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Vincenzo Cosenza has been looking at the global patterns in online social networking for quite a while, and he's now upgraded his global map of the most popular social networking services by country. It's built by analyzing Alexa traffic, and it tells one very simple story: The Facebook, as it was once known, tolerates no survivors as it expands its empire around the globe.
The map of social network use for June 2013 is almost entirely Facebook blue. Cosenza notes that Facebook's user count is now 1.155 billion monthly active users, and that while Asia is its biggest single dominant region, at 339 million users, Europe is close behind at 272 million, and the U.S. and Canada between them only muster up 198 million users. Latin America and Africa combined make a huge user base of 346 million people.
The battle doesn't always go Facebook's way though, and while it "won" South Korea from earlier network QZone, it "lost" Latvia to Draugiem, where the small local network has 1.282 million registered users.
The scene is very different from June 2010, where Orkut still held sway in Brazil, and a radically different map shows how the scene looked in June 2009 where 17 different social networks were locally popular.
Facebook, by virtue of promising to connect up folks everywhere, has achieved domination by mass uniformity–odds are now that if you want to connect to a friend on a social network they'll be on Facebook rather than any other network, and that's a huge gravitational pull on anyone who's joining a network for the first time.
This map may slightly depress you, if you think about it. Global cultures are full of quirks and local peculiarities that express how different and fascinating the human race is. And yet in Facebook's social network we're all largely the same, presenting our idiosyncratic lives through the flat, blue conformity of Facebook's interface–an interface whose mores and morals are controlled by a small group of privileged Americans.
Cosenza's data may, on the other hand, cheer you up. If we can all share something as like Facebook, maybe the digital world can spur some more real-life agreements.

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The reviewer, Merciless Minx, had a few understandable problems with my template, like the ugly carrot-diarrhea color to the right. Hey, when I put up the new colours, I did say it was poo-brown; I never thought of the carrot angle though.
And I do need to shorten my archive list in the sidebar. The fact that my archives go back to 2000 shows my e-age. It's pretty mainstream now, but only socially retarded nerds were blogging back in 2000. Let's not even mention the fact that I was blogging before that, except I couldn't officially archive it because blogging tools didn't exist. In fact, the word "blog" didn't even exist back in 1997. I called it my "thing of the day" (because the idea was that I'd post something new each day). I think blog is a much more elegant term though.
I'm happy that my precious content wasn't mocked by the review. I'll toot my own horn and put an excerpt here:
This guy has great posts. Nothing pretentious or boring here. I laughed, I cried, I- fine I didn't cry. But it's good stuff. Go read for yourself.
If you do want to cry, try this guy's blog post.
In the end I got 3 out of 5 smacks, which, if you look at the other reviews, is pretty damn good. So thanks muchly, people at I Talk Too Much. If you gave me a bad review, I'd have to point out that neither you nor the blogs you review really "talk", since it's all text (unless they've got some fancy audio blog thing), but you didn't so I won't.
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LPS Event Catering was responsible for VIP Hospitality at the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Finale in Mexico City from the 25th to the 27th of October, 2019. Parallel to the level attained at Formula 1 races, the cup offered a thrilling stage to match the drama in the area fringing on the drivers' zone. And appropriately aligned, LPS got the culinarily sophisticated motor sport hospitality for over 500 VIP guests up and running.
As a result, traditional Mexican food encountered modern European cuisine at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez: an exciting blend that the guests eagerly enjoyed. The palates of the VIP guests were delightfully pampered with Mexican dishes such as a spinach quesadilla and a maize salad with cilantro and avocado, all the way to breaded fried escalope of veal Viennese-style with crispy potato wedges.
At an altitude of 2,310 metres, the team from LPS performed under challenging conditions just as splendidly as the drivers at the finale. In a nutshell: the kitchen, service and logistics did a fantastic job. Credit equally goes to the good infrastructure supplied by the "parent" of LPS, the Compass Group that operates worldwide. The outcome: a complete success from the start to the finish line.
"No matter what country we come from, no matter which language we speak, the same burning passion for fine dining and delighting our guests is aflame within us," is how LPS Managing Director Oliver Wendel sums up the engagement in Mexico.
"A first-rate catering achievement, and even the weather showed itself from its best side with plenty of bright sunshine. Could you ask for more? Not a chance!"
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One of the most important parameters of an electric car is the efficiency of the power conversion process, a parameter that measures how efficient is the process of utilization of electric energy in the electrical system, which in turn allows zero-emission driving.
The basic source of power of an electric car is supplied by plugging the car into the electric distribution network and storing the energy in an on-board battery pack. This energy has to be managed with high efficiency in order to ultimately increase the autonomy and reliability of the e-car.
The efficiency can be increased by the utilization of a new material for IC substrates: Silicon Carbide SiC (see Figure 1):
The SiC material can be utilized in many different parts of electronics system inside the electric car.
Source: Silicon Carbide Power Electronics
This new material has great properties of thermal resistance and it allows designers to build ICs operating at high temperatures guaranteeing a high reliability and at the same time allowing an increased efficiency in the power management inside the electric vehicle, thus extending the car's autonomy.
SiC can be utilized to build the traction inverter for the electric motor which represents an excellent function for SIC due to the thermal properties of this material: in an inverter for an electric car there are 6 power MOSFETs (see Figure 2) and a SiC based solution guarantees a higher working temperature and a great robustness to automotive environment.
The 3-phase traction inverter feeds the electric motor it provides the alternate power to the rotor in order to create the AC electric field that creates the rotation of the rotating part of the electric motor inside the electric car. Source ti.com
There is another interesting option for SiC power transistors: the bidirectional On Board Charger (OBC) as shown in the following Figure 3.
The OBC is an on-board system that is able to supply DC electric energy to the batteries of the electric car and to feed the traction inverter. Source ti.com
The AC power can be supplied to the e-car but in some countries, it is possible that the opposite flow of energy will go from the electric motor of the car to the power net and many companies operating in the automotive field are requiring a kind of electronics module based on SiC power transistors for this architecture. This might be a great opportunity, offered by the electric car, which might contribute to create a distribution net of electric energy that can supply the entire system of zero emission vehicles in the region; this approach is perfectly suitable with the smart city idea: energy being available to all the electric vehicles in the urban environment and this energy flow gets regenerated back to the community when needed by the electric cars themselves.
This idea holds promises to create a healthy urban energy environment that is ultimately sustainable:
"The demonstration districts in lighthouse cities Lisbon (Portugal), London (United Kingdom) and Milan (Italy) will implement replicable urban digital solutions and collaboration models. The Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, Porta Romana/Vettabbia in Milan and downtown Lisbon will retrofit buildings, introduce shared electric mobility services, and install energy management systems, smart lamp posts and an urban sharing platform through engaging with citizens. Fellow cities Bordeaux, Burgas and Warsaw will co-develop, validate, or implement these solutions and models.
This project has 10 key goals:
- Aggregate demand and deploy smart city solutions
- Deliver common and replicable innovative models
- Attract external investment
- Accelerate take-up of smart city solutions
- Pilot energy efficient districts
- Shift thinking irreversibly to local renewable energy sources
- Promote new models of e-mobility
- Successfully engage with citizens
- Exploit 'city data' to maximum effect
- Foster local level innovation, creation of new businesses and jobs
Source: EU Smart Cities Information System
The traction inverter and the OBC are two interesting applications of electronics technology for the automotive environment, in particular, these solutions apply to the electric car because of the massive presence in this type of car of smart electronics ICs.
Do you think that SiC will be the ideal building material for the realization in the electronics of the electric car?


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Grocers Go Green – Winsight Grocery Business
|Don Newlon | V.P./G.M., Food Retail, Cold Chain
Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions
This blog summarizes an article from Winsight Grocery Business, entitled "Grocers Go Green."
Energy efficiency initiatives are a prominent topic in the minds of food retailers. The growing importance of reducing environmental footprints and increasing regulatory pressure have prompted retailers to make sustainability and energy efficiency core operating principles.
Formerly, energy efficiency efforts focused on specific projects like LED lighting conversions. Now, retailers are more likely to work energy efficiency efforts into their everyday operations and establish themselves as sustainable and environmentally conscious brands.
The growing focus on energy-efficient operations has caused retailers to take a systematic approach to energy, focusing more on total consumption, sustainability impacts and big data to help optimize energy use.
While they continue to further energy efficiency efforts, retailers are also evaluating the use of natural refrigerants, implementing refrigerant leak detection, deploying advanced demand reduction methods and exploring new energy storage potential. Combining all of these efforts into more of a fixed plan for energy efficiency and sustainability has shifted the way retailers approach their operations.
This more methodical approach has accelerated the adoption of newer control technologies and the need to upgrade older refrigeration systems. While upgrading equipment can bring a hefty installation cost, newer equipment can often reduce energy use by 30–50 percent, saving money in the long run while also helping retailers meet sustainability goals.
Proactively replacing inefficient systems before end-of-life failure allows retailers to take advantage of immediate savings while simultaneously reducing the food safety, operational and maintenance cost risks associated with older equipment failures. Upgrading equipment sooner rather than later can help reduce negative effects to the bottom line while also bolstering energy efficiency capabilities.
Refrigeration systems represent approximately 60 percent of energy costs for grocers, making choosing the correct system one of the most important factors when attempting to generate energy savings. Another important aspect of reducing energy use is utilizing store controls to connect and manage lighting, HVAC and other major refrigeration systems. Emerson's family of supervisory controls can help retailers manage all of that and more within the palms of their hands.
Combining high-efficiency equipment with supervisory controls can help improve your operations, mitigate risk, save money, and further sustainability and efficiency efforts. As the industry changes at a rapid pace, staying ahead of the curve and proactively updating your operations could separate you from the pack.
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Protecting Your Business with Commercial Locksmiths
Your place of business houses a veritable treasure trove of salable items for thieves, from equipment, to product to data that can be sold far easier than you might think. An act of vandalism by a disgruntled ex-employee or other unstable person can cost you incredible amounts of money and time. While you may not often think of these things, they are real issues that can threaten your business. The following services of a commercial locksmith in Edmonton can protect your business against such occurrences and prevent the loss of time, money and information.
1. Re-keying Locks
When employees leave, they don't always turn in their keys as they should. It is also possible that they may have had copies made and you are not aware. This is actually a cause of a great number of thefts in Edmonton businesses. Similarly, if you rent commercial properties, there is no way to know how many keys may be out in the public and that can lead to great losses. Rather than replacing entire lock sets, your commercial locksmith can often re-key the existing ones and help you prevent greater losses due to theft or vandalism.
2. Master Key Creation
If you are a business owner, property manager or commercial rental agent, you may require access to many locks at any given time, meaning you would have an ungainly number of keys on your ring. It is possible for your commercial locksmith to create a master key so you can still have all the access you require, yet only one key. For employees and tenants, their unique keys would still be used, keeping things secure.
3. Specialty High Security Locks
There are locks designed to be especially deterrent for thieves that are excellent for areas where you may have highly confidential information, valuable inventory or any other business asset that requires extra security. Since they have so many safeguards built in, would-be thieves are likely to skip them and opt for easier locks to break into.
4. Maintenance and Operational Services
Call on your commercial locksmith to perform maintenance on your locks, push/pull bars, magnetic locks, crash bars and exit mechanisms. These are all critical to maintaining and safety and security for commercial spaces and should be checked periodically to ensure they are all in working condition.
5. Emergency Locksmith Services
Whether it be a key broken into a lock, worn tumblers that refuse to budge or a lockout, your commercial locksmith in Edmonton can help resolve the issue expediently. These unfortunate incidents always seem to happen when they're most inconvenient, so it's a good idea to program your locksmith's number into your phone so it's always at hand.
Commercial Locksmith Services in Edmonton
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"Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist." Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood Canadian poet was born.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt FRSC is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, and environmental activist.
Margaret Atwood – Poet – Associated Links
- Margaret Atwood | Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood
- Margaret Atwood | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MargaretAtwoodAuthor/
- Margaret Atwood | Official Website: http://margaretatwood.ca
- Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia | The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/margaret-atwood-the-prophet-of-dystopia
- Margaret Atwood | Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/margaret-atwood
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Hair loss
Hair loss is a physiological or pathological process of hair loss. Pathological hair loss leads to their uniform deterioration, partial or complete absence in limited areas or total alopecia. The causes of hair loss can be a lack of vitamins and trace elements, side effects of drugs, hormonal and infectious diseases, stress, heredity, improper hair care. Often, eliminating these causes leads to the restoration of the hairline.
Each person loses 50 to 100 hairs each day. Hair lives on the head from 3 to 7 years. 90% of the hair on the head is actively growing, the remaining 10% are at rest. This phase lasts from 2 to 6 months, after which the hair falls out. Usually, with age, hair does not become thinner, but sometimes new hair does not grow on the spot of the fallen hair. This process can begin already in early adulthood. Hair loss can be caused by various diseases, hormonal imbalance, head trauma or head skin damage, stress or the administration of certain drugs. Often the hair starts to grow again when eliminating the cause of the fallout.
Causes of hair loss
The causes of hair loss and hair loss are different, although as a result of both conditions a person loses a significant amount of hair.
- the aging process;
- heredity (bald men and women in the genus);
- hormonal imbalance (for example, in women after childbirth or during menopause);
- damage to hair (staining, drying, chemical perm);
- head injury;
- damage to the scalp;
- bacterial and fungal infections, autoimmune diseases;
- Some medications can cause reversible hair loss (pressure medications, anticoagulants, antidepressants, remedies for arthritis and gout). Radiation and chemotherapy for oncological diseases in 90% of patients causes hair loss.
- birth control pills can also cause more intense hair loss during admission.
- stress: physical, emotional and neuro-psychic.
Other causes of alopecia include:
- Thyroid gland diseases;
- infections, surgical operations, severe fever;
- systemic lupus erythematosus;
- fungal infections (dermatomycosis, ringworm);
- malnutrition;
- wrong hair (tight braids and tails).
Diagnosis of hair loss
Hair loss does not remain unnoticed. And, if alopecia is observed mainly in men, then problems with hair loss are more often observed in women. An important difference of alopecia from simple hair loss is that in the latter case, the pathology of the hair follicle is not observed. Therefore, the process of hair loss is always reversible, regardless of the stage. At close examination on a tip of a hair it is possible to notice a dark sac - this is an unfavorable sign. If more than five hairs remain in the hand while pulling the strand, this indicates that hair loss is much higher than normal.
In some cases, hair loss in larger than normal amounts is not associated with any diseases or external causes. During periods of hormonal changes in the body, hair loss can become worse, after which their condition returns to normal. To such periods carry postanal state from the 3rd to the 6th month of the child's life, the period of puberty, the postpartum period, the termination of pregnancy and the pre-menopausal period.
To determine the cause of hair loss, consultation of the trichologist is necessary. Conduct a comprehensive examination, which includes a blood test, hormonal background analysis, spectral analysis of hair and examinations to eliminate alopecia.
Correction of hair loss
The condition of the skin, nails and hair reflects the internal state of the body, and therefore, when hair falls out, it is necessary to eliminate the cause.
For the treatment period, any aggressive procedures such as dyeing, curling, drying with a hair dryer are canceled. The use of varnishes for hair, mousses and gels is also not desirable.After the process of hair loss is over, follicles need some time to recover, so that the hair starts to grow again. At the hair loss phase, the correction is aimed at eliminating the underlying cause, after which various types of hair growth stimulation are used. If the hair falls out due to taking medications, then if you can not cancel them, you need to replace drugs with similar ones, but do not have similar side effects.
Correction of iron deficiency anemia, treatment of concomitant diseases along with improvement of microcirculation of the scalp give good results. Effective methods of correction of hair loss, which are used in modern trichology, include scalp massage and procedures for hardware treatment. Their effect is based on stimulating hair growth and reducing their loss. Microcurrent therapy allows you to act on the follicles with electricity and drive under the skin active substances. The strength of the current in therapeutic physiotherapy is extremely low, and therefore they do not cause harm to health and do not cause unpleasant sensations.
During a vacuum massage, small cups are superimposed on the scalp, which create a pulsating vacuum. This achieves better blood supply, accelerated awakening of sleeping follicles and improved nutrition of hair that are in the growth phase. Mesotherapy with the introduction under the scalp of hair-stimulating preparations and therapeutic cocktails that improve microcirculation of tissues, reduce hair loss and improve metabolism in the hair follicle.
With the normalization of the internal organs and the proper care of the scalp and hair, their loss ceases.
Most often, newly grown hair grows stronger and stronger than those that fell out.
If the loss of hair is total, as a consequence of radiation therapy, then the hair after it grows again, can change its structure and color.
The most popular pharmaceutical means against hair loss
Onion shampoo
Sabrina Perfect
Constant Delight
Hair Vital
Derbe Detox
Natura Siberica Sauna & Spa
Medicines against hair loss
Evalar Expert
Dragee Merz
Popular vitamins from hair loss:
VitaHarmony Rybí Olej Omega 3 1000 Mg 150 Tobolek
Walmark B-COMPLEX + VITAMIN C 100 Tbl
Walmark Omega 3 Rybí Olej PREMIUM 180 Tobolek
Walmark Proenzi 3+ Proenzi 3+ tbl.180 + 45 Ván2016 225pcs.
Walmark Viaderm Complete 30 tobolek 30 pcs.
Walmark Vitamin D3 Vitamin D3 kapky, 15 ml
Walmark SELENIUM 100 tbl
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Top drugs for hair loss
The revalid
Folk remedies against hair loss
Popular folk recipes from hair loss at home:
Decoction of nettle. For 500 ml of hot water - 2 tbsp. l. fresh or dry leaflets. Boil 10 minutes, cool, rub into roots, moisten strands. Repeat procedure 4 times a week.
Mask with nettles. To steal leaves (2 items of l.), Connect with oil of burdock (1 tablespoon) and yolk (1 piece). Rub into roots, distribute by hair, warm, wash off after 20 minutes. Do the mask three times a week.
Egg-cognac mask. Mix 2 yolks, 1 tablespoon brandy, 2 tbsp. l. sparse honey, oil thistle - a teaspoon. Keep the mixture for 15 minutes, if possible, wash off the mask without shampoo, rinse with a decoction of nettle.
Mask with burdock oil. Slightly preheat 2 tbsp. l. base product, add 4 drops of aether of cedar or rosemary, rub into stale strands, warm your head for half an hour, rinse with shampoo. Decoction of burdock root. The proportions are the same as for the nettle remedy. Ready broth to insist half an hour, rub into the roots every other day. A good result is the preparation of a medicinal product from equal proportions of roots of thistle and nettle leaves. After a couple of weeks, the result will necessarily appear.
Mask with the root of ayr and burdock. In the bowl, connect 1 tbsp. l. powder aira, 2 tbsp. l.sliced root of burdock, pour 250 ml of hot water, boil for 10 minutes on low heat. Strain the ready-made broth, rub into the roots, massage the head for 5 minutes, warm the strands for a third of an hour, wash off.
Mustard mask. Mix in a glass container a couple tablespoons of mustard powder, 1 tbsp. l. Nourishing oil of burdock, rastten yolk, 2 tbsp. l. strong black tea, rub the product into the roots, distribute it through the hair.
With a constant lack of time, the spray with rosemary ether improves the condition of the strands, activates the growth of the curls. Pour 200 ml of purified water into a bottle with a spray, add 10 drops of essential oil, shake. Spray the active liquid on strands every other day.
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February 8, 2016 | Theatre,
Why I'm Going to See An Octoroon
Why do we go to the theatre?
As a student heaping on loans to study an art and way of storytelling started back with the Greeks, this is a questions that rings in my debt-addled brain on the daily. Why do human beings with perfectly good netflix accounts spend money, to go outside, to go sit inside a dark house watching people pretend to be someones and somethings else on stage?
And there's a variety of answers. The first, the easiest: to be entertained. To submerge yourself into blind enjoyment of some tap-dancing, jazz-handing singing happy fools and forget about your 9-5 grind. Another – to be cultured. To have some classy high-thinking references to the work of Chekhov and Shakespeare in your back pocket. Others (perhaps the dedicated theatre-nerds such as myself) would say that it is to connect with real human beings in a real space. To sit in the dark next to heavily breathing strangers all witnessing the same event – one that will be unique, that will never be quite the same. To suspend your disbelief and live in a world of imagination fueled by words, not informed by CGI.
To go to the theatre to see An Octoroon, though – this, perhaps, becomes for something else entirely. As Ben Brantley put it after seeing its incarnation at Soho Rep, "It's only a play, isn't it? Except one of Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins's points is that nothing that deals with race in this racially conflicted country can ever be reduced to an easy showbiz formula, whether satirical or uplifting." And that is just the sort of experience and challenge this almost three-hour coup-de-force presents its audiences.
At its heart, this is a play about a play, that plays with race in such an outrageous (re: necessary) way that we are laughing until we realize what we are laughing about and then we are silent. It's comedic that one of the most accessible ways we can broach the topic of race in this country is through comedy. Stand up comedians are able to do it, and here the ground-breaking Branden Jacobs-Jenkins does it. Laughter from mirth and laughter from nervousness, uncomfortableness, self-consciousness, doubt. "Doubt is, after all, the method of the whole play, which repeatedly pulls the rug out from under itself, tempting you with enjoyment and then calling you to account for having enjoyed.", wrote Jesse Green in a Vulture review of the Theatre for a New Audience production.
There is no doubt as to how well Jacob-Jenkins understands the nature of theatre, and of theatre-goers – and as to how well he understands how to twist these natures into something else entirely – "From the get-go, Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins is cannily exploiting the assumption of false identity that is the starting point for theater, to make us question who is who or who is what", said an NYT review.
So why are audiences choosing to go to this theatre? Our co-production with Company One has been selling out at the speed of light (Seriously. Buy those tickets ASAP.) to patrons of the arts and patrons of life brave enough to face America's complex relationship with race, and the still-echoing calls of slavery in our country. There is a serious, bubbling excitement over a reviewing and revisiting of a melodrama written over 150 years ago – an excitement from the community that makes me proud to be a Bostonian, and proud to share a home with groups like Company One and ArtsEmerson who grasp at these plays the same way so many of us grasp at understanding ourselves in context with a world and history bigger and realer than we can ever imagine.
If you were to ask every member of an audience why they go to the theatre, you will get a huge variety of answers. Entertainment, escapism, understanding, community, communion, and more – to breathe, even. A Timeout review pondered, "There's something about the audience's sudden intakes of breath that makes the project feel super oxygenating—despite moments of palpable fear and disquiet, we leave feeling somehow healthier, as though the theater has given us a violent shake and a pep talk".
I know that I'm going because it is a rare opportunity to be so directly engaged with a topic – no, not even a topic, it is something far bigger than that – to be so directly engaged with the bold, complex, and sometimes frankly uncomfortable depictions of the plantation foundations of our country in a room outside the safety of our own little communities. We are the stories we tell ourselves, and by coming to An Octoroon, well, I hope to engage with and even come into conflict with what I tell myself about who I am and who my country is, in a theater full of strangers all tackling this same challenge. It's exciting. It's terrifying. It's everything I can wish for from this thing called theatre.
So. Why are you, my friend, going to An Octoroon?


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DISCLAIMER: This post is information and science heavy and probably a little overwhelming. However, interspersed are pictures of baby goats being adorable, as well as some great Photoshops (if I do say so myself), a la my wonderful Lebrongoat. So take a minute to scroll through and check out the pictures and, if you are intrigued, take a read too.
Ah, milk. So vital to cheese making.
I found pages and pages of information on milk's mythological and symbolic significance. First and foremost, it was "the essence of the mother goddess" (Andrews, 147). The mother goddess is depicted in many forms, most commonly a tree, woman, or cow. In each one she nourished kings, gods, and even the land with her milk.
The tree form often has female attributes, i.e. numerous breasts. In an African legend, the tree provided milk to a tribal chief's daughter so that she could feed her brother. A Scottish-Gaelic tale tells of a milk-giving tree that provided the Milk of Wisdom.
Trees providing milk became a theme in world myth because several fruits, such as fig and coconut, produced a milky juice. The Egyptian god Hathor was a fig tree and the Aztec goddess Mayahuel was a maguey (agave) tree.
In Hindu myth, milk trees were alongside fruit trees in paradise. In addition, a Hindu creation myth says the world was created when Surahbi, the sacred cow, released a stream of sacred milk into the cosmos and filled it up. Hence the worship of cows.
The trees location in paradise meant that milk was the Elixir of Life. It was fed to gods, goddesses, kings, and pharaohs. It's like the story of Amalthea in my previous post, the she-goat/goat nymph that suckled Zeus and got her own constellation. Similarly, Vulture goddesses fed the pharaohs of Egypt with milk and a wolf fed the Roman princes Romulus and Remus. In East Africa and the Sudan, milk was not consumed because it was likened to urine, but it was used in rituals for its power.
To the ancient Hebrews, milk was a symbol for pure, simple, and wholesome truth. It was associated with wealth and prosperity. The Hebrews believed the heavenly region was a land flowing with milk and honey.
Milk was so important that King Solomon declared "thou shalt have goat's milk enough for the food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens." (Soyer, 168). One of the four libations offered to the gods was milk. The other three were honey, oil, and water.
In Serbia, milk was poured into the ground to ease the gods during thunderstorms and it was formerly used in baptismal rights. Milk is the most elementary and heavenly nourishment. The ancient Greeks believed the Milky Way was the milk river from which all earthly rivers and oceans were created.
So I guess you could say that milk was important to ancient peoples.
And it's important to us too, especially nutritionally. Everyone needs what milk provides. Plus, milk makes cheese. And cheese is divine.
In my other entry, I wrote about what Al Renzi said about goat's milk competition. Well, lucky me (and lucky you), I found a website that went into a little more detail.
And by a little, I mean a lot. You may succumb to a disease that I like to call "Information Overload" or "Head Asplode."
Goat Milk Composition – Goat's milk is a thinner milk that is lower in fat, making it easier for humans to digest. In most cases, lactose intolerant people can eat it because of its slight differences from cow's milk. It has fewer calories and less cholesterol, and goat cheese has more calcium than cow cheese. Goat milk is generally sold as whole milk, processed cheese, and evaporated or dried milk products.
When it comes to the composition, it's difficult to get definite readings on any of the components. No set compositional profile has been created, making the comparisons between goat's milk and cow's milk shaky at best. Problems also arise when trying to prove the nutritional value of goat's milk. An organization called the Dairy Herd Improvement program is working hard to put together a set of guidelines for testing procedures that all manufacturers of goat's milk would have to follow.
There are several components that determine the composition of goat's milk; lipid (fat) fraction, cholesterol, protein, lactose (sugar), ash, enzymes, and vitamins.
Lipids – The average milk fat, or lipid count, in goat's milk is 3.9%. Milk fat will fluctuated depending on the genetics of the goat, season, stage of lactation, and quality and quantity of feed. Cow's milk lipid count will range from 3.0 – 6%. The percent of unsaturated fat, [oleic (a monosaturated omega-9 fatty acid) and linolenic (polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid) acids] is no different from cow's milk. There is no advantage to choosing goat's milk over cow's milk in diets restricting saturated fat intake. Goats do have a higher proportion of capric, caprylic, and caproic acids – fatty acids which are responsible for the flavor and odor of goat's milk.
Cholestoral – According to some studies, goat's milk has about 11 to 25mg of cholesterol per 100g of milk. Cow's milk has been shown to have 14 to 17mg per 100g of milk. However, it is difficult to determine for sure whether or not these numbers are accurate due to the inconsistent testing methods used on goat's milk. There is a claim that goat's milk is naturally homogenized. This is untrue and stems mostly from observations that goat's milk does not cream quickly. The extended time it takes to cream goat's milk is often attributed to a belief that fat globules in goat's milk are much smaller than those in cow's milk. In actuality, the fat globules are only slightly smaller. The reason for the difference in creaming is the lack of a protein called agglutinating euglobulins, which cause fat globules to cluster and rise to the top. They are, however, found in cow's milk. It is also said that the "small" fat globules in goat's milk make is what makes the fat easier to digest, but there has been no scientific evidence to prove that.
Protein – The protein in goat's milk is incredibly similar to cow's milk despite claims that goat's milk is lower in protein. This is likely the result of the wide range of reported values when goat's milk is tested. The range is caused by the lack of standardization in testing methods and differences between breeds.
However, the structure of the protein casein (phosphorous proteins commonly found in mammalian milk) is different enough from bovine milk to be easily differentiated in a lab setting. The casein micelles (what makes milk insoluble in water) are either much smaller or much larger than those found in cow's milk. It has been suggested that, while the quantity and distribution of amino acids is similar in most mammalian milks, the assembly sequence is almost certainly different.
There is a similar difference in the lactalbumin (heat soluble protein) portion of the two milks as well. The lactalbumin in cow milk triggers an allergic response from many people, while goat's milk does not. The reaction is attributed to the differences in the two proteins structures.
The proteins in cow's milk are huge, fit for an animal that will one day weigh over 500lbs. The proteins in humans, sheep, and goats are quite short, which is why babies, the infirm, and arthritics will often thrive on goat's milk. However, this can become problematic as infants and the elderly can develop anemia from lack of certain minerals that are not found in goat's milk.
Lactose – Lactose is the main sugar in goat's milk, but there are also small amounts of inositol (a carbohydrate with a small amount of sweetness). The lactose concentration is usually lower than in cow's milk but the difference is hard to determine because of the variation in testing methods. There has been no consensus on whether or not the lactose should be analyzed in non-hydrated milk form or mono-hydrated form. The water of hydration is capable of introducing a five percent discrepancy in the reported concentration of the same actual amount of lactose.
Ash – Goat's milk ash percentage is slightly higher than that of cow's milk.
In milk?
Ash is what the minerals in milk are called. So "ash" would consist of any minerals that might wander into milk through the feed or water the animal is ingesting. The ash fraction will differ in response to different points in lactation but also on a daily basis. Accurate evaluation relies on averaging the values of a single animal over an extended period of time or using an average from samples taken from different animals in the same herd on the same day.
So basically, it's tricky.
Milk's nutritional value is often determined in terms of calcium and phosphorous. The difference between goat and cow milk is not significant enough to declare one more nutritional than the other. There are also similar amounts of potassium, sodium, and magnesium. Trace minerals in both types of milk are nearly the same, with only a slight variation in the level cobalt (vitamin B12) and molybdenum (promotes growth in animals), as well as vitamin B and xanthine (intermediate in the metabolic breakdown of nucleic acids to uric acids).
There is a small variation in the citrate level, which affects the flavor components in cultured dairy food. The largest variation is in the chloride concentrate. It is higher in goats, which may be the cause of infectious mastitis (an inflammation of mammary glands caused by disease producing microorganisms). It causes the salt sodium chloride concentration to increase and has become an endemic in small goat herds. The association of cow and goat milk with infantile anemia comes from the low levels of copper and iron in both milks. It can be easily reversed by adding trace minerals into the diet.
Enzymes – Following the trend of "goat's milk isn't so different from cow's milk but there are some differences," we come to enzymes. Again, they are similar. And again, there are some specific differences. The alkaline phosphatase (used as an indicator of proper pasteurization) is slightly slower than that found in dairy cows, but the enzyme has the same degree of heat susceptibility and works just as well as a pasteurization marker. Peroxidase (another indicator of proper pasteurization) activity in bovine and caprine milk is the same, but the xanthine oxidase (promotes oxidation of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid) level is lower in goat milk. Levels of activity for ribonuclease (acts as a catalyst for ribonucleic acid hydrolysis) and lysozyme (enzyme present in body fluids that acts as an anti-bacterial agent) are higher in goat's milk.
Vitamins – There is a lower level of B12 and B6 in goat's milk, the meaning of which is not clear. Despite the fact that the concentrations of B12 and B6 are equal to or exceed the concentrations found in human milk, anemia developed in infants and experimental animals is often attributed to deficiencies in these vitamins. As mentioned, anemic conditions can be eliminated by adding cooper and iron to the diet. The anemia could also be a result of low levels of folic acid in goat's milk. However, the concentration does not vary from that in cow's milk and both are thought to cause anemia in infants.
Vitamin A potency comes directly from the vitamin itself, rather than the precursor carotenoid pigments (color pigments as well as chemicals responsible for the flavor of foods) in cow's milk. This makes goat's milk and milk fat to be whiter in color.
Milk Production – Seasonal variations will change the concentrations of nutrients within goat milk, the same as cow milk. However, the fluctuations are greater with goat's milk, meaning that goat cheese will be even more seasonal than cow cheese. Changes in the amount of fat, SNF (solids-not-fat), and minerals (like calcium and phosphorous) alter the taste of the milk as well.
There are significant daily variations as well. If you make a chèvre on Tuesday, May 10th, it'll be slightly different than a chèvre made on Wednesday, May 11th. These fluctuations are especially pronounced during the fourth month of lactation.
Again, the quality and quantity of feed will change the quality of the milk, but it will not change the amount of milk produced. The nutritive value will stay constant over a wide range of feeding conditions as well. The major controlling element in a goats diet is the energy content of the feed.
Goat's Milk Products – Goat's milk will produce the same type of products as cow's milk. Major amounts are being made into dried milk, evaporated milk, cheese and yogurt, as well as being bottled and sold as whole milk. It has become widely used in France due to the ability of goat curd to be frozen. Some believe that frozen curd produces a superior cheese than fresh curd. It can be made without using salt and can keep for up to 6 months at 5°F.
Despite goat's milk usefulness, many small operators have been forced to shut down because it is so difficult, time consuming, and expensive to meet the government set sanitation standards.
Dunno about you but I just got a case of the Head Asplode's.
One more thing before I finish up. In 2002, a herd of goats in Canada were implanted with a spider gene. The milk they procured was skimmed and the protein extracted was used to produce a fiber that was identical to spider silk. It was patented as BioSteel by Nexia Biotechnologies.
What is BioSteel?
It's a high performance sports drink.
Jaykay (but not really). It's a biopolymer strong enough to potentially be used to create bulletproof vests. It's a unique fiber that is strong, tough, durable, lightweight, and biodegradable. Research is being conducted in how to use BioSteel in the medical, military, and industrial fields.
Move over, Lebrongoat. Here comes Spidergoat.
That's the end of this day's lesson. Till next time, when I fiiiiinnnnalllly approach the subject of goat cheese.
Keep eating and asking, my friends.
Photos, in order of appearance:
-http://www.premierphotographer.com/category/Kittens%20and%20Cats/ 159/Kitten-with-Bowl-of-Milk-Picture.html


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We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
We're in the midst of a series entitled JESUS ON EVERYTHING, where we're looking at what Jesus said on a wide variety of subjects with a minimum of commentary from me.
Today's topic? REPENTANCE. Below is a greatest hits collection of Jesus' words on that subject.
Jesus kicked off his ministry with this message:
The time has come. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news! (Mark 1:15)
He also said this:
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. (Matthew 3:8)
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:31-32)
There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. (Luke 15:7)
If your brother or sister sins rebuke them, and if they repent, forgive them. (Luke 17:3)
The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46-47)
And, in of the all-time greatest stories ever told, he gave us a graphic illustration of what real repentance looks like:
There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.
Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.' So he got up and went to his father.
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate. (Luke 15:11-24)
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Paramagnetic Rock Dust – Secret To Healthy Plants?
What is paramagnetic rock dust? Well, let's start with paramagnetism.
The soil in your organic garden is paramagnetic. It isn't magnetic, but is mildly attracted by a magnet and partially aligns with the earth's magnetic field, so it's paramagnetic. Some soils are attracted more than others, and generally, the more paramagnetic your soil is, the better.
This is apparently because highly paramagnetic soils are more energetically aligned with the earth and even the universe, and actually invite energy into them.
Increased paramagnetism brings:
- better water retention in the soil
- increased earthworm and microbial action
- better nutrient utilization in plants
- improved seed germination
- resistance to predators
- resistance to environmental stresses.
Plants are diamagnetic, which means they're repelled by a magnet. Actually, a correction from Mary in the comments: "One minor correction on this page – diamagnetic materials are not repelled by magnets, but instead align their atoms with their poles aligned the opposite direction from the magnet's; while paramagnetic materials align their poles the same direction as the magnet."
It may be a good thing, too, because it gives the soil and plants a kind of yin-yang relationship. The energy from a highly paramagnetic soil flows into plants, vastly improving their growth. This energy also improves microbial growth.
Many soils are relatively low on the paramagnetism scale. In these soils, it will always be a struggle to raise healthy plants and nutrient-dense food. You can measure yours with a PC soil meter, named after Dr. Phil Callahan, who spent decades studying paramagnetism in soils and rocks around the world.
He discovered that the most productive soils are highly paramagnetic.
I've had an opportunity to play with the meter and it's fascinating, but costs about $500, so for most of us home organic gardeners it just makes sense to assume our soil could use a little more paramagnetism. His book Paramagnetism is a very interesting read if you want more information.
How To Increase Soil Paramagnetism
Moving the calcium to magnesium ratio towards ideal with the appropriate organic fertilizers will increase the paramagnetism, and organic soils with more organic matter and an abundant soil food web are often higher on the scale, too.
The way to increase it even more, though, is by adding paramagnetic rock dust, generally from volcanic, granite or basalt sources.
If you were thinking of adding rock dust anyway, you can get both the mineral benefits and energy benefits by using a paramagnetic rock dust.
Most rock is paramagnetic, but you need one that is highly paramagnetic. Even then, sometimes you get a big boost in plant growth and health, and sometimes not, but it's worth just going ahead and trying it in a small vegetable garden.
It can be somewhat difficult to find paramagnetic dust in some areas, but if you're growing a lot of food, it's worth it. There are many brands on the market. Application rates are the same as for any rock dust, generally between 50 and 500 pounds per 1000 square feet.
Update: I now sell a basalt rock dust here. I know basalt is paramagnetic, but I'm not sure just how paramagnetic mine is at this point.
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Rock dust really helps My garden has never been healthier.
Now this is interesting. I have never used in our garden but I live in area that has volcanic rock so should be simple to find. THX for info
Perhaps this is why volcanic soils (that have broken down) are reputed to be highly fertile. Interesting!
What is the ideal calcium magnesium ratio?
It depends on the procedure being used by the lab doing the soil test. On a Lamotte test, it's usually between 7:1 (sandier soils) and 10:1 (higher clay soils).
Going full organic will solve your cal mag issues ; )
Thank you for this phenomenal information. I always learn so much from you.
Hello Phil is this the same as gaia's rock dust, we can find in Victora? We have some pictures of our garden for you, plus we have added chickens to our yard now too. 🙂
Hi guys, Gaia's rock dust is nice, but it's not very paramagnetic. I could never get paramagnetic dust in Victoria, or here in Ontario for that matter. Most of my website readers are in the U.S., where it's a bit easier to find. Yes, please send pictures. I'd love to see what you've been up to the last 2 years.
Hi Phil – I love your site (and your old one too!) How does Azomite compare for paramagnetism?
I don't think Azomite is highly paramagnetic, but my understanding is that it's still quite a good product (Azomite is a brand name for those of you who don't know). I would be happy if I could find it where I live.
For those Canadian gardeners in Ontario I just picked up a couple of bags of 'rock dust' from GLOBALREPAIR.ca.They call their 'soil conditioner' product "Rich Valley" http://www.globalrepair.ca And I quote from their website:"Contains rare volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary minerals, calcium, rock phosphate and humates,…"
Hi great stuff, do u think the uranium contained in granite would be a problem as small as it is, I mean if it was ingested its probably gonna cause some harm,The North side of Melbourne Australia is a basalt area, so we have pockets of granite here and there,and with plenty of rock mills around its possible that our basalt dust maybe contaminated with granite
Granite rock dust is recommended by the people at Remineralize The Earth, so my inclination is that this small amount of uranium wouldn't be a problem.
I think it was the late Walter Russel of the University of Science and Philosophy http://www.philosophy.org and the late Dr. Carey Reams who both said that trace amounts of uranium are beneficial or even necessary for the soil. They are natural elements and have a role in nature to play.
Walter Russel said it is beneficial to put a slab of granite under your bed (box spring) to sleep on.
I notice you did not review Espoma Garden and Plant Tone. What is your thinking on these two products?
Hi Ron, thanks for asking but I'm not going to get into reviewing individual products here. There are just too many to do that, and it takes quite a while to properly research each product.
Hey Phil, VERY informative, as usual. I know you like rock dust and kelp. Does you have a list of which vegetable plants like a higher concentration of either?
No, it's too complex to make such a list because there are so many conditions that dictate which is more appropriate in a given situation.If we're comparing kelp meal and rock dust, as for how to decide which is best for your situation, I don't recall seeing any information on how to go about that (other than advanced methods such as radionics, which is more used in farming). I go by what I can get my hands on for a good price.
Hi Phil – I found a company here in the states that sells paramagnetic rock dust called Green Generations, Inc.. The paramagnetic levels were VERY high 8,000 to over 10,000cgs (tested several samples on my PCSM). Tried it in my garden last season and it worked great. The people at the company were also very nice to deal with and answered all my questions. Have you heard of them?
I've just entered your site for the first time. The info looks really smart, condensed and solid, for sure you have won a follower! I have a couple of questions. What do you know about copper tools? I guess they help mantaining paramagnetism better than iron tools. And do you know some DIY paramagnetism meter? Thanks and smiles from Barcelona, Spain !
What do you mean by copper tools Manu?I'm not aware of a DIY paramagnetism meter at this point, but it's a cool idea.
I mean, tools made of a copper alloy instead of iron. There's a brand made in Austria. I just bought one and it really works great, really softer feeling while making furrows (lower friction coefficient, they say). Also, " Copper is not magnetic – so does not disrupt the electrical fields in the soil", I guess they refer to paramagnetism ! I'm studying agronomy engineering; maybe at my college I get some meter that I can adapt! 🙂 Greetings!
That's interesting – I've never considered how using an iron tool could disrupt magnetism. Not sure if that's true or not.
Hi Phil – I recently came across your article while doing some research on paramagnetism – thank for posting :). It was a recent topic of discussion in our gardening club and one member said that they tried a product last season called Andesite Mineral Complex that they were very impressed with. They started using it with their seed starts and also in the garden beds. I looked it up and their website stated having paramagnetism readings over 8,000. That was VERY high for paramagnetism levels based on my research so I will admit that I was a little skeptical. Fortunately, I found out that one member of our gardening club had a Phil Callihan paramagnetism meter so we tested it three separate times when it arrived and each reading was indeed over 8,000. I have already tried it with my seed starts they germinated faster than they ever have (and more of them) and are off to a great start. I am excited to see how they progress this season. I don't know if they sell it up your way but wanted to pass the info along. Thanks for all the great articles and happy gardening!
Great site easy to understand info.
Thanks for the info at your site. One minor correction though on this page – diamagnetic materials are not repelled by magnets, but instead align their atoms with their poles aligned the opposite direction from the magnet's; while paramagnetic materials align their poles the same direction as the magnet. I too am looking into improving my garden with paramagnetic rock dusts and also going to try the 6′ clay or other paramagnetic material towers suggested by Dr. Phil Callahan.
Who uses rock dust in bulk? What facet of the industry cannot get enough of this product?
We, my wife and I, are having great success with paramagnetic rock, specifically Cinderite, plus or minus 2500 CGS, in the cannabis industry, specifically premium hemp, grown for doctors . We are realizing approximately 25%-30% greater yield. Reduction, and elimination of pests. And of course increase in water savings. We are currently testing produce and flowers. We hope that farmers can look at this as an option for re-mineralization of soils. So far the hydroponic lettuce is doing well with Cinderite as the growing medium.
There is an amazing product called Cinderite, volcanic soil amendment. My plants have never been so healthy and strong. I have an orchid ( my first) and it bloomed early in the pandemic. Flowers lasted three months (4 flowers). Then I repotted and added Cinderite. Then it bloomed again, 4 flowers. It started blooming AGAIN in January, it's about to get 17 flowers. Just amazing. Also killed some fungus gnats on one plant.


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PFWA names Eddie Lacy rookie of the year
Green Bay — Eddie Lacy's trip to New York City for the NFL draft last April was a disappointment. As he continued to slip and slip, he decided to fly back south. His plane landed. The Green Bay Packers were on the line.
The rest is history.
Turns out Lacy is the workhorse running back Green Bay has sorely missed. On Tuesday, he was named rookie of the year by the Pro Football Writers of America.
The 230-pound Lacy, a second-round pick out of Alabama, received 45 of the 93 votes. San Diego Chargers receiver Keenan Allen (24 votes) and New York Jets defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson (16) were next, followed by Cordarrelle Patterson (three), Kiko Alonso (two), Ziggy Ansah (one), Kenny Vaccaro (one) and Star Lotulelei (one).
Lacy, who was the fourth back taken in the draft, finished his rookie campaign with 1,178 yards on 284 carries with 11 touchdowns.
After fumbling in the Packers' season opener at San Francisco, Lacy never fumbled again. And for a player who fell to No. 61 overall in the draft due to injury concerns — including a toe fusion surgery — Lacy was remarkably durable. By late December, he gritted through an ankle sprain to remain the team's go-to back.
Lacy is the obvious front-runner to also take home The Associated Press offensive rookie of the year award, which will be announced Feb. 1, the night before the Super Bowl. The AP names offensive and defensive rookies of the year, not an overall award. This is the first year the PFWA has named an overall rookie of the year, in addition to its offensive and defensive honors.
Allen, who had 71 receptions for 1,046 yards with eight touchdowns, was named the PFWA offensive rookie of the year. The Buffalo Bills linebacker Alonso (159 tackles, four interceptions) was the defensive rookie of the year.
In breaking John Brockington's 1971 team rookie rushing record, Lacy endeared himself to the fan base with his rugged, tackle-breaking style. His shining moment may have been Green Bay's 37-36 win at Dallas on Dec. 15. With the Packers trailing, 26-3, Lacy's 60-yard run sparked the comeback. And then he capped a 141-yard day with the game-winning touchdown.
The only other Packers player to receive a PWFA rookie award is safety Tom Flynn, who was the defensive rookie of the year award-winner in 1984. The only Packers to win the AP rookie awards are Brockington (offensive, 1971) and Willie Buchanon (defensive, 1972).
There were no other Green Bay players on the PWFA all-rookie team. Left tackle David Bakhtiari was beaten out by New York's Justin Pugh and San Diego's D.J. Fluker, who both play on the right side.
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Otto Henry Bacher at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Canton Museum of Art, OhioEntrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MinnesotaRainy Night, etching, 1880
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova ScotiaCa D'Oro
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Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia(Note: Click the title to view the artwork details, not the thumbnail image.)
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New YorkUntitled (flower study)
Museum of the National Academy of Design, New York City8 works online
San Diego Museum of Art, California NEW!
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of KansasVenice
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Manchester United Defeat Leicester To Continue Their Perfect Start To The Season
Match Highlights:
- United won 2-0
- Rashford and Fellaini got on the score sheet
- Schmeichel saved a Lukaku penalty
Substitutes Marcos Rashford and Maroune Fellaini spared Romelu Lukaku the blushes as they scored soon after coming on in the second half to give Manchester United a 2-0 win at Old Trafford. Having had his penalty saved by Leicester keeper Schmeichel , it looked as if Leicester would come away with a result from Old Trafford before Rashford and Fellaini scored one after the other to put them in a comfortable 2-0 lead. The win gave United 9 points from 3 matches to put them top of the table as we move into the international break.
An evenly contested first half saw both teams head into the interval goalless without many chances being created at either end. That probing should have resulted in the opening goal. Anthony Martial struck a shot that came off Danny Simpson's arm and was adjudged to be a deliberate handball by Michael Oliver.
Lukaku who stepped up for the resulting penalty showed why he is far from the finished product as his spot kick was saved Schmeichel to keep the score at 0-0. However they were unable to keep out United as the two substitutes Rashford and Fellaini came on to immediately change the face of the game. Rashford converted Henrikh Mkhitaryan's corner three minutes after coming on and then midfielder Fellaini stuck out his knee to divert fellow substitute Jesse Lingard's drive past Schmeichel.
Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare: "I think we frustrated them for large parts of the game. When you come to Old Trafford in the form they are in, they will have big moments. We had our moments too, but could not see the game through.
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How to Do the Extended Triangle Pose
What do paintings on a wall, car tires, and promising horoscopes have in common? They all require proper alignment. It's not the easiest skill to acquire, but the Extended Triangle Pose will help hone it.
- Step 1: Position feet Stand with your feet about two and a half to three and a half feet apart.
- TIP: This stance is not as wide as a Warrior pose, but once you're skilled at this pose, take a deeper straddle to open the pelvis more.
- Step 2: Reach out arms Reach your arms out to the sides, parallel to the ground, palms down.
- Step 3: Rotate feet Turn your right foot 90 degrees to the right and turn your left foot about 45 degrees toward the right.
- Step 4: Shift hips Shift your hips a little toward the left as your chest and arms shift slightly to the right.
- Step 5: Lower torso Bending at the hips, lower your torso to the right so your left side is facing up, and place your right hand on the mat outside of the right foot.
- TIP: If you have trouble reaching the floor, place your hand on your shin somewhere that feels comfortable.
- Step 6: Stretch left arm Stretch your left arm toward the ceiling, palm forward, creating a straight line from your left hand down your arm, through your left shoulder, your right shoulder, and your right hand.
- Step 7: Position head Keep your head in a neutral position or, if your neck feels OK, turn your face up to look at your left hand. Make sure your chest is facing forward.
- TIP: If you're not sure you're properly aligned, practice this pose with your heels about an inch away from the wall, allowing your shoulders, hands, and hips to touch it.
- Step 8: Lift inner arches Press the outer edge of your left foot and the heel of your right foot into the ground as you lift the inner arches of your feet.
- Step 9: Hold pose Hold the pose for several breaths.
- Step 10: Lift torso Inhale, and lift your torso up to a standing position.
- Step 11: Repeat pose Turn your feet to the left, and repeat the pose on the left side, hold it for the same number of breaths as you did on the right.
- Step 12: Release pose Inhale and release the pose. Your frames might be askew and your tires might wobble, but now your back knows alignment.
- FACT: In Hinduism, the triangle represents Shakti—the feminine energy and feminine aspect of Creation.
You Will Need
- Comfortable clothing suitable for stretching and moving
- A calm place where you won't be distracted or disturbed
- A yoga mat or folded blanket


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I had planned to follow up last week's blog entry on pain ("An Epidemic of Pain") with suggestions about how to self-manage it. But my mother sandbagged me. She gave me a book called Phantoms in the Brain by neurologist V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. This book completely changed the way I think about pain.
Ramachandran's research shows that all of our sensations are illusions. What we see, hear, and feel is not the same as what is in the environment or in our bodies. Instead, our brains create sensations from all kinds of input. The actual signals from nerves are part of the input, sure. But they get blended with other sense signals, with thoughts, feelings, and memories. Then the brain organizes all this data and tries to make sense of it.
Is Pain an Illusion?
Chronic pain may be the classic case of a sensation manufactured by the brain. According to Ramachandran, "Pain is an opinion on the organism's state of health…There is no direct hotline from pain receptors to 'pain centers' in the brain. [Instead] there is much interaction between different brain centers, like those concerned with vision and touch."
What this means is the exact opposite of saying pain is "all in your head." It means that pain is a summary of all the data that come into your brain from your whole body, your environment, your relationships, feelings, and beliefs. If the summary says, "Things are not well," you will likely feel pain.
Pain is one of nature's great mixed blessings. If you couldn't feel pain, you would have died long ago, because pain is our natural warning system. It tells you to stop doing something or change something. ("Pull your hand out of that fire, fool!") But when pain is chronic, it can be very hard to figure out what to change. And even if you can understand the message, you may not be able to do much about it.
When the Brain Gets It Wrong
There are also times when the brain just messes up the data. Ramachandran's specialty is "phantom limb" pain. When people lose an arm or leg in an accident or surgery, about half of them will still feel the limb is there. About half of those people develop serious pain in the phantom limb. Obviously, this isn't due to physical injury going on in the moment. It's a misunderstanding by the brain of the signals it is getting and not getting. The brain figures the signals add up to something seriously wrong, so it sends out an urgent pain message.
The same thing applies to the chronic back and leg pain so many of us have. There may be a few pain signals coming up from the nerve endings toward the brain. Those signals go through nerve centers called "pain gates." Those "gates" are where the signals are mixed with other sense data, feelings, and body states such as tension. In people with chronic pain, the gates amplify the signals over and over until the pain is severe. They do this because the brain thinks we need to be warned away from a real threat, like taking our hand out of the fire.
What Can You Do?
So what can you do if your body is feeling all this pain? Next week I'll write about approaches to chronic pain and give you some resources for dealing with it. (Really I will.) We may be able to turn down those pain gates or retrain the brain to see things differently. The important thing to take away from this particular blog entry is that it's not your fault. Just as people can have severe pain in limbs that don't exist any more, it's quite natural to have pain that can't be explained by damage to the body.
In the meantime, you might want to check here or here for more information and support. I'll have more next week. Please write me if you have any ideas or questions.
To all the people who wrote requesting tips on nonintercourse sex (see "Partners Speak Out About Sex"), I apologize. It turned out to be much harder than I thought it would be. But I'm almost done with some pages, including illustrations. They should be helpful to anyone who is willing to try something different. I promise you'll have them in two weeks.


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We are all familiar with the basic rules at land based casinos and the general etiquette that must be followed when playing there. But, what most people don't realize is that the world of online poker works the same way even though there are no hard-fact rules listed for online casinos.
Most of the etiquette rules of land based casinos apply to online casinos as well. Of course, there are a few exceptions as you are not actually present at the casino in person and are not face to face with the other players. There are a few things some can get away with as a result of these differences in the playing environment. Nevertheless, some principles must be followed even in online gambling to ensure the best gambling experience for you and your fellow players. Here are 10 rules of proper etiquette when gambling online:
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Investors & Eastern Arab for Industrial and Real Estate Investments (IEAI) – owners of Al Mushatta Industrial City- represented by IEAI's CEO Mohammad Al Turk – signed an Agreement with Elba House represented by its Chairman of the Board of Directors Zuhair Khouri. The signing ceremony was attended by Dr Fayez Tarawneh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IEAI.
Elba House will build its industrial complex on an area of 102 dunoms. The company will continue to employ its expertise and knowledge in different industries, the most recent of which is manufacturing buses and vehicles for public and touristic transport, ambulances, as well as metal structures for different transport vehicles.
Dr Fayez Tarawneh stated that this Agreement is one of great significance and a welcomed addition to Al Mushattta. Three other similar agreements have been reached with reputable partners, Jordan Ta'ameer Holding, Medicare for Medical Solutions, and JOFCO Fire Fighting & Safety Equipment certified manufacturer. The total number of invested lands in Al Mushatta, prior to its launch, nears 400 dunoms.
Mr. Zuhair Khouri said that Elba House evaluated all licensed and unlicensed industrial zones, and reached the conclusion that Al Mushatta Industrial City is valuated as an ideal industrial zone in terms of providing three distinguishing factors; the strategic location of Al Mushatta city near the Queen Alia International Airport, the roads leading to Aqaba, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria, as well as the availability of the needed infrastructure such as roads, sewage, electricity, water and roads, custom clearance offices and bank branches and finally the area is already licensed and no additional cost will be added to the total cost of the land.
Al Mushatta is also distinguished in providing large plots of land, enabling complete independence and increased efficiency. This applies on all four phases of the project starting with the first phase that has been concluded and covers an area of 1300 dunoms, complete with all services and infrastructure. The full area of the project covers over 4,400,000 sq metres and aims to attract local and foreign investments to upgrade Jordan's industrial capabilities that would enhance the national economy.
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WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Feb 6, 2014) - Judicial Watch announced today that the Obama administration was seeking to withhold key emails about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, indicating what it terms "a continued cover-up of the deadly scandal." The documents, released in December, include multiple emails, which are heavily redacted, about the controversial Benghazi talking points that falsely portray the attack as being the result of a spontaneous protest.
On October 18, 2012, JW filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request with the Department of State seeking information about talking points used to discuss the Benghazi attack that were given then UN Ambassador Rice and others in the Obama administration. After waiting months for a response, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the State Department on June 21, 2013, captioned (Judicial Watch, Inc., v. U.S. Department of State, (Civil Action No. 13-cv-00951 (EGS)) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and requested that the State Department be compelled to produce all non-exempt responsive documents.
To date, the State Department has produced two sets of documents, each containing little or no information not previously available to the public. The first set of documents consisted of 1192 pages of daily press clips from the United States Mission to the United Nations, dated September 12-28. The documents contained nothing beyond published news stories. The second set of documents, provided to Judicial Watch on December 13, 2013 consists of 67 pages of emails. The majority of the content is redacted, aside from three prepared talking points sent to members of Congress on September 15, 2012, the first containing the administration's false claim that the attack was "spontaneously inspired":
- "The currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the US Embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the US diplomatic post in Benghazi and subsequently its annex. There are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations."
- "This assessment may change as additional information is collected and analyzed and as currently available information continues to be evaluated."
- "The investigation is on-going, and the US Government is working with Libyan authorities to bring justice to those responsible for the deaths of US citizens."
The Obama administration has withheld the name of the CIA official who distributed these inaccurate talking points, which seemed to have been used to brief Congress.
"Even after a year and a federal lawsuit, the Obama administration is still in full stonewall mode on Benghazi. Why else would they produce dozens of blanked out emails?" said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Our lawyers are considering challenges to latest Obama secrecy gambit."
In June, 2013, Judicial Watch obtained the first seven photos from the Department of State depicting the aftermath of the September 11 Benghazi attacks, including: a burned and ransacked building, burned vehicles, and Arabic graffiti with militant Islamist slogans. In November, it obtained additional previously withheld photos, depicting: a car on fire; what appears to be the exterior of a burned out building; ransacked rooms within the building with files and office supplies strewn across the floor; and additional militant Islamist slogans.
Judicial Watch currently has four pending FOIA lawsuits against the Obama administration for documents about the attack, 14 FOIA requests and one Mandatory Declassification Review Request. It has published two in-depth special reports on Benghazi, the last one on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack. [The first Special Report can be accessed here, the second here.]


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A 33 year old man from the Nicosia district is under arrest as police investigate a case of kidnap and robbery.
His arrest follows a complaint from a 30 year old woman that at around 3.30 am on Monday, he had offered to take her home from a club.
She said that instead of taking her home, he took her to a secluded place where he threatened her with a pair of scissors and took her bag which contained two mobile phones, cash and other personal items valued at approximately €2,000.
Nicosia CID is investigating.


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Yale Smart Lock Update
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Our favorite Smart Lock of 2022
As a professional locksmith company serving the Arizona market for over 20 years, we've seen product come and go. But we do really like the new home electronic, keyless deadbolts. Let's cut to the chase. Which are the best electronic deadbolts that won't break the bank?
Our recommended best home electronic deadbolts are:
- The Schlage BE365 Series Electronic Deadbolts – Best Basic Electronic Lock Solution
- The Yale YRD416 Series Deadbolts – Most Affordable Bluetooth
- The Yale YRD226 or YRD426 Deadbolts – Best Smart Touchscreen Deadbolt with Z-wave Support
What are must-have smart lock features:
- One of the must haves in our opinion is a key override. Skip those that don't have it. While some allow you to "jump start" the electronic lock with a 9v battery, it's simpler to keep a spare key around than a battery. All of our recommendations are electronic locks with key override. Unfortunately, it seems most vendors are trending away from having a key override feature os they can save money.
- Other than this, it depends on your desires. See below for a list of additional features you want to take a look at.
Quick Answers to Common Questions
Who Should Buy an Electronic Deadbolt?
Families with children: One of more of my kids are always outside playing, running around or simply walking home from school. Having the keyless deadbolt with electronic entry means that whenever they get home, they will be able to get in without having to search for a key, and they will never be locked out due to a lost key. If one child heads outside, the electronic deadbolt can be set to automatically lock behind them so it continues to protect anyone still in the house.
Relationships: We've all had relationships that have failed. Whether it's the cleaning person, dog walker, or a significant other there are times when you want to make sure that someone that had access to the house, no longer has it. Rekeying your home locks does that, but with keyless door locks it's much easier. User codes (credentials) for electronic deadbolts can easily be given out and removed as desired so that those soured relationships no longer have access to your home.
Renovation: Renovating the kitchen or another part of your home? You can issue temporary codes that can easily be removed after the renovation is completed.
There are several optional features available on electronic deadbolts. Bluetooth (program from your phone, send temporary digital keys to someone), z-wave (allows you to integrate to an alarm system), and Alexa support.
What about keypad deadbolts with Bluetooth?
Electronic deadbolts with blue tooth allow you to program the lock via your smart phone. They must be near the lock to communicate via Bluetooth. They enable your phone to act as the key to the lock so either by proximity or specific phone motion they will unlock the electronic deadbolt without having to manually enter a code or use a key. They also give you the ability to send, add, remove and send electronic keys for your deadbolt.
Bluetooth deadbolts basically add ease-of-use lock features. This is very useful when you have a push button lock because they can be a bit difficult to program; some even require that they be taken apart to add and remove codes.
We personally find the Bluetooth deadbolt features a little redundant on touch screen electronic deadbolts. Touchscreen deadbolts are very easily programmed. You can create a code or remove one very quickly. Though it is a bit easier change codes with a Bluetooth app, for touchscreen deadbolts the additional cost may not be justified.
That's why the keyless deadbolt, with touchscreen, we recommend does not have this feature. You can always upgrade to the one with bluetooth if you want it, but we didn't see the value added for the cost. If you are interested in a touchscreen that has blue tooth, you can find the Yale YRD426-ZW2-619 Z-Wave Plus Touchscreen Deadbolt Assure Lock with Bluetooth deadbolt on Amazon here.
What does Z-wave or Zigbee add to your electronic deadbolt?
Z-wave and Zigbee are communication protocols for smart home devices to communicate. These device require some sort of home hub for which the communication can go over (at an additional cost). Often, home alarm systems act as the hub, but manufactures also fabricate their own. The main benefits here are:
- You can change/issue codes using an app from your smartphone from anywhere you have an internet connection.
- You can monitor the status of the keyless deadbolt from you phone and even lock and unlock your deadbot remotely.
- The status of the lock is monitored by your alarm system and may trigger your alarm when it detects forced entry.
- The can be set to alert you when a specific code is used on the lock. Say for example your child has arrived and entered the home.
Schlage makes a very nice lock in this category but it requires external devices be added to use all the features and has a monthly enrollment fee of $9.99 at the time of this writing.
Schlage Z-Wave Connect Camelot Touchscreen Deadbolt with Built-In Alarm
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Yale and August products have combined to make their new Smart Lock our favorite Smart Lock for remote monitoring. Z-wave and Zigbee are no longer required. Check it out.
What about other deadbolt features?
Electronic deadbolts can come with a myriad of other miscellaneous features that may be useful for your particular lock application. Alexa and Google Home compatibility are few. To integrate with Alexa you will need some sort of a smart hub so that everything can be linked together. Smart Things is one such hub (check pricing on Amazon) as is Wink.
The hubs allow you to control other various things int the home in addition to the locks such as lights and AC/Heat. A good investment if you're looking for full home automation.
To be honest, we haven't seen those features put to use so we are not able to provide much detail on them. But if those lock features are needed and you have those systems, you may want to checkup on what they can do for you.
Why we chose these deadbolts
The Schlage BE365 Series Electronic Deadbolts.
This was one of the first code deadbolts to hit the market. All of the kinks have been worked out, and it is a tried a true quality deadbolt. We've installed over a 1,000 of the Schlage push button coded deadbolts, and I cannot recall every going back to fix one. Schlage has always produced quality products, and this deadbolt is no exception. If you don't need all the bells and whistles but are looking for a quality product that will last and last, this is it.
The Yale YRD416 Series Deadbolts.
We love Yale products. They are affordable and high quality. This is one of the few non-touch-screen smart deadbolts you can buy that has support for bluetooth and issuing of electronic keys. It is sleek and comes in the most common finishes.
The Yale YRD226 or YRD426 Deadbolts.
These touch screen deadbolts are high end and durable. You can get a base version, with simple code access, or hegh-end versions that include bluetooth and/or z-wave and Alexa support (requires an additional hub shown here on Amazon).
We've installed hundreds of the Yale Touchscreen deadbolts and have only had to replace one under manufactures warranty. Some versions of these do NOT have a key override. We recommend avoiding those and sticking to the one's that do have key overrides.
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The Dems
It's a bad place to be. Trump will not fix any of the problems we have, because Trump is in the end all about Trump. He's just closer to the rest of us, he still remembers why he should give a crap. Will he? I suppose when it's in his best interest, but otherwise? Probably not.
Is there a good answer? No, there's an okay answer - Cruz. In the end, it probably won't matter, we're so far gone it's sort of irrelevant.