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China going green? World's no. 1 polluter to cap emissions by 2016
China has agreed to cap greenhouse emissions by 2016, after previously refusing to commit to global guidelines. Beijing's regime change signaled a move to a greener policy, as rising levels of toxic pollution in China are suffocating industrial centers.
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) – the
government organ responsible for socio-economic growth planning –
announced the initiative, which must now be approved by the Cabinet
before it is enacted.
Previously, the Chinese government had sought to cut carbon
dioxide emissions by meeting intensity targets linked to their rate
of economic growth – the amount of the greenhouse gas produced per
dollar of economic output. However, this measure still left
significant room for emissions to increase, and the NDRC has
predicted that on its current path Chinese emissions will peak in
China's rampant economic growth in recent years has made it the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, surpassing the US. Currently, the Asian country is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas produced, followed by North America, which produces 17.6 percent of the global total.
Beijing slammed the EU last week for threatening China with a
series of fines for not complying with greenhouse gas regulations.
An official from the Civil Aviation Administration told state press
that China disapproved, and "will not accept any unilateral and
compulsory market measures."
At present, eight Chinese airlines are facing fines under the
terms of the Emissions Trading Systems for shirking emissions
payments during flights in the EU.
The recent increase in air pollution in China due to the
country's burning of fossil fuels has begun to ring alarm bells. At
the beginning of this year, Beijing authorities warned residents to
stay indoors because air pollution levels in the Chinese capital
had reached dangerous levels.
The local government blamed the conditions on unfavorable
weather, maintaining that a lack of wind and foggy conditions were
the source of the air contamination.
The toxic cloud of pollution then blew over Japan, causing the government to issue health warnings. In some regions of Japan, pollution exceeded government air cleanliness standards by 42 percent.
China's recent regime change has contributed to a new, greener
policy, with leaders resolving to clean up toxic pollution. Thus
far, the central government has issued emissions targets for every
province in China for 2011 through 2015, but it is unclear how
these quotas are regulated.
China's industrial development has had huge environmental consequences for the country. The largest source of China's emissions is the burning of coal, which accounts for over 60 percent of the nation's electricity supply. In an investigation carried out at the beginning of 2013, the US Energy Information Administration has calculated that China burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined.


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As you watched the Panthers take on the Bears in Thursday night's preseason opener, you may have noticed something different about Carolina's uniforms.
We're not talking about a major overhaul, but if you look closely, the subtle modifications are apparent.
And if you're wearing them, the change is even more noticeable.
"The players are loving them," Panthers equipment manager Don Toner said.
The new uniforms are Nike's "Vapor Untouchable" model. Before this season, the Panthers and Packers were the only clubs who hadn't adopted them.
The lightweight jerseys are designed with no panels on the front and fewer seams to increase mobility and range of motion.
"Guys had worn these uniforms with other teams or at the Pro Bowl and they came back and said how much they liked the fabric and how it plays – that's the most important thing for them," Toner said. "It's kind of like shrink wrap on you. Very form-fitting. But you can move well in it."
The Panthers made a couple other modifications to their design. The Panther head is gone from the side of the pants to allow for greater flexibility. The dazzle cloth on the shoulders is also gone, as it wasn't compatible with this Nike template. Also of note for this season: the Panthers are wearing a 25 seasons patch in addition to the NFL 100 logo on the collar.
As Toner said, the players expressed their desire to make the switch. Owner David Tepper heard the request last season and wanted the new uniforms approved by the NFL and implemented in time for 2019.
"Dave was all for it if it was going to help these guys. The players mentioned it to him and he said, 'If the players want it, let's go with it,'" Toner said. "Dave and (team president) Tom (Glick) were the catalysts in getting it done."
Judging by the responses on social media, Panthers fans love the new look. Toner said the players came out of the Chicago game wanting some minor alterations, which was expected.
"We listen to everybody, especially guys at different positions. We want to hear all the feedback because it's new to us as well," Toner said. "We're one game in, and so far, so good."
Check out the best photos from the locker room, field and everything in between from the Panthers photographers at Chicago.

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It's very easy.
I did a Google search for "free website," chose a hosting company (wix.com), chose a template, put in some words and pictures, chose a business name and I was open for business in about 45 minutes. My "company" quickly became Google-able through this blog, and will probably have its own Google link in a day or so.
(above) Just as Lulu and other companies advertise "free self-publishing," it's also possible to form a self-publishing company for free. All I needed is an email address, and accounts with Paypal and CreateSpace. I'll let the authors do the writing, editing and designing, and offer various services for additional fees. Books will automatically be available for sale.
Here's the website for 99 Buck Books. Will I defeat Outskirts Press and CreateSpace? Will 99 Buck Books get bought by Author Solutions or Amazon for millions of dollars? Will I get sued by Sarah Palin for millions of dollars. I'll let you know what happens.
Anyone who can read, click and type can become an author or a publisher. That's sad.
Update: I'm having so much fun that I upgraded my freebie website to a paid one so I could have a normal URL: 99BuckBooks.com. I'll probably put links to some of my books on it so I can sell some books to cover the cost of the website.
. . . . .
NO, I'm not really starting a self-publishing company. This was just an experiment to see exactly how low the "barrier to entry" is in self-publishing. I'm too busy with my own books to publish the work of other writers. I learned that it's very easy to form a self-publishing company. Before you choose one, carefully investigate its qualifications and successes -- and remember: price isn't everything.


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City looking for citizen academy applicants
The City of Jacksonville is looking for applicants to its upcoming Spring Citizen Academy.
The academy is designed to offer residents a chance to learn about their local government, said Carmella Fulcher, the city's Community Programs coordinator.
The academy also benefits anyone interested in becoming more involved in local government by providing an up-close view into city operations that increases transparency in the way the city operates, she said.
Evangaline Neufville, a city resident and graduate of the inaugural Fall Citizen Academy, said she recommends the academy to everyone.
"They have a wealth of information that has helped me appreciate where my tax dollars go," she said. "What I like about the City of Jacksonville is they don't just do something for this year; they look way into the future, and do something that will benefit everyone."
Neufville said she visited the different departments within the city and learned about city's infrastructure.
Participants of the Spring Citizenship Academy will learn about the city's budget, how laws are made, how planning and development works, observe fire and police services. Academy members will tour work sites and city buildings, according to information from the city.
The five-week Academy is set to meet weekly on Wednesdays from 4 to 6:30 p.m., beginning May 1 and continuing through May 29.
Sessions include: city hall, a survey of city government, elected officials, public services, public safety and parks and recreation, among others.
Applicants must be at least 18 and be a resident or business owner in Jacksonville.
To apply call 910-938-5220 or go to city hall at 815 New Bridge St.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.


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Cat's claw is most commonly used for improving symptoms of both osteoarthritisand rheumatoid arthritis.
It is also used for various digestive system disorders including swelling and pain (inflammation) of the large intestine (diverticulitis), inflammation of the lower bowel (colitis), inflammation of the lining of the stomach (gastritis), stomach ulcers,hemorrhoids, and leaky bowel syndrome.
Some people use cat's claw for viral infections including shingles (caused byherpeszoster), cold sores(caused by herpes simplex), and AIDS (caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)).
Cat's claw is also used for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), wound healing, parasites, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, hay fever, cancer (especially urinary tractcancer), a particular type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, gonorrhea, dysentery,birth control, bone pains, and "cleansing" the kidneys.
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Tears for Fears – Famous Last Words
One of the greatest pleasures for a pop fan like myself is all that lovely anticipating I get to do in the gap between albums – in fact if I add it all up I've probably done more waiting and wondering than I have actual listening. There is always something to think about, much of it based on fear – specifically the fear that the next album is going to be a bit rubbish and send your favourite act spiralling towards the dumper. Of course this fear increases directly in proportion to the length of the gap, as Rihanna fans have recently discovered, and eventually there comes a point when just about the only possible outcome is mild disappointment.
More than anyone else, pop stars are filled with self-doubt and prone to tinkering with things until they're perfect, and this is why they sometimes take so bloody long, and also why the role of the producer is so important. I heard Pete Waterman on Radio 4 the other day talking about the late George Martin, and he mentioned that one of the most vital skills a producer needs to possess is the ability to say "that's it" – and then presumably frogmarch the band out of the studio before they can overdub another mandolin solo. Apparently George was particularly good at this, but then he never came up against Tears for Fears, did he?
In 1989 Tears for Fears had been away for four years – which seems like nothing in a post-Aerial world – but back then it felt pretty much like forever. The making of The Seeds of Love (the Apocalypse Now of pop) probably deserves its own documentary – it went through through four producers and in Roland Orzabal's quest for perfection the relationship between him and Curt Smith was destroyed for a good ten years. Of course we didn't know any of this at the time – all we could do was wait and wonder and get a little bit scared. Given that 1985's Songs from the Big Chair featured one of the decade's greatest singles (Head Over Heels) and had made them one of the biggest acts in the world, there was much to worry about.
When they finally re-appeared in August 1989, I don't think any of us knew quite what to expect – but did any of us really expect Sowing the Seeds of Love? I think I first saw it on The Chart Show on a Saturday morning, and afterwards I just sort of sat there in stunned silence. It appeared that Tears for Fears had spent four years turning themselves into the Beatles. What was all this about sunflowers? Where were the synths? Where was that trademark glumness I was so fond of? It was a lot to take in in one sitting. Thankfully I always taped The Chart Show, so I was able to rewind it and play it over and over again until I'd acclimatised myself to this new reality and realised that it was completely effing brilliant. Even now the opening few seconds give me the shivers.
The album was a slightly different matter. I have to confess it took me nearly as long to get into it as it did the band to make it. Everything seemed to go on for at least twice the pop song's optimum length, much of it crawled along at a snail's pace, it kept going all jazzy, and quite frankly there wasn't enough Curt for my liking. I'd loved the second single, Woman in Chains (and fell a bit in love with Oleta Adams as a result) but was a bit indifferent to the third, Advice for the Young at Heart. For the longest time I didn't even know there was a fourth single, which shows you how much effort Fontana put into promoting it. Famous Last Words was the last track on the album, but I'm not sure I ever got as far as that point in 1989. However, by the early 90s my parents had moved to a house where I got an attic bedroom, and during the university holidays I'd lie in bed at night listening to albums on headphones, looking up through the skylight having big thoughts, like what a great moody scene this would make in the eventual movie of my life. This was how I eventually came to appreciate The Seeds of Love, and discover what an amazing single Famous Last Words was.
Yes, this was what I had been missing all along – the song that perfectly blends new Tears for Fears with old. For its first two minutes and twenty three seconds it's astonishingly, beautifully still (enough to ensure it never stood a chance at radio), just a little synth (yes!), piano, strings, Roland's voice and a tiny bit of trumpet. Lying in a warm bed with moonlight shining down on me, it was quite the Moment. But then at 2:24 it suddenly expands – the tempo revs up, Roland starts howling as only he can and the whole thing becomes a glorious explosion of sadness. By the time he sings "Hand in hand we'll do and die / Listening to the band that made us cry", Tears for Fears are the band that made me cry and I'm covered head to foot in goosebumps. This whole section barely lasts a minute (perhaps one of the few times during the making of the album that someone said 'that's it!') and the song returns to quietness for its run-out. The entire thing clocks in at 4:27, it's the shortest song on the album and is, for me, easily its best.
For a while it looked like The Seeds of Love had completely wrecked for Tears for Fears. It didn't (though it had a jolly good try), but if Famous Last Words had ended up being the band's full stop, I think it would have been pop's most beautiful goodbye ever.
Entered chart: 18/08/1990
Chart peak: 83
Weeks on chart: 2
Who could sing this today and have a hit? I think a Mary J Blige version of this would be exquisite.


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Prairie Doc Perspective: Mending a broken heart
Mrs. H. was in her mid 80s when her husband died. I admired how she had provided loving care for him "in sickness and in health" right up to the end. Despite his expected and comfortable demise, his death broke her heart. It was like the painting of Mother Mary with a stabbed and bleeding heart. Mrs. H. began having trouble breathing, swollen legs, and profound weakness. I suspected what was wrong and ordered an echocardiogram.
Science proves the heart is a powerful pump, but history portrays it as the seat of emotion. As a pump, one heart moves about 2,000 gallons of blood each day, totaling about 3 super tankers worth in a lifetime — through 60,000 miles of veins, arteries, and capillaries. The largest artery is the size of a garden hose while the smallest capillary is the size of a human hair split ten times.
As a seat of emotion, the heart was described by Aristotle 2,500 years ago as "the center for intelligence, motion, and sensation; while the brain, liver, and lungs are there to cool down the heart." Seven-hundred years later the Roman physician Galen wrote: "The heart is the organ related to the soul." Eight-hundred years after that, Persian physician Avicenna wrote: "The heart is the root of nutrition, apprehension, breath, and the source of intelligence for all other organs." Others in medieval Europe claimed the heart "gives rise to anger, passion, fear, sadness, or joy."
We still romanticize that the heart has something to do with emotions. This is patterned in hearts by lovers during Valentine's Day; by H. Jackson Brown Jr. when he said, "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye"; by Princess Diana when she said, "Only do what your heart tells you"; or by right-wing political pundits who critically term empathetic left-wingers as "bleeding heart liberals." However, the emotional connection to the heart became more than romance and metaphor when Japanese physicians described Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or "Broken Heart Syndrome," in 1990. This life-threatening heart weakness can occur in one experiencing severe loss such as the death of spouse or even their own devastating experience of a critical illness.
Mrs. H's heart echo proved the diagnosis of Broken Heart Syndrome, and she was treated and relieved by diuretics. However, the ultimate cure came as she mended her own broken heart with new friends, positive thoughts, and some time to allow cleansing grief flow over and past her.


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|Investing in Your Company's Stock
|You always root for the home team. Or you only buy cars that are manufactured in the United States. Or you'd pass up World Series tickets for your nephew's third birthday party, because family is family.
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Last week I attended a 3-day conference that ended on Saturday night. I had to be up at 4am the next morning for a flight to Detroit. Needless to say, I took the opportunity to take a serious "power nap" and felt like a NEW WOMAN after the 3-hour flight. BUT…if I hadn't been "prepared" (ear plugs, eye mask, blow-up neck pillow thingie), I might have felt a little differently.
You see, there was a woman traveling with 2 small children (bless her heart!) who were NOT happy during most of the flight. My heart really went out to her. I didn't do A LOT of traveling with my kids when they were small…but I did it enough times to know it's STRESSFUL!
So, I decided to reach out to my friend Reagan for some sage travel advice. Reagan has traveled EXTENSIVELY with her two boys (now 7 and 5) ever since they were tiny babies. I knew she would have some great ideas….because basically she's an amazing person AND an amazing Mom. 🙂
She didn't disappoint. Here are Reagan's tips for keeping your sanity when traveling with little ones:
- Have a bag/backpack for each child. I call it "The Arsenal". DVD player, books, crayons, favorite toy. Headphones are good for the plane and car if they are watching a movie.
- I add snacks in their bags as well as carry some of my own just in case. I bring whatever will make them happy at the time. I don't try to do the "healthy thing" when we are on the plane or long distance in the car. Sometimes candy just works.
- I bring an extra change of clothes and undies in a big ziploc bag. That way if the clothes they are wearing get wet or pukey, I can zip them up and not smell them. It's good to have this for each child too, because when one kid throws up, you know the next one will smell it and hurl right after. 🙂
- I ALWAYS have wipes. They will be used about 50 times a day.
- I take the "sick" bags that are on the plane and put them in my own car. Just two days ago, my youngest got carsick driving from our house to Salt Lake City because he didn't eat breakfast, and I grabbed the bag just in time for him to use it. Way to go Gunner!
- Depending on how old the kids are, I like to talk about the expectations of the trip. Where we are going, fun activities we will be doing, who is going to be there, how we need to behave. They get excited about all that lies ahead and they remember their manners more. If we need reminding a few times, then I start to threaten and take away favorite toys. Such a bummer when you don't listen.
- Deep breathing helps YOU if your child is in a full blown panic on the plane.
I find that when I smiled and said sorry to people they were more understanding. I ALMOST resorted to buying a Starbucks or McDonald's for the people seated around us when when my baby was 2. He was a nightmare on the plane. But now he is 7 and is the best traveler ever. They grow up SO fast!!! The hard part is over before you know it.


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From Kim Andrew Elliott:
Hello friends,
VOA Radiogram this weekend is all in MFSK32. There is no time for a slow mode such as Olivia 64-3000, because the MFSK32 stories are too interesting to cut.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 153, 5-6 March 2016, all in MFSK32:
1:34 Program preview
2:36 Ridding Bangkok of pythons and other snakes*
12:57 Astronomers locate source of a fast radio burst*
17:57 Distinguished visitors at the South Pole*
27:13 Closing announcements*
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Thank you for your reports from last weekend. I'm still working on the gallery of MFSK images from program 135, and hope to be sending this out soon.
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The building looks promising, reminds me of similar buildings housing galleries in Montreal and Zürich. I go for number 8 which turns out to be a passage to the back of the building.
It's a car park, no signs of galleries here. Just this cry for help...
Back on the street I do find more, one needs to look a bit harder...
And I am lucky. It happens that all of the exhibitions are in their last days, sometimes I turn up in between exhibitions and just stare at empty rooms or closed doors.
Esko Männikkö (FIN) - "Harmony Sisters"
Karin Broos
more stairs
Lena Johansson - "Taking the long way"
around the corner
Ville Lenkkeri - "Dreams and Awakenings"
and next to it
Stina Rosenberg - "Willingly Bound"
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Gabon is a country in West Africa that rested under French colonial control for over a hundred years. France gained possession of the country in 1839, upon the surrender of the land by a local native chief. The country officially became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910.
Under French rule, Gabon was not permitted to have its own flag. The French feared having such a symbol would lead to nationalism and revolution. Gabon, however, enjoyed being a progressive French colony, and was granted greater autonomy in the middle of the twentieth century. In 1958, as part of the African decolonization movement, France granted Gabon the right to be a self-governing republic, and the country achieved full independence in 1960.
In 1959, after being given greater freedom, Gabon designed a new flag that consisted of three bands. From top to bottom, those bands were green, yellow and blue, with the yellow band being considerably smaller than the other two. In the top left corner sat the French Tricolour, a symbol of Gabon's ties to France. Upon gaining full independence in 1960, Gabon modified the design into the current flag of the country today.
The modern flag of the Gabonese Republic is a tricolor, consisting of three horizontal bands. It was designed by Louis Muhlemann. The colors of the bands are, from top to bottom: green, yellow and blue. The colors also have meaning: green for the country's natural resources and forests, yellow for the sun and the Equator (which goes through Gabon) and blue for the sea (which Gabon borders).
The proportions of Gabon's flag, 3:4, are quite uncommon and shared with only two other countries: Papua New Guinea and San Marino. These proportions are actually required by Gabonese law. Gabon's flag is also unusual in that it lacks the distinctive colors of the Pan-African movement, which are displayed on many other flags from the same region: red, black and green.
There is also a variant of the Gabonese flag that serves as the Standard of the President, which consists simply of the Gabonese flag with the country's coat of arms overlaid in the center. Prior to 1990, the Presidential Standard displayed a sailing galleon flying the Gabon flag. The top third of this flag consisted of a green field with three yellow circles. The rest consisted of the galleon on three blue waves on a yellow field.


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Are YOU a recent school leaver or graduate? Maybe you're one of the long term unemployed, or have just been made redundant. Over the course of 30 years' worth of pop videos, Kate Bush has tried out literally dozens of careers. So let's see what we can learn from her adventures in the world of employment…
PLASTICS TESTER (Breathing)
Duties: You'll be responsible for testing the durability and permeability of semi-rigid plastic structures Pros: Based in lovely rural surroundings with picnic area and free swimming facilities Cons: Possible radiation sickness Skills required: Patience, timing, lungs
SOLDIER (Army Dreamers)
Duties: War Pros: A very popular 'bring your children to work' policy is in operation, even on battle days Cons: Explosions Skills required: Stealth, shooting, dying
COMMUNITY EVENTS OFFICER (Sat In Your Lap)
Duties: Working with community members from disadvantaged backgrounds, you'll encourage them to learn fun skills such as roller-skating, tumbling and performance arts Pros: You'll work towards a final performance at which everyone can put their new abilities into practice Cons: Short term contract Skills required: Interpretative dance; general circus
TOUR OPERATOR – AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK (The Dreaming)
Duties: Lead a group of holidaymakers on the famous Aboriginal 'Walkabout' Pros: Spiritual awakening Cons: Catering facilities are limited Skills required: Ability to interpret local culture, ideally through dance
SECURITY CONSULTANT (There Goes A Tenner)
Duties: Test the robustness of financial institutions' security arrangements through the staging of robberies Pros: A real sense of adventure Cons: Late hours Skills required: Tactical thinking, team leadership, boilersuit
BARN ASSISTANT (Suspended in Gaffa)
Duties: You'll be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of a lovely sunlit barn Pros: It's a lovely sunlit barn! Cons: The farm is located on the borders of an interstitial vortex into which you may occasionally spin off Skills required: Interpretative dance
WEATHER MANAGER (Cloudbusting)
Duties: Responsible for facilitating appropriate weather conditions in agricultural areas, working initially as part of a team with a senior rainmaker Pros: Plenty of fresh air Cons: Frequent and rigorous Ministry inspections Skills required: Ability to operate and transport heavy machinery
PARTY PLANNER (Hounds Of Love)
Duties: Help people living in wooded areas to celebrate special occasions in a meaningful way Pros: Fun! Cons: Budget is limited so a few cheap party hats and balloons will often have to suffice Skills required: Intermediate tango
SKYWATCHER (The Big Sky)
Duties: Reporting to a team of astronauts and aviators, you'll be responsible for keeping an eye on the celestial realm Pros: A bacofoil jumpsuit and a massive fuck-off pair of binoculars are standard issue Cons: We don't have a dedicated observatory so you'll be required to work on rooftops in all weather conditions. Occasional cricked neck Skills required: A good sense of balance and a head for heights are essential
EXTREME SOUND ENGINEER (Experiment IV)
Duties: Working secretly for the military, you'll investigate the possibilities of developing a lethal sonic weapon Pros: You will have the opportunity to experiment on live subjects Cons: As with any experimental radiophonic work, there's a possibility you'll be sucked into the machinery and become a sort of sonic sprite. You will also be required to make tea Skills required: Music GCSE
LITERARY INTERPRETER (The Sensual World)
Duties: You'll be required to create new versions of popular literary passages. They must evoke the original but be different enough to avoid copyright complications – the ideal candidate will be able to make the words really step out of the page! Pros: Your creativity will have full reign Cons: We will occasionally require you to work in burning woodland Skills required: Powers o'er a woman's body; must not be allergic to peaches or seedcake
THIS WOMAN'S WORK – Ironically Kate is unemployed in this video.
TOUR OPERATOR – CARIBBEAN (Eat The Music)
Duties: Involve your tour group in traditional activities including 'looking at fruit', 'dancing on fruit' and 'passing out on fruit' Pros: The fruit is plentiful! Cons: There's just so much fruit Skills required: Fruit
DANCE INSTRUCTOR (The Red Shoes)
Duties: You'll have sole responsibility for running practice sessions and assisting stray dancers from other dimensions Pros: Dance studio comes fully equipped with magic mirror Cons: Devils Skills required: None, but appropriate footwear is essential
AVIAN VET (And So Is Love)
Duties: Ensure wellbeing of birds Pros: The birds do not object to having their little bodies kissed Cons: The birds do tend to die Skills required: Lamp-lighting
WARDROBE CURATOR – GRACELAND MUSEUM (King Of The Mountain)
Duties: Keep Elvis's famous outfits in good order, ensuring that clothes are secure and all windows closed on windy days Pros: Dancing with the clothes is permitted Cons: You will be required to undertake damage limitation in the event of any new Elvis rumours surfacing Skills required: General laundry
HIMALAYAN HERITAGE OFFICER (Wild Man)
Duties: Working closely with local lamas, you'll be responsible for managing public perception of the 'Yeti' brand Pros: Free coat Cons: Snowy conditions can lead to a difficult working environment Skills required: Animal husbandry, brand awareness, tea-making


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Students Save Big Money Buying College Textbooks Online
Williamsburg, VA (MarketWire) October 6, 2009
With school now back in full force, many students are experiencing sticker shock after buying their college textbooks at their college bookstore. CheapestTextbooks.com, the leading price comparison website for finding cheap textbooks online, says skip the bookstore and go online for the biggest savings on new and used textbooks.
"We see many college freshmen making the mistake of going to their college bookstore and buying everything on their book list at full cost, without checking prices online first," said a CheapestTextbooks.com representative. "Often they are paying nearly full price for used textbooks they could be getting online at half the cost."
Unfortunately many students learn not to buy through their college bookstore the hard way their first semester, but it's not too late to save money on college textbooks for next semester. Students can visit CheapestTextbooks.com to find the best prices for their textbooks on multiple websites, including shipping costs and available coupon codes or discounts. When the semester ends, students can sell them online or usually even back to the college bookstore.
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text: Individual Pluripotent Control Cell (PSC)-made cell therapy keeps tremendous promise because of the cells unlimited proliferative capacity and the potential to differentiate into any type of cell. we possess executed for an iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell item prior to its scientific make use of. reported that some 13% of ESC and iPSC preserved in analysis labs worldwide showed some type of hereditary abnormality [7]. For that good reason, the timely evaluation of the hereditary balance of PSC is normally of main curiosity for both analysis labs and scientific PSC banking institutions. In addition, it is normally essential to assess the potential for difference level of resistance credited to unfinished reprogramming or a difference prejudice credited to epigenetic storage when iPSC-based therapy is normally regarded. In this circumstance, it is necessary to assess the tumor-forming potential of differentiated cells seeing that good non-terminally. Details relating to hereditary balance, gene reflection, difference gun reflection, cell development price and just how cells were generated have to end up being evaluated and collected past to start of tumorigenicity assessment. Next, it is normally required to possess a apparent idea approximately the range and purposeful of related basic safety variables: toxicology lab tests, Evidence of Idea (POC) lab tests, biodistribution lab tests Bexarotene and tumorigenicity lab tests that may concurrently end up being conducted. Toxicology lab tests can end up being designed depending on the properties of examining reagents and the purpose of the lab Bexarotene tests. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Advancement (OECD) Guide for the Examining of Chemical substances [8] is normally an around the globe regarded check guide for toxicology examining. They should be conducted in a blinded fashion to minimize the prejudice of remark and measurement by employees. Long lasting and Short-term end factors are to be described. Toxicology lab tests should end up being executed by using medically relevant strategies of administration so that they can offer ideas into a secure range of healing cell dosages. Severe (early) and past due stage end factors should end up being set up in this check. POC lab tests frequently utilize a genetically improved pet that presents a model of the disease in issue (y.g., Tg, KI, KO or KD rodents) or harmed pets to address the potential advantage or efficiency of the investigational therapy and to define the range of the effective dosage utilized in scientific program by increasing the dosages. The administration path and the technique should end up being as close as feasible to the designed scientific make use of. Positive and detrimental events should be described clearly. In such a POC research, indices such as physical recovery of dropped function or general success of transplanted cells that could underlie designed healing make use of are analyzed. Dimension of indices should end up being executed in a blinded style to reduce prejudice during data pay for. The size of the check group should end up being huge enough to allow significant record evaluation. Biodistribution lab tests should end up being executed to address tumorigenic growth of transplanted cells at the ectopic site. series PCR is used to detect individual cells in web host tissue or areas commonly. While this PCR check detects individual cells over a 0.1% frequency in web host tissues by DNA proportion [9], better awareness is needed to detect little metastatic colonies. In Family pet technology, proliferative cell mass is normally branded by acquiring in a metabolic probe such as 18F FLT, offering a distribution of tumorigenic cell growth in the pets body. Nevertheless to find the behavior of transplanted cells and their biodistribution over period needs labels check cells by presenting gun genetics by retrovirus or lentivirus that can emit a indication Bexarotene with a high T/D proportion. These strategies are in advancement currently. 2. Suggestions for Tumorigenicity Lab tests Somatic cells with a regular chromosomal framework present limited growth potential. Tumorigenicity assessment of mesenchymal control cells may not reveal a serious issue [10]. Nevertheless, in the complete case of PSC-derived cell items, the tumor-forming potential should end up being analyzed completely because of the unlimited growth capability of PSC and their hereditary lack of stability. Nevertheless, there is normally no around the globe regarded guide for tumorigenicity examining of cells utilized for cell therapy. WHO TRS 878, Suggestion for the evaluation of pet cell civilizations as substrates for the produce of cell banking institutions [11,12] provides a guide for pet cell substrates utilized for the creation of natural therapeutic items, but not really for cells utilized for healing transplantation into sufferers. Lately, FDA/CBER commented ISG20 on the presssing problems to end up being considered for cell-based.


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This udev rule worked out just fine:
rephlex@hera:~$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/45-stdfu-permissions.rules
# DFU (Internal bootloader for STM32 MCUs)
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
Everytime you plug the Eachine in, be sure to
sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0
in order to get permission to the serial/USB port as regular user.
Now just run the Betaflight Configurator using the Chrome app, set the device node, and you're ready to flash and configure Betaflight.
Note, for flashing i had to set the baud rate to 19200 or so, for config it's the 100.000 rate. Just try them all, one of the baud rates will work.Leave a Comment


text: On today's Martha Stewart Show, Jimmy Fallon stopped by to make an ice-cream cake with the potato-chip-laden flavor inspired by his own show. Martha shrieks, "Don't do that!" as Fallon begins eating the cake's cookie toppers, and the two discuss how to shorten words for Twitter. Martha's suggestion for "spatula"? "Spatch," natch. (Jimmy: "How much time are you saving by not saying tula?") See more in the video, below.


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Jackson Diehl, the Washington Post's deputy editorial page editor, has a piece about how President Obama has sabotaged the so-called Middle East peace process by introducing a new requirement that Israel institute a settlement freeze before talks can take place. Abbas cannot very well demand less than the American president so talks are at a standstill.
Now, I agree with Paul Mirengoff that this is fine. The "peace process" is pointless and counter-productive. There will be no peace until the Palestinians want it, and they manifestly do not. The Palestinians have never fulfilled a single one of their obligations under any of the peace plans (Oslo, Oslo 2, the Wye River memorandum, the Roadmap, etc.). Yasser Arafat spoke openly about how Oslo was merely a hudna (an Arabic word for pretending to make peace to obtain a strategic advantage). Palestinian terrorists continue to launch attacks against Israel, and the Palestinian government celebrates those attacks. Palestinian children's programs teach children to hate Jews. And, in 2006, the Palestinian people elected Hamas in a landslide — a party whose constitution demands the destruction of Israel.
It's popular to write that the outlines of a peace deal are clear (the Economist writes this all the time), and it's true. The outlines of a reasonable deal are clear, to Western eyes. But the Palestinians don't want the deal. Ehud Barak offered essentially that deal to Yasser Arafat at Camp David in 2000, but Arafat rejected the deal and made no counter-offer. Instead, he left the bargaining table and within days launched the Second Intifada.
All Israel's efforts to make peace with the Palestinians have accomplished nothing other than to weaken Israel's security and, probably, to leave the Palestinian people even more miserable. It would be best to put an end to them.
But Obama presumably believes none of this. So why is he sabotaging the peace talks? Is it mere incompetence, or worse, is he trying to make Israel look bad so he can cut off American support?


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New York Magazine interviewed Nate Silver about the launch of his new data-driven journalism enterprise FiveThirtyEight.
So if you all are the foxes, who's a hedgehog?
Uhhhh, you know … the op-ed columnists at the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal are probably the most hedgehoglike people. They don't permit a lot of complexity in their thinking. They pull threads together from very weak evidence and draw grand conclusions based on them. They're ironically very predictable from week to week. If you know the subject that Thomas Friedman or whatever is writing about, you don't have to read the column. You can kind of auto-script it, basically.
It's people who have very strong ideological priors, is the fancy way to put it, that are governing their thinking. They're not really evaluating the data as it comes in, not doing a lot of [original] thinking. They're just spitting out the same column every week and using a different subject matter to do the same thing over and over.
It's ridiculous to me that they undermine every value that these organizations have in their newsrooms. It's strange. I know it's cheaper to fund an op-ed columnist than a team of reporters, but I think it confuses the mission of what these great journalistic brands are about.
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NEW YORK — Brisk and radiating eagerness Monday morning, a new team of hosts took its place on CBS' "The Early Show."
The new lineup consists of former Saturday "Early Show" anchors Chris Wragge and Erica Hill, and weathercaster Marysol Castro, formerly of ABC's "Good Morning America" weekend edition. CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor is the news reader.
Hill greeted viewers by expressing hope that their New Year's resolutions will include watching "The Early Show" every morning, "because we're enjoying this new job we've got here."
Despite those new faces, many "Early Show" viewers may have found the program second-nature with its look and its content. Segments included an "exclusive" interview with Michael Lohan, father of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan; a chat about national job prospects in 2011; tips for fighting the flu and post-holiday blues; and, of course, recipes for losing weight.
In a taped feature, Castro joined the Polar Bear Club on New Year's Day for its annual swim off Brooklyn's Coney Island. Her dip lasted 5 seconds in the 33-degree water.
"My little bunions are still frostbit," she told her panel-mates in a follow up assessment.
There was also a gee-whiz report on the team's recent cross-country promotional trip. (Highlights: an appearance on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" and a bite at an L.A. In-N-Out Burger.)
"This trip provided memories that will last a lifetime," Glor said.
In November, CBS abruptly announced a complete makeover as its latest attempt to freshen the show. Veteran anchor Harry Smith made his final appearance last Friday.
"The Early Show" consistently trails its breakfast-hour rivals, ratings champ "Today" on NBC and "Good Morning America."


text: The Fourth Amendment may not be on its last legs, but to many observers, it's in a fight for its life. One battleground is the third-party-records doctrine, which says you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in (and thus no Fourth-Amendment protection for) information you voluntarily provide to a third party. This makes sense in the abstract, and it may have made sense 50 years ago, but it can devolve into utter nonsense when applied to modern-day things like email or the 24/7 location data emanating from your cell phone. This plain-English story looks at these issues and asks whether the Fourth Amendment protects us at all if it doesn't apply to the new ways in which real people must live in the real world.


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When junior enlisted members in grades E-1 through E-4 were asked to describe their personal financial situation in the anonymous survey, 3 percent said they are "in over my head" or "having difficulty making ends meet," he reported, citing the yet-to-be-published results.
"Those levels have been declining over the years," he said, from a high of 5 percent in 2002.
Another survey question asked servicemembers if they or their spouse had missed a rent or mortgage payment during the past 12 months. Again, the number responding yes was 3 percent, down from 4 percent in 2007.
"I was very surprised," said Army Col. Shawn Shumake, a legal advisor in the Pentagon's personnel and readiness office. "If they'd been like anyone else [in the general public], you would have expected it to go up 50 percent."
He cited record-high foreclosure rates nationwide, with reports that the number of households receiving foreclosure notices is up 50 percent or more over past year.
Julian said there's no question that soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines feel the pinch of spiraling gas, grocery and other prices. "The things that affect the general public are the things that affect our military, as well," he said. "But they do have some stopgaps in place to help them, more so than the average citizen."
Because servicemembers have secure full-time jobs, commissary and post exchange privileges, free medical care and cash for housing if the military doesn't provide it, they're less likely to be as financially stressed as some of their civilian counterparts, he said. In addition, troops on deployments benefit financially from tax-free earnings in combat zones, hazardous duty pay, and if they're married, family separation pay.
Another big factor is the fact that three-quarters of troops who live off base rent their homes, so they're not as hard-hit by the depressed housing market, Julian said.
They have been affected, however, when they've had to scurry to find local housing when their landlord's lender repossessed the property they were renting, officials said. Until recently, servicemembers stuck in these situations had to pay for the move themselves.
No more. A new change to the Joint Federal Travel Regulation authorizes the military to pay for local moves when a landlord defaults. Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy and chairman of the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee, approved the change Aug. 8, Eileen Lainez, a Defense Department spokeswoman, said. The change is retroactive to July 30.
One segment of the military population likely to be hardest hit by the housing downturn is the 25 percent of servicemembers who own their homes, Shumake said. "If people bought high in 2005 and have to move now, they may be caught with negative equity in their house because the value has started to fall," he said.
If individuals are unable to sell their houses for what they owe and can't get enough in rent to cover the mortgage, they're likely to feel the pinch, he conceded. That's especially true if they're reassigned from a high-cost housing area to a lower-cost one where their housing allowance is reduced, sometimes by more than half.
A provision in the Joint Federal Travel Regulation offers a protection Shumake said many servicemembers don't know about: They can elect to leave their family at their old duty stations as they move to a lower-cost area and continue to draw their housing allowance at the higher rate where their family lives.
It's not an ideal circumstance, Shumake conceded, but could be a lifesaver to some families facing a financial crisis.
Julian and Shumake pointed to the broad array of services available to help servicemembers and their families avoid financial crisis and get help when they encounter one. Personal financial counselors and legal assistance staffs provide free services and can steer troops in financial difficulty to the help they need, they said.
"We have resources available, and encourage members to take advantage of the financial services and counseling available through their installation," Julian said.
Julian's office is putting together a financial road show — technically "financial readiness challenge events" — to take that message directly to the troops. The program, expected to kick off by October, will bring financial experts to military bases, where they will present a full day of seminars and one-on-one sessions to help servicemembers better manage their personal finances. Each session will be tailored to specific installation's needs, based on input from commanders and senior enlisted leaders, Julian said.
Meanwhile, troops not comfortable with the idea of a personal meeting can take advantage of financial counseling over the telephone through Military One Source, he said. The program, in place about six months, enables callers to talk about their personal financial situation with a trained counselor who can offer advice and help. That service is provided by calling toll-free 800-342-9647.
Ultimately, servicemembers' financial readiness boils down to a military readiness issue, Julian said. Worrying about whether they are going to be able to pay their bills or are about to lose their homes distracts troops from concentrating on the mission and can put them and their buddies at risk, he said.
"We want to keep our men and women overseas, especially the ones in harm's way, concentrating on the mission at hand and the important tasks they have to accomplish, rather than their financial situation at home," he said.
"They're not going to be keeping their eye on the target if they're worried about stuff back home," Shumake agreed.
Helping servicemembers get a handle on their finances reduces stress on the entire family, and that, in turn also helps readiness, Julian said.
"We look at the family and the servicemember as a team," he said. "So this is really a matter of allowing the servicemember to focus on his job, and allowing the spouse and the family to focus on their job so together, we can accomplish the mission."


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Damascus, SANA – Presidential Political and Media Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban stressed the need for establishing specialized research centers with the aim of launching a modern Arab developmental, intellectual project in light of the recent events which took place during the past few years.
Shaaban attended the signing ceremony of the 2nd edition of her book: "Edge of the Abyss.. Homeland Document" as part of the 29th Book Fair's activities at al-Assad National Library in Damascus.
She underlined the importance of a transparent re-reading of the events to which Syria has passed through.
Shaaban noted that the Book Fair's main objective is to focus on reading due to its key role in strengthening culture and improving thinking skills to face the conspiracy and begin the reconstruction process of the country.
"Edge of the Abyss.. Homeland Document" book is published by Bisan publishing House in Lebanon and it is available in Arabic and English. It includes 349 pages and consists of 10 chapters and two appendices on the Syrian-US relations following October Liberation War. It also tackles the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War.


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Basketball is back.
That's right, and we're not talking about 8am NBA live streaming from the other side of the world. It's time to catch live basketball in your backyard, featuring China's best ballers and foreign players (imports) who still have the juice to compete at a high level.
For those unfamiliar with the Chinese association, there are 20 teams split up into two divisions – North and South – that compete for 12 playoff spots. Aside from Chinese talent, each team is allowed to sign two foreign players to bolster their respective squads. Thanks to CBA franchises' deep wallets (relative to other non-NBA leagues), the league has attracted quite a few NBA stars in the twilight of their careers, including Tracy McGrady, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Metta World Peace and more.
READ MORE: 5 Top NBA Stars to Ball Out in the CBA
In China, the professional basketball league lasts only six to seven months, making it more enticing for players past their NBA prime. However, the league still has a long way to go to sway big talent (and brands) from their American counterpart. In 2018, former Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade was reportedly offered USD25 million over three years to play for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, but the shooting guard ended up turning down the deal. (Wade is still invested in the Chinese market, as he is currently in a lifetime contract with Chinese apparel company Li-Ning and launched his own wine label in the PRC.)
This past offseason has been one to remember for the CBA. Back in June, former NBA all-star and CBA champion Stephon Marbury was named the head coach of the Beijing Royal Fighters.
Marbury out of the jersey and into the suit. Image via @杨健/Weibo
Marbury enjoyed plenty of success with the Beijing Ducks and now looks to start a new chapter in his China life. CBA fans lit up in August when Jeremy 'Linsanity' Lin announced via Instagram that he was signing with the Beijing Ducks for this upcoming season.
Lin warming up before the Duck's game against Tianjin. Image via @天津财经大学/Weibo
The former New York Knicks phenom played last season on the NBA champion Toronto Raptors. It'll be interesting to see what Lin can accomplish in the CBA as he looks to show the NBA that they gave up on the guard too soon. Former NBA all-star forward Amare Stoudemire and guard Lance Stephenson have also joined the fray, signing with the Fujian Sturgeons and Liaoning Flying Leopards, respectively.
This year, the CBA officially tipped off on Friday, November 1, with the defending champs, Guangdong Southern Tigers, defeating a formidable foe in the Liaoning Flying Leopards.
Below, we give you the lowdown on your local squad:
Local Teams:
Shanghai Sharks
Founded in 1996, Shanghai's only CBA team, the Shanghai Sharks, are likely best known for assisting in the player development of NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming from 1997-2002. The national icon is currently the CBA president.
The Sharks look to improve this season after finishing 12th last year, securing the last playoff seed which resulted in a 2-0 series sweep against the Beijing Ducks in the first round of the playoffs. After an organization overhaul including new ownership, a new head coach and two fresh foreign players in Donatas Motiejunas and James Nunnally, the Sharks are aiming for a top eight seed. But, they will have to make do without their top playmaker from last season, as Jimmer Fredette inked a two-year deal with NBA's Phoenix Suns in the offseason. (The BYU star now plays ball in the EuroLeague, go figure.)
Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Beijing Ducks
Having previously won the Mou Zouyun championship trophy on three separate occasions, the Beijing Ducks have new fire (and star) power in former NBA player Jeremy Lin. He has already been referred to as "the face of the Chinese Basketball Association" prior to his first CBA regular season start. Named after the juiciest meat in all the land, the ducks were knocked out in the quarterfinals last year, after losing to the Shenzhen Aviators in a 3-2 series. Will they make a leap forward this season? They will if Lin has anything to say about it.
Cadillac Arena. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Beijing Royal Fighters
Founded 10 years ago, the Beijing Royal Fighters (formerly named the Fly Dragons) moved from Guangzhou to Chongqing before settling in the nation's capital. The team finished dead last in the CBA in 2018-19, winning an abysmal eight games in the 46-game season. But, there's excitement growing around this team, after the Royal Fighters signed former player Stephon Marbury as head coach of the squad in June. The team also added savvy point guard Kyle Fogg, who was previously the floor general for the Guangzhou Loong-Lions. With these two leading the Royal Fighters, the team looks to make a big push this season.
Beijing National Indoor Stadium. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Guangzhou Loong-Lions
Having gone through multiple city and name changes, the Guangzhou Loong-Lions appear to have found their permanent home in Canton. The squad takes on opponents at Tianhe Gymnasium, just a stone's throw from the Tianhe Stadium that hosts Guangzhou Evergrande, considered the top football club in China. Last year, the team teetered on the edge of the playoff race, but seemed to fall apart late in the season to miss out on the postseason. The team saw star point guard Kyle Fogg leave for Beijing during the offseason, and signed two new players – Andrew Nicholson and Keifer Sykes – to revamp a lineup that looks to get back to the playoffs this season.
Tianhe Gymnasium. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Guangdong Southern Tigers
Defending champion Guangdong Southern Tigers have made the CBA playoffs every year since the league launched in 1995. They play their home games at Dongguan Basketball Center but are known to spread the love by playing local games in Zhongshan and Zhuhai, among other cities, to build the team's brand. Last year, the Dongguan squad swept the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the CBA finals, securing their ninth CBA title.
Dongguan Basketball Center. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Shenzhen Aviators
Founded in Dongguan, this franchise took a family trip to Shenzhen and never went back. Hitting the hardwood at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, the Aviators (formerly named Leopards) made it to the semifinals last season, losing to the Guangdong Southern Tigers who went on to win the championship. This year, the seaside squad look to make their first-ever finals appearance with support from former NBA players Pierre Jackson and Shabazz Muhammad.
Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. English schedule (VPN required). Tickets.
Tianjin Gold Lions
Situated in the Northern Division, the Tianjin Gold Lions face fierce competition, with Liaoning, Beijing and Shanghai all looking like playoff contenders this season. During the offseason, the Golden Lions added Montenegrin forward Marko Toforovic and American-born point guard Chasson Randle. Tianjin will need major contributions from these two players to enjoy any success this season.
Tianjin Arena. English schedule (VPN off). Tickets.
Notable Teams:
Liaoning Flying Leopards
The squad in Liaoning has been on an absolute tear in recent years, taking home the crown two seasons ago while getting knocked out by Xinjiang in last year's semifinals. Led by newly acquired former NBA defensive stalwart Lance Stephenson and another NBA journeyman in Brandon Bass, this team can do some severe damage both inside and out of the paint. After missing the finals last year, the Flying Leopards have retooled and look poised to make another deep playoff run.
Bayi Rockets
Founded in 1955, the Bayi Rockets are, by leaps and bounds, the most historic team in Chinese basketball history. The team's founding members served in the esteemed People's Liberation Army, which was founded on August 8 (Bayi means 8/1 in Chinese). The Bayi Rockets host opponents in Ningbo's Youngor Arena, where they completely dominated the CBA in the '90s, winning the first six titles since the league launched in 1995. However, without any foreign player support, Bayi has struggled to maintain their dominance in recent years, finishing near the bottom of the standings in consecutive seasons. The team has failed to make it to the playoffs since 2010, coincidentally around the time more foreign basketballers started traveling overseas to extend their playing careers.
For more Chinese basketball coverage, click here.
[Cover via @CBA联赛/Weibo]


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Working in 3D can be a time-consuming process. But new tool Meshfusion (opens in new tab), from visual effects software developer The Foundry (opens in new tab), looks set to significantly lower production times.
Created exclusively for modelling, animation, sculpting, effects and rendering tool Modo (opens in new tab), MeshFusion adds the ability to interactively blend, add and subtract objects to create high quality subdivision surface (SDS) models quickly and effectively. Simply put, users can select two objects, bring them together in Modo and have the shape they want in minutes.
"MeshFusion opens up a world of creative possibilities for users," says Shane Griffith, Modo product marketing manager. "It removes the challenge of complex and frustrating boolean operations and makes the process of producing high quality models consistent and accurate. Model creation that would previously take days can now be completed in just hours, with precision and control."
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What's fascinating about the human condition is that we are inextricably linked to the cycles of our planet.
Nowhere is this more apparent than with the circadian rhythms of our body, which follow a 24-hour cycle and entail an internal circadian clock that regulates our behavior.
This cycle is in alignment with the 24-hour day, which is a function of the earth spinning on its axis. The changes we experience on a micro level are thus dependent upon the earth's relation to the sun.
Thus, when the sun disappears temporarily from the horizon, and darkness descends, our bodies know to enter sleep mode – in which a particular array of reactions take place. These reactions prepare us for the imminent return of the sun's nourishing light the following day.
How Long is a Sleep Cycle?
In particular, most people experience 5 sleep cycles throughout the night of around 90 minutes each.
Within each cycle, people experience both REM sleep and Non-REM sleep, which is distinguished by the frequency of brain waves and eye movement. Both stages of sleep are critical for cleansing and rejuvenating our bodies. Even further, these cycles build off each other throughout the night.
Initially, try going to bed as early as possible and then setting your alarm for as late as possible.
This will give you sufficient time to wake up by your body's internal clock. Eventually, you will figure out the ideal time to go to bed and wake up, and this sleep cycle calculator will serve you indefinitely.
In the rest of this article, we will discuss 4 more tips for maximizing your sleep cycle to ensure an optimally functioning body.
Don't Use an Alarm Clock
Our body has a natural alarm clock which is more finetuned for our health than store-bought varieties. It will tell us when we need to wake and sleep.
Abiding by the arbitrary limits of when we must wake for work, or take care of our children, for example, will disturb our natural circadian clock and interfere with the various stages of sleep.
Don't Use Blinds
Blinds will allow you to ignore the natural cycles of the sun, which are important for regulating melatonin production, which is a hormone that regulates our circadian rhythms.
Once it starts getting dark, you should already be getting tired, and once the sun comes up, its best to start your morning routine. When you keep blinds off your window, you will prevent yourself from sleeping in well into the day and disturbing your circadian rhythm.
Engage in Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent Fasting is really just a fancy word for eating within a narrow range of hours each day. This usually means spending most of the night and morning not eating, which is ideal to support the body's natural cycles.
During your sleeptime, the body is engaging in a massive project of integrating what occurred during the day, and part of this means getting rid of old, unnecessary cellular structures in a process called autophagy.
By overwhelming your digestive system during the night, you put an extra burden on your body and make these efforts less efficient.
Meditate Before Bed
Due to the hectic nature of our days, many of us carry our anxieties into the night. Thus, by the time we go to bed, we are still often reflecting and problem-solving. Our mind can become disconnected from the wisdom of our bodies, which is perhaps desirable during the day in order to be creative.
But, at night, we want to realign our mind with our body, and this means slowing down our thoughts, breathing, and prepping for the internal journey of dreaming and sleeping.
Try lighting some incense, playing some low-volume, ambient music, and focusing on your breathing for 30 minutes before you go to bed.
This will help disconnect you from the day, which is crucial for allowing our sleep cycles to run their course. Sleeping requires harnessing all of the body's energy, which is difficult if some of this energy is still being used for excessive ideation and worrying.
Our Final Thoughts on How to Maximize Your Sleep Cycles
We think one of the biggest problems with modern theories of sleeping is that they overemphasize quantity of sleep over quality.
It's most important that you experience all parts of your sleep cycle, ranging from light sleep to slow-wave deep sleep all the way to REM dream sleep.
If you follow some of the tips provided here, you will be able to better access your bodies circadian rhythm. You will wake up feeling more refreshed and energized.
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The so-called "Tridentine Latin Mass" was the typical form of the Holy Mass as celebrated before and during the Ecumenical Council of Trent (1545-1563). In order to safeguard the orthodox faith, especially the doctrine of Christ's Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament as well as the fact that the Holy Mass is the re-enactment of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, Pope St. Pius V authorized and mandated the use of the publication of the Missale Romanum in 1570, thus binding the Western Church to the full utilization of this edition with Latin being the language in which the Mass was celebrated.
1963: The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council (1962-1965). Liturgical reconfiguration and simplification was ensued.
3rd October 1984: From Pope John Paul II's motu proprio Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei "To all those Catholic faithful who feel attached to some previous liturgical and disciplinary forms of the Latin tradition I wish to manifest my will to facilitate their ecclesial communion by means of the necessary measures to guarantee respect for
their rightful aspirations. In this matter I ask for the support of the bishops and of all those engaged in the pastoral ministry in the Church…moreover, respect must everywhere be shown for the feelings of all those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition, by a wide and generous application of the directives already issued some time ago by the Apostolic See for the use of the Roman Missal according to the typical edition of 1962 (#5 & 6)." Since then, upon approval by the local ordinary of respective dioceses, the Tridentine Latin Mass has been celebrated in various counties like the United States, France, Germany, Canada, and the Philippines.
9th April 2001: Acting on the directives issued in the above mentioned Apostolic Letter, the late John Baptist Cardinal Wu of the Diocese of Hong Kong responded to the petition of the faithful and granted the permission to offer the Tridentine Latin Mass on an annual experimental basis. A priest would be appointed to offer the Holy Mass once every other Saturday, 3:00pm, at the Christ the King Chapel located inside the Cheung Sha Wan Catholic English Secondary School. The first Holy Mass was scheduled for 21st April 2001.
5th May 2001: An after-Mass tea-gathering session was added so as to allow the faithful to share their experience and to grow in fellowship.
August 2001: The applicant (coordinator), Mr. Cyril Law, Jr., departed for studies in the United States and (Br.) Carlos Cheung took over as the new coordinator.
April 2002: The Diocese of Hong Kong granted the extension of the Tridentine Latin Mass for another year on an experimental basis.
April 2003: The Diocese of Hong Kong granted the extension of the Tridentine Latin Mass for another year on an experimental basis.
27th December 2003: Bishop Joseph Zen, SDB of the Diocese of Hong Kong accepted the invitation to offer the Tridentine Latin Mass in celebration of the community's 3rd anniversary. Bishop Zen also consecrated a new altar on the same occasion.
March 2004: The Diocese of Hong Kong granted the extension of the Tridentine Latin Mass for another year on an experimental basis.
April 2004: (Br.) Carlos Cheung was sent to overseas missions by his religious order. Mr. Augustine Chow took over the responsibility as coordinator with (Br.) Carlos Cheung being the advisor.
August 2005: The Diocese of Hong Kong granted the extension of the Tridentine Latin Mass for another two years on an experimental basis.
August 2005: Br. Carlos Cheung, SDB and Mr. Cyril Law, Jr. returned Hong Kong. Mr. Law resumed duty as coordinator of the Tridentine Latin Mass Community.
May 2006: Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB granted permission for the Tridentine Latin Mass to be celebrated as an anticipated Sunday Mass.


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This past weekend's Wimbledon final between five-time champion Roger Federer and main rival Rafael Nadal was an all-time classic even before it finished. From Nadal overcoming a huge deficit in the second set to take a 2-0 lead, to Federer fighting off two championship points in the fourth in an epic tiebreak, to both players refusing to be broken in the fifth as night descended upon the stadium, it was a match for the ages.
With so many tennis lovers pumped up after that intense match, many of them will turn to videogames to let off that extra steam in the digital realm, or to replay their favorite moments from Wimbledon. 2K Sports has recently released Top Spin 3, and the next-gen versions of the game feature crisp visuals, smooth, lifelike animation routines, and a host of real-life players including cover athletes Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, and Andy Roddick.
Nadal Plays Hard to Get
Taking a cue from the recent trend in bringing legendary athletes to sports games, Top Spin 3 also brings you players like Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, and Monica Seles. What really separates the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions from one another is that Wimbledon winner Rafael Nadal is only available as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. If you're able to secure the rights to (arguably) the best player in the world, why not include him in all versions? We're sure that money was involved somewhere here, and wrapping up some sort of exclusivity is part of the cutthroat console wars these days, but it's the gamers who play Top Spin 3 on a non-Sony platform who are the only losers.
Top Spin 3 features a nice variety of different venues to choose from, including the U.S. Open, the Sony Ericsson Open, and venues in London, Australia, Dubai, and pretty much anywhere you can stick a pin on a map. The courts themselves look great, with realistic crowds and plenty of unique details that set them apart from each other. The Atlanta court, for instance, is set in a track and field course, and you can watch joggers running laps before the game begins. The drawback to all this lovely detail is that the game will stutter and get quite choppy as the camera pans around. There are other minor frame-rate issues during gameplay, but none quite as noticeable as when a court is first being displayed.
If you've been playing tennis videogames over the years, Top Spin 3 will take some serious getting used to. The primary reason for this is the new system for setting up your swing. Instead of simply pressing a button to smack the ball back across the court, you have to hold down a button to prepare your shot and then release it to begin your swing. Timing here is crucial. Release too early and you'll whiff; release too late and you'll watch the ball fly past you. The ideal time to begin your swing tends to be when the ball takes its first bounce on the court.


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HAMPTON, NH – Division rivals meet once again this weekend as the Seacoast United Phantoms travel north to face GPS Portland Phoenix at Yarmouth High School (Yarmouth ME) on Saturday afternoon for a 7pm kickoff.
Both teams are coming off victories against the same opponent after last weekend's matches. GPS hosted Westchester Flames on Saturday and defeated the NY side by the score of 2-0. The Phantoms then hosted the Flames on Sunday, winning by the score of 3-2. Goals were scored in the first half by Errol Reid, Junior Alencar, and Trent Lougheed provided the game winner late in the 2nd half.
Phoenix striker Fletcher Eckern has scored 3 goals on the season to lead the offense, with Ifunanyachi Achara, Guilherme Da Silva Leme, and Skyler Milne each scoring 2 goals.
Currently the Phantoms (4-2-1, 13 points) and Phoenix (4-2-0, 12 points) sit in 2nd and 3rd place in the division, as Western MA Pioneers (4-1-3) sits at the top with 15 points.
About Seacoast United Phantoms
The Seacoast United Phantoms compete in the Premier Development League (PDL), with a roster consisting of collegiate, post-collegiate, and international players looking to further their development during the summer months. For more information on the Seacoast United Phantoms, please visit www.seacoastunited.com/phantoms.


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LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said Brussels and Brexit-blocking MPs were guilty of a "terrible collaboration" that would force Britain towards a no-deal exit from the EU. He accused the European Union of taking an uncompromising position towards London because it believes Brexit can be stopped in the British parliament.
Taking questions from the public live on Facebook-a first for a British PM-Johnson said Brussels needed to compromise to avoid the UK leaving the EU without a deal on October 31. It came after former finance minister Philip Hammond slammed Johnson's "wrecking" approach to negotiations, saying the new PM had set Brussels an impossibly high bar to meet, in demanding the complete removal of its fallback provisions.
"There's a terrible collaboration going on between people who think they can block Brexit in parliament and our European friends," Johnson said. "They are not compromising at all on the withdrawal agreement… because they still think that Brexit can be blocked in parliament," he said. "The awful thing is that the longer that goes on, the more likely it is, of course, that we will be forced to leave with a no-deal Brexit."
The British parliament three times rejected the divorce deal negotiated between Brussels and Johnson's predecessor Theresa May. Many MPs were troubled by the "backstop"-a mechanism that would keep the UK in EU customs arrangements to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland. Johnson said he did not want a no-deal Brexit but Brussels had to give ground in order to avoid it. "The more they think there's a chance Brexit can be blocked in parliament, the more adamant they are in sticking to their position," he said.
No-deal 'betrayal': Hammond
Earlier, Hammond said a no-deal Brexit would betray Britain's 2016 decision to leave the EU. Hammond, who quit as chancellor just hours before Johnson took over from May on July 24, said there was no popular or parliamentary mandate for a no-deal Brexit, saying most people wanted an orderly exit from the EU. "No-deal would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. It must not happen," he wrote in The Times newspaper.
He said it could turn Britain into "a diminished and inward-looking little England". Hammond said the shift of position from seeking changes to the backstop to demanding its complete removal "is a pivot from a tough negotiating stance to a wrecking one". "This is a demand the EU cannot, and will not, accede to," he wrote. "It's time for our government to demonstrate its commitment to a genuine negotiation with the EU to achieve a deal."
Hammond said a no-deal Brexit would risk breaking up of the United Kingdom. He also warned that if parliament wanted to go down a particular route to prevent a no-deal Brexit, the means would emerge to allow that to happen. John Bercow, the speaker of parliament's lower House of Commons, warned separately he would "fight… with every bone in my body" against any attempt by Johnson to suspend parliament to force through no-deal against MPs' wishes. The Commons "must have its way", he told an audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, according to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.- AFP


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when your friendship is based on dead babies and vodka there is a delicate balance. lesson learned. for what its worth, you are still my number one.
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2:10 I've actually heard of jerking it as crankig out some knuckle babies, in reference to sperm, so fuck yourself. Amazing
This guy is definately a US marine, relationships actually are based on dead babies... Semper Devil.
Fucking lame
In Soviet Russia, vodka is number one, you are my number TWO!
I know no one is gonna get it so before you go all crazy there talking about sperm not literally dead babies. So everyone calm the fuck down
I'm pretty sure they're talking about dead baby jokes.
Well this sounds exactly like what I did to my ex last night I told her I dont want her in my life...I told her we were done. She was pregnant had miscariage, and she was at a party yet I still kno she loves me.
You're fucked up and this is NOT funny
Fuck the Russia guy before he say something dumb
Haha ruining themselves with fire water? HAHA
this is fucking hilarious... they got wasted had a one night stand and an abortion... and are still able to joke around im ordering the shirt
who would post such a disgusting thing? this person clearly does not respect the gift of life ands is ruining themselves with fire water !!!!
How many dead babies does it take to make a roof?
It depends on how thin you cut them lol
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1:14 that's the dumbest thing I've read in a long time! Since it takes sperm and an egg to make a baby why would anyone refer to sperm as dead babies? Amazing
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Front-loaders use less water, have longer cycles than traditional top loaders, and most heat their own water.
On this page
Wash Routine overview
- Rinse soiling
- Pre Wash Cycle (30 – 60 minutes)
- Main Wash Cycle (2.5 – 3.5 hours)
- Dry
Rinse soiling, night nappies and dry pail.
Pre wash cycle with detergent, within 1-2 days in 40-60°C water
Choose a short wash cycle (not just rinse and spin), 40-60°C, ideally around 30 to 60 minutes in length (eg. Quick Wash).
If you are using night nappies either run a daily 60°C pre wash cycle that lasts at least an hour, or hand wash night nappy in hot water with a small amount of laundry detergent, spin in the washing machine and dry pail until pre wash.
Our Washing Machine index lists pre and main wash cycles to use for 54 different washing machines.
Run a pre wash cycle within 48 hours. Running a daily pre wash cycle with detergent reduces the likelihood of ammonia development and reduces smells in the laundry significantly.
Loading does not matter for the pre wash cycle, only for the main wash cycle.
Use the quantity of detergent and water temperature listed in the Detergent Index (usually half the amount listed on the packaging for heavily soiled items), use the highest spin speed and automatic rinse setting.
Nappies do not need to dry between pre wash and main wash. Dry pail the pre washed nappies in your dry pail. If mould is or becomes an issue, hang over the side of the dry pail to dry out, then pail.
The benefits of a seperate pre wash cycle
A separate pre wash cycle removes excess soiling from nappies, so that the main wash is done in clean water which produces best results.
Most 'prewash' functions on the washing machine don't do a rinse and spin following the agitation part of the cycle, or remove the dirty water before the main wash. If the machine has a separate detergent compartment for prewash, agitates, removes the prewash water, rinses and spins, then try this function in addition to the main wash cycle, instead of a separate prewash cycle. If smells, stains or other issues occur, revert to a separate pre wash cycle.
See Wash Routine Basics for more information.
Main wash cycle with detergent, within 2-3 days in 40-60°C water
Choose a long cycle, between 2.5-3.5hrs (eg. Cottons or Heavy Duty).
Use the quantity of detergent and water temperature listed in the Detergent Index, choose spin speed and automatic rinse settings.
See Hot vs Cold water for more info on why hot water works better.
On the line, clothes airer, clothes dryer or a combination. If drying shells or All In One nappies allow them to cool in the dryer before stretching the elastics.
When line drying avoid putting shells in direct sunlight as UV damages PUL.
Correct Machine Loading
Load the machine for the main wash cycle between 2/3- 3/4 full wet for ideal agitation. This equals to be loosely full dry.
To increase the quantity in the machine, small items that are ideally light in colour to prevent colour run, can be added to the main wash cycle. Large items such as towels will wrap around the nappies preventing them from being washed.
Sufficient surface area and friction, along with detergent and water remove soiling. Correct machine loading for the main wash is important because the surface area influences the amount of friction that occurs. Too little in the machine results in inadequate surface area and excess suds, the surfaces of the items don't hit each other, therefore not enough friction occurs to remove soiling.
Too much in the machine and the items don't move around freely, again the surfaces don't hit each other, therefore soiling isn't removed.
See Excess suds in Front Loaders for more information on preventing excess suds. Having excess suds in pre wash is fine, but excess suds in main wash is not, as they prevent agitation.
Perfect Loading
This video is an example of what level of laundry loading will provide sufficient friction to remove soiling. As the cycle continues, the laundry in the machine will compress, and suds will increase with agitation over time. Check the loading approximately a third of the way into the cycle to see if loading is accurate.
Perfect loading in slow motion
Underloaded machine and excessive suds
There isn't enough in the machine to provide sufficient friction to remove soiling. As the cycle continues, the laundry in the machine will further compress, and suds will further increase with agitation over time. Excess suds cushion and prevent friction, which further prevents the removal of soiling.
Overloaded machine
There is too much in the machine, there is not enough space for the items to move around to create sufficient friction for soiling removal. There are items that are getting pushed into the door seal and get periodically stuck, that is a sign there is too much in the machine. The items in the center are not making their way out, they remain in the center. There isn't a sufficient level of suds in the cycle.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Additional information to support our advice. Think of this as an "extra for experts" section.
Should I extend my main wash time by pressing the prewash or eco button?
No, adding time through the pre wash or extra rinses does not add time to the main wash phase. Eco washes usually reduce the wash temperature or change the agitation or rinsing pattern which typically doesn't benefit your cleaning power.
Should I add extra rinses to extend the wash time?
No, adding an extra rinse doesn't clean the items more – cleaning happens in the 'wash/agitation' phase of the wash cycle.


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Since hearing that first gobble on a cool spring morning decades ago, I have been passionate in my pursuit of the wild turkey. In 2011 this passion gave birth to a mission to create some of the highest performing, authentic sounding turkey mouth calls in the woods.
Through trial and error I have carefully chosen reed combinations, cuts and tensions. Reeds are hand-stretched and measured with a gauge to insure the optimum tension for each call style is achieved. This method is used to construct calls that are added to the lineup only after meeting the highest standards set by me and a Pro Staff of experienced turkey hunters.
The result is a call you can trust to provide excellent performance in the field. It's what I strive for and what you should expect. When you purchase a Strut Buster diaphragm call, you are holding a product that has been personally made by me, by hand, one call at a time and it is my hope that they will greatly contribute to your success in the turkey woods. Add them to your arsenal in your quest for those tough old toms and Answer the Call with confidence this spring with Strut Buster custom diaphragm calls!


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My desk project aka my Strands of Drunken Watermelon socks have grown slightly.
My progress keeper really does help me with observe the slightly more than glacial progress on these socks. I'm getting my head around reading this knitting and easily finding my place as I pick this up and put it down. As for the yarn, this yarn doesn't disappoint. But Miss Babs rarely disappoints!!
Happy Knitting!


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I used to get mad. Then someone told me that animals get mad, but humans get angry. And now IT users get Web rage.
They're on the warpath again, these enraged knowledge workers, smashing their keyboards and in some cases physically assaulting their neighbours. I am advocating an end to
the carnage and calling for a kinder, gentler enterprise technology environment. I won't sink to their abusive level, but I'm prepared to channel my own aggressive energy into combating this cycle of violence. That's right: this is a throwdown.
My incentive comes from a recently released study of Web rage by a U.K.-based polling firm called Market & Opinion Research International. More than half of the Internet users who took part in the survey said they experienced Net-related frustration on a weekly basis, and one out of 10 users said they deal with it daily.
This is by no means the first study of its kind. Frustration with technology has been a regular source of fodder for the lifestyle section of daily newspapers since PCs entered the mainstream. Usually these stories are given headlines like ""Rage Against the Machine,"" and they document the sob stories of disgruntled IT neophytes who haven't yet learned how to print. They talk about hollering at the PC as though it were an incompetent servant, and dream of throwing the monitor through their living-room window.
It's worse in the workplace. We've all seen people seethe at their inability to perform what seemed like simple computing tasks, forcing us to drop our duties to become a sort of on-the-spot counselling service. Yesterday I got a phone call from a co-worker who was crying because her PC crashed after she had spent more than an hour writing an important document in a browser. You can offer advice (such as: never write an important document in a browser) but usually not at the time, because you're forced to cope with the emotional crisis.
It is obviously upsetting to lose work or to be impaired from conducting your business, but the Market & Opinion Research study suggests the rage is escalating. Seven per cent of respondents said they hit their equipment. Four per cent pound on their desks, while two per cent said they've actually hit the person who sits next to them. All this because, most respondents said, a Web page didn't load fast enough.
Web rage followed fast on the heels of road rage, and the analogy is clear. Like car owners, Web surfers deal with traffic, but unlike someone stuck on a highway, you get stuck and have no idea when you'll be free. That's why you take it out on the hardware. The Market & Opinion Research results closely match that of a study conducted two years ago by Roper Starch Worldwide, which said it takes only 12 minutes of fruitless searching before Web rage is unleashed.
Maybe we all occasionally get fed up with our IT systems, but calling it Web rage is too easy. There was a time during the mid-'90s when the volume of confessional memoirs and talk show diatribes created a ""victim"" culture. This emphasis has since shifted to a culture in which a few people can now get away with what is actually a run of the mill temper tantrum. The numbers indicate as much. The two per cent of Web rage ""victims"" who hit people, for example, do not indicate a large mass of clinically unbalanced IT users. They are employees who deserve a reprimand, not a diagnosis.
There are many things the industry needs to do to make technology easier to use, and there is certainly a gap between how some IT experts view ""simplicity"" compared to the average corporate customer. That's not an excuse for unprofessional conduct, for which the use of ""Web rage"" makes too many allowances. Before they lash out again, someone needs to tell the Web ragers to get a grip on themselves.