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Violence in America rebuked at Newtown High hearing
Tragedy in Newtown: Residents decry culture of violence
NEWTOWN -- The people of this wounded, shattered town spoke Wednesday night.
They want major changes in gun control, improvements in school security and more effective mental health programs to help prevent future shootings.
In the soul-searching after Adam Lanza's rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School, some said the culture of violence in America -- where the Internet and video games breed isolation and feed psychopathic urges in the 21st century -- must change.
"Something needs to change," said Mary Ann Jacob, the Sandy Hook School librarian who was able to help round up children and hide in a closet to avoid Lanza. "We need to be able to send our kids to school without fear. We need to ensure that gunmen cannot get into our buildings. No one needs a gun that can kill 26 people and shoot hundreds of bullets in three minutes."
In the auditorium at Newtown High School, for hours of recollections and testimony, they said that assault-style weapons should be banned and that doctors need to help police identify mentally disturbed patients who might become the next Adam Lanza.
Some called for a greater sense of community, where neighbors know each other's names and can reach out to one another in times of trouble and distress.
Others said the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" trumps the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Bill Sherlach, whose wife Mary, the Sandy Hook Elementary School psychiatrist who was shot by Lanza, said the number of mental health professionals in schools has been cut, meaning more paperwork for those on the job and less actual contact with students.
"There is room for some sort of sanity," he said. "We need to turn off the computer games and do the homework. We know that we are the primary example for our children."
David Wheeler, whose son Benjamin was killed that day, said that it's crucial to identify and monitor people in mental distress.
"We lost our Benjamin to an unstable, suicidal individual who had access to a weapon that has no place in a home," Wheeler said, calling it "unacceptable" that Lanza had access to the weapons of his mother, even if they were legally purchased.
"The right to life trumps the right to bear arms," Wheeler said. "Let's honor the founding fathers and get our priorities straight."
Tom Swett, a Newtown High School teacher who recalled Lanza as a troubled student, said there have to be advancements in reaching the mentally ill.
"We must do better," said Police Chief Michael Kehoe. "We must be better at finding the solutions for the many problems that persist in society. It is my firm belief if enough is not done we'll see this scene replayed in our communities."
Guns are part of the problem, but a national culture of violence is another.
"It is my sincere belief that the problem is a violence problem," Kehoe said. "Certainly, we must strengthen security in schools, but it's not the antibiotic to cure what ails us."
About 500 people gathered to tell the Legislature's Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety that in the weeks since the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it has become clearer that that change has to focus on guns and mental health.
First Selectman Pat Llodra, who was given a standing ovation in the auditorium, which was about two-thirds full, said that the town is looking for lawmakers to act quickly.
"Controversy and conflict surrounds the question of what government should do," she said, charging that guns are easier to acquire than mental health care. "I cannot agree that weapons such as the Bushmaster have any legitimate role in a society that first and foremost wants to keep its citizens safe."
"This is important to us just as it is important to you," said Selectman James O. Gaston, a gun owner who opposes assault-style rifles like the Bushmaster that Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults in Sandy Hook School.
"Meaningful gun legislation, I believe, is merited now, not later, now," Gaston said. "I would submit to you that responsible, reasonable licensing for public safety is not an infringement, it's a responsibility."
Sandy Goldsberry, whose daughter survived the massacre, said prohibiting assault-style weapons is the best first step, along with armor-piercing ammunition and large capacity clips. She also opposes arming teachers, as suggested by some gun advocates.
"We have a choice to protect our children, protect our communities or continue on the path of unending violence that led us to Dec. 14," said Eric Paradis, the father of a third-grader at Sandy Hook School.
Andres Nikitehyuk, the parent of another Sandy Hook third-grader, said he previously ignored the dangers of partially regulated firearms.
"We all wish we could run the day back and prevent the tragedy," he said, calling for a statewide ban on the construction of military-style weapons that are sold to civilians.
It wasn't until more than two hours into the hearing when a supporter of gun rights spoke up.
Mike Collins, an emergency medical technician, said law-abiding citizens shouldn't pay the price for illegal activity.
"That's what criminals do," said Collins, noting that police have not yet reported how Nancy Lanza, Adam Lanza's mother, stored the weapons that he stole after killing her.
"No gun pulls its own trigger," said Richard Fenaroli, of Newtown. "We all have a responsibility for what was happening here," he said, noting that Nancy Lanza must have been lacking something in her life to feel the need to acquire so many guns.
Jackie Villa, of Newtown, warned lawmakers that she shouldn't lose her right to have guns because of Lanza.
"On behalf of millions of people and young mothers across the United States, please protect and preserve our Second Amendment rights to have the force necessary to protect those who are indefensible."
Dr. William Begg, of Newtown, an emergency room physician who sobbed while recalling the two mortally wounded children who could not be saved at Danbury Hospital, said that in nations with tight gun control, mass murders rarely occur.
Meanwhile, in this country, gun owners are 25 times more likely to be shot with their own guns. "Please let us do some research that is real," Begg said.
He said the same people who oppose gun control seem to be the same people who want cuts in mental health programs.
Julia Wasserman, a former longtime state representative for the town who is currently on the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, called for a permanent commission to study the issues of public violence.
"Let our state be a leader," Wasserman said.
J. Brendan Sharkey, speaker of the House, recalled the Dec. 15 visit by President Barack Obama to the high school. "We truly do feel your pain," he said. "We cannot possibly understand what this community is going through, but we care very deeply about doing the right thing."
"We owe it to the town of Newtown that our first public hearing as the committee-of-the-whole, to listen to the town," said House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, co-chairman of the 48-member committee.
Cafero, in an interview before the public hearing, said that while the committee is still gathering information, it's becoming apparent that young men linked to mass murders often were bullied.
"Seventy-five percent of these people have been bullied," he said. "People have to take that very seriously."
He said that revenge, long-festering ill feelings and the accumulation of anti-depressants help to trigger mass murders.
"Add low self-esteem, and that's a formula for disaster," Cafero said.
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JSW Steel's (JSWS) Q1FY10 results were much below Street and I-Sec estimates (adjusting for extraordinary forex gain). Adjusted standalone net profits decreased 77% YoY to Rs1.04bn. The revenue increase was muted at 19% QoQ and 6% YoY, despite 61% YoY and 24.5% QoQ volume growth. This was mainly owing to 3% QoQ and 34% YoY drop in blended realisations. Margins improved sequentially to US$112/te from US$57/te on reduction in coking coal prices. Consolidated reported PAT declined 15% YoY. Adjusted for extraordinary income, consolidated reported loss was Rs198mn. Though the management has guided for strong 72% YoY volume upside in FY10, we believe significant volume risks exist owing to GP/GC exports and domestic market share gain in rebars and wire rods. We will shortly revisit our estimates. Maintain HOLD.
■ Margin outlook partially improves. Reduced coking coal prices to US$129/te from US$300/te have helped improve Q1FY10 EBITDA margin ~800bps QoQ to 18.6%. But margin was below Street estimates on high-cost coking coal & iron ore inventories. We expect margins to improve in Q2FY10 as the full impact of reduction in coking coal contract price comes in. Also, Rs2,000/te rise in HRC prices in Q2FY10 and reduced sales of semis (from 23.5% in Q1FY10) with the commissioning of the bloom caster in Vijaynagar will help boost margins. However, margin expansion will be partially offset by: i) increasing spot iron ore prices, currently at US$90/te, which will form ~40% of JSWS' requirement in FY10E and ii) US$22/te impact coming from carry-over coking coal volumes.
■ Volumes, the key risk. JSWS continues with its niche positioning strategy of increasing incremental volumes from the recently completed 2.8mtpa expansion in Vijaynagar. While management has guided for 6.1mtpa sales in FY10, we estimate it to be 5.5-5.7mtpa. Monthly exports of value-added products at ~45,000tpa and monthly sales of domestic wire rods of ~55,000tpa are at risk. Also, sales from the US will be subdued. Pipe capacity in the US is currently running at 30% utilisation.
■ Upside priced in. JSWS continues to moderate its debt gearing, with consolidated and standalone D/E declining 6.7% QoQ and 5.6% QoQ to 1.67x and 1.17x respectively. The stock trades at FY10E P/E & EV/E of 5.6x & 5.3x respectively, leaving little scope for further re-rating. Maintain HOLD on the back of volume and margin uncertainty and increased leverage.
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This double-decker bus appears to have crashed and then toppled over, actually crushing a car underneath itself! (Look carefully at the roof of the bus and you'll see part of a car protruding.) Worse still, at the same location a train has collided with several cars in some terrible freak accident, seemingly crushing one and overturning another. Except… that would have to be the world's shortest railway, wouldn't it? Perhaps all is not quite as it seems here after all… Thanks to TheLedge and simon a.


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== Software Versions ==
== Software Versions ==
Your panotools and hugin must have been built after 20 January 2010, from panotools source version SVN 1237 or later and hugin source version SVN 4920 or later.
Your panotools and hugin must have been built after 20 January 2010, from panotools source version SVN 1237 or later and hugin source version SVN 4920 or later.
In the first versions of hugin that support the general Panini projection, the 'fast' preview window has trouble displaying
In the first versions of hugin that support the general Panini projection, the 'fast' preview window has trouble displaying general Panini views, but . The 'slow' preview window shows the true view in all cases; use it if the fast preview display seems garbled .
-- T. K. Sharpless, 18 January 2010 -
-- T. K. Sharpless, 18 January 2010 - 2010 --
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The general Panini projection is an adjustable projection, or more properly a parameterized family of projections, that can render convincing simulated perspectives on fields of view up to 150 degrees wide, or even wider in some cases. It was first implemented in early 2009 in the panorama viewer, Panini, and in limited form in the panotools library. This page describes the improved version that was added to the panotools library in January 2010.
For best results the general Panini projection needs to be used interactively: you adjust the control parameters until your image looks just right. The 'fast' preview window in the 2010 version of hugin works well for that most of the time but has a few problems. However, it is possible to get equally good results with the 'slow' preview window, and with experience, even with scripts for the command line tool, PTmender.
Appropriate Images
The general Panini projection is suitable for subjects that have a lot of architectural content, especially interiors. It works best for views with a single central vanishing point -- straight down a city street, or the aisle of a church, for example. However it is good for oblique interior and street views too. It is not suitable for close-up exterior views of buildings, especially when looking toward a corner of the building.
Visual Effects
A Panini perspective seems to combine telephoto and wide angle views in one image. Compared to a rectilinear view of the same width, the center is magnified and depth seems flattened (telephoto effects). At the same time, the field of view can be very wide, without the peripheral distortion (stretching) that is so noticeable when a rectilinear perspective is pushed too far. And somehow the view tends to look even wider than it actually is.
The general Panini projection renders vertical straight lines as straight, a prerequisite for any perspective view. Its basic form also renders radial lines through the view center as straight. That creates a convincing perspective illusion when there is a vanishing point at or near view center.
But it renders horizontal straight lines as curves, with the strongest curvature in the middle of the image. That makes many images seem to 'bulge' at top and bottom center. Adding a vertical adjustment, designed to reduce this curvature, can make many central perspectives look more natural and improve the perspective illusion when the vanishing point is off-center. We call those adjustments 'squeezes' because early implementations actually compressed the middle of the image. Current versions stretch the sides instead.
There are two kinds of squeeze, 'hard' and 'soft'. A hard squeeze can fully straighten horizontal lines, but only works on fields of view well under 180 degrees. A soft squeeze provides less complete straightening but works for wider fields of view. Of course nothing is free: reducing the curvature of horizontal lines comes at the cost of increasing the curvature of radial lines, mainly in areas far from image center.
The general Panini projection is controlled by three parameters.
The main parameter, called compression and labelled 'Cmpr' in the hugin previews, has a range of 0 to 150 (you can think of that as percent). It adjusts the form of the projection between the completely uncompressed rectilinear projection (Cmpr = 0) and the maximally compressed cylindrical orthographic projection (Cmpr = 150) with the standard Pannini (cylindrical stereographic) projection at Cmpr = 100.
The maximum horizontal field of view varies with compression, from 160 degrees at Cmpr = 0 to 320 degrees at Cmpr = 100, then back to 180 degrees at Cmpr = 150. Hugin's FOV sliders automatically respect these limits. If you enter an infeasible hfov value in a script (for PTmender, for example) the actual field of view will be the largest feasible value.
Two secondary parameters, labeled 'Tops' and 'Bots', control vertical squeeze adjustments applied to the top and bottom halves of the image, for the purpose of reducing the curvature of horizontal lines. These have a range of -100 to 100. There is no squeeze when the parameter is zero. Positive values invoke a 'hard' squeeze, that can exactly straighten horizontal lines, but only over a limited range of about 160 degrees. Negative values invoke a 'soft' squeeze that works for wider fields of view but cannot eliminate all curvature.
Distortionless Wide-Angle Photos
One of the best uses of the general Panini projection is simulating rectilinear perspective, without peripheral distortion, on fields of view typical of wide angle to super-wide angle camera lenses, say in the range of 75 to 120 degrees. A compression well under 100 is usually enough, plus a hard squeeze to straighten prominent transverse lines. The appropriate squeeze strength depends on the inclination of those lines: 100% if they are horizontal, less as the slope increases.
Perspective Views from Fish-Eye Photos
Hugin with the general Panini projection is an excellent 'de-fishing' tool. Load a fisheye photo, adjust pitch and roll angles to align the true vertical with the vertical axis of the view, then adjust the general Panini parameters for a pleasing perspective -- anything from rectilinear to highly compressed and squeezed. Note that you can adjust pitch and roll by dragging in the fast preview window.
If vertical lines look curved in the general Panini projection view, you should adjust the lens focal length or FOV until they are straight. The same applies to horizontal lines when the squeeze parameter is set to +100%, or indeed to straight lines in the rectilinear projection, verticals in the cylindrical projections, etc. This curvature results when the panotools lens model does not match the actual projection function of your lens. Adjusting the fov provides a first order correction that is usually 'close enough for jazz'; but for even better results, you could set the lens fov and a,b,c distortion parameters to values that were optimized on a well-aligned spherical panorama made with the same lens.
Ultra-Wide Views from Panoramas
With a properly aligned panorama as the source image, the general Panini projection can be used like any other projection to render views in various directions. However it is best for views where the line of sight is level, not tilted up or down. You can use hugin's cropping feature to eliminate unwanted areas at the top or bottom, but to get a perfectly framed view it may be necessary to render oversize and crop later.
It is often possible to render a convincing view more than 180 degrees wide, if the subject has a strong central perspective. Because of the 'basic bulge' it is best to limit the vertical FOV on ulta-wide views. Only a soft squeeze can be used here, as the hard squeeze has singularities (goes to infinity) at +/- 90 degrees.
Software Versions
Your panotools and hugin must have been built after 20 January 2010, from panotools source version SVN 1237 or later and hugin source version SVN 4920 or later. You have to build pre-release versions, or download them from a test builder's site, as the first official 2010 release of Hugin does not include the general Panini projection. You can get a self installing Win32 binary at http://tksharpless.net [click 'Panoramic Software', then double-click 'hugin-2010.1.0.4920.exe'. Running this creates a new self contained installation that won't interfere with any existing installation.]
In the first versions of hugin that support the general Panini projection, the 'fast' preview window sometimes has trouble displaying general Panini views, usually parts go black, occasionally it shows an apparently complete but incorrect view. The 'slow' preview window shows the true view in all cases; use it if the fast preview display seems garbled or unreliable.
-- T. K. Sharpless, 18 January 2010 - 09 April 2010 --


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The One Percent by Jamie Johnson features Robert Reich, Bill Gates Sr., Milton Friedman, and many others, coming from various socioeconomic strata, including residents of Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing project and Hurricane Katrina victims. When Johnson interviewed Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Friedman accused Johnson of advocating socialism and abruptly ended the interview.
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If you didn't see part one please feel free to enjoy Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, and Omar Minaya as minor league players, while we move on to a couple of more fun flashbacks.
these are the men who did the dealing. You would've seen plenty of Kenny Williams in the majors in the '80s, and just four years after his stint with the '83 Appleton Foxes, he had an outstanding season in center for the White Sox. Mike Rizzo, GM of the Nationals, drafter of The Strasburg and The Harper, was a far more obscure figure. This was the middle of his three seasons in the California Angels' farm system, as a utility infielder. The '83 Peoria Suns were pretty good, all things considered. Wally Joyner would make his pro debut (but isn't in the set) and join Devon White, Mark McLemore, Bob Kipper, and a couple of others.
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Either my eyesight is worse than I think it is, or my reading comprehension has flown out the window because I'm not seeing the picture of Jose Canseco. 🙂
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Next, you have to match the fonts variations as explained at the second step.
2. Weights & Styles Matching
Depending on the service you're using, you should note how the fonts variations (weights and styles) are defined within the font-family CSS rule.
1. Fonts are grouped together in a single "Font Family" name
When you have only one font name like "Proxima Nova", you just need to enter the font name, and only check the available variations loaded through the font package:
Services that are offering this option: Typekit.com or Fonts.com through Family Grouping option.
2. Font Names are Referenced Individually
When you have multiple font names like "ProximaNW01-Regular" and "ProximaNW01-RegularItalic" you need to pair the provided fonts names with their matching weights and styles. Note that there might be weights and styles that don't have a font name available, which is totally fine as you don't need to use all fonts variations.
Services offering this option: Fonts.com, Typography.com
3. Publish your Font
Once you finished the two steps above, hit the Publish button from the right sidebar to save the font.
To apply your fonts to your site content, we will use the Customify plugin which already has an integration with Fonto, to make it even easier to change the fonts. Note that if you use any of our themes, Customify should be already installed and activated.
Go to Appearance → Customize and wherever you have a Font Field you will see your font at the top of the list:
And that's it! Your favorite fonts, up and running in a matter of minutes 👏
Frequently Used Web Fonts Services
Most of the type foundries offer their fonts directly from their servers. All you have to do is to copy the provided embed code and do the weights and styles matching. We made a few use-cases with most popular foundries:
1. Fonts.com
- Firstly, you need to create an account on Fonts.com;
- Select the font you want to use for your website and assign it to a project. For some detailed instructions about how to do that you can check the following article: https://www.fonts.com/web-fonts/instructions
- Once everything is set up, all you have to do is to select your project, select the Publish Options option and copy all the JavaScript code from Option 1: JavaScript tab.
- In your website dashboard, go to Fonts → Add New and add a name for your new font.
- Select the Web Font Service option and paste the code from point 3 inside the Fonts Loading / Embed Code area.
- Now, you have to select the Font Names are Referenced Individually option from the Weights & Styles Matching section.
- For each variation of your font, you need to add the specific name.
- Let's have the Trajan font, for example. As you can see, we only have the Regular and Bold options. In the Publish Options panel on Fonts.com (the same one from the point 3), you can see the Reference Your Web Fonts Directly area. In this field, you have the name of the two variations of the font:
– font-family:'Trajan W01 Regular' for the Regular font
– font-family:'Trajan W01 Bd' for the Bold one.
- In the new fields available on Fonto, you need to add the name as it goes:
– for the Regular font you have to use the Regular 400 field and add the name Trajan W01 Regular;
– for the Bold font you have to use the Bold 700 field and add the name Trajan W01 Bold;
- Hit the Publish button and that's all.
2. Typekit.com
- Firstly, you need to create an account on TypeKit.com
- Select the font you want to use for your website and assign it to a project. For some detailed instructions about how to do that you can check the following article: https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/add-fonts-website.html
- Go to Kit Editor.
- Click on Embed code button and copy all the embed code.
- In your website dashboard, go to Fonts → Add New and add a name for your new font.
- Select the Web Font Service option and paste the code from point 4 inside the Fonts Loading / Embed Code area.
- Make sure that you have checked the Fonts are grouped together in a single "Font Family" name option in the Weights & Styles Matching area.
- Go back to the Kit Editor in Typekit and click on Using fonts in CSS the Selectors area, on the left side of the page.
- Copy the text (without commas) in the first field of the modal that appeared on the page.
- Go back to your dashboard and paste the text from point 9 in the Font Family Name field.
- Back in the Kit Editor, have a look at the Weights & Styles area, on the left side of the page. All the options available here need to be checked in the Available Font Variations area back in your dashboard.
- Once you checked all the variations, just hit Publish button.
3 Typography.com
- Firstly, you need to create an account on Typography.com
- Select the font you want to use for your website and assign it to a project. For some detailed instructions about how to do that you can check the following article: https://dashboard.typography.com/user-guide/welcome
- Go to the top right button where it says "Welcome, X" and click on Cloud Dashboard area.
- Select the project that you just created.
- Click on Tools button and copy all the code from the CSS Key field.
- In your website dashboard, go to Fonts → Add New and add a name for your new font.
- Select the Web Font Service option and paste the code from the point 5 inside the Fonts Loading / Embed Code area.
- Click on the Font Styles tab of your project and look for the font-family used for the font.
- Copy the font-family and paste it in your dashboard, on the Font Family Name field (without commas).
- Check all the variations available for the font, in Typography.com and make sure that all the options in the Available Font Variations are checked.
- Hit the Publish button.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: More careful water management is critical to achieve a sustainable increase in agricultural productivity as the global population continues to climb toward 10 billion, writes Isobel Coleman, senior fellow at the Council for Foreign Relations.
With its recently released Water and Development Strategy, USAID highlights some practical and potentially powerful initiatives both to improve health by expanding access to clean water and sanitation and to improve food security through better water management in agriculture. With respect to food security, the report singles out two areas for action:
1) Make rainfed agriculture work better. As the report argues, "The greatest and most cost effective potential for crop yield increases are in rainfed areas. Half of the increase in the projected demand for water by 2025 could be met by increasing the efficiency of irrigation in these areas." The report also notes that "in many instances, the major obstacle to rainfed agriculture is not the absolute volume of rainfall; it is management of that rainfall." The report seems optimistic about the solutions available to bolster rainfed agriculture. For example, it points to a basic agricultural technique (ridge tillage) that allowed rainfed farmers in Mali to increase the yields of cereals "by 30 to 50 percent."
2) Make irrigation more effective. The report announces that "USAID will focus on increasing irrigated agriculture in select countries, including expanding irrigation in a responsible, sustainable, and climate-resistant way. The most cost-effective investment for USAID in irrigated systems will be in improving the efficiency of existing irrigation systems and building the capacity to manage those systems like a business, whether through community based organizations or private investments." The report points to the reality that without good management, "irrigation infrastructure has often fallen into disuse at the end of a project because benefits were too small and/or users were unable to cover recurring costs."
According to USAID, rainfed agriculture is responsible for over 60 percent of food produced globally. Thus, the focus on improving the productivity of rainfed agriculture is sensible–indeed, working to improve preexisting systems and business processes should be seen more in international development efforts. Kickstart, a nonprofit organization that I've written about previously, takes this practical approach. It is currently selling affordable, portable pumps to smallholder farmers in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa so that they too can experience the benefits of irrigation on a continent where only about 6 percent of the cultivated land is irrigated (versus 37 percent in Asia, for instance). Kickstart estimates that since 1991, its affordable pumps have alleviated poverty for over 700,000 people.
As the global population continues to climb toward 10 billion, and more people enjoy the higher caloric intake of middle class life, finding sustainable ways to improve agricultural productivity is increasingly important. As the USAID strategy makes clear, more careful water management will be a critical part of the solution.
Edited for style and republished with permission from the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the original article.


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Apple is still probably months away from releasing its next smartphone, but two new reports are suggesting that iPhone 6 production is well underway.
A new report from Taiwan's Industrial and Commercial Times, which was first spotted by MacRumors, indicates that one of Apple's suppliers is already getting iPhone 6 orders.
Apple supplier Pegatron has reportedly recieved 15% of the orders for Apple's rumored 4.7-inch iPhone 5s successor.
Pegatron is expected to produce a total of 50 million Apple smartphones this year, which would include iPhone 6, iPhone 5c and iPhone 4s units, according to the report.
At the same time, another Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has reportedly recieved the first batch of TouchID fingerprint sensors for the iPhone 6 and next-generation iPad Air and iPad mini devices.
It's important to keep in mind that these Taiwanese reports don't always reflect Apple's production cycle. Often times, the information comes from an unnamed industry source and is subject to change—that is, if it's even accurate in the first place.
The reports do align with information reported by Reuters last month that said Apple could start ramping up production for its next generation iPhones as early as May.
Apple is expected to release two new versions of the iPhone this year— one with a 4.7-inch screen and another with an even larger 5.5-inch display.
The 5.5-inch version may be delayed until next year, however, as Reuters reported that Apple was having difficulties producing displays using its in-cell technology in that particular size. Both phones would represent a noticeable increase in size from the 4-inch screens on Apple's current generation iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
See Also:This Is What A Bigger iPhone 6 Could Look Like Compared With The Galaxy S5Here's What Everyone Thought The iPad Was Going To Look Like Before It Launched In 2010Should You Buy An iPhone 5S Now Or Wait For The iPhone 6?
SEE ALSO: Here's Everything You Need To Know About iOS 8, Apple's Next Major iPhone Update


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The wedding festivities are over and done with, and Busnerd (aka Mr. Bus Chick) and I are taking a lot of naps. Whew! Getting married is exhausting. We are grateful for Flexcar (used my membership quite a bit in the past 10 days), but I am happy to be back in my normal bus groove.
For those who asked: We did have a "wedding bus." We rented an old-school Seattle Transit bus from MEHVA (Metro Employees Historic Vehicle Association) to transport guests from the ceremony to the reception. The bus also picked up out-of-towners at a downtown hotel. This, combined with the scheduling of all other wedding-related events within walking distance of the hotel, made it possible (in theory, anyway) for folks to make the trip without renting a car. Thanks to MEHVA's volunteer drivers for making it happen.
I don't have many pics yet, but here are some my father-in-law took of us next to the bus. As you can see (I hope–I compressed them a lot to preserve server space), I was anxious to get going.


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In a post I made a few years ago, I described how you can add WebCenter Content (UCM at the time) search to the browser's search engines. I think this is a handy shortcut if you find yourself performing searches often enough in WCC.
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Well, in the PS5 release, this was actually included as a new feature. You need to enable the DesktopIntegrationSuite component in order to access it. Once you do, go to the My Content Server -> My Downloads link. There you will see the 'Add browser search' link.
Once clicked, an OpenSearchDescription XML file is produced which each modern browser supports for adding in the search engine.
The one piece that's missing is something I mentioned in my earlier post: forcing authentication. If you haven't logged into the server, your search will be performed anonymously and you will only get back content that is available to the guest role. To make sure the search is performed as your user, the extra parameter Auth=Internet can be passed to the server to cause the server to challenge your request and force a login if needed. Because the definition of the search engine URL is defined within the DesktopIntegrationSuite component, a new custom component can be added to override this. Basically, the new component must override the dis_search_plugin resource and modify the Url locations. Below is an example:
<@dynamichtml dis_search_plugin@> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"> <ShortName><$if DIS_SearchPluginTitle$><$DIS_SearchPluginTitle$><$else$>Oracle WebCenter Content Server Search<$endif$></ShortName> <Description><$lc("wwDISSearchPluginDescription")$></Description> <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="<$xml(HttpBrowserFullCgiPath & "?IdcService=DESKTOP_BROWSER_SEARCH&Auth=Internet&MiniSearchText={searchTerms}")$>" /> <$iconlocation=strReplace(HttpBrowserFullCgiPath,HttpCgiPath,"") & HttpImagesRoot & "desktopintegrationsuite/dis_search_plugin.ico"$> <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon"><$iconlocation$></Image> <Developer>Oracle Corporation</Developer> <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding> <moz:SearchForm><$xml(HttpBrowserFullCgiPath & "?IdcService=DESKTOP_BROWSER_SEARCH&Auth=Internet&MiniSearchText=")$></moz:SearchForm> </OpenSearchDescription> <$setContentType("application/xml")$> <$setHttpHeader("Content-Disposition","inline; filename=search_plugin.xml")$> <$setHttpHeader("Cache-Control", "public")$> <@end@>
I've included a a sample component that does just that.
UPDATE (Jan 15, 2013)
In addition to enabling the component, there is also a configuration preference that must be enabled. After enabling the Desktop Integration Suite component, go to the 'advanced component manager'. Go to the bottom to the 'Update Component Configuration' list and select DesktopIntegrationSuite and click Update. The first entry is to 'Enable web browser search plug-in'. Check that and click Update.
If you've already restarted to enable the DIS component, you do not need to restart for this configuration to take effect.


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Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know – from what happened last night to what will happen today.
For November 26, 2012 – Egypt's president to meet judges angry over power grab, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he's quitting politics and no Powerball winner sends jackpot to record $425 million...
• Egypt's president to meet judges angry over power grab: "President Mohamed Morsy will meet Monday with members of Egypt's highest judicial body, which has slammed his recent decree slashing judges' authority as an "unprecedented attack," state news reports."
• Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he's quitting politics: "Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced his resignation Monday, saying he will quit politics in January to spend more time with his family."
• Two-thirds say fiscal cliff poses major problem: "Two-thirds of people questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey say that the U.S. would face a crisis or major problems if the country went off the 'fiscal cliff' at the end of the year, and if that happened, Republicans in Congress would probably receive the greater share of the blame."
• Black Friday shopping hits a new record: "Customers flocked in to early store openings on Thanksgiving day to scoop up 'doorbuster' deals. A record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites in the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday weekend this year, up 9% from 226 million last year, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation released Sunday."
• No Powerball winner sends jackpot to record $425 million: "No one hit the jackpot in the latest Powerball drawing, pushing the next prize of $425 million into the history books. The prize for Saturday night's Powerball was $325 million - the fourth-largest in the game's history."
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Investor Fraud Summits Across the Country Arm Consumers with Information to Protect Retirement Funds and Life Savings
Summits to be held in Connecticut, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Ohio and Florida
Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice's U.S. Attorneys' offices together, with the department's Criminal and Civil Divisions, representatives from the FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Bankruptcy Trustees, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), AARP and the Better Business Bureau are holding investor fraud summits across the country to help consumers protect their hard-earned money from fraud. These summits will take place in Stamford, Conn.; Nashville, Tenn.; San Francisco; Denver; Cleveland and Miami and are a part of the ongoing efforts of President Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's (FFETF) Securities and Commodities Fraud Working Group.
The FBI reports an unprecedented rise in investment fraud schemes, involving thousands of victims and staggering losses. Since 2011, the Justice Department's Criminal Division and 85 U.S. Attorneys' offices have reported that approximately 800 defendants have been charged, tried, pleaded or sentenced in approximately 500 federal prosecutions involving investor fraud. The total reported amount cheated from victims for this time period tops more than $20 billion. This staggering number includes cases where the total amount victims lost range from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions, and, in some cases, billions in hard-earned savings.
"Investor fraud crimes can erode faith in our financial markets, threaten our nation's ongoing economic recovery, and undermine the fabric of our communities," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "That's why protecting the American people from fraud is a top priority for today's Justice Department. And through the Investor Fraud Summits we announce today, we'll take our anti-fraud efforts to a new level - by raising awareness about these devastating offenses, educating consumers on how to report suspected fraud schemes and empowering members of the public to fight back."
Although the defendants in these federal prosecutions used a variety of tactics and schemes, they often took the same approach, guaranteeing high returns and, in many instances, providing falsified investment documents to victims. As a result, those victims lost retirement savings, military survivor benefits, family death settlements and money set aside for college tuition and mortgage payments. While the Justice Department has already obtained prison sentences for many of these scammers, including one sentence of up to 50 years, for many of the more 100,000 victims the damage to their families is irreparable.
Since 2011, the SEC, a FFETF partner agency, has charged 887 individuals and entities in 359 actions involving retail investor fraud. Nearly $9.7 billion have been alleged lost by over 1.2 million investors in those cases.
"Whether a cold-call, polished website, or email solicitation, fraudsters will use every means at their disposal to convince investors to part with their money," said SEC Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami. "That is why investor education is so critical -- in maintaining financial health as much as physical health, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
In addition to the investor fraud summits across the country, in the coming weeks the Victims' Rights Committee of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force will host an unprecedented event, in partnership with the Justice Department, the Certified Financial Planner Board and the Foundation for Financial Planning, to offer free financial consulting services to 8,000 victims of an investment fraud scheme that was indicted in Chicago. In this case, the defendant falsely guaranteed high rates of return in a Ponzi scheme that caused the loss of more than $300 million of investors' funds. Many of the victims were retirees who found the promised high rates of return, coupled with other false promises, an attractive investment alternative for their individual retirement account (IRA) and other retirement-type investments.
The first investor fraud summit is taking place today in Stamford, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT at the University of Connecticut - Stamford Campus. The summit is hosted by U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut David Fein, who is joined by Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Buretta, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Peter Smith, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Charles Oberly and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Thomas Edward Delahanty II, as well as Deputy Director of the SEC Division of Enforcement George Canellos. Several additional federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory officials, as well as consumer protection experts, are on hand to educate members of the community to help identify instances of fraud or abuse and help them protect their investments. For more information on the summit in Stamford, please contact Thomas Carson at 203-821-3722 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The second investor fraud summit will take place in Nashville, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT at Vanderbilt University Law School's Flynn Auditorium located at 131 21st Avenue South. The summit will be hosted by U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry E. Martin. Guest speakers include FFETF Executive Director Michael Bresnick, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Timothy Heaphy, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Yates, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Anne Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Bill Nettles and Assistant Director for the Office of Legal & Victim Programs in the Executive Office of U. S. Attorneys Kristina Neal. These speakers will be joined by other U.S. Attorneys from neighboring states, Enforcement Attorney for the SEC Atlanta Regional Office William Dixon as well as representatives from the Financial Crimes Division of the FBI, the SEC and the Better Business Bureau. The summit will focus on educating the investing public on how to avoid falling prey to investment fraud schemes. For more information on the summit in Nashville, please contact David Boling at 615-736-5956 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The third investor fraud summit will take place Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Walnut Creek, Calif., from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PDT at the Rossmoor Retirement Community - Gateway Complex located at 1001 Rain Road. The event will be hosted by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag. Guest speakers include U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California Ben Wagner, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California André Birotte, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Laura Duffy and Director of the SEC San Francisco Regional Office Marc Fagel. Other U.S. Attorneys who will be present include U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Amanda Marshall, U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska Karen L. Loeffler and U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii Florence T. Nakakuni. Representatives from FinCEN, FBI, Google and CNBC will also participate in informative panels highlighting the rise in investment fraud schemes in the United States; useful strategies to identify fraudsters; and new, proactive approaches to help protect your savings and investment. This event is open to residents of the Rossmoor Retirement Community and the media only. For more information on the summit in Walnut Creek, please contact Jack Gillund at 415-436-6599 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The fourth investor fraud summit will take place in Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT at the Tivoli Building - Turnhalle Auditorium located at 900 Auraria Parkway, Suite 150. The summit, lead by U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh, will feature U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah David Barlow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Michael Cotter, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma Sanford Coats, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Kenneth Gonzalez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas Barry Grissom and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Multiple federal, state and local officials, including Director of the SEC's Denver Regional Office Donald Hoerl, as well as representatives from consumer and business groups will be on hand for informative and interactive panels. Participants will learn what steps are being taken by law enforcement to help protect them from fraud, warning signs and how to outsmart scams and protect their hard-earned money. For more information on the summit in Denver, please contact Matt Kirsch at firstname.lastname@example.com or 303-454-0100.
The fifth investor fraud summit will take place Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Beachwood, Ohio, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT at the Montefiore Senior Living Center located at 1 David Myers Parkway. The summit will be hosted by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven Dettelbach and attendees will include U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Carter Stewart and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton. Federal, state and local law enforcement officials, including Director of the SEC's Chicago Regional Office Merri Jo Gillette, along with representatives from consumer groups will discuss investor and consumer fraud, with a particular focus on scams that target senior citizens and the elderly. These experts will offer advice, discuss fraud trends and detail the best ways to protect yourself and your savings. For more information on the summit in Beachwood, please contact Jena Suhadolnik at 216-622-3695.
The sixth and final investor fraud summit will take place in Miami on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT at the Miami Dade College – in the Chapman Conference Center, located at 245 N.E. Fourth Street, Bldg. 3, Room 3210. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer will host the summit that will feature Attorney General Eric Holder. They will be joined by U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert O'Neill, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Pamela Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama Joyce Vance, Director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office Eric Bustillo and representatives from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, FBI, FTC, the Better Business Bureau, AARP, FINRA and others to discuss issues associated with investment fraud schemes and help educate investors on how to avoid falling victim to such schemes. The summit will focus on recent investment fraud prosecutions, fraud trends and will include testimonies from victims of investment fraud and a discussion of preventive measures. For more information on the summit in Miami, please contact Lilian Cruz at 305-961-9393.
If you think you may be a victim of investor fraud, please call your local FBI office for assistance. To find your local office, please visit: www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field.
For tips on how to spot investor scams and for more information on investor fraud in general, please visit: www.stopfraud.gov.
President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force, chaired by Attorney General Eric Holder, includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes. For more information about the FFETF, please visit: www.stopfraud.gov.


text: One last thing about ASIS On The Editor's Desk By Martha Entwistle Updated Tue October 2, 2007 Sorry, I wasn't going to post on ASIS again, but a friend sent me this photo and I just couldn't help myself. Seriously, who was the drone that a: thought L. would be the name by which I'd like to be addressed, and b: mis-spelled "Samual"? Really, Samual? I mean, the name is only about 2,500 years old. You'd think people might be acquainted with it. But that's neither here nor there - people make typos. The big, giant, overarching question is this: Were they retyping the information submitted electronically via the web site? Have they not heard of cut and paste, or, say, a SQL server? Isn't this supposed to be a high-tech industry? Still, I shouldn't complain. It was quite the conversation starter: "So, L., are you having a good show?"


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1. What is W+A doing in this project?
Development and installation of NSN 3G system technology.
2. What is the approach to or course of action for tackling such an assignment?
The client sends us an order (PO) for a site. The site is inspected by the team with regard to specific preconditions such as special access, lifting platforms, work safety and is then planned into the schedule for a team. The team then installs the system technology on site and integrates it with the help of NSN RICs. Finally, the client is presented with comprehensive documentation and the invoice for the site.
3. How big is the project?
We install 2 to 4 network elements per week. 2 teams are at work, whereby the number of engineers in the team varies between 2 and 4 depending on the amount of work on site and the weekly volume of assignments.
4. Special assignments?
NSN contacts us directly in the event of problems and failures in Telekom's live network.
5. What characterises W+A in this project?
Our long-standing cooperation with NSN/Telekom as clients and the resulting wealth of experience (know-how). Our highly-trained, certified and experienced engineers. Our flexibility.
6. Impact on the daily life of Joe Public?
Better network coverage and reception in Deutsche Telekom's UMTS network.
7. A look ahead to the future …
We will continue to be involved in this project in the field of swaps and conversions to SRAN, probably with a higher order volume.


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A very interesting Robertson-Seymour (graphs minors) theorem says:
Any infinite collection of graphs $C$ with the property that if $G\in C $ then its minors also are has the form $\{$graphs $G$ that don't contain any $E_i\}$ for some finite collection $E = \{E_i\}$.
So, the theorem says that you could create a list of forbidden minors to find out if the graph is torically embeddable, but this doesn't help much, since the list is both not fully known and large.
I wonder whether the above difficulty is because
- it is indeed hard to test this property of a graph
- the theorem does turn easily testable properties into long lists
- it is not known how to effectively turn easily testable properties into lists
Here's the formal question:
Consider a polynomial algorithm $P$ that returns a yes/no question given a graph as an input and which always returns yes for minors of any graph for which it returns yes. There exists $E$, the exceptional list of a collection defined by $P$. What is known about the computability of the map $P\mapsto E$?


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Well it has been what almost six months since my last post?? Really time flies even when you don't realize it...
Like many people, I had a devastating event happen in my life, you know the kind. The one that knocks the breathe out of you in ways you never thought possible. Well it happened to me, and my world has now changed...at some point I hope I look back on it and say it "helped me move into a better place". I fell apart then
I just wanted to blog about something that I feel VERY strong about... working hard to get what you want out of life. To me, no one gives you anything in life unless you are extremely lucky to have someone willing to help you out. But even if you have EVERYTHING handed to you (money,trips,cars,job,etc) , you still don't have everything.
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What child doesn't love animals, for that matter what adult doesn't like animals!! Even if people don't like all animals, they have one type of animal that makes their heart go ~AWE!! SO I thought that I would share some of our favorite sites,etc. on the subject of animals!! Feel free to shout right back with any of your favs!!Click here to read the rest of this post...
We are a family of watchers here....
When someone talks about the pros and cons of homeschooling, I can always say the pros out weigh the cons!Take this day of learning at the Piedmont Nature Center Homeschooling Day Camp, this wonderful place gave us homeschoolers a free day of learning at their awesome facility. I also got to be on the ground floor of their desire to create a program geared towards homeschoolers.Click here to read the rest of this post...
Well this week flew by!! I didn't even have a chance to post on here until now, ya know when the house is quiet and all the noises are just me typing!! You know that feeling?! I actually had a day where I could reflect on my life and how it has changed since I became an accidental homeschooler. If you would have told me I would be doing this 10 years ago, I would have kindly asked you to take your crazy thoughts and ideas some place else!
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Snow Patrol star Jonny Quinn says he hasn't met Courteney Cox yet - but he's delighted his bandmate is marrying the actress.
The drummer said that he had only talked to the former Friends star - who is engaged to Johnny McDaid - online.
He told the Irish Mirror: "I've only met Courteney on Skype. She's lovely. For being the mega star that she is, she's quite a down to earth, lovely person actually."
The 42-year-old sparked speculation that the couple could be marrying next month by saying : "I'm going to see them in August to stay with them - but I can't tell you about a wedding.
"No, I haven't been told about the wedding. But I am so happy they met, it happened a very organic way."
The rocker added: "I t's just gone from strength to strength - obviously, they're getting married. Johnny is a great guy, I've known him for a very long time. I wish all the best for him."
Snow Patrol are celebrating their 20th anniversary but Jonny said it hadn't always been easy.
"The first seven years were tough. We made so many mistakes. We were all over the shop, terrible live," he said.
"Gary (Lightbody) used to get really nervous and drunk before. But he doesn't even drink now."


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Hair Loss in Women - how herbs can help
Herbs and Women's Hair Loss
Haer! Haer! Tonic
Specific herbs can be used for the treatment of hair thining and hair loss in women of all ages.
Haer Haer Tonic and Lotion
"I'm using both the internal tonic and the lotion. The lotion is particularly impressive. It actually colours my hair. I received the Haer Haer mix in May, the Haer Haer lotion is very good, not only does it help improve the texture it also colours which means I have replaced the hair dye with a semi permanent colour." Val, London.
Bhringaraj Hair Oil
'Bhringaraj' means 'King of Hair' in Sanskrit. This oil is traditionally used in India to nourish, improve hair growth, and strengthen the hair. Its rejuvenating properties can help to prevent early greying and balding in both women and men. Our Bhringaraj is made from organic herbs and organic coconut oil.
Directions for use: Apply to the scalp 1 or 2 times daily. Gently massage the oil into the scalp and allow it to be absorbed into your scalp. Use at night and wash hair in the morning, or use as an oily hair dressing.
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Find out about herbal medicine for treatment of this condition
Soapwort - Pure Herbal Soap for Skin and Hair
Avoid all the chemicals, petrochemicals and animal products (tallow) found in commercial soaps and shampoos, even found in so-called 'natural' products.
Soapwort's native range extends throughout Europe to western Siberia. It grows in cool places at low or moderate elevations under hedgerows and along the shoulders of roadways. Soapwort was originally grown near woollen mills so it was handy for washing wool. Plants have also been found near the sites of old Roman baths. Flowers smell somewhat like Cloves.
The root is rich in saponins and produces a natural soapy lather in water. Not just used for making soap, the plant can also be used to make a shampoo for dry, itchy scalp - although try to avoid getting shampoo in the eyes as it can irritate them.
Soapwort was used to wash the Turin Shroud. Still used today in cleaning old fabrics. This probably helped in its preservation because Soapwort contains a fungicide. A decoction of the plant can be applied externally to treat itchy skin, eczema, psoriasis, acne and boils.
Our SkinClear Soap is simply a mixed powder of soapwort root, comfrey, slippery elm powder, marshamallow root, oats and lavender flowers - all perfect for your skin's health and cleanlines. It is gentle on the skin, healing for skin problems and a highly effective natural cleanser - for eczema, psoriasis, fungal infections (ringworm/tinia), and general health. Place some of the powder in your hand, add a little water and wash your whole body; or you can put some of the powder in a flannel or loofah, perfect!
Just to say I'm absolutely thrilled with the results of the shampoo you sent me recently. After only one application it's made my hair appear so much thicker and given it so much more body that it looks like it's thickened up three times the amount to what it was almost overnight! So big thumbs up for that product! Merle
Then wash your hair with our Soapwort Shampoo. Made from soapwort root, yucca and lavender - nothing else - pure and simple. Yucca is known for its help in hair loss, hair thinning and baldness (including tinea or ringworm in the scalp which causes bald patches). Washes and softens your hair and cleanses your scalp; conditions and cleans - couldn't be more natural.
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Our herbal tonic medicines are carefully prepared on a personal and individual basis for your healing by medical herbalist Alan Hopking MA MNIMH FINEH.
Only whole herbs are used in our herbal medicines. Nothing else is added. If you have symptoms which you consider might be helped with herbal medicine please contact herbal practitioner Alan Hopking for a friendly confidential professional consultation. See terms and fees.
Once you have received your herbal prescription you can contact Alan Hopking at any time for more free advice (preferably by email). When you have completed your bottle of herbal medicine and if you want a repeat prescription you are requested to phone or email so that your progress can be assessed and adjustments made if necessary so that there is no break in your treatment. To order or re-order, click here.
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General advice to consumers on the use of herbal remedies from the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
From the website of the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (www.mhra.gov.uk) Department of Health, UK
• Remember that herbal remedies are medicines. As with any other medicine they are likely to have an effect on the body and should be used with care. • Herbal remedies may sometimes interact with other medicines. This makes it particularly important to tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking a herbal remedy with other medicines such as prescribed medicines (those provided through your doctor or dentist). • Treat with caution any suggestion that a herbal remedy is '100% safe' or is 'safe because it is natural'. Many plants, trees, fungi and algae can be poisonous to humans. It is worth remembering that many pharmaceuticals have been developed or derived from these sources because of the powerful compounds they contain. Any medicine, including herbal remedies, which have an effect on the body should be used with care. • Treat with caution any herbalist or other person who supplies herbal remedies if they are unwilling or unable to provide written information, in English, listing the ingredients of the herbal remedy they are providing. • If you are due to have a surgical operation you should always remember to tell your doctor about any herbal remedy that you are taking. • Anyone who has previously experienced any liver complaint, or any other serious health complaint is advised not to take any herbal remedy without speaking to their doctor first.
Pregnant/Breast-feeding mothers
Few conventional medicines have been established as safe to take during pregnancy and it is generally recognised that no medicine should be taken unless the benefit to the mother outweighs any possible risk to the foetus. This rule should also be applied to herbal medicinal products. However, herbal products are often promoted to the public as being "natural" and completely "safe" alternatives to conventional medicines. Some herbal ingredients that specifically should be avoided or used with caution during pregnancy. As with conventional medicines, no herbal products should be taken during pregnancy unless the benefit outweighs the potential risk.
Volatile Oils
Many herbs are traditionally reputed to be abortifacient and for some this reputation can be attributed to their volatile oil component.(6) A number of volatile oils are irritant to the genito-urinary tract if ingested and may induce uterine contractions. Herbs that contain irritant volatile oils include ground ivy, juniper, parsley, pennyroyal, sage, tansy and yarrow. Some of these oils contain the terpenoid constituent, thujone, which is known to be abortifacient. Pennyroyal oil also contains the hepatotoxic terpenoid constituent, pulegone. A case of liver failure in a woman who ingested pennyroyal oil as an abortifacient has been documented.
A stimulant or spasmolytic action on uterine muscle has been documented for some herbal ingredients including blue cohosh, burdock, fenugreek, golden seal, hawthorn, jamaica dogwood, motherwort, nettle, raspberry, and vervain. Herbal Teas Increased awareness of the harmful effects associated with excessive tea and coffee consumption has prompted many individuals to switch to herbal teas. Whilst some herbal teas may offer pleasant alternatives to tea and coffee, some contain pharmacologically active herbal ingredients, which may have unpredictable effects depending on the quantity of tea consumed and strength of the brew. Some herbal teas contain laxative herbal ingredients such as senna, frangula, and cascara. In general stimulant laxative preparations are not recommended during pregnancy and the use of unstandardised laxative preparations is particularly unsuitable. A case of hepatotoxicity in a newborn baby has been documented in which the mother consumed a herbal tea during pregnancy as an expectorant. Following analysis the herbal tea was reported to contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are known to be hepatotoxic.
Breast-feeding mothers
A drug substance taken by a breast-feeding mother presents a hazard if it is transferred to the breast milk in pharmacologically or toxicologically significant amounts. Limited information is available regarding the safety of conventional medicines taken during breast-feeding. Much less information exists for herbal ingredients, and generally the use of herbal remedies is not recommended during lactation.
Paediatric Use
Herbal remedies have traditionally been used to treat both adults and children. Herbal remedies may offer a milder alternative to some conventional medicines, although the suitability of a herbal remedy needs to be considered with respect to quality, safety and efficacy. Herbal remedies should be used with caution in children and medical advice should be sought if in doubt. Chamomile is a popular remedy used to treat teething pains in babies. However, chamomile is known to contain allergenic sesquiterpene lactones and should therefore be used with caution. The administration of herbal teas to children needs to be considered carefully and professional advice may be needed.
Perioperative use
The need for patients to discontinue herbal medicinal products prior to surgery has recently been proposed. The authors considered eight commonly used herbal medicinal products (echinacea, ephedra, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, kava, St John's Wort, valerian). On the evidence available they concluded that the potential existed for direct pharmacological effects, pharmacodynamic interactions and pharmacokinetic interactions. The need for physicians to have a clear understanding of the herbal medicinal products being used by patients and to take a detailed history was highlighted. The American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) has advised patients to tell their doctor if they are taking herbal products before surgery and has reported that a number of anaesthesiologists have reported significant changes in heart rate or blood pressure in some patients who have been taking herbal medicinal products including St John's Wort, ginkgo and ginseng. MCA is currently investigating a serious adverse reaction associated with the use of ginkgo prior to surgery. In this case, the patient who was undergoing hip replacement experienced uncontrolled bleeding thought to be related to the use of ginkgo.
From the website of the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (www.mhra.gov.uk) Department of Health, UK
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Walker transfers $100,000 to legal defense fund
Campaign finance reports submitted to the state elections board Tuesday evening indicate Gov. Scott Walker has transferred $100,000 to his legal defense fund.
In two separate transfers documented in the report, Walker moved $70,000 on May 3 and $30,000 on May 17 to "The Scott Walker Trust."
The campaign has previously identified that as the legal defense fund it has set up for the governor.
This is the second and third transfer to the account, as Walker moved $60,000 on April 13, which was documented in his last campaign finance report to the Government Accountability Board.
The defense fund has been set up under the guidance of the GAB, which has said only that officeholders are allowed to establish the fund if they or an agent of their campaign have been charged with or are under investigation for election or campaign violations.
Walker has hired two criminal attorneys to represent him, but he has previously said he does not believe he is the target of any investigation.
The governor has also refused to answer questions from reporters on his knowledge or involvement into an investigation connected to his former aides and associates, saying he has been asked not to share information by the Milwaukee County district attorney.
The fund transfer to his account is only allowed if donors permit him to use the money for legal purposes.
Thus far, Walker hasn't disclosed which donors allowed him to make those transfers. A spokesman for the GAB has said finance laws allow Walker to make a general transfer of funds without disclosing specifically the donors the money is coming from.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is challenging Walker in next week's recall election, has been calling on the governor to clarify why he was allowed to set up a legal defense fund.
Barrett and the state Democratic Party said Walker owes it to the people to release more details about his involvement in the investigation as well as the names of the donors who are providing financial assistance to his legal defense fund.
Walker has raised more than $30 million since he took office, including at least $5.8 million in the last five weeks.
Walker reported his latest fundraising totals on Tuesday, a week before he faces Barrett in the recall election.
Walker reported raising $5 million between April 24 and May 21. Additional reports show that he has brought in another $800,000 since then.
Barrett reported raising about $3.4 million over the same five-week period and about $4.2 million since getting into the race.


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I have a Rhino roof rack with rear roller on the rack itself and ladder for a MK6/7 low roof swb Transit.
The roof rack itself has been unbolted and is in 3 pieces.
In good condition has been sat down the side of my house for the last couple of months getting in the way.... so my girlfriend says!
I live near Woodbridge in Suffolk. The rack is free to collect. My mobile is 07710433939
Thanks Edd


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Well my little dreamlets, we're ten days into Spring, and it's already clear to me what music is going to carry me through into Summer – it's all about synthetics. Synthpop, that is, of the late 70's and early 80's variety.
This amuses me, because for much of my life I detested a lot of the music I'm going to celebrate here. A lot of the hatred stemmed from being so unhappy in the 1980's; by association, the music "sounded" like unhappiness. Think of it this way: When was the last time you were taking a shower and felt like listening to the soundtrack to Psycho? Exactly.
Some say that synthpop began when Giorgio Moroder teamed up with Donna Summer and created the hit single "I Feel Love." Calling this the "start" of synthpop is convenient, but an over-simplification, because so much came before that informed it. What can be said is that the song was influential, both in terms of inspiring artists who would go on to develop the synthpop genre, and give mainstream audiences a taste for it.
What follows are some synthpop songs that bring me joy. Many can be claimed by other sub-genres of music, but they're all related. Some are guilty pleasures – the sonic equivalent to a Snickers bar, in that they are bad for me, but make me feel great for the duration I'm imbibing – and others I stand by as solid accomplishments. I'm also putting a spell on them: listening to these songs will make you feel a little ticklish in the deepest part of your brain, which will result in your not hating your fellow man as much (even though they totally deserve your hate). Enjoy!


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Kohana 3.3 has a file named "composer.json" in the root of the project, however it is not configured for Kohana and Composer is not installed.
This example is tested on a Mac. Windows users will need to install Composer from the instructions on the Composer project site, at http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md.
Install Composer
First, modify composer.json to tell composer where to install libraries.
{ "config": { "vendor-dir": "application/vendor" }, "require": { "phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.24", "phing/phing": "dev-master" } }
Open a terminal and navigate to the root of your Kohana project.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php php composer.phar install
Modify Kohana's bootstrap.php File
Add this to bootstrap. Right above the router configuration is a good spot.
/** * Autoload composer libraries * */ require APPPATH . 'vendor/autoload.php';
Adding a Library
You can either edit composer.json with your required library (and then re-run the install command above), or use the composer require verb from the command line to add the library, which also modifies composer.json.
php composer.phar require "monolog/monolog" "1.6.0"
The monolog package page is https://packagist.org/packages/monolog/monolog. Note that you need the package name for the first parameter and the version for the second parameter.


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There were many turning points in my life, most of them terribly tragic. But do not offer me your pity, sympathy, or any sort of sentimentalities. The Racewar was long and hard on nearly everyone and my own story cannot be worse than any other. The important thing every person must realize is that from the depths of despair and loss one must hold on to the idea of hope. Usually the lowest, bleakest moments in ones life also contain opportunities for redemption from that foul and dark
I didnt know my parents at all. I mean to say I never met them and am not even sure of their names. My master told me they were of peasant stock and were killed in a raid upon their caravan. But what am I to believe of his words concerning my own parentage?
I found a document in a small wooden box inside the maids quarters when I was just a boy. One cannot even be sure if the receipt was for me or not, there were so many other children at the orphanage. I like to think it was
The morning sun shone bright in the east-facing windows of the Goodington house. Samuel had added the windows to the dining room with breakfast in mind and was never disappointed at that decision during this most early meal. He finished the thick slab of toast and was using his napkin to wipe the last of the butter from his hand when Cindy started to rise from the table.
She held little Samuel Junior in her arms and had indeed just finished feeding him his own breakfast. The little
Daddy? said Samuel Jr. as he tugged on his fathers pant leg. His father was working on a table leg. Sam pumped his other leg on the pedal to keep the unfinished work spinning as he held the thin file in place. The groove was perfect and he picked a Rough cloth to smooth it even more, holding it against the wood with just the right amount of pressure as the wood spun beneath his hands.
Sam lifted his foot off the pedal and the soon-to-be table legs rotation began to slow immediately.


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Android is no longer a contractual commitment. T-Mobile has launched Pulse: the UK's first Android-based smartphone available on pay-as-you-go.
T-Mobile's Pulse: the UK's first PAYG Android, apparently
Pulse – a Huawei-manufactured handset – has been launched on PAYG in an attempt to bring Android to "a wider set of mobile users", T-Mobile said.
Sporting a "curvy black polished chrome exterior", Pulse has a 3.5in touchscreen display that can also be navigated using the phone's physical tracker ball.
Pulse measures 116 x 62.5 x 13.5mm, weighs 130g and offers wireless connectivity over both HSDPA 3G and Wi-Fi. Data stored on Micro SD memory cards can also be transferred onto other gadgets over Bluetooth, T-Mobile said.
Version 1.5 – aka Cupcake – comes pre-installed on Pulse and the phone even features a reasonable quality 3.2Mp rear-mounted camera.
The T-Mobile Pulse will set you back £180 ($297/€200) on a PAYG basis. ®


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A friend called me the other day and told me a horror story about a 16 year old being taken away from her parents in Germany because she was homeschooled .Does anyone here know anything about this situation?
Does anyone know the family involved?
Homeschooling in Germany and recent stuff
Find or post information on the legal aspects of homeschooling in your state.
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I read about the family. Counting my blessings I don't live in Germany.
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