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Global spending for IT products and services will rise from $1.4 trillion this year to $2.6 trillion by 2005, according to a study released Tuesday by Strategic Planning Services(SPS)/Spectrum Economics. Over the next five years IT spending will grow at a rapid 13 percent compound annual growth rate. Latin America will be the fastest growing geographical IT market, followed by the Middle East/Africa, North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. India and Southeast Asia are the most rapidly growing IT markets in Asia, while Japan is the slowest region for IT growth worldwide, the report says. Meanwhile, data communications, information services, and software are the fastest growing market segments. These three segments will help companies use their extra hardware capacity, as hardware performance is still ahead of software performance, says Spectrum's Richard Carlson. Services spending will reach $4.5 billion this year, while software spending and data communications will each hit $2 billion. By 2005, services spending will jump to $8.9 billion, software will reach $4.3 billion, and data communications will reach $4.5 billion.
A majority of the 38 million full-time American workers who have Internet access at work say the Web has made them more productive, a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project claims. The report found that two-thirds of these workers, who represent 37 percent of all full-time workers in the United States, use the Internet every day, while over 50 percent of them spend no more than an hour online each day. Although nearly 75 percent of those surveyed said the Web has made them better at their jobs, more than half admitted to using the Web at work for personal reasons, including shopping and playing games. The report also found workplace Internet users are more likely than the general population of Internet users to be male and older than 45.
The scientific market for supercomputers continues to grow as scientists discover more uses for the systems. For example, scientists in Pittsburgh are currently using a Cray T3E supercomputer to study how every atom within a living cell reacts to infection with the HIV virus. This simulation generates data every half-picosecond, or one-trillionth of a second. Meanwhile, scientists from the United States and Germany are using a government supercomputer to study neutron stars and black holes. Scientists are even using supercomputers for more terrestrial concerns, such as a project at the University of Edinburgh to analyze how best to bioremediate large plots of land. Martin Walker, Compaq's director of high performance computing, says, "The scientific community has a greater need for speed, since simulations must be completed in hours or days in order to fit within the timescales and budgets to which it works." Scientists measure supercomputer performance in teraflops--one teraflop equals one trillion floating point operations per second. For example, a supercomputer such as the one Compaq built for France's Atomic Energy Commission will have a maximum performance of 5 teraflops.
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Trademark owners appear to be doing much better than individuals so far in court cases where domain names are disputed, and this trend has brought a wave of criticism onto ICANN and those organizations that ICANN has appointed to rule on domain name disputes. Of the 1,000 cases that have been decided upon by the four ICANN approved arbitration boards--which are the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the National Arbitration Forum, Disputes.org/eResolutions Consortium, and the C.P.R. Institute for Dispute Resolutions--trademark owners have won 75 percent of the time. This makes sense because companies only take disputed domain names to court when there is a strong chance of winning the case, says Francis Gurry, WIPO assistant director general. ICANN supports the organizations it approved to resolve the domain name disputes; however, ICANN intends to do a formal review of the entire process before the end of the year, says ICANN President Andrew McLaughlin. The arbitration process results are slightly inaccurate because many of the domain name owners do not attempt to defend their positions when taken before an arbitrator, says McLaughlin. However, critics disagree. The WIPO's decisions are reducing the importance of free speech while protecting the interests of commercial businesses, says James Love, director of the Consumer Project on Technology. These off-kilter decisions could establish precedents that have a wide range of effects, says Love. Of course the entire issue is based on an insufficient number of available domain names and the lack of domain names will be eliminated when ICANN approves more top level domain names, says Love.
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Ariba, IBM, and Microsoft plan to simplify the creation of online marketplaces and various business-to-business (B2B) exchanges with the release and continued development of a Web publishing standard called Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI), an electronic directory that helps participating businesses locate customers and suppliers. The three UDDI creators plan to launch the registry within 30 days and submit the UDDI architecture to standards bodies in 12 to 18 months. Intentionally modeled after a standard phone book, a UDDI-based registry features "white pages" with basic company information, "yellow pages" with product and service information, and "green pages" with detailed technical information to help companies choose partners and suppliers and integrate their information systems with fewer hassles. "There is a tremendous amount of confusion in the [B2B] marketplace," says Ariba co-founder Boris Putanec. "One of the key goals and benefits from our perspective is that [UDDI] potentially eliminates some of this confusion."
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Americans will come to embrace e-government because of its convenience and speed, concludes a new report by Forrester Research. The report, "Sizing U.S. eGovernment," projects that government agencies will collect $602 billion in fees and taxes--15 percent of its total fees and taxes--online by 2006, and will receive 333 million online filings, with the majority of the online documents to be filed with state governments. "Even though constituents are concerned about privacy and paying convenience fees, users see the value of online government and want those services now," says Forrester analyst Jeremy Sharrard. Over the next two years federal, state, and local governments will continue to experiment with the technology. Up to 90 percent of cities and towns are likely to be without e-government services until 2002, Forrester says. From 2002 to 2005, governments will integrate the technology and encounter the challenge of linking legacy systems to new payment and authorization services. After 2005 e-governments are likely to undergo a period of reorganization as lawmakers seek to streamline the overlapping services of government departments. The Clinton administration with Firstgov.gov, the state of North Carolina with North Carolina @ Your Service, and New York City with NYC.gov are among the governments that have taken the lead in e-government.
Although the 2000 Summer Olympics will focus the world's eyes on Sydney, Australia, government officials in New South Wales, in which Sydney is located, are also excited for the state's long-term economic future--especially in the information-technology field. New South Wales generates more IT revenue than either Hong Kong or Taiwan and has the 17th-largest IT industry in the world, worth A$22 billion a year, claims Kim Yeadon, the state's IT minister. Yeadon says, "We have suffered from the 'tyranny of distance' externally and internally, across the nation from one end to the other. Apart from the physical delivery of products, these barriers will now be dropped entirely." Indeed, some even envision a Silicon Valley-like explosion of tech firms in Sydney and its suburbs. Already, New South Wales has more than 100,000 tech workers, and a vast majority of Australia's tech companies make their homes there. Both overall economic performance and employment continue to grow for the state, which bodes well for Australia as a whole. New South Wales is already planning infrastructure projects to build on the anticipated success of the Olympics and to attract even more IT firms to the area, and only the potential for a labor shortage seems to dim the state's bright future.
Massachusetts is experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, particularly in high-tech fields, that could weaken the state's tech-driven economy in the long run, according to a recent Northeastern University survey. Area companies are unable to fill 1 in 12 job openings for skilled employees, and some of the hardest positions to fill are for computer programmers, specialty scientists, and Web page developers. The New England Council, which sponsored the survey, says the results should encourage business and political leaders to increase training and education efforts to ease the labor shortage. Studying 310 local high-tech companies over May and June, the survey found that the largest numbers of unfilled positions are in computer science, programming, electrical engineering, and computer engineering. Although Web design development accounts for a much smaller number of jobs, this area accounts for the highest vacancy rate with nearly 25 percent of these jobs unfilled in May and June. A short-term solution to the labor shortage is to raise the cap on H-1B visas, which allow companies to hire skilled workers from abroad. In April 7.4 percent of workers hired by the surveyed companies held H-1B visas, although H-1B hiring seems to be benefiting a limited number of companies. The study found that three-fourths of the firms surveyed hired only U.S. citizens, suggesting that networking might draw H-1B workers to specific companies.
The South, with the exception of a few states, is lagging the rest of the nation in terms of technology. Workers with science and engineering skills are difficult to come by, research and development funding is lacking, and most states do not serve as headquarters for major high-tech firms, says Jim Clinton of Southern Growth Policies Board, an economic think tank in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The South needs a comprehensive strategy with an emphasis on high-tech development to create economic opportunities, Clinton says. Noting that a quick fix cannot remedy the situation, Clinton suggests long-term solutions such as using incentives to attract companies and talented workers. Another long-term strategy is to improve science and technology education in elementary and secondary schools in the South. Mississippi Technology (MTI) is working to make the state more high-tech by encouraging the development of technology parks and incubators. MTI coordinates technological development in Mississippi, focusing many of its efforts on Jackson, which is already home to 150 IT and communications firms, including WorldCom. In addition, MTI is focusing on recruiting skilled workers and keeping technical graduates in the state. Several southern states have already succeeded in leveraging the high-tech economy, including Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
The U.S. Internet Council on Friday released its "State of the Internet 2000" report, which concludes that a number of issues are confronting the future of the Internet, foremost among them a need to keep governments from stifling its growth with heavy-handed regulation. "Government should rely on the Internet community to regulate itself, where this is possible," the report says. The report finds that the U.S. digital divide is based more on income than race and that the private and public sectors have a role to play in closing the divide. The government can help by concentrating on access and infrastructure, and lawmakers must increase their sophistication in technology matters, the report says. The government must also help educate law enforcement agencies on technology matters and ensure that law enforcement respects the online privacy of its citizens. E-commerce will flourish so long as Web sites can maintain information security and are careful not to leak users' personal data. The report concludes that wireless rates in Europe and Asia are greater than those in the United States, with the countries of Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Hong Kong all boasting wireless penetration rates of at least 50 percent.
A recent U.S. District Court decision that prohibits the hacker magazine 2600 from disseminating the DeCSS DVD-decrypting program is having unexpected repercussions in Australia. An unrelated hacker collective called 2600 Australia has decided to scrap the link to the DeCSS program formerly available on its Web site. The group's leader, Grant Bayley, says it is not the district court ruling--which applies only to America--that is giving him pause, but rather the Australian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that is expected to pass within the next six months. Bayley says 2600 Australia simply does not have the financial strength or the support of civil liberties groups to fight a case in court--an arduous goal in itself, as Australia lacks the strong free speech protections enjoyed in the United States. Bayley says his group will switch to more subversive and less visible means to circumvent the copyright law. For example, 2600 Australia may take out an important line of code and publish it somewhere else, or may distribute DeCSS through a non-computer-related medium.
Following the lead of U.S. lawmakers, Philippine Sen. Vicente C. Sotto III has introduced the "Anticybersquatting Act of 2000," a bill that has spawned a variety of critics in the Philippines. Gerry Kaimo, Webmaster of a satire site and owner of the contested www.pldt.com domain, contends that the new law fails to look out for the welfare of most Filipinos. Jonathan Domingo, president of the Electronic Frontier Philippines civil rights group, argues that Sotto's bill is too heavy handed because it fails to include the intent of "bad faith" in its definition of "cybersquatting." "If you register a domain that happens to match the trademark/name of someone else even if you're not aware of it, you're already guilty of cybersquatting under that law," Domingo says. The law also fails to account for constitutionally protected speech, such as domain names that incorporate the names of third parties for critical or derogatory purposes, according to Domingo. Domingo says that lawmakers must review and make changes to the bill, lest it be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Meantime, the Domain Name Rights Coalition and other civil liberties groups are criticizing the U.S. Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy for not providing for fair use of domain names. Network Solutions handled domain name disputes prior to ICANN's involvement, as well as the InterNIC and top level domains.
High-tech companies looking for workers are turning to J-1 training visas, as the labor shortage continues and the H-1B visa program fails to provide enough skilled workers. J-1 visas allow foreign workers to come to U.S. companies for training, and unlike the H-1B program, the J-1 program has no cap. Roughly 20,000 foreign workers received J-1 visas last year, according to the Association for International Practical Training, a sponsoring group for J-1 visa applicants. Among the companies using the J-1 program are 3Com, Compaq, IBM, Microsoft, and Mitsubishi, the association says.
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The top research labs in the United States are developing programs that will vastly improve the Internet on many levels. The Xerox PARC Internet Ecologies Area has worked out a methodology for designing a faster Web site based on the user's surfing preferences, says the area's research fellow and manager Dr. Bernardo Huberman. Another Xerox PARC project is private preference matching in which users can connect with each other online while maintaining their privacy. Agilent's Communications and Optics Research Lab is devising wide wave division multiplexing to transmit data inside buildings through fiber-optic cable; this development could speed up PC Web-accessing speed to 1 Gbps. Also under development at Agilent is the bubble switch, an optical switch technology that accelerates data flow between central offices. At IBM, Watson lab researchers are trying to increase the reliability and predicative ability of Web surfing through dynamic, on-demand capacity. The Watson lab is also developing an intrusion detection system that protects the native server through an algorithm that monitors the accumulated behavior of e-business visitors--and determines which actions are genuine and which are threatening. Microsoft has a security system on the boards with its Farsite project. Farsite enables individual computers to store encrypted copies of data on other people's hard drives, allowing resource sharing between users who don't know each other. Microsoft is also researching computers that can display data in order of user priority, an Internet that can pinpoint a user's location through a communication device, and a voice-responsive handheld computer. SRI is looking into an intrusion detection system that monitors both the e-business server, like IBM's project, as well as the surrounding network. Formal methods of analyzing software and active networks that can increase system security and accuracy are also being researched at SRI.
IT workers now have the opportunity to move into management by becoming CIOs and then making their way into local governments. CIOs who have made the management jump say those looking to do the same need to look beyond technology to politics and strategy issues. "You need to have a broader perspective than just IT," says Dianah Neff, who rose from her position as the CIO of Bellevue Washington to become the deputy city manager and CIO of San Diego. "You need to understand politics, because the higher you move up, the higher politics plays into that." As a deputy city manager, Neff now affects decisions outside of technology. Neff says the city management is recognizing the far-reaching impact of the IT organization because of issues such as Y2K and e-government, and wants some IT players shaping higher-level decisions. Another CIO with a similar career path, Greg Larson, says his experience in government as the CIO of Scottsdale, Ariz., helped him land a position as the city manager of Milpitas, Calif. Larson also credits his familiarity with Silicon Valley and his focus on broad rather than specific issues with helping him become a city manager. CIOs who want to move into executive positions should obtain a wide range of experience, sharpen their communication skills, and stay current with the latest developments in technology, Larson says.
State governments will need the help of application service providers and other outsourcing firms to implement their e-government initiatives, according to "E-Government: Creating Digital Democracy," a new study from Federal Resources and META Group. Outsourcing is the best way for states to solve their lack of funding and qualified IT professionals, the study concludes. For example, Georgia' GeorgiaNet site has reduced the number of phone calls to state agencies and increased the speed of license approvals and renewals. The study notes Texas and North Carolina as other states that have turned to outsourcing. The study proposes that outsourcing can help states create a strong "brand" for their site so that citizens will trust their government's site and realize the Internet's benefits. However, the study cautions state governments not to rush online, even though both constituents and politicians desire e-government solutions now. Although ambitious state e-government initiatives are pushing a two- or four-year timetable, analysts with META Group believe these plans could take as long as 15 years to enact. They point to numerous obstacles beyond money and staff shortages, including concerns about security and privacy, systems that are not interoperable, and citizens' fear of new technology. Again, the study suggests outsourcing as a way to overcome these obstacles. The study estimates that e-government spending on the state and local level will approach $4 billion by 2003.
Ethics are a significant consideration for online companies, as potentially unethical practices, even if they are legal, could drive off customers and partners. One ethical question for online companies is whether to disclose business ties to retail sites that link to their own sites. Another such issue is whether it is ethical for a company to take advantage of lower tax rates in a specific area by conducting business in those areas rather than where the transaction would ordinarily occur. Questionable business tactics are becoming a larger issue with e-business set to reach $2.9 trillion by 2004. Concerns about unethical conduct and e-business security extend beyond North America, where most e-business is conducted. Privacy concerns prevail in Europe, while misrepresentation is the main concern in Latin America.
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Technology is playing a bigger part in the ongoing presidential campaign than it has in any previous campaign, and both the Democratic and the Republican parties have taken firm stances. Republican candidate George W. Bush's main emphasis is on the issue of Internet taxation, while Democratic candidate Al Gore is focusing on Internet privacy and education. The two main parties each say the other does not really understand what the main issues are, and claim that their respective opponents do not say enough about their chosen issues. Gore wants to preserve the robust economy, encourage development, and build an e-government. In addition, Gore wants the private sector to preserve Internet users' privacy, though he thinks legislation is necessary to protect children. Meanwhile, Bush wants to continue the technology industry's momentum, maintain the tax ban on e-commerce, raise the cap on temporary H-1B visas, and reduce frivolous lawsuits.
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Lily Allen With MR Little Jeans House of Blues, Dallas Monday September 15, 2014
On her first visit to Dallas at the House of Blues, Lily Allen took the stage purple-haired and dressed like a shiny bit of Christmas tinsel. She was surrounded by a backdrop of large baby bottles that lit up, perhaps as an allusion to her recent motherhood, or her own perpetual state of infancy. With the title of her latest album, Allen has proclaimed herself a God, or technically just the female Kanye West, known as "Sheezus". She opened with the album's title track, which resorts to Eminem-style tactics of name-dropping (often unkindly) every major contemporary pop star.
Since Myspacing herself into fame in 2006 with infectious songs like "Smile", built on lyrics full of ironic venom coated with unabashed layers of sweet artifice, Allen has become a demonic child delivering harmlessly snarky messages straight from a cherub's mouth. Along with the bubblegum-flavored fusion of electro pop, ska and carrousel music, Allen's unapologetic trailer-chic unsophistication prompted a league of London-girl worship.
Allen has been touring with Miley Cyrus on the latter's Bangerz tour, and has picked up some of her unfortunate mannerisms, like incessantly discovering the fact that she owns a tongue, or doing an occasional half-twerk. The comparisons are unavoidable despite the fact that Allen's well-intentioned mess of immaturity and causeless rebellion -- albeit less desperately contrived -- far precede Cyrus'.
Allen appeared at first a bit lethargic, like she'd been coaxed into revisiting songs from 30 years ago, but she picked up the pace as the audience tossed around a beach ball and she removed the tinsel to a tiny cut-off leather dress. With "It's not Fair", she sang about a bad lay as images of men's crotches, covered by items such as purses and cars, were on screen above her. Allen seemed at ease and unconcerned with faking any airs of a grand performer; between sets, she even told the audience while miked up from backstage that she needed help with her underwear riding up, among other bits of colorful backstage trivia.
In a superb cover of Jhene Aiko's "The Worst", the sharp rhythm in her rapping contrasted her cockney voice, fluttering in a whisper of the most nasal R&B. Except for the occasional slow song, all tracks were club-friendily produced, and her brand of childlike fun and teenage ranting was pervasive, permeated throughout with grave silliness.
Smoking onstage with a Drake vs Li'l Wayne tank top, Allen kindly asked, then ordered, the audience in the balcony above to stand, unless they were in a wheelchair or have a prosthetic leg, as she states she doesn't want to make the same recent faux-pas as Kanye West's. Sharing what she calls her "Mum pimp cup" with the audience, and then taking a sip herself, Allen didn't seem to have a case of well-disguised demagoguery but sincere humility -- brattiness and all.
Making a video of the audience on her own phone and asking the bass player to help her with her shorts, she was a bit removed from any expectations the crowds may have elevated her to. Her genuineness was endearing. That's probably why, after prefacing it with the idea of "Sticking it to the man", she had the whole place singing along to "Fuck You" while giving the finger, and even the honest-to-goodness adults in the room played along approvingly.
For the end of the show, Allen returned to stage in a neon cheetah catsuit with ears and a tail to deliver her latest hit, "Hard Out Here", among a rainbow of well-executed lighting. The song is a confusing statement of pseudo-feminism, full of Twitter wisdom. The aim was presumably to denounce societal misogyny, particularly in the abundance of music videos showcasing objectified females. This last point was illustrated through the interpretative dance of a group of female dancers twerking exaggeratedly in dog masks.
But Allen looked uncomfortable in this bit of choreography. Perhaps it was because her meta-irony is, in the end, sheerly accidental. Certainly, there contradictions to be had: Throughout the show, and in general, Allen took quasi-political stances on sexism while simultaneously performing songs mocking male sizes, or sang "URL Badman" about spiteful internet trolls while publicly name-checking her own peers.
Despite being at once an icon and archetype of her generation, Allen has never quite replicated her English superstardom in the U.S. It could be that, by her own account, as she emerged in the U.K. an American version of her was found quickly in Katy Perry's anime-and-unicorns variety. And then there's Cyrus and her crude nonsense. Lily Allen seems to know she's neither the most original performer nor the greatest singer, but even in her commentary she's tremendously entertaining, and transmits that undeniably cool factor, the kind of street-cred she'd lose anyway by reveling in the mainstream.

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Hello Greg,
I scoured the unanswered questions and the archives. As far as I can tell, nobody has asked this of you before:
1.)When did you know while writing Lexington that he would eventually realize that he's gay?
I'm a 25 year old gay man living in Minnesota. I loved Gargoyles as a kid. I had almost all the action figures (couldn't find the castle play set so I made my own out of cardboard boxes lol) and all the VHS tapes. Now I have all the released seasons on DVD. I grew up feeling different all the time from my peers. Your show resonated with me! It's still a viewing pleasure of mine. In retrospect, I think the clan was an allegory for how I felt in the world. In the minority, alone and isolated and misunderstood by society. I was always cheering when more Gargoyles were introduced from Avalon.
I have one more question that is about the writing of the show:
2.) Were you and the show's writers warned or advised that kids couldn't follow continuity in an animated series?
I was between 5-7 years old while Gargoyles aired and I was fascinated that the show relied on flashbacks and foreshadowing and slow builds of the storylines.
I'm so glad that the show was on when I was young. It had a profound impact on me. Lexington was ALWAYS my favorite and I just recently found out he was to be gay. Thanks for making me feel less alone growing up. I wish you continued success!
Thank you for your time!!
1. I don't remember exactly. (Twenty years ago, you know.) But it was probably some time during Season Two. Definitely before we wrote Turf.
2. No. Not then. That's come up on other shows since, but I was following a simplified version of the Hill Street Blues model on Gargoyles. One clean story per episode. Multiple storyLINES in play.
CTD? check the date?
Um, probably? Maybe?
What are we referencing?
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In the episode ''schooled'' from young justice how did Artimis know to save Kid Flash
Check out issues #7-8 of our companion in continuity comic book series for the answer.
A few questions regarding Martians and fire:
1. Is the Martian weakness to fire a part of/based in their physiology, or is it entirely mental?
2. Does the level of vulnerability vary from Martian to Martian (2b. Or from color to color), or is it the same across all Martians?
3. Does Beast Boy share the Martian vulnerability to fire?
1. It's really about heat, not fire. But both are a legit threat to them physically.
2. I suppose.
2b. There's no significant biological difference between the various races of Martians in ANY respect.
3. Well, we're all vulnerable to fire, aren't we? I mean, I Superboy isn't. But it's not like Robin, Artemis, Aqualad and Kid Flash are somehow immune from the threat of fire. Beast Boy's no different. But he's not as vulnerable to heat as Miss Martian is.
Hey Greg,
When Superboy and Miss Martian broke up, did M'gann ask La'gaan out or did he ask her out? About how long after the break up?
Check out our companion YOUNG JUSTICE INVASION comic book series to see the first stage of M'gann and La'gaan's relationship. It evolved from there.
Where did Garfield get that poster of the team and toys and picture of his mom in his room at the cave?
Various places.
My question is just this: worst-case-scenario, let's say five years or so from now, YJ still hasn't come back for a third season in cartoon or comic form. After all that time has passed and there's still no way to let us viewers continue the show, would you consider giving us fans some closure about certain character's deaths/revivals?
I completely understand and respect you not wanting to spoil your own show at the present, but I also don't want to be thinking "what if they're NOT really dead, what if they ARE really dead" ten years from now.
I'm not asking for spoilers, just asking whether you'll consider giving them in the future, if there's ever a long period of time with no hope of a continuation of the show.
Sorry if this question is awkward or irksome. I've tried to keep within the guidelines, and I'd just really like to know. Thank you for your time, and of course, Young Justice.
The short answer is no.
First off, five years? It's been twenty on Gargoyles and I haven't given up on that.
Second off, ideas minus their execution are subject to horrendous second guessing. I don't know why I'd open myself up to that.
Besides, at that point - if it's not an authorized revival of SOME kind - I'm just writing (well-informed) fan fiction. You guys can do that yourselves and each come up with the "ending" you like the best. You don't need me for that.
I was on the Star Wars Bookworms Podcast. Had a great time. You can find it here:
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Resilience, as defined by Mirriam Webster is, "the ability of something to return to its original shape after it has been pulled, stretched, pressed, bent, etc." In other words, we humans, if we're resilient, are going to bounce back when boyfriends betray, girlfriends go away, sons are taken, divorce divides, disease descends, gravity grabs, and all kinda adversity knocks us on our collective backside. Fact – there is no bouncing back. Resilient or not, we cannot go back.
There is no bouncing back for my right shoulder. None. No matter what I do, it's never going back the way it once was. You see, my AC joint is gone and no surgeon can find it and put it back. My only option is to learn how to operate my right side without it. My only option is to work my way through it – yes, through. The same is true for all adversity. You and I do not bounce back. The resilient response is through – move through – to use what hits you to change your trajectory in a positive direction. Hemingway further hammers it home when he famously wrote this: "The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places."
So, friend, take solace in knowing you are not alone and your aim isn't to bounce back. It feels good to let go of that aim, at least for me. Make your peace with your bumps and bruises and even some of those who seemingly still provide 'em. Your aim is to keep moving through. Through.
Thanks, Miss, for not stopping when you were so sick. Thanks, Mom, for carrying on 20 + years by your lonesome and moving through it to give courage to those just starting to get into it. Thanks, Petey, for moving through so many knee and hip surgeries and still getting after it at 67. Thanks, Dosch, for moving through anxiety on your way to excellence. Thanks, Gurue, for moving through your loss and finding your Lord. Move through, friend. There's no returning to the way you were. There's no going 'round the pain. There's no going back. Through. God, help me keep going. God, help me through. Good.
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baby brain, childcare, maternity leave, multiples, parent, parenting, twins
I used to think that maternity leave, whilst hard work in terms of baby wrangling, would provide me with an opportunity to do many things. I was quite looking forward to the chance of actually becoming what I'm sure my old careers advisor at school would term as 'more rounded'. Fear not, there's no need for me to work on that in relation to my figure – from the neck down I'm practically 90% coffee cake.
And then we had twins.
Did you know you can't mow the lawn with a baby attached to you?
Other things you think you will do but you don't because you're too busy burping, or changing, or walking, or drinking coffee with other people in the same situation as you who understand why you can't remember the second half of every other sentence:
Cut the hedges – they desperately need it. Otherwise folk will have to hack their way to the front door in a fairytale-type scenario. It would be hard for me to hang out of the bathroom window with my hair swaying in the wind, but give me enough wine (and a chance to do it asleep) and I'll give it a go.
Learn a language – if I had a fiver for every thought I've had that I would finally get around to learning Italian whilst on maternity leave, I'd have at least enough for a holiday there. Ha. That's all I can say.
Take up photography – the only photos I have time for are the ones on the iphone. The artistic shots of tiny feet in my hands remain in my head not on my walls.
Write that elusive novel that everyone says I should do – I would, but I can't remember the plots I keep coming up with on night feeds. And then I can usually only type one handed as the other one is holding a twin (if you could see me now!). It would take a loooooooong time. I may manage a short story by the time they are 18.
Cook a delicious dinner every night and try out new recipes for your blog – see above comment of Ha.
See, what all this is bringing home to me is that childcare really is a full time job. Housework and Other Stuff is a bonus. I'm exceptionally lucky to have a husband who is throwing himself into caring for Bubble and Squeak, but even so, I'm not achieving half of what I wanted to.
Just goes to show that you should indeed throw your preconceived notions of parenthood out with the buggy wrappings.
I would write more, but I can't remember what I wanted to say.


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Wonder Woman lived: Viking warrior skeleton identified as female, 128 years after its discoverySeptember 14, 2017, by Amy Ellis Nutt
|An 1889 drawing of the Viking warrior grave discovered in Birka, Sweden. For more than 120 years, it was assumed to be the skeleton of a man. (Hjalmar Stolpe)
The warrior was, in fact, female. And not just any female, but a Viking warrior woman, a shieldmaiden, like the ancient Brienne of Tarth from "Game of Thrones."
The artifacts entombed with the 1,000-year-old bones and unearthed in 1889 in Birka, Sweden, included two shields, a sword, an ax, a spear, armor-piercing arrows and a battle knife — not to mention the remnants of two horses. Such weapons of war among grave goods, archaeologists long assumed, meant the Viking had been male.
Yet modern-day genetics testing on the DNA extracted from a tooth and an arm bone has confirmed otherwise. The skeleton, known as Bj 581, belonged to someone with two X chromosomes.
"We were blinded by the warrior equipment," one of the researchers, Anders Gotherstrom, said in an email to The Washington Post this week. "The grave-goods shout 'warrior' at you, and nothing else.
|A modern drawing of the same Viking grave, this time depicting the female warrior. (Neil Price)


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17 March 2018
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16 March 2018
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21 February 2018
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29 November 2017
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28 November 2017
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6 October 2017
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What Apple's Face ID means for Australia Post's Digital iD™
21 September 2017
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Australia Post signs on its first businesses with its Digital iD™
7 August 2017
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14 June 2017
Every day, Australians are asked to prove who they are. From logging into online accounts to applying for a credit card or police check, identity plays a role in the transaction process.
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Password fatigue and privacy concerns make identity…
Australia Post and DTA finally hook up on digital identity
19 May 2017
The federal government's protracted journey towards providing Australians with a Commonwealth minted digital identity credential has moved a significant step closer to becoming a reality following the announcement of a partnership between Australia Post and the Digital Transformation Agency…
A single digital identity could unlock billions in economic opportunity
Our systems for verifying identity online have failed to keep up with the digitisation of the economy – or the expectations of consumers.
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NIGHTWISH Keyboardist Talks About The Making Of 'Once'March 14, 2004
NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen recently spoke to Get Ready To ROCK! about the songwriting and recording process for the group's new album, "Once". Asked why they chose to record the orchestral parts for the album in London using the London Session Orchestra, Tuomas said, "Well the simple reason is that we really wanted to have the best, you know. It sounds kinda corny, but we wanted to have the best no matter the costs, and our record engineer Mikko Karmila, he had some connections with Pip Williams who is doing the arrangements and he recommended him to us. We contacted him and he was very interested in us and then he booked the orchestra for us. To be honest, the whole thing, the orchestra, it costs like twice as much as the whole previous album altogether. But it doesn't matter because the result is so awesome. So I'm very proud to be working with them."
With regards to whether "Once" was a more difficult album to write than its predecessor, 2002's "Century Child", Tuomas said, "['Century Child'] was very difficult and this one was equally difficult, but it's been more fun than ever though. I mean it's been in a very positive spirit, both for me and for the whole band. The whole process has been really smooth even though it has been really difficult and really long but we're all having the time of our lives here. I think that there is a bit of a positive touch to this album, more than before. Just fun, having fun doing what we're doing." Read the rest of the interview here.
As previously reported, "Nemo", the first single off the group's forthcoming CD, is due on April 19 through Spinefarm Records. The band recently shot a video for the track with renowned director Antti Jokinen, who has previously directed music videos for such international artists as CELINE DION, EMINEM and SHANIA TWAIN. "Once" is scheduled for release on June 7 through Spinefarm. A U.S. release date for the album has yet to be announced.
NIGHTWISH will launch their world tour in support of "Once", dubbed "Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005", this summer. The trek is expected to last until the autumn of 2005.


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Lusane: Obama should resist calls for significant intervention in Iraq
President Obama must not give in to the pressure from conservatives to wage war again in Iraq.
Any intervention risks escalation, rising anti-Americanism and a quagmire. If the United States bombs the Sunni fundamentalists who have conquered northwestern Iraq, it will push other Sunnis into their arms.
And the United States wasn't able to stabilize Iraq even when we had more than 100,000 troops there. We won't be able to stabilize it with 300 advisers or, for that matter, 10,000 troops.
Republicans are already gearing up to blame Obama for the "fall of Baghdad." It's unclear that the rebel ISIS forces will be able to conquer Baghdad, since Shiite militias are preparing to repel them. But if Baghdad cannot stand without U.S. intervention, then it cannot be defended easily with U.S. intervention.
The American people don't want to risk any more blood or treasure in Iraq. That's why 77 percent oppose sending ground troops into Iraq, according to a recent New York Times/CBS poll. It is amazing that some of the same conservatives who were responsible for dragging the country into the Iraq war on false pretenses are trying to browbeat Obama into sending troops there again.
For instance, there was Dick Cheney (with his daughter Liz) with a piece in the Wall Street Journal accusing Obama of appeasement, betrayal, unnecessary apologies, empty threats and other such behavior.
But it was Vice President Cheney, along with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who clamored most loudly and most deceitfully for war with Iraq the first time. It was a war that cost the lives of 4,486 U.S. soldiers and seriously injured tens of thousands more. It was a war that killed between 100,000 and 1 million Iraqi civilians. And it came at a price tag of more than $3 trillion.
Cheney and Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush were also responsible for foolishly disbanding Iraq's army and for propping up the sectarian regime of Nouri al-Maliki, who has spectacularly failed to unite the country.
And Iraq would not be the training school for terrorists and Islamic militants that it has become were it not for the war that Cheney and Rumsfeld and Bush launched. That training school opened during their time in office, not Obama's.
Former Bush administration officials and discredited neoconservatives are seizing on the chaos in Iraq to try to erase their blunders from the historical record. Americans are noted for having short historic memories, but this time around there are too many deaths, too many resources wasted, too many failures to be forgotten.
Obama should ignore their special pleading and should resist sending troops - or bombers - to Iraq.
Instead, he should chart a path toward reconciliation between moderate Sunnis and Shiites in a coalition government that is opposed to the rebel extremist forces.
Clarence Lusane is a professor of political science and international relations at American University. He wrote this for Progressive Media Project, a source of liberal commentary on domestic and international issues affiliated with The Progressive magazine.


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The Philadelphia 76ers will acquire center Anthony Bennett as part of the Kevin Love trade, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.
The Cleveland Cavaliers sent Bennett, guard/forward Andrew Wiggins and a future first-round draft pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Love.
Minnesota will send Bennett, as part of a package of players, to Philadelphia in exchange for forward Thaddeus Young.
The deal will become official on Aug. 23. Cleveland signed No. 1 draft choice Wiggins on July 24. NBA rules stipulate that draft picks cannot be traded within 30 days of their signing.
Bennett, 20, was the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft but struggled as a rookie. He averaged just 4.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 12.8 minutes over 52 games.
Love, 25, averaged 19 points and 12.2 rebounds with the Timberwolves but never made the playoffs. In the final year of his rookie contract, Love planned to test the free agent market in July 2015 if he was not traded by the Timberwolves, who took the opportunity to get a young potential star in return rather than lose him on the open market.
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Cavaliers could not have created ample salary cap space to sign Love in free agency and fretted he would land with the Chicago Bulls, who also made a significant trade offer.
Love, star forward LeBron James and point guard Kyrie Irving re-establish a "Big Three" for the rest of the Eastern Conference to contend with, and threatens to shift the balance of power from Miami to Cleveland. James took the Heat to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances, including two titles, before returning to the Cavaliers on a two-year deal in July. James can opt out of his contract after the 2014-15 season.
Love and Irving, 22, will each be signed through the 2018-19 season, a significant coup for first-year general manager David Griffin.
The structure of James' contract, which includes a player option for next season, might create some uneasiness for the franchise. But even without James, the young tandem of Irving and Love could make the Cavaliers playoff contenders.


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God has blessed me with a talent for sewing that has been cultivated in me by no initiative of my own. I never prayed for the ability but was given talent nonetheless.
Since the purchase of my first sewing machine I have done things that I thought could only be done by professional seamstress. Not only does my mind swirl with images of clothing patterns but also of ways to make things that are useful around my home. Creating things such as valances, napkins and tablecloth allow me to beautify my home, and assist my husband in preventing financial waste.
In the "Parable of the Talent" (Matthew 25:14-30), the Master has gone on a long journey, and has entrusted his property to his servants. He has given them some talents. The Master has the expectation that when he returns, they will have increased what He has given.
The good Master has also given me some talents as well. One of which is the ability to sew. I, therefore, am obligated to use that talent to bring glory to God.
I have used my talent to save my husband money on alterations. To have a pair of pants hemmed, can run anywhere between $7 in my community. Waist alterations average about $15. I have made a pair of valances for my den windows from recycled fabric. At the store it would have cost me roughly $20 for both.
The benefits of nurturing my talent are not only financially, but are beneficial for the well being of my family. My children and I have worked together on sewing projects which gives them a sense of accomplishment. They also read to me while I sew or talk with me about things that are on their minds. I think that it's a good image to set into the minds of my children. Allowing them to see their mother's efforts and talents benefiting the family in so many ways reinforces the importance of the wife within the family structure.
We need to use whatever "talent" God has given us. It might be money or ability. If we use it wisely, He will increase it so that our lives will glorify Him.
I am no where near perfect but I hope that when the Lord returns that I will hear the words, "Well done, (My) good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!" Matthew 25:21
Are you hiding a talent? If so dig it up and use it. Allow the Lord to increase it. The Good Master has not yet returned and there is still time to use what you have been given.
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ANSI and VITA ratify ANSI/VITA 57.4 FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) Standard
VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical and intelligent embedded computing systems markets, announces the ratification by ANSI and VITA of ANSI/VITA 57.4-2018 "FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) Standard". This standard has completed the VITA and ANSI processes reaching full recognition under guidance of VITA. The FMC+ standard extends the Gigabit transceiver support specified in ANSI/VITA 57.1 by adding two new connectors that enable additional Gigabit transceivers running at higher data rates.
FMC+ adds an optional extension connector (the High Serial Pin Connector extension, or HSPCe) to boost pin-count by 80 positions, arranged in a 4 X 20 array. This brings the maximum multigigabit interfaces to 32 full duplex channels. Additionally, throughput per multigigabit interface has increased to 28 Gbps in each direction. This will allow for higher data rates and expanded bandwidth to all fit within the same form factor as FMC.
Additional signals to support backplane reference clock and synchronization have been added. The ANSI/VITA 57.4 standard defines functionality to maintain backward compatibility between new VITA 57.4 carrier cards and existing VITA 57.1 mezzanine modules.


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June 04th, 2018
Before we get into the airing schedule, if you are around the Salt Lake City area in Utah, Josh is doing an event this weekend! Details and tickets here and a reminder that anyone who gets video/photos of Josh signing the DT fan guide wins a prize!
Now, about airing schedules: My recommendation is to get the "Expedition Unknown" Season 5 season pass on iTunes to guarantee you will see new episodes, whether you get Travel or Discovery. Otherwise, here's info:
Discovery Channel new episodes:
-new episode "Snake King Part 2" airs brand new Tuesday night
-"After the Hunt" special on after that new episode airs, too
-otherwise, check out https://www.discovery.com/schedule
Travel Channel airing schedule this week:
-mini rerun marathon WEDS morning of "Expedition Unknown"
-bigger rerun marathon at night of "Expedition" WEDS
-1 rerun of "Expedition" on Saturday morning
-looks like for the moment, "Destination Truth" rerun marathons on Travel Channel Friday nights have been knocked off the schedule by "Dead Files" - again, I do not know when "DT" will be back on Travel
-check out TravelChannel.com/schedule for more info
Apparently, "Expedition" reruns have also been playing on Animal Planet, too! However when I manually try to look up the show on their site, nothing comes up, so you'd have to manually check out their schedule on https://www.animalplanet.com/schedule
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Robyn O'Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth.
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
It's time for me to give a big, big Engine 2 shout out to Robyn O'Brien, the whistle blowing Mom from Colorado who's impressive and compelling book, The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making us Sick — And What We Can Do About It, was just released. When the youngest of her four children came down with a food allergy she starting digging around to find answers. The relationship she unearthed between the toxicity of America's food and the connections to big business and big money is nothing short of startling. Robyn was in Austin, Texas promoting her book Friday. She spoke at the Livestrong headquarters at noon and Book People on North Lamar at 6:00 PM. Robyn will be making waves and turning heads as her message reaches the masses. Again, here's an E2 shout out to you Robin. You got spirit and guts!! Go get em!!!!
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As we gear up for the 2014 spring 10K, fun run and marathon season, there is a common running injury that should be discussed.
Shin splints is a well-known, catch-all term used to describe pain at the front or lower inside edge of the tibia (shin bone).
The term doesn't discriminate the different possible tissue problems occurring.
More properly known as medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), this condition occurs during physical activity and results from too much force being placed on your tibia and connective tissues that attach your muscles to the bone.
MTSS is common in runners and in those who participate in activities with sudden stops and starts or jumps, such as basketball and soccer. The overloading is usually a result of improper form when exercising, wearing worn out or improper athletic shoes or more frequently, 'too much training, too soon'.
Sometimes a contributing factor can be the surface of the ground. The slant of the road (called 'camber'), hill-work or changing the type of surface (going from hard asphalt to soft grass/sand, or vice versa) can also generate extra loading on these tissues.
The pain may be caused by an irritation of the periosteum (the sheath covering) of the tibia, inflammation of the tendinous connection from the muscle to the bone, the muscle itself, but this injury may overlap with other conditions that include increased pressure inside the compartment sheath surrounding the muscle, or stress fractures in the bone itself.
Most cases of this injury resolve with rest, a decrease in training distance or speed or a change of training method (switching from running to water running, while tissues heal). In rare cases, surgery may be necessary to treat complications from tibial stress syndrome.
MTSS due to an irritation or inflammation of the sheath or connective tissue can cause a dull aching pain on the front or inside lower part of the leg. The pain may increase when you move your legs, climb stairs, or walk. The pain typically goes away with rest and may be worse when you first wake up in the morning. If the area of pain is localized (small area), tender when you press on it and doesn't subside much, there may be a stress fracture.
A compartment syndrome is a pain that only comes on while running, building in intensity enough that it eventually makes you stop running, and after a brief rest goes away. If you then resume running, the pain begins to rise to high intensity, forcing you to stop. This is a mark of compartment syndrome. It is important to get checked out by your family doctor.
If you try to push through tibial stress syndrome, you will probably end up sorry. It is helpful to stop the activity that caused the condition until your symptoms go away. Your doctor may refer you to physical therapy for pain control, rehabilitation, and training tips. Physical therapists can provide treatments to reduce your pain and can teach you how to properly stretch and strengthen your muscles. You will also learn correct postures and form to improve your running style and suggestions for avoiding muscle overuse.
Your rehabilitation is best done under the supervision of a therapist, but when you do return to running, increase your mileage slowly, no more than 10 per cent weekly. But to properly rehabilitate and avoid a recurrence of this injury, you must correct the factors that caused the condition in the first place, which can include any or most of the following: new or proper shoes for your biomechanics; consider changing your running surface (including hills); correct muscle imbalances; stretch after you run; and. most importantly, reduce the volume (number of kilometers run per week) and speed of your training when you return to running, and gradually increase volume and speed slowly over a long period of time to remain injury-free.
Kerry Senchyna is the owner of West Coast Kinesiology and is a provincially registered kinesiologist.


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What Is the Connection between Avocado and Cholesterol?
Research has shown that there is a positive connection between avocado and cholesterol. This is largely due to the monounsaturated fats that avocado contains. Unlike many saturated fats that increase cholesterol levels, the avocado fats have the ability to naturally lower the levels. Another connection between avocado and cholesterol is beta-sitosterol, a plant sterol that interferes with the absorption of cholesterol in the intestinal tract.
There are basically two types of cholesterol within the bloodstream. One is known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the bad cholesterol that is associated with many health problems. The other is known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good cholesterol that balances the LDL. There is another type of blood fat known as very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), which is primarily made up of triglycerides. The LDL, HDL, and VLDL are all summed up into the total cholesterol count.
Avocados are rich with oleic acid and also contain moderate amounts of omega-3. Many studies that have been done on avocado and cholesterol have shown that the healthy avocado fat is effective for lowering LDL levels. One way that these fats are able to do this is by increasing the HDL levels so that they can begin to work at eliminating LDL cholesterol.
Studies show that avocados can help to lower triglyceride levels as well. Triglycerides are stored in fat cells and are essential for good health because they are able to supply the body with a constant flow of energy. In excess amounts, however, they can contribute to a high total cholesterol count by raising the VLDL.
Another way that avocados help in lowering cholesterol levels is by interfering with the absorption of cholesterol from the food. This interference is due to beta-sitosterol, which is the plant version of cholesterol. When it is present in the small intestine, it reduces the absorption of LDL cholesterol in this area. This reduced absorption directly links the avocado and cholesterol together because it helps to prevent LDL levels from rising to high.
Other health benefits of avocado include a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. This is partially due to the beneficial connection between avocado and cholesterol as high cholesterol levels increase the risk for plaque buildup and other problems surrounding the heart. Avocados also contain folate, which helps to maintain normal levels of homocysteine within the bloodstream. It is an important amino acid that promotes good health when present in moderate amounts. In high amounts, however, it can be damaging to the heart.
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It is not very helpful to read an article that begins, " Research has shown..." and then see no cite to the "research."
Avocados are great in guacamole dip. However, if you are like me, you dip that greasy Mexican tortilla chip in it and eat them up! I have started buying the tortilla shells and making homemade chips by baking them instead of deep frying them.
By doing that, it seems a little less of a "food sin" to eat something healthy with something unhealthy. It's kind of like people who order diet coke and then get a greasy burger to go with it. I'm not talking about the diabetics, but you know what I mean.
I like to read magazine articles and watch TV shows on health and nutrition. I seems like I have heard and read a lot of benefits that come with eating avocados.
The only way I ever used to eat avocados was when I went to a Mexican restaurant and would get guacamole with something I ordered.
Once I realized how nutritious they are, I decided to eat them more often. Now I try to include a couple of avocados a week in my diet.
My cousin who is a commercial beekeeper in California uses his honeybees to pollinate the avocados. He says he can pick them up off the ground and eats one a day. I don't know how low his cholesterol, but he sure stays skinny.
I always enjoy reading articles that talk about the benefits of eating avocados. I didn't always like the taste of avocados, but have acquired a taste for them and find myself craving them sometimes now.
When I had some blood work done a year ago, I was told my cholesterol was too high, and I needed to get it lowered. I didn't want to start on medication if I could lower it by diet and exercise.
I started looking for healthy, low cholesterol foods that I could eat. During my research I kept reading about all the benefits that avocados had. Even though it is not considered a low cholesterol food, it helps lower the cholesterol in your body.
It makes sense that eating whole, natural foods like avocados are so good for our bodies, and can help keep our cholesterol at reasonable levels.
The avocado is just one food that got a bad rap because of "cholesterol." I think it was Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food) who coined the phrase "the lipid hypothesis."
The lipid hypothesis is basically the idea that eating fat, especially saturated fat and cholesterol, is bad for you. But it turns out more and more that that's not the whole picture. Eating margarine instead of butter will, indeed result in less cholesterol in your diet, but it's packed with trans fat - which is quite deadly.
I try to live by Michael Pollan's food rules: Eat food. (Meaning real, whole foods, stuff that your great-grandmother would recognize as food, as opposed to, say, Cheez Whiz.) Not too much. Mostly plants, especially leaves.
I believe that a healthy diet and eating foods moderately is key to being healthy.
I found out one year ago that my bad cholesterol was through the roof. I wan't really too surprised considering years of unhealthy snacking and eating lunch out while working. I retired last year and decided that it was high time that I got back to my health.
I started exercising regularly and eating more whole foods, fruits and vegetables. I still eat foods that are generally known to affect cholesterol in a bad way, like avocados, eggs and red meat. But I eat them in moderation. It's great to know that avocados are being recognized to be good for us. Recently, eggs have been shown to not increase bad cholesterol as well.
But I still think that overdoing it could be bad. I eat red meat once or twice a week and in small portions. I eat eggs once or twice a week and about 2-3 avocados a week. My cholesterol levels are back to normal!
How great to read this article and see the lovely avocado released from its position as the pariah of the fruit world. I think there must have been some bunk study in the 80s which basically blamed avocados for all the nations heart problems. I don't think I saw guacamole at a party for 5 years after that. But as this article points out, and we all should have known all along, fruits and vegetables are good for you. There is no McDonalds that is produced in nature.
I know so many people that avoid eating avocados because they consider them to be a fatty and unhealthy food. And while I know that avocados have a higher fat content than lots of fruits and vegetables, it is not drastically higher and as this article mentions there are a number of health benefits related to avocados.
A health diet is all about variety. Eat as many different things as often as you possibly can. For that reason it always kind of bothers me when people refuse to eat something, especially for arbitrary reasons. Just give it a try, it won't kill you. And its a lot better for you than those french fries you always eat.


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So our conclusion is: Paris is much better in winter than in summer, photography wise ☺
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So at least this winter, the foggy sky and leaf-less trees made a nice background
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The Oktaves rock hard, roll loud
MANILA, Philippines - Of all the Filipino albums being peddled by the country's surviving, dogged music stores, none should be as interesting to youngish music fans or fervent rock and roll devotees as that of The Oktaves.
The who? "The Oktaves" is both the name of a relatively new 5-man band and the title of the quintet's freshly launched debut album.
The group is composed of singer-songwriter-guitarist Ely Buendia, he of the defunct-but-unforgotten Eraserheads, the likewise-defunct The Mongols and the still-active Pupil; Nitoy Adriano, for a long time the low-key but renowned lead guitarist of the legendary punk-pop band The Jerks; and the entire, powerhouse roster of Hilera, the rockabilly-loving trio comprised by singer-songwriter-guitarist Chris Padilla, bassist Ivan Garcia and drummer Bobby Padilla.
Alternative roots, non-alternative fruits
Buendia had previously collaborated with Hilera for 2010's "In Love and War," a concept album he co-headlined with the late Francis Magalona. In 2011, Buendia, with Adriano on lead guitar, contributed a track to "Rock Rizal," a multi-artist project by Rock Ed Philippines in time for the sesquicentennial of Jose Rizal's birth. (Ely produced the track with a '90s peer, The Youth singer-songwriter-guitarist Robert Javier, who has also coproduced "The Oktaves.")
Also in 2011, Buendia and the Hilera boys collaborated on a Tagalog rendition of the Spanish charmer "La Paloma" for that year's epic "Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story." (The 4 are seen in the movie rendering their remake.) The following year, all 5 formally banded together and completed recording new material.
Despite its members' roots or association with underground/modern rock — the kind that got played on the now-kaput FM station NU 107.5 — The Oktaves can hardly be considered an "alternative" band.
While their style may differ from the pop, soul or rap inclinations of their mainstream peers, The Oktaves are not out to relive, say, the glory days of '90s grunge either. Instead they skip that common denominator in their musicianship lives in favor of earlier genres.
Specifically, The Oktaves are more of a straightforward rock and roll act, their best-played-loud tunes — written chiefly by either Buendia or Chris Padilla — marked by a curious yet cohesive mix of '50s to '60s rock 'n' roll, a bit of '70s punk, much '80s rock and some timeless blues. Majority of the 12 songs on their self-titled debut would not be out of place in the jukeboxes of a 1950s diner or a 1980s bus station.
In other words, it's almost as if the E-heads and their imitators never happened.
Proud to be loud
From their album's get-go, Buendia, Adriano, Garcia, and the Padillas promptly, confidently kick out the jams and blast off with "Gone Gone Gone," one of several ballistic, rowdy yet controlled rousers. Buendia, the song's composer, sings in the mold of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong while his bandmates serve up unadorned rock and roll, punctuated by one of the album's many blistering Adriano solos and sprinkled with some well-placed handclaps. Oddly though, Buendia stops short of maximizing the catchiness of the song's "love is gone, gone, gone" line; nothing a possible sequel to the ditty can't fix.
The next track, Padilla's "Hold on Tight," is likewise an old-fashioned rock-and-roll nugget — the kind that can compel beach party attendees to twist and shake instead of head-bang and pogo-dance. Steered by Padilla's glorious gift of growl-singing, "Tight" is also one of the album's lyrical expressions of amorous longing. And this particular track's combined tone of angst and aspiration quite perfectly echo the mixed feelings of a hopeless romantic. It is a standout and deserves to be a single.
What did get picked as "The Oktaves'" carrier single is "K.U.P.A.L.," Buendia's now-extra-timely kiss-off that likens worthless politicians to smegma, all to the tune of crunchy and muscular '80s rock. The 42-year-old, at times lyrically sarcastic pop star concludes the titular spell-out coda (at least on disc) with a hearty "F*** you!" — complemented throughout by his more familiar, weary-stance vocal.
That thing they do
Likewise venturing into '80s-type pop-rock are two other tracks penned by Padilla: "Walang Magawa," a slithery scorcher on record that must be even more so when played live, with a recurring mid-song groove by bassist Garcia that recalls that of Lenny Kravitz's "Mr. Cab Driver"; and the thunderous "Get You," which accentuates the blistering talents of Adriano and Bobby Padilla.
For "Olivia" and the album-closing "Langit Express," Buendia indulges in midtempo country music, accentuated by guitar twangs and vocal harmonies—musical excursions that may win technically attuned music lovers than casual music fans.
Likewise lively-but-downbeat is "Paakyat Ka pa Lang, Pababa na Ako" ("You're Still on Your Way Up, I'm Already on My Way Down"), its sunny, "That Thing You Do"-like backbeat aggressive in contrast to the lyrics' suggested unlikelihood of reliving past glories (Buendia asserts, "Marami na akong nagawa, ayoko nang ulitin pa," or "I've done so much, I don't want to repeat them anymore").
"The Oktaves'" proceedings turn out even slower via a pair of Padilla ballads: "Ikot" (""Turn"), a bluesy, under-the-blue-moon lullaby that features the kind of classy guitarwork Adriano's audience knows best; and "Standing on My Own," a slowdance that further showcases the young singer's remarkable, raspy vocal and finds the band sounding fired-up even if in a more hushed state.
Will they (or you) stick around?
The album's sole remake is Buendia's "Rock Rizal" contribution, "Bungo sa Bangin" ("Skull on a Cliff"), a fluid dirge that thematically springs from the Sisa character in Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere.
Previously a jam featuring vocalists Kat Agarrado and Sarah Gaugler plus Joey "Pepe" Smith on drums, "Bungo" has now been "Oktave-fied," with Adriano leading an outro that's like a faster take on The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." And speaking of recalling, so does Buendia's "Detox" — its stomping drum blast by Bobby P. ushering in a headlong rock orgy that echoes Yano's "Trapo" ("Rag"), which in turn echoed The Clash's "White Riot."
Despite the unmistakable craftsmanship and recognizable yet non-retro pastiche of genres The Oktaves bring to fore, the lack of easy catchiness to much of "The Oktaves" might keep a large amount of listeners away. And that would be quite a shame, given the band's own conscious avoidance of concocting instant, vapid crowdpleasers. (On the other hand, discriminating, tough-to-please listeners might dismiss the band as trite or corny.)
Perhaps if they'd stay together long enough, The Oktaves could churn out catchier, even more formidable originals. For now, Buendia and cohorts sound content to relish their joint musicianship. It just remains to be seen whether they'll stick around to see if a bigger Pinoy audience would join the fun. - Rappler.com
('The Oktaves' is released by MCA Music through record stores such as Odyssey and Astrovision as well as online stores such as MyMusicStore.com.ph and iTunes.)


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As a part of my coursework in 5405, collection development, I was tasked with creating a purchase order for a subject specific collection. Reflections on the process follow.
Our campus presents a vertically aligned unit on traditional literature each fall. This subject collection includes a variety of resources representing contemporary retellings of folk tales, fables, myths and legends. The collection includes books, eBooks, interactive books and audiobooks. Each of the resources chosen is suitable for an elementary library, with interest levels ranging from kindergarten through sixth grade.
The assignment was quite challenging initially, but with practice, I became more adept at using the search tools effectively. Initially, I struggled to identify the very best search tool for the assignment. I wanted to find a tool that was comprehensive enough for the assignment but that would also allow me to create a free account as a student. Eventually, I settled on Titlewave.
From there, it took a while for me to become proficient at using the search tools effectively and efficiently. With practice, I became more skilled at using the advanced search options. I began by searching for specific key words: tall tale, myth, legend, folk tale, and fable. I used limiters to narrow my results to specific years. I narrowed my results to show only materials with copyright dates ranging from 2012 to 2018. Additionally, I limited my search by interest level to include grades K – 3 and grades 3 – 6. Finally, Titlewave allowed me to select only resources with two or more reviews. I also noticed that in this section, tabs are included specifically for locating special formats including eBooks and digital resources and audiovisual resources.
After choosing an appropriate resource, I followed the easy links provided by Titlewave, labeled "Similar Items You May Also Enjoy." I evaluated these suggestions to see if they would be good fits for my subject collection. Sometimes they were interesting and useful, but generally, it was more productive to use narrow limiters and follow these specific, narrow results.
It was somewhat challenging to find well-reviewed resources other than books (eBooks, audio books, video / DVD), but by limiting my searches to report back only materials with two or more reviews, I was able to find what I needed.
Perhaps the most difficult and curious aspect of this assignment was that Titlewave did not seem to allow for sorting by price. This would be a very helpful feature for librarians who want to make the best use of their budgets. At the beginning of my search, when I was trying to locate more difficult (and also more expensive items) like eBooks, audiobooks and video, I could have used this feature, to more easily located the needed items. Toward the end of my search, and perhaps more applicable in the real world, this feature would have helped me locate less expensive items that would allow me to spend as much money as possible – leaving nothing "on the table."
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Canada's Gillis calls unfinished worlds marathon due to stomach bug 'disappointing'
Canadian dealt with virus that also affected teammates, staff at world championships
It's been almost a week since Canada's Eric Gillis doggedly ran for 30 kilometres before dropping out with a stomach bug that would become one of the biggest stories of the world track and field championships.
The 37-year-old is back home in Antigonish, N.S., where his wife is expecting their third child within a couple of weeks.
Gillis pulled out three-quarters into last Sunday's 42.195-kilometre marathon with the viral gastroenteritis that would eventually wallop nine Canadian athletes and staff, including decathlete Damian Warner, and another 30-plus athletes staying at the same central London hotel.
"It was not heartbreaking, but it was very disappointing," Gillis said. "And it was very different from Rio for sure, Everything went right with Rio."
He was 10th at the Rio Olympics, Canada's best finish since Jerome Drayton's sixth place at the 1976 Montreal Games.
Gilis, co-captain of Canada's team in London with hurdler Phylicia George, had high hopes for what might have been his world championship finale. But on Thursday night, two-and-a-half days out from the race, he began feeling unwell. He'd been up playing cards with several other Canadian athletes, and shortly after heading back to his room, he was sick. Within a few hours, several other Canadians were ill.
"And I hadn't even seen those people that day," Gillis said. "And the people I played cards with, I was worried they would get sick because I knew they were competing, but they never got sick."
Staff was prepared for potential bugs
The Canadian team staff was well-prepared for any potential bugs going around, Gillis said. At one of their first teams meetings in Guadalajara, Spain, the staff outlined how easily germs can be passed between athletes staying in close quarters, and the importance of hand washing.
"Everybody was pretty on the ball," he said. "It's unfortunate. It just seems like one of those things where once it got in there, it was just bound to hit X number of people."
Gillis, who was forced to withdraw from the Boston Marathon in April because of an Achilles tendon injury, is thankful London wasn't his last marathon — he plans to run one next spring. And he's satisfied that he at least stepped up to the start line.
"I was throwing up thinking 'I am not racing,"' he said. "I'm glad that as soon as the symptoms were gone I didn't think about that anymore.
"Even in the race, I thought 'This is why I'm glad I didn't self-destruct and say I'm not doing it. I'm glad to be out here, I'm happy to be racing. The crowds are good, the energy is good, it's London, it's world champs, I'm glad to be here and putting out the best effort I can.'
"I'll take that away from it, and I think my maturity, my experience now allows me to focus on that more."
Gillis joining the coaching ranks
Gillis and his family — wife Emily, daughter Heidi (7), and son Luke (3) — moved from Guelph, Ont., his home for more than a decade, back to Antigonish days before the world championships. Gillis has accepted a job as an assistant coach at St. Francis Xavier University, where he'd competed for five seasons earned a degree in human kinetics.
Gillis has long been interested in coaching, and in recent weeks has listened to "a ton" of coaching podcasts, reading up on different coaching philosophies, and "listening to a lot of people."
He'll work for one season under longtime StFX coach Bernie Chisholm, and then take over as head coach when Chisholm retires next spring.
While he plans to compete next season, once he becomes head coach, the plans aren't clear — it depends on the logistics of juggling training and coaching duties.
"I hope to be just as competitive as I've ever been [next season], and I'll have the time and the focus to make sure that that is up there in focus," he said. "I don't really know how serious it will be afterwards. I would like it to be something [in his life]."