click HERE to watch undercover videos from dog farms and slaughterhouse in South Korea. There are no words to describe the daily horror of these “Hell On Earth.” There are so many dog restaurants, slaughterhouses, farms and meat markets like these all around Jeollanam-do.
Countless dog farms and slaughterhouses are scattered throughout Jeollanam-do and they truly are hell on earth for the defenseless dogs suffering there. Man’s best friend exists for their entire lives in squalid, feces encrusted raised wire cages in utter misery only to be slaughtered in the most horrific of ways – by electrocution, a hammer blow to the neck, being hung or beaten, bleeding to death from a slashed throat, being burned to death from a blowtorch, or thrown into a vat of boiling water while still alive. Gwangju, Mokpo, Gokseong, Sooncheon, Yeosu, Goheung, Boseong, Naju, Damyang, Yeonggwang, Hampyeong, Haenam, Jindo, Shinan, Ganjin; and on goes the list of cities in Jeollanam-do where these terrible atrocities are perpetrated.
Please inform Jeollanam-do Province Governor Nak-Yon Lee that citizens of Missouri and Oregon and their friends insist that they issue an official document mandating that the following existing laws be enforced:
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1. Act of capture and sell or kill.
International and Korean media coverage of the brutal dog and cat meat trade in South Korea has stained Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea’s image and severely tarnished your state’s sister state relationship. The time to end this tragedy is now. The favor of your reply is requested.
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I'm one of the few people who liked the premiere and the Ezekiel episode. But this recent episode bored me to tears. I'm gettng sick of Negan already but I think we're going to hear his motormouth from now on until the series finale. This must be how Deadpool's victims feel when he doesn't shut up.
Every episode won't be of epic proportions. Some are going to concentrate on filling in the backgrounds of new(er) characters like this one did. As the series progresses episodes like this are necessary to understand the overall story arc. Like a great piece of music, a series like this needs some lower key episodes so that the ones creating tension stand out more. Dwayne certainly isn't a favorite of mine, but I'm content to see where this is all going.
It being Epic or not isn't really my concern. Last week's Ezekiel episode wasn't epic...but I enjoyed it. This week's episode just bored me (even though I like this Dwight guy). Between Negan's posturing, the dog food sandwiches, the stupid scene where Dwight is walking that guy back to camp and the horrible music choices I was really really bored.
FTWD, on the other hand, has been a bore fest for the most part which makes me appreciate the parent show all that much more. In general I like the pacing of TWD and that every episode isn't high tension and over the top.
It is a boring show. So is the original. I've gotten to the point on both shows where I actively root against the main characters and enjoy when they die. I cheered when Abraham bought it.
The characters are rarely developed enough to care about before they die.
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It can seem that size of a wine bottle doesn’t matter, but often bottle size can have significant effects on the way wine tastes.
The easy thing of course would just be to make every bottle exactly the same shape and size, but in reality, there are some quite notable differences between them, and for good reason.
This article gives an overview of how these differences in shape and size can affect the wine within a bottle.
Bottle size and the maturation of wine
One of the most important differences in bottle sizes is the effect that is has on the rate at which wine oxidises.
Oxidisation occurs when oxygen diffuses through the cork and into the bottle reaching the wine.
Although oxidisation helps wine maturing, this needs to happen slowly and gradually. If oxidization happens too quickly, wine can spoil.
The speed at which a wine oxidises is therefore a product of the proportion between the amount of wine in a bottle (as the oxygen diffuses evenly through the wine) and the surface area of the cork in contact with the outside air.
Although larger bottles of wine will have corks with a slightly larger surface area than smaller bottles, this difference pales into insignificance compared to the difference in the volume of wine held between a larger and smaller bottle. Therefore, as larger bottles have a higher proportion of wine volume compared to cork surface area, oxidisation is slower in these bottles.
This means that wines generally age slower and better when stored in large-format bottles compared to smaller ones.
You can roughly measure the oxidisation of wine through ullage.
The Importance of ullage for old wine bottles
Now, although bottle size does affect the quality of an aged wine, it is far too simple to say that a large bottle guarantees that a wine has matured in an optimal way.
Rather, a better way to eyeball the condition of a mature wine is through its ullage.
Ullage refers to the amount of space between the top of the wine in a bottle and the bottom of the cork.
Ullage can give a very good indication of how much a wine has oxidised.
This is because oxidisation is essentially a side effect of air diffusing into a bottle, and wine vapour diffusing out of the bottle.
The more this diffusion happens, more space will fill up between the top of the wine and the bottom of the cork, therefore increasing the ullage.
Again, because oxygen diffuses evenly within the wine, the size of ullage should be measured against the volume of wine within a bottle when judging the condition of a wine. This reinforces the point that larger bottles of wine can mature for longer than smaller bottles.
If a small bottle of wine has a large ullage, the condition of the wine is likely to be rather poor. However a larger bottle of wine with the same ullage can still be in good condition.
There is simply more wine in the larger bottle to be oxidised, so the rate of oxidisation is slower.
In addition, this slower rate of oxidisation and therefore the slower aging leads to wines acquiring more finesse and a more refined complexity with time.
How has the relationship between bottle size and oxidisation affected wine producers?
Historically, the shapes and sizes of bottle underwent a transformation once it was realised that bottling wine under cork created a near airtight seal.
This allowed wine to be aged a lot longer without spoiling.
Experimentation then occurred with bottle sizes, and soon the realisation occurred that the larger bottles not only looked more impressive, but the taste of the product within was better. It was a crucial step in the evolution of wine as we know it today.
In the past, wine bottles were usually very small, only containing 500ml of liquid. However as more mature wines became more popular, larger bottles became the norm in an effort to make the maturation process more gradual.
Larger format bottles have a further advantage over smaller bottles.
They tend to have thicker glass meaning that the contents within are much less likely to be expose to temperature fluctuations, and it is well known that a steady temperature will help a wine age at a more even rate. The thicker glass is a notable advantage of the larger format bottles, however they do however have a disadvantage at the same time.
A particularly large bottle may require a cork to be especially made and cut for purpose, and since such a cork was made by hand for a one-off occasion they tend not to fit as well as mass-produced corks.
An ill-fitting cork may lead to wine having greater contact with air, therefore increasing the rate of oxidation and undoing the benefits of having a lower air to liquid ratio in the bottle. It is worth noting that this only occasionally happens, and in 99% of cases larger bottles are better for storing wine in.
Therefore, as time went on, larger bottles became increasingly the norm in winemaking and storage.
Wine bottle sizes today
The differences in bottle sizes today can be quite significant.
The smallest bottle size in existence is entitled a half quarter and holds only 94ml. At the other end of the spectrum we have the Melchizedek, which holds 30 litres.
In terms of keeping, the smaller one may need to be consumed within 2 years, and the larger one would almost certainly be improving after 200!
Beringer have even created a bottle that contained 130 Litres, entitled The Maximus.
This was not a commercial bottle; rather it was created for a charity auction in 2001.
Watch Large Bottle Sizes in Video
What else affects the maturation of wine?
Not only the shape and size of the bottle affects how harmoniously and quickly a wine matures.
The storage/cellaring conditions also have a significant impact.
Heat and humidity are particularly important. A hotter environment will cause wine to evaporate through the cork more quickly.
This evaporation will increase the space allowed for oxygen to enter the bottle, therefore speeding the rate of oxidisation.
Humidity, on the other hand, is a good thing as long as it doesn’t exceed 75% to 80% to which point corks may start being degraded by mold.
If the air is humid the cork will remain moist, and the more moisture there is in the cork the less it will shrink. This reduces the amount of evaporation, therefore slowing down the oxidisation process and allowing a wine to mature for a lot longer.
Related Read about Storage Conditions for Aging Wine
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20706 | Convert dyn to kp (Dyn to Kilopond)
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Convert Dyn to Kilopond (dyn to kp):
3. From the selection list, choose the unit that corresponds to the value you want to convert, in this case 'Dyn [dyn]'.
4. Finally choose the unit you want the value to be converted to, in this case 'Kilopond [kp]'.
With this calculator, it is possible to enter the value to be converted together with the original measurement unit; for example, '256 Dyn'. In so doing, either the full name of the unit or its abbreviation can be usedas an example, either 'Dyn' or 'dyn'. Then, the calculator determines the category of the measurement unit of measure that is to be converted, in this case 'Force'. After that, it converts the entered value into all of the appropriate units known to it. In the resulting list, you will be sure also to find the conversion you originally sought. Alternatively, the value to be converted can be entered as follows: '76 dyn to kp' or '37 dyn into kp' or '85 Dyn -> Kilopond' or '46 dyn = kp' or '73 Dyn to kp' or '7 dyn to Kilopond' or '2 Dyn into Kilopond'. For this alternative, the calculator also figures out immediately into which unit the original value is specifically to be converted. Regardless which of these possibilities one uses, it saves one the cumbersome search for the appropriate listing in long selection lists with myriad categories and countless supported units. All of that is taken over for us by the calculator and it gets the job done in a fraction of a second.
Furthermore, the calculator makes it possible to use mathematical expressions. As a result, not only can numbers be reckoned with one another, such as, for example, '(19 * 94) dyn'. But different units of measurement can also be coupled with one another directly in the conversion. That could, for example, look like this: '256 Dyn + 768 Kilopond' or '69mm x 87cm x 69dm = ? cm^3'. The units of measure combined in this way naturally have to fit together and make sense in the combination in question.
Measurement calculator that can be used to convert Dyn to Kilopond, among others: 1 Dyn [dyn] = 0.000 001 019 716 212 977 9 Kilopond [kp] |
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hillis1Dr. W. Daniel Hillis has been selected for the first Dan David Prize in the category of 'The Present: Technology, Information and Society" for his defining work in the area of parallel processing and for his spirit of innovation, creativity and exploration.
Inventor, scientist and computer designer, W. Daniel Hillis is renowned for pioneering the concept of massively parallel computers. He has designed some of the fastest systems in the world, including the first massively parallel computer, the Connection Machine. In addition, Dr. Hillis has worked closely with users to apply these machines to problems in fields as varied as astrophysics, aircraft design, financial analysis, genetics, computer graphics, medical imaging, image understanding, neurobiology, cryptography and subatomic physics.
Born in Baltimore in 1956, Dr. Hillis received his B.S. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1978. He then joined the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and worked in the field of robotics. After receiving his M.S. in 1981, his interest turned to the physical limitations of computation and the possibility of building highly parallel computers. This work culminated in 1985 with the design of the 64,000-processor Connection Machine, the topic of his Ph.D. thesis. He received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1988.
Dr. Hillis co-founded Thinking Machines Corporation in 1983, a company that revolutionized high performance computing with its massively parallel supercomputing technology. The company produced and marketed the Connection Machine and later developed high-end data-mining software tools to run on supercomputers. As chief scientist, Dr. Hillis led the company's pioneering research in applying parallel supercomputers to a wide range of scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. Dr. Hillis built a technical team comprised of scientists and engineers who were widely acknowledged to be among the best in the industry. The company's customers included American Express, Dow Jones, Schlumberger, Stanford University, Harvard University, the University of Tokyo, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA.
In 1994, Dr. Hillis left Thinking Machines to serve as a consultant to industry and as an adjunct professor at MIT's Media Laboratory, where he currently teaches and conducts research in the area of artificial intelligence. Dr. Hillis holds 40 US patents and is editor of several scientific journals. He recently published his second book, The Pattern On The Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work.
Dr. Hillis is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Spirit of American Creativity Award for his inventions, the Hopper Award for his contributions to computer science, and the Ramanujan Award for his work in applied mathematics. He is a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow in the International Leadership Forum.
Dr. Hillis and his wife Pati educate their three children, Asa, Noah, and India, at home in Los Angeles, California.
A few observations by Dr. Daniel Hillis:
"Building a thinking machine has always been a personal dream of mine, and my conception of the Connection Machine was part of that. I like to say I want to make a computer that will be proud of me."
"The Internet is a brand-new fertile ground where things can grow, and the Web is the first thing that grew there. But the stuff growing there is in very primitive form." |
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New Course: Introduction to Shell for Data Science
Introducing a new technology: Introduction to Shell by Greg Wilson!
Hi there! We're happy to announce that we're launching a new technology today: Introduction to Shell for Data Science by Greg Wilson!
The Unix command line has survived and thrived for almost fifty years because it lets people do complex things with just a few keystrokes. Sometimes called "the universal glue of programming", it helps users combine existing programs in new ways, automate repetitive tasks, and run programs on clusters and clouds that may be halfway around the world. This course will introduce its key elements and show you how to use them efficiently.
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Introduction to Shell for Data Science features interactive exercises that combine high-quality video, in-browser coding, and gamification for an engaging learning experience that will make you an expert in Shell!
What you'll learn
1. Manipulating files and directories
This chapter is a brief introduction to the Unix shell. You'll learn why it is still in use after almost fifty years, how it compares to the graphical tools you may be more familiar with, how to move around in the shell, and how to create, modify, and delete files and folders.
2. Manipulating data
The commands you saw in the previous chapter let you move things around in the filesystem. This chapter will show you how to work with the data that's in those files. The tools we will look at are fairly simple, but are the model for everything that's more powerful.
3. Combining tools
The real power of the Unix shell lies not in the individual commands, but in how easily they can be combined to do new things. This chapter will show you how to use this power to select the data you want, and introduce commands for sorting values and removing duplicates.
4. Batch processing
Most shell commands will process many files at once. This chapter will show you how to make your own pipelines do that. Along the way, you will see how the shell uses variables to store information.
5. Creating new tools
History lets you repeat things with just a few keystrokes, and pipes let you combine existing commands to create new ones. In this chapter, you will see how to go one step further and create new commands of your own.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20777 | Here in San Antonio, like any big city, it’s hard to really appreciate the stars at night. There are just too many lights, too much noise. But if you head for the Texas hill country, it won’t be long before the night sky comes alive. You look up, and all you see is stars. There are times when it looks as if God took a paint brush and with one giant stroke covered the entire sky in beautiful shimmering stars. Words cannot do it justice.
I need to do more star gazing. It helps me keep things in perspective and reminds me of some important truths.
Three Benefits of Star Gazing
1. It reminds me who I am and who God is.
It’s so easy for me to be self focused instead of God focused. It’s a daily struggle. Sometimes minute to minute. But the stars help me see the big picture. The stars help me forget myself and turn my eyes back on God. They remind me that it’s not about me.
Psalm 8 says,
“When I gaze to the skies and meditate on Your creation—
2. It reminds me of God’s love.
If you’ve ever tried to count the stars then you realize how impossible that is. They are beyond measure. The stars remind me that the God who created the entire universe, including me, loves me. And He loves me with a love that is infinitely long, wide, high, and deep (Eph 3:18). He loves me so much that He made the ultimate sacrifice for me. It’s a love that I have a hard time understanding and I often take for granted.
3. It reminds me of God’s majesty and faithfulness.
Nehemiah 9 says,
“May Your glorious name be praised—even lifted up beyond all blessing and praise. You are the Eternal, the only One. The skies are Your work alone— You made the heavens above those skies and the stars that fill them. You made the earth and everything upon it, the seas and all that lives within their depths. Your creation lives and is sustained by You, and those who dwell in the heavens fall down before You and worship. You are the Eternal God…And you have done what you promised, for You are always true to Your word.”
Sometimes you have to open your eyes to really hear. The Bible says that the heavens silently shout to the entire world (Psalm 19). They declare His Glory. They declare that God is on His throne and that He is in control.
Three Benefits of Star Gazing
So what do you say? Let’s spend some more time outside under the stars. Let’s be overwhelmed by His beauty and astounded by His love for us.
And someday, sooner than we think we’ll see Jesus face to face… the Maker of the Stars.
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AnywhereUSB/2 API Function Prototypes?
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Hello there, i was wondering what the prototypes of the functions AwUsbConnect, AwUsbDisconnect and AwUsbGetConnectionStatus functions looked like, to get them working properly in my script. Furthermore i wanted to ask if the API is win32 (i would hope so) or win64.
Thanks in advance,
asked Oct 13, 2015 in USB Serial by samuelm New to the Community (1 point)
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The API is Win32.
Prototypes should be in the header file, which should be bundled with the DLL itself in the Advanced subfolder where the AnywhereUSB files get extracted on the host computer. Do you see that folder and those files? If not, what AWUSB driver version do you have installed?
answered Oct 15, 2015 by jeremym Veteran of the Digi Community (1,673 points)
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Thank you very much. I re-downloaded the driver and found the files as described. Coworker must have deleted them, only god knows why. Makes a whole lot more sense now.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20812 | Saturday, August 24, 2013
Move line up down with Visual Studio 2013
This blog post will be a part of Visual Studio 2013 features series.
Visual Studio is a Great IDE and with the new launch of Visual Studio 2013 we are getting more and more new features. I have just discovered a new feature for Visual Studio 2013 and I thought it will be a good idea to write a blog post about it.
During writing code some times we required to move lines of code up and down the earlier we have to cut and paste the line. But with Visual Studio 2013 preview there a short cut to do that and it will be useful when we are refactoring our code and doing some changes. There is a short cut to move lines up with Alt + up arrow keys and same way for moving down Alt+ down keys.
For example I have following code there.
Now I am pressing Alt+ Up arrow keys
So you can see its now moved up. That’s it hope you like it. Stay tuned for more..
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Knockout.js Introduction
We all know about jQuery It makes Java Script developers life very easy. But in Some scenarios jQuery does not help. For example there is no way where UI and data communicates with each other without writing complex code. Here JavaScript library knockout comes very handy. Knockout.js implement Model-View-View-Model pattern to JavaScript.
Knockout js basics
Key Features:
Declarative bindings: It provides an easy way to bind your data with UI declaratively. You can use knockout observables with some html attributes. Whenever data changes it will automatically updates UI.
Dependency Tracking: With this features it will automatically updates the UI whenever data changes.
Extensibility: It can be easily extensible with new declarative bindings and it can recused every where.
Templating: Knockout.js has a built in template engine which you can use with declarative bindings. It also supports third party template engines like jQuery templates and UnderScore.
Friday, August 2, 2013
How to add a control to user control from a web page in
This post in a reply to a question on Where the person who asked this question want to add control from the page dynamically. I decided to write a blog post here.
So let’s first create a user control for this.
After creating a user control It’s try to put the user control in the aspx page like following.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20815 | The PlayFinder™
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Not Someone Like Me
Full Length, Drama
5 women
Total Cast: 5, Flexible Set
ISBN-13: 9780822239321
FEE: $100 per performance.
THE STORY: NOT SOMEONE LIKE ME is a play about sexual assault based on five true stories. On television and in film, the experience of rape is often sensationalized, exploited, and distant. Hearing these stories told by living, breathing women, in real time, has a vastly different effect. With each woman’s story, the play explores a common theme: speaking out turns victims into survivors, if not heroes. NOT SOMEONE LIKE ME aims to inspire audiences to tell their own stories—and put an end to the silence and the shame. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20842 | Sheep cheeses
Today there is some special cheese in every region of Spain, and most of these typical specialties, whether from cow's, sheep's or goat's milk, have been awarded the DO - designation of origin. The most popular are cheeses from the north of Spain, where their production has the longest tradition, but the Balearic cheeses, such as Menorca cheese Mahon or the Canary Islands, have become the forefront of the diet, as part of the diet of the indigenous people of Guancha. For Northern Spain, for example, Aragon's Tronchón cheese, made from sheep's or goat's milk, Cabrales blue cow cheese from Asturias, Tealla Galicia cow's cheese, Roncal's Navarre sheep's cheese, or a myriad of Catalan cheeses but are made mainly from cow's milk, while the excellent Extremadura cheeses are made mainly from goat's milk (Los Ibores, La Vera, Las Hurdes).
In the world ranking of cheeses, the Spanish always find themselves on the highest floors of the imaginary chart, often even before the French cheeses. For example, in November 2016, the world's most prestigious World Cheese Awards was held in Basque San Sebastiano / Donostii, where 3,000 cheeses from 250 countries were registered. Cheese was judged by an international jury of 266 cheese experts. She chose the top 16 cheeses of the world, including seven Spanish cheeses, including the world-famous Manchego cheese.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20847 | Labor Day
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The Gospel According to Daniel lesson 06
“The Gospel According to Daniel”
Lesson 6 – Rejecting the Call
In Daniel chapter 4 we studied the story of how Nebuchadnezzar finally accepted Jesus into his life and accepted God’s rule as supreme. It was a beautiful story of redemption and illustrates the lengths God will go to in order to save just one person. Today we will study what happens when a person ultimately rejects God’s offer of salvation.
Let’s read Daniel chapter 5 together.
This story took place in 539 BC, about 23 years after the death of Nebuchadnezzar. It was the night before the fall of Babylon. Belshazzar was the ruling king of Babylon. Babylonian historical records show that he was appointed to the throne as a regent by his father Nabonidus1.
Although Babylon was being besieged by the Medo-Persians, Belshazzar was so confident of Babylon’s fortifications that he hosted a great feast and ordered the golden vessels taken from the temple of Jerusalem to be used as drinking cups for his guests.
Belshazzar’s action was not merely an extravagant gesture, but it was an intentional mockery and defiance of God, while uplifting his own Babylonian gods (Daniel 5:3-4).
However, in the midst of the revelry, a hand writes words on a wall of the king’s palace. Belshazzar’s fearful response to this mysterious writing (Daniel 5:6-7) indicates that deep down he realized God was answering his challenge of defiance.
Nebuchadnezzar called in the wise men of Babylon (the astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers) to interpret the mysterious writing for him, but they could not (Daniel 5:8-9).
Note that although Belshazzar was greatly troubled by the mysterious writing, he did not call for Daniel until the queen insisted that he do so. When Daniel came before Belshazzar, he purposefully addressed Daniel by his Hebrew name rather than his Babylonian name of Belteshazzar. Belshazzar reminded Daniel that he was one of the captives from Judah when he asked for his help in interpreting the writing on the wall. Also note that Belshazzar left out the word “holy” when talking about Daniel having the “Spirit of God,” whereas the queen told Belshazzar that Daniel had the “Spirit of the Holy God” (Daniel 5:11, 14).
Before Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall, he rebuked Nabonidus for his hard heart and defiance of God. Daniel recounted how Nebuchadnezzar once defied God and was humbled as a result. Nebuchadnezzar repented of his sins and turned his heart towards God. Yet Belshazzar knew all this and refused to humble his own heart (Daniel 5:22-23). Belshazzar rejected God and consciously chose to worship idols instead.
Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall for Belshazzar. The words were words of judgment, in which Belshazzar was found wanting. That very night, Babylon fell to the Medo-Persians and Belshazzar was slain (Daniel 5:30-31).
This story is a sad reminder that while God offers salvation to everyone, there will be many individuals who, nevertheless, choose to reject Him. God is just and merciful and will judge everyone accordingly (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Luke 12:42-48; 2 Peter 3:9). Those who are lost will not be lost because of a lack of knowledge. They will be lost because they choose to be lost (Daniel 5:22-23; Romans 1:18-25). Since God is love, He cannot force people to choose salvation and to obey Him (1 John 4:8; Deuteronomy 30:19-20; John 14:15).
Friend, it is ultimately your choice whether or not you will follow Jesus or the idols of this world (Joshua 24:5). Will you accept God’s call and choose Jesus?
1. Doukhan, Jacques. Secrets of Daniel. (Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2000) 77-78. |
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Spy Stories & Secret Messages (English Detective #132)
July 02, 2019
Spy Stories & Secret Messages
Over the years that I’ve been looking for interesting, not-too-difficult articles for English Detective readers, I have found a number of fascinating articles about spies. I want to share three of the best.
NPR describes CIA operations in Cold War Moscow. (It also provides audio so you can listen to it.)
The Guardian has a picture and brief account for each of “10 best spies.”
My favorite article of the three, from the Atlantic, tells the dramatic stories of several women who worked for or with the Resistance in occupied France during World War II.
I want to try something different in this issue. The links for each of those articles, plus vocabulary explanations and a crossword, are all on an EnglishHints page on Secret Messages and Spy Vocabulary.
(There are also links to two excellent articles on how women codebreakers in Washington DC helped in World War II and the difference the Navajo Code Talkers made in the war in the Pacific.)
Check out the page, even if you only have time for one or two of the articles. They offer some unexpected twists to mid-20th century history.
A Brief Vacation Break
I’ve noticed that many readers take a little vacation around July, and we will too. (My family is going to a niece’s wedding and then on a short camping trip.) So, the next English Detective should come the first Tues. in August.
(If you don’t want to miss even one chance to read some English, you could check out a back issue of English Detectives!) Have a great summer!
Warmly,Catherine Simonton,
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20879 | What is Browser Isolation?
What is browser isolation? Learn about browser isolation and its role in protecting against web-borne threats.
What is Browser Isolation?
Browser isolation is an approach to cybersecurity that separates a user’s web browsing activity from the local network and its infrastructure.
When a browser isolation solution is in place, any active code or scripts originating from the web browser are run in an isolated, disposable container. Browser isolation is also sometimes referred to as “web isolation”, or when it is not running on the user device, “remote browser isolation” (RBI). This means that web-based malware never reaches the endpoint or organizational network at all.
The benefits of browser isolation
Browser isolation is an effective solution against many types of web-borne threats, such as ransomware and malvertising.
The benefits of using a good browser isolation solution include:
Protection from known and unknown threats
Browser isolation is a prevention-based approach. It doesn’t rely on detecting known threats using signatures. Instead, it runs all active code outside of the network, suspicious or otherwise, so that no threat makes it to the network or endpoint - even the latest, unknown threats.
Retained productivity
A good browser isolation solution will provide a seamless browsing experience, using a safe, interactive content stream, so that users can continue to browse the web as normal, without the risk of falling prey to web-borne threats.
Central management
Browser isolation solutions may provide a central dashboard for managing web security at the network level
Reduced need for endpoint protection solutions
Remote browser isolation solutions reduce the complexity and costs associated with protecting individual endpoint devices from web-based threats, as there is no need for endpoint software installation.
Safe file downloads
Some browser isolation solutions, such as Ericom Shield, include factory-integrated file sanitization using CDR technology. This ensures that any files downloaded from the web are clean and safe to use.
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Observations at Walmart
I watched as her two kids ran around and picked everything they possibly could off the shelves. She was talking on the phone, and it didn't seem like she was going to do anything to stop the kids from running, screaming, and acting crazy. She seemed stressed, and she was talking about her day to whoever she was talking to. I was right behind her in line, sandwiched in between her and the person behind me. I was close enough to her I could smell the cigarette smoke on the big winter jacket she had on. She finally looked back and yelled at one of the two kids to come over to her because he was trying to leave the money center area, but I didn't work. The boy just ran back in and started messing around with the Coinstar machine. I was pretty annoyed already, and this lady and her kids just made it worse. .
We were so close together I couldn't help but hear what she was talking about on the phone. As we were waiting I learned more things about her personal life. I found out she was a single mom because she was talking about how she was dropping the kids off at their dad's house that evening. I also found out that she didn't live in the Wooster area; she was there for her nephew's fifteenth birthday party. Another thing I found out is that she was there for the exact same reason I was, to try and cash her check at Walmart for the first time. .
Her kids were getting completely out of control; they were pulling papers off the bulletin board and bringing them over to her, "Hey mommy look at this." The mom finally lost it and started yelling at them, everybody at the cash registers heard her and turned to look. All the yelling annoyed me even more and I totally wanted to just get out of line and leave. I was telling myself I just shouldn't have come to Walmart. It was too late to leave now; I already invested 10-15 minutes of my time waiting in line. It was almost the Lady's turn in line and she told her friend she had to go and would talk to her later.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20913 | Super Affordable Lilac Round Sunglasses!
I'm really loving round sunglasses at the moment, their retro edge is perfect for mixing up my outfits and adding something extra. ...
I'm really loving round sunglasses at the moment, their retro edge is perfect for mixing up my outfits and adding something extra. I bought my first pair a couple of months back from Topshop, they're huge and black and I've featured them in a previous post somewhere!
But I still wasn't quite fully satisfied, I needed something a little different. Distant memories of wearing lilac tinted shades as a youngster popped in to my head, I was obsessed with them! The thing is though, nobody really sells them. Well, not for grown-ups anyway :(
Until, that is, I searched eBay. Oh eBay, my trusty eBay. Is there anything you can't do? Well I found some round, lilac-tinted shades on there for just £2.69 including shipping. Yes, Two Pounds and Sixty Nine Pence. Just call me Lima, Queen of the eBay. There was a teeny little catch though, they were actually intended for some kind of fancy dress costume. But so what? I wasn't going to let that stop me from rocking these when the sun comes out to play!
If you quite like the look of round sunglasses but don't fancy spending too mach cash, these babies would be right up your street!
I'm also liking the look of the blue ones too... Hmm, looks like my sunglasses collection is about to expand again ;)
So tell me, what's been your eyewear of choice this summer?
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1. ooo i want!!!! thanks for sharing xx
2. LOVE round sunnies, think it's because I feel so Lennon in them, these that you have are cute and suit you to a T :)
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3. They look awesome on you - what a bargain! So very John Lennon. ;)
Tara xo
4. i love ebay! you can fine literally anything. these frames and lenses look awesome on you. love that lilac color.
5. Oh they look so so incredible on you Halima! I could never pull them off!
6. oh i still have mine from the nineties :D but my favourite pair was a squared yellow tinted one cos for some reason i thought at the time that jeff goldblum was the shit... haha ahem... Anyways, you look sensational! x
7. Ahh they are so nice and they look amazing on you! Such a bargain find! <3
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8. These look so lovely on you, on me might be a different story though :P
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10. the colour suits you so so so much! looking fab! xx
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20923 | Supreme Court Approves 2017-2018 Amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
On April 27, 2017, the Supreme Court approved one amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will take effect on December 1, 2017. Rule 4 is the only rule affected. The amendment and its explanation are as follows (additions are underlined and deletions have highlight):
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). Civil Rule 4(m) addresses the time limit for service of a summons and was amended in two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016. In addition to shortening the presumptive time for service from 120 days to 90 days, the 2015 amendment added an exemption from the time limit for Rule 71.1(d)(3)(A) notices of a condemnation action. The 2016 amendment added another exemption for Rule 4(h)(2) service on a corporation, partnership, or association at a place not within any judicial district of the United States.
The sequential amendments resulted in an error. The 2016 amendment exempting Rule 4(h)(2) was prepared in 2014, before the 2015 amendment exempting Rule 71.1(d)(3)(A) was in effect. Once the 2015 amendment became effective, it should have been incorporated into the proposed 2016 amendment then making its way through the Rules Enabling Act process, but such a revision of the 2016 materials was overlooked. As a result, Rule 71.1(d)(3)(A) was not included in the list of exemptions in Rule 4(m) when the 2016 amendment became effective. The Advisory and Standing Committees unanimously recommend restoring Rule 71.1(d)(3)(A) to the list of exemptions in Rule 4(m) without re-publication.
Rule 4. Summons
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20924 | Crow's Breath
Crow's Breath
Crow's Breath
Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry and Christopher Brennan Award (for lifetime achievement in poetry) and shortlisted in the Steele Rudd Prize for a collection of short fiction, John Kinsella returns with a not-to-be-missed addition to the canon of one of Australia's most original and incisive writers.
A man who never sleeps takes a cross-continent train journey into landscape and memory. A gregarious woman and a reclusive man move to an Irish village where history and tradition (the famine pit nearby, the festival of Halloween) enact their dark forces. In an Australian town dying from the encroachment of salinity, a young girl attempts to bring life to a dead dog. Whether documenting love or horror, or finding quotidian absurdities in Australia or the world , the powerful stories in Crow's Breath capture the precariousness of everything we most value with unsettling tenderness and beauty.
John Kinsella's most recent volumes of poetry are The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems (Five Islands Press, 2013) and Sack (Freemantle Press and Picador, UK 2014) His collection, Jam Tree Gully (WW Norton, 2012), won the 2013 Prime Minister's Prize for Poetry. His volume of stories In the Shade of the Shady Tree (Ohio University Press, 2012) was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award. Tide, a collection of stories, was published by Transit Lounge in 2013. He is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and Professor of Sustainability and Literature at Curtin University.
Crow's Breath
Transit Lounge Publishing
Author: John Kinsella
ISBN: 9781921924811
RRP: $25.95
Interview with John Kinsella
Question: How would you describe Crow's Breath?
John Kinsella: A book of short stories focussed on moments in characters' lives, especially in the context of place. In this case, wheatbelt Western Australia, the Nullarbor, Carnarvon, Ohio, West Cork (Ireland), Reunion, etc.
Question: What was the main motivation for Crow's Breath?
John Kinsella: I am driven to write stories from experience. I see moments in people's lives " or 'glimpses', as I call them " as I spend time in different localities and take those moments and ask 'what if' and travel in the story from there. I am compelled to write " the motivation is necessity and a desire to paint the world as I see it, in all its beauty, trauma, weirdness and ordinariness.
Question: Are the characters based on anyone you know?
John Kinsella: All my characters are 'snippets' of people I meet and interact with. But they are all themselves in the stories. As we often only see/read of a moment or two in their lives, they become very much 'of the event' being examined or glimpsed.
Question: There are several issues raised in this book. Was this deliberate or did the story evolve this way?
John Kinsella: I am an activist kind of writer and issues are always present in my mind. But the characters in these stories are in their own moments, not mine, and their losses and epiphanies are theirs and theirs alone. If they wrestle with 'issues', they do so alone " I just convey their experiences. Though I am always looking at the way the physical world around them affects what they're up to!
John Kinsella: Never give in! Follow your belief " don't ever be guided by what's flavour of the month. Have your own vision of what matters in your writing.
Interview by Brooke Hunter |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20926 | Diagnostic testing is almost always the starting place in the world of fertility treatments. This goes for patients who have had trouble conceiving in the past, suffered a miscarriage, want to freeze their eggs or need to use donor eggs, sperm or a surrogate to build their family.
Male Factor
Male factor infertility plays a role in 30% to 50% of infertility cases, but typically receives far less attention than female infertility. Here we take a harder look at tests like the semen analysis, and treatments for varicocele, azoospermia, hormone imbalances and more. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/20938 | Why do the youth like Parkour?
By Aliang
Why do the youth like parkour
He said, “I got started practicing parkour in senior high school. I made up my mind to practice it after watching some related videos online. Then, I was sinking my teeth into parkour. In class, at dinner, even speaking to people, all I’m thinking is how to make my action much cooler. I didn’t have the bandwidth for studies. My family worried about me and tried to talk me out of indulging in it many times, but to no avail. Finally, I neglected my studies. Because of my parkour obsession, I neither had normal communication with my family and friends at all, nor did what should I do at my age. I absolutely lost my normal thoughts, conscience, reason and the ability of communication. Moreover, I became more and more arrogant. With my nose in the air, I didn’t know how to speak to others, and I became more and more withdrawn.
“In 2013, my mother talked me into believing in God. Through reading God’s words, I realized why I was hooked on parkour. It is because Satan makes me pursue to be a superman by parkour. This is a way Satan harms man. I enjoyed pushing the envelope and tried to make kinds of dangerous movements. If I went on practicing it, not only would I cook my goose, but I would also be in danger of losing my life. Later, after brothers and sisters’ fellowships, reading God’s words and praying to Him many times, I gradually returned to normal and no longer indulged in parkour. I tried to have heart-to-heart talks with my mother. In addition, I can do some housework. My mother wore a smile when she saw my changes.”
On hearing his experience, I felt a little bit confused. Parkour is only a hobby, why does it make people become abnormal? What is the main reason for it? If parkour is merely a popular form of recreation, people are not supposed to be crazy about it. With doubt, I searched the videos about parkour. Watching those people in videos running freely like knowing kung fu, I envied them. But the following reports showed me different results.
It was reported:
In June 2012, one 24-year-old girl in Saint Petersburg fell seventeen floors to her death when she jumped from the roof to another overhanging eave.
In 2015, one 15-year-old American boy fell to death when he practiced parkour on the roof.
In November 2016, Eliseyeeff, who was twenty years old in Russia, fell twelve floors to his death when leaping between buildings. He was known as a chess prodigy. He once won the world champion of 16-year-old group in 2012, and was awarded the title of grandmaster at seventeen years old. But a young life passed away because of parkour. How regrettable it is!
In 2016, in order to show off his skills of parkour to his friends, a 13-year-old Russian teenager climbed the ninth floor in an abandoned building and hanged outside. Accidentally, he fell to death because the bricks fell off.
These cases above in the reports startled me. The parkour made me feel terrible. It’s not cool at all. It will kill us at any time. Indulging in parkour is to commit suicide. In an interview, one founder of a parkour group stressed, “The people with parkour skills in videos have been training for a long time. The youth must understand that. And not everyone can imitate those actions”. But, why don’t a bunch of youth understand, still obsessed with parkour but neglecting their lives.
With confusion, I opened the book of God’s word, “Nowadays, many people practice parkour. Have you ever practiced parkour? Do you like it? (I really like that feeling.) How can you like that feeling? What is that feeling exactly? (It’s the feeling of leaping over roofs and up walls. It’s very exciting.) Is that normal? (No, it isn’t.) If it’s not normal, how can you still like it? (It’s just showing off.) That feeling gives people a kind of visual and emotional stimulation, so everyone yearns to do it. What governs this thinking? Why do people like this thing? Is there some feeling in people’s hearts that they want to save the world, to be supermen? There are many movies and TV shows which feature flying heroes that fly here, there and everywhere, leaping over roofs and up walls, and people really envy them. Thus, the brains of the current generation of young people are seeded with these things and are poisoned. How come they can be poisoned with these things? This has to do with a kind of need within people. Why do those people like parkour so much? Don’t they know that it’s dangerous? Don’t they know that they can be killed doing it? People are not spiders, nor are they geckos. They don’t have the same ability. If they cling to a wall, they will most certainly fall back down. Before you jump down off a roof you will think what part of your body you can land on so that you won’t get hurt or break something. When there is nothing on a wall for support, those people are still able to climb up and jump down, which is exciting for them, much to the admiration of the viewers. So what governs this thinking? (People live boring lives, so they go looking for excitement.) This is one type: Young people are wont to go looking for excitement. They are so empty and bored and they don’t know what to do for the best. There is another thinking governing them, which is that people have a desire in their hearts to be a certain type of person, and they long for a kind of power, and for a certain something. This something that people yearn for is to have supernatural powers and abilities, and not what normal humanity possesses. People want to be heroes, supermen, capable men, and people who have extraordinary abilities; in other words, they worship Satan in the unawareness of their hearts. What kind of person has that kind of physical ability and the guts to do it, who really can leap over roofs and up walls and fly here, there and everywhere like Spiderman or Batman? Without a doubt, it could only be someone who has been possessed by evil spirits who could have this kind of ability. Does mankind created by God have this kind of ability? Does God make people practice parkour when they have nothing else to do? Was parkour around at the time of Adam and Eve? Why didn’t they practice parkour? Is there anything about parkour in the Bible? Why did people in that age not practice parkour, but so many people do it nowadays? It is most certainly because people have been influenced by certain ideological trends and influenced by film and television. These things are not needed by their hearts but instead are things that lead them toward evil trends. People are simple-minded and have no discernment, and they happen to like these things, they like strange things, exciting things and the extraordinary abilities of Satan. People seek these things and they define it like this, “I like heroes. Aren’t Spider-Man and Batman heroes?” Do the actors have these abilities? No, they don’t. Satan uses this method to invent, fabricate and play out some stories, and then it deceives these simple-minded, brainless adolescents. Once you have been influenced, these things enter your thoughts and become a kind of poison. Is it then easy to remove and cleanse yourself of this poison? You only need to fail to see through this poison for one day and you will then be unable to give it up completely, and you will have been influenced, disturbed and controlled by it for that one day” (“Young People Should See Through the Evil Trends of the World”).
After reading God’s words, I got to know, Satan fabricates many supermen and capable men to deceive us, making us worship them so that we pursue to be a superman. Now thinking of this, can a normal person leap over roofs and up walls? Only those who has been possessed by evil spirits can have this kind of ability. Satan uses this method to fabricate and play out some stories, and then it deceives us youth. Because of lack of experience in life, lack of truth and discernment, we are easily deceived by these new things which looks cool and awesome. Actually, too many similar tragedies have happened in the course of practicing parkour. However, people who are deceived by Satan cannot see the truth clearly, still joining the parkour masses wave after wave. This is caused by the lack of discernment of Satan’s evil plot.
It can be seen from these instances that Satan has really taken pains to corrupt mankind. We all live under the domain of Satan. If we didn’t come before God and seek His care and protection of Him, we would be devoured by Satan. Think of the experience of the brother, who once practiced parkour to be a superman, living in fantasy world. Not only did he neglect his studies, but also lose his humanity. By contrast, those young brothers and sisters, who are in the church, can shun evil and stay away from the tide aroused by Satan. Moreover, they can perform their duties of a created being in God’s family and walk the right path in life. What great blessing this is! Thank God for saving us. If not saved by God, can’t we be one of the decadent generation?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/21002 | The Aging Process: What Causes It?
Significant progress has been made in the field of gerontology, which is the scientific study of old age and the aging process, even though gerontology is relatively new. Efforts have been made by scientists to explain aging with different theories, which have been categorized into two major groups. On one hand, is it believed that aging is a natural process that our bodies have been programmed to undergo, while on the other hand it is believed that aging is the effect of the damage our bodies have suffered from the passing of time. What those in the two groups will probably agree on is that genetics, physiology, chemistry and behavior come into play in the aging process. Let us examine some of the aging theories that have been put forward as possible explanations of aging.The Face Of An Aging Woman
Programmed Theories of Aging
The main argument of programmed theories of aging is that the human body has a natural aging aspect to it – aging is an integral part of human biology. The theories state that aging symptoms such as eyesight weakening, memory loss, muscle mass loss, and wrinkles are programmed into our bodies. Three main systems have been connected with aging and these are the human genes, the endocrine or hormonal system, and the immune system. As time passes, these systems experience changes which bring about signs of aging.
Often, the comparison is made between the human body and a machine, but such is a poor comparison. A machine cannot be compared to the human body in that body parts have the ability to repair themselves, with old cells replaced and damaged tissues regenerated. An interesting fact is that our bodies comprise 90 percent of new cells every seven years. It is important to put an end to the comparison of the body to a machine to fully grasp aging. The body is an amazingly dynamic system.
One may wonder why the human body still experiences signs of aging in spite of its inbuilt ability to regenerate itself. Another force must be at work to ensure that aging is inevitable to everyone. The fact here is that aging, as well as death, is more about evolution than biology. The programmed theories state that both aging and death have been built into the human genes. If that were not true, there would have been no need to reproduce so as to survive. It means people will keep on living without dying as a result of aging unless something else causes that to happen. There would be no need for evolution if people do not die biologically.
It becomes apparent that it is inevitable for aging to be programmed into human DNA. It should not merely be the effect of a medical condition or environmental factors. To programmed aging theorists, wear and tear of the body does not explain why people grow old; rather, aging is a natural process that has been programmed into our genes. Essentially, these theories hold that we are all meant to grow old and die eventually.
The endocrine or hormonal system is mainly responsible for aging in humans, according to this theory. These complex systems become less effective in their functions with the passing of time, leading to some noticeable changes. One of the possible changes is diminished HGH production, which brings up signs of aging.
Theory Proof
There is available evidence that the programmed theory of aging may be correct. It has been observed that variation in the lifespan of any species is rather negligible. For example, spider monkeys live until around 25 years, while elephants live until about 70 years. Humans are expected to live until around 80 years of age before dying. These numbers remain relatively unchanged unless there are health and nutrition issues.
In an experiment, researchers removed the pituitary gland of some mice. The pituitary gland controls the endocrine system and regulates the production of human growth hormone (HGH). The mice were given replacement hormones to cover for the inability of their bodies to produce these naturally. These researchers were led to conclude that it is possible that the pituitary gland also secretes unknown hormones that contribute to aging after observing that the mice lacking pituitary gland outlived the control group.
Theory Conclusion
It is not open to question that hormones have a role to play in the aging process. What is not clear is whether they control how fast we age or there are some other obscure factors at work within the body. Human growth hormone (HGH) is often recommended by doctors to help slow down aging. Research has shown that this prescribed HGH is effective in reversing signs of aging, but the problem is that its use comes with the possibility of dangerous long-term effects.
Error Theory of Aging
Scientists working with this theory believe that aging is the outcome of damage that has been inflicted on the body by environmental factors over time. These factors cause body cells and tissues to experience wear and tear, inhibiting their ability to function as they should. This damage can be caused by different factors, including free radicals present in the body. When an organism uses up oxygen very fast, the likelihood of it dying quicker is raised.
The rate of living theory holds that living creatures, including humans, have an exact number of breaths, heartbeats and other rates. This is the oldest theory of aging. The people of old thought the human body was like a machine that is subject to depreciation.
The number of cross-linked protein molecules in the human body rises with time, hindering the functioning of these molecules. The process is usually slow and complex. But with time, these molecules can build up in body tissues such as the lung, arteries, cartilage, and tendons causing a change in functions. Cross linking causes these tissues to become stiff and could lead to unpleasant conditions such as arthritis. For instance, when eye lenses become stiff, cataracts could result.
It is not possible to stop cross linking of protein molecules, but you can slow it. According to researchers, high blood sugar level raises the rate at which cross linking occurs. Major culprits for high sugar concentration in the bloodstream are foods with a high glycemic index. These foods cause the sugar level to rise very fast.
Cells can be damaged and rendered ineffectual by free radicals as a result of unstable oxygen levels that they cause. The free electrons present in free radicals render molecules highly unstable, causing them to function poorly. These free radicals contribute to aging by causing protein cross-linking and damage to a person’s DNA. They can be eliminated with antioxidants.
Aging has also been attributed to DNA damage. What we see as signs of aging could be the effects of the state of genes as time passes. Human DNA is always reproducing and there is the possibility of a cell duplicating itself improperly. Exposure to toxins, radiation and ultraviolet light can also cause cells to mutate.
The error theory of aging should not be confused with the genetic aging theory, which is concerned specifically about genes found in sperm and eggs that are transferred from one generation to another.
Evidence of Error Theory
The error theory of aging sounds valid to a degree, but it lacks sufficient evidence to back it. It has been proven that the human body cannot be correctly seen in the same light as a machine since it possesses the ability to regenerate or repair some damaged parts.
In addition, the revised version of this theory agrees that it is not possible to determine how long a person may live by merely assessing the rate of their heartbeats. Researchers have studied how fast an organism uses oxygen and concluded that species with the fastest oxygen metabolism rate tend to die quickest. Slightly rapid heartbeat leads to faster oxygen metabolism and, hence, a shorter lifespan.
In a study, a group of mice was genetically engineered by researchers to have a hypothalamus defect so that they can experience over-exertion. The hypothalamus is placed near the temperature control center, causing the mice brain to overheat and lowering the core temperature. A drop in temperature of .6 degrees Celsius was observed and this helped to prolong the life of the mice by between 12 and 20 percent. Oxygen metabolism is slowed by the lower temperature which could also have effects on other systems.
The error theory focuses specifically on how long species live, but it fails to explain what factors determine the lifespan of individual species. If an individual that lives to age 90 is said to have had more heartbeats, taken more breaths or metabolized more oxygen than another that lives to 75, what could be said to have been the cause? Little to no data is available to show that a slower metabolism can help you live longer, so don’t be too eager to have that. As a matter of fact, a slower metabolism exposes you to a greater risk of suffering nutrition-related conditions or becoming obese.
It has been observed in some studies on mice that increasing intake of antioxidant-rich foods can help to suppress signs of aging. As helpful as antioxidants may be in slowing aging, though, free radicals are only part of the factors that cause the problem and do not fully explain the process. However, a bit of credit must be given to the error theory of aging for showing that free radicals contribute to the onset of signs of aging.
Behavioral Factors
Diverse factors are obviously responsible for aging and most times you do not have any control over them. But there are some things you can do to slow the process. These include:
• Eating foods that are rich in antioxidants to help deal with problems of free radicals
• Avoiding high cholesterol foods to keep away heart issues
• Exercising regularly to check bone and muscle loss
• Maintaining mental fitness to keep your brain in the best shape
• Making lifestyle changes, including calorie restriction and positive thinking
• Using HGH supplements to stimulate natural production of HGH and other useful hormones by the pituitary gland
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I mustered up the courage to tell the guy that I like that I want him. He goes "want me how?" And I suck at expressing my feelings so I told him I didn't know how to explain it. He said "just say it, I'm an understanding person". I just don't know how to explain it. I love him so much and I want a serious relationship with him. I wanna express my feelings for him, but what if he rejects me and doesn't feel the same. I don't even know what to say, he makes me weak and I'm so shy when I'm around him omg. Pls help, FAST!!!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/21050 | Elastic Compute Service Pricing Comparison
Comparing cloud pricing is quite a complicated task. It can be difficult to make apple-to-apple comparisons because respective cloud providers offer different pricing models, discount and promotion offer.
This article is just to start with a simple and basic compute engine or virtual machine offered by Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure and Google’s GCP.
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A VM with 1 vCPU, 1GB Memory, 40GB SSD and located in Singapore
Excluding free tier
Cloud Service ProviderAlibaba Cloud ECSAWS EC2Azure VMGCP Compute Engine
Compute Service1 Core CPU
1GB Memory
1TB Data Transfer
1 vCPU
1 GB Memory
1 Core CPU
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1 vCPU
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Disk Size40GB SSD Cloud Disk40GB General Purpose SSDStandard S4 32GB Disk40GB SSD storage
Max Cost Per MonthUSD $4.5/monthUSD $15.49/monthUSD $11.42/monthUSD $37.42/month
1. Cost for Alibaba Cloud ECS Starter is the lower cost, fixed at $4.50/month
Alibaba Cloud ECS Starter is cheaper
2. AWS’s Elastic Compute Cloud monthly cost is between $11.44 (On Demand) and $15.49 (1 Year No Upfront Reserved)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Pricing
3. Azure Virtual Machine monthly cost is $7.70 with 1 year reserved options or $11.42 Pay as you go.
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4. Google’ GCP Compute Engine monthly cost is $37.19, however you can get 30% net discount for instances that run the entire month.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/21065 | 11 Dishes You Didn't Know Were Invented in America
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Sushi is a traditional Japanese dish, but not all sushi rolls come from Japan. The history of the California roll is uncertain - chefs from Los Angeles and Vancouver, British Columbia, both claim to have invented the dish. LA-based chef Ken Seusa claims ownership of the California roll, and he has the first documented version of this dish from an Associated Press article published in 1979. That roll, made of avocado, cucumber and imitation crab features the seaweed on the inside of the sushi, which is not particularly traditional. Traditional sushi features to nori on the outside. U.S.-invented sushi rolls tend to have bolder flavors and more ingredients than Japanese sushi. Other all-American sushi rolls include the spicy tuna roll, Philadelphia roll and the rainbow roll.
Though this dish may look and taste like something from Mexico, the chimichanga was actually reportedly invented at El Charro in Tucson, Arizona. The tale the eatery tells is that the restaurant's founder Monica Flin accidentally dropped a burrito in a deep fryer. She exclaimed a Spanish curse word but then stopped herself, shouting "Chimichanga!" instead. Macayo's Mexican Table in Phoenix also claims its founder Woody Johnson invented this dish with a very similar story. Regardless, this dish is definitely Arizonian and one of the most iconic foods in America.
Cuban sandwich
Just because something is named after a foreign country doesn't mean it's foreign. Remember that lesson. The Cuban sandwich, also known as a Cubano, has a fuzzy backstory. Native inhabitants of Cuba likely made a type of fish sandwich using cassava bread, but the Spanish brought the key ingredients for this sandwich, namely cheese, bread made with wheat flour and the all-important pork. In the 1800s as the tobacco industry flourished, travel between Cuba and southern Florida was common, and cigar factory workers needed a quick, easy and delicious lunch. As cultures and ingredients continued to collide, the Cubano as we know it today - with crispy Cuban bread, yellow mustard, roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese and pickles - was born in the Sunshine State.
English muffin
English muffins were invented by an Englishman who immigrated to America. In 1880, Samuel Bath Thomas opened a bakery in New York City and started serving a twist on traditional English crumpets called "toaster crumpets." This porous, spongy muffin was cut in half so it could be more easily toasted, resulting in a crispy base that quickly became a popular alternative to toast. The dish was dubbed "English muffin" so it wouldn't be confused with, you know, regular muffins. Today, English muffins are the base for breakfast sandwiches, eggs Benedict and some of the best brunch recipes of all time.
Derived from the Spanish word faja (which means "strip"), fajitas are strips of skirt steak cooked over high heat with bell peppers and onions, served in freshly made tortillas. As it turns out, this Mexican restaurant staple is not actually from within the borders of modern Mexico; it's of the many iconic dishes from Texas. This dish was originally eaten as trail food by Tejano cattle ranchers. After the beef was butchered, so-called throwaway cuts of meat, such as the skirt steak, were given to the vaqueros.
French dressing
You won't find the French using French dressing. In France, it's all about the vinaigrette for salads. In America, French dressing is a tangy, ketchup-based dressing that also includes vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire sauce and spices such as paprika, garlic powder and celery seed. Milani's 1890 French Dressing, which appeared around 1938, is the first reported French dressing that hit American grocery store shelves; it's unknown why it is called French dressing, but it isn't the only seemingly foreign-named condiment that is American in origin. Russian dressing is also an American invention.
Fortune cookie
Whether you go to the best Chinese restaurant in your state or you go to the local takeout joint, chances are you're going to end your meal with a crispy, subtly sweet fortune cookie. And while this dessert is a staple of Chinese food today, it may actually have been invented by Japanese chefs. There are dueling claims as to who invented the fortune cookie. The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park claims to have started selling the dessert at the turn of the 20th century. But the Hong Kong Noodle Company in Los Angeles also lays claim to the dessert. Japanese internment during World War II led to Chinese-Americans taking over production of fortune cookies, and this treat has been a staple of Americanized versions of both cuisines ever since. As it turns out, there are a lot of things you don't know about fortune cookies.
General Tso's chicken
One secret your local Chinese takeout joint doesn't want you to know: A lot of the dishes aren't actually Chinese. General Tso's chicken may be named after Chinese military leader Tso Tsung-t'ang, but it has no connection to traditional Chinese cuisine. The dish as we know it today was inspired by a Hunan dish invented by Peng Chang-kuei and tweaked by New York chef Tsung Ting Wang. The General Tso's chicken you'll find at all-you-can-eat buffets is sweeter and crispier than the original, perfect for the American palate.
German chocolate cake
German chocolate cake isn't named after the country; it's named after the American chocolatier Samuel German who invented the dark baking chocolate used for this rich, decadent cake. This chocolate came onto the market in 1852, and in 1857, a Texas housewife created this cake, complete with its coconut, pecan and maraschino cherry toppings. This is just another misnomer and a true Southern recipe everyone needs to try.
Spaghetti and meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs is a staple of all the best Italian restaurants in America, but we're here to tell you: This dish isn't authentically Italian. In Italy, meatballs are served as an appetizer, while spaghetti and other pastas are served with more traditional sauces with simple ingredients, such as Bolognese or pesto. The fusion of appetizer and entree is said to have been invented by Italian-American immigrants in the early 20th century. The earliest known recipe for this dish was published by the National Pasta Association, a trade association, in 1920.
Swiss steak
Another dish named for a foreign country that it has nothing to do with, the "Swiss" in Swiss steak doesn't refer to Switzerland but to swissing, the act of rolling or pounding out meat to tenderize it. A budget-friendly dinner, Swiss steak is a pounded-out piece of round steak cooked in a slow cooker or Dutch oven at a low temperature and then smothered in gravy. Pounding out meat, cooking it at low temperatures and covering it in sauce are some of the best ways to make cheap cuts of steak tender and delicious. If this dish sounds old-fashioned, that's because it just so happens to be one of those retro American recipes no one makes anymore - but should.
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But for years…this core was silenced by the opinions of others along with my very own limiting beliefs. Fear of not fitting in…and fear of being thought of as a fitness-freak is what shackled me inside a world which was considered ’normal’. I was inhibited. That core, the essence of who I wanted to be was the highest, most powerful version of myself- a truly uninhibited, relentless version of ‘me’, conquering each goal I set my sights on. But how was I to do this? It was simple… I’d crystallize the deepest purpose of my relentless alter-ego through my physical body…. To be the best version of myself meant to be as physically fit, as physically aesthetic as I could be… I’d be the guy who pushed his limits, validating all those hours of grinding and all the mind-numbingly bland meals eaten for the sake of aesthetic muscle… I gave it my all… Naively misguided by the mountain of information that was available to me at the time. Only to find myself in a worse off situation than when I first started… Finding the right information to build upon my ultimate vision was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I was fed up with 1) a self-defeating mindset along with the self-limiting beliefs that came with it, and 2) the lack of results I was getting from the hours of ‘work’ I was putting in the gym. You see, it wasn’t until years later that I discovered I was actually going about training the wrong way… Don’t even get me started on my old dieting philosophy…all the ‘hours of work’ I was putting in were actually getting me fatter and extremely exhausted… My performance in bed AND everywhere else began to suffer. I felt my precious testosterone levels dropping as I piled on the fat. I had caged myself with the principles of conventional training and dieting, becoming a slave to boring foods and resenting fitness as a whole. I was far from being free. Far from the idea of being the best, most uninhibited version of myself.
I hated the idea of being average if I took no action, or considered a freak if I went all in. Either way, I was damned if I was an obsessed freak, and damned if I wasn’t. Truth is, I’d think way too often about the opinions of others… The idea of staying average brought me to commit myself to becoming a better version of myself, whether I became a freak or not. So, I chose my path…I became that guy that who was totally obsessed and committed. From there on out, I had a new purpose in life. When these ‘naysayers’ would blurt out: "IT CANT BE DONE, WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH THAT GYM THING?" I used it as fuel for my passion. One day, I thought, they’d have to eat their own words. I was tired of having a mediocre body…not even worthy of a second-glance from the opposite sex. I was fed up with spending hours and hours in the gym and not being and seeing who I wanted to be. Countless times I’d enter the gym to see that one guy who had done it, to what I had thought, achieved this ‘peak physique’. He was the dominant alpha…seeing him go up to the dumbbell rack and grab his pair of weights with authority, like they were his and had always been his…like he’d owned them forever. I looked at my own reflection immediately after looking his way…only to find myself disappointed with the few gains I had made over the months… Wanting to be that guy, I trained even harder…or so I thought. Throwing energy around without a strategy got me spinning my wheels. “What the hell is he eating?…how the hell is he training??” I knew there were alternatives to taking this route faster. The route towards physical perfection. I had decided that taking steroids or performance enhanced drugs wasn’t one of them. Diabetes and health risks run in my family, I wasn’t about to risk my health for an easy way out. If I could reach my peak physique and manifest my inner-hero outwardly, to wear it as an expression through my physical body, naturally, then it was a pursuing worth going for.
Remember that guy I mentioned earlier? The guy who looked like he just owned the gym, like he had all the confidence in the world… Yeah…I was now that guy. Its crazy. I couldn’t believe it myself…but it felt so right! I thought it would take a life time to cultivate this kind of confidence. My mindset had totally shifted from a victim… Read more… |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/21128 | Pokemon Sword and Shield Wiki Guide
How to Catch Drampa
This is a guide on how to catch Drampa in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Drampa is a single evolution Dragon/Normal type Pokemon originally introduced in Generation VII. Drampa is a rare Pokemon exclusive to the Shield version of the game. Read below to find out where to catch one.
Drampa can be found in the Lake of Outrage in the Wild Area, but only during a thunderstorm. Drampa also does not appear on the overworld, and instead has to be encountered randomly by walking into the rustling grass. To make matters even worse, aggressive Pokemon like Noivern spawn all around the area and will frequently disrupt your hunt.
To avoid the aggressive Pokemon the best strategy is to stand up against the wall to the left of the shoreline and run in tight circles. There is an "!" encounter that appears close to the wall, and you can usually cause it to appear and run to it between encounters before any of the nearby Pokemon notice you.
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ITGS Exam Mistakes
Here are some common ITGS exam mistakes you should avoid when you write the paper 1 exam tomorrow:
Avoid writing similar answers
If asked for multiple answers, avoid writing two answers that are basically the same. For example: “What are two uses for computers in school?” “Students can use them in class” and “students can use them to research” are basically the same answer. You need to make them distinct.
Avoid extreme or unlikely answers
Avoid writing about impacts which seem a bit crazy, extreme, or unlikely (“terrorists might get people’s private data from Facebook and attack them”).
Avoid comfort writing
Avoid writing filler material to make yourself feel better. This includes introductions and repeating the question. For example:
Q. Evaluate the issues related to laptops in schools
A: “Well, there are many different issues related to the use of laptops in schools, and these might affect different people in different ways, either negatively or positively. In my answer I am going to evaluate these issues”
Writing this is totally pointless. Of course there are many issues – that is why you are being asked about them! Of course they might affect people – that’s the whole point of ITGS!! And I know you are going to evaluate them – that is what the question asks you to do!
• In general, yes. If a student writes an answer which is correct but isn’t on the mark scheme, it will probably be added.
1. Hi there! Quick question, my exam is this May and I was wondering how hard is it to achieve a 7 at ITGS SL. Also, what is your top tip for the exam?
• As you might expect the May 2016 exam covered a lot of topics. I don’t have my spare copies of the exam papers right now, but I remember there being a fair coverage of the syllabus. It is worth noting that the exam papers are copyrighted material, so the only legal way to acquire them is to purchase them from the IB Store. Your school’s IB Coordinator might have already done this, so it is worth asking (they aren’t cheap).
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