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Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
Also known as Ling Zhi, plant of immortality, and herb of spiritual potency
It is a saprophytic and/or parasitic fungus that grows on hardwoods, especially on oaks. A related species, Ganoderma tsugae, grows on Hemlocks. G. lucidum grows throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America.
A beautiful Reishi 'polypore' growing indoors from a sawdust substrate bag.
Reishi mushrooms have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. Reishi has the ability to balance the immune system. Recent scientific studies on Reishi carried out in Japan demonstrated anti-tumor and immune-modulating properties. Reishi is currently accepted by the Japanese government as an adjunct treatment for cancer. See web links listed below.
Active Constituents
- Sulphur compounds
- Proteins/amino acids
- Alkaloids
- Nucleosides and Nucleotides
- Polysaccharides/Beta-glucans* (long branched chains of sugars)
- Terpenes and Triterpenes* (responsible for the bitter taste)
- Sterols
- Steroids
- A glucoside
- A coumarin glycoside
- Volatile oil
- Riboflavin
- Ascorbic acid
- Minerals, including Mg, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Ge
- Ergosterol
- Fungal lysosome
- Acid protease
*key medicinal constituents
Overall benefits include immune enhancement/modulation, resistance to disease, re-balancing metabolic functionality, and supporting longevity. Specifically, various constituents of Reishi fruit bodies and/or mycelium have the following properties/effects: anti-oxidant; anti-inflammatory and inhibit platelet aggregation; anti-tumor and immuno-stimulating; anti-ulcer; hypoglycemic; enhance protein synthesis and nucleic acid metabolism; anti-allergenic and inhibit histamine release; inhibit cholesterol synthesis; anti-hypertensive and ACE-inhibiting; cardiotonic; anti-viral and anti-bacterial; immuno-modulating; analgesic; anti-hepatotoxic; adrenocortical tonic; diuretic; laxative; sedative; tonic; expectorant and anti-tussive.
Reishi is used in Western medicine to treat many aging-related diseases including: cancers; hyperlipidemia/elevated cholesterol and coronary heart disease; diabetes; chronic bronchitis; asthma; rhinitis; HIV-aids; hepatitis B; neurasthenia; dizziness; insomnia; anorexia; Alzheimer's disease; leucopenia; progressive muscular dystrophy; gastric and duodenal ulcers; atrophic nyotonus; osteogenic hyperplasia and arthritis; liver failure; lupus; and conditions of suppressed or low immunity including mononucleosis as well as conditions of hyper-immunity such as some types of allergic reactions. Reishi can also be used as an antidote for poisonous mushrooms and as an ingredient in skin oils and creams for protection from UV radiation.
Reishi has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. In TCM Reishi is referred to as a Fu Zheng herb, meaning that it helps a person to resist disease. In TCM Reishi is considered to be warming and acts to nourish, tonify, remove toxins, astringe, and disperse accumulation. It is used to treat 'deficient' principles of qi (in blood/fluid; kidney). Reishi has an affinity for lowqi-emitting phenomenon in the body – areas that are stagnant, not moving, or are very slow moving and where accumulation of toxins occurs. Reishi, in combination with other herbs, can help in cleansing and moving toxins. Reishi helps with yin deficiency quickly and powerfully but it is contra-indicated in extreme yang deficiency.
Physiological Effects
According to Christopher Hobbs, in his book Medicinal Mushrooms, Reishi has the following effects
- Analgesic
- Anti-allergic
- Bronchitis-preventative
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-bacterial properties (against Staphylococci, Streptococci and Bacillum pneumoniae)
- Antioxidant
- Antitumor
- Acts to lower blood pressure
- Acts to enhance bone marrow formation
- Cardiotonic activity (lowers serum cholesterol; enhances myocardial metobolism; improves coronary artery hemodynamics)
- Enchances natural killer cell activity (in vitro)
- Expectorant and antitussive properties (mice studies)
- Immuno-potentiation
- Anti-HIV activity (in vitro and in vivo)
- Improves adrenocortical function
- Stimulates production of Interleukin-1 (in vitro)
- Stimulates production of Interleukin-2 (in vitro)
- Liver-protective and detoxifying
- Protection against ionizing radiation
- Slight anti-ulcer activity
- Increases white blood cells and hematoglobin in peripheral blood (mice studies)
An adaptogen helps to increase resistance to a large range of biological, environmental, psychological, and chemical stresses
- The terpenes give Reishi an adaptogenic quality, providing protection from a wise range of biological, environmental, and social stresses; it is used in Western medicine to increase resistance by stimulating the immune system and also by normalizing, or modulating immune response
- Reishi balances the five organs (lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, spleen), toning and sedating
- Reishi has broad re-balancing effects, both strengthening, toning, and modulating key metabolic systems including: the insulin/glucose response system; the blood lipid system; the immune response system; and the stress response system
- Glycans of the fruit bodies significantly reduced plasma sugar levels in hyperglycemic mice
- Reishi also normalizes, or modulates blood lipids and thus it has cardiotonic activity
- Reishi is also used to re-balance the stress response and is effective in treating hypertension, insomnia, and anxiety
- Sterols in Reishi act as hormone pre-cursors
Immune Enhancement
- RNA from Reishi disrupts viral diseases by inducing interferon production
- Reishi inhibits diseases by helping immune cells (Natural killer cells and killer T-cells) destroy viruses
- Reishi inhibits bacteria: Staphylococci, Streptococci and Bacillus pneumoniae
- Polysaccharides increase RNA and DNA synthesis in the bone marrow where immune cells such as lymphocytes are made
- Reishi increases the strength and the lifespan of white blood cells such as neutrophils
- Reishi augments immunoglobulin G (IgG)
- Reishi augments and/or modulates NK and killer T-cell activity
Immune modulation and allergy alleviation
- Reishi polysaccharides modulate T-cell activity: they expand the memory of T-cells and activate suppressor T-cells
- Reishi inhibits histamine release from white blood cells
- Reishi ganodermic acids, oleic acid, sulphur, and LZ-8 protein (from the mycelium and young fruitbodies) help to alleviate allergies
- Resihi inhibits and/or modulates type I, II, III, and IV allergic sensitivity reactions – it is a broad spectrum anti-allergic agent
- Type 1 hypersenstivity reactions (IgE-related) are those to pollens, proteins, and insect venoms (protein allergens). Patients produce an abnormally high rate of IgE antibodies as well as releasing abnormally large amounts of histamine; Reishi helps to modulate this process by increasing the activity of suppressor T-cells (to suppress IgE antibody production) and by inhibiting histamine release
- Type II hypersensitivity is called 'cytotoxic hypersensitivity' and involves antibodies and cytotoxic immune cells (NK and killer T-cells) that seek out and attack viral, foreign, and tumor cells; Reishi augments and/or modulates NK and killer T-cell activity
- Type III reactions are in response to an excess of antigens bound to antibodies – antigen/antibody complexes; these are common to autoimmune and chronic viral diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in which IgM-bound antigens are deposited in soft tissues (joints) where they cause inflammation and platelet aggregation; these complexes are normally destroyed by macrophages but when the load is excessive NK cells and killer T-cells are called in to help. Type III sensitivities also include farmers' lung, library lung, and mushroom workers' lung (from fungal spores), as well as glomerulonephritis and vascular inflammation
- Type IV reactions are delayed reactions characterized by contact dermatitis such as poison ivy; these involve the activation of cytotoxic T cells (NK and natural killer cells) by antigens; these are associated with autoimmune conditions such as ulcerative colitis, diabetes mellitus, and myasthenia gravis.
- Evidence suggests that Reishi helps to alleviate food sensitivities by balancing both IgA and IgG antibodies
- Reishi inhibits Candida albicans
- Reishi provided relief to 60-90% of chronic bronchitis sufferers and older patients experienced greater relief
- Reishi is officially listed as a substance for treating cancer by the Japanese Government; long-term treatment of cancer with Reishi has success.
- Vitamin C appears to increase the absorbability of Reishi polysaccharides, improving treatment of cancer and other types of diseases
- Reishi 'wakes up' the immune system early to fight cancer, helping to prevent it
- Reishi polysaccharides stimulate macrophages to produced more tumor-necrosis factor and a number of interleukins
- 50% of the cancerous tumors in mice completely regressed 10 days after injection of Reishi; even in small doses, a polysaccharide from Reishi inhibited 100% of tumors in mice
Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and cardiotonic
- Reishi reduces blood fat levels, including triglycerides and "bad" cholesterol (LDL cholesterol); triterpene derivatives of ganoderic acid are responsible for inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis
- Reishi improved 81.77% of heart disease patients in 9 Chinese hospitals
- Reishi helps to lower blood pressure – significant reduction in blood pressure was noted in humans after taking Reishi tablets for 10 days; triterpenes (Ganoderic acids) seem to be responsible for this effect; effect is attributable to ACE inhibition, an activity common to some pharmaceutical drugs [ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme]Adenosine inhibits platelet aggregation
- Adenosine inhibits platelet aggregation
- Reishi is a powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent; it is a potent scavenger of free radicals. It is suggested that Reishi's anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects may be derived by potentiating the activity of the body's own anti-oxidant enzymes, especially super oxide dismutase
- Reishi protects against cobalt X-ray radiation – it has a 'radioprotective' effect similar to that of L-cysteine, a naturally occuring amino acid that is an especially active scavenger of free radicals
- Reishi improves the function of red blood cells in transferring oxygen; Reishi acts as an altitude adaptogen, alleviating symptoms of altitude sickness
- Reishi, prepared as an alcohol extraction, aids against liver necrosis and hepatitis; Reishi helps to regenerate the liver; it decreases damage to liver cells caused by viral antigen-antibody complexes
- Reishi contributes to pain relief and to muscle relaxation
- Reishi has a calming, sedating effect on the nervous system; it helps to relieve insomnia, anxiety and restlessness
Dosages and Preparations
- Fruiting bodies (mushrooms) and mycelial, or culture products, are both effective
- Potency can vary depending on environmental conditions and the substrate on which it is grown
- For moving qi and thus, for detoxification, use a treatment of: Reishi; then detox herbs; then tonic herbs; then symptomatic treatment; then Reishi again; in a cyclic manner
- Reishi is often used in combination with other herbs such as Astragalus and with anti-oxidant vitamins
- Reishi is prepared from mature polypores, young fruiting bodies, and from mycelium
- Reishi is prepared as a water extract and as an alcohol/solvent extract (the latter for hepatic treatment)
Powdered capsules contain about 400 mg. of Ganoderma lucidum. For mild to moderate immune support take 2 to 3 capsules morning and evening; for specific immune suppressed conditions take 2-3 capsules 3 times per day. It is best to take tonic and 'constitutional' herbs for at least 3 months and up to 9 months
To make a water extract that is stronger and more readily assimilated simmer mushroom pieces in water for about 1 hour. Strain off the dark tea and add fresh water to the pieces; simmer again for 30 minutes. Strain the new tea and add it to the first decoction. Combine the 1st and 2nd decocotions and simmer, reducing this liquid to a thick paste which may take several hours. Knead this paste into non-gluten flour or maca to make a 'dough'; small pieces can be encapsulated (in 00 caps), or dried (in a dehydrator or oven on low heat), or frozen. Take 1 cap or piece morning and evening. Dried extract pieces can be powdered (in a coffee grinder), encapsulated, or sprinkled onto food or added to ginger tea/decoction.
One can also make tea - simmer the pieces for 40 – 60 minutes, strain, and then add to ginger and/or licorice decoctions.
For soups, add a variety of vegetables, including sea vegetables, to the tea stock. One can also add barley and meat (for deficiency conditions). Other mushrooms can also be added – tender ones like Shiitake and Oyster can be eaten but the fibous ones such as Reishi, turkey tail, and artist's conk are too fibous to eat and so should be left aside once their essence has permeated the broth/soup.
One can also make an alcohol tincture. For instructions about making tinctures see the books and/or website below or other books on herbs. Take ½ to 1 teaspoon morning and evening.
For normal health maintenance and bronchial diseases a dose of 1-6 grams is standard. More serious diseases are usually treated with a 9-15 gram dosage but one can safely take 35 grams per day. Start with a smaller dose and work up to a larger one so your body has time to adjust.
The extract can be added to a drink, smoothie, or placed directly on the tongue.
Willard, Terry Ph.D, with research by Kenneth Jones. Reishi Mushroom: Herb of Spiritual Potency and Medical Wonder. Sylvan Press, Seattle, Washington USA. 1990.
Hobbs, Christopher, L.Ac. Medicinal Mushrooms: An Exploration of Tradition, Healing, & Culture. Botanica Press, Summertown, Tennessee USA. 1986.


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40th Anniversary of the Cell Phone
Cell phones are now a routine part of the lives of billions of people. But that has been a long time in coming.
Willow, Abby (April, 2013). How Much Did the Original Cell Phone Cost? Yahoo.com. Retrieved 4/4/2013 from http://voices.yahoo.com/how-much-did-original-cell-phone-cost-7170468.html.
Quoting from the article:
The original cell phone was first used by Martin Cooper on April 3, 1973. He created a 30 ounce cell phone (that's nearly 2 pounds!) and would walk around New York talking on his wireless phone. Working with Motorola as their general manager, he envisioned a wireless phone that people could use while walking down the street. Ten years later, in 1983, that vision came to light for the general population. Motorola produced the first cell phone for public use. It weighed a pound, and cost the average individual $3,500!
That $3,500 cost would be approximately $7,900 in today's money. And, of course, the first commercially-produced cell phones did not have: built-in color digital still and video camera; provisions for storing and playing music and games, or viewing videos and TV; texting and email; voice recognition; access to the Web; social networking; or GPS facilities. "We have come a long way, baby."
The Website http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a - uniquesubscribers indicates that in November, 2012, there were about 4.3 billion people who, in total, had about 6.4 billion cell phone subscriptions. The Website http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2335616 reports that cell phone sales in 2012 were about 1.75 billion units. While the numbers reported in articles of this sort can vary, it is clear that there are a great many cell phones in use today relative to a total earth population of about 7 billion people.
Some General Issues to Think About
These reports started me thinking about several things:
Posing Researchable Questions
I find that almost any topic that interests me lends itself to testing my memory and my information retrieval skills. For example, did the cell phone come into general use before or after the Sony Walkman? My younger readers might ask, "What is a Sony Walkman and how does it relate to a cell phone?" Here are some additional questions that occurred to me as I was writing this IAE Blog entry:
The point I am making is that the cell phone has a long history with very deep roots. Children of all ages—including we adults—can have fun posing and answering questions related to both newly emerging and older technologies. We can also contemplate what might come next!
What You Can Do
We live in a complex and rapidly changing world. Some of us revel in the fun of being an integral, engaged part of the changes. Others of us tend to withdraw—perhaps hoping that "the good old days" will return. Do some introspection about how you deal with the changes and how you influence others who are faced by similar changes. Remember, all of us are lifelong teachers and lifelong learners. In your lifelong teacher role, work to develop a personal plan for helping others deal with technology-based changes. In your lifelong learner role, resolve to set a positive example of "keeping up" with the many new technologies that are just over the horizon.
Suggested Readings from IAE and Other Publications
You can use Google to search all of the IAE publications. Click here to begin. Then click in the IAE Search box that is provided, insert your search terms, and click on the Search button.
Click here to search the entire collection of IAE Blog entries.
Here are some examples of publications that might interest you:
20/20 vision for 2020 challenges. See http://iae-pedia.org/20/20_Vision_for_2020_Challenges.
A tablet computer and connectivity for every student. See http://i-a-e.org/iae-blog/a-tablet-computer-and-connectivity-for-every-student.html.
Alan Kay. See http://iae-pedia.org/Alan_Kay.
Artificial Intelligence. See http://iae-pedia.org/Artificial_Intelligence.
Moursund, D. (10/23/2012). In Math Education and Other Disciplines: Asking the "Right" Researchable Questions. IAE Blog. Retrieved 8/16/2014 from http://i-a-e.org/iae-blog/entry/in-math-education-and-other-disciplines-asking-the-right-researchable-questions.html.
Predictions about the future of computer technology. See http://i-a-e.org/iae-blog/predictions-about-the-future-of-computer-technology.html.
Sylwester, R. and Moursund, D. (2012). Creating an appropriate 21st century education. Eugene, OR: Information Age Education. Retrieved 4/5/2013 from http://i-a-e.org/downloads/doc_download/243-creating-an-appropriate-21st-century-education.html.
What the future is bringing us. See http://iae-pedia.org/What_the_Future_is_Bringing_Us.
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Jessie Carmack has been named interim women's tennis coach at Wilmington College.
Jessie Carmack has been named interim women's tennis coach at Wilmington College, WC Director of Athletics/Vice President for Athletics Administration Terry Rupert announced today.
Carmack will succeed Jessie Loeffelholz, whose teams earned berths in three straight Ohio Athletic Conference Tournaments and numerous conference and national athletic and academic honors.
A 2006 Little Miami High School graduate, Carmack was a member of the 2005-06 Panthers basketball team that went undefeated in the regular season and advanced to the state semifinals.
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Fuengirola town hall named as one of Spain's most transparent
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FUENGIROLA town hall is one of the most transparent in the country according to new research.
Transparency International, an organisation which aims to stamp out government corruption, found the city to be more open than many provincial capitals including Huesca and Granada.
The study was broken up into different sections including economic, financial, planning and public works transparency, with Fuengirola achieving an overall score of 88.8 out of 100.
Fuengirola Mayor Esperanza Ona said he hopes the new data will silence corruption claims from the Socialist Party.
"After years of attacking the issue, these magnificent results publicly recognise that we have one of the most transparent municipalities in Spain."
A 2012 study by the same organisation found that over half of public information requests made in Spain go unanswered, and only 20% of answered requests provided the correct information.
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January 27th, 2013 4:16 pm
Well done OP.
Good start for town halls but a long long way to go.
January 27th, 2013 9:34 pm
Obviously they haven't got around to mijas yet, I could show them some documents and emails that would make them sit up, I have two denuncia documents about my neighbour, friend of ex major and present, building on protected land, a 6 metre wall next to my house, and they done nothing, I have an email from mrs nozal, telling me only to corresponde to her in Spanish, I did read last week they are looking into the activity of the P.P. party!!L
January 27th, 2013 10:13 pm
I have lived in Fuengirola for over 10 years and I would say IMO that the town hall has done a pretty good job. The city has improved a lot in many way and looks at least cosmetically more beautiful than it did when I first arrived. However as a business owner in the town I can honestly say from my experiences The Town Hall is truely incompetent when it comes making sure the everyone is playing by the same rules. I have had many problems with many issues where a lot of my Spanish neighbors and business rivals don't get bothered. I have been fined and had problems with the Police which have been directly related to advice given from the Town Hall. In fact I have given been fined by certain departments in thw Town Hall after following information I received from another.
I keep getting told the Town Hall is clamping down on law breakers in the town as it needs the money but I am afraid to say the culture of "it's not what you know but who know" is still very much in affect. I could list several things here that could connect certain people in office to certain money making schemes in the Town but won't for fear of getting the site in trouble. It may be one of the most transparent Town Halls but I know what really goes on as I have to live and breath it every day and have been doing so for 10 years.
January 29th, 2013 2:06 pm
Just wondering who "Transparency International" is? Or who provides their funding?
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Watch the video now of Day 1 on KITEWORLD TV.
Sal Island, Cape Verde ? December 2, 2011: Friday marks the first day of the 10-day holding period of the Ponta Preta Kite Surf Pro, the third and final stop of the KSP's 2011 World Championship Kite Surfing Tour.
Faced with a flat ocean, however, KSP officials postponed the first possible start until tomorrow, which looks promising with a medium-sized swell expected to begin filling in tonight and through the weekend. With a bulk of KSP riders pre-seeded from the first two tour stops this year, organizers drew the remainder of rider's names from a hat to determine the Round 1 lineup. (See below for full list.)
With a judge's tower set up right in front of Sal's legendary right-hand barreling break on the southwest of the island, Ponta Preta will serve as the primary competition venue. Facing fairly west, Ponta Preta works best on a northwest swell, while Secrets ? the secondary venue located on Sal's northerly flank ? will be used in case of a north swell.
Event directors will re-assess conditions tomorrow morning and make the official call at 8 a.m., with a first possible start at 9 a.m. Live webstreaming will resume at 8 a.m. on kspworldtour.com/live. If you miss any of the action, it will all be archived heat by heat for your on-demand viewing pleasure.
For the video of the day, visit www.kiteworld.tv/prime-cuts/ksp-ponta-preta-cabo-verde-2011-day-1/.
Follow the KSP World Championship Tour on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KSPworldtour or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KSPworldtour.
Today also brought some exciting news. The KSP is please to announce that it will be live-streaming the Ponta Preta Kite Surf Pro and future events with BoinxTV software (www.boinx.com/boinxtv).
'What a tremendous use of BoinxTV technology,' said Oliver Breidenbach, CEO of Boinx Software. 'The KSP competition is a perfect example of the versatility and adaptability of the Boinx application. We are thrilled that Kristin and her team chose BoinxTV to fuel the KSP live broadcast and share this exciting competition with the world.'
The KSP 2011 Ponta Preta Kite Surf Pro is supported by Camera Municipal do Sal, Cape Verde Investment Promotion Agency, CVTelecom, Melia Tortuga Beach, Villaggi Bravo, Cabocan, TAP Portugal, ASA, APP, Sal Affitti and BoinxTV. The KSP World Championship Tour is sponsored by ION and Vitamizzer.
Heat 1: Guilly Brandao (BRA), Bastien Bollard (FRA/Underground), Paulino Pereira (POR)
Heat 2: Jesse Richman (HAW/Naish), Jeremie Eloy (FRA/North), Gonzalo Ribba (CHI/Best)
Heat 3: Patri McLaughlin (HAW/North), Lee Harvey (GBR/North), Luis Brito (CBV/North)
Heat 4: Mitu Monteiro (CBV/F-One), Jose Djo Silva (CBV/F-One), Cameron Dietrich (USA)
Heat 5: Mauricio Pedreira (BRA), Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA), Matchu Almeida (CBV/North)
Heat 6: Sky Solbach (USA/North), Nuno Figueiredo (POR/Best), Joao Stopani Santos (POR)
Heat 7: Juan Pablo Diban (CHI), Etienne Lhote (FRA/F-One), Ian Glaza (BRA)
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By now, we've become accustomed-maybe even a little addicted-to wireless communications on our cell phones. Wireless computing over the Internet is bound to be just as popular, say analysts, once we work out the details of crunching Web pages down into small PDA and cell phone displays.
IDC predicts that U.S. unit shipments of wireless consumer information appliances-like PDAs and gaming consoles-will climb from 11 million units today to about 89 million units by 2004. And even more people will use cell phones for Internet data services: IDC expects the number to jump from a mere 60,000 Americans today to 94 million by 2004-and 560 million users worldwide. Small wonder that cell phone and PDA-makers alike are high on wireless data access-none more so than handheld leader Palm.
"We think wireless capability is the next big thing," says Palm's chief competitive officer Michael Mace. "We're working to bring wireless capability into all Palm handhelds as quickly as we can."
Expect built-in wireless connectivity to be a part of all future Palm OS hand- helds, says Mace, including new releases next year. Some will come from new Palm partners like Sony, which, by this Christmas, will release its first Palm handheld with a slot for its own chewing-gum-sized memory sticks.
Handheld-OS-makers Microsoft, Palm and Psion are also busy swapping technology with wireless voice experts like Ericsson, Kyocera, Motorola and Nokia, who are anxious to add Internet browsing and PIM features to their coming generation of "smart" cell phones.
Currently, though, your browsing is pretty much limited to Web pages specially formatted for handhelds. For example, Palm VII owners are required to subscribe to Palm.Net wireless service and can only download pages from the 350-plus sites that support the browserless Palm's "Web clipping" protocol.
Owners of the Palm V and Palm Vx can branch out by buying OmniSky's $299 (street) Minstrel V wireless modem and subscribing to its new wireless service. OmniSky opens up most of the Web by stripping pages of large graphics and banner ads, but only 1,000 or so Web sites really fit the Palm display. Still, those include popular sites like Yahoo! and Amazon.com.
Similarly, handhelds derived from Microsoft's Windows CE/Pocket PC operating system can use the built-in Pocket Internet Explorer microbrowser to surf any Web site. But the experience isn't that gratifying unless your destination is a page on Microsoft's MSN network or other partner sites whose servers optimize Web site content for display on Pocket PCs.
One of the early movers in providing Web browsing to both Pocket PC and Palm owners is AvantGo. Subscribers to wireless services other than Palm.Net are allowed by a free AvantGo account to browse and download Web pages from any Web site. The AvantGo portal massages any site's data a little for handheld display. But those downloads are nothing compared to the news, stock quotes and other content and applications you get from the 400 or so AvantGo channels that have optimized their Web pages.
Phone.com is at the hub of providing cell phone users wireless computing. A co-developer of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for Web data display, Phone.com licenses its WAP-compatible UP.Browser or UP.Link server to major wireless carriers such as Sprint and AT&T. They, in turn, use Phone.com's software to make Web pages palatable to phone displays.
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The Feedback Trap
I recently heard an interview with the Drummer from band Midnight Oil, Rob Hurst. He was asked how he felt about a particular record which made it to number 1 on the US charts. His response was this:
'We were too busy touring, putting on shows to follow the bands progress."
It sounded as though serving the fans they already had was more important than gaining new ones. And guess what happens when we do that? Our reputation grows and more fans arrive, they find us because we are delivering something special to those who already appreciate what we are doing.
The formula for success is to continue to focus on delivering good stuff to those who already believe in you. To improve our delivery to them. Just like Midnight Oil was continuing to perfect the live performance of it's songs. They weren't worrying if their songs were good enough, they weren't focused on external feedback from sources like sales revenue or chart positions. They ignored all feedback, except that from existing fans (customers). They didn't get caught in the feedback trap.
So what are the feedback traps of the modern entrepreneur?
– Website traffic
– Google analytics
– Facebook friends
– Twitter follows
– AC Nielsen data
– Market share statistics
– (Insert feedback mechanism here)
These tools can be useful, but they also tempt us to change tack. They tempt us into believing we are strategically wrong, because the feedback is so instant. Where as the benefits of our strategy is never so instant. Strategy takes time to work, it takes belief and patience, more over it takes 'the real feedback' cycle to spread before we can truly know if we have something. And the real feedback cycle is what our current customers have to say, and if they spread the word.
Startups out there – don't fall into the feedback trap.
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Nice reminder! :)
I agree with what you're saying, BUT it's also important in marketing your business to do just that market it. Those feedback traps you listed are excellent low-cost ways to help you do that.
Don't spend all of your time and energy on those feedback traps but don't ignore them either.
A healthy balance will always work best; at least it has for my business :)


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by ronnielee
Sydney, Australia
I do love a Peplum..
This is my version of the famous peplum. As usual I decided at the eleventh hour to include a collar.
I did a quick rummage through my limitless scrap pile and decided a bit of white ponte will do just right..
1 mtr my fav fabric Ponte
Invisible zipper
Nov 10, 2012, 05.43 AMby TheSewingStudio
what a great outfit… the shoes finish it perfectly too!
Nov 9, 2012, 09.52 PMby Asfina
it's lovely!
Nov 9, 2012, 09.16 PMby Anniemollison
the collar is a great addition and I love your shoes too!
Nov 9, 2012, 01.43 PMby kisses
Very nice….the colour combination is on point.
Nov 9, 2012, 12.45 PMby chula123
Love the colour combination and the shoes finish the whole lot off perfectly :-))
Nov 9, 2012, 11.56 AMby merche
Stunning! I need peplum now!
Nov 9, 2012, 09.34 AMby Mary Athey
Lucky you getting to fabric shop in japan.the peplums lovely. i love orange and collars. the skirt and shoes are fab as well. xx
Nov 9, 2012, 08.32 AMby jadealamode
The colours look lovely together…love the collar too
Nov 9, 2012, 04.50 AMby schnui
Fabulous Ronnielee. Great colour combo and I am with you, Ponti is wonderful. Last week I was up in Hong Kong and I went to a fabric market in a city on the China border with HK called Shenzhen and in that fabric market, there was so much Ponti, you would have cried for choice!! It would have been your heaven.
Nov 9, 2012, 06.14 AMby ronnielee
Just so happens I was just in Japan and went to the Fabric Town area in Nippori – Tokyo. Yes, I did buy a few bright ponte colours to add to my never ending fabric collection.. Stay tuned! More dresses coming soon..
Nov 9, 2012, 04.17 AMby MojoHollz
Very nice! I usually never touch orange cause it looks really bad on me but pull it off fabulously! I really like the colors together and the collar is a nice touch :)
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Spending for residential remodeling/improvement work soared 10.8 percent during 2012
The U.S. Commerce Department estimates home improvement spending throughout the nation totaled $126.3 billion in 2012, up from $114.0 billion in 2011. This was the strongest spending level recorded for this critical component of the residential sector since 2007.
Remodeling spending, which has historically exhibited much less volatility than new construction spending, held up relatively well during the Great Recession. From peak-to-trough, residential improvement spending declined 23 percent. This was in dramatic contrast to the 75.7 percent peak-to-trough plunge in spending for new single-family homes during the recent economic downturn.
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A flying car is a hypothetical personal aircraft that provides door-to-door aerial transportation (e.g., from home to work or to the supermarket) as conveniently as a car and without the requirement for roads, runways or other specially-prepared operating areas. Such aircraft lack any visible means of propulsion (unlike fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters) so they can be operated at urban areas, close to buildings, people and other obstructions.
The flying car has been depicted in fantasy and science fiction works such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Jetsons, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Back to the Future Part II and The Fifth Element as well as articles in the American magazines Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Mechanix Illustrated.
The flying car was a common feature of science fiction and futuristic conceptions of the future, including imagined near futures such as those of the 21st century. For instance, less than a month before the turn of the millennium, the journalist Gail Collins noted:
Here we are, less than a month until the turn of the millennium, and what I want to know is, what happened to the flying cars? We're about to become Americans of the 21st century. People have been predicting what we'd be like for more than 100 years, and our accounterments don't entirely live up to expectations. (...) Our failure to produce flying cars seems like a particular betrayal since it was so central to our image.[1]
As a result, flying cars have become a running joke; the question "Where is my flying car?" is emblematic of the supposed failure of modern technology to match futuristic visions that were promoted in earlier decades.[notes 1]
The term "flying car" can also be used to refer to roadable aircraft and hovercar.
Several challenges to a practical flying car exist.
A practical flying car would have to be capable of taking off, flying and landing throughout heavily populated urban environments. However, to date, no vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle (VTOL) has ever shown to demonstrate such capabilities. To make such an aircraft would require an aircraft with a propulsion that is quiet to avoid noise pollution, but is not visible[clarification needed] so it could fly safely in urban environments. Additionally, to lift such an aircraft off the ground would require very powerful engines or turbines with extremely high tolerances. Many type of aircraft technology have been suggested, such as ducted-fan and tiltrotor,[3] but previous designs have suffered from aerodynamic problems; ducted-fan aircraft tend to lose their stability easily and fail to pass the speed of 30-40 knots,[4] and the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey, like all forms of transportation, has suffered accidents and incidents.
Due to the requirement of propulsion that is both small and powerful, the cost of producing a flying car would be very high and estimated by some as much as 10 million dollars.[5] In addition, the flying car's energy efficiency would be much lower compared to conventional cars and other aircraft; optimal fuel efficiency for airplanes is at high speeds and high altitudes,[6] while flying cars would be used for shorter distances, at higher frequency, lower speeds and lower altitudes.
Although statistically flying is safer than driving, unlike commercial planes, flying cars might not have as many safety checks and their pilots would not be as well trained. Humans already have problems with the aspect of driving in two dimensions (forward and backwards, side to side), adding in the up and down aspect would make "driving" or flying as it would be, much more difficult.[7] In mid-air collisions and mechanical failures, the aircraft could fall from the sky or go through an emergency landing, resulting in deaths and property damage.[8] In addition, poor weather conditions, such as low air density, lightning storms and heavy rain or fog could be challenging and affect the aircraft's aerodynamics.[9]
In Back to the Future part II Doc Brown invites Marty and Jennifer in his modified flying car DeLorean time machine and time travels to the year 2015 where flying hovercars are flying all over the place.
Flying cars can be in the republic city of Coruscant
"Spinner" is the generic term for the fictional flying cars used in Blade Runner, set in futuristic-cyberpunk Los Angeles of 2019. A Spinner can be driven as a ground-based vehicle, and take off vertically, hover, and cruise using jet propulsion much like Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. They are used extensively by the police to patrol and survey the population, and it is clear that despite restrictions wealthy people can acquire spinner licenses.[10] The vehicle was conceived and designed by Syd Mead who described the spinner as an "aerodyne"—a vehicle which directs air downward to create lift, though press kits for the film stated that the spinner was propelled by three engines: "conventional internal combustion, jet, and anti-gravity"[11] Mead's conceptual drawings were transformed into 25 working vehicles by automobile customizer Gene Winfield.[12] A Spinner is on permanent exhibit at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington.[13][dead link]
In The Fifth Element, set in 2263 New York City, flying cars are used as main mean of transportation. The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud[14] and Jean-Claude Mézières.[15] Mézières wrote the book The Circles of Power, which features a character named S'Traks, who drives a flying taxicab through the congested air traffic of the vast metropolis on the planet Rubanis. Besson read the book and was inspired to change the Dallas character to a taxicab driver who flies through a futuristic New York City. The costume design was created by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.[16][17]
"Mark my word: a combination airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come."
In 1926, Henry Ford displayed an experimental single-seat aeroplane that he called the "sky flivver". The project was abandoned two years later when a distance-record attempt flight crashed, killing the pilot.[18] The Flivver was not a flying car at all, but it did get press attention at the time, exciting the public that they would have a mass-produced affordable airplane product that would be made, marketed, sold, and maintained just like an automobile. The airplane was to be as commonplace in the future as the Model T of the time.
In 1956, Ford's Advanced Design studio built the Volante Tri-Athodyne, a 3/8 scale concept car model. It was designed to have three ducted fans, each with their own motor, that would lift it off the ground and move it through the air. In public relation release, Ford noted that "the day where there will be an aero-car in every garage is still some time off", but added that "the Volante indicates one direction that the styling of such a vehicle would take".[19]
In 1957, Popular Mechanics reported that Hiller Helicopters is developing a ducted-fan aircraft that would be easier to fly than helicopters, and should cost a lot less. Some estimated that in 10 years a four-place fan would cost like a good car. Hiller engineers expected that this type of an aircraft would become the basis for a whole family of special-purpose aircraft.[20]
In 1956, the US Army's Transportation Research Command began an investigation into "flying jeeps", ducted-fan-based aircraft that were envisioned to be smaller and easier to fly than helicopters. In 1957, Chrysler, Curtiss-Wright, and Piasecki were assigned contracts for building and delivery of prototypes. They all delivered their prototypes, however Piasecki's VZ-8 was the most successful of the three. While it would normally operate close to the ground, it was capable of flying to several thousand feet, proving to be stable in flight. Nonetheless, the Army decided that the "Flying Jeep concept [was] unsuitable for the modern battlefield", and concentrated on the development of conventional helicopters. In addition to the army contract, Piasecki was developing the Sky Car, a modified verision of its VZ-8 for civilian use.
Urban Aeronautics' X-Hawk[21] is a VTOL turbojet powered aircraft announced in 2006 with a first flight planned for 2009. It was intended to operate much like a tandem rotor helicopter, but with ducted fans rather than exposed rotors. The requisite decrease in rotor size would also decrease fuel efficiency. The X-Hawk was being promoted for rescue and utility functions. As of 2013, no flights had been reported.
The Moller Skycar M400[22] is a prototype personal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft which is powered by four pairs of in-tandem Wankel rotary engines, and is approaching the problems of satellite-navigation, incorporated in the proposed Small Aircraft Transportation System. Moller also advises that, currently, the Skycar would only be allowed to fly from airports & heliports. Moller has been developing VTOL craft since the late 1960s, but no Moller vehicle has ever achieved free flight out of ground effect. The proposed Autovolantor model has an all-electric version powered by Altairnano batteries.[23]
On May 7, 2013, Terrafugia announced the TF-X, a plug-in hybrid tilt-rotor vehicle that would be the first fully autonomous flying car. It has a range of 500 miles per flight and batteries are rechargeable by the engine. It is expected to hit the market in 2015.
Complaints of the non-existence of flying cars have become nearly idiomatic as expressions of disappointment in the failure of the present to measure up to the glory of past predictions.
The December 30, 1989 Calvin and Hobbes comic strip depicted an early instance of the "Where are the flying cars?" idea:
|Hobbes: "A new decade is coming up."
Calvin: "Yeah, big deal! Hmph. Where are the flying cars? Where are the moon colonies? Where are the personal robots and the zero-gravity boots, huh? You call this a new decade?! You call this the future?? HA! Where are the rocket packs? Where are the disintegration rays? Where are the floating cities?"[24]
A 2001 IBM television commercial featured Avery Brooks (know for his role as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Captain Benjamin Sisko ) complaining "It is the year 2000, but where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars. I don't see any flying cars. Why? Why? Why?"[citation needed]
Comedian Lewis Black had a similar routine early in the decade: "This new millennium sucks! It's exactly the same as the old millennium! You know why? No flying cars!"[citation needed]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flying automobiles (aircraft).


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The Ghosts strike again in Havana, Cuba! It's 2009 and Castro is dead, leaving a power vacuum that threatens Cuba's first chance for a democratic society in decades. Your mission is to move in and stabilize Cuba by thwarting the machinations of a drug-funded warlord. As the Ghosts, a handpicked elite team of Green Berets outfitted with the latest military technology and trained to kill with crushing force and pinpoint accuracy, you will infiltrate hostile jungles, harsh deserts and dangerous urban streets. Take full advantage of Island Thunder with Xbox Live features, downloading missions and content. Play your friends with system links or compete in versus and co-operative modes in immense multiplayer tournaments online! One of the best shooter franchises just got better!
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Sure its an older game and the graphics are dated.But its one of the most realistic and itense games ever made.An all time favorite of mine.If you take the time to learn the map/waypoint system its a pretty good RTS as well.Short attention spans and the need for people to have their hands held throu...more
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THE FANTASTICKS is the quintessential celebration of love in all its gorgeous simplicity and heartbreaking complexities. The show originally opened at New York's Sullivan St. Playhouse on May 3, 1960 and played 17,162 performances before closing January 13, 2002, making it the world's longest running musical. Memorable songs include "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain".
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This outstanding villa situated within the gated community and cannot fail to impress even those with the most discerning of tastes. Finished in April of 2006
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Victory: Power Plant Defeated in Chile
Great news from Chile: A planned coal-fired plant, located dangerously close to several biodiverse marine habitats, was shot down by the Chilean Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Coal-powered thermoelectric power plants are notoriously dangerous to the environment. This plant was planned for the Punta Cachos area off of Chile's northern coast, just a few kilometers from important habitats for Humboldt penguins, sea turtles, and one of Chile's few seagrass meadows. As part of its operations, the plant would have released warm water into the ocean. This change in temperature could have affected the entire ecosystem, reducing the numbers of mollusks, crustaceans, jellyfish, algae, and sea grasses, all of which are food for the local sea turtle colony.
Despite initial approval by the local environmental commission, this power plant is opposed by the local community of Totoral and various other organizations, including Oceana. The community of Totoral fought against the plan and won a victory, getting their approval revoked, but the company appealed, bringing the case to the Supreme Court. We are pleased that, in the end, the Supreme Court sided with the community, and the oceans.
Oceana's team in Chile has been working hard to fight against the pollution caused by plants and factories like this one, which affect the coastal ecosystems as well the safety of the local air and water. Congrats to all who helped win this victory for Chile's oceans!
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Photo Slideshow: Punta de Choros
As we told you last Friday, the ecologically rich region of Punta de Choros, Chile, was recently spared from the construction of a coal-fired power plant in a dramatic decision by President Sebastian Piñera.
The announcement was the culmination of hard work by our colleagues in Chile alongside local organizations, and immense grassroots pressure from Chileans.
So what, exactly, was at stake? Humboldt penguins, sea lions and blue whales, to name a few of the creatures that call the area home. But judging from your comments on last week's post, many of you already know how incredible this place is.
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