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The roaring 1920s and the Crash 1929. The roaring 1920s and the Crash 1929 April 20, 2008 – Comments (11) I'm going to do a two part series about the 1929-1932 bear market and the following great Depression.
The Great Depression, the gold standard and FDR. The Great Depression, the gold standard and FDR April 26, 2008 – Comments (8) This is the second part, this time on the Great Depression.
Sorry for the length but I just kept on writing, it is a fascinating theme. Pablo Picasso. Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp are regarded as the three artists who most defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics.[4][5][6][7] Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence.
During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His work is often categorised into periods. While the names of many of his later periods are debated, the most commonly accepted periods in his work are the Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1904–1906), the African-influenced Period (1907–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919).
Employment. Funny Stuff. The World Factbook. Freemasonry. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that traces its origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of masons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
The degrees of freemasonry, its gradal system, retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. These are the degrees offered by craft, or blue lodge Freemasonry. The Lost Symbol - Trailer. Secret societies: Band of brothers. Rockefeller family. The Rockefeller family /ˈrɒkɨfɛlər/ is an American industrial, political, and banking family that made one of the world's largest fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with John D.
Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller primarily through Standard Oil.[1] The family is also known for its long association with and control of Chase Manhattan Bank.[2] They are considered to be one of the most powerful families, if not the most powerful family,[3] in the history of the United States. Real Estate and Institutions[edit] The Rockefeller Center and the RCA Building, December 1933. Rothschild family. A house formerly belonging to the Viennese branch of the family (Schillersdorf Palace).
Schloss Hinterleiten, one of the many palaces built by the Austrian Rothschild dynasty. Donated to charity by the family in 1905.
Sino-US relationship. Policy. Problems ahead. Keynesian - paradox of thrift. The paradox of thrift is a central component of Keynesian economics, and has formed part of mainstream economics since the late 1940s, though it is criticized on a number of grounds.
Overview[edit] The argument is that, in equilibrium, total income (and thus demand) must equal total output, and that total investment must equal total saving. Assuming that saving rises faster as a function of income than the relationship between investment and output, then an increase in the marginal propensity to save, other things being equal, will move the equilibrium point at which income equals output and investment equals savings to lower values. In this form it represents a prisoner's dilemma as saving is beneficial to each individual but deleterious to the general population.
Keynesian - Liquidity preference. According to Keynes, demand for liquidity is determined by three motives:[1] the transactions motive: people prefer to have liquidity to assure basic transactions, for their income is not constantly available.
The amount of liquidity demanded is determined by the level of income: the higher the income, the more money demanded for carrying out increased spending.the precautionary motive: people prefer to have liquidity in the case of social unexpected problems that need unusual costs. The amount of money demanded for this purpose increases as income increases.speculative motive: people retain liquidity to speculate that bond prices will fall. Western Philosophy Map. If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me? "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am only for myself, what am I? And, if not now, when?" –Hillel. Some Moral Dilemmas. The Manifesto of the Communist Party. [From the English edition of 1888, edited by Friedrich Engels] This web edition published by eBooks@Adelaide.
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Production for use is coordinated through conscious economic planning, while distribution of economic output is based on the principle of To each according to his contribution. The social relations of socialism are characterized by the working-class effectively owning the means of production and the means of their livelihood, either through cooperative enterprises or by public ownership and self management, so that the social surplus accrues to the working class and society as a whole.[1] Production for use. Production for use refers to an arrangement whereby the production of goods and services is carried out ex ante (directly) for their utility (also called Use-value).
The implication is that the value of economic output would be based on use-value or a direct measure of utility as opposed to exchange-value; because economic activity would be undertaken to directly satisfy economic demands and human needs, the productive apparatus would directly serve individual and social needs. This is contrasted with production for exchange of the produced good or service in order to profit, where production is subjected to the perpetual accumulation of capital, a condition where production is only undertaken if it generates profit, implying an ex post or indirect means of satisfying economic demand.
Allegory of the Cave - Plato. Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. Heterodox economics: Marginal revolutionaries. Austrian School. The Austrian School is a school of economic thought that is based on the analysis of the purposeful actions of individuals (see methodological individualism).[1][2][3][4] It originated in late-19th and early-20th century Vienna with the work of Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Friedrich von Wieser, and others.[5] Current-day economists working in this tradition are located in many different countries, but their work is referred to as Austrian economics.
Among the theoretical contributions of the early years of the Austrian School are the subjective theory of value, marginalism in price theory, and the formulation of the economic calculation problem, each of which has become an accepted part of mainstream economics.[6] Many economists are critical of the current-day Austrian School and consider its rejection of econometrics, and aggregate macroeconomic analysis to be outside of mainstream economic theory, or "heterodox. Luca Pacioli - Father of Accounting. Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo; 1445–1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting, and is also referred as Father of Bookkeeping(in fact,he is the Father of double entry system of Book-keeping).[2] He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany.
Life[edit] Luca Pacioli was born in 1445 in Sansepolcro (Tuscany) where he received an abbaco education. Leonardo da Vinci. Law of averages. Libertarianism: a nice idea, but doomed. Russ Roberts: Why Friedrich Hayek is Making a Comeback. What's Wrong with Keynes. The Critical Flaw in Keynes's System. John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Why I agree with (some of) Friedrich Hayek. A Beautiful Mind (2001. What is Game Theory? Arabic numerals. Fear the Boom and Bust. 20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks. Download e-books for free.
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The recession has torn up the traditional rules regarding landlord and tenant bargaining positions with, in most cases, the balance shifting to the tenant. As Shayne Foley explains, there are various tactics tenants can employ at the very outset of lease negotiations to ensure a good deal.
How to save tax on a company car
If you had the opportunity to set all, or at least most, of your company car car costs against the business, you would probably take it, wouldn't you, asks Ralph Morton. And if there was the chance to reduce the amount of VAT you pay, that would also be worth considering, too? Especially as the June 2010 Emergency Budget announced VAT would rise from 17.5% to 20% on 04 January 2011.
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Rapid move toward shorter leases on business premises
The average length of a small business lease has been reduced by more than 12 months in the last two years, as business owners looked to retain their flexibility, according to research from the British Property Federation (BPF).
A BPF study of 91,000 tenancies found the average lease length for a small firm dropped to 4.1 years in 2009-10, compared to 5.4 years in 2007-8. Cutting the length of business leases has been a trend since the early 1990s, when a typical lease length was between 20 and 25 years.
Moving from a home office to a 'real' office
It is often extremely difficult for a small business based from home to know precisely when the time is appropriate to make the move from the convenience and low outgoings of a home office, to a professional, commercial office space.
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Violinist Frank Almond holds the Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He returned to the MSO after holding positions as concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev, and guest concertmaster of the London Philharmonic with Kurt Masur. Other guest concertmaster appearances have included the Seattle, Montreal, and Dallas symphonies and the Grand Tetons Music Festival. He continues an active schedule of solo and chamber music performances in the United States and abroad, including appearances with the Ojai Festival,Frankly Music, An die Musik, the Nara Academy in Nara, Japan, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Music in the Vineyards, and various solo appearances with orchestras. He has been a member of the chamber group An die Musik in New York City since 1997, and also founded and directs the much-loved Frankly Music Chamber Series based in Milwaukee. At 17, he was one of the youngest prizewinners in the history of the Nicolo Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy, and five years later was one of two American prizewinners at the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, which was documented in an award-winning PBS film. Since then, he has kept up an eclectic mix of activities in addition to his concertmaster duties, appearing both as a soloist and chamber musician.
In addition to his work with An die Musik, Mr. Almond's work as a chamber musician has generated collaborations over the years with many of today's well-known institutions, including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Hal Leonard Corporation, Ravinia Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, Music in the Vineyards, and numerous other summer festivals.
He has recorded for Summit, Albany, Boolean (his own label), Innova, Newport Classic, Wergo, and New Albion and has appeared numerous times on NPR's Performance Today. In both 2002 and 2004, An die Musik received Grammy nominations for its "Timeless Tales" series. The re-release of Mr. Almond's recording of the complete Brahms Sonatas, performed in collaboration with pianist William Wolfram, brought extraordinary critical acclaim and was also listed in the American Record Guide top recordings of 2001.
With pianist William Wolfram, a CD of sonatas by Respighi, Janacek, and Strauss was released on the AVIE label, and was named a "Best of 2007″ by the American Record Guide. His latest CD of American violin and piano music was released on Innova Recordings with pianist Brian Zeger and has also garnered much press enthusiasm. A CD of selected works of Samuel Barber was released in 2010, in cooperation with the Hal Leonard Corporation. In April 2013, AVIE released "A Violin's Life," featuring works and composers directly associated with the "Lipinski" Stradivarius, charting in the Billboard Top 10 in its first week of release. It has received notable press in major news outlets and was recently featured in a full program of interviews and excerpts on SiriusXM Radio's Symphony Hall channel.
Mr. Almond holds two degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay. Other important teachers included Michael Tseitlin, Felix Galimir, and Joseph Silverstein. He has held academic positions at San Diego State University and Texas Christian University, and he is currently on the faculty at Northwestern University.
When he's not traveling around playing the violin, he lives in Milwaukee with his wife and two young daughters. He plays on a violin by Antonio Stradivari from 1715, the "ex-Lipinski." In December 2011, he appeared in concerts and masterclasses in Poland to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Karol Lipinski performing on his former violin. In July 2012, he was featured in an episode of NatGeo's America's Lost Treasures. In 2008, he started writing an online column called nondivisi.


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Modus Vivendi's present market positioning is totally evolutionary. We have already won over a significant number of customers and our fans base is expanding every day!
Modus Vivendi's principal concern is to be an interesting, creative and innovative design house with affordable prices for all fashion-conscious men.
Modus Vivendi's dream is to conquer a decent position on the global market, one that primarily involves the people who care about and appreciate diversity and, whether or not it is to their own personal taste, welcome it.


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Washington, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced continued progress on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill), which President Obama signed into law nearly six months ago on Feb. 7, 2014. The 2014 Farm Bill reforms agricultural policy, reduces the deficit, and helps grow America's economy.
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input concerning a proposal to provide more information to the public about the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits used by participants at individual grocery stores and retailers.
West Lafayette, Indiana - Purdue University is establishing a center that will combine the broad-based expertise of dozens of faculty and staff members coordinating research, Extension and education to advance the production and use of soybeans.
West Lafayette, Indiana - Purdue University professor of botany and plant pathology Bob Pruitt has been named director of the university's new Center for Molecular Agriculture.
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The University of Virginia's College at Wise and the Marching Highland
Cavaliers will host the second annual CAV-L-CADE of Bands on Saturday, Oct. 19,
Gates will open at 1:30 p.m. and the competition begins at 3 p.m. Bands
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Patrick Henry High School from Glade Spring, Va. won the inaugural cup
last year. Scheduled to compete this year are: Letcher County Central High from
Whitesburg, Ky., Alcoa High from Alcoa, Tenn., Morristown East High from
Morristown, Tenn., Castlewood High from Castlewood, Va., Union High from Big
Stone Gap, Va., Eastside High from Coeburn, Va., and Virginia High from Bristol,
There is still time for band directors to register their bands, and
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In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle, I play Jarvan as a tankkkkkkk. In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle, Tanky Jarvan Tankssss. TANK TANK TANK. Anyway, was wondering if I should go 9-21-0 for Masteries or 0-21-9. My choice is split between Weapon Expertise in the Offensive Masteries and Runic Affinity in the Utility Masteries. If you answer, can you give some reasoning behind what I should choose?
9 21. Jarvan doesn't need anything from utility but the 9 in offensive greatly bolsters his early to mid game potential
The reason I considered the runic affinity is because Jarvan reliant so having blue or an extra 30second is important
I recommend 9-21, the lower damage masteries are pretty useful, and the only thing you want out of utility is buff duration (which is nice but not worth it).
Don't knock off more unconventional jungle mixes like 21/9/0, 21/0/9, or 15/15/0 without consideration, even if you're going tanky. Take a look at each mastery and see what you really benefit most from. I find a lot of the CC reduction masteries deep in the Defense Tree don't benefit Jarvan as much as they do other tanks, since he has two long-range gap closers. For champions like Singed or Udyr, getting chain-slowed is a big deal; for Jarvan not so much. I tend to prefer some more points in the offense tree to grab some nice boosts to my clear speed and base damage values. If you take a look at Trick2G's jungle videos, he actually runs 21 in the Support Tree with a boots start over machete on most junglers, to start off with the maximum possible movespeed. Play around with what suits your playstyle best instead of running cookie cutter masteries.
Hey azellos!! Jarvan isn't blue dependent. If you dont have blue just clear with Q. You can't wall of jarvan as well with that build. Trick plays like a hero in the spot light imo. I don't see him do more team oriented supporty builds. You can't smack em across da mouf with these builds.


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No sooner has Google announced its own 7-inch tablet and new rumors have emerged on a same-sized iPad, with Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves suggesting that the 7.85-inch iPad Mini will debut in Q4.
"We anticipate an entry-level 7.85″ iPad with 8GB of NAND capacity to price at $299 with an initial gross margin of 31%," wrote Hargreaves, in a research note posted last Thursday.
Hargreaves went onto claim that the iPad Mini will probably cannibalize some of the larger iPad sales, with CNET revealing that Hargreaves also added that Apple would most likely kill off the $399 iPad 2 to make way for a 16GB iPad Mini.
"We estimate Apple will sell 10.0 million 7.85″ iPads in FQ1 (Dec. 2012) and 35.2 million in all of F2013. Based on estimated component order volume, we believe our iPad Mini unit estimates are well within Apple's production capacity. We anticipate 25% cannibalization of the larger 9.7″ iPad (for every four 7.85″ iPads added, we reduced our 9.7″ iPad estimate by one), so our total F2013 iPad estimate increases to 91.6 million from 65.2 million."
A number of rumors have circulated on a smaller iPad since the instatement of Tim Cook as Apple CEO. Cook's predecessor, the late Steve Jobs, famously took a dim view of the 7-inch form factor.
In recent months, TabTimes has learnt that Apple has reportedly been testing a 7.85-inch iPad at its offices in Cupertino, while other sources (including Samsung) have claimed that the device could tip up in September.


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According to a March 11 article in the Miami Herald, Vidal claimed that May at one point told him he was being "a hard-ass" about the contract. Vidal says he replied that it was a conflict of interest for May to ask about Montgomery Watson. May called Vidal a liar, and in the Herald story denied having had any conversations -- of any kind -- with Vidal about Montgomery Watson.
Apparently May's tale has evolved.
When I interviewed him earlier this month, May admitted he had spoken to Vidal about the Montgomery Watson contract. He said that over dinner one night his wife had asked him why the county hadn't extended her company's contract. "She said Montgomery Watson had some extensions pending on a contract and asked me if I knew what was going on," May recalled. "I said I would gladly talk to the manager and find out what was going on. The next time I saw the manager I asked him what the status of the contract was. He told me and I said, 'Oh, thank you very much.' I told my wife what he said, and that was it. I thought it was a fairly harmless thing."
You have to know Brian May to appreciate just how amusing his current version of events is. The notion of May having a casual conversation with anyone is hysterical. He doesn't have casual conversations. He has agendas.
Ten years ago May was delivering Domino's pizzas for a living. Now he is arguably the second-most-powerful man in Dade County. You don't rise that far that quickly having casual conversations.
May is a jack-of-all-trades for Penelas. He is a key political strategist who is constantly cooking up new ways to sell the public on Penelas's carefully crafted image as an ethical reformer. He is also the mayor's gatekeeper; people who want to see Penelas usually have to go through the chief of staff. And when need be, he is also the mayor's partisan thug, a political kneecapper who sees to it that the county commission adheres to the mayor's itinerary.
May has worked off and on with Penelas since 1990. During Penelas's campaign for mayor, he was the guy who would pass dirt to reporters about Penelas's opponents. Simply put, this is not a man given to chitchat.
Even if his version of events is true -- and I'm betting there was a little bit more to the conversation than "Oh, thank you very much" -- he was wrong even to raise the issue. When I asked May whether he thought it was a conflict of interest to ask the manager about the contract, he sighed and said, "Yeah, maybe."
That sort of response should certainly raise the public's confidence in the Penelas administration. Sounds like both Penelas and May could benefit from taking one of those ethics courses being taught by the mayor's $100,000-a-year rent-a-cop, Paul Philip.
Church & Tower
If Penelas and May haven't had time to worry about ethics, it may be because they've been so busy holding secret meetings with the folks from Church & Tower.
But perhaps I'm confused. After all, those were meetings in which our brave mayor, tossing aside concerns about his own political well-being, stood up to the villainous sons of Jorge Mas Canosa and vowed to defend the interests of Dade County citizens no matter the consequences.
At least that's what I read last week in the Herald.
I do have a few questions, though. If Penelas is so proud of his conduct in this case, then why is he resisting so vigorously an opportunity to recount his experiences under oath? Twice in the past month the mayor has gone to court in an effort to block attorneys for Church & Tower from taking his deposition.
Could it be that Penelas is worried he might be required to admit that his actions weren't quite so principled? Is it possible, for instance, he would end up acknowledging that snubbing Church & Tower was a calculated decision designed to work to his political advantage? Could it be that Penelas made several crass political comments during those secret meetings and is now afraid the company's attorneys will force him to repeat them for the record?
On the day Penelas is finally deposed, with any luck they'll use a video camera as well as a court reporter. When it comes time to decide if he was out of bounds or not on this deal, it would be nice to have instant replay available.


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Lexington Market
400 West Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD
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Old as the nation itself, Lexington Market has been Baltimore's pantry since 1782.
Why It Works
Lexington Market may have the most convincing claim to America's richest market tradition. While it is housed in relatively new architectural surroundings, it preserves the ambiance of the past cloaked in an array of sounds, aromas and eye-pleasing foods of every description. The market has historically served as an incubator for start-up businesses, sometimes fueled by the waves of immigrants coming to the area and other entrepreneurs. Those businesses mature over the years and are passed from one generation to another. Some have been in the Market for over 100 years.
History & Background
Standing on its original site, the land for Lexington Market was donated in 1782 by General John Howard and was named for the Battle of Lexington. Originally an open-air market, the first shed was built in 1803. As many as 600 farm wagons would jam the area on Saturdays. When Ralph Waldo Emerson visited the market he proclaimed Baltimore the "gastronomic capital of the world."
By 1925, the sheds ran for three city blocks and there were over 1,000 stalls. During the next 20 years, several mayors tried to close the market and replace it with something modern, but merchants were stubbornly loyal to the old sheds. March 25, 1949 changed everything when a 6-alarm fire destroyed the market. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1952 and remains there today, along with a 1980s-era addition housing many fast-food tenants. The market authority also operates an 1180-car parking garage. The market is open Monday through Saturday, 8:30am - 6pm.


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Who's the Funniest Woman on TV?
By A Real Person on July 15, 2011
We tackled the funniest man on TV on Thursday, so now let's talk women. The list probably needs to begin with Jane Lynch (hosting the 2011 Emmys), and then include some combo of these individuals: Tina Fey (ah, the ol' standby), Amy Poehler, Kaitlin Olson, Ellen DeGeneres, Chelsea Handler, Alison Brie (quelle scandale ), Susie Essman, Betty White (don't hate on Hot in Cleveland), Kristen Wiig, and yes, another from the Bridesmaids set: Melissa McCarthy, now minted as an Emmy nominee to boot. (I'd consider tossing Alyson Hannigan in here, because her Lily is pitch-perfect most of the time.)
Who you got, nerds? Bossy Pants, Sweet Dee, Lately, or someone completely different?
Oh man…it's so hard to decide. I think Sweet Dee is hilarious–but I have toss in a nomination for Kristen Wiig. She's carrying SNL, and would have fit in with some of the old, classic casts. And I'm not even the type to get all purist and critical about a show that had a better "old days."
So I say KRISTEN WIIG.
I'd have to say Amy Poehler, as I will always love her. I think Aubrey Plaza is fantastic, too, and she never seems to get enough credit. However, if this were a few years ago, I would say Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development. I don't think I've ever witnessed a more consistently funny performance from any actor ever before or since. Pure genius.
I love 30 Rock and Tina Fey, but I honestly think Jane Krakowski makes me laugh way harder on that show. She is the funniest female comedy character on TV for me.


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Master of Ceremonies David Lynch will launch the 28th Annual International Pinot Noir Celebration. He will make appearances throughout the weekend that will ensure your experience will be unforgettable.
David Lynch, ST. VINCENT / BON APPÉTIT (San Anselmo, CA)
David was raised in Connecticut and graduated from Boston College. He worked as a senior editor for Wine & Spirits magazine and has authored wine-related articles for numerous periodicals and websites. In 2000, he began working at Babbo, first as wine director, then as general manager. In 2001, he received a James Beard Journalism Award for his writing, largely because of his work at Wine & Spirits magazine. In 2004, he won the James Beard Restaurant Award for Outstanding Wine Service at Babbo. David later became wine director of San Francisco's Michelin-starred Quince and its more casual sibling, Cotogna. He was featured on the cover of San Francisco magazine in August 2011 as the magazine's "Wine Director of the Year." St. Vincent is his newest and first personal venture. The restaurant and shop feature wines from all over the world. David is also the contributing wine editor at Bon Appétit, where his "Wine Insider" column appears regularly. David and wife Josie have a 6-year-old son, Ellis, and live in San Anselmo, California. |


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A source tells LEX 18 Sports that UK's starting running back Raymond Sanders won't play against Louisville on Saturday after suffering a knee injury in practice on Wednesday.
Sanders had offseason knee surgery and wasn't back at 100% when fall camp started.
Sanders carried the ball eight times against Central Michigan for 62 yards.
Freshman Josh Clemons will move up to the top spot on the depth chart and be the starter against the Cardinals.
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In a stunning example of City Council's apparent inability to decide upon anything, councilmembers first voted to open this afternoon's meeting, and then voted to have a closed session after all.
City Attorney Pat Kelly prefaced the meeting with a recital of routine legalese, citing the Colorado statutes which permit closed meetings ("to receive advice from counsel, to consider real estate matters, blah, blah, blah").
Mayor Lionel Rivera then polled councilmembers to determine whether a two-thirds majority, as the applicable statute requires, would support closing the meeting. Five votes for closure, four votes against. The mayor then asked whether city staff would agree to present the issues in question in an open forum.
Deputy City Manager Mike Anderson said that staff was not prepared to present any issues that could be appropriately discussed in an open session.
Three of the four dissenters (Tom Gallagher, Darryl Glenn and Jerry Heimlicher) remained opposed to a closed session. The fourth, Scott Hente, withdrew his objection and changed his vote. Council ushered out members of the "public," which consisted of four print reporters, one radio guy and one TV crew.
So here's a question regarding the USOC deal: What did council know and when did they know it? Put differently, who are the maniacs responsible? Who got the city into this mess?
We don't have any answers yet, and it seems that both the city administration and a majority of our elected officials, aren't particularly interested in giving us any.
LandCo's lawsuit against the city, filed on Friday at 5:30 p.m., gives an interesting, if biased, account of the events leading up to the suit.
According to the recital contained therein,"… In Feb. 2008, the USOC, the city, and LandCo spent three days negotiating a deal in the conference room of a Denver law firm …The city was represented at these negotiations by (acting city manager) Michael Anderson, City Attorney Patricia Kelly and an outside attorney."
OMG-LOL!! (pardon the textspeak).
Anderson and Kelly are capable enough, and i suspect that the "outside attorney" also is a capable person. But this was a speculative real estate deal, with more than $50 million on the line. With all due respect, which of these three had ever originated, structured and put money at risk in such a venture?
Probably none – for that kind of expertise, you need a developer and an experienced commercial real estate broker. You need Steve Schuck, or David Jenkins or Tim Leigh, or any of the scores of people in this community who have put together big development deals and pulled buildings out of the ground.
You need folks with experience, who understand risk, performance and reality.
Land development is a tough, risky business. It's no place for amateurs, especially with tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on the line.
Lawyers can write a contract, or they help you get out of trouble after you've screwed up. But putting deals together isn't what lawyers do – and it isn't what city officials do either.
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Man Facing 80 Years In Prison On Federal Charges Over Medical Marijuana In Montana!
Submitted by MMJ Ministry on Sun, 11/18/2012 - 09:19By state law, medical marijuana is legal in Montana. Federal law, however, is another matter, as Chris Williams sadly found out.
Opinion from the New York Times, By Rebecca Richman Cohen
November 7, 2012
Our federal marijuana policy is increasingly out of step with both the values of American citizens and with state law. The result is a system of justice that is schizophrenic and at times appalling.
Though the federal government considers marijuana a Schedule I Controlled Substance and bans its use for medical purposes, a growing number of states feel differently. Today, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana for people suffering from debilitating medical conditions like cancer, epilepsy, severe nausea, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. And on Tuesday, Colorado and Washington State voted to legalize marijuana for adult use, regardless of medical condition. But these states cannot stop the federal government from enforcing its own laws.
Continue reading at the New York Times
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The jury should have nullified this as bad law.
If just one juror had known what his powers and responsibilities were in this trial the jury could have been hung by one nullifying vote. Victimless crimes are not victimless if they are prosecuted. Then the defendant becomes the victim of the state's despotism. Juries had a part in ending Prohibition. Jurors did not want to send their neighbors to jail for drinking a beer then, so why send neighbor to jail for taking a toke now?
letter to the editor published in the Merced Sun-Star
Jury nullification embodies several principles that are crucial to the success of our constitutional republic, including checks and balances, separation of powers, and the social contract.
More importantly, it takes these philosophical ideas and puts them into action at the grass-roots level. In a nutshell, jury nullification is the right of jurors to judge the law as well as the defendant.
In other words, the jury can acquit a defendant who is technically guilty of violating a law if they consider the law itself to be unfair or unjust. Perhaps the most well-known examples of jury nullification occurred before the abolition of slavery with the acquittal of individuals who had violated the federal fugitive slave laws.
Unfortunately, this is not taught so much in elementary schools, high school government classes, or even college political science courses. In fact, most judges today instruct jurors to reach a decision under the assumption that the law is always right. We know this isn't true.
Fulfill your civic duty. Learn about jury nullification. Be a well-informed juror.
It only takes one to KEEP AMERICANS FREE. Know your duties & rights as a juror. Stop the unconstitutional conviction of innocents in federal custody. The Fully Informed Jury CALL 1-800-TEL-JURY www.fija.org IMMEDIATELY if not sooner. It's that important.
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bump for justice
for Chris Williams and other victims of drug war
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Maybe The Sheriff Called In The Feds.....
Since state law protected the grower, maybe the Sheriff wasn't on board with the legalization of medical marijuana, and decided to call the feds in the destroy the growers business. Maybe if it wasn't the sheriff, someone else in the community or state, who didn't vote for the use of medical marijuana called the feds.
There is always someone who will turn you in for something they don't want or believe in...
What a horrible tragedy...
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Chris Williams case links
Good article in local (Helena MT) paper about Williams' refusal
to accept a post-conviction deal with the feds:
Support page on Facebook:
Support blog - has a long letter to supporters written by Williams
from prison:
whitehouse.gov pardon petition - currently stalled out at about 18,500 signatures...
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Where in the Hell
was the Sheriff. The Sheriff has the power to stop the Feds from coming in to his county. Also the Judge on this case should be disbarred.
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I read every post and it still blows me away..
PEOPLE..this is a NON TOXIC VEGETABLE!! Never in the history of mankind has anyone EVER overdosed on Cannabis Hemp..YOU CANT because its NON TOXIC! If this plant was to be used for what God intended us to use it for the EVIL EMPIRE will lose TRILLIONS..please think about this for one second...FUEL clean burning Ethanol/Methanol/Bio diesel..Hemp burns and puts out Carbon DIOXIDE instead of Monoxide! Where the need for going to war for an oil barrel..fossil fuels are NOT NEEDED! How about the Medicine this plant produces??? Not another plant on EARTH has more importance then this one..NOT ONE. The Oils from the Indica & Sativa Strains CURE DISEASE..google THC Cures Cancer..have you looked into Rick Simpsons history with this Oil? THOUSANDS have been cured with this OIL..this NON TOXIC OIL! Yet why do our elected officials do everything in their EVIL POWER to stop this from growing in everyone's backyards??? GREED. They are ready applied for and received a PATENT for its medicinal uses..yet its a Schedule 1 DRUG! "Highly addictive and ZERO medicinal use" yet they have a patent for its medicinal use and there are thousands of scientific studies to prove its the most potent medicine on earth..it kills CANCER CELLS! While healing your immune system..try getting that out of your Chemo and radiation. How about that all natural healthy FOOD that this plant produces? (World Hunger???..not a chance.) and the FIBER and Cellulose that we would get from this plant is MINDBENDING..it will put the BIG OIL and BIG PHARMA out of business. THATS WHY this plant has been DEMONISED..no other reasons..when I read all you guys bickering about TAXING this gift from God I want to pull my hair out!! STOP this stupid talk..we have every right to plant our entire COUNTRY in Cannabis!! The entire PLANET is crying out for this to happen..PLEASE educate yourself on this plant and educate others. This plant and this plant alone would take us out of our debt in NO TIME! Prove me wrong..anyone try and prove me wrong..
Cannabis Hemp Oil CURES DISEASE
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Certain Mexican drug cartels
Certain Mexican drug cartels are freely allowed to grow marijuana under our international war on drugs, but Americans are not? Weird.
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It should already be obvious
It should already be obvious that there is a problem with drug laws when the State and Federal governments are claiming jurisdiction. Both cannot have jurisdiction on drug laws, its either the state or the Federal government and I don't see any power vested to the federal government in the Constitution in regards to drugs or any crops or anything else.
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Police state strides forward
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One way for states to fight back
States can let marijuana growers have 100% tax free businesses (and possibly subsidize their businesses, but at the same time, charge an enormous property tax for properties converted for marijuana growing. When the Feds confiscate the land, they will be liable for paying the very high property taxes. This solution is for the feds confiscating land (not this poor guy facing 80 years).
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I may have missed it.
Phone numbers to call tomorrow?... Please!
This is a big deal IMO.
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who are these people that sit
who are these people that sit on juries? I thought Montana was a state that wanted to live and let live and keep the gubmint out of their business. I have yet to be called to sit on a jury and I want to...hmmh
"and the truth shall make you free"
John 8:32
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I am sure
the Judge instructed the Jury to only look at the Federal law and to ignore the State Law. Don't blame the Jury, blame the judge. I would lay odds that the judge is looking for a federal position.
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Maybe you could find out if they're going for an appeal
and stand outside with "Jury Nullification on illegal Federal Laws" signs and who knows.. maybe we could get the guys case nullified.
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This man could walk free IF he knows the CONSTITUTION
Dr. Paul has tried to tell us to know the Constitution like the back of our hands to defend ourselves against atrocities like these. Carl Miller explains why below:
This guy, CM, is BRILLIANT. Watch part 2 first to see what's possible. Part 1 are important case laws. This stuff needs to be spread around like wild fire. This is how we free ourselves fr. slavery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q35DoJroTYY&feature=relmfu Know Your Constitution - Carl Miller Part 2 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-zHrNPfkQ&feature=relmfu Know Your Constitution - Carl Miller Part 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9fdSirNinQ&feature=relmfu Know Your Constitution - Carl Miller Part 3 of 3
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Ill second that! here is a
Ill second that!
here is a transcript of the videos:
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i wanna know..
where were all those cops and senators after he got arrested?
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I agree!
I'm just a 'useless eater' with no rights, but I'm just wondering why none of the states stand up to protect their state's rights against the federal intrusion?
Pot or raw milk may not be the ideal issue to rally around, but the principle is the same. The leviathan continues to overstep its bounds on every front, and it's time to take a stand!
This is tyranny!
BTW, I admire the man in the video tremendously for not accepting a plea bargain, even though it would have reduced his sentence to 10-years (instead of 80). 10-years is a long time when no crime has been committed. A very principled man, IMO.
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Jury Duty
Jury duty is the last line of defense. You have to serve.
You have to be careful what you say--remember you don't have to convince the other jurors, you just have to have a reasonable doubt that any laws were broken.
Remember that unconstitutional "laws" are null and void. Remember that the judge will hide facts from you, and may not tell you that the grower was selling to medical patients.
The vote of one juror (in most states) is more powerful than the federal government. Your vote will count.
What do you think? http://consequeries.com/
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Catch 22
Catch 22:
1. You have to be approved by the judge (google "voir dire") in order to serve on a jury, and thereby be in a position to exercise the right of jury nullification.
2. A judge will not allow you to serve if you display any disrespect or doubt about "lawful authorities," or knowledge about the right of a jury to nullify politicians' orders and threats (a.k.a. "laws").
3. Also note: lawyers who mention the right of jury nullification may be held in contempt of court and will CERTAINLY make an enemy of the judge. So the defendant who wants the jury to know its rights will have to be representing himself -- and in most states, even then, the judge will try to shut him up.
The bottom line: if you cannot successfully pretend to be an obedient, unimaginative, un-moral drone, you will never serve on a jury. And the Court will not allow you to hear a word about jury nullification, if they can possibly help it.
Recommended reading: The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larken Rose
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Contempt of law?
It seems that, if mentioning the law in a courtroom can constitute contempt of court, then that court is in contempt of the law.
Can a court be sued? Is it criminal to be in contempt of the law? (Does such a thing exist, or did I just make it up?)
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Very little statutory law protects jury nullification.
Jury nullification is a Constitutional right, not a statutory one -- except in New Hampshire. Judges typically ignore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, oaths to the contrary notwithstanding, in favor of the statutory laws created by politicians -- politicians who coincidentally control the judges' salaries and privileges.
Recommended reading: The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larken Rose
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Pot Patents
The United States government, since 1942, has held the exclusive global rights to marijuana through US Patent number: 2304669, and which they reinforced their ownership over in the months prior to the 11 September 2001 attacks with US Patent number: 6630507.
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You can't patent a natural substance
The patent seems to cover compounds DERIVED from marijuana, but not the plant itself. Selling the dried, unrefined weed is not a patent infringement.
Recommended reading: The Most Dangerous Superstition by Larken Rose
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how come nobody ever calls
how come nobody ever calls the sheriff when this happens
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what can be done for this man?
This is appalling.
Someone close to me would benefit from medical marijuana (wouldn't even need to smoke it, would do fine with the tincture/extract)--
but dares not go through the hoops.
What a terrible thing to do to people--
How can this be battled?
It's overwhelming, isn't it?
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
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It's very simple
Both the local state and the federal government operates an illegal scheme backed by our birth certificate.
The birth certificate serves as a legal binding contract that gives the state the power to do with you whatever the states and corrupt officials decides to impose on the legal person = registered citizens in the nation concerned.
However the contract terms were never disclosed to you. Therefor the contract is void. Ask any lawyer. You cannot coerce any legal person into a legal binding contract against their will.
Were you ever given an explanation as to what you parents agreed to on your behalf when you were born?
It used to be the Church who did this for the state/Crown as it was a 50/50 deal which served both the Church and the King, Emperor or whoever was in charge of the legal persons.
If you need additional proof then you should research the palestinian issue. Nobody wants them as there is a not a legally recognized palestinian state to be found on this planet. This is why they have no rights in 'our world'.
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Declare the contract void !
No Judge can run away from it no matter what.
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Time for action. Debating and protesting will get us nowhere.
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"The States Can't Stop FedGov from Enforcing Its Own Laws"
But where does federal jurisdiction apply?
Constitutionally (and I know they don't give a rat's rear end about the Constitution anymore), federal jurisdiction applies at ports of entry into the United States and when a good or product is in interstate commerce. How either of these applies in the case at hand, I don't know. But Montana could enact a nullification law similar to what they did a few years ago with regard to firearms.
At any rate, 80 years in prison for medical marijuana is simply malicious prosecution.
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As part of your New Year's Resolutions, I am sure that you were anxious to get in the gym and develop the best body of your lives. The people who are successful in this world follow through on their New Year's Resolutions and should still be going strong in March. You need to perform a proper cardio routine at least twice, preferably three times, per week of 20-30 minutes each session. The workout needs to consist of a HIIT routine, which means it needs to be high intensity interval training. Intense sprints is where you burn the most fat. Your resting metabolic rate is spiked long after exercise with HIIT exercise. It will catapult your body into a fat-burning state, increase your VO2 max, and even create an anabolic hormonal environment within your body to actually build more muscle mass. Forget the steady state cardio, you should only do HIIT training.
So with that being said, we want to see how you've been progressing with your workouts. We want to see how fit you are.
How physically fit are you? What does being physically fit entail? According to Webster's it means "Physically sound; healthy"- not very helpful in assessing one's health. It doesn't exactly tell us how much weight a man should be able to lift or how fast he should be able to sprint for an extended period of time; which is why we've taken matters into our own hands and came up with the Ultimate Fitness Test. This isn't your average phys ed physical fitness test of how many situps and pushups you can do in a minute. But according to us, it means a variety of things. You need to have endurance, stamina, upper body strength, lower body strength, power, agility, quickness, explosiveness, hops, flexibility, and one more thing- you need to be smart too.
Our definition of being fit entails these 10 tests. Pass this test in its entirety and you can consider yourself a "True Muscle Prodigy". We know a lot of guys who can bench press a ton, yet they can't even do a pull up; and we know a lot of guys who can move a ton of weight with their upper body and when it comes to their neglected legs, their physical fitness is embarassing. We test ALL parts here. See where you stack up and if you don't measure up to our admittedly high standards right away, we've given you the tips and training strategies throughout our website you need so you can get there quickly. Remember, if you can only pass 3 out of the 10 tests, you've got a lot of work to do.
Bench 1.5 Times Your Body Weight
The bench press isn't only for bragging rights. The bench press has been a determinant of strength for quite some time now. I'm sure you've been asked "How much can you bench?". Well how much can ya, punk?
The Test: Use a bench-press machine and keep your feet flat on the floor during the entire lift. To get your score, divide the heaviest weight you can lift one time by your body weight. Please make sure you go all the way down, hitting your chest and then exploding up to a lock-out position. Half-ass harry's don't count here.
The Scorecard:
Less than 1.0: Make sure you can get 50 pushups in a row before you move onto the bench press.
1.0-1.49: Fit
1.5 or more: Muscle Prodigy
Squat 2 Times Your Body Weight
When it comes to strength, your lower half is your better half. Your leg and butt muscles are the foundation of your body and are essential for pretty much any activity. If you weigh 180, you should be able to get under 360 pounds and be able to do a squat under our test. But in terms of the squat, form and range of motion is the most important thing we're looking for. If you go down halfway, then you've got twice the distance to go. Too often do we see people put 400 pounds on the bar and lower the bar 2 inches before coming up again. You need to go parallel on this exercise (top of the thighs parallel to the ground). Half ass harry's serve no purpose here and no weight belts or knee wraps here.
The Test: Step under a bar in a shoulder-width stance so that the bar rests on the back of your traps and rests across your shoulders. Lower the weight until the top of your thighs are bent 90 degrees to the floor, then push the weight back up.
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Deadlift 2.25 Times Your Weight
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The Test: Step up to a bar resting on the ground with the bar resting against your shins and your feet in a shoulder-width apart stance. Reach down and grab the bar with both palms facing inward towards you. Keeping the bar as close to your body as possible pull the weight up to a standing locked-out position. Lower the weight back down slowly.
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Run 400 Meters In Under 1 Minute
Whether you're chasing down a purse snatcher or running to catch the train, a fit man needs to be able to flat out be able to sprint for 60 seconds. If you can cover a quarter mile in 60 seconds, you have the speed and drive you need for just about anything.
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60 to 75 seconds: My ex-girlfriend can run faster than you
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Hang from the Rim With 2 Hands
Touch the rim? No. Grab it with two hands and hang from it. A good vertical leap is a very good tell-tale sign of lower-body speed and strength in one quick movement. Genetically, you might be gifted with the height gene and this may be easy for you, but then again, a full range of motion in the weightlifting exercises above were much harder for you. It all balances out if you short guys are complaining.
The Test: With only one-step, jump up and reach for the rim with 2 hands. If you can't hold on, you've got work to do to become a Muscle Prodigy. Remember, you can only take one-step (no running from half-court) and you can't grab on with one hand first and reach up with your second (2 hands at once).
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Can't Touch the Rim?: Start squatting
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2 Hand Grab: High Flying Muscle Prodigy
Sprint the 40 in 4.7
We've tested things like the quarter mile and the mile, but how quick and explosive are you? Any sport requires quick explosive movements and all-out bursts lasting under 5 seconds. No wonder why NFL scouts love the 40.
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Between 5.2 and 4.7: Decent, but you're no NFL cornerback.
4.7 and better: Speedy Muscle Prodigy
Touch Your Toes
No one has to mistake you for a gymnast, but flexibility really does equal fitness. And having flexible muscles will help you in all aspects of sports and as you get older.
The Test: Stand with your feet touching together. Bend over at the waist, while keeping your legs completely straight (don't cheat here by bending your knees), and reach down as far as you can.
The Scorecard:
Can't Touch Your Toes: Start stretching immediately!!!
Touch Your Toes: Decent, but you're no Sarah Hughes
Touch the Floor: Flexible Muscle Prodigy
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What's brawn, without brain. A true Muscle Prodigy has both and that's why rather than taking your word for it that you're intelligent. We are going to put those brain muscles to the test.
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In the one-egg, or identical, type of twinning, a single fertilized ovum divides to form two complete organisms. Such twins are always of the same sex, are usually extraordinarily similar in physical appearance, and have identical blood-group types. Twinning to form one-egg identical twins usually takes place early in pregnancy. If considerable development has taken place before the twinning occurs, there may be an incomplete separation of the two embryos resulting in conjoined twins.
Fraternal twins, which are more common than identical twins, are those that develop from two separate ova, each fertilized by a sperm. Fraternal twins may or may not be of the same sex and need not resemble each other more than do any other two offspring of the same parents. In the United States twins occur once in approximately 40 births. In rare cases, non-identical embryos can fuse in the womb to produce a condition called chimerism, in which some of the individual's cells come from one of the embryos and the rest of the cells come from the other, genetically distinct embryo.
The incidence of multiple-egg births is in part genetically determined, varying according to race and family tendencies; and it is also influenced by external factors, i.e., the incidence increases with increasing age of the mother and the number of children she has already borne. One-egg, or identical, twinning occurs with the same frequency in all women, regardless of race, age, or other factors. There is evidence from comparative biology that deleterious factors in the environment of the newly fertilized ovum, such as a reduction in oxygen, increase the likelihood of one-egg twinning. Fertility drugs such as clomiphene, which are used when the cause of infertility is lack of released ova, sometimes cause several ova to be released and fertilized simultaneously. The use of these drugs has led to a rise in the incidence of multiple births, including sextuplets, septuplets, and octuplets.
Birth of more than one child from one pregnancy. Twins are most common, born in 1 of about every 80 pregnancies. Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg, which splits into two genetically identical embryos (though physical traits may be modified during their development); they occur randomly but are more likely in older mothers. Incomplete or late division results in conjoined twins. Fraternal twins develop from two eggs fertilized by two sperm and are no more genetically alike than are other siblings. Most common among persons of African ancestry and least common among those of Asian ancestry, fraternal twins seem to run in families. Repeated twinning produces triplets, quadruplets, and so on; these multiples may be identical, fraternal, or a combination. The use of fertility drugs has increased the number of high-order multiple births. Medical and psychological "twin studies" compare fraternal and identical twins to learn about genetic influences on various characteristics and diseases.
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There are two common types of multiple births, fraternal (dizygotic) and identical (monozygotic). Identical siblings arise where one egg is fertilized and the resulting zygote splits into more than one embryo. Identical siblings therefore have the same genetic material. Fraternal siblings result from the fertilization and implantation of more than one egg, so fraternal siblings are not genetically identical but instead have the coequal genetic similarity any other full siblings have. In some multiple births, it is possible for a combination of these (for example, a set of triplets may have one fraternal baby from one egg, plus two identical twins from a second egg). This is called a polyzygotic birth.
The most common form of human multiple birth is twins (two babies), but the typical order of multiple births in other placental species differs dramatically. Some species give birth to multiple offspring as a matter of course and the resulting group of offspring is called a litter.
Terms used for the order of multiple births are largely derived from the Latin names for numbers. Two offspring (twins) is the most common form, nine (nonuplets) or more being the rarest.
High orders of multiple births (three or more offspring in one birth) may result in a combination of fraternal (genetically different) and identical (genetically identical) siblings. The latter are also called super twins. For example, a set of quadruplets may consist of two sets of identical twins; in such a case each child has one identical and two fraternal siblings.
Identical triplets or quadruplets are very rare and result when the original fertilized egg splits and then one of the resultant cells splits again (for triplets) or, even more rarely, a further split occurs (for quadruplets). Alternatively the original fertilized egg can split twice (to produce four embryos) and all four may survive, to produce identical quadruplets, or one of the embryos may not survive and result in triplets.
The most common form of human multiple birth is twins (two babies), but cases of higher orders up to octuplets (eight babies) have been recorded with all siblings being born alive. The largest set in which all members survived more than a few days is septuplets, the first of which was in 1997. The largest set to have even a single member survive is octuplets, in 1998 (with the seven surviving octuplets born in Texas).
There have been a few sets of nonuplets (nine) in which a few babies were born alive, though none lived longer than a few days. There have been cases of human pregnancies that started out with ten, eleven, twelve or fifteen fetuses, but there are no known instances of live births of such high multiples in a single pregnancy. Most of these pregnancies are the result of fertility medications and assisted reproductive technology (ART), though a set of duodecaplets (twelve) was conceived spontaneously (without the aid of fertility treatments) in Argentina in 1992.
The Dilley sextuplets (four boys and two girls) were born on May 25, 1993 to Becki and Keith Dilley of Decatur, Indiana. They were conceived with the help of the fertility drug Pergonal.
Multiple pregnancies in humans are usually delivered before the full term of 40 weeks gestation. The average length of pregnancy is around 36 weeks for twins, 34 weeks for triplets and 32 weeks for quadruplets.
Quadruplets result from the rare occurrence when four eggs are released and fertilized at once, or when one egg splits into four, or two eggs split into two.
Human multiple births can occur either naturally (the woman ovulates multiple eggs or the fertilized egg splits into two) or as the result of infertility treatments such as IVF (several embryos are often transferred to compensate for lower quality) or fertility drugs (which can cause multiple eggs to mature in one ovulatory cycle).
In general, twins occur naturally at approximately the rate of 1/89 of singleton births, triplets at 1/89 the rate of twin births, and so on (Hellin's Law). However, for reasons that are not yet known, the older a woman is the more likely she is to have a multiple birth naturally. It is theorized that this is due to the higher level of follicle-stimulating hormone that older women sometimes have as their ovaries respond more sluggishly to FSH stimulation.
In North America, dizygotic twinning occurs about once in 83 conceptions, and triplets about once in 8000 conceptions. To put this into perspective, in the US in 2003 there were over 136,000 multiple human births. A traditional approximation of the incidence of multiple pregnancies is as follows:
The number of multiple births has increased over the last decades. For example, in Canada between 1979 and 1999 the number of multiple birth babies increased 35%. Before the advent of ovulation-stimulating drugs, triplets were quite rare (approximately 1 in 8000 births) and higher order births much rarer still. Much of the increase can probably be attributed to the impact of fertility treatments, such as in-vitro fertilization. Younger patients who undergo treatment with fertility medication containing artificial FSH, followed by intrauterine insemination, are particularly at risk for multiple births of higher order.
Certain factors appear to increase the likelihood that a woman will naturally conceive multiples. These include:
The increasing use of fertility drugs as well as the increasing life expectancy for women have contributed to the rise in the rate of multiples over the last fifty years. Such as in the case of the birth of sextuplets to Kate and Jon Gosselin widely known for their show Jon & Kate plus 8. Better nutrition also increases the likelihood of multiple births.
Birth weight is also a large factor when it comes to other medical problems with multiples such as cerebral palsy. Pharoah and Cooke found evidence that cerebral palsy was more common among multiple births than single births. They conducted a study by looking at the registered births of babies born with cerebral palsy during the periods of 1982-1989 in the counties of Merseyside and Cheshire. The study showed that cerebral palsy was 2.3 per 1,000 survivors in singletons, 12.6 in twins, and 44.8 in triplets . There is a significant difference between singletons and multiples. It shows how multiple births had a relatively higher risk of developing this condition.
Another procedure that the medical world is using today is known as selective reduction, i.e. the termination of one or more, but not all, of the fetuses. This is often done in pregnancies with multiple gestations to increase the likelihiood that one child may live a healthy life. Armour et al. found by looking at a review of a series of 1000 selective reduction cases, it has had a loss rate of 5.4% in pregnancies. Many of the losses (15%) occurred within 4 weeks of the procedures and more than 50% occurred after 8 weeks. This shows that the reduction was successful at reducing the embryos from multiple gestations to single (9).
Though selective reduction seems to be working, mothers of multiples who undergo this procedure are at a higher risk of miscarrying compared to that of a single pregnancy. A study done by looking at 158 pregnant women who underwent selective reduction from high order multiples to twins showed that the mother had a 10.6% chance of miscarriage. Mothers of single pregnancies only had a 9.5% chance of miscarriage (10). Antsaklis et al. shows that there is not that significant of a difference, but even so there is still a higher percent chance for mothers of multiples to miscarry.
Multiple-birth infants are usually admitted to neonatal intensive care immediately after being born. The records for all the triplet pregnancies managed and delivered from 1992-1996 were looked over to see what the neonatal statistics were. Kaufman et al. found from reviewing these files that during a five year period, 55 triplet pregnancies, which is 165 babies, were delivered. Of the 165 babies 149 were admitted to neonatal intensive care after the delivery. That is 90% of the babies born.
Mayan culture sees twins as a blessing, and were fascinated by the idea of two bodies looking alike. The Mayans used to believe that twins were one soul that had fragmented.
In Ancient Rome, the legend of the twin brothers who founded the city (Romulus and Remus) made the birth of identical twin boys a blessing, while identical twin girls were seen as an unlucky burden.


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Some people start dieting as soon as the Christmas leftovers are gone, while others keep putting it off until the summer rolls around and it's time to bare that bikini body. However, rather than yo-yo dieting between different fads that come along, making certain lifestyle changes may be the real key to losing weight.
Research has shown that your choice of plate can actually be a key factor in how much food you consume. As well as thinking about size – with a bigger plate the chances are that you'll put more food on it – colour can also be a strong influence. Dinner plates which are the same colour as the food you're eating tend to mean larger portions, as the food blends in with its background. You could be serving yourself as much as 20% more than you would on a different coloured plate!
The theory behind this is that people will automatically fill their plate hence why switching to a smaller plate can also contribute to weight loss. Denby's dessert/salad plates are a great alternative to the larger dinner plates for people who are trying to cut down a little.
The key is not actually which colours you choose for your dinner service, but that it contrasts with the food put on it. Consequently, rather than having plenty of different coloured crockery, you may wish to choose a dinner service which has a colour which doesn't correspond to much of your regular diet. Choosing a green dinner service, such as our Regency Green range, may even encourage you to pile your plate high with vegetables and salad!
Our Denby tableware is available in many different colours, but if you're hoping to lose weight, our Imperial Blue range might be best suited, as not many food items are coloured blue. Research has also shown that the colour blue can help to reduce your appetite, rather than warmer colours such as yellow or orange, which can stimulate it. Although this does depend on the colours of the food placed on the dish.
As well as plate colour and size, there are other tricks you can employ to get you eating more of the right kinds of things. Obviously, the more healthy food and the less junk food you can consume, the better your diet, but how can you make the healthy stuff more appealing? Again, it's about colour contrast. Studies have shown that adults prefer three different food items and three different colours on their plates, so if you make two of those items healthy options in contrasting colours, your whole dish will seem more appealing.
This train of thought has another benefit too: natural food colour is largely affected by the kinds of nutrients the food contains, so different colours mean different nutrients, giving you a greater variety in your diet.


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Spurs on brink of wrapping up 6.5m swoop for Brazilian midfielder Sandro
Brazil midfielder Sandro is understood to have agreed terms to become a Tottenham Hotspur player. However, his Porto Alegre-based club Internacional and Spurs have a number of obstacles to overcome before he can complete a switch to White Hart Lane. The clubs were on the brink of agreeing a £6.5million move early last month, but the deal stalled when Spurs failed to meet the Brazilian club's deadline to finalise the deal. Rain king: Sandro (left) impressed as his club Internacional finished second in the Brazilian league in 2009 The 20-year-old travelled to London before Christmas and has kept in regular contact with the Barclays Premier League high flyers. Inter Milan have since been linked with Sandro, but Sportsmail understands they have not made an approach to Internacional. One obstacle is that Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has been told he must sell before he buys. Roman Pavyluchenko would willingly return to Russia to fund the deal, but clubs have been put off by his £15m price tag. The Brazilian club's new Uruguayan manager Jorge Fossati is also resistant to the deal, despite Internacional already lining up a replacement. Fossati wants to delay any deal until the summer - after the club have played in the Copa Libertadores, South America's equivalent of the Champions League. Blow: Harry Redknapp has work to do before landing his man A further complication is that the combative midfielder is 30 per cent owned by third-party investors. Under English rules, they would not be able to retain their stake in Sandro. It is suggested the club may now be seeking closer to £9m. Securing a work permit could also be difficult, but the player's lawyer Luiz Paulo Chignall is confident that a compromise can be reached. 'There have been talks and verbal agreement on his wages,' said Chignall. 'Negotiations are underway between the clubs. As I take care of the player's salary, Tottenham came to talk to me. Our part is right, now we need the two clubs to find the missing pieces, but I don't know what they are. 'Looking from the outside, Internacional are interested in having Sandro for the Libertadores. We will have to wait for Tottenham and Internacional to agree.' Unsettled Pavlyuchenko asked not to play, says Spurs boss RedknappSunderland set to take a chance on £4m Spurs misfit Alan HuttonTHE FIRING LINE: Who will follow Hughes and Megson out of the door?Check out Internacional in our Stats ZoneTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
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Making good use of the space in your bedroom
If you're a home owner, you'll know that redecorating and refitting a bedroom is rarely done on a whim. It's important to make sure you settle on something that's going to last for years. Although quality is important, durability isn't the only factor hat has an impact on longevity. The atmosphere of a bedroom is crucial to effective rest and relaxation, so you need to be sure that you choose the latest fitted bedroom furniture designs in a style that matches your mood and sensibilities. On top of that, it's important to consider the storage space, and whether it's likely to meet your needs for a long time to come.
All this can be a bit of a headache when buying standalone furnishings, particularly if your bedroom doesn't offer enough convenient right angles. However, there is one approach that solves all these problems, and also gives your room an enviably unique appearance – fitted bedroom furniture.
The main advantage of fitted bedroom furniture is that it makes the best use of the space available. You'll have use of a personal designer, who'll usually visit your home to take a detailed note of the available space. Maybe you have one or more inconvenient recesses in your bedroom walls, which have always defied tidy placement of standalone furnishings. In this case, you can be sure that your designer will be able to come up with a fitting that makes comprehensive use of the space, however oddly shaped it is. Furnishings will usually be set into the wall wherever possible, which capitalises on the shape of your room to create as much storage space as possible. On top of that, your room will be free of the dust traps that always come with standalone furnishings, making it much easier to keep your bedroom clean and tidy.
On top of the functional benefits, fitted furnishings also lend your bedroom a consistent, stylish look. As furnishings are designed to fit seamlessly into the available space, they're much more subtle in appearance, and don't impose themselves into a room like large standalone units. This not only gives you more floor space, but also offers multiple storage options without making your room claustrophobic, which is vital for effective relaxation.
If you're interested in the latest fitted bedroom furniture designs, the internet is a great place to scout for suppliers. Companies like Neville Johnson have a wide variety of styles available that you can browse through online, although you'll need to contact them directly for a full picture of what's on offer.


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