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Our Advocacy-Obsessed Apparatchik MSM
While grizzled old vets such as Dan Rather and Andrea Mitchell might not ever publicly confess to knowing how to define their ideology, a few more examples such as these just might lead a cynical person to conclude — as difficult and as shocking as it might seem — that the media might just ever-so-slightly lean a miniscule, infinitesimal amount to the left.
There are of course countless more additional examples than our handful above, where the media long ago concluded that simply reporting straight news was much less satisfying than serving the cause of the good and righteous left. (Feel free to explore the topic further in the comments.)
Or to put it another way, replace the word "student" with "viewer" from this quote from William F. Buckley's 1959 book Up From Liberalism, as posted today by Stacy McCain, and it neatly sums up the MSM's goals:
In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators.
Fortunately, as a new video from Canada's Sun TV explores, it's still possible to punch back twice as hard against such tactics. As the Instaprofessor writes, linking to the same column by Byron York that inspired Peter Wehner's post at Commentary, "Don't be surprised, journalists, if many Americans view you as the enemy as a result. Don't blame them. You've taken sides. When you act as agents for the apparat, don't be shocked when people think of you as apparatchiks."
Update: "Gun Control Debate Exposed The Media's Bias, David Gregory Exposed Their Hypocrisy."
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1. Frank Martin
There's rumors, data, information and then there's News. A smart guy never mistakes something called "news" for "information". News is just information that's playing "dress up".
Its important to remember that nowhere in the charter of any news organization is there a mission statement to deliver information to the public, but in each and every one there is and always will be a mission to deliver profit for the shareholders. Today's news organizations have tossed away any pretense that the winner of the "wrestling match" they put on every day is in doubt. They dont get paid to make sure the match is fair, they are only there to ensure that the match is interesting enough to make you watch.
We are conditioned to believe and accept the idea that the "media" work for us but they do not. Like most everyone, they work for whomever pays the bills but dont for a second think that you, the viewing audience, pays the bills. Television news, such as it is, exists only to sell commercials during the breaks. They only care that you watch what they put on. The quality of the content only matters to them if you stop watching**.
The "news" is not a "public service", it is a business. That business wasnt always about making money as much as it was used to be a way to bring prestige to the media outlet that hosted the news, but those days are long since past. Now the news serves only as a way to drive traffic to the media outlet that hosts the news and this is for ratings and its ratings in the end that pay the bills. Think of the MSM as a Remora swimming in the slipstream of a very big shark.
Today news and their attendant media hosting organizations do that by giving the audience what they want and what they want today is a good loud show, a battle between "good and evil". Liberals yell at the buck toothed back country bigots out there in flyover country while Conservatives yell at the degenerate liberals living in the big city, but to be sure, its the same show on either channel.
I argue that the fault here is not the MSM and the horrid state of the news, its us! Its not the news that no longer works, its that our culture has completely collapsed in on itself. We used to wish to be informed but now what we want most of all is to be reassured that our personal information bubbles and filters are in fact, the solid obvious truth!
We seek out information that conforms to the biases we already have and when we find that source, we stay strictly within that community. We dont want "unbiased news readers" anymore, we want "Champions" who say the things we only wish we could say! People who don't just tell us the story they tell us what to THINK about the story, they tell us how indignant we should feel! We want people in newsgathering to find the stories that reflect our existing biases. The very last thing we are looking for is information to make up our own minds!
We are now so unaccustomed to listening to any news that is not filtered to our liking and that matches only what we expect to see, that when we actually do encounter information from outside our self imposed bubble, our first thought is to reject it as patently false and most importantly to attack the messenger for failing to filter it properly.
Today, we spend all of our time talking to only those who agree with us, we reject all that are from outside our self imposed cultural bubble.
** - You want to do something about it? Its simple, Stop watching it! Because its crap. All of it. Give yourself 15 minutes of news gathering at the end of the day and thats it. Leave it. Leave it all behind. No talk radio, no newspapers, none of that crap. Just walk away…
December 27, 2012 - 9:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Jeff P
There are "bubbles" and then there are "BUBBLES". It is tiresome to remind those who take the pox-on-both-their-houses approach but conservative talk radio and the relatively conservative Fox network exist because there are so few alternatives to the left-wing zeitgeist in our cuture. You actually have to search for the conservative viewpoint. Want to hear the left-wing positions on any political question? Pick up and read the vast majority of newspapers and news magazines, watch all but one cable channel, consult virtually any academic, listen to almost any bloviating entertainer, or view a movie or television series dramatizing current events.
The Left is ascendant today because they own the culture. Talk radio and Fox are the Right's halting and inadequate attempt to level the playing field. Until conservatives develop more robust venues, adopting Frank Martin's position just guarantees that the ONLY side that will gain a hearing is that of the Left.
December 27, 2012 - 11:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Andrew X
Frank, you make some good points, but I also think you are running a bit awry – There ars some (Michael Moore & ilk) who would and do use some of what you say in arguing that "the corprate media is a bunch of right-wing profit-mongers who never give 'progressivism' a fair shake", etc. It is an accomplishment of note of such people that they will actually hold a straight face as they say this.
May I illuminate the media by referring to Hollywood. "Oh, it's all about the money" is the lament of many condemning the quality of Hollywood's output of recent decades. But take a closer look: 'The Passion of the Christ' made boatloads of money. Were that Hollywood critique true, we would have seen a score of biblical based movies hoping to cash in. We didn't. What we DID see thoughout the 'oughts was a slew of movies protraying the Iraq effort as monstrous and mis-guided, and, even worse, the soldiers themselves as the same (Syriana, Lions for Lambs, Rendition, Valley of Elah, Green Zone, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Fair Game…..). Of them all, 'The Hurt Locker' is about the only one that did not reflect negatively on the effort. Oh, also, not one of them was really a hit in any way. Most were flat-out bombs. And yet, there Hollywood was, green-lighting 'em and crankin' 'em out.
Why? Frankly, they are aware of their power. Ponder that, 20 years from now, mnay who (think they) know anything about the Valerie Plame case will base their knowledge on Sean Penn's 'Fair Game'. (Richard Armitage??? Who dat'?) Gee, ya think Penn & Co know this? Ya think??
No, these days, ideology outstrips even the once Almighty Dollar, stunning as that is to ponder.
Back to media: if it were the dollar, flailing CNN has a choice – move left or move right. Who is making more money, FOX or MSNBC? And which way is CNN moving? Case closed.
Staggering though it is, the rich, the well ensconsed, the old money, the elites (virtually all of whom live in a box at the end of our living room), the cultural power-brokers…. are ALL to the left. It's largely the people struggling to break into that list, or just to not be run by them, that are on the right.
"It's all about the money" is similar to "Big Business is all Republican". Both were true so long that it is near impossible to convince people that they are NOT true any more. But they are not true – and have not been for some time, though a vast number of people have a vested interest in not acknowledging that fact. But they ain't so – simple as that.
December 27, 2012 - 11:57 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
My contention is that the MSM exists not in spite of, but because of our culture. It is not the disease itself, but it is a symptom of a much larger disease.
We conservatives lament the MSM, saying "oh, if only we could change the MSM so that we could get our message across". I think this is the wrong target, for to change the MSM we much change the culture on which it is built.
I think this has always been true that the MSM was reflective of a part of our wider national culture, but since the creation and adaptation of the internet as a media, the effect of the internet on the culture has been to coalesce the culture in much the same way that a laser coalesces light into a single wavelength. What I am most bothered by with the MSM is that most of the time they report news, they are reporting what other people in the Media are saying. Most of the time they are reporting "news", they are only talking about themselves.
December 28, 2012 - 7:12 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
My contention is that the MSM exists not in spite of, but because of our culture.
No, it's the other way round – our culture (that is contemporary Western culture, not just American) is the way it is BECAUSE of the MSM (and academia and the views and personalities dominating the popular culture).
May I refer you to the Marxist theoretician, Antonio Gramsci? After being jailed under the Mussolini regime Gramsci understood that there is no point in banging your head against the wall and more subtle methods are required. He also understood that the Bolshevik revolutional model isn't going to work in countries where the power and means of production aren't concentrated in the hands of a small group that can be relatively easily attacked and overthrown. According to his theory, the dominant group or ruling class is using the mass culture to control the masses by infusing the interests of the dominant group into the culture diguised as general common values and common sense. He termed it 'cultural hegemony'. The way to achieve the goal of a socialist revolution, therefore, is to replace the current cultural hegemony with a new cultural hegemony – that of the socialists and the sub-altern groups (which include the working class, racial and religious minorities, women and other groups). The way to do it, i.e. change the culture, is for the socilaists to infiltrate all the social, cultural and political institutions – such as the media, educational system, mass/popular culture, social clubs, religious institutions, political parties, workers unions – gain dominant positions within those institutions, and change the culture little bit by little bit, eroding the current values and norms and replacing them little by little, over a long period of time, with revolutionary socialist ones, until a socialist consciousness is formed in the masses, and a broad base of support for the revolution is created. Now, decades after his death, I think we can safely say his blueprint for a cultural revolution has worked very well so far.
We conservatives lament the MSM, saying "oh, if only we could change the MSM so that we could get our message across". I think this is the wrong target, for to change the MSM we [must] change the culture on which it is built.
And how do you do that? To change the culture you need to reach the masses and the youth. How do you reach them without using the media, educational system and mass culture, e.g. movies, popular music, popular literature, magazines? How does the culture form? We're not born with a specific set of values, tastes and ideas – we're taught them and absorb them from our cultural environment – from our parents, but also from popular culture, our teachers and our peers, often to a greater extent than from our parents. So to change the culture, to influence people's values, perceptions of reality, and ideas, you must use the various cultural and social institutions where values, perceptions and ideas are instilled into society. So it's the other way round – it's not changing the culture that would change the MSM, but rather changing the MSM (among other cultural institutions) that can change the culture.
If you can think of another way to change the culture I'd be very happy to hear.
December 28, 2012 - 6:37 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Read John Stossel's book No They Can't where he regales readers with a plethora of times where he was scorned and mocked because he wanted to slightly shift the narrative. It wasn't that he was turning into Rush Limbaugh, he simply wanted to report the truth, and ABC crowd would have none of it.
Victor Davis Hanson's latest piece on college graduates is a good example of where the cultural ideology stems from, and in journalism school, it is twice as bad. The left announced in the 20s that they intended to conquer the culture by use of the media, and by god they did just that.
Obama wouldn't have stood a chance at reelection, despite how many are dependent on government, if the alphabet channels would have been even slightly unbiased in their reporting. There were so, not because the culture expects them too, but because they are fully aligned with the Barack Obama types, and their goals.
December 28, 2012 - 7:55 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Rich Rostrom
Big Business was never "all Republican".
Joe Kennedy was a Democrat.
So was William Randolph Hearst.
And Averell Harriman.
And any number of Texas oilmen.
December 28, 2012 - 4:54 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
Bill Dalasio
The ratings/circulation argument would make sense if all you saw a consistent bias toward sensationalism. But, that's not what we're talking about. We see a consistent bias toward a political viewpoint. To the extent of undermining shareholders.
There's a thing in economics called the agency problem. The thing is that absent sufficient monitoring and alignment of incentives, there's no reason to assume that managers and workers (the shareholders' agents) will not act in their own interests, rather than those of the shareholders. In this cases, it's long been the standard practice to insulate journalists from the company's financial incentives. It makes sense in a lot of ways. You don't really want journalists not reporting stories because it might hurt the company or hurt an advertiser. But, the thing is, that leaves the respect and esteem of their peers as the major driver of their career prospects. The successful reporter isn't going to be the guy who covers a story that sells a lot of papers. If it were, Matt Drudge and Andrew Breitbart would be editors-in-chief for major metro dailies. It's the guy who gets the stamp of approval from the rest of the journalistic community. And given these guys don't have to satisfy their shareholders, that's going to be the guy who advances their ideology.
December 28, 2012 - 2:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply
2. Joshua
Why the [sic] within "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom [sic] fighter"? "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is exactly what Reuters meant. It's not a moral thing to say, but it's not a misspelling or a typo.
Anyway, many of the people in this world who have been called "freedom fighters" wound up being "freedom fighters" in the same way that the people who work for the Fire Department are "fire fighters."
December 27, 2012 - 9:40 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Terrorists — especially Islamofascist terrorists are totalitarians — there's nothing freedom-oriented about them. That's why I put the "sic" there.
December 27, 2012 - 10:08 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Chris Armanini
Ahhhhh…now it makes sense. I initiated a web search, starting with "Freman," because I was puzzled about my grasp of spelling.
December 28, 2012 - 3:31 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
The "sic" doesn't belong there. As Josh says, it suggests a typo.
It's confusing and non-standard to use "sic" to indicate your opinion of the quote. It's a creative redundancy (a term a copy editor I once had coined to differentiate them from obvious, simple redundancies), since the quote marks tell us that this is exactly what was said (and "sic" also indicates that it's exactly what was said).
(The solution would be to replace the word "infamous" with something stronger. Or just trust the reader to realize that the quote is offensive.)
December 28, 2012 - 4:16 am Link to this Comment | Reply
3. Ray Van Dune
"Just walk away."?
No offewnse intended, but anyone with an ounce of self-awareness ran like hell away a long time ago. The only positive use for the mainstrem media is as an aid to help Americans understand the latest disinformation techniques of their coutnry's enemies.
December 27, 2012 - 9:56 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
The MSM is a whore-like entity but they give more than the clap. They are lock-step with their ideological radical mates and that is that. Any other pretense is placing lipstick on a pig.
But aside from their morphing of totalitarian bents, they cover up bodies of lies – literally. For a compliant media IS a danger to the body politic – http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/08/01/what-happens-when-a-compliant-media-ceases-their-due-diligence-thus-parroting-officialdoms-narratives-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/
They are a whole lot more than an annoyance. They are capable of upending life and death. They must be uprooted at their core.December 28, 2012 - 6:52 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
This is slightly off topic, but I would love to see a conservative go on t.v. in Washington and hold up a magazine clip as did David Gregory. Then we could all sit back and watch the uproar. No doubt all of those that have defended Gregory would suddenly pivot on their stance: they view themselves as part of the ruling class, so it is permissible if Gregory does it, but conservatives are representatives of the hoi polloi and must be shown their place. I would love it.
December 28, 2012 - 9:08 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
If a poor black teen was seen carrying that magazine on the streets of DC, he'd be busted by the cops and probably prosecuted. It's racist not to prosecute David Gregory.
December 28, 2012 - 12:11 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Not to mention that, if according to MSNBC, merely uttering gun-related language is racist, then surely an NBC newsreader brandishing an actual piece of gun-related paraphernalia has to be truly red-line the Sharpton-meter.
December 28, 2012 - 1:22 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
There are numerous examples of school kids (of any race) drawing picture of a gun or even a violent scence, or pointing a finger gun like and getting a suspension.
December 28, 2012 - 2:17 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
5. Political Observer
Just to be clear they are neither the "main stream media" nor elite. They are the Pravda Press. They neither seek the truth or report the news. Instead their whole purpose is to spin the party line. What is left for us to do now is to continue to mock them and dismiss them as irrelevant. They have forfeited all rights to be considered journalist and they should be viewed for what they are – peons in the Ministry of Truth.
December 28, 2012 - 10:08 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
6. Jack Olson
Both Gallup and the Pew Center recently reported that about three out of five Americans put little or no trust in MSM news reporting. This level of distrust is at its highest since Gallup and Pew started tracking it. Yet, it's nearly impossible to find a journo who thinks it's a problem. Each of them seems to concern himself with the pursuit of journalism prizes awarded by other journos while the collective enterprise of MSM news reporting circles the drain of public distrust.
December 28, 2012 - 12:06 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. sinz54
Liberal journalists have become more open and strident about their liberalism for the same reason that left-wingers elsewhere have: They all have a sense of triumphalism that the advent of Obama and the changing demographic makeup of the electorate means that their time has arrived. And hence they don't have to hide their liberalism, or sugar-coat it, anymore.
That was the implicit meaning behind Obama's slogan "We are the ones we have been waiting for."
Liberal journalists no longer have to maintain any objectivity and fairness, because they believe that those in their audience who care about objectivity and fairness are a dying breed.
December 28, 2012 - 1:47 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
8. John Stone
Part of it is the cult of professionalism. If you have the job of hiring a journalist, the safe thing to do is to hire a college graduate in the field. If you do anything else and it does not work out, it is apt to come back at you big time and in a bad way. So they hire college educated journalists. That gives the colleges an automatic market for anybody who graduates with a journalist degree and the abuse the privilege by using it to push ideology.
We are at the point where a journalist major is better thought of as a cult member than somebody with a skill set.
If you want to upset the liberal-lefty monopoly on journalism you have to break up this cultural feature.
December 28, 2012 - 6:41 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Same goes for teachers. Academia seems remote in that it doesn't have much direct influence on society, but it's the factory that manufactures the people who have direct influence on everything – from teachers to artists to journalists to politicians.
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Osho,The other morning, discourse left me feeling terrified and desperate: desperate to save this incredible, beautiful planet, and terrified because the odds against us seem so high and I feel so insignificant, and helpless to do anything! The only thing I can see to do is to be here with you as much as possible, nourishing my consciousness and supporting your vision. Is there any more that can be done?
I can understand your desperation, your helplessness. This is how perhaps every human being who is aware of the crisis feels. But you are not aware of a greater power: destruction is a low category power, creation is a high category power. Destruction is out of hate, creation is out of love.
You have seen where hate can lead humanity, to its ultimate suicide, but you have not seen the possibility that love, growing to its height, may simply prevent this crisis from happening. No one is insignificant, because everyone has a heart and everyone has love and everyone has sensitivity, consciousness and he can reach to the very ultimate peak of existence. A single individual can prevent this great crisis, what to say of millions of people full of love and joy and silence?
I am reminded of an Old Testament story about two cities, Sodom and Gomorrah. The people in both cities became absolutely sexually perverted - all kinds of perversions prevailed. The story is very beautiful; it will give you courage, it will take away your desperation. It will make you stand up as an individual, representing life and love which cannot be destroyed by any nuclear weapons, by any politicians. Even God could not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
I have to remind you at this point that in the Old Testament version he destroyed the cities. It was impossible to change those people; they had become so accustomed to perverted ways. You may not know that the word sodom means making love to animals. That's why the whole city was called Sodom. And even today making love to animals is called sodomy. And just the vibration of the word gomorrah is enough to give you the sense of what it means: gonorrhea.
But the story takes a very special turn, and that's my point to emphasize. In the Judaic religion there is a small stream of rebels, revolutionaries - they are called Hassids. They are not accepted by the orthodoxy as authentic, because they go against anything in orthodoxy, in a tradition which does not appeal to the human heart, to reason, to sensitivity, to consciousness. They have written their own story.
Their story is that there lived a man - a Hassid - he used to live six months in Gomorrah and six months in Sodom. He approached God and he said to him, "Have you taken into account the possibility that there may be one hundred absolutely natural, wise people in these two vast cities? Are you going to destroy them also, because others are perverted? Then it will be great injustice, pure injustice and it will be a condemnation to you. So you reconsider!"


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Late kung fu superstar Bruce Lee may be an international icon, but he is still not the complete local hero in Hong Kong.
In today's issue
Bruce Lee's legacy still debated 40 years on
Fans angry that international icon is still not a complete hero in Hong Kong
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- Fans and members of the media gather around a statue of Bruce Lee (R) to mark the 40th anniversary of his death, on the Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong on July 20, 2013. Hailed as cinema's first martial arts hero and a cinematic bridge between the cultures of East and West, Bruce Lee helped put Hong Kong on the movie world map. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE
Fans are marking his death 40 years ago this weekend with art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti but some people are urging Hong Kong's government to do more to honour the former British colony's biggest star.
Lawmakers and scholars have joined calls from fans, fearing the government is wary of fully embracing Lee's legacy. His enduring spirit of youthful rebellion and a willingness to fight big oppressors may have spooked city leaders prone to second-guessing their political masters in Beijing.
"The Hong Kong government or the people on top of the governing body are not thinking, first of all, in terms of Hong Kong people's mindset," said Lo Wai-luk, an associate professor in the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University.
"They think of how to do something to please the main Chinese government, or not to violate" what they think Beijing likes, he said.
American-born but raised in Hong Kong, Lee died of brain swelling aged just 32 at the height of his fame. His most popular film, the worldwide blockbuster Enter the Dragon, was released just six days after his death in 1973.
The government did not respond to Reuters questions but in recent statements it has outlined a number of officially backed efforts to mark the anniversary.
It has supported a five-year exhibition, due to be opened on Friday by the city's financial secretary John Tsang at a museum.
The government film archive is also producing documentaries of his life and new prints of some of Lee's films.
But some fans feel the government is simply making up for lost time and they are angry about the lack of a permanent memorial or museum to honour Lee.
A member of the city's Legislative Council questioned officials over their failed negotiations two years ago to buy and restore Lee's former mansion in the upscale Kowloon Tong suburb to create a museum devoted to him.
Gregory So, Hong Kong's secretary for commerce and economic development, acknowledged Lee's "tremendous contribution" to martial arts and cinema and the deep international and domestic interest in his life. But he said there were no plans to re-open negotiations on taking over Lee's old home.
Some fans are happily taking matters into their own hands.
Amid the bustle of the business and entertainment district of Wanchai, a graffiti caricature of Lee marks the entrance to an alley that leads to an art gallery. Renowned avant-garde artists have attempted to capture his fighting spirit in paintings that line the walls.
Co-organiser Adam Chow said Lee's "spirit and strong body" had a big impact on scrawny Hong Kong teenagers in the 1970s.
"At that time, Hong Kong people were so skinny, so as teenagers we were surprised he had a very strong body," Chow said. "He also worked very hard and showed a lot of confidence to the public." Posters and T-shirts of Lee in his famous battle stance, scars torn across his muscled torso, remain hot items in markets.
Other fans will lay wreaths on Saturday at the foot of a statue of Lee, in full kung fu flight, on the Kowloon waterfront.
Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of Hong Kong's Bruce Lee fan club, told Reuters the city's government owed a great deal to Lee.
"They have always used him when promoting the city abroad but have never done anything in honour of him."
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by Heather Smith and Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg, MA
Tired of back hair? More men than ever are choosing to take it off, and they have several options in their quest. Whether it is hair on your back, chest, arms, or genital area, there are options men have for hair removal.
Laser hair removal may be one reason more men are talking to their doctors about hair removal. With laser treatment, heat from lasers are used to kill hair follicles. However, laser treatments aren't for everyone. Laser treatments work best on light-skinned, dark-haired people. Make sure you're a good candidate for this procedure before you commit to it.
Laser hair removal facilities can be found almost anywhere. When you are shopping around, keep in mind that the American Academy of Dermatology advises choosing an experienced healthcare provider. Laser treatment should be done with or under the direct supervision of a dermatologist , or a doctor with proper training and experience.
Side effects of this treatment include:
Laser treatment may be costly, and several sessions may be needed to see results. Those who consider this treatment should avoid sunlight during the healing process following the treatment.
For those with light hair or dark skin, electrolysis may work. Electrolysis involves inserting a needle into one hair follicle at a time, destroying each with an electrical current. Before you decide on electrolysis, you may want to consider the good and the bad.
The good:
The bad:
If you that find laser or electrolysis treatments aren't in your budget, there are other methods to help you rid of unwanted hair.
For the man whose threshold for pain is higher than his bank balance, waxing is always an option. Waxing is relatively inexpensive and can be done in a salon or at home. However, even men who rip off bandages with gusto may think twice before waxing. Hot wax is applied to the skin and allowed to cool. Once hardened, the wax is ripped off taking the hair along with it.
Waxing is good for both small and large areas of the body. It can tweak a unibrow, and remove back and facial hair. The effects are smooth and clean, and the results can last up to six weeks.
If you choose to wax at home, be careful not to wax over moles or warts, and do not put the wax on so hot that you burn your skin.
If none of these procedures appeal, a man can always purchase a depilatory (like Nair or Neet), which dissolves hair.
Depilatories can be used on chests and backs, but they do not compare to a good shave for facial hair. Several days may pass before you need to reapply a depilatory.
To prevent an allergic reaction, apply some to the underside of your wrist, before applying it to your body. Also, follow the instructions on the bottle closely if you leave a depilatory on too long it may leave your skin with a chemical burn.
Depilatories may leave your skin feeling itchy and tingly, and may also require more than one application, but re-applying may lead to chemical burn.
The American Academy of Dermatology
Hair Removal Journal
Canadian Dermatology Association
Canadian Organization of Professional Electrologists
Back waxing for men. Hair Removal HQ for men website. Available at: http://hairremovalformenhq.com/content/back-waxing-men. Accessed July 17, 2013.
Electrolysis hair removal. Hair Removal HQ for Men website. Available at: http://hairremovalformenhq.com/content/electr...sis-hair-removal. Accessed July 17, 2013.
Getting rid of hair. Nemours Teen Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuf...air_removal.html. Updated October 2011. Accessed July 17, 2013.
Laser hair removal. American Academy of Dermatology website. Available at: http://www.aad.org/media-resources/stats-and-facts/cosmetic-treatments...ser-hair-removal. Accessed July 17, 2013.
Treating excess body hair could remedy a hairy situation. American Academy of Dermatology website. Available at: http://www.aad.org/stories-and-news/news-releases/treating-excess-body-hair-could-remed...-hairy-situation. Published March 16, 2013. Accessed July 17, 2013.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision was for a nation where race did not matter and where men and women treated each other with respect. And today, as many across the county pause to remember the man, we should...Please log in to see full story.
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A million mortgage holders are due to get an automatic payout on their insurance policies. If you've a mortgage payment protection insurance policy (MPPI), the City regulator, the then FSA (now called the Financial Conduct Authority), is forcing all providers that hiked costs in 2009 to automatically repay the increase.
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Find out if you qualify for FSA-ordered refunds
Q. Why's this happened?
A. MPPI covers mortgage repayments if you can't work due to an accident or sickness, or if you're made redundant. Providers upped prices during the recession to offset the increase in claims as more people lost jobs. The FCA said when prices changed, customers should've been given the chance to cancel their contacts.
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A. People who've got policies where the costs increased this year.
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A. Just wait. Your monthly payment will be frozen at what it currently is. Yet by next June, insurers must give back the overcharge. Most paybacks are expected sometime in early 2010.
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James R. Benn
For Writers
Traumatized; The Story of a State Trooper.
Co-authored with John G. Patterson and Deborah L. Mandel.
"Traumatized" takes the reader into the mind and soul of a Connecticut State Trooper, John Patterson, who, within the first six years of his career, shot and killed two armed felons in the line of duty. It is the story of his decline into major depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which led to nightmare filled nights, addiction and family discord, and finally, with treatment, a long, slow journey out of the darkness.
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A Mortal Terror
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Mystery Scene magazine reviews A MORTAL TERROR
"a thrilling, fast-paced book...Benn skillfully blends the mystery of the murders and the violence of the war into one fantastic, satisfying whole"
LA Examiner review of "A Mortal Terror"
"masterful...well-crafted...vivid...a great read"
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War has taken its toll on First Lt. Billy Boyle, and he's not alone in his misery. It's January 1944, and he's trying to figure out why he has been dispatched to Naples in his sixth outing (after Rag and Bone). If you're new to the series, Billy, a police detective back home, works for his Uncle Ike (yes, that Ike) as a military private investigator. Simply put, the general trusts Billy because he's family. In this captivating episode, a serial killer from the inside (dubbed the Red Heart Killer because he leaves playing cards on his victims) is targeting Allied officers, moving systematically up the ranks, and it's getting pretty tense in the officers' quarters. Billy is under the gun to find the madman before he runs out of cards. VERDICT Jump right in with this winner of a historical detective entry; don't worry if you haven't read all the others (I hadn't). Benn does a superb job of simultaneously capturing the personal anguish of war and creating a splendid adventure novel.
The September issue of Booklist says A MORTAL TERROR is:
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The Billy Boyle World War II Mystery Series
Rag And Bone
"…the novel's scenes of London under siege are stark and poignant."—The New York Times Book Review
Evil For Evil
A twisting, turning plot drives Benn's gripping fourth WWII mystery ... As an Irish-American sympathetic to the Republican cause, Billy struggles to remain impartial as he investigates the various factions on both sides of the Catholic-Protestant divide. Benn offers no easy answers in this rich mix of Irish history and wartime intrigue."
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Blood Alone
"... a sleuthing soldier risks life and limb to crack a baffling mystery...Billy's determination to learn the truth takes him into the heart of Sicily's complex criminal dynasty, as deadly as the encroaching German army. Another bracing cocktail of period action with a whodunit chaser from the increasingly authoritative Benn."
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The pursuit of truth in wartime is never as dangerous as when it forces a choice between the greater good and the life of a loved one. For Billy Boyle, that choice is as hard as the unforgiving rocky landscape of Algeria where the American Army receives its baptism of fire in WWII.
Billy Boyle
Billy Boyle is the youngest member of the Boyle clan in the Boston Police Department. A tightly knit Irish family, their fierce loyalties extend little beyond each other, Ireland, and the police force where Billy's father and uncles also serve. The year is 1941, and they have paved the way for Billy's promotion to Detective through the time-honored traditions of politics and patronage. Then World War II breaks out. The family's political connections secure Billy a commission and post with a distant relative of Mrs. Boyle's, a general serving with the War Plans Department in Washington D.C. where Billy is to safely sit out the war. Unfortunately for the Boyles, that unknown general is Dwight David Eisenhower, who whisks Billy off to England when he is appointed Commander of U.S. forces in Europe . This is definitely not what Billy expected, nor is really qualified for. He must rely on his native wits to keep himself alive and avoid humiliating his family as he conducts his first investigation into the death of an official of the Norwegian government in exile.
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Maintaining a relationship with a loved one who may be experiencing delusions is like walking on shaky ground. Every step you take could land you in an argument or adversarial position. Whether you intend to argue your points or attempt to bring reality to the attention of your loved one, you will always be on the opposing side. Delusions are strong beliefs held to be true despite evidence to the contrary.
There are two ways to distinguish delusions:
The difficulty inherent in delusions is that they can occur in a once very normal, logically thinking individual. A person does not have to have a severe mental illness to entertain a strong, unmovable belief. But you do want to monitor the severity of that person's delusion(s) and their intensity. If your loved one begins acting on their delusions, you will want to reach out for a mental health evaluation.
Here is a listing of types of delusions to be watchful of:
There are a few things you can do to cope with this behavior:
While working with older adults suffering from both medical and psychiatric conditions, I learned that most of what was deemed "delusional" was really a strong attempt at sustaining an emotional connection to something or creating a reality they could feel good about. An elderly women who has lost all of her friends and spouse to death, may begin to strongly believe that her husband and friends "are still alive." This is more like strong denial and refusal to accept the truth.
This is a very difficult situation to live with. It is difficult to view reality from your loved one's perspective when you know their perspective is skewed. It may be helpful for families and caregivers to discuss this situation with a therapist and ask for a consultation. In any event, make sure to take care of yourself and remember: do not argue with them. You won't win.
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Obama opposes repeal of healthcare program suspended last week
Posted By admin On October 18, 2011 @ 7:21 am In U.S. News | Comments Disabled
Julian Pecquet
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October 18, 2011
President Obama is against repealing the health law's long-term-care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government's announcement Friday that the program was dead in the water.
"We do not support repeal," the official said Monday. "Repealing the CLASS Act isn't necessary or productive. What we should be doing is working together to address the long-term care challenges we face in this country."
Over the weekend, The Hill has learned, an administration official called advocates of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act to reassure them that Obama is still committed to making the program work. That official also told advocates that widespread media reports on the program's demise were wrong, leaving advocates scratching their heads.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday in a blog post on the liberal Huffington Post website that the administration did not see a way to make the program sustainable. Sebelius indicated her agency hadn't been able to figure out a way to ensure the program providing long-term care paid for itself as required by law.
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[2] House set to vote on healthcare repeal: http://www.prisonplanet.com/house-set-to-vote-on-healthcare-repeal.html
[3] Democratic Congressmen On Obamacare: 'Let's Have This Debate About Repeal': http://www.prisonplanet.com/democratic-congressmen-on-obamacare-lets-have-this-debate-about-repeal.html
[4] Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000: http://www.prisonplanet.com/number-of-healthcare-reform-law-waivers-climbs-above-1000.html
[5] Price: 'Nobody trusts the IRS' to enforce Obama's signature healthcare law: http://www.prisonplanet.com/price-nobody-trusts-the-irs-to-enforce-obamas-signature-healthcare-law.html
[6] Obama Administration Spending $63 Billion On "Global Health Care" Program: http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-administration-spending-63-billion-on-global-health-care-program.html
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Swiss IGBT-driver manufacturer CT-Concept Technologie has announced a single-channel 6.5kV IGBT gate driver able to work with up to four IGBT modules in parallel.
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Isolation in the UL-compliant devices is in accordance with IEC 61800-5-1 and IEC 60664-1.
On the board is Concept's Scale-2 asic.
"Scale-2 integrates all functions: driving, monitoring, status acknowledgement, voltage supply dc-dc converters and isolation of all signals between the control and power sections," said Concept CEO Wolfgang Ademmer. "We also retain full design flexibility when considering protection strategies, interface circuitry and the partitioning of the power inverter."
At the same time, Concept announced a dual-channel 4.5kV IGBT-driver, also based around the Scale-2 asic, with transformer-based signal isolation rather than fibre-optic isolation.
"The 2SC0635T is the first commercially-available 4.5kV IGBT driver to feature transformer signal isolation and an integral DC/DC converter," said Ademmer.
Applications for both are expected in traction, high-voltage dc links and wind-power converters.
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What's next for the old JC?
It's not much of a castle any more:
This atypical view of San Francisico with Sausalito in the background makes the 415 look a little like a village – evidence of Manhattanization is all to the left, so all you see is basically the same as what you would have seen in the 1930′s.
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[UPDATE: Popular Curbed SF weighs in here. I don't know, the way the sign is now, everybody who doesn't have an "A" neighborhood parking decal is defined as a "visitor." That means "tourist" of course. Now, didn't people living on the twisty part of Lombard want to put up a gate? That's kind of the same thing (although there's no MUNI bus that goes down that part of Lombard.) Anyway, I've never seen a zero time limit in a neighborhood parking area – that's a first. Just getting rid of the spaces up there would seem to solve the problem of waiting-for-parking congestion. Explore the issue of privatising street parking in of San Francisco here.]
It's not immediately obvious that it's against the rules for tourists to drop people off at the top of Telegraph Hill, but it's not suggested as an idea – check out this recently-installed sign.
Perhaps it's time to scratch Coit Tower off the list of official points of interest for the 49 Mile Drive?
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I don't know, if the purpose of San Francisco's absurd neighborhood parking program is to "reduce unnecessary personal motor vehicle travel" why don't we just pull out those 29 parking spaces up there and then the richers of Telegraph Hill could walk or ride bus #39 along with the rest of us "visitors,",you know, with the little people.
"The preferential residential parking permit (RPP) was established in 1976 to preserve neighborhood living within a major urban center. It is designed to promote the safety, health and welfare of all San Francisco residents by reducing unnecessary personal motor vehicle travel, noise and pollution, and by promoting improvements in air quality, convenience and attractiveness of urban residential living, and increased use of public mass transit."
It's hard to tell why this Ferris wheel was on Treasure Island recently – it was either for the Treasure Island Music Festival or Oracle OpenWorld 2009.
Or maybe it was for both.
T.I. in the foreground and distant Berkeley in the background:
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Well here she is, straight outta Fort Lauderdale, Florida via the Panama Canal, "steeped with prestige and elegance," it's 965 foot long Celebrity Infinity. Now you'd think that it'd have been nice for her to have stopped at Huatulco, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico as originally planned, but worries over the Swine Flu (2500 Americans alone, and counting) put the kibosh on that. Oh well.
Welcome passengers! Please empty your pockets and leave, as so many have done before you. (I keed. I keed because I love.) But seriously, stay as long as you'd like – go AWOL if you want. Just stay away from those darn exploding canisters. And stay away from the Internet that costs 50 cents per minute. Ouch.
A big boat that's almost too much for our little city to handle:
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You know what makes you better than all those melon farmers out there? It's the fact that you hang your hat every night in the City and County of San Francisco. That makes you special. To celebrate you, the California Academy of Sciences is offering free admission for you (and your neighbors). Just match up your zip code with the handy chart below, gather up the necessary proof of where you reside, and head on over to Golden Gate Park.
And the nice thing about this free admission program is that it probably won't be as crowded as it sometimes gets on the third Wednesday of the month, when everyone gets in sans tariff.
Celebrated Missionites getting a little camera time in front of the green screen before entering the Cal Academy yesterday. Bide your time, your free day is coming:
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Thanks, Bank of America.
San Francisco's Coit Tower is just like the Statue of Liberty, in the sense that you can get up top and look through the windows. You see? They have the same shape
This is the view that you'll get from the top.
The people up there look like little ants scrambling around, huh? Click to expand:
Get up there soon as famous Action Consumer Troubleshooter (and Harvard-grad) Bill O'Reilly wants it to be blown up, apparently.
Wouldn't that be FOXtastic?
Some people think of Sausalito as a Portuguese fishing village and that's kind of credible.
This atypical view of San Francisico with Sausalito in the background makes S.F. look a little like a village as well – evidence of Manhattanization is to the left, so all you see is basically the same as what you would have seen in the 1930's.
Some people would like to construct tall buildings on the waterfront, but there'll be a lot of fighting before that happens.
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XIAMEN, China, and YOKNEAM, Israel, November 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Yealink, a leading provider of video and VoIP phones and IP communication solutions, and Surf Communications Solutions (SURF), a global provider of high-capacity multimedia communication systems and applications, signed a partnership for promoting video communications in enterprises and Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs).
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SUNBURY– The Northumberland County Children and Youth Services held its 4th annual "Adoption Day" Wednesday. The event is held at the Northumberland County Courthouse and celebrates adoptions throughout the year as well as finalizing adoptions on this day.
Director of Social Services, Cathy Gemberling spoke about "Adoption Day" saying, "We honor all the families and the children that have been adopted throughout this year." She said its a big celebration.
She said, "We have activities from balloon art, face painting, character drawings, and games. It's just a fun day to honor the families that are willing to open their homes and hearts to these children and provide them and forever family." The event is also designed to celebrate Nation Adoption Awareness Month.
Harold Mast, a recent adoptive parent spoke about his son saying," it's just a celebration of something that was really an unexpected miracle that happened for us this past year. We met him in October and in May he was our son."
National Adoption Awareness Month helps increase the number of families considering adoption and celebrates the creation of new families through adoption. (Sarah Lagerman)
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Conditions will remain dry through the evening and into the first half of Presidents' Day. As Monday evening nears, cloud cover will increase and winds will pick up ahead of the next storm system. Snow levels are going to drop quite a bit with a much colder air mass moving into the higher elevations. The widespread and heaviest precipitation will move to our South, so Siskiyou County will be seeing a good 2″-4″ from this storm system by the time all is said and done. Snow will begin in Northern California by late evening Monday, with the heaviest snow occurring between about 6AM and Noon Tuesday. Snow levels will start off around 4,000′ Monday night and lower to about 2,500′ through Tuesday. Showers will remain in the area throughout the afternoon and evening. This storm will certainly be impacting travel Monday evening and Tuesday morning in Northern California. The heaviest snow should be to the West of Siskiyou Summit but conditions will still be hazardous on I5. The NWS has not yet issued an advisory for this system, but I suspect they will do so within the next 12 hours or so.
Southern Oregon will see showers from this system, just not as widespread as Siskiyou County. Snow levels will start around 3,000′ Monday evening and drop to about 2,500′ by Tuesday morning. Up to 1″ of snow could fall in the higher elevations of the Rogue Valley. The Cascades will see 1″-3″ of snow from this system, but to the East of the Cascades only 1″ of accumulation with snow levels slightly higher (starting off around 3,800′). The Coast is looking at anywhere from a half an inch of rain to three quarters of an inch.
This wet and cooler pattern is going to continue through the week. Wednesday we will see a slight break in the morning and early afternoon hours but by the evening the next system is on our doorstep. This system will again bring rain and snow with snow levels around 2,500′. Friday's storm will bring a warm front through during midday, before then bringing a cold front in. Again, another system moves through Saturday so Friday evening into Saturday rain and snow are a possibility also.
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Monday, September 20, 2010 By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10263/1088854-66.stm NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The great Chris Johnson, who ran for a ridiculous 2,006 yards last season? "Gave up," Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward said. The elusive Vince Young, who was 9-2 as a starting quarterback going back to last season? "Rattled," Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel said. The formidable Tennessee Titans, who routinely used to beat the Steelers like a drum here? "I thought that we were a little bit better than that," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. Who saw this 19-11 beat-down coming Sunday? Who dared to dream the Steelers would be 2-0 without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger? Who knew the Steelers' defense was this sturdy? Who imagined that defensive end Aaron Smith and safety Troy Polamalu would make that much difference? OK, that last question is silly. Everybody knows what Smith and Polamalu mean to the Steelers' defense. "You lose one, maybe, but not both at the same time," Ward said, referring to the team's rotten predicament last season when Smith and Polamalu were out with injuries and the defense blew five fourth-quarter leads. But those first three questions are fair. The defense has been surprisingly terrific. "There's been a lot of talk that we're too old and that they need to put in new guys to start over," Keisel said, fairly sniffing. The defense -- aging or otherwise -- is responsible for the 2-0 start. On a late-summer Sunday, when the Steelers started with third-string quarterback Dennis Dixon and finished with fourth-teamer Charlie Batch and the team played without offensive tackle Max Starks and had to rotate in its seventh and eighth offensive linemen to beat the brutal heat and humidity, the defense forced six turnovers. It didn't give up its first touchdown of the season until the game's final minute. Clearly, it was too much for Johnson, who was held to 34 yards after running for at least 100 in 12 consecutive games, and Young, who played miserably and often seemed confused before being benched for Kerry Collins early in the fourth quarter. "Every quarterback is going to look confused against [defensive coordinator] Dick LeBeau's defense," Steelers linebacker Larry Foote said. It looked as if Young didn't see Polamalu when he threw him an interception in the end zone on a first-and-10 play from the Steelers' 16 late in the first quarter. That play -- Polamalu's second interception in two games -- might have been the biggest defensive play of the game because the Steelers led just 7-3 at the time. It appeared as if Young didn't see linebacker LaMarr Woodley on another interception in the second quarter. Then, late in the third quarter, on the final play before he was benched, Young didn't seem to feel linebacker James Harrison coming on the rush and fumbled when he was hit. "They did some things that I haven't seen before," Young said. Johnson probably felt the same way. He ran for 142 yards against the Oakland Raiders a week earlier and looked ready to take another step toward Hall of Famer Barry Sanders' NFL record of 14 consecutive 100-yard games. But, no. Johnson didn't just average 2.1 yards on his 16 carries, he lost a fumble late in the first half after being hit by linebacker Lawrence Timmons. "He got tired of being hit," Ward said. (Well then he shouldn't play the Steelers then. - mesa) "We sure did put the helmet on him," Foote agreed. Johnson did have an apparent 85-yard touchdown run called back late in the second quarter when center Eugene Amano was penalized for holding Steelers nose tackle Chris Hoke. "Absolutely, it was holding," Hoke said. Added Smith, "They hold every play." Give Smith a lot of the credit for stopping Johnson. The two most recent times the Steelers' defense allowed a back to run for 100 yards -- Baltimore's Ray Rice last season and Jacksonville's Fred Taylor in 2007 -- Smith didn't play because of injuries. Coincidence? There's just no way. "Aaron created havoc all day," Ward said. "He's amazing," Harrison said. "They have to account for him and it takes two guys to do it. That's 700 pounds of force coming down on him and they still can't block him. He gives us linebackers freedom to run around and make plays." And man, they make 'em, don't they? Harrison was a monster again with 11 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. The linebackers as a group -- Harrison, Woodley, Timmons and captain James Farrior -- combined for 34 tackles, 3 sacks, an interception, 3 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. It seems almost comical now that the Steelers' defense had to answer questions all week about how it was going to stop Johnson and contain Young. 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WOW THIS is the true tale of the tape. THIS IS WHAT I SAW. You watch the NFL network and its, "oh, just an ugly game, Titans were somehow inept and we're not exactly sure how that happened...and Deon is like they should of given VY more opportunity etc.."
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We have a relatively small farm pound, (approximately 4 to 6 feet deep and covers a surface area of about ½ an acre) on which myself and my little brother skate and play hockey on throughout the winter. We have been instructed my our mom to take a cordless drill with us every time we go out on the ice, with the drill we make 4 to 6 holes randomly over the surface to determine the thickness of the ice. If the ice is not greater than 6 inches, we are not allowed to play. However, I have noticed that even after a week of lows hovering around the -30°F and highs not getting above 0 mark (last winter), the pond still does not freeze solid. Why is that? Is it that the ice at a certain point is so thick and strong that it does not allow for the expansion of water to form more ice, creating the case where we have sub-cooled water.
Hi Tim,
Good question.
There is a great explanation in Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics In the Temperature, Heat, and Expansion chapter.
A couple of things you have to remember, ice is less dense than water, that is why it floats. Water freezes at 0 degrees C and water is WEIRD!
You understand that water has a volume increase when it changes to ice. There is another little weird thing about water, it is most dense at 4 degrees C. So as water in your pond reaches 4 degrees C, it sinks to the bottom of the pond. Any water that is less dense than this 4 degree water will then "float" to the surface for cooling.In Mr. Hewitt's words:
"If the water below the surface is any temperature other than 4 degrees C, any surface water at 4 degrees C will be denser and sink before it can be further cooled. So before any ice can form, all the water in the pond must be cooled to 4 degrees C. Only when this condition is met can the surface water be cooled to 3,2,1 and 0 degrees without sinking. Then ice can form.
Thus the water at the surface is the first to freeze. Continued cooling of the pond results in the freezing of the water next to the ice, so a pond freezes from the surface downward. In a cold winter, ice will be thinker than in a milder winter.
Very deep bodies of water are not ice-covered even in the coldest of winters. This is because all of the water in a lake must be cooled to 4 degrees C before the lower temperatures can be reached, and the winter is not long enough for all the water to be cooled to 4 degrees C. If only some of the water is 4 degrees C, it will lie on the bottom. Because of water's high specific heat and poor ability to conduct heat, the bottom of deep lakes in cold regions is a constant 4 degrees C. Fish should be glad that this is so."
I hope this sheds a little light on your pond ice. Mom's got a good idea with the drill. Keep playing hockey and keep thinking scientifically.
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Hi Tim,
Subcooling may play a role, but I would guess it is not the main reason. I think it is just the warmth of the water and the ground beneath it. Only in very cold areas (like Siberia) does the ground freeze much deeper than a few inches. So beneath the pond, the ground is still a balmy 50F or so. It takes a fair amount of energy to make liquid water freeze even when it is already at freezing point. When the ice above it freezes, it gives off heat to the water beneath it as well. So while your pond is probably near or at freezing, there is enough heat emanating up from the ground beneath it to keep it from freezing completely.
Hope this helps,
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This is the base recipe I use for my muffins, adding in berries, or nuts, or choc chips, or spices, or crumble topping, or whatever I feel like. It's a very versatile and healthy recipe - gluten free (or low gluten, depending which grains you use), dairy free and naturally sweetened. You start with the whole grains (spelt, brown rice, barley, kamut, or a mixture of these...), grind the grains in the Thermomix, mix with the liquids, leave to soak overnight (or at least a few hours), then add the remaining ingredients. (Check out the variations below for ideas.) I like to start it at night so we can have muffins for breakfast (...and morning tea - it makes a lot!!).
This recipe is inspired by Sue Gregg's Blender Batter Baking recipes in Sue Gregg's 'Breakfasts' cookbook. (I love Sue's cookbooks - this one has nearly 300 pages of healthy, delicious breakfast recipes!!) I used to use my homemade rice-almond milk with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to substitute for the buttermilk in her recipe, but I decided to cut out a step and make the milk at the same time as I made the muffins... so instead of buttermilk, I add a handful of raw almonds, a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, and water. It all gets ground up and soaked with the grains, and works just fine! If you can't have nuts, sunflower seeds work just as well.
Soaking the grains in the liquids overnight improves digestibility and vitamin absorption. You can either leave the batter to soak overnight in the Thermomix, or remove it to a glass bowl, which is what I prefer to do.
1. Place half the grain in the Thermomix and grind on speed 9 for 1 minute, or until finely ground. Remove to a bowl and repeat with the remainder of the grain. (This is so you don't overload the blades.)
- 290g whole spelt grain (or kamut, hulled barley, brown rice, quinoa or a mixture of grains)
2. Add the flour in the bowl back into the Thermomix jug, add in the following ingredients, and blend for 1 minute, speed 8:
- 40g raw almonds (or sunflower seeds)
- 160g water
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 20g macadamia oil (or light olive oil)
- 200g raw honey
(You may have to play around with the amounts of grain if not using spelt - if it seems way too thick and there is no 'vortex' while you're blending, add a little more water.)
3. Leave batter to soak overnight, or for about 7 hours.
4. When ready to cook, preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 F), and grease muffin trays (or you can use ramekins for extra large muffins).
5. Add eggs to batter and mix for 1 minutes at speed 8:
- 2 eggs
6. Mix in briefly, for 3 seconds on speed 5:
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
7. Fill greased muffin trays (or ramekins) almost full with batter. Sprinkle the top of muffins with Rapadura and cinnamon (optional), and place in oven for about 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from tins.
- NUT FREE: instead of the almonds and water, use 200g rice milk.
- Berry muffins: add berries by sprinkling them on top of batter in tins and pressing in slightly - they will sink in a little while cooking. You can also sprinkle with Rapadura & cinnamon if you wish.
- Chocolate chip muffins: replace cinnamon with 1 tsp vanilla extract; stir in 1 cup of Rapadura sweetened choc chips with baking powder. (Berries AND choc chips is nice too!)
- Nut muffins: add chopped nuts with the baking powder, etc, but only mix in briefly.
- Apple muffins: increase the cinnamon to 1 1/2 tsp, add 1/4 tsp nutmeg; add 1 peeled and diced apple to batter with baking powder; sprinkle with cinnamon & Rapadura before baking.
- Banana muffins: add another 20g oil, 1 1/2 very ripe bananas, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and blend, then soak overnight. Only needs 1 egg. Optional: add a handful of chopped walnuts/pecans and/or dark choc chips with baking powder.
- Orange date muffins: replace cinnamon with 1 tsp vanilla extract; fold in 1 peeled, diced orange and a handful diced dates with baking powder.
- Orange nut muffins: peel orange skin into Thermomix, add a little Rapadura and cinnamon, grind speed 9 until finely grated. Use 170g orange juice instead of almonds, water & vinegar in batter. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract to batter. Add a handful of chopped walnuts or pecans and a handful of sultanas with the baking powder. Can also add a handful of grated carrot. Before baking, sprinkle with the orange zest, Rapadura & cinnamon.


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