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Aspartame poses 'no toxicity' concerns at current levels – EFSA
EFSA launched a review of the latest scientific evidence on the artificial sweetener in November 2011 because the European Commission said new scientific evidence had come to light.
Despite numerous global studies ruling that aspartame is safe, it has been plagued by health concerns since it was first approved in the US in 1974.
The high intensity sweetener is found in many low-calorie food and drink products.
In launching the public consultation, EFSA stated: "EFSA's Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) has launched an open consultation on a draft opinion on the re-evaluation of aspartame (E951). This document is the first full evaluation of aspartame that has been requested of EFSA.
Safety concerns
"The ANS Panel has taken all available information including new human safety data into consideration, and the draft opinion addresses the potential safety concerns related to toxicity, carcinogenicity and genotoxicity, as well as possible reproductive and developmental effects related to aspartame and its metabolites and breakdown products."
Its experts ruled that aspartame poses no concern for consumers at current exposure levels – a statement that will be warmly welcomed by food and drink firms which have repeatedly asserted that aspartame is safe.
Its conclusion to the draft statement added: "The panel concluded from the present assessment of aspartame that there were no safety concerns at the current ADI (acceptable daily intake) of 40mg/kg(by weight)/day."
However, that panel "emphasised that its evaluation of phenylalanine plasma levels from a dose of aspartame at the ensuing ADI is not applicable to PKU patients. These individuals require total control of dietary phenylalanine intake to manage the risk from elevated phenylalanine plasma levels."
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PKU – short for phenylketonuria – is a genetic disorder which means sufferers can't process phenylalanine.
Too much phenylalanine is toxic to the brain and can cause many problems. In infants and children, if PKU is not treated, the resulting high phenylalanine can cause severe mental difficulties. Even if PKU is treated problems like brain changes, lower IQ, and behaviour problems may still occur.
In the wake of the draft opinion, EFSA has published all these scientific studies and experiments on aspartame along with all the unpublished scientific data.
EFSA will hold a meeting to discuss its draft opinion and the feedback received from the online public consultation. Feedback from the consultation will be compiled in a report and, where appropriate, incorporated into the final scientific opinion, which the ANS Panel aims to adopt by May 2013.
EFSA has given interested parties until February 15 to respond to its draft opinion.
Meanwhile, FoodManufacture.co.uk is hosting a free science and technology webinar, 'Food fact and fiction, separating science from myth' on January 24. Click here to book your place for this free webinar.


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I upgraded my iPhone4 and iPad2 to iOS 5 this week and discovered PhotoStream. When my iPad2 is connected to our art room TV, I can take photos using my iPhone4 and they project as a very large scale photo slideshow! Students don't have to wait to see themselves in action. It is instant!
Watch 4th grade artists working in class on Friday. Because of PhotoStream and iCloud, they already saw these photos during art class.


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Despite being the state's youngest town, Dewey Beach has become one of the brightest gems along Delaware's "Gold Coast." The town is just over one mile long and less than three blocks wide, but it boasts an impressive amount of shoreline on both sides. The Atlantic Ocean beckons swimmers, while on the other, the Rehoboth Bay's quiet beaches attract sunbathers and bird watchers. Just north of the Dewey Beach vacation homes lies the vibrant resort town of Rehoboth Beach, to the south sits the Delaware Seashore State Park.
Although year-round residents of Dewey Beach vacation properties number only 350, the population of the town swells to tens of thousands in the warm summer months. As a result, there are a wealth of activities and attractions geared toward the vacation-goers that populate Dewey Beach vacation rentals. These include:
- Dewey Beach Popfest
- HighTide Jamfest
- Dewey Beach Chickfest
- Elvisfest
- Dewey Beach Music Conference
- Greyhound Reach the Beach Weekend
- Jazz Festival
- East Coast Skimboarding Championships
- Americana MusicFest
- New Year's Eve Celebration
But perhaps the most anticipated event is the Rusty Rudder Annual Country Chili Cook-Off, which pits Dewey Beach's home chefs against area professionals. From the entertainment to the food, this competition is a must-see for visitors and owners of Dewey Beach vacation homes alike!
Dewey Beach is well known for its dynamic music scene featuring local and even national acts that range from the Goo Goo Dolls and the Dave Matthews Band to Matchbox Twenty and 3 Doors Down. Weekends bring music fans to beach bars and clubs that line the Coastal Highway (Route 1) like the Bottle & Cork, the Starboard, the Rusty Rudder, and the Lighthouse. The town also hosts the aforementioned Dewey Beach Music Conference each September. Attendees and owners of Dewey Beach vacation properties appreciate the accessibility of the Conference's performance venues, all of which are within easy walking distance.
When the renters and owners of Dewey Beach vacation homes aren't busy enjoying the town's musical offerings, they are often participating in one of the many races that fill the community's calendar of events. These include:
- Dewey Beach Liquors 5K
- Annual Rusty Rudder 5K
- Annual Classic Catering 4 Mile Run/5K Walk
- Annual Jimmy's Grille 5K
- Annual Northbeach 5K
- Grog Shop 5K
- Annual Venus on the Half Shell 5K
- Annual JD Shuckers 5K
- Annual Highway One 10K/5K
- Annual Gary P. Lister/Bottle & Cork Ten Miler/5K
- Annual Dewey Beach Relay Marathon
The town's proximity to such major cities as Wilmington, DE, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA only add to the popularity of Dewey Beach vacation rental homes. In addition, unlike many nearby resorts that are crowded with high-rise developments, the town still offers plenty of the types of houses and beachfront cottages that make ideal Dewey Beach vacation rentals. And although many come to Dewey Beach to party, the town also draws families with its sandy beaches offering plenty of seaside activities. In short, Dewey Beach is a "way of life" for both the young and the young-at-heart, which is why Dewey vacation homes are in constant demand.
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Herbal vinegars are a great way to bridge that oh-so-fine-line between food and medicine. They can also be a nice way to introduce herbs to the uninitiated and those with sensitive palates. Once made, they are quick and easy to use, good for those busy people in your life who can't take the time to make some tea. Last, but certainly not least, they are delicious.
Herbal vinegars can be sprinkled over your food or used as a base for making your own salad dressing. Some herbs actually work better as tea or vinegar than tincture because they need either the long cooking and/or the acidity of the vinegar to pull out their minerals and make them more bio-available.
The other good news is that making an herbal vinegar is quite simple. Here's how you do it:
- Start with a clean, glass jar with a plastic lid. If you don't have a plastic lid, cut a square out of plastic bag or use some plastic wrap to cover the jar before putting on the metal lid. Vinegar will eat through metal over time. If that happens you have corroded metal in your vinegar; besides not tasting very good it is not good for you!
- Choose an organic vinegar that is on the light side; such as apple cider vinegar or rice wine vinegar. A vinegar such as balsamic will mask the flavor of the herbs you infuse in it.
- Fill your jar with herbs, fresh or dry, and gently pack them in if they are fluffy.
- Pour in the vinegar covering the herbs ½ to 1" above the line of the herbs. If the herbs are not staying under the surface of the vinegar you can put some rocks (clean and non-porous) in the jar to hold the herbs down. The herbs will oxidize, turn black and eventually mold if they are exposed to air.
- Keep your herbal vinegar in a cool, dark place – like a cabinet – for 2-4 weeks.
- Strain out the plant matter and you have a vinegar.
additional tips
If the vinegar is cloudy you have probably used an herb that contains starches, which is fine, just keep it in the refrigerator since the starches will cause it to spoil more quickly. Most herbal vinegars, if stored properly, can last up to a year and are a great way to take your herbs.
You can get creative and play with the colors as well. I learned from Karyn Sanders to put fresh chive blossoms in rice wine vinegar and it will turn a lovely shade of lavender. Also consider the color in such plants as lavender and red basil.
Speaking of basil, when it really takes off in your garden, you can have more than you know what to do with. Consider making an herbal vinegar. It is a great way to keep large quantities of fresh herb from going bad.
So, as Julia Child would say "Bon Appetit!"
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Anyone currently using the Blackboard Sync app on their iPhone or iPod touch may have noticed that the service was recently removed. Blackboard decided to develop an entirely new app, Bb Learn, rather than continue service on the existing Bb Sync. We are aiming to have this app available to Loyola students when the new school year begins in August 2010.
I recently saw the app, and you will just have to believe me when I tell you that it is worth the wait. More than the (lets be honest) glorified RSS reader that was Sync, Bb learn allows for whole new levels of interactivity and customization will allow you to perform just about any function of Bb on your mobile device.


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Happy Journalist's Day (China)!
A day dear to my heart and one topic that really has me thinking these days. With stories of journalists and bloggers everywhere being tortured and killed because of their reporting of topics others want hidden (in Mexico journalists, tweeters and bloggers have been found decapitated, hung off bridges, disemboweled and accompanied with notes like "this is going to happen to all those posting funny things on the internet" because of their reports on the drug cartel), I am even more aware of the need for people to continue to get the word out of some of the atrocities happening around the world. Celebrating all those people who put themselves in danger in order to make the public aware is important.
Here's an excerpt from the China Media Project, a project of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong, about Journalist's Day, posted today:
Today, November 8, is International Journalists Day, and a number of Chinese media have marked the holiday — but none perhaps so forcefully as China Youth Daily, a newspaper published by the Communist Youth League of China.
China Youth Daily, which has been known for its strong professional reporting tradition since the 1980s, tells the story in today's edition of Fujian television journalist Deng Cunyao (邓村尧), who was brutally attacked on October 18, 2010, while leaving his office, in what was apparently a reprisal for critical reporting…
The China Youth Daily report explores the Deng Cunyao case in detail, including the threats facing his family…
Here is our translation of the editor's note:
Today is November 8, Journalists Day. We publish this chilling report today in order to pay our respects to those colleagues in journalism who are struggling on the front lines of watchdog journalism, and in order to tell the public: when journalists are beaten, when they suffer knife attacks, this is not only an injustice to the journalists themselves, or to their news units — it is an injustice to the popular will and to the public interest. Journalists represent the will of the public and the conscience of society. When we face difficulty, what we need most of all is your support.
Happy Journalist's Day. Remember to hug a journalist today, if you know one! (Ok, that was an obvious attempt to get everyone to hug me…although by no means do I put myself in the category of those journalists on the front line)
It is also National Dunce Day, in remembrance of Blessed John (Johannes) Duns Scotus who died November 8, 1308. Scotus was one of the most important theologians and philosophers in the High Middle Ages. He had considerable influence on Roman Catholic thought, including the doctrines of "univocity of being", formal distinction, the idea of haecceity, and the defense of the immaculate conception of Mary. Philosophers in the 16th century were less than complimentary of his work, leading to the name "dunce" (developed from "Dunse", the name of his followers) meaning "somebody who is incapable of scholarship". "Dunce" gradually became synonymous for "stupid or dull witted".
From Blessed John Duns Scotus also came the Dunce Cap, a paper pointed hat often marked with a "D" or the word "Dunce" given to schoolchildren as punishment for being rude or for their stupidity. Children were often made to stand in the corner of the classroom with the dunce cap on facing the wall as a means to teach manners. The dunce cap came from Scotus' belief that cone-shaped hats increased learning potential. A little more from straightdope.com:
One of the more mystical things Duns accepted was the wearing of conical hats to increase learning. He noted that wizards supposedly wore such things; an apex was considered a symbol of knowledge and the hats were thought to "funnel" knowledge to the wearer. Once humanism gained the upper hand, Duns Scotus's teachings were despised and the "dunce cap" became identified with ignorance rather than learning. Humanists believed learning came from internal motivation rather than special hats, and used the public shame of having to wear a dunce cap to motivate slow learners to try harder.
Maybe if I wear a dunce cap today it will help my writing…?
Hug-a-Bear Day Recap
What a weird image. But let's pretend that's me in a ball gown and heels hugging a giant bear…


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Napier Tercentenary
An announcement of the forthcoming Napier Tercentenary Celebration was made on Friday 5 June 1914. It read as given below.
On July 24th to 27th, 1914, there will be held a celebration, under the auspices of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the tercentenary of the publication of Napier's Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio, the work which embodies the discovery of logarithms.
The Right Hon. Lord Moulton, LL.D., F.R.S., will deliver the presidential address on July 24th; and many distinguished mathematicians, astronomers, actuaries, and engineers will make communications on July 25th and 27th.
An exhibition of calculating machines, apparatus, and books, and of objects associated with Napier and the history of mathematics, will be held in connection with the celebration.
Immediately following the Napier celebration, a Mathematical colloquium will be held on July 28th to 31st under the auspices of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
Communications by distinguished mathematicians, astronomers, actuaries, and engineers were made to the Napier Tercentenary Celebration on two days, the first being Saturday 25 July 1914.
The talks of that day, together with a report on the social programme and the events on Sunday 26 July were reported by The Scotsman on Monday 27 July:
The talks of that day, together with a report on the social programme and the events on Sunday 26 July were reported by The Scotsman on Monday 27 July:
The mathematical discussions in connection with the Napier celebration opened on Saturday, in the History Classroom of the University. Professor Hobson, Cambridge, was called to the chair.
Dr J W L Glaisher, Cambridge, gave an address on the work of Napier. He said that, coming at the time it did, the conception of the logarithm in Napier's mind was little short of marvellous. He had no notations, such as they had now, to guide him; and in mathematical developments a good notation was of primary importance. Napier by dint of hard thinking solved a problem, which they would now express as a differential equation, and solve with ease, by analytical methods. As regards arithmetical notation, it would appear that Napier was the first to use the "point'' in expressing the decimal fraction, a notation far superior to that devised by Stevinus, and widely used even after Napier's day. The more they examined the method of Napier, the more were they impressed with his greatness as a mathematical thinker. Referring to Lord Moulton's address of the previous day, Dr Glaisher said that he had been much interested in Lord Moulton's construction of the probable stages through which Napier passed to his final conception of the logarithm. He had himself always assumed that the geometrical form in which the invention was given to the world was the original form; but Lord Moulton's suggestion was well worth a careful examination.
A brief note by Dr G Vacca, Rome, on the first Napierian logarithm calculated before Napier was read by the Secretary. In a book on arithmetic published in Venice in 1434, the author, Fra Luca Paciolo, propounds the problem to find in how many years a sum would double itself at a given rate of compound interest. The answer was - Divide 72 by the rate of interest and the quotient is the required number of years. This number 72 was shown by Dr Vacca to be approximately a hundred times the Napierian logarithm of 2.
Professor G A Gibson, Glasgow, discussed the question of the transition from Napier's original logarithms to those to base 10 first calculated by Briggs. By reference to the written statements of Briggs himself it was shown clearly that the system suggested by Briggs to Napier as an improvement on the original tables was not what they now called the common, or Briggsian logarithm; but that it was Napier himself who suggested to Briggs to construct the tables of common logarithms as they had been since Briggs carried out the calculations. The familiar theorem that the sum of the logarithms of two numbers was the logarithm of their product was not accurately true for Napier's original logarithms; nor would it have been true for Briggs's suggested improvement. The evidence was clear that it was Napier himself who first suggested making the logarithm of unity zero.
Professor David Eugene Smith, New York, read a paper on the "Law of Exponents in the Works of the Sixteenth Century." The nature of the geometrical progression and its correspondence with a parallel arithmetical progression were traced from the works of Chuquet (1484) and Boethius (1499) through the writings of Rudolff (1525) and Stifel (1544) to those of later date. It was this line of development which influenced Bürgi, whose Progress Tabulen (1520) contained what was an anti-logarithmic table. The importance of these arithmetical relationships, clearly conceived by the Teutonic School, was not recognised by Tartaglia and Cardan, the writers of the algebras and higher arithmetics of the sixteenth century. These relationships approach so closely the idea of the logarithm that it was cause for wonder that the works of Napier and Briggs were not anticipated.
Lieutenant Salik Mourad, of the Turkish Navy, in a paper on the introduction of logarithms into Turkey, gave an account of the life of Ismail (Caliph Zade), who lived in Stamboul in the 18th century. In order to make the translation of Cassini's Astronomical Tables complete, Ismail Effendi added tables of logarithms and of trigonometrical functions.
Professor Cajori, Colorado Springs, read a paper on "Algebra in Napier's Day, and Alleged Prior Inventions of Logarithms." Claims had been made in this connection in favour of Regiomontanus, of Wright, and of Bürgi. Wright was the first to translate Napier's Descriptio into English, and never himself made any claim to the original invention of logarithms. Bürgi was an independent discoverer of the logarithmic method, but was six years later than Napier in publication, and probably a corresponding interval later in beginning his calculations. Napier's method was theoretically, the more profound.
These various papers, which all dealt with the history of Napier's discovery, were discussed by the Chairman and by Dr Glaisher, Professor Gibson, and Dr Conrad Müller, of Hannover. Professor Cajori and Dr Glaisher were specially emphatic on the untrustworthiness of secondary sources. The historian must go back to first sources: and an error once started died hard. A paper by Dr Somerville, of St Andrews, on Napier's rules and trigonometrically equivalent polygons with extension to non-Euclidean space touched on the other side of Napier's mathematical activity.
The sederunt lasted from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a break of half an hour at eleven o'clock, and was fully attended by the members.
The exhibition continues to attract much attention. It has been decided to keep it open on Tuesday, and visitors who are not members of either the Napier Celebration or the Mathematical Colloquium will be admitted on that day at a special admission charge.
Members of the Conference were the guests on Saturday afternoon of the directors and masters of Merchiston Castle School at a garden party held in the grounds there. The Castle is a building of much historic interest, and of all its residents the most famous was John Napier. Evidence of the notable association is conveyed by the inscription above the front gate which reads:- "In this house lived John Napier of Merchiston, Inventor of Logarithms. Born 1550. Died 1617." It is believed that the old tower dates from the early half of the fifteenth century, and architectural evidence is not inconsistent with that date. It is recorded that James I. of Scotland raised a loan of money from Alexander Napier, who was the Provost of Edinburgh in 1437, and had pledged the lands of Merchiston, originally part of the Crown demesne, in mortgage for the repayment of the loan. Owing to the non-payment of the loan the estate of Merchiston passed into the hands of the Napiers some time before 1453. The Castle about 1750 passed out of the hands of the Lewis family, who succeeded the Napiers in possession in 1665, and somewhere about the beginning of last century the addition on the south side of the tower, which now forms the front of it, was built. Sometime after 1833, when the school was established, other buildings were added. Unfortunately the weather auspices on Saturday were not of the most congenial character for a garden party, a strong and cold wind blowing throughout the afternoon. There was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen. Lord Napier, owing to indisposition, was unable to be present, but Colonel Napier and Sir Alexander Napier were both in the company, which included, among others, Professor H Andoyer, Paris; Professor D Arany, Budapest; Professor Bauschinger, Strassburg; Mr G T Bennett, Cambridge; Sir William and Lady Bilsland, Glasgow; Professor and Mrs Cajori, Colorado; Professor James Geikie, Dr Glaister, Cambridge; Professor and Mm. Hekloff, St Petersburg; Professor Hobson, Cambridge; Mrs Isaac-Roberts; Professor Melikoff, St Petersburg; Professor Dr Conrad Muller; Professor and Mrs Normand, Bombay; Dr Ogilvie, London: Sheriff R L Orr, K.C.; Sir David Paulin; Professor Putnam, University of California; the Right Hon. Mr J Parker Smith and Mrs Parker Smith; Professor D'Arcy Thomson, Dundee; Professor Thomas, Charleston, U.S.A.; Professor S Tscherny, Warsaw: Professor Westergaard, Edinburgh; and Professor Whittaker, Edinburgh. Tea was served on the lawn, and the company were photographed in the west garden. A programme of music was discoursed by H Dambmann's orchestra, and selections were given by pipers attached to the School Cadet Corps. The guests also visited the Napier room and the battlements of the Castle
Dr Knott took occasion publicly to offer the congratulations of the company to Mr Smith, the headmaster of the school, on his appointment to the charge of Dulwich College, London.
In the evening about 200 of those attending the celebrations, along with friends and hosts, were present at an informal social gathering in the University Union. They were received by Dr and Mrs Knott, and Mr and Mrs A G Burgess, in the hall of the Union, which was arranged as a drawing-room. During the evening light refreshments were served in the east reading room and dining hall, and an excellent musical programme, which was arranged by Miss Fry, was given in the hall, those taking part including Dr Drinkwater, Mr Fred Falconer, and Miss Dunn.
A service was held in St Giles' Cathedral yesterday afternoon, in connection with the Napier Tercentenary celebrations, when the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr Fisher, of St Cuthbert's. There was a large congregation, which included the pupils from Merchiston Castle School. The lessons were read by Dr Cargill Knott. The Rev. Dr Fisher, preaching from the 90th Psalm, 12th verse, "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom," recalled a speech in 1825 by Thomas Chalmers, when he reproached himself for having during a period of his life occupied himself merely with mathematical interests, and had neglected the realities of time and eternity. The illustrious John Napier, he went on, whom the whole scientific world was honouring in these days, did not forget these two magnitudes, and was a reverent and pious man. It was fitting the remembrance of him should be made not only in the schools where his supreme and commanding genius for mathematics was recognised, but also in the house of God. There also they reverenced science and gave thanks for all its victories. The followers of Him who said, "I am the truth," could never believe that it was in the interests of truth that any one truth should be refused a welcome, or should be neglected or denied. Proceeding, Dr Fisher said Napier brought to his examination of theology rare qualities of mind and character. An examination of Napier's theological book, which he called "A plain discovery of the whole Revelation of St John," disclosed gifts as uncommon and as indicative of greatness as even his mathematical inventions.
The talks of Monday 27 July, together with a report on the social programme and the forthcoming Colloquium organised by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society were reported by The Scotsman on Tuesday 28 July 1914.
The members of the Napier Tercentenary Congress met again in Edinburgh University yesterday forenoon. Professor David Eugene Smith of New York, was voted to the chair. Professor Bauschinger, of Strassburg, made the first communication, being an account of certain formulae and schemes of calculation for the development of a function of two variables in terms of spherical harmonics.
Professor Andoyer, of Paris, gave the history and method of construction of his recently published trigonometrical and logarithmic tables (1911.) These tables contain the logarithms of the trigonometrical functions to 17 significant figures for every hundredth of the quadrant, and to 14 figures for every 10 seconds. M Andoyer also inferred to his present calculations of natural sines to 15 significant figures, a task which he hopes to complete in about two years.
Professor d'Ocagne communicated two short historic notes, the first being to the effect that the principle of the millionaire calculating machine was invented in 1893 by a young French mechanician, Léon Bollée by name, who constructed a machine to help his father, a bell founder, in the necessary calculations. The other more had reference to the development of the modem method of nomography from the older tabulation of numbers in a table of double entry. The earliest systematic application of nomograms he had lately traced to Margett's Longitude Tables of 1791. Till then he had believed that the first user of the method was Pouchet in his Arithmetique linéaire, which was published in 1795.
Mrs Gilford presented her book of natural sines calculated to eight figures for every second of arc. The method of checking the results and averaging the differences were described.
After an adjournment of half an hour the members met again, Dr Glaisher being chairman for the earlier part of the meeting, and Major MacMahon for the later part. Dr J R Milne discussed various methods of constructing tables, and by means of lantern slides, made instructive, comparisons of the methods used by different authors for facilitating work. He hoped by such comparisons to lead to a satisfactory solution of tile problem how best to arrange tabular matter, on what colour of paper, and with what kind of type. Mr Hudson, of the Nautical Almanac, pointed out in this connection some devices for facilitating the work of interpolations, and the Chairman remarked that the questions raised by Dr Milne were of real practical importance, and were well worth consideration.
Mr H S Gay gave some simple and for practical purposes sufficiently accurate formula for determining the trigonometrical functions when the angle is given and conversely, without the use of elaborate tables. Mr J G Fergusson described his percentage unit system of measuring angles, and demonstrated how simply certain practical problems were solved. The method consisted essentially in using the tangent instead of the angle, and laying off the angle so measured from the cardinal points up to 45 degs. Mr W Schooling showed how by use of a certain number and its logarithm, logarithms, reciprocals, and Gaussian logarithms could be calculated by a purely additive process.
Papers by Dr Hutchinson on graphic methods and on the use of the slide rule in crystallography, and by Dr Sheppard on the extension of the accuracy of mathematical tables by improvement of differences and on certain unpublished tables which he had constructed in connection with probabilities, were of a more technical character than those just named. In the absence of the authors, a few other papers which had been prepared for the Congress were held as read.
A farewell reception was given to the members of the Napier Tercentenary Congress by the President and Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in the rooms of the Society, George Street, yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended by the ladies and gentlemen who have taken part in the celebration. The guests were received by Professor Geikie, the president, and Mrs Geikie, and members of the Council, in the Society's hall, and an adjournment was afterwards made to the library, where light refreshments were served. Music was discoursed by Mr Dambmann's orchestra. Among others present were the Right Hon. J Parker Smith, Sir David Paulin, Sir James Russell, Emeritus Professor Crum Brown, Professor James Mackinnon. Professor Whittaker, Professor Westergaard, Professor F G Baily, Dr W B Blaikie, Dr J C Dunlop, Dr Sprague, Dr Home, Dr F Grant Ogilvie, Dr E M Wedderburn, Dr Pinkerton, Glasgow High School; Dr Sommerville, St Andrews; Dr J R Milne, Dr Cargill Knott and Mrs Knott. Dr Drinkwater, Mr Andrew Watt, Mr A Hewat. Mr A G Burgess, Mr E M Horsburgh, Mr and Mrs T J Millar, Mr G C Chisholm, Mr J J Waugh, W.S.; the Rev. J Lamond. In the course of the proceedings congratulatory addresses were presented by representatives of the University of Strasburg, the Royal Danish Academy of Science, and the Observatory of the University of Varsovie.
The success attending the Colloquium held under the auspices of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society last year encouraged the Society to hold a similar meeting this year. By the courtesy of the Edinburgh University Court, the meetings will be held in the Mathematical Department of the University, and will last from today till Friday. The Committee have been fortunate in securing four distinguished lecturers to discuss file more recent developments of mathematical and physical science. Professor M d'Ocagne, École Polytechnique, Paris, will deliver two lectures on Nomography. It is now generally recognised that for most purposes the nomographic methods are superior to the older, graphical methods of calculation, and a large number of mathematicians are taking advantage of this opportunity of hearing one who is the authority on the subject. Mr R Cunningham, M.A., Fellow of St John's College Cambridge, will deliver four lectures on "Critical Studies of Modern Electric Theories of the Constitution of Matter, Gravitation, Spectroscope, etc." Mr H W Richmond, M.A., F.R.S., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, will give four lectures on "Infinity in Geometry," and Professor Whittaker will supplement the lectures of Professor d'Ocagne by demonstrating the arithmetical methods of solving certain classes of equations in the mathematical laboratory.
From the list of members which has been issued it appears that nearly one hundred have enrolled, which is an increase of twenty on last year's number. It includes members from various parts of the British Isles, as well as from several European countries, America, South Africa, and India. Over thirty of these are professors or lecturers in Universities, but the majority are engaged in teaching in secondary schools and colleges. Astronomy engineering, actuarial and statistical sciences, also send representatives.
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I have never been in, or scrapbooked so many photos of myself before joining the team! I realize more and more with every challenge that having my voice in journaling on pages about my kids is great, but passing down information about who I am is also important to them figuring out who they are, and where they come from.
This month's challenge is a beautiful colour challenge, with a journaling prompt. Click here to check it out !
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Hi Erin - LOVE your page and take on the challenge! Your words are soo true - WE need to be part of our story - and scrapping about ourselves is just as important as pics and memories of our familys too! So honored to be with you on the Challenge YOUrself DT! ((HUGS)) ~ Sherri
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DescriptionAah Little Atlantis is a puzzle strategy game where the goal is to sink Atlantis while showing pity on its inhabitants. The player needs to rescue as many Atlanteans as possible from the sinking kingdom while at the same being part of the destruction.
Each island will stay above water for a specific number of turns, and it is up to the player to save as many Atlanteans as possible by guiding them to high ground with the divine tools at his/her disposal. These are:
- Floods - By placing these in close proximity to an Atlantean, he will flee one square in the opposite direction.
- Meteors - These are the highest ground available, and they need to be placed in such a way that the Atlanteans stand on them when the island finally sinks.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Blood Curdling
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Labels: jack o'lanterns, masks, monster masks blog, scarecrow, Scarecrows, yard haunt, yard haunts
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- wicKED said...
Love that last shot of the creepy old thing looking out the window. That would have traumatized me when I was a kid.
- November 9, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I agree with wicKED. That last pic would of freaked me out when I was younger....Great stuff!
- November 10, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- Yellow Phantom said...
Thanks for the kind words wicKED and Shadow. I made the Uncle Creepy mask in the window. It's the second year that he's been part of our yard haunt, but the first time he made an appearance in the window.
Thanks for posting these pics Rot. It's an honor to see these along with all the other amazing haunts!
- November 10, 2011 at 5:30 PM
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Paul Borda Kurtz II, 91, of Chestnut Hill, a business executive and community volunteer, died Nov. 13 at the home of his daughter Margot Forbes in Oreland.
Mr. Kurtz had been an assistant vice president in the trust department of Fidelity Bank when he retired in the late 1980s. Earlier he had worked at Hahnemann Hospital and was president of the John R. Evans and Co. leather tannery in Camden, N.J.
In retirement, he was widely known locally for his volunteer work with Meals on Wheels and Town Watch, and for his service he and his wife were awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2006 by the Chestnut Hill Community Association.
A lifelong resident of Chestnut Hill, Mr. Kurtz attended Chestnut Hill Academy and graduated from South Kent School in Connecticut. He attended Harvard University and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he was active in the Sigma Kappa Phi honor society.
During World War II he served with the 8th Air Force in England as a bombsight specialist.
He also was a volunteer in the development office at Chestnut Hill Academy and enjoyed participating in "Old Guard" activities at the school.
In addition to his daughter Margot, Mr. Kurtz is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Eleanore Smith; another daughter, Suzanne Klorig; a son, Paul B. Kurtz III; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Chapel at Chestnut Hill Academy, 500 W. Willow Grove Ave., in Chestnut Hill.
Memorial donations may be made to the Wissahickon Hospice Development Office, 150 Monument Rd., Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004; Chestnut Hill Academy, or South Kent School, South Kent, CT 06785. – WF
Kazuhiko Arai,
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Kazuhiko "Kazu" Arai, 83, of Chestnut Hill, a physician and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, died of aspiration pneumonia Nov.5 at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
Dr. Arai, who retired in the early 1990s, had conducted cancer research in the university's department of surgery for more than 30 years. A longtime Chestnut Hill resident, he was an active member of the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club.
Born in Yamagata, Japan, he received both his medical degree and doctorate from Keio University and for a time practiced medicine and conducted research on tuberculosis at the university.
He came to the United States in 1966 after receiving a research grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Arai is survived by his wife, Yoko; a son, Taro Arai, and daughters Chiharu Arai and Atsuko Arai Boyd.
Private funeral services will be held in Tokyo. Memorial donations may be made to the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club, 712 Cornelia Place, Philadelphia PA 19118. – WF
Margaret D. Malfatto,
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Margaret De Angelo Malfatto, 103, one of the earliest female bookkeepers of her generation, died Nov. 20 at the home of her daughter Mary Lou Alexander in Chestnut Hill.
Mrs. Malfatto had worked in the accounting departments of F.A. North & Co. and Gray Associates in Philadelphia and at Reale's Market and Springside School in Chestnut Hill.
A lifelong resident of Chestnut Hill, she was an active member Our Mother of Consolation Parish and for many years volunteered at polling places during elections.
Known to both new and longtime neighbors as "Nana Margaret," she was always ready to offer a comforting homemade Italian meal or a warm smile to all.
Her love of the written word and commitment to lifelong learning inspired her daughter to become a teacher.
Mrs. Malfatto was a graduate of the J.C. Gilbert Elementary School in Chestnut Hill and Germantown High School.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Malfatto is survived by a sister, Josephine Carrunchio; two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was held Nov. 9 at Our Mother of Consolation Church. Interment was in Holy Supulchre Cemetery. – WF
Dorothy P. Kitchen,
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Dorothy P. Kitchen, 88, a registered nurse and community volunteer, died Nov. 6 at her home in Erdenheim.
Mrs. Kitchen had worked as a nurse at the University of Pennsylvania and substituted on occasion at Germantown Academy.
She had been a volunteer for many years at the Bird-in-Hand consignment shop in Chestnut Hill and was a participant in the Chestnut Hill Tai Chi group. She was a longtime member of the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Mrs. Kitchen is survived by her husband of 62 years, Paul C. Kitchen; daughters Janis Darlington and Barbara Black, and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, at St. Thomas Church, Whitemarsh, Bethlehem Pike & Camp Hill Rd., Fort Washington.
Memorial donations may be made to the Montgomery County SPCA, 19 E. Ridge Pike, P.O. Box 222, Conshohocken, PA 19428-0222, or the American Cancer Society. – WF


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ORLANDO, Fla. – Jacqueline Ivanov said she was driving to work along Interstate 4 last month when smoke started filling up her car.
When she looked down, she saw the fumes were coming from her iPhone 3GS.
She said she tried to pick it up,but it was so hot she immediately tossed it on the floor. By the time she pulled over on the side of the roadway, the device had melted a portion of her floormat.
"It would have melted my hand. It would have melted my skin right off," said Ivanov.
A California man told a television station in March that his iPhone injured his hand.
Travis Dixon said he was playing a game when he heard a popping noise and his phone got hot and started smoldering.
Last November, media reports surfaced about an iPhone that started smoking aboard an Australian airplane.
Apple said they will contact Ivanov and investigate the situation, but did not issue an official statement or comment.
However, a technician at a smartphone repair shop believes these types of incidents would only occur if the phone had previously sustained impact, puncture or water damage in the past.
When Apple reportedly investigated the phone that caught fire aboard an airplane, they found a misplaced screw from a faulty repair had actually punctured the battery.
Ivanov said she dropped her phone in a swimming pool more than a year ago. She used an at home trick to repair it.
"I put it in a bowl of rice and let it sit for two or three days. Then it was great. It worked just fine for a long time," she said.
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Speaking of swimming... I bought a baby pool for our greyhound baby today. I have decided the vinyl bottom might be too delicate for his mighty talons, so I'm going to return it in favor of something more hardy. I am excited for our first dip. (Possibly relevant side note: I don't know if Luke especially enjoys water--bath time is never a fun experience for anyone...)
Anywhoodle... why is it almost July? Can anyone tell me why the winter seems to go by at the pace of a mildly injured snail, while the summer is moving at the rate of a wild mustang on speed? This is highly unfair and I would really like to file a complaint with the appropriate person.
Oh, hey. Speaking of complaining! Let me vent for one hot second. My old job was extremely late with filing my resignation paperwork and because of their incompetence, I was overpaid on my final paycheck. Do you know what this means? First, let me tell you what this doesn't mean. This doesn't mean I can go on an Etsy bender... or McScrooge my way through a pool of gold coins. No. This means I have to write a check to my former employer in excess of $1,100. Can I tell you how painful that is? I don't care if the money was never mine in the first place. I am extremely annoyed by the whole situation.
Finally, I leave you with some recent photos of the soon-to-be Olympian swimming champion. I submitted these photos and others to our local greyhound rescue (Going Home Greyhounds) to be included in their 2012 calendar. I hope Luke makes it in at least once! Cross your paws.
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Organization of the Virginia League of Women Voters, November 10, 1920
The League of Women Voters (LWV) has fought since 1920 to improve public policy through education and advocacy. The league is a grassroots organization that works at the local, state, and national level. Today there are about 900 state and local leagues, all of which can be easily mobilized. The focus of the league changes as society does, providing support and information during debates on public policy. Carrie Chapman Catt founded the LWV in 1920, six months prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Catt's goal was the creation of a "league of women voters to finish the fight and aid in the reconstruction of the nation."
The Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) was organized to succeed the Equal Suffrage League (ESL), which was founded in 1909 in Richmond. The ESL became one of the most influential suffrage organizations in the country. The ESL sought to educate Virginia's citizens and legislators and win their support for woman suffrage. The ESL argued that women were taxpayers and had special interests that were poorly represented within government. Shortly after the national victory for woman suffrage in 1920, the ESL disbanded and the VLWV quickly formed and began work to make the new electorate an informed one. The ESL held its last meeting on November 8, 1920, and reorganized at the Capitol two days later as the VLWV.
The VLWV immediately initiated a number of programs and activities, including voter registration drives and education programs, and lobbying efforts for a number of social welfare causes. As a result of their efforts, by October 1920, more than 13,000 Richmond women, including 10,645 white women and 2,410 black women, had registered to vote in the November presidential election. Many women devoted their lives to educating other women on the importance of their vote. In 1927 Naomi Cohn spoke before the League of Women Voters and stated, "The work is just begun, and must be kept up so that the voters of the state shall become educated to that duty of casting their votes . . . and that they will send, to represent them in the legislature, only liberal progressive citizens." Although the Virginia General Assembly failed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment the VLWV saw the necessity in continuing to educate the public on political issues so that women could make informed decisions when headed to the polls.
1. Who founded the League of Women Voters?
2. Out of what organization did the Virginia League of Women Voters form?
3. Why did the Virginia League of Women Voters find it necessary to educate women on political issues before they voted?
Further Discussion
1. One of the rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution is the right to petition the government. How do groups like the Virginia League of Women Voters use that right to effect change in the political process? What does this activity contribute to the fabric of American democracy?
"Women Suffrage in Virginia" In Encyclopedia Virginia, published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
League of Women Voters of Virginia: History of the League
This Day in Virginia: November 10
Suggested Reading
Colvard, Bernice. Virginia Women & the Vote, 1909–2009: The Equal Suffrage League & The League of Women Voters in Virginia. [Richmond]: Published by the League of Women Voters, 2009.


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Sikorsky Aircraft has received a $19.1-million extension from the U.S. Navy for non-recurring engineering efforts related to the handover of 24 baseline MH-60Rs to the government of Australia. The services are part of Australia's Future Naval Aviation Combat System effort, which falls under a foreign military sales (FMS) program. Sikorsky will conduct the work in Stratford, Conn., with a completion date targeted for September 2017. Related: Procurement News


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Sculpture is an art form that dates back to the earliest cultures of humanity. Some of the world's finest examples of ancient art exist in the form of sculpture, because sculptures can be fashioned from extremely resilient materials. Very few scrolls, books, and paintings still exist undamaged from the time of ancient Greece, for example, but stone and bronze sculptures were made with the permanence necessary to last millennia.
Durability and permanence are two reasons why sculpture has so long been a popular, common artistic medium. But sculpture also provides opportunities for expression that media such as drawing and painting can't. Sculptures can be rendered in three dimensions, allowing them to be enjoyed and appreciated from all angles and perspectives. In fact, sculpture is a visual medium that even the blind can appreciate and create!
Sculpture is a diverse medium; works of 3D art can be composed out of almost any material. There are a few materials, however, that have such great versatility that they can be used to make sculptures in nearly any size, shape, or subject. Although clay, wood, stone, and metal have been staples of sculpture since the dawn of civilization, artists even today are still coming up with improvements and new uses for them in the pursuit of expression.
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Modeling with clays is one of the more ancient and fundamental techniques used in sculpture. Clay is versatile: It can be a sculpture material in its own right, used to create fired sculptures, or it can be used to make sculptures that are ultimately cast in metals such as bronze. Clay is also often combined with man-made materials such as fiberglass resin or cement to create more durable and mass-produced media.
There are many different kinds of clay, each with its own strengths and uses. Smooth clays show fine detail when modeled but are typically softer and mushier. Coarser, grogged clays are firmer and better able to support themselves, making them better suited for large-scale sculptures.
Hardening clays are clays that will harden by themselves without being fired in a kiln. These clays are perfect for sculpting if you don't have access to a kiln or want to create your sculpture very quickly. When using hardening clays, however, take care not to let the clay dry out before you're finished modeling it!
Non-hardening clays need to be fired in a kiln to set. Non-hardening clays are ideal for projects that are going to take a while to finish—they won't completely dry out and harden like hardening clays will. They're also great for using glazes that also need to be fired in a kiln to achieve their desired color or effect.
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The thumb and fingers are by far the oldest and most popular modeling implements, but the use of more specialized modeling tools is sometimes required to make a sculpture look the way an artist envisions. Like nearly all art tools, modeling tools come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials and are used for a plethora of purposes. Primarily, they're used for cutting, scraping, and shaping modeling materials to create a desired look. The most common modeling tools used by sculptors are wire end tools for cutting and scraping away clay or other material and tools constructed of solid wood or plastic designed for detail and shaping work. Tools typically wear down over time, especially when they're being used on abrasive modeling materials. With a lot of use, wooden tools will even begin to take the shape of the sculptor's thumb!
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Wood carving tools are similar to stone carving tools in many respects; hammers and chisels are the traditional primary tools. Naturally, of course, wood is usually not quite as hard as stone and wood won't shatter when struck in the way that stone will. Instead, wood can be gouged and cut by wood carving tools in order to form a rough shape. Finer detail carving tools are also available, as well as rasping and sanding tools that aren't dissimilar from those used in stone carving.
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How are you all?
Here's the link of an article interview that I found really sweet.
Hope you guys like it:
He's totally right:
"I maintain that what I do is cool and I work hard and I have inspiration but I always believe that people want to see me and whatever that thing is that I haven't lost and haven't let go of or lost belief in. That's really what they're coming to see.
"That's the difference between somebody who's in a movie and someone you go to see in a movie."


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And in honor of this momentous occasion, you should learn how Elvis saved the world from fascism.
UPDATE: I should also point out this Power Line article, which includes the following notes on Elvis' meeting with Nixon:
Presley indicated to the President in a very emotionial mamner that he was "on your side." Presley kept repeating that he wanted to be helpful, that he wanted to restore some respect for the flag, which was being lost. He mentioned he was just a poor boy from Tennessee who had gotten a lot from his country, which in some way he wanted to repay.
UPDATE 2: And, of course, Ziggy:


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FINE ARTS Overview
Dictionary.com defines fine art as:
"a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture."
This section features resources to supplement classroom instruction. Use of these resources supports the Universal Design for Learning framework. Within, you will find resources to support a multiple means of expression, multiple means representation and multiple means of engagement.


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Last week, we talked about our community and the people who work around us, as well as the jobs they do. We've built a mini-community in our classroom, using each center as a different location. We have a doctor's office, construction area, restaurant, school, police department and even an outdoor cafe!
The doctor's office was set up in our science center, so the doctors could do research in between seeing patients.
One of small group activities was to talk about some of the things you might find in a doctor's kit and glue them onto our "doctor's bag". We used band aids, craft stick (tongue depressor), q-tip, gauze and a cotton ball.
Our little indoor restaurant was hopping with lunch orders.
It's such a small community that the firefighters and policemen have second jobs working the register at the local cafe!
Our block center was a construction zone. Buildings were going up left and right, so I guess the economy is good in our community!


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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Week 42 – Love is
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Oh, how I adore fresh hot doughnuts! I think almost every person in the known world feels the same way. Would you believe that in all of Humboldt county there is not one single place to get a decent doughnut. Which to me seems even more appalling when you consider what our most produced "crop" is. This morning when I woke up I was determined to have some beingets, I would have gladly settled for a good doughnut if they existed here, but no, neither of them do.
I could have made a yeast dough, waited a few hours for the dough to rise, and then made beingets, but I don't like to wait. So I went to the fridge and dug out the can of ready to bake bread-stick dough I bought a few weeks ago. I simply heated my canola oil, cut the bread-sticks, rolled them into little balls, deep fried them and poof I had perfect crunchy on the outside and fluffy soft on the inside beingets.
Since the beingets were so simple I thought I'd make a few dipping sauces to go along with them.
I made a quick Kahlua-chocolate glaze by melting some chips in the microwave then stirring in a tablespoon of Kahlua and a bit of milk.Then I made and a delicious orange-vanilla bean glaze with orange juice, powdered sugar and vanilla bean cream cheese frosting I had leftover in the fridge.
I choose not to completely cover my beingets in powdered sugar because I prefer to dip them, and because I ALWAYS manage to inhale the powdered sugar and choke on it. Traditionally beingets are served only after a blizzard of powdered sugar has attacked them. I have also seen where these can also be made with canned biscuit dough and I imagine in of the canned doughs would work.
This made a perfect romantic breakfast for Jess and I but I can't wait until the boys come back from Gramma's so I can make them some too! Enjoy!
Oh yeah, and have a very Safe and Happy new year!
Peace don't drink and drive, eat beingets instead!


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Skilled LabourEARLE, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Died 17/09/1914
Aged 42
H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth (H.M.S. "Fisgard II.")
Admiralty Civilian
Husband of Phillippa Cortis Earle, of 37, Jessie Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 24660
Cemetery/memorial reference: 7.See cemetery plan
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Fat Mexican Disease
"Huh...so this is swine flu...I don't see this being a problem."
Fat Mexican Disease (often abbreviated as FMD) is a life threatening disease. In North America and Scotland, it is referred to as Fat Bastard Syndrome and Fat, Flatulent Git Disorder in the United Kingdom. The disease mostly found in Mexico, hence the name Fat Mexican Disease, disables the victim and devastates anyone who has to deal with the infected host. The symptoms are serious and if not treated, will kill the victim 100% of the time. If it is treated the poor Mexican who got the disease will live a very unfulfilled life. Luckily, not many people have been infected with it.
There are many signs that alert the victim to get checked. They come in all different types of ways. Here are just a few. If you constantly imagine yourself as a nude peanut, or if your left lung starts yelling at your right lung,
Many victims report that they have many cravings for things like: Burritos, Tacos, Enchiladas, Beans, Chinchillas, Dogs, wood, Ink, and occasionally a Baby. Their friends will say, "Come on, everybody is doing it! Just be cool, mi hombre!" At first, it is easy to resist the temptation, but then they have just one bite and they are hooked. It starts with the burritos and tacos, until they are eating multiple babies at a time. They cannot stop because of the lack of rehabs in Mexican]. So, they are forced to eating babies for the rest of their lives. If they do not eat human babies than they will lack in nutrients and sustenance.
Relationship Status[edit]
Many FMD sufferers have reported a problem in their relationships. This was most likely caused by the eating of babies and being a host of The View. Many, many people have made it through and got it together and saved their relationship. 99.99% were too lazy to do something like that so they decided to die alone.
"I thought by stalking and annoying my friends, It would lead to a better friendship. I mean if they cant get used to the reel me then they can suck it! U no what! They will pay for this!"
This "girl" once had friends but now lives a lonely life of chastity. (Thank God) It shows how easily a friend can be lost when you have FMD. There are easy ways to prevent aforementioned friend loss. Which will be explained in the next entry.
Prevention and Treatment[edit]
The first aids against FMD are the prevention side of the battle. Anyone who does not want to get the disease should stay away from anyone with it. The victim could infect you when they try and take a bite out of you finding only bony and bloody center, unlike the sweet caramel center they expected. Also try not to eat the foods that lead to the disease, such as: babies, monkeys, polar bears, and flan.


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Janie and Bobby dressed in costumes, trudged up the sidewalk as they passed other similarly dressed children. It was Halloween, their favorite time of the year. When all children could go door to door, knock, and candy were poured into their waiting bags after yelling, 'trick or treat.' If the adult refused, the kids could play tricks on them and get away with it.
Janie and Bobby loved the treats, but they loved doing the tricks even more. They loved doing nasty, terrible tricks.
"It is tradition," Mama told them. If the adults gave them candy, then fine and dandy, don't do anything. But for that one who said, "No treats for you here, now go away!" they had permission to go ahead and do what their family had been doing since the early 1900s.
Janie and Bobby couldn't wait. For the past couple of years they hadn't been able to play any of their tricks, as every door they had knocked at the owners handed over candy, fruit, popcorn balls, tiny toys, and money. But when they woke up this morning, they sensed that this night would be different. They would finally be just like the rest of their family.
Nothing happened so far. Both of their bags laden heavy with the fruits of their labor, they stopped before the white picket fence that surrounded the yard of a pretty white Cape Cod home. It looked normal and so . . . suburbia.
This was it. They felt it. They would finally get what was owed them. They couldn't wait.
Janie and Bobby tipped up their masks and looked at each other, shark grins flashing on their sweet, chubby faces. They pushed the gate open and wandered up the leaf strewn path to the front door. No Halloween decorations shown anywhere and no lit Jack-O-Lantern greeted them, just the closed door, painted a cheery blue.
They knocked and waited.
The door opened without one creak, and a little old lady stood on the other side. Her white hair was swept up in a bun and she wore a cheerful flowered print top and white pants. She peered at them, then blinked her eyes behind tortoiseshell glasses.
"Sorry," she said, "but I forgot to buy candy to give out tonight."
Bobby grinned. "That's okay. We rather not have any treats. Tricks are oh so much cooler." He tossed aside his bag and the sweets scattered across the front stoop.
He lifted his real axe. He had dressed as serial killer on purpose this morning. His sister was garbed as Lizzie Borden, her own axe gripped tight in her fist. She dropped her own bag and raised it high above her head.
The old lady stepped closer and smiled. "I know. I've been waiting for you, my dears. Human killers are not very smart. Not when inhuman ones have perfected their own bag of tricks for eons. My kind has been hunting their prey the hard way for centuries. Many still do. Not me though, I found a much easier way. Usually I decorate my place to attract regular human children on this night, but when I moved here and heard of the murders that been going on in this town for a very long time, I devised a different tactic." She giggled. "It's justice for the humans in this town after all and delivery food for me."
Her face cracked and it split apart, falling to the floor. The rest of the body followed. Amidst the scattered pieces of the flesh, a giant shaggy wolf-like creature stood on clawed hind feet. It snatched both children to its breast. Bobby and Janie screamed, but the sounds were cut off when they were taken indoors and the door slammed shut behind them.


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Not so strange, is it?
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