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Skullgirls/Ms. Fortune
Ms. Fortune
Now hiding in the shadows of Little Innsmouth, Ms. Fortune plots to avenge her fallen comrades.[1]
In a nutshell
Nadia doesn't let her misfortunes slow her down. With her head on her shoulders, her HP button attacks give her a perfect air dash cross up attack and huge damage from her heavy normals. If she decides to drop her head, is becomes an independent, hard to hit threat while the body attacks with a mind of its own. Trapping the opponent between Ms. Fortune's pieces can lead to obnoxious block strings, ambiguous cross ups, or even the dreaded "sandwich" combo. Maybe she never needed a head to begin with? Ms. Fortune plays best as part of a team, happily tagging out when her head gets in trouble and offering a point character a few unique tricks with her headless Ensemble and tag in tactics.
- 1 Ms. Fortune
- 2 Basics
- 3 Move List
- 4 Colors and Costumes
- 5 Extras
- 6 Patch History
|Double jump
|Dash or Run:
|Ms. Fortune has a fast forward run and an average speed backward run that will end after a set distance.
|Air Dash:
|Average speed 2 way (forward and backward) air dash.
|5 Buttons: OR
|5 Buttons: OR
|6 Buttons:
Signature Techniques
- With her Head On, Ms. Fortune has access to come of her most powerful attacks. j.HP stands out as her easiest move to use during an IAD to hit as a cross up. s.HP, s.HK, c.HP, and HP Cat Scratch all deal more damage than the equivalent Headless moves. Cat Spike and Cat Strike both detach Fortune's head, causing a lengthy stun animations the opponent on hit. Transitioning to Fortune's Headless mode sacrifices the Head On advantages to give her some new attacks and gives the player some new strategic options.
- While Headless, Ms. Fortune's minimum air dash height increases, she loses all of her Head On attacks, and she can only perform single hit versions of her Cat Scratch attacks. More than making up for the losses, she gains use of her disembodied head.HP button commands perform the head's independent set of 4 moves. The body remains under player control and takes all other commands. The head's resting animation shows the head's cooldown timer after an attack. Simultaneous attacks from the head and body, especially when the opponent becomes trapped between the two, lead to combos Ms. Fortune could never do in one piece. The head can't do anything if the body is not preforming a Blockbuster, in block stun, or in any sort of hit stun. When the body tags out, Ms. Fortune's head will remain on screen watching the fight.
- Ms. Fortune can attack her own head to bounce it forward without dealing damage to herself. While spinning the head can bounce off the opponent, hitting for 300 damage. The opponent can attack Ms. Fortune's head as long as the body remains the point character. The head takes 50% of normal damage and can't block, but is small enough to avoid most attacks. Damage dealt to the head will drain Ms. Fortune down to 1 point of life but not deal fatal damage to the body.
Ensemble Selection
- Nyantiair (→↓↘ + K): A useful anti-air Ensemble. LK and HK button versions of this move work just as well as the Default Ensemble Choice MK version. Ms. Fortune cannot include the jump follow up in a custom action.
- One Two Punisher (s.MK): As a custom Ensemble a carefully timed s.MK can keep an opponent on the ground in hit or block stun longer than any of Ms. Fortune's other normals.
- Cat Scratch (↓↘→ + P): With her Head On, this custom Ensemble will command Fortune to use the first hit of Cat Scratch series. When Headless, the same command will give the last hit of the series. Ms. Fortune can use the last hit of the HP version of the attack as an Ensemble even when she is Headless.
- Be Headed (↓↙← + P): Ms. Fortune preforms a Cat Strike if she has her Head On. The two hit move has significant , block stun, and has a good chance of actually hitting for a when called at close range. If Ms. Fortune is Headless, the same Ensemble gets a Cat Call and holds it until the head returns to the body. Ms. Fortune has this pair of attacks as a Default Ensemble Choice with a unique move name. All strength (↓↙← + P) commands give the same attacks as a custom action.
Move List
Command Normals
Normal Throws
Special Moves
Team Moves
Colors and Costumes
| Palette 1:
Default color palette.
| Palette 2:
Original alternate color palette.
| Palette 3:
Based on Reiko Hinomoto from Rumble Roses.
| Palette 4:
Original color palette based on Ms. Fortune's original costume design.
| Palette 5:
Based on Lily from Vocaloid.
| Palette 6:
Based on Shelly, a character associated with Megalomaniac, an NPC from Gaia Online designed by Alex Ahad.
| Palette 7:
+ +
Based on Celty Sturlison from Durarara.
| Palette 8:
+ +
Based on Black Rock Shooter.
| Palette 9:
Based on Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers.
| Palette 10:
Based on Fran from Final Fantasy XII.
| Palette 11:
+ +
Original color palette based on the Xbox 360.
| Palette 12:
Original color palette based on the Playstation 3.
| Palette 13:
+ +
Based on Blue Mary from King of Fighters.
| Palette 14:
+ +
Based on Leona Heidern from King of Fighters.
| Palette 15:
+ + +
Based on PUSSYCAT, a claymation short film by Takena.
| Palette 16:
Based on the Thief from Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow of Mystara.
| Palette 17:
Based on Etna from Disgaea.
| Palette 18:
Based on Mami Tomoe from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
| Palette 19:
+ +
Based on B. Orchid from Killer Instinct.
| Palette 20:
Original alternate color palette.
| Palette 21:
+ +
Based on She Hulk from Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
| Palette 22:
+ +
Original alternate color palette.
Some overlapping commands give Ms. Fortune different attacks with her Head On and when Headless Ms. Fortune. Similar to Cat Strike and Cat Call appearing as the same Default Ensemble Choice, these other inputs can effectively give Fortune two custom Ensembles at the same time. Other inputs seem as if they would give a double Ensemble but don't. Some have unexpected effects, such as allowing Fortune to use a single hit HP Cat Scratch while Headless.
|Custom Ensemble Command
|Ensemble with Head On
|Ensemble when Headless
| Ears Pierced:
Head On
| Headbutt:
| Ears Pierced:
Head On
| Headbutt:
| High Brow:
Head On +
| Zoom!:
Headless OR +
| High Brow:
Head On +
| Headbutt:
| Cat Scratch:
+ (first attack)
| Cat Scratch:
+ (third attack)
| High Brow:
Head On +
| Zoom!:
Headless OR +
| Cat Strike:
Head On +
| Cat Call:
Headless + OR (hold)
Patch History
More Different Edition to Encore
- Headbutt and Zoom! now add 30 Drama as heavy normals and no longer add bonus Drama when hitting as a juggle.
- Fiber Upper follow up jump now has a 5f buffer window to input an air attack on the first frame of the jump.
- Fixed the small shimmy at the end of The Fifth of Dismember to avoid the rare situation where it hits as a cross up if the first hit missed and the opponent stands directly on top of the head.
- Infinity Breaker hit box changed to the same height as everyone else.
Slightly Different Edition to More Different Edition
- New normal attack added: Wheel of Fortune (s.HK with Head On).
- Great for piling on damage during Head On ground chains.
- The old s.HK can only be performed when Headless.
- Increased damage on Head On normals:
- s.HP to 1100.
- c.HP to 1000.
- j.HP to 975.
- Head on c.HP changed to give the same launch trajectory (and combos) as Headless s.HK.
- Various Head On moves will no longer force Ms. Fortune to drop her head if she's counter hit.
- Getting hit by an Outtake will now force Ms. Fortune to drop her head.
- While Headless, Ms. Fortune has a longer IAD lockout and higher minimum airdash. She can no longer combo IAD j.LK > j.MK and have the j.MK hit twice.
- The first hit of c.HK now breaks armor.
- Air throw now tosses the opponent downward more slowly and the recovery can be cancelled with an air dash, similar to Filia. This makes combos off of air throw easier, with a mid height air throw able to cancel to air dash and combo to j.HP.
- Attack damage from hitting your own head reduced to 300 from 500.
- Attacks from the head can juggle off any move, but add 30 Drama for Headbutt or Zoom!, and 20 Drama for specials. Catching the opponent out of the air with Headbutt or Zoom! adds 1.5x as much Drama.
- The head can no longer be controlled during a Double Take combo.
- Zoom! can now catch Cerebella out of a knockdown.
- The Cat Scratch series of special moves received the following changes:
- Follow up attack commands simplified: P gives the next Cat Scratch, K gives El Gato, and ↓+K gives Cat Slide.
- When Headless, Cat Scratch is a standalone move; Ms. Fortune will only preform the final hit.
- When Headless, Ms. Fortune preform Cat Slide and El Gato follow ups are independent special moves with ↓↘→+K and ↓↙←+K commands.
- Cat Slide now breaks armor.
- Cat Scratch > El Gato now gives 1f of advantage on block from 5f.
- Fiber Upper received the following changes:
- The MK and HK versions have a much smaller hitbox on the first hit. The K followup jump can only be used if this first hit connects. The jump is still possible if the attack completely whiffs.
- Opponent movement after the MK and HK versions changed to improve the ability to combo after these versions.
- LK version is now disadvantaged -13f on block and has 7f of invulnerability, ending 6f before active frames.
- MK version is now disadvantaged -16f on block and has 12f of invulnerability, ending 2f before active frames.
- HK version is now disadvantaged -20f on block and has 17f of invulnerability, covering all start up frames the active frames for the first hit.
- El Gato will now auto-correct if performed during a normal jump and can be preformed when jumping backward.
- OMNOMNOM now chooses which direction to go at the end of start up instead of at the beginning.
- The Headless version of Cat Scratch Fever has decreased minimum damage to more closely match the Head On version.
Initial Release Version to Slightly Different Edition
- The Cat Scratch series of attacks received the following adjustments:
- Series strength is now determined by first punch used. Any punch can still be used to continue the attack, but it will not change strength.
- Rebalanced damage and redistributed it so most is in the 3rd hit:
- LP: Old 450+500+650=1600; New 300+350+950=1600
- MP: Old 575+625+775=1975; New 350+400+1100=1850
- HP: Old 700+750+900=2350; New 400+450+1250=2100
- Increased the speed of El Gato variant.
- El Gato variant can now be canceled into Blockbuster attacks up through the hit.
- Headbutt and Zoom! headless attacks have received the following adjustments:
- Equalized the damage of both attacks to 675.
- Now give meter equivalent to that of a projectile rather than a physical attack on hit.
- The Screw Attack from attacking the detached head received the following adjustments:
- Reduced damage from 575 to 500
- Now gives meter equivalent to that of a projectile rather than a physical attack on hit.
- As with other "cinematic" Blockbuster attacks, Fifth of Dismember will now prevent time-outs until it finishes.
- When used with Ms. Fortune's head attached, Cat Scratch Fever's last hit now knocks the opponent higher, slides further, and is easier to combo after in the corner.
- The headless variant Just Claws now connects properly against crouching Painwheel and Ms. Fortune.
- During Omnomnom, Ms. Fortune's head will now fly away from the nearest screen edge when the move ends or is interrupted.
- Cat Call now always plays 9 frames of the loop even if the button is not held.
- Headless Stunt Doubles have received the following adjustments:
- s.HP and c.HP no longer play the head-attached attack animation.
- Recovery is now longer than 1 frame.
- Cat Spike now causes knockdown instead of ground bounce.
- Reduced the hit stun of a headless s.MP by 5 frames.
- Head attacks will no longer hit out of the air (will always OTG) after: Cat Scratch 3rd hit, Cat Slide, and chained j.HK.
- Feline Allergies will still juggle off chained j.HK.
- Ms. Fortune can now perform Feline Allergies after the last hit of a successful Feral Edge with her head on in order to continue the combo headless.


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Vintage Architect's Table in the Kitchen
Kitchen Inspiration
It's striking to see this antique 19th-century architect's table used as a dining table. What a beautiful, sturdy piece. This kitchen, with its green metal cabinets, definitely reads vintage, but I believe this table could work in a more traditional, farmhouse-style kitchen, as well as something super modern. The contrast would play nicely.
Related: Compact Pedestal Dining Table
(Image: Pieter Estersohn for Honor Guard, via Elle Decor)
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i have one that looks just like it, except it was a singer seweing machine table. i grew up with it as a kitchen table, and now it's a dining room table in my house.
I LOVE that look. The graceful lines of the table. The soothing green. WANT.

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Get connected to resources for your Detroit business at BizGrid Live on Oct. 21
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Last year, the BizGrid, an interactive online directory and a physical infographic, was launched to help entrepreneurs navigate the landscape of organizations providing business assistance in Detroit.
On Oct. 21, the
comes to life during an afternoon's worth of events at Wayne State University's McGregor Conference Center.
The events include four interactive breakout sessions and a resource fair where you can learn how BizGrid organizations can help advance your business goals. Jacques Panis, president of
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keynote address.
Panel topics include:
- Designing and Developing Your Idea
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BizGrid Live is a free event and will take place from 1 to 6 p.m.
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Berliners want to invest in Detroit, but you already knew that because you read Model D
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Berliners want to invest money in Detroit. Big news, right? The Wall Street Journal thinks so. They recently ran
a story
about how Dimitri Hegemann, owner of Berlin electronic music label and club
, is in love with the idea of opening a techno club in Detroit's long-abandoned Fisher Body 21 plant.
As quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Hegemann had this to say: "Fisher Body is my first real love."
Of course, if you read Model D, this isn't really news to you at all. Walter Wasacz, Model D's former managing editor and a frequent contributor, worked with Hegemann to put on "The Detroit-Berlin Connection," a forum that happened in conjunction with the Movement Electronic Music Festival on Memorial Day weekend. (Check out Wasacz's
recap of the forum
.) Wasacz recently traveled to Berlin to partake in the Atonal Festival, of which Hegemann is the founder, and wrote
this reflection
on what Detroit can learn from Berlin.
Also, in case you missed it, be sure to check out our
Q&A with Dimitri Hegemann
from back in May.
Model D will continue to follow developments in this story.
Detroit Food Academy is raising funds to support young food entrepreneurs
Detroit Food Academy
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
A non-profit organization that partners with Detroit high schools, the Detroit Food Academy is in the midst of a $12,500
Patronicity crowdfunding campaign
to raise money to fund its operations.
According to Detroit Food Academy's Patronicity campaign page:
"The Academy is a 25-week program during the school year. Participants graduate with a polished values-based food product, a certificate in food entrepreneurship, a network of potential employers, and an opportunity to enter our summer employment program.
Small Batch Entrepreneurship Camp is a 6-week summer program that puts Academy graduates in the driver's seat of their food business. They are paid a stipend and employed 25 hours per week to launch, operate, and perfect their triple-bottom-line food business at farmers' markets and retail outlets across the City. The summer culminates in the 'Summer Finale Event', where DFA's young leaders pitch their businesses and leadership stories for a chance to win endorsements from the DFA Mentorship Board, scholarships, internship opportunities, and the addition of their handcrafted product to our emerging line, Small Batch Detroit."
Money donated to DFA will support these programs.
Grist: Is Detroit making the Model T of bicycles?
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Taking a page from Henry Ford,
Detroit Bikes
is manufacturing a simple product with what it hopes will have mass appeal. Its three-speed Model A is a simple, durable bicycle inspired in part by Henry Ford's Model T, a one-size-fits all car that revolutionized the auto industry. Grist, a self-proclaimed "source of intelligent, irreverent environmental news and commentary" had this to say about Detroit Bikes and its founder Zak Pashak:
"The bicycles that Pashak makes are simple. Not fixie simple; practical simple. Three speeds, fenders, and a chain guard, with a frame made of lightweight chromoly steel. The first one was named the Model A – a riff on Ford Motor Company's Model T. Like the Model T, it only comes in one size, and you can buy it in any color, as long as that color is black. (A second model, the Model B, comes only in white.) The plan is to keep the selling price under $700 (spendy, but about as low as you can get when buying a new bike with decent components), and appeal to the same type of person who would buy the European commuter-style bikes made by Linus or Public (neither of which makes their bikes in the U.S.)."
Read more about Detroit Bikes and other Detroit bicycle manufacturers on
Social Club Grooming Co.'s "Shop Talks" not your average panel discussions
Social Club Grooming Company
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The Social Club Grooming Company hosts panel discussion that are wholly unique in Detroit. During the Social Club's "Shop Talks," panelists have an intimate conversation with an audience about the future of Detroit -- while sitting in a barber chair and getting their hair cut.
The next Shop Talk is scheduled for Thursday, July 24 from 6-8 p.m. The Social Club will host a Duke and Harvard student-moderated panel discussion on the social-entrepreneurial climate and business innovation happening in Detroit. Panelists include designer Rick Williams, fashion photographer Piper Carter, chief talent officer for the city of Detroit Bryan Barnhill, and Crain's Detroit Business's director of audience development Eric Cedo. The panelists will receive haircuts while speaking so the shop can collect the trimmed hair and use its nitrogen content to help grow vegetation in Detroit.
The Social Club's Shop Talk series is designed to provide a monthly opportunity for the Detroit community to hear from a diverse group of community leaders, artists, business leaders, and activists about specific issues. The objective is to help young people develop thoughtful positions on topics being discussed in Detroit, as well as increase their understanding of the positions of others.
"There's so much positive energy in Detroit right now," said The Social Club founder Sebastian Jackson. "It's wonderful to see tomorrow's leaders at Harvard and Duke take notice. The fact that these students are here to experience a firsthand account of what's going on means we are beginning to change the narrative of Detroit. Thursday's panel discussion gives these students an opportunity to interact and learn from the individuals influencing the future of Detroit."
Other panelists may be added.
The Social Club Grooming Company provides environmentally friendly grooming services to the Detroit community through socially responsible practices. The Social Club prides itself in catering to all who enter, regardless of race or gender. The shop is located at 5272 Anthony Wayne Dr. on the campus of Wayne State University.
For updates, visit the Social Club's
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Detroit's Venture for America Fellows compete for Innovation Fund startup capital
Eleanor Meegoda
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
In recent years, several talent attraction and development fellowship programs have sprung up in Detroit, each pairing young and mid-career professionals with jobs in public, private, and non-profit organizations based in the city.
Venture for America
is one such program that began operating in Detroit in 2012. Modeled as a private sector version of Teach for America, VFA, a two year program, pairs recent college grads with startups in cities around the country. Currently 28 VFA fellows are based in Detroit.
"Venture for America
focuses on entrepreneurship. It's kind of a career accelerator for individuals interested in entrepreneurship and doing creative things in their cities," says VFA fellow Eleanor Meegoda, who works at
Detroit Venture Partners
, a
venture capital firm that backs and seeds early-stage technology companies based in Detroit.
As a part of the fellowship program, VFA fellows are eligible to participate in the semi-annual Innovation Challenge in which they are tasked with crowdfunding for side ventures that solve a problem or satisfy a need that fellows have identified. The ventures that raise the most money will receive additional support from the VFA Innovation Fund, with prizes ranging from $4,000 to $10,000.
This year, Detroit is well represented in VFA's Innovation Challenge. Ventures include Compass, a service that empowers small businesses to better navigate the complicated digital landscape by connecting them with people who know technology; Assembly of Commerce, a new, online-based "chamber of commerce" helping small businesses band together to create "economies of scale" and compete with the giants; Motor City Machine, an effort inviting all Detroiters -- artists, students, businesses, non-profits, faith organizations, Detroit City and Metro Detroiters -- to join in building a giant Rube-Goldberg Machine; Yumness, a platform for restaurateurs & aspiring chefs to connect and collaborate; and Zapenda, an e-commerce platform that connects artisans from the developing world to a global market.
The Detroit ventures and other proposals from VFA fellows around the country can be found at
Detroit VFA fellow Eleanor Meegoda is part of the team behind the Motor City Machine project, which hopes to bring Detroiters together to build a giant
Rube Goldberg machine
"The reason I'm doing this is because Detroit is a city of builders and makers," says Meegoda. "It's got a history that's linked with industrialization and the machine. What better way then is there to bring all sorts of Detroiters together?"
You can try your hand at building a Rube Goldberg machine by visiting the Motor City Machine team at Eastern Market's Sunday marketplace.
Source: Eleanor Meegoda, VFA fellow
D:Hive Build expands with Build Bazaar, a roving pop-up marketplace
D:Hive Build
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
If you read Model D's Startup News section or follow small business development in Detroit, you're likely familiar with several D:Hive Build graduates and their businesses. Since Build launched in 2012, roughly 350 entrepreneurs have graduated from the 8-week business and project planning class designed for aspiring and established entrepreneurs in Detroit.
This summer, Build is finding ways to venture outside of D:Hive's downtown offices. On June 3, Build began holding summer classes in the Livernois Community Storefront on Detroit's Avenue of Fashion. Build also launched the Build Bazaar, a rotating pop-up marketplace celebrating emerging entrepreneurs from the Build program. The first bazaar was held on June 15 in Eastern Market. Future bazaars are planned for the Concert of Colors on July 12-13, as well as the Livernois Community Storefront August 21-24.
For more information, visit
Pop-up in Grandmont Rosedale: REVOLVE Detroit is seeking applications
REVOLVE Detroit
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
REVOLVE Detroit is seeking applications for its pop-up retail program, this time in northwest Detroit's Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood. Over the last three years, REVOLVE has helped pop-ups open in vacant storefronts in Lafayette Park, West Village, Jefferson-Chalmers, and the Avenue of Fashion (Livernois at 7 Mile). Several of these businesses have made the transition from pop-up to permanent and several vacant storefronts that hosted pop-ups have taken on long-term tenants.
Now, REVOLVE Detroit is partnering with the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation and Charter One's "Growing Communities" initiative in seeking entrepreneurs to create two new pop-up shops on Grand River Avenue in Detroit's distinguished Grandmont Rosedale community.
Applications are due June 15. For more information, visit REVOLVE's
Source: REVOLVE Detroit
Exploring the Detroit-Berlin connection
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
The Detroit-Berlin Connection is a collaborative, transatlantic effort to bring together creative individuals and communities in the two cities with the goal of driving cultural and economic growth in Detroit. The group's first Conference for Subcultural Exchange for Urban Development will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) May 23, 2014. The conference is free and open to the public. It begins at 4 p.m.
Partners in the project include Tresor/Kraftwerk Berlin, re:publica/newthinking, Electronic Beats, De:Bug/Das Filter, Womex and others from Berlin; and Model D, Paxahau/Movement, Ponyride, and Underground Resistance from Detroit. The program will include presentations by several Berliners involved in art/entrepreneurship efforts key to the German capital's revitalization over the past 25 years. A panel discussion featuring Berlin and Detroit participants will follow, along with a Q&A session and a chance for the public to mingle with the speakers.
More information about the Detroit-Berlin Connection can be found on its
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More foreign investment coming to Michigan?
Global Detroit Staff
Friday, April 18, 2014
"Our state needs outstanding talent to help drive the new economy. Immigrants are net job creators," said Gov. Rick Snyder in a recent announcement. "In return, Michigan offers a wonderful place to live, work, play, and raise a family."
On the heels of Gov. Snyder's announcement last week, Michigan has been granted status by the federal government to create its own EB-5 "Regional Center." Michigan is just the second state in the country to do so.
The Detroit Chinese Business Association (DCBA), in conjunction with Global Detroit, Aspire Lending, and Ogilvy PR, will be hosting the
Immigration Investment Opportunities in Michigan
conference on Wednesday, April 23 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Hills. Civitas Capital, a firm that has leveraged over $280 million in EB-5 investments into the Dallas regional economy on projects creating over 8,000 jobs, will present at the seminar.
Never heard of an EB-5 visa? You're not alone. EB-5 is the fifth of five "Employment-Based" visas that help foreigners legally work in the U.S. Known as an "investor" visa, the EB-5 is specifically designed to spur business investment that creates jobs in the United States with particular emphasis on areas of high unemployment. The program began in the early 1990s, and is authorized by Congress to issue up to 10,000 visas every year, though that limit has yet to be reached.
EB-5 visas allow foreign investors to obtain conditional residency, legal permanent residency, and, eventually, full U.S. citizenship, as long as they invest $1 million in a U.S. business that they "control," and that business in turn creates 10 U.S. jobs. Foreign investments in "Targeted Employment Areas" (TEAs), meaning "high unemployment" areas or rural areas, lower the total investment threshold to $500,000.
So, what does Michigan's new EB-5 Regional Center mean for a state like Michigan, and cities like Detroit? "This approval is an important step in helping harness top talent and international direct investment into the state to continue and accelerate Michigan's comeback," Gov. Snyder said in his press release.
The Governor hopes Michigan's EB-5 Regional Center will act as a vehicle that connects foreign investment with development projects across the state, as well as help foreign investors gain permanent residency for themselves and their families. According to Snyder, investors will be identified from a variety of places, including individuals and contacts made through Michigan's colleges and universities who are working to retain and attract current and former students.
The Center will work in coordination with Gov. Snyder's Michigan Office for New Americans created in late January and will be housed at the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (MSHDA).
Scott Woosley, Executive Director of MSHDA, said Michigan is eager to deepen relationships internationally and bring home investment, projects, jobs, and possible new residents critical to Michigan's future.
"It's anticipated that once it's up and running, the regional center will generate $30-50 million of new private equity for projects each year and create 600 new jobs in communities where they are much needed," Woosley said in Snyder's release.
So what about cities like Detroit? Can a tool like the EB-5 and a platform like the Michigan Regional Center be utilized to leverage more investment in Metro Detroit? Joe Borgstrom, director of the State of Michigan's EB-5 Regional Center says that MSHDA's "decades of housing and development experience," makes him feel very "optimistic about the role EB-5 capital can play in the revitalization of cities as well as potentially retaining existing foreign national students and new immigrants."
If cities like Dallas and Philadelphia are any indication, EB-5 investments can come together in a powerful way, especially if there is a desire for coordination between public and private actors. The Philly Welcome Fund, a privately run EB-5 regional center that operates out of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, has raised some $600 million of investment capital that has created over 19,000 jobs.
Several years ago, the City of Dallas and Civitas Capital Group came together to run the
City of Dallas Regional Center
, an EB-5 center that has helped shepherd nearly $300 million dollars in foreign investment in a range of real estate
in and around Dallas that have generated over 8,000 jobs. Success in Dallas is one of the reasons why Civitas has been invited to next week's Detroit Chinese Business Association conference on EB-5 opportunities.
"We're excited about this event," said DCBA's President Jerry Xu. "It brings together the best of both the public and private sector to discuss how we can continue to bring top talent and foreign direct investment into the State of Michigan."
The conference will feature dynamic speakers, including Bing Goei, director of Michigan's Office for New Americans, Joe Borgstrom, director of Michigan's EB-5 Regional Center, and Texas State House Member, Rafael M. Anchia, who also serves as chairman of Civitas Capital Group's advisory board.
"Events like this are great mediums to exchange ideas and information about how we can continue to bring highly skilled, job-creating immigrants to the State of Michigan," Goei said. "This is a key pillar of our state's economic growth plan and we're working diligently to move the right policies forward to support this initiative along with creating a welcoming community and culture for immigrants."
Civitas Capital Group CEO Dan Healy added that he is looking forward to the event, the dialogue it will generate and the opportunity to deepen relationships with key stakeholders across the state.
"Our full-service asset management approach for global investors and unique expertise with public-private partnerships have created thousands of jobs at zero cost to American taxpayers. This model is a great fit for the comeback taking place in Michigan," Healy said. "We want to play an influential role in the state's efforts to marry high-quality investment opportunities with the appropriate risk-return profile of global institutions and individuals."
The EB-5 Immigration Investment Opportunities for Michigan Conference is also sponsored by Global Detroit and Aspire Lending and will take place from 3-6 p.m. April 23 at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Seating is limited and tickets are $50 in advance or $75 at the door (if available), which includes dinner, beverages and a cash bar. Please register online at www.dcba.com or call +1-248-918-0391.
Founded in 1995, the Detroit Chinese Business Association (DCBA) is a Michigan-based, non-profit organization. Its primary goal is to advocate, educate and form business relationships between American and Chinese companies. For more information about DCBA, please visit
Local drone enthusiast documents the D
The Atlantic Cities
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Local drone enthusiast Harry Arnold has transformed his hobbies -- radio-controlled hellicopters and videography -- into a business. Clients in Detroit are paying him for the unique aerial perspective captured by his drones. Arnold films everything from events to building demolitions to fires. Read more about Arnold and check out some of his amazing aerial footage on
The Atlantic Cities
Detroit, oui: In French, Le Figaro waxes cool about the city
Le Figaro
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Some great Detroit peeps and locations -- including artists Shades, Rob Smith, Chris Turner, Thornetta Davis and the Blackman, Detroit Farm & Garden's Jeff Klein, and the Packard Plant -- make an appearance in this piece (only in French). Wonderful photography by former Model D lensman Dave Krieger.
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HuffPost Detroit: Meet eight women of color transforming Detroit
HuffPost Detroit
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
HuffPost Detroit is right on target in profiling these women, all leaders or innovators making it happen in the city.
An excerpt:
Detroit, in particular, often feels held together by the passionate individuals who wake up every day determined to make it a better place to live.
Take the eight women below, identified with the help of the
Detroit Urban Innovation Exchange
(UIX), a local initiative that highlights people interested in transforming the city. Through food and music, engineering and education, these women are using their skills to find new ways to remake their communities.
Read on
Conde Nast Traveller checks in on Detroit food scene
Conde Nast Traveller
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
We're happy anytime we see a story about lovely foodie things happening in Detroit
using British English spellings.
An excerpt from Conde Nast
One neighbourhood that's booming is Corktown, a previously near-deserted stretch of Michigan Avenue in the shadow of the abandoned Michigan Central Station. Now it's bustling with the likes of craft-beer specialist Slows Bar B Q, coffee shop Astro, and new Italian restaurant Ottava Via. Other newcomers include Two James, the first distillery to open in Detroit since before Prohibition, which sells a range of handcrafted vodka, gin, bourbon and whiskey. Order the bourbon-based Corktown Flip at its industrial-style bar. Gold Cash Gold, a restaurant opening this summer in a former pawn shop, shows how far the area is transforming.
Read more
VoteForDetroit.com to give 'Move to Detroit' presentation at SXSW
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
By the time this year's SXSW-Interactive in Austin begins in early March, Lowe Campbell Ewald will have moved over 500 employees to Detroit. The advertising firm will be doing a 'Move to Detroit' presentation at the festival in the Texas capital. See an excerpt below:
Despite what you might read in the media, Detroit is quickly becoming rich in creativity, innovation and inspiration. In fact, Detroit was one of seven North American cities selected to be part of Google's Tech Hub Network, and with tech investors like Detroit Venture Partners, it's becoming easy for startups to create opportunities. And in Detroit, everything needs help, so there are endless opportunities.
With a "we're all in this together" mentality, everyone is becoming friends and utilizing their skills to not only help one another, but define Detroit's future. Whether you're a designer, an innovator, an entrepreneur or an investor, the talent is moving to Detroit. And so should you.
Read more at
VoteForDetroit.com here
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Pairing of home and office devices and appliances via Wi-Fi has taken a step forward with updated NFC handover specifications from two trade organizations, the NFC Forum and the Wi-Fi Alliance.
NXP Semiconductors, as expected, reported a slowdown in revenue growth in 2013 for NFC, but the chip maker expressed optimism that its NFC business would pick up again around the middle of 2014.
While not a replacement for the embedded chip or other secure elements in NFC phones, the trusted execution environment on ARM-based smartphone processors can complement security of NFC applications, noted U.S.-based Qualcomm.
NXP Semiconductors shipped 125 million NFC chips in 2012 for smartphones and tablets, the chip maker told NFC Times, beating projections for the NFC device market.
Google has upgraded its membership in the NFC Forum standards and trade group to the top rung, sponsor member, giving the search giant a seat on the 13-member board.
NXP Semiconductors said today it generated about $70 million in sales from its NFC chips and secure elements in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 20% over the previous quarter and three times the chip maker's NFC revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Taiwan-based MediaTek, a major supplier of processor chips for smartphones, has announced its first NFC chip, which it says could support three secure elements at one time.
The 10-year anniversary of the official birth of NFC came and went quietly on Sept. 5, 2012.
U.S.-based chip maker Broadcom, whose Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combination wireless chips are found in such popular smartphones as the Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5, has announced NFC support for one of its next wireless combo chips.
U.S.-based Qualcomm, the world's largest supplier of processor chips to smartphone makers, has entered the NFC market–a move that could substantially expand the availability of NFC-enabled smartphones.
NFC Times Exclusive: While NXP Semiconductors won the coveted contract to supply NFC chips and secure elements to Apple for its new iPhone models, it has been cut out of the recent business for Samsung Galaxy handsets, including the Note 4.
NFC Times Exclusive: In what is believed to be one of the first uses for NFC booster technology in NFC phones, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus feature an amplifier chip enabling a unique antenna design by Apple for its Apple Pay service that launched Monday.
Japan's rollout of phones and tablets supporting standard NFC technology has topped the 20 million mark, with Japan's three major mobile operators deploying the handsets with NFC chips along with domestic FeliCa technology. But Japanese consumers still have few places to use the hybrid devices.
Apple's new tablets, the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, unveiled today, will support the Touch ID fingerprint sensor to enable users to make purchases in apps with Apple Pay, but not in stores with NFC.
NFC Times Exclusive: Several hotel chains are planning to start equipping certain properties with door locks supporting Bluetooth low energy by the early part of next year, or are seriously investigating the technology, which enables guests to enter their rooms with keys stored on their smartphones, Legic Identsystems, one of the technology vendors involved, told NFC Times.
Samsung Electronics reportedly says it has an agreement with payment network China UnionPay that would enable embedded chips in more than 3 million of its devices in China with China UnionPay's contactless-payments service, though no banks have yet been mentioned as issuers.
As the NFC Forum launches a new program to attract more application developers to the NFC ecosystem, the organization told NFC Times that it is encouraged by Apple's adoption but considers it likely that the NFC developer community will focus on Android for the near future.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's largest telco, Chunghwa Telecom, Wednesday announced the launch of its long-planned NFC commercial service, enabling MasterCard PayPass credit cards from four banks, along with one of the first mobile NFC services supporting a Mifare transit purse, EasyCard.
Taiwan's largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, will announce the small commercial launch of NFC service on Wednesday, with participation from MasterCard Worldwide, four major banks and the island nation's largest transit and retail e-purse, EasyCard, NFC Times has learned.
Apple has hired Visa Europe's director of mobile, Mary Carol Harris, as the tech giant gears up for its expected launch of Apple Pay in Europe later next year.
NFC Times Exclusive: Despite the announcement by Apple of its first NFC-enabled iPhone, released Friday, promoters of NFC-enabled attachments targeting the iPhone contend they will not lose business.
The NFC Forum has added the final major component to its device certification with the addition of analog testing, but the impact of the development on handset makers' willingness to submit their devices for certification remains to be seen.


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The unit is within a small complex of 26 units in the Riverbend Golf and Boating Community.
This unit has been fully updated, newly painted, redecorated and offers all the conveniences of Florida living. Bedrooms are complete with King and Queen sleeping quarters along with private baths.
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For those fishermen, dockside fishing is available to catch the elusive snook and whatever is swimming by. Bring your boat and get direct water access to the Caloosahatchee River and the Gulf of Mexico. Private boat docks are directly behind the units and are available on a first-come basis without any docking fees.
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In Maine Libraries, Banned Books Week Hits Close to Home
At the public library in Mount Vernon, someone waltzed off with the "Kama Sutra. Copies of "Go Ask Alice" have vanished from the Penquis Valley Middle and High School library in Milo.
Puberty Brings Flood of Physical and Emotional Changes
DEAR DOCTOR K >> What can I expect when my son goes through puberty? DEAR READER >> I'm tempted to reply: "You don't want to know." Then again, you wrote me expecting an answer, so here goes.
A Developmental Perspective On Underage Alcohol Use
Underage alcohol use can be viewed as a developmental phenomenon because many kinds of developmental changes and expectations appear to influence this behavior and also because it has consequences for development. Data on alcohol use, abuse, and dependence show clear age-related patterns. Moreover, many of the effects that alcohol use has on the drinker, in both the short and long term, depend on ...
What deficits in sexual and reproductive health knowledge exist among women with cystic fibrosis? A systematic review.
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Workforce Development As a Promising Approach to Improving Health Disparities Among Young Males
This study examined the impact of a workforce development program embedded in a health setting on subsequent risk behaviors and educational and employment outcomes among inner city males aged 16 to 28 years old. Health risk behaviors measured included subsequent fatherhood, substance use, and legal problems. Educational and employment outcomes included obtaining a high school diploma or General...
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This essay describes paradoxes and contradictions in treatments of masculine psychology in men, masculine women, and female-to-male trans gendered persons. Using object-relations psychoanalysis, Nancy Chodorow explained the complementary and opposing psychologies in men and in women, emphasizing competitive and inhibited aspects of masculine psychology. Similar psychological theories are still...
Science, math, social studies and ... sex? Portland schools may soon have classroom teachers present the Family Living and Human Sexuality curriculum to fourth- and fifth- graders, ending a four-decade policy of having specially trained health professionals teach the sensitive topic to the district's younger
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In recent decades, arranged marriages have become less common in ,many parts of Asia. This paper explores peoples schemas surrounding just such a marital change in one Indian village wing semi-structured interviews (N = 30) and ethnographic fieldwork. Respondents categorize marriages into two main types: arranged marriages and elopements, also called love marriages. Arranged marriages were common ...
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Programs for middle-school boys are needed because data suggests that young adolescent males have problems as they grow and develop. Few gender role interventions for boys have been evaluated or published in the professional literature. Conceptual justification for boy's programs is given using psychosocial theory, gender role transitions, multicultural aspects of masculinity, and positive/healthy...
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STS*: McKnight, Smith, Westhoff in the SpotlightPosted by on November 5, 2011 – 2:13 pm
Kickoff returns and kickoff coverage will be under the Green & White microscope Sunday at Buffalo.
Joe McKnight, packing an NFL-leading 40.3-yard kickoff return average and coming off of Thursday's announcement that he is the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October, will be trying to crack the Bills' coverage unit, fourth in the league in opponents' return average and sixth in opponents' average start after return (20.1).
And when the Bills drop back for Nick Folk's kickoffs, it'll be Brad Smith in the end zone. Jets fans all know what Smitty can do, although the Buffalo approach to running kicks out of the end zone has been conservative and has led to Smith averaging 20.6 yards on only five returns. And he'll be trying to slice through the Jets' coverage, which is second in the NFL in opponents' average drive start (19.5) with a league-high 14 inside-the-20 starts.
Can you say key matchup?
Jets ST coordinator Mike Westhoff said this week that at first, when McKnight replaced Antonio Cromartie for the final return at Oakland, he didn't expect him to blossom into his latest monster returner.
"Now as I watched Joe develop and saw how hard he worked in practice, and you do see that speed and ability, then yes, then I believed he could do it," Westhoff said. "He deserves the accolade but there's a whole group of guys that when they go out they have a firm belief and they practice exceptionally hard. So I have a lot of confidence in them. To me it's a singular award but it ends up showing what a whole group can get done."
Many of those blockers also opened those seams for Smith to rip through last season, when he came in second in the NFL with his 28.6-yard average. And many of the Jets cover men haven't had a chance to take a whack at Smith before as they may get to do Sunday.
"I talk to Eric [Smith] all the time and I thought I told him he's not allowed to hit me," Brad said about Eric's offer to hit him on the opening kickoff. "I'm looking forward to seeing him. It's going to be different. They're football players that know what they're capable of. Special teams is a really good unit and we've got our work cut out for us."
Smith said the philosophy of Buffalo and its ST guru, Bruce DeHaven, is different than Westhoff's approach of "We run 'em from the bleachers." The Bills have taken touchbacks on 25 of the 31 kickoffs they've received, an 80.6 percent rate that's highest in the NFL. And all TBs plus returns have given them an average drive start of their 19.2-yard line, next-to-last in the league.
"It's tough, if I'm being honest with you, knowing we can make plays," Smith said, "but at the same time it's more about the team. There are times when you can take a chance and hit a couple but at the same time, you get tackled at the 10- or 15-yard line, that hurts the team. So we have to be smart back there. We'll do our best."
There's no question all returners get to do their best under Westhoff, who head coach Rex Ryan touted for the assistant coaches' wing of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
This prompted my good friend Rod Boone of Newsday to ask the coach if he'd rank those seven returners he's had since 2002 who have run back at least one kickoff for a touchdown. "Someday maybe I'll rank them," said Westhoff. "I don't want to do that right know. Each guy's different."
Yet while he put off the ranking, he still provided a skinny on most of those returners:
McKnight — "The thing that Joe's done the best, that he's doing right now very well, is he's believing in his reads. As he hits it, he hits it really hard. … Unfortunately last week he didn't believe in his second read [vs. San Diego]. They only had one guy who could've tackled him and he runs the other way. He could've [scored] easily. But that's what he's done well and he's gotten better and better at it."
Smith — "Brad would see things a little bit and then burst."
Leon Washington — "Leon was just a real natural running back who had great running skills."
Justin Miller — "He had incredible speed. He just exploded. Before you knew it, he was past you."
One thing Westhoff took playful issue with Smith on was about Smith saying of Westhoff on his conference call with Jets reporters this week that "Sometimes he can be very harsh."
"I was disappointed he said that, to tell you the truth," the coach said. "I don't think I'm harsh … I don't know, maybe I am."
Maybe "gruff" fits Westhoff better. Gruff but always with the ulterior motive of optimizing his players' individual skills and his team's ability to win a particular game. He used to guide Smith, who returned three kickoffs for touchdowns in his two years handling that job. Now on Sunday Smith will be the bad guy in white with blue and red trim that the Jets want to shut down, McKnight, the good guy in green they want to turn loose.
That's the Westhoff way.
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By GaryC on Nov 5, 2011 | Reply
Ah yes, Brad Smith, whenever the offense needed a jump start you can always count on him,whether returning a kickoff or running a wildcat,sure miss those days,On the game,if Maybin is in there and rushing recklessly watch the bills dump a screen right to his side,especially with cromartie the great tackler on that side also, might be a ton of yardage for the bills then.
By dougmc on Nov 5, 2011 | Reply
Miami is crazy…Westhoff was practically a hall of famer before he came to the Jets… joe McKnight…joe McKnight…joe McKnight
By Jersey Rich on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
I often worry about the O & the D – But NEVER the ST play. Westy, it is GREAT to have you on our side!
By Charliejet on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
Boy – Am I nervous about this one.. the adrenalin is flowing already and its only 9:30 A.M. (EST). I almost wish they had New England this week at home first.
OK OK shrug it off Go Jets. Buffalo is so worked up now BUT deflate them early
Bills can come down just as fast. A must, a must, a must GET STARTED FAST- that's what Buffalo wants to do. Rex please don't defer take the ball first – if you win the toss. Maybin baby – I know you want this but no mental errors or mistakes. ONE GAME AT A TIME…….
Confuse Fitzpatrick – you have done it with brady and fitpatrick ain't no brady.
This IS a playoff game (wow at week 8).
By GaryC on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
I NEED A LIFELINE,cbs has a doubleheader and I am getting colts-falcons and Bengals-titans,where is meredith veira when I need her.Makes you wish the World Series was still going.
By wayne on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
GaryC, doesn't sound like you're too happy the Maybin move seem to be a good one…..If the screen thing happens, it will not be the first time in recent history an RB or TE will have gashed this team. The Kid has added something this team was lacking: SPEED……Hopefully he'll play a bigger role next week. Gotta see if he can shadow and take away one of those TEs. Can he cover?
By wayne on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
I don't see Jets losing this one if they are able to run the ball successfully and the turnover battle is even……GQ not giving the ball away to BUF secondary will be key……..DID THEY COME BACK WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY? IF THEY DID, THIS IS A LOSS.
By wayne on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
I'm a Westhoff guy, but I have to say it one more time. Coach got it wrong this summer with the new KO rules…….If anything the rules have done nothing but highlight even more the value of good SP coaching………He was overly critical and negative about the new rules…………………..In fact didn't see ONE positive opinion on this site about it………………..CEPT ME………………..Necessity is the mother of………………………..
By GaryC on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
wayne, with the lack of pass rushers on this team I hope Maybin does workout,but let's see him next year with a full training camp,who knows, maybe he beats out Pace or Thomas and he learns all the nuances of playing linebacker where he can play on a more regular basis.
By wayne on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
The OC called a good game today………………..Sometimes, most times it about players executing…….This game was a glaring example of that.Mental errors…..This kind of execution next week will mean a loss……………..Need to say nothing bout that defense……..Their play said it all…………………
By mariah on Nov 6, 2011 | Reply
Miami fired him because Dave Wanstadt wanted to hire a friend from Chicago.
The public relations department had to actually lie and say Westhoff undermined the team, as public opinion was so strong for Westhoff. Too bad Miami has never been any good since.


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The website of the British firm Health and Safety Management Consultants offers a list of 'hidden dangers'. For instance, did you know that 10,700 people in the UK are injured every year while putting their socks on? That two women have been killed by lightning hitting the underwiring of their bras? That more people are injured by flowerpots every year than by hedge trimmers? And that "the number of injuries inflicted by vegetables remains unacceptably high, at 13,132"? Most of these statistics seem to come from the Home and Leisure Accident Statistics Report produced by the Royal Sciety for the Prevention of Accidents. So they're probably fairly credible. But obviously the figures don't give any indication…
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A lot of people lately are wearing those yellow LiveStrong bracelets that help support the Lance Armstrong Foundation's efforts to fund cancer research. But the rumor going around is that if you do wear one of them, you better hope that you don't get into an accident and end up at the hospital, because the bracelets look exactly like the yellow wristbands that hospitals place on 'Do Not Resuscitate' patients. Apparently there is some truth to the rumor. Some hospitals do place yellow wristbands on DNR patients. However no one has ever been left to die because of a mix-up involving a LiveStrong bracelet and…
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Dakota Therapeutics has issued a press release announcing their exciting new product: the Magnehance. It's "a new magnetic device for erectile enhancement." The mind boggles. I don't quite understand how this thing is supposed to be worn, and (perhaps thankfully) they don't offer any illustrations on their website. But the amount of pseudo-scientific jargon they deploy is quite remarkable: the Magnehance™ is constructed of a super-flexible form of the high-energy, rare earth magnet known as neodymium iron boron, which is used extensively in magnetic therapy. Wow. The only thing that would top that is if it were made of 'patented IonXR nanoceramics technology' (but no, that's a different…
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Andy sent me an email pointing out this curious article about an anti-cancer compound found in carrots. It's probably some kind of typo or poor choice of words, but if you read the first and last sentences together it sure sounds like this carrot cure is going to kill you before it has a chance to kill the cancer: Eating 400kg of carrot every day can help ward off cancer, scientists say. The recent study carried out by scientists at the University of Newcastle said a compound called Falcarinol found in carrot reduced the risk of cancer developing in rats by a third.... Falcarinol protects carrots from fungal diseases, such as liquorice rot that…
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Sufferers of Morgellons disease complain of invisible parasites biting their skin. And they get skin lesions from which sprout strange fibers. And mysterious black spore-like specks appear on their skin. Cases of this strange disease seem to be spreading, especially in the Bay area. One theory is that it has something to do with Lyme disease. Or it may be a case of mass delusion. The medical community seems to think it's mass delusion. Most people who show up complaining of these symptoms get diagnosed with 'delusional parasitosis', which is a psychological problem in which people imagine that they're infested by…
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I'm not a knuckle cracker myself. In fact, I hate it when people crack their knuckles. And I've frequently told people that cracking their knuckles would cause arthritis. After all, that's what everyone says. But according to this NY Times article (republished in the Arizona Republic) it's not true. It's an urban legend. Just reading this description of what causes knuckles to crack makes me cringe: The loud pop of a cracked knuckle is caused by synovial fluid, the thick lubricant that surrounds every joint. When the fingers are stretched or bent backward, the bones of the joint pull apart. This creates bubbles of air in the fluid, which subsequently burst. But as for…
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According to this press release from Career Builder, over one-third of U.S. workers take fake sickies (sick days when they're not really sick). Personally I think that number is too low. The real number should be closer to 90 or 100 percent, because I don't know anyone who hasn't taken a fake sick day at some point. But then again, maybe all my friends and family members are slackers. The same press release also offers the 15 most bizarre reasons that people have offered for taking a sick day: "I was sprayed by a skunk." "I tripped over my dog and was knocked unconscious." "My bus broke down and was held…
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A week or so ago reports that trace amounts of Prozac had been found in the UK's drinking water got a lot of coverage in the blogosphere. No wonder. The idea that Prozac poppers were excreting the drug into the sewers and thereby contributing to the mass medication of the entire population was creepy, to say the least. But it turns out the reports aren't quite true. It's more a case of something that theoretically could happen, rather than something that actually is happening. In a follow-up report the Guardian notes that the Environment Agency, to which the prozac-in-the-water report was originally attributed, now says that it never studied the issue, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate…
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The Human Magnet
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Malaysian farmer Tan Kok Thai claims that he's a human magnet. Anything will stick to him including plastic bottles, bananas, biscuits, books, remote controls, knives, tubes of toothpaste, and rocks. The pictures of him showing off of his ability are quite amusing, especially this one of him with a giant boulder stuck to his chest. It looks to me as if he's leaning quite far back, which alone could explain why the objects aren't falling to the ground. Friction could explain the rest of this mysterious phenomenon. But those are the boring explanations. I'm sure Tan Kok Thai is having far more fun by chalking it up to…
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Ear Candling is an ancient home remedy in which wax and other impurities are supposedly drawn out of a person's ear canal by sticking a burning hollow candle in their ear. The theory is that the hollow candle creates a vacuum that sucks everything out. Butt Candling, by extension, is the same procedure, only with the candle placed... well, you can guess where it's placed. As the ButtCandle site (which is safe for work) puts it: "In length and diameter, [the butt candle is] similiar to common candles. However, a hollow channel is cut from bottom to top which causes air to be drawn from the base…
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Perhaps the worst possible pick-up line has to be 'I've got AIDS!' Especially if you don't actually have AIDS. Yet apparently many young men in Malawi are boasting that they have the disease, even though they're uninfected. They think having AIDS is a sign of sexual prowess. Kind of sad, really. I was especially interested in this story because my sister has been living in Malawi for the past year, helping design an AIDS education program there. I'm planning to visit her there next year, if I can scrape together the money for the outrageously expensive airfare. This year I chose Loch Ness over Malawi (I'll be searching for Nessie in September).
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Green Sweat
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Here's a strange medical case from China. It seems a bit odd, but it's in the Shenzhen Daily, so I guess it must be true. Why make something like this up? Doctors treated a man whose sweat had turned green. As the article describes: "On the evening of May 28, he noticed green stains on his shirt. At first he thought the stains had probably come from some dye he had accidentally touched. However, when he was helping a friend move furniture Sunday morning, he was shocked to see green sweat streaming down his arms and soaking his shirt." Thankfully the patient's name is Zhou. If it was Bruce Banner the doctors would have had legitimate cause for…
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