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Human, All-Too-Human
The Bioethics Council issues a book of readings.
Mar 22, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 27 • By GREGORY FEELEY
Being Human
MAN IS A REED, Pascal asserts, "but he is a thinking reed," and he retains a nobility that animals lack "because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this." Pascal is not among the great minds gathered in Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics, but his famous line frames one of the central questions the volume proposes to raise: Does our humanity reside in our reasoning facility, or must a less rational, perhaps less material dimension be admitted?
Being Human is an anthology of prose and verse, beginning with ancient texts and proceeding to the present day. Comprising both fiction and nonfiction, the readings are mostly brief: stories, chapters of longer works, short poems, and selections--few more than a dozen pages long. No editor is given, but the introduction is by Leon Kass, the council's chairman, and the preface to each selection was prepared by Rachel Wildavsky.
Most of the ninety-five readings are good, and many are wonderful, even though some of the excerpts are mere snippets, which at times seem oddly trimmed. The quality of the translations is erratic. The passage chosen from the Epic of Gilgamesh, for instance, is from the Penguin edition, a poor translation last revised in 1972. The old Lowe-Porter rendition of Thomas Mann into English is notoriously bad, and the four selections from Homer all use the venerable translations of Richard Lattimore, although those by Robert Fitzgerald and Robert Fagles have long superseded them.
All the readings aim us at the question of what it means to be human. Humans experience the appetites of animals--but we can think about those experiences, just as we can foresee and ponder our coming deaths. Mortality haunts all of these readings, even the love poems and short stories that celebrate children and family. "The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying," says Sir Thomas Browne in Urn-Burial (unfortunately not included here), and much of human nature may indeed reside in that apprehension of mortality which we all have, as our pets do not.
But can literature offer wisdom in the sense the volume's editors wish readers to find it? Lorrie Moore's great story, "People Like That Are the Only People Here," dramatizes a young mother's discovery that her infant has cancer. Its theme catches at our heart. A poorly written account of such an ordeal would exert faint power over us, despite the fact that the account might (unlike Moore's fiction) be true. The ability of a story or poem--or even, to a significant degree, an essay--to move us is bound up more in its rhetorical power than in the gravity of its subject or the wisdom of what it seems to be saying, a fact that nearly every reader (newly affected, say, by a fresh reading of Moore's story) finds hard to accept. A volume such as this, arranged by subject matter and prefaced by study questions, urges us to ponder the insight of great writers in a way that may lead us away from the genuine worth of the writers' contributions.
The theme of Richard Selzer's short story "Whither Thou Goest" (about a young widow who releases her murdered husband's body for organ harvesting) fits tidily into the stated business of its section in Being Human: "Are We Our Bodies?" But the fit is incidental to the story's virtues and perhaps even at odds with them. Selzer, a surgeon as well as a fiction writer, writes stories that generally take the form of case histories. His story is less memorable for the ethical issues it dramatizes--which ten successive questions from the preface bid us to consider--and more for its abrupt moments of mysteriously telling detail, as when the bereaved woman stands before a butcher and finds herself looking away from his bloody hands "as though they were his privates."
THE BEST REASON to read these works resides in such moments, resistant to summary and uncertain in implication. Literature offers not maps but landscapes, whose correspondence to our own topography is too obscure for us to employ them easily. Vladimir Bukovsky's "Account of Torture" describes the KGB breaking his hunger strike by force-feeding him through a nasal tube. "Bukovsky's torturers assaulted and injured his body," the preface tells us. "Did they assault and injure Bukovsky?" The suggestion that we answer "No" leans in like an interlocutor's breath, but the reader may think to balk. Bukovsky's brief passage gives little support to the notion that the self inhabits an ineffable realm that crude physical assault cannot finally reach.


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Already locked up in the Bay County Jail for a misdemeanor, Christopher Hackett found his problems getting worse.
Hackett said, "I was at the annex and I began to have sever chest pains and soon as I let one of the guards know, he stopped exactly what he was doing and started to get medical for me and my condition worsened extensively."
The next morning, his pain got worse and he came close to passing out. CCA nurses say Hackett was having a heart attack.
They called an ambulance to take him to Bay Medical.
Once at the hospital, Hackett says he was treated like everyone else
Hackett said, "I'm incarcerated, I'm shackled up and the emergency room personnel did not care about that. It wasn't an issue to them."
Hackett says doctors found some problems with his heart and lungs and that he will have to move towards a healthier lifestyle. He believes the employees of CCA and Bay Medical have given him a chance to do that.
On Wednesday, Hackett was released from jail.
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The Bombay high court on Thursday wondered if a woman can molest another woman and be booked under section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of justices NH Patil and VL Achliya was hearing a petition filed by a senior citizen, seeking to quash a molestation case filed against her by a 55-year-old woman.
Vimalabai Shah, 78, and her family approached the high court, seeking to quash an FIR registered against them on February 27, 2010, for allegedly assaulting and molesting a woman in their building in Borivli. Shah stays with her daughter, Rita Padechia, her husband Kirti Padechia and their three children in Sashi Tara Apartments, Borivili (West).
According to the petition, a dispute took place between the Padechias and the complainant woman along with some other members of the society on March 22, 2009. The Padechias lodged a complaint for assault against the complainant on the same day. However, the FIR was registered only in October 2009, alleged the petition.
In retaliation, the woman complainant lodged a complaint with the police on February 27, 2010, based on the March 2009 incident.
Pradip Havnur, advocate for Shah and Padechias, argued that the complaint was filed in retaliation to a notice issued by Shah's son, who is the secretary of the building. Shah sent a notice to the complainant for alleged illegality in the transfer of her flat.
The two families have been embroiled in a dispute since 2006 over this. Havnur even argued that Shah is 78-years-old and is bedridden.
During the hearing on Thursday, the judges sought to know if a woman can be booked for molesting another woman. "What is the legal position? If a woman is alleged to have committed such an act, can she be held under the available section?" asked justice Patil.
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MANILA, Philippines— Members of the House committee on good government and public accountability on Tuesday grilled representatives from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) and Commission on Audit for taking too long in resolving anomalies being linked to Pagcor's former chairman Efraim Genuino.
Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño, who filed House Resolution 98 back in 2010 which called for an investigation on various anomalies linked to Pagcor's previous management, lambasted how the agency was wasting so much time in resolving the cases. "You took one year to prepare the cases, one year for the DOJ to build up the cases before it is brought to the Ombudsman."
"Now we will have to wait for the Ombudsman, masyado ho yatang mabagal ang takbo ng kaso (the case has been dragged too long in the courts)," he said, after being briefed on the developments on cases filed by Pagcor against Genuino and other officials.
Aside from the issue on food purchases for the PNP, the resolution sought to probe alleged anomalies linked to Genuino's Batang Iwas Droga (BIDA) Foundation Inc. and the movie Baler. It also raised questions on Genuino's alleged unaccounted assets since 2008.
Lawyer Jay Daniel Santiago, Pagcor's chief legal counsel, said that save for the issue on the P21.119 million worth of food purchases made by Genuino for the Philippine National Police back in July 2010, all other issues covered by HR 98 have been dealt with and were pending for evaluation and approval by the Ombudsman.
Under fire for the slow pace of developments on the said cases, he defended Pagcor's actions and said that they had to carefully review "voluminous documents to ensure that the cases are supported and that those responsible are held responsible."
"We did our job as far as we're concerned. We made sure that the cases are sound and that we can prosecute properly," Santiago told the panel.
When quizzed why Pagcor chose to file its cases with the DOJ instead of directly going to the Ombudsman, he said that it was because former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez was still in office at the time.
"We deemed it more proper to go to the DOJ," he said.
"The length of time (the cases took) as far as the DOJ is concerned (is that) all of the accused were given due process. They had to be accorded due process–filing their replies, manifestations and counter affidavits," Santiago added.
Surigao del Sur Representative Philip Pichay meanwhile berated the COA for being "either incompetent or sleeping on the job" in relation to its actions on the Pagcor anomalies.
The lawmaker seemed annoyed after he was told that COA has not made any other moves after it disallowed payments for P26 million worth of tickets to the movie Baler as its disbursement was not supported by documents. "It happened in 2008, hanggang ngayon disallowance pa rin? Ano ba ang role ng COA? You are letting it slip without recovering the money."
Lawyer Resureccion Quieta, COA's supervising auditor for the Pagcor cases, said that the matter was still pending with their main office and that they had to wait for its decision before the issue was brought to the DOJ.
Hearing this, Casino said that Congress may need to "look into a speedier way for such high profile cases. People expect the government to act quicker for these cases."
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I primarily sail my PSC 34 single-handedly. The previous owner improved the track friction but friction on the main remained. I found the solution by slacking the reefing lines to minimize friction on the main. Then I hoist the main at least 3/4 the way by hand and finish it on the stbd jib winch before rope clutching it fast.
Two things I've learned about my genoa is to routinely back wind it when coming about (except in strong wind when that's unnecessary) before easing it through the staysail slot. Sometimes wind and waves just aren't cooperating so I pull in my roller furling just enough east the tack (a trick Nigel Calder suggested to me). In heavy wind I sometimes jibe that way too.
I agree with the comment that the autopilot does a good job with tacking but my backwind method helps get me around and gives me time to shift my staysail.
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'Alagwa' goes to four fests
After the Busan fest, Ian Dean Loreños' "Alagwa (Breakaway)" will be screened in four international festivals this month. The indie drama, which top-bills Jericho Rosales, will have screenings in Cambodia and in three fests in India: Chennai, Kochi and Bangalore. According to its producer Bianca Balbuena, there are more film fests in the works next year. "Alagwa" merited a positive review from The Hollywood Reporter when it was shown in Busan, South Korea, last October. Bayani San Diego Jr.
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While I wait for some supplies to arrive so I can finish my pimped Buick, I got started on the Ectomobile. As usual, the kit is wildly incorrect compared to the movie. I've done the research and started modifying it so it looks right. Here's an example:
How the roof rack comes in the kit: Trimmed down to look like the movie car: All painted up:
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The roof is also a problem. It comes ready to instal signs for the sequel-movie car, so to build the original, you have to remove the 6 supports on the edges of the roof.
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I need help with the paint job on this model. I've posted a separate query in the Q&A forum for those interested in helping me resolve a paint issue that I've never seen before. Here's the pics (more info about the details in Q&A):
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- Introduction
- The scope of astronomy
- The techniques of astronomy
- Impact of astronomy
- History of astronomy
Impact of astronomy
No area of science is totally self-contained. Discoveries in one area find applications in others, often unpredictably. Various notable examples of this involve astronomical studies. Newton's laws of motion and gravity (see also celestial mechanics: Newton's laws of motion) emerged from the analysis of planetary and lunar orbits. Observations during the 1919 solar eclipse provided dramatic confirmation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which gained further support with the discovery and tracking of the binary pulsar designated PSR 1913+16. (See relativity: Experimental evidence for general relativity and Gravitational waves.) The behaviour of nuclear matter and of some elementary particles is now better understood as a result of measurements of neutron stars and the cosmological helium abundance, respectively. Study of the theory of synchrotron radiation was greatly stimulated by the detection of polarized visible radiation emitted by high-energy electrons in the supernova remnant known as the Crab Nebula. Dedicated particle accelerators are now being used to produce synchrotron radiation to probe the structure of solid materials and make detailed X-ray images of tiny samples, including biological structures (see spectroscopy: Synchrotron sources).
Astronomical knowledge also has had a broad impact beyond science. The earliest calendars were based on astronomical observations of the cycles of repeated solar and lunar positions. Also, for centuries, familiarity with the positions and apparent motions of the stars through the seasons enabled sea voyagers to navigate with moderate accuracy. Perhaps the single greatest effect that astronomical studies have had on our modern society has been in molding its perceptions and opinions. Our conceptions of the cosmos and our place in it, our perceptions of space and time, and the development of the systematic pursuit of knowledge known as the scientific method have been profoundly influenced by astronomical observations. In addition, the power of science to provide the basis for accurate predictions of such phenomena as eclipses and the positions of the planets and later, so dramatically, of comets has shaped an attitude toward science that remains an important social force today.
History of astronomy
Astronomy was the first natural science to reach a high level of sophistication and predictive ability, which it achieved already in the second half of the 1st millennium bce. The early quantitative success of astronomy, compared with other natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, and meteorology (which were also cultivated in antiquity but which did not reach the same level of accomplishment), stems from several causes. First, the subject matter of early astronomy had the advantage of stability and simplicity—the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars, moving in complex patterns, to be sure, but with great underlying regularity. Biology is far more complicated. Second, the subject was easily mathematized, and already in Greek antiquity astronomy was frequently regarded as a branch of mathematics. This may seem a paradox to a modern reader, since mathematized sciences are regarded as difficult. But in ancient Babylonia and Greece, it was precisely because the motions of the planets could be subjected to mathematical treatment that astronomy made such rapid headway. By contrast, physics failed to make great gains until the 17th century, when its subject matter finally was successfully mathematized. And third, astronomy benefited from its close connection with religion and philosophy, which provided a social value that other sciences simply could not match.
The astronomical tradition is of impressive duration and continuity. A few Babylonian observations of Venus are preserved from the early 2nd millennium bce, and the Babylonians brought their science to a high level by the 4th century bce. For the next half millennium, the greatest headway was made by Greek astronomers, who put their own stamp on the subject but who built on what the Babylonians had accomplished. In the early Middle Ages the leading language of astronomical learning was Arabic, as Greek had been before. Astronomers in Islamic lands mastered what the Greeks had accomplished and soon added to it. With the revival of learning in Europe, and the European Renaissance, the leading language of astronomy became Latin. The European astronomers drew first on Greek astronomy, as translated from Arabic, before acquiring direct access to the classics of Greek science. Thus, modern astronomy is part of a continuous tradition, now almost 4,000 years long, that cuts across multiple cultures and languages. This article focuses on this central story line.
In doing so, there is regrettably little space for other fascinating branches of the history of astronomy. New World astronomy, for example, developed in complete independence but did not rise to so advanced a level. In China astronomy developed to a much higher level, but there too (despite intermittent contacts with Islamic and Indian astronomy and even a fascinating hint of Babylonian influence in the Chinese reckoning of days in 60-day intervals) the story is largely a separate one. That changed with the 16th- and 17th-century Jesuit missions to China, which brought European and Chinese astronomy into direct contact. In India too astronomy reached a high level, involving original Indian methods as well as Indian adaptations of Babylonian and Greek methods, often obtained through Persian contacts. All these branches of the history of astronomy are fascinating and fully merit their own account, but they do not form a part of the main story line of this article.
Prehistory and antiquity
In the French Maritime Alps, in the Vallée des Merveilles (about 100 km [60 miles] north of Nice), are thousands of petroglyphs dating from the Bronze Age (c. 2900–1800 bce). The culture left images of the objects that concerned it—horned animals, the weapons used to hunt them, and so on. There is one clear image of the Sun—a circle with rays coming from it—and, more controversially, archaeologists have identified two images of the star group known as the Pleiades, represented here perhaps by clusters of small cupules carved into the rock. The sky disk of Nebra, a circular bronze plate with areas of applied gold foil, is much clearer as astronomical imagery. It was found in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and dates from about 1600 bce. Its golden images include the crescent Moon, probably the Sun (or perhaps the full Moon), and a cluster of seven small gold dots that almost certainly do represent the Pleiades.
Astronomical connections are apparent in a number of prehistoric monuments and graves. In several Stone Age cultures, burial chambers often faced east. Stonehenge (c. 3000–1520 bce) was aligned so that its principal axis coincided with the direction of sunrise on summer solstice. Some other astronomical alignments in Stonehenge, such as with the Moon's most southerly rising and most northerly setting point, are accepted by many archaeoastronomers. However, most discount some of the more extravagant claims—e.g., that Stonehenge functioned as an eclipse predictor.
That prehistoric people should have noticed and kept track of the Sun and the Moon is not astonishing, but because they lived before writing, the meanings that they attached to celestial events are bound to remain obscure. Some early work in archaeoastronomy was harmed by too great a reliance on conjecture, but methods have greatly improved. Modern archaeoastronomers realize that, with enough stones to work with, one can always find some alignment that is correlated with something celestial. Therefore, one must be careful to perform adequate statistical tests to make sure the alignments are significant and not just accidental.


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The Bruins dropped their preseason opener Wednesday in Ottawa, as they were dropped by the Senators, 2-1, in overtime.
Swedish forward Mika Zibanejad scored the game-winner for the Senators, beating Tuukka Rask 3:17 into overtime. Rask played the entire game for the Bruins, stopping 34 of the 36 shots he faced. The other Ottawa goal came from Brian Lee.
Lane MacDermid scored the Bruins' lone goal.
The Bruins' next preseason game will be played Friday at TD Garden when the defending Stanley Cup champions host the Islanders.
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Beneficiaries should be issued only IRIS cards, says RaghuveeraFunds to be released to the DPL centresSeveral Joint Collectors say they have not received funds
HYDERABAD: Civil Supplies Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy on Thursday directed officials to complete the distribution of ration cards to genuine beneficiaries before March 31.
He issued the directive during a video conference with the Joint Collectors and District Supply Officers on Thursday at Secretariat. "Notwithstanding the technical snags and other problems, ensure foolproof measures so that genuine and needy people get ration cards," the Minister said.
Officers complained about malfunctioning of IRIS equipment installed at district level, delaying the process of taking photographs of beneficiaries. They also spoke about difficulties in taking pictures of those above 65 years.
They sought an alternative method to overcome the problem, but the Minister made it clear that all beneficiaries should be issued only IRIS cards. Mr. Reddy said he would examine the possibility of installing IRIS equipment at mandal revenue offices or municipalities on a permanent basis.
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Civil Supplies Commissioner Bhanwarlal, responding to complaints of technical problem, said another round of training would be imparted to the staff between February 13 and 15. Funds would be released to the DPL centres so that photographing of beneficiaries was not hampered.
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LeBron James Is NBA's Top Shoe Salesman With $340 Million For Nike
LeBron James traded South Beach for C-Town last summer when he signed a free agent deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers after four seasons and two NBA titles with the Miami Heat. Skeptics wondered if the move to the smaller, less glamorous market would ding James' endorsement standing and shoe sales. Fat chance.
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Rothschild family, the most famous of all European banking dynasties, which for some 200 years exerted great influence on the economic and, indirectly, the political history of Europe. The house was founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild (b. Feb. 23, 1744, Frankfurt am Main—d. Sept. 19, 1812, Frankfurt) and his five sons, Amschel Mayer (b. June 12, 1773, Frankfurt—d. Dec. 6, 1855, Frankfurt), Salomon Mayer (b. Sept. 9, 1774—d. July 27, 1855, Vienna), Nathan Mayer (b. Sept. 16, 1777—d. July 28, 1836, Frankfurt), Karl Mayer (b. April 24, 1788—d. March 10, 1855, Naples), and Jakob, or James (b. May 15, 1792—d. Nov. 15, 1868, Paris). Starting out in a Frankfurt banking house, Mayer and his sons became international bankers, establishing branches in London, Paris, Vienna, and Naples by the 1820s.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
The founder of the house was Mayer Amschel. The family's name derived from the red (rot) shield on the house in the ghetto in which Mayer's ancestors had once lived. Intended for the rabbinate, Mayer studied briefly, but his parents' early death forced him into an apprenticeship in a banking house. Soon after becoming court factor to William IX, landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Mayer set the pattern that his family was to follow so successfully—to do business with reigning houses by preference and to father as many sons as possible who could take care of the family's many business affairs abroad.
Mayer's five sons
Starting as dealers in luxury items and traders in coins and commercial papers, Mayer and his sons eventually became bankers to whom the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of 1792–1815 came as a piece of great good fortune. Mayer and his oldest son, Amschel Mayer, supervised the growing business from Frankfurt, while Nathan Mayer established a branch in London in 1804, James (or Jakob) settled in Paris in 1811, and Salomon Mayer and Karl Mayer opened offices in Vienna and Naples, respectively, in the 1820s. The wars, for the Rothschilds, meant loans to warring princes; smuggling as well as legal trading in key products such as wheat, cotton, colonial produce, and arms; and the transfer of international payments between the British Isles and the Continent that Napoleon vainly attempted to close to British trade. Peace transformed the growing Rothschild business: the banking group continued its international business dealings but became more and more an agent in government securities (Prussian or English, French or Neapolitan), in insurance-company stocks, and in shares of industrial companies. Thus, the family successfully adapted to the Industrial Revolution and participated in economic growth throughout Europe with their railway, coal, ironworking, and metallurgical investments. The banking group continued to expand after the 1850s and, in particular, achieved an important position in the world trade of oil and nonferrous metals. But its previous "oligopolistic" position was seriously threatened by new joint-stock banks and "commercial," or deposit, banks both in England and in France, as well as in the German states. By the last quarter of the 19th century, the Rothschild group was no longer the first banking consortium. Other groups, in Europe and in the United States, had become stronger, richer, and more enterprising.
Yet the two guidelines laid down by Mayer Amschel for the Rothschild business operations (which, indeed, became a family tradition)—to conduct all transactions jointly and never to aim for excessive profits—helped to compensate to a notable extent for the inevitable risks inherent in handing down a business to future generations not all of whose members are qualified to run it. Amschel Mayer, Nathan, James, Salomon, and Karl—the founders of the Rothschild consortium—were themselves unequally endowed: Nathan and James stood out among their brothers by the force of their personalities, particularly Nathan, who was hard, deliberately boorish, and sarcastic. James, who was his brother's equal in all these things, possessed an alleviating air of some refinement as a result of living in the more polished atmosphere of Paris. The five founders in turn had unequal successors. For example, if Alphonse in Paris (1827–1905) was a worthy successor to his father, James, his own son, Édouard (1868–1949), was not as strong a figure as his position required. But Édouard's son (Guy [1909–2007]), and his cousins (Alain [1910–82] and Elie [1917–2007]), showed exceptional adaptability and ambition, thus confirming the constant element in the group's history for a century and a half: a remarkable capacity for seizing opportunities and for adapting in business as well as in politics. Successive generations of the Rothschild family have been similarly active in international finance and politics.


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South Korean tech giant Samsung infuses style and new features into electrical goods to wow consumers into making purchases. OO GIN LEE reports
Published on Apr 28, 2014 5:44 AM
Samsung is trying to make its home appliances more desirable.
Its new WW9000 washing machine has multiple sensors that can figure out the amount of clothes in the machine and how dirty they are.
The machine then automatically decides on the optimal wash cycle by dispensing the right amount of water and detergent as well as the temperature of the water, spin speed and number of rinses.
It also comes with a giant five-inch touchscreen panel and can be connected wirelessly to the Internet, so users can control the washing machine remotely on their mobile phone via an app and receive notifications when the wash is complete.
To make its point that a fridge is not just a place to store food, Samsung is also launching its new Food Showcase refrigerator which tries to make the fridge look more like a mini bar.
Open the fridge and you will find an exterior "showcase" area to proudly display the commonly accessed food items such as snacks and drinks. This showcase area is divided into three zones: cooking zone at the top for cheese and sauces, family zone in the middle for drinks and snacks, and the lowest zone is designed for kids who want their favourite chocolate bars and drinks within easy reach.
Open the showcase door to reveal the inner case where you store the boring regular items like raw vegetables and meat and fruits.
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The smart washing machine and fridge were just two of the latest home appliances that the South Korean tech giant unveiled at the Samsung Southeast Asia Forum in Bali last week.
Mr Stanley Goh, vice-president of Samsung Asia's consumer electronics division, told Digital Life that the generally staid designs of these home appliances - called white goods in industry speak - offered an opportunity for Samsung to differentiate itself by injecting cutting-edge technology, innovative functions and minimalistic designs into its new lines of home appliances.
Traditionally, companies do not spend much mass marketing efforts on home appliances as the life-cycle of fridges and washing machines is eight to 10 years long.
Consumers change these goods only when they break down, so marketing dollars are usually spent at the retail shops - mainly through the hiring of promoters - instead of mass media advertising.
"We want to shorten that life-cycle and make our home appliances desirable. We believe that our focus on design, convenience and simplicity in our premium appliances will give us an edge over our competitors," said Mr Goh.
He added that the overall domestic appliances market in Singapore grew by about 8 per cent last year, but Samsung's home appliance business here grew at almost double that rate.
Market research firm GFK said the average selling price of major domestic appliances in Singapore grew by about 4 per cent last year.
Ms Jasmine Lim, account director for GFK's Home and Lifestyle segment, said this growth was driven by the trend of households acquiring more premium appliances such as air-conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines.
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ACAT Global Introduces Non-Urea Syngas Commercial Diesel Retrofit Kits — To Meet Government Mandated Emissions Standards
ACAT Global, a leader in clean air technology for emissions control, has introduced a non-urea solution for retrofitting diesel engines to comply with emissions regulations in all applications. In addition to ACAT's monolith cores, the retrofit kits feature synthesis gas (syngas) generators and diesel particulate filters. ACAT Global's converter substrate technology was originally developed by Delphi Corp. and its former parent General Motors. GM/Delphi invested an estimated $475-$500 million during an 18-year period to bring the technology to the point of full commercialization. As such, components produced via the manufacturing processes acquired by ACAT have passed GM's durability and efficiency protocols.
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ACAT Global LLC, a leader in clean air technology for emissions control, has introduced a non-urea solution for retrofitting diesel engines in all applications. The company's markedly advanced stainless steel alloy foil catalytic converter substrate cores eliminate toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other pollutants from diesel engine exhaust without the need for a urea additive.
The company's commercial diesel retrofit kit, featuring the ACAT Non-Urea Syngas-Based Diesel Emission Reduction System, enables manufacturers to reduce NOx to nitrogen gas without requiring a separate containment and injection urea dosing sub-system. No secondary exhaust sub-system is required because ACAT's metal monoliths used in diesel catalytic converters rely on high thermal conductivity instead of chemical reaction in reducing exhaust gas NOx. In addition to ACAT's monolith cores, the retrofit kits feature synthesis gas (syngas) generators and diesel particulate filters.
"The use of urea to reduce nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust is totally impractical," said Leisa Cuddy, ACAT director of communications. "Not only does urea freeze in cold weather, the method requires an extensive tank, tube and spray system, the container must be refilled frequently and cleaned regularly, and widespread adoption necessitates a nationwide fueling infrastructure. Yet it's been the only available diesel nitrogen oxide reductant system""until now that is with the introduction of the ACAT system."
ACAT's Non-Urea Syngas-Based Diesel Emission Reduction System can be used in any diesel-based application: trucks, buses, diesel auto, locomotives, aviation, marine, non-road construction and agricultural equipment, stationary industrial and mining equipment, megawatt engines that supply energy to coal-fired power plants, engine-electrical generator sets, auxiliary power units, self-powered refrigerated containers and more.
Emissions from diesel engines are of growing concern to government regulators worldwide. The European Union (EU) has established a series of increasingly strict regulations for diesel powered engines scheduled to take effect in January 2011. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) have established similar requirements.
Diesel exhaust contains a mixture of more than 450 different components, including vapors and fine particles. More than 40 chemicals in diesel exhaust are considered toxic air contaminants by the State of California. Diesel engines are the source of harmful hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter (PM) and NOx that pollute the air and are linked to respiratory diseases.
The EPA recommends a wide range of emission reduction strategies to suit any type of diesel vehicle or equipment, including retrofitting engines with emission control systems such as diesel particulate filters or oxidation catalysts. ACAT's commercial diesel retrofit kit is an attachable subsystem that features:
- Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)""a device designed to remove diesel PM or soot from diesel engine exhaust gas. The dust stored in the filter is periodically regenerated (combusted) to keep the filter from clogging.
- Syngas Generator""Synthesis gas, a combustible fuel source consisting primarily of hydrogen, CO and often carbon dioxide (CO2), is used as an intermediary building block for the final production (synthesis) of other various fuels. ACAT's non-catalytic, auto-thermal Syngas Generator is a fuel reforming device that converts diesel fuel and a small portion of an engine's exhaust flow into a hydrogen-rich syngas stream useful for active regeneration of particulate matter in DPFs.
- Catalytic Converter with ACAT's stainless steel alloy foil substrate core. The substrate core is the heart of the catalytic converter, supporting the washcoat and catalytic agents that convert hydrocarbons, CO, NOx and other toxic pollutants in engine exhaust into water vapor, CO2 and nitrogen gas.
ACAT's metal monoliths are the first available on the market to offer a significant improvement over the brittle ceramic honeycomb substrates commonly used in today's diesel exhaust system catalytic converters and particulate filters. Ceramic tends to become soft at higher temperatures, to easily clog and to disintegrate from thermal expansion and road shock during normal driving. Metallic monoliths provide high thermal conductivity and have a high tolerance for mechanical stress and vibrations. Moreover, the cell walls can be thinner compared to their ceramic counterparts.
ACAT's Commercial Diesel Retrofit Kit will be available by the first quarter of 2011, with original equipment applications to follow.
About ACAT Global
ACAT Global LLC has a deep commitment to research and development, and is exploring partnership opportunities with various progressive companies to bring about industry-changing solutions to emissions challenges. ACAT's patented technology capitalizes on aggressive emissions policies worldwide and in North America as set by both the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Contact Leisa Cuddy, ACAT Global Director of Communications, at Ph: 949-235-7576; Email: leisacuddy(at)acatglobal(dot)com. Web: http://www.acatglobal.com
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KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepalese police on Monday found the wreckage of a missing Nepal Airlines plane carrying 18 people in the country's mountainous west but there were no survivors, an aviation official said.
"The plane crashed into a hill, police have found its wreckage in a village, but no survivors," said Bimlesh Lal Karna, chief air traffic controller at the country's largest airport in Kathmandu.
The plane carrying 15 passengers including an infant and three crew lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after taking off from the popular tourist town of Pokhara Sunday afternoon, airline officials and police said.
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The New York papers might want to make fun of Bill Belichick but Rex Ryan is having none of that.With his team trailing the Patriots in the division by essentially four games (Pats hold tie-breaker) he's not in a position to trash talk. In fact he went the opposite direction and went to bat for Belichick in the face of his criticism for leaving Gronkowski in for the extra point.So, what does Rex Ryan think of people calling out Belichick for playing Gronkowski on that play?CSNNE.com"Absolutely ridiculous," Ryan said on a Tuesday conference call. "(Gronkowski) is on an extra point. He's probably done it 100 times this year for the simple fact that's how many points they score. You never see that. Every single team in the league, we have D'Brickashaw Ferguson there, we have . . . whoever the player is. "You don't play the game that way and it's just an unfortunate thing," added Ryan. "That's just a freak deal that that would happen. But unfortunately that's part of the game. Injuries ...
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Type 2 diabetes causes the body to use the hormone insulin inefficiently. Insulin helps get sugar from the blood into the body's cells to be used as fuel. When cells become insulin resistant, that fuel can't make it into the cells and instead builds up in the blood. High levels of sugar in the blood over long periods of time can cause serious complications, such as kidney and heart disease, according to the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Although the exact cause of type 2 diabetes remains unknown, one of the biggest risk factors for developing the disease is obesity.
The current study included 150 people with type 2 diabetes. Their average age was 49, and two-thirds were female. At the start of the study, the patients' average body-mass index (BMI) -- a rough estimate of a person's body fat -- was nearly 37. Below 25 is considered normal weight and over 30 is considered obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
One-third of the study volunteers were randomly selected to receive standard medical management of their type 2 diabetes, while another third was given gastric-bypass surgery and medical management. The final third received sleeve gastrectomy plus medical management of their diabetes.
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The seasonally adjusted amount of U.S. commercial paper decreased about $700 million to $1.125 trillion outstanding in the week ended yesterday, the Federal Reserve said today on its website. That's the lowest level since the market touched $1.105 trillion in the period ended Jan. 9.
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Hi all! My name is Dorrie. A beader of 3 years. Have received a lot of e-mails from a different forum's users, telling me to check this out. I received the e-mail from Beading Daily announcing this and finally found the time to check it out. I was busy working my first public selling of my beadwork. This was a success for me and I plan to try more selling venues. I do like the fact that they have a book review here, which the other forum refused to give us. Anyway, I will be checking this out more.
Hello from another newbie to the Forum
Everybody needs a hobby!!
My name is Betty. What did you do for you first public selling venue. My was a craft fair. Did ok, I did meet a lot of nice people and got so great feed back, from people that had been beading longer then me
I live in Sacramento Ca
Keep on beading
Betty h
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Recent Polk City Reviews
A nice comfortable vacation retreat
I had the pleasure to stay for six months in this charming one bedroom condo. Lovely inside and out, this place is quiet day and night. The serene view off the patio is great for watching the wildlife. A comfortable "home away from home" with many amenities. A great location for the airport, shopping and Central Florida attractions. It is a delightful place and I would recommend it.


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|Use of enzymes to produce soy-based polyol for polyurethane
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|Soy-based polyol used in polyurethane applications are sustainable and renewable materials which have been reported to require less energy to produce and to have lower market price. They also have less environmental impact, expand soybean market for soybean farmers and help to reduce consumption of petrochemical-based materials. This project proposes new soy-based polyols produced by enzymatic routes and having good reactivity in polyurethane foam production. Multiple enzymatic routes were evaluated to improve the functionality (reactivity) of soy-based materials. All enzyme reactions proposed in this work were successfully operated at low temperature, less than 70oC. And most of the reaction did not require organic solvent which was occasionally required to preserve enzyme activity. The enzyme technology encourages the development of "green chemistry" and "sustainability" for urethane consumers. The results conclusively demonstrated that selective enzymes can synthesize improved soy-based polyols with high yield and selectivity in manners not possible with conventional chemistry.
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The LaGrange Art Museum will once again usher in spring with Art N' Bloom, a benefit luncheon that combines fresh floral arrangements and the fine art that inspired the arrangements.
This year's event, a floral interpretation of the museum's permanent collection and luncheon will take place at Bisham Manor on May Day, May 1, at 11 a.m. Luncheon tickets are $50 each; tables of eight or 10 may be reserved by calling the art museum at 112 Lafayette Parkway, 706-882-3267. Raffle tickets also are available by advance purchase.
Bisham Manor will provide the perfect backdrop for this May Day celebration which gives a nod to PBS's "Downton Abbey," the Golden Globe- and Primetime Emmy Award-winning British period drama television series set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, which depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.
"The immaculately kept gardens and lawns of the magnificent Bisham estate will make an idyllic setting and lend the flavor of an English Tudor castle to the event," said museum Executive Director Karen Briggs. "It will provide a unique and enchanting setting for May Day fetes as garden club members transform the castle with garlands, maypole ribbons and chains, drapes and swages in a floral celebration of spring."
Committee co-chairs Liz Greer, Mary Higgins and Betty Lester hope guests will feel as sophisticated and poised as the women of Downton and will want to dress in Edwardian period attire with gloves and hats as they enjoy a lunch menu inspired by recipes from the "Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook." They anticipate that recipes such as Lady Mary's Crab Canapés and Crawley's Smoked Salmon Tea Sandwiches will take guests back to the splendors of another era as they dine accompanied by period appropriate music.
Guests are sure to be inspired by the museum's permanent collection interpreted in three-dimensional arrangements inspired by the color, texture and symmetry of a two-dimensional painting.
The museum relies on support from individual donors for nearly 25 percent of its annual budget, according to Briggs.
"Our fundraisers allow us to provide meaningful cultural programs and stimulating exhibitions throughout the year," she said, securing the museum's vitality for future generations.
Art N' Bloom is a fundraising approach that enables patrons to support the museum financially while enjoying a museum program that particularly appeals to them.
"We're very excited about this event," said Board President Bobby Cammon. "The response so far has been tremendous. We are thrilled that this is now an annual event."
The LaGrange Art Museum is a not-for-profit art museum dedicated to the enjoyment and understanding of the visual arts through the quality of its collections, exhibits, education programs, and community outreach initiatives. It is committed to being a vital partner in the educational and cultural life of the community it serves.
Located on the highly visible gateway corner of Lafayette Parkway and Morgan Street, the LaGrange Art Museum is the first building obvious to visitors as they enter the city of LaGrange. Chamber of Commerce tourism surveys indicate it is a key partner in tourism and economic development, and it's educational and outreach programs fill needs of a wide range.
Known as one of Georgia's best regional museums, the LaGrange Art Museum collects and presents contemporary art by emerging and established artists. The Museum's permanent collection holds works by artists such as Benny Andrews, Beverly Buchanan, Howard Finster, Lamar Dodd, Mildred Thompson and Andy Warhol. Housed in a former jail dating to 1892, the Museum is committed to connecting community with creativity and the role that the arts can play in our wider society. The Museum's educational programs develop the creativity of thousands of people each year from all backgrounds and ages.
The Center for Creative Learning (CCL), which sits immediately adjacent to the 50 year old beloved Museum, is currently part of a downtown re-development "Creative Place Making" project – funded through city and foundation funds – that will bring together the local community, multiple arts agencies and residents through the re-design and adaptive re-use and rehabilitation of a former 1890s feed and seed into a vibrant, three-part, mixed-use, multi-art space.
When complete, the CCL will encompass a parking area featuring an artist designed and installed exterior mural, a catering kitchen, bike racks, artists' studios, fire-rated kiln, potters wheels, sinks, a box office and a full wall of glass garage doors, which will roll open and provide light into this environmentally efficient space that will be used by large groups of pre-school, and in-school children, adults and seniors, by community art and civic groups, and the youth symphony orchestra.
The CCL will become a center where learning takes on a truly creative and colorful tone. As local and regional school systems continue to cut funding to arts and music programs, the Art Museum, and the renovated Center for Creative Living will help to fill the void in arts education.


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Lockscreen Calendar
50,000 - 100,000 downloadsAdd this app to your lists
+ By j4velin
This app puts your upcoming appointments directly on your lockscreen! It works on every lockscreen, that normally displays the next upcoming alarm, like all standard Android lockscreens. Samsung and HTC Sense lockscreen aren't such ones - nothing I can do about that until Samsung & HTC implement this standard feature in their modified lockscreens.
You need to press "update" at least once to make the app load your calendar and set the text on the lockscreen.
If you want the time of the events to be shown, change the date format in the app's settings (HH:mm for example).
Again: DOES NOT WORK ON SAMSUNG, HTC OR OTHER MODIFIED LOCKSCREENS!! Only stock AOSP Android 2.x!! In newer Android versions the lockscreen layout changed dramatically so this app won't work on these - there is nothing I can do about that!
Feature graphic icon: © spiderflystudios.com
App icon: © aboutpixel.de Bernd Boscolo
READ_CALENDAR - needed to read the calendar
WRITE_SETTINGS - needed to write on the lockscreen
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - needed to start refresh timer after boot
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1.3.2: bugfix
1.3.1: fix: still showing one event less then setup on some devices
- fix: showing too less events in some cases
- fix: not showing events without end time
- fix: showing events from the past day
- should now also work on Android 2.1
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Good apli
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Not work on htc..
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Download it guys
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I like it
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Pretty please make a version compatible with Samsung devices?
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Doesn't show different calendars in different colors (jumbles them all together). Doesn't show up on lockscreen half the time. Lockscreen agenda is way better but is unfortunately unsupported at this point
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I'm horrible about missing appointments. But I'm always unlocking my phone for something. This gives me a visual reminder every time I pick up my phone. Totally needed that, thank you!


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This could actually get out of shape people to exercise. Just put their lazy asses on a treadmill and feed several volts of electrical stimulation to their spine. I smell a business opportunity. brb starting company


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Highlights From Courtney Love's Feud With The Muppets
Courtney Love says the Muppets "raped" Kurt Cobain by illegally performing "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Now she's lashing out at the "coward" Jason Segel in a strongly worded and incoherent online rant.
Proving that she can get into a feud with absolutely anyone (or thing), last month Courtney Love attacked the people behind The Muppets for spoofing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the film. Love claims she never gave the filmmakers permission to use the song in the movie. They say that's irrelevant because she sold the rights to Nirvana's catalog to the company Primary Wave, which okayed the performance along with surviving band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.
This week Love made a (rather inefficient) attempt to explain her side of the story by posting a lengthy comment on Gothamist and attacking the film's writer/star Jason Segel on Twitter. Here are some of Love's thoughts on the matter.
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Small-Group Airboat Swamp Adventure and Plantation Tour from New Orleans
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- Hotel Pick-Up
- All entrance fees included
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Fully narrated tour
- Informative, friendly and professional guide
- Small group ensures personal service
First, you will ride out to the quaint and remote Cajun Village close to Paradis, LA for a thrilling high-speed ride onboard small airboats, comfortably gliding over marshes, deep into secluded bayous for approximately 2 hours. You may even get to hold a baby alligator, feed giant catfish, or meet a nutria face to face.
Then, travel to the Destrehan Plantation for a guided tour. This historic plantation, on Louisiana's Old River Road, is a lavishly restored Greek Revival antebellum mansion. Here you will have free time to enjoy lush gardens and majestic live oaks.
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Tour departs from downtown New Orleans & French Quarter hotels only
(May depart later than stated)
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9am Departure
Code: 1/2PAB-0900
Departs at 9am. Even with these specified times, there can be a 30 minute window before and after the stated time in which the pick-up occurs.
USD $145.00Pricing details
11:00am Departure
Code: 1/2PAB-DP1100
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Small-Group Airboat Ride and Plantation Tour from New Orleans
- Transport by 13-passenger air-conditioned van
- 2-hour airboat ride
- Tour of Destrehan Plantation
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Service animals are permitted. Please advise at time of booking to arrange accommodations
- Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat
- Children under 5 are not allowed to ride the airboat.
- Due to the nature of the airboat, pregnant women are not allowed to participate.
Traveler Reviews
Reviewed by: Fiona M, May 2015
The airboat tour was amazing! Captain Gary was experienced and Knowle able. Even got to hold a little female gator! Plantation tour was a bit of an anticlimax but gave a feel for plantation life in beautiful surroundings.
Reviewed by: sharyn, January 2015
Oh Captain Monkey....great experience despite it being the wrong season for lots and lots of gators. Captain Monkey found us lots of gators and other beautiful things to look at, seriously great fun and sooooo educational. The passion and respect for the environment was just amazing.....don't miss this one.