text:
View Comment
Posted at 9:27 PM on June 3, 2011
Posted at 7:44 PM on June 3, 2011
Posted at 9:27 PM on June 3, 2011
Posted at 7:44 PM on June 3, 2011
New York City had a blast from the past this morning-boy bands Backstreet Boys — minus Kevin Richardson — and New Kids On The Block stopped at NBC's Today to give fans a preview of their NKOTBSB tour. Keep reading to see the video!
"I'm reliving my teenage dream," said fan Dawn Finnimore, 32, who is attending four of their shows.
The crowd went wild as the New Kids opened the show. BSB quickly joined them for a "larger than life" collaboration. Our 90s favorites, who still look just as good as they did back then, embraced the crowd after to speak with fans. Almost everyone was blown away by their appreciation.
"It's a blessing," Janere McBean, 23, commented on the comeback. "I have been a fan of BSB for fifteen years and NKOTB for three. I feel like now I get to see what I missed out on in the previous generation."
All differences seemed to be put aside this morning, no sign of rivalry between fans. In the past people have gotten physical and faced charges due to the drama and conflict of generations. At least NBC security was happy.
It seems as though some BSB fans forgot they were heavily influenced by the New Kids.
"Drama is petty," Finnimore added, "We're older now, and it shouldn't matter. Who cares?"
Another fan, who camped out the last four days, agreed.
"Life is too short," she said, "and most of us are grown women."
NKOTBSB will continue their tour tonight at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Concert goers, you're in for a treat. Not to mention-Nick Carter's still got it.
Read More About 'The Right Stuff' Here!
Copyright © 2017 Hollywoodlife.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Powered by WordPress.com VIP


text:
When responding to an emergency, the ability to quickly retrieve accurate data is critical to public safety agencies. Geographical information systems (GIS) can help save lives by getting details about the emergency site to police officers, fire rescue teams, and emergency medical services.
A current trend is to integrate GIS technology into 911 dispatch systems and first responder vehicles using an intranet application. GIS intranet applications can reference many different types of potentially life-saving data quickly and simultaneously in a user-friendly environment.
There are significant advantages to implementing a customized GIS intranet application in key areas of emergency service. For example:
GIS intranet applications save costs by combining multiple public-safety software applications into a single GIS application. A municipality can combine existing software applications for training, information technology support, licenses, and other functions into one GIS. Fewer software purchases are necessary, and the continuous updates, upgrades, and maintenance agreements associated with each of the previous software applications are eliminated. The main purpose of designing a GIS intranet application is to combine the best attributes of other existing software applications—such as document management, data entry, and retrieval and interactive mapping—into one application.
Another cost-saving benefit is that non-public safety departments can use the same application. Public works departments, for example, can store their own data (water, sanitary, storm, street lights, and maintenance reports and tracking) to gain the same application capabilities used by the public safety agencies. Economic development and planning departments can use the application to prepare and manage parcel data for analyzing, reporting, and creating maps for zoning, future comprehensive land uses, annexations, variances, and special land usages.
Before implementing a GIS intranet application, a wireless local area network (WLAN) must be installed. Many communities already have WLAN or are in the installation planning stages. This technology is critical to allowing first responders and others in the field to access the application and data. Communities that do not yet have WLAN capabilities can choose from many cost-effective alternatives.
— Brian Dubis is GIS project manager for R.A. Smith & Associates Inc., Brookfield, Wis.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Recent Projects: Engineering in Medicine
Accommodative Intraocular Lenses — Mechanical Design
Team: Olivia Cameron, Alexander Chin, Elise Croteau-Chonka, Marcus Schneider
Sponsor: Aurolab
Technical Liaison: Rajasekar Sundaram
Faculty Advisor: Douglas Van Citters
Cataracts, the clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye, are the leading cause of blindness in the world. Currently, the most effective treatment is to surgically remove the clouded lens and replace it with an artificial intraocular lens. This, however, induces presbyopia in patients because the IOL does not undergo accommodation like the natural lens. Patients require spectacles even after successful surgery. Aurolab wants to transform its current IOL technology into an accommodative IOL to provide patients with their full range of vision. Our goal was to develop a proof of concept for an apparatus that connects to a current Aurolab lens and gives it full accommodative power. We pursued a design that utilizes the geometric relationships between the sides of an isosceles triangle to create a passive shift single-optic accommodative IOL. We fabricated prototypes through 3D printing and laser cutting, and designed and constructed two haptic actuators to conduct trade studies on these prototypes: a 1x scale stepper motor actuator, and a 3x scale winch actuator. The more successful iteration, Delta, demonstrated over 3 mm of anterior movement, surpassing the benchmark for an accommodative IOL at the 3x scale.
Development of a Novel Inline Intravenous Fluid Sterilizer
Team: James Christy, Aaron Danilack, John Margherio, Jason Wong
Sponsor: B.B.R. Medical Innovations, Inc.
Technical Liaison: Corey Burchman
Faculty Advisor: Brian Pogue
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) affect more than one in 20 people who visit a healthcare facility in the United States. These infections cost billions of dollars and are responsible for over 1,000 deaths annually. Intraluminal bloodstream infections are an especially deadly type of HAI and account for over 6% of HAI-related deaths. Current preventative measures, such as manually scrubbing intravenous (IV) ports or covering them with passive sterilization caps, have proven insufficient to combat these infections.
B.B.R. Medical Devices has developed a concept for an inline fluid sterilizer that utilizes ultraviolet C (UVC) to sterilize fluid going into the patient. Our project iterates beyond BBR's existing prototype. Our deliverables are: (1) an inline sterilizer housing and cassette prototype based on an inexpensive fluid warmer cassette design, and (2) pharmaceutical testing to provide initial data on the effect of UVC on selected pharmaceuticals. The cassette design was finalized as a two-piece assembly: a UVC opaque base thermoformed to the appropriate shape, and a flat, UVC transmissive material on top. The cassette and bulb are placed in the lower compartment, while the remainder of the electronics are placed in the upper compartment. This separation protects the electronics from degradation via UVC. Biological testing showed no growth after running E.coli cells through the device.
Device to Detect Staphylococcus aureus
Team: Rajiv Raghavan, Daniel Rosengard, Noam Rosenthal, Alison Su
Sponsor: Department of Veteran Affairs
Technical Liaison: Bradley Watts
Faculty Advisor: Jane Hill
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) kill nearly 100,000 people per year, in part because pathogens, most notably Staphylococcus aureus, remain undetected on hospital surfaces. There is a need for a rapid, easy-to-use device that can detect and identify S. aureus on hospital surfaces both before and after cleaning. The deliverables of the project are: a working prototype of a portable, easy-to-use device that quickly detects and identifies a critical dose of S. aureus on hospital surfaces, and a business model with market, manufacturing, and stakeholder analysis of the final device. The proposed solution consists of a lateral flow strip housed in an easy-to-use mechanical user interface. The user swabs a surface, inserts the swab handle into the housing, and releases the contents of the swab onto the strip. Any S. aureus cells bind to antibodies in buffer in the housing. Within two minutes the user can read the results: two red lines indicate that S. aureus is present in the sample; one red line indicates a negative test. An in-depth economic analysis and business plan has verified that the device is not only technologically valid, but it is also marketable.
Electrical Impedance Measurement of a Fetal Heartbeat
Team: Siddharth Agrawal, Arlinda Rezhdo, Xiaotian (Dennis) Wu
Sponsor: Preston Manwaring
Technical Liaison: Preston Manwaring
Faculty Advisor: Alexander Hartov
Obstetricians and gynecologists frequently monitor fetal heart rate (FHR) to detect problems in the health of a fetus during pregnancy and labor. Doppler measurement is the current best-practice among the state-of-the-art, but patients and doctors find it difficult to use continuously. Continuous monitoring of the fetal heart rate would allow doctors to observe variations in the fetal heart rate over time, and variation in fetal heart rate has been correlated with positive health outcomes.
Our sponsor proposes to use electrical impedance (EI) to measure FHR. This novel solution theoretically allows continuous monitoring, but our sponsor needs a testing apparatus to develop the device, and benchmark testing is needed for implementation into the healthcare system. In response, we delivered a physical model of the human womb and fetus that is suitable for electrical impedance research.
We developed a finite element simulation of the womb and fetus to inform development of a physical model capturing electrical, fluid, and geometric properties. Four components needed to be represented: tissues held in quasi-static conditions, the beating fetal heart, the beating maternal heart, and motion artifacts such as gait. We constructed the model as four discrete systems. The model is highly parametric, giving the sponsor the ability to easily (1) change layer impedance, (2) change heart rates, (3) change stroke volume, (4) introduce different motion artifacts, and (5) change electrode materials and locations, in order to model a variety of patient conditions. The project came in under budget and carries significant economic potential as a research device for the sponsor's own research and as a commercial product for the scientific community.
The project also won the 2014 Northeast Bioengineering Conference Undergraduate Design Competition.
Electrical Impedance Monitoring of Brain Tissue
Team: Stephanie Malek, Christine Wang, Ellen Weburg
Sponsor: Preston Manwaring
Technical Liaison: Preston Manwaring
Faculty Advisor: Alexander Hartov
In the United States alone, traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes roughly 230,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths annually, according to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. In the hours following a TBI, blood and cerebrospinal fluid accumulate in the area around the primary injury, increasing intracranial pressure. If the pressure of brain tissue and fluid exceeds the pressure of the brain's blood supply, brain tissue can become de-oxygenated. This can lead to a secondary traumatic brain injury. Currently, secondary traumatic brain injury is diagnosed using an intracranial pressure sensor. However, because brain tissue is very compliant, a significant amount of fluid can accumulate near the injury before the intracranial pressure detects a change. By the time current instruments diagnose an injury, significant damage may have already occurred. There is a clinical need for an instrument able to provide an earlier diagnosis for secondary traumatic brain injury.
Tracking a patient's brain compliance shows promise as a method for early detection of secondary traumatic brain injury. Our sponsor believes that comparing the intracranial pressure and electrical impedance will provide an indirect measure of brain tissue compliance. Electrical impedance and intracranial pressure both have periodic waveforms. In healthy tissue, there is a phase delay between these two waveforms. As injuries worsen, the compliance decreases and the phase delay between the impedance and pressure waveforms decreases. Therefore, continuous monitoring of the phase delay should provide an indirect estimate of the tissue compliance.
Our goal was to develop a bench-top model that reflects the relative changes in impedance, pressure, and compliance, and to collect sufficient data to prepare an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) proposal so our sponsor can conduct animal testing in the future.
We designed a test bed that models the brain with a large piece of porous foam encased within an acrylic tank. Saline solution, representative of blood and cerebrospinal fluid, is pumped into the foam with a pulsatile flow pump. Saline flows from the tank into a reservoir, for recirculation. A secondary reservoir held above the tank models the small fluid reserve at the base of the skull. Electrical impedance was calculated between two brass electrodes fixed within the foam. Pressure data was collected from a fiber optic sensor inserted into the foam. A porous, acrylic plate is used to compress the foam to different levels, changing the compliance of the foam.
Initially, the noise in the impedance signal prevented us from evaluating changes in phase delay. However, after redesigning our electrodes, time averaging our impedance data, and using tap water instead of saline, we acquired a periodic impedance waveform. Despite numerous tests and iterations, we have not yet detected a compliance-based change in the phase shift between pressure and impedance waveforms. Future work includes testing lower compliance materials that more accurately model the brain, redesigning the test bed for easier operation, and more precisely representing the small-scale hydrodynamics of the brain.
Hip Locking Mechanism
Team: Gregory Fox, Nina Frankel, David Herron, Kylie Lucas
Sponsor: ConforMIS Inc.
Technical Liaison: Noah Bonnheim
Faculty Advisor: Douglas Van Citters
Each year, 332,000 total hip arthroplasties (THA) are performed in the United States. The implant used in THA is comprised of an acetabular metal shell and polyethylene liner and a femoral head, neck, and stem. Our sponsor, a patient-specific orthopedic implant company, is exploring the hip implant market and tasked us with developing a novel locking mechanism between the acetabular liner and shell. Our deliverables were CAD designs of the locking mechanism, physical prototypes of the acetabular shell and liner, and validation test procedures and data. The group identified rim fracture as an unaddressed failure mode in state-of-the-art locking mechanisms, and determined its root cause to be the placement of stress risers in the locking mechanism geometry at the rim of the liner. Thus, we set out to design an acetabular locking mechanism that reduces stress concentrations at the rim of the liner and performs at least as well as state-of-the-art designs on three clinically relevant ASTM validation tests.
We designed a novel locking mechanism and fabricated metal shell and plastic liner prototypes. Our prototypes, even without being fabricated from high performance final materials, performed within the state-of-the-art value ranges for three key ASTM validation tests: axial disassembly, torque out, and offset pull out. To examine stress concentrations under femoral neck impingement compared to the state-of-the-art, we replicated a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) conducted in the literature on liners that were revised due to rim fracture. The same FEA conditions were applied to the proposed design to demonstrate that it reduces stress concentrations compared to the state-of-the-art. Our design is novel, reduces stress concentrations that can lead to rim fracture, and performs comparably to the state-of-the-art on clinically relevant ASTM validation tests.


text:
BeyondTrust's software allows companies to minimize user rights in the name of security.
When it comes to user rights, less is more, according to officials at BeyondTrust.
BeyondTrust Application Rights Auditor is available for free download and supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, and 64-bit Windows platforms.
Note: Registration required (email, full name, address (email and postal), etc. )


text:
Crankshaft wrote:Relentel invited me to play in the chat one day. Decided to follow along this game before jumping in and I have to say, I am thoroughly confused.
There are bad guys and good guys. The bad guys can talk to each other via PM and try to kill the good guys. The good guys can't talk except in the thread and try to figure out the bad guys and kill them.
There are a few complications here and there, but basically that's it.
... Unless DocEmrick is modding. Then everyone's confused together. Including him.


text:
[quote user="giantyankee1976"]all the EQ's aren't a coincidence.....cause and effect.
we are all tied into Creation.....what we choose to do and not effects one another and our environments.
Notice when you are stressed out how easy it is for your body to break down and get sick?
How does a mental condition effect the physical?
all connected.
whoa there buddy, let's not get all spiritual....just kidding...
You are right....there is cause and effect....when you have all these huge EQ's, well something has to give....whether we can see it on the surface or something deep undersea....


text:
Students and staff at San Ramon Valley, California and Monte Vista high schools wore white and green on Thursday to show support for Robert Orlando, a San Ramon Valley High senior who died in a car crash Monday night.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, August 30, 2013, 11:20 AM
Town Square
Students show solidarity for lost classmate
Original post made on Aug 30, 2013
Like this commentPosted by Diane
a resident of Danville
on Aug 30, 2013 at 3:08 pm
This is wonderful. Kudos to the students at both high schools. You make us all proud.


text:
Air Conditioners | Dehumidifiers | Dishwashers | Disposals | Dryers | Freezers | Humidifiers | Ice Makers | Microwave Ovens | Ovens, Ranges, Stoves | Refrigerators | Trash Compactors | Washers | Water Filters
FAQs | Contact | Apprenticeship | Parts | Model Number Help | Newsletter | Beer
- > Do-It-Yourself Appliance Repair Help > General Appliance Topics > General Electric Net Income
|Moderated by: Samurai Appliance Repair Man
|Search Our Sites for More Info!
|General Electric Net Income
| Rate Topic
|Posted: Fri Apr 17th, 2009 02:37 pm
|1st Post
Samurai Appliance Repair Man
Fermented Grand Master of Appliantology
|Yowzah! So, banks (including foreign banks), which make nothing but fiat currency out of thin air, are getting bailed out to the tune of $12.8 trillion (of debt money also created out of thin air), but companies that make real stuff, like GM and GE, are imploding. Regardless of what you think of GE appliances, they do make real things as opposed to the bogus, synthetic garbage from the "Masters of the Universe" on Wall Street.
News Alert from The Wall Street Journal:
Need parts? Call our Parts Department now! 877-803-7957
|Posted: Tue Apr 21st, 2009 11:22 pm
|2nd Post
Master Appliantologist
|Yeah, i know that they have had their appliance division on the market for sometime. Probably trying to get rid of the branches that are holding them down.
|Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 04:41 pm
|3rd Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|GE is suffering because fully 1/3 of the company is basically a bank.
And, to make it better, they're taking bailout money:
Last edited on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 04:44 pm by dbiberdorf
|Posted: Thu Aug 27th, 2009 09:45 pm
|4th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
| My Grandfather started selling GE appliances in the 50's. In the 60's you could sell a GE oven bake switch for $10, and make $5! As a youngster, I was around the store often. One time, I went on a call with one of the men. We removed the motor from a dishwasher, took it apart, (you could do that back then) installed a new start winding (from Grainger, I recall) put the machine back together, and collected around $12 or so. GE was good back then, as were, I suspect, most of the brands. There were trips and tours offered, even (especially) to the small dealers, and they supported you well in all areas. There were even parts "seminars" where they came right to Bangor and wined and dined you.
We stayed exclusively with GE through their rotary compressor fiasco in '88, but in '96 when their washer (the "Launch of a Lifetime") transmission brake failed miserably, we finally took on other lines. Interesting to note in these two situations, as some may remember, GE denied any trouble whatsoever, until their world literally crumbled around them. I recall my sales rep, Greg Pennell, insisting that my men didn't know what they were doing.
The Maytag Neptune cave-in chiseled away at my remaining confidence in the retail side of things. I decided it was time for a change, and I liked the repair side better anyway. When they all claimed that their quality was improved (remember GE's "Six Sigma" program..) but like dominoes fell to a one year warranty on everything, well, actions spoke louder than rhetoric.
When I finally gave up the franchise, GE had resorted to outright lying, you had to carry $20,000 in display inventory (mostly product you couldn't give away) in order to get competitive pricing, and then they'd change a model number by a letter or two and offer it to Home Depot (etc.) after telling (lying to) you that it was an independent dealer exclusive. Depot would offer it at about what we paid for it.
I figured I couldn't beat em, so join em, i.e. I'll try doing more warranty, all brands. But the box stores would exchange, loose, mis-date, etc. so the Service Power - Service Bench chase got so bad we were ready to start shooting. People like Jeff Thompson at WLPL threatened that if I wouldn't do warranty for $60 or so per call (we flat rate most calls at $100) he'd close the account. I wouldn't, so he did. I'm fortunate in that I have plenty of work, but it is unfortunate that the industry has taken this turn.
I do enjoy the service and parts business, (no warranty, thank you!) but I have no sympathy for these manufacturers, who have all cheapened their product beyond imagination, complicated their product beyond belief, (GE alone had 350 models of refrigerators) and sell their product on every street corner with zero regard for service and support after the sale.
You got a great site here! I know the amount of work that involves, and I salute you!
|Posted: Thu Aug 27th, 2009 09:52 pm
|5th Post
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|Al, what a great post, very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to write all of it. You are a great tribute to our industry. Pegi
Need parts? Call our Parts Department now! 877-803-7957
|Posted: Fri Aug 28th, 2009 05:24 am
|6th Post
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|Pegi wrote:
Al, what a great post, very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to write all of it. You are a great tribute to our industry. Pegi
i agree, i like hearing about the way things used to be done. I love the thought of being able to make component level repairs like replacing a motor winding, you get to make more profit off the part and charge a little more labor while keeping the repair affordable.
RedRock Appliance Service
Serving St George and Southern Utah
|Posted: Fri Aug 28th, 2009 06:06 am
|7th Post
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
Need parts? Call our Parts Department now! 877-803-7957
|Posted: Sat Aug 29th, 2009 12:27 pm
|8th Post
Samurai Appliance Repair Man
Fermented Grand Master of Appliantology
|Great post and good read, Alfred. Fascinating to hear the sorry history of the appliance giants fall from grace. Domo!
Need parts? Call our Parts Department now! 877-803-7957
|Posted: Wed Sep 2nd, 2009 10:55 pm
|9th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|I see where both Whirlpool and Electrolux (Frigidaire, etc.) have suffered the worst years in their history. I guess they're all suffering. It should be interesting to see what transpires.....
|Posted: Wed Nov 4th, 2009 01:21 pm
|10th Post
Merit Apprentice Appliantologist
|Here's the latest (news on GE's 3Q results):
Finance arm pushes down General Electric 3Q profit
By STEPHEN MANNING (AP) – Oct 16, 2009
General Electric Co.'s troubled financial unit dragged down third-quarter earnings 44 percent, overshadowing gains in divisions that make power plant turbines and household appliances.
The results from one of the world's largest companies show the spotty strength of the global economy. While "signs of life" are emerging — profits are up for some industrial goods and services — consumers and businesses are still reeling from large numbers of defaults in credit cards and mortgages.
"The global environment is improving, but we are expecting a gradual recovery," GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt cautioned on Friday after the company posted its results.
GE's quarterly profit fell to $2.4 billion, or 23 cents per share, hurt by sharply lower earnings at its GE Capital arm, which loans money for businesses ranging from credit cards to shopping centers. A year earlier, the company earned $4.3 billion, or 43 cents a share.
GE's overall revenue dropped 20 percent to $37.8 billion, coming up short of what Wall Street was looking for.
GE Capital reported an 87-percent drop in profit. But without a big tax gain, the finance arm would have posted a significant loss. Its commercial real estate unit lost $538 million and profits declined across GE Capital's remaining businesses, including credit cards. The unit has overall losses and asset value write-downs of $9.3 billion this year.
GE's industrial businesses, however, showed some modest improvement in the third quarter, which runs from July through September.
Profits edged up 4 percent, helped by higher prices for power plant turbines and cost-cutting in the company's household appliance business
In a positive sign, the total value of equipment orders climbed $741 million from the second quarter. GE also did a brisk business fixing up turbines and jet engines that its customers already own.
Still, the company's industrial sales declined 13 percent from 2008, an indication that demand is still down.
GE is reshaping itself as it tries to move beyond a tough year. It is shrinking its dependence on profits from GE Capital, beefing up industrial business, and exploring ways to spin off assets like NBC Universal.
The company is relying on its industrial side — whose divisions build dishwashers, sonogram machines, locomotives and oil pipeline equipment — to help it rebuild profits following the recession, which began in late 2007 and has burdened the U.S. economy with huge job losses, a tight credit market and sharply lower home values across much of the nation.
GE is also in talks to sell a sizable part of its NBC Universal entertainment division to cable company Comcast Corp.
Immelt reiterated Friday that GE is exploring "strategic partnerships" among its possible options for NBC, but did not confirm any talks. He said the company had no immediate need for the cash such a deal could bring in.
NBC's fate is partly up to the French media conglomerate Vivendi, which owns a 20 percent stake. Its annual window to decide to dispose of its share begins next month, and there is speculation it wants to unload NBC.
GE Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin said in an interview that Vivendi has told GE it is "actively considering" whether to exit the partnership. That is different from in past years, he said.
NBC Universal spans the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; cable channels such as Bravo and CNBC; the Universal Pictures movie studio and Universal theme parks. The cable networks have been among the strongest performers. Meanwhile the NBC network is fourth in the ratings, Universal Pictures has had so-so box office results, and the recession has lowered attendance at Universal theme parks.
NBC has suffered from a decline in advertising, but the unit posted a bigger profit last quarter. Most of that was from a gain from the sale of a third of GE's ownership in A&E network.
The past year has been a painful one for GE, as it slashed its dividend for the first time since the Great Depression to save cash and lost its coveted top credit rating.
Shares of Fairfield, Conn.-based GE fell 73 cents, or nearly 4.3 percent, to $16.06.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
ge dryer repair
|Current time is 05:21 pm
|- > Do-It-Yourself Appliance Repair Help > General Appliance Topics > General Electric Net Income
|Find Appliance Parts & Diagrams Here
|Enter a model number, part number, type of appliance, brand, or even a part description.
365-day return policy on all parts ordered through this site!
FAQs | Contact | Apprenticeship | Parts | Model Number Help | Newsletter | Beer


text:
Diet Soda: Bad for your Health?
Although diet soda contains 15% fewer calories than regular soda, it poses a greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, stroke, cancer and neurological disorders.
In 2007, a large national study showed that people who drank one or more servings of diet soda a day had a 67% greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes.
The study suggested those who drink diet soda are also at risk to develop metabolic syndrome resulting in high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides (blood fats), low levels of good cholesterol, high fasting blood sugar and large waists.
Sweeteners like aspartame, acesulfame potassium, alitame, neotame, and cyclamate have caused a variety of health concerns including headaches, allergies, digestive problems, cancer and neurological disorders.
Stevia is a sweetener made from stevia rebaudiana leaves. It's an herb grown in Brazil and it's recognized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a safe sweetener in foods and beverages. Stevia products are actually sold as dietary supplements, not as sweeteners.
If your diet soda isn't sweetened with stevia, should you switch back to regular soda? The experts (of course) say no. The best choice is to reduce the amount of soda you drink — whether it's diet or regular.
Other ways to limit your risk:
- Add seltzer to your soda beverage to decrease the amount of artificial sweetener.
- Create your own carbonated beverage by adding small amounts of fruit juice or cider to water or seltzer.
- Try seltzer with a fruit wedge to add flavor.
- If you're not big into seltzer, add lightly crushed mint to iced herbal tea.
- Try blending your favorite fruits for a refreshing smoothie drink to prevent those soda cravings.
Another way to reduce your risk of stroke is to decrease the amount of sodium in your diet. The American Heart Association recommends consuming less than 1,500 milligrams of salt a day. Those who consume 4,000 milligrams of sodium a day more than double their risk of stroke.


text:
Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
The Robber Chief
A Tale of Vengeance and CompassionThis exciting tale demonstrates the pitfalls of anger and revenge. Wronged by a greedy jeweler, the giant Mu becomes a robber chief. Unexpected twists reveal the mysterious workings of karma. A missing purse, a golden crown, and a secret cave display great compassion. The story movingly shows that the true happiness of any one person is interrelated with the happiness of others. Chris Banigan's magical illustrations boldly enliven the narration.… Read More
Hardcover$12.95+ Add to Bag
A Dog's Tooth
A Tale from TibetIn this adventurous retelling of the classic Tibetan tale of the power of faith, a young man fails to obtain a sacred relic for his dying mother and deceivingly brings her a tooth from the skeleton of a dog. This vivid version humorously recreates the wily son's schemes. It movingly conveys how the mother's strong faith has the power to fulfill her dreams. The result is a suspenseful… Read More
Hardcover$12.95+ Add to Bag


text: Get our performance parts from? Do you order online from the States or get them in Canada? Wherever it's from do tell. I am looking for a few things and would like to know if I should use van and truck world from home or Jegs, Summit racing from the states etc.


text:
Shop by category
An English and Turkish Dictionary. [Entitled] Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary by James William Redhouse (Hardback, 2015)
Be the first to write a review.
More than 10 available
Brand new
Sold by
booktopia_australia (281822)99.1% Positive Feedback
30 days money back
Free return postage
All listings for this product
Best-selling in Textbooks
Accounting: An Introduction by Eddie McLaney, David Harvey, Peter Atrill (Paperback, 2014)
- AU $104.10New
- AU $71.24Used
Physics: Principles with Applications, Global Edition by Douglas C. Giancoli (Paperback, 2015)
- AU $73.39New
Options, Futures and Other Derivatives by John C. Hull (Mixed media product, 2011)
- AU $74.19New
Financial Management: Principles and Applications by Sheridan Titman, John D. Martin, Tony Martin, Arthur J. Keown (Paperback, 2015)
- AU $123.40New
- AU $69.64Used
Save on Textbooks
Cambridge Ielts 9 Student's Book With Answers Cambridge Esol 9781107615502AU $37.99Trending at AU $75.40
NEW 3 Days 2 AUS Accounting Information Systems 13th Edition Marshall B. RomneyAU $65.90Trending at AU $72.27
3 Days AUS Thermodynamics (in Si Units) An Engineering Approach 8E Yunus CengelAU $64.90Trending at AU $71.26
Human Anatomy & Physiology by Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn (Paperback, 2015)AU $93.88Trending at AU $107.07
NEW - FAST to AUS - Accounting : An Introduction by Atrill (6 Ed)AU $100.89Trending at AU $104.10
The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 11E by Frederic S. MishkinAU $75.99Trending at AU $79.99
Volo's Guide to Monsters by Kim Mohan Book | New Free Post AUAU $55.80Trending at AU $56.95
About this product
- DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the kwledge base of civilization as we kw it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other tations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important eugh to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this kwledge alive and relevant.
Key Features
- Author(s)James William Redhouse
- PublisherScholar Select
- Date of Publication08/08/2015
- LanguageEnglish
- FormatHardback
- SubjectHistory: World & General
Publication Data
- Country of PublicationUnited States
- ImprintScholar Select
- Content Noteblack & white illustrations
- Weight1424 g
- Width156 mm
- Height234 mm
- Spine48 mm
Editorial Details
- Format DetailsSewn,Cloth over boards
This item doesn't belong on this page.
Thanks, we'll look into this.


text:
Purchase Options
Mountain Craftsman
Please click next to the items you wish
to order for Mountain Craftsman.
If you would like more information about any of the items on this page,
just click on the that follows it.
If you have any questions, or would feel more comfortable placing your order by phone, please call us toll-free at 888-388-5735.


text:
Nancia, Awesome mini! well worth the wait.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Nancia, Awesome mini! well worth the wait.
thank you, girl! you look so cute! ( is that you or lauren in your avatar?)
The only bad days are the ones you don't get.
i hope she inherited your genes! lucky for both of you.
The only bad days are the ones you don't get.
This is the beautiful DQ I received from quiltermomma - she does the most beautiful work - I just cannot tell you how beautiful it is in person. I am the lucky one in this swap....Thanks Beth - it is a treasure![ATTACH=CONFIG]389484[/ATTACH
"Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold" - Friends on this Quilting Board are treasures indeed!
Tam Moo, oh my gosh, what a cute little quilt you got from quiltermomma. Apart from the yellow hair, that is definitely me in the 2nd picture as no-one dares coming near me while I am sipping my chai latte !
QB Albums: Lynnie25's Quilts; Selvedge Quilts; Lyn's Dolls Quilt Swap Quilts
Quiltermomma, that is adorable!
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
I do so apologize for being late in getting it to her. I did not sign up for anymore until it was done. I so had fun with the coffee bean characters and Maxine, well we know about her. Whew, she loves it and that is special. I even put on that hanging sleeve this time. Remembered should I say.
Life is short, live it while you still can. QuilterMomma
yer, about the hanging sleeve.... how many actually remember to do that??
The only bad days are the ones you don't get.
Nancia, hanging sleeves aren't a requirement. I'm sorry to say that I haven't put them on a single doll quilt to date. Bad me. You can always put little corners on the back, too.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!


text:
Although Spring does not officially arrive until later this month, it has definitely sprung early in Tucson this year. Wildflowers blooming, milder than average temperatures and that certain something in the air make it a great time to get out and enjoy the many activities being offered around town!
Did you know Tucson hosts the 4th largest Festival of Books in the country? March 15 and 16 on the University of Arizona Mall brings us 300 presentations, 200 exhibitors, and tons of opportunities to meet authors, poets, screenwriters and journalists participating in signings, panel discussions and book sharing. http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/
Tucson's proud and lively Irish community throws their 27th Annual St Patrick's Day Parade and Festival in Armory Park in Downtown Tucson on March 15th. Guaranteed to get your green up! http://www.tucsonstpatricksday.com/
The Historic 4th Avenue Shopping District is home to the 4th Ave. Street Fair twice each year and this Spring's event is Mar. 21-23. Hundreds of juried artist and crafts persons, plenty of food and refreshing beverages, live music, kid's activities and street performers. http://www.fourthavenue.org/fairs/general-information/
Are you a train enthusiast? Tucson has a very special transportation museum at the Tucson Historic Depot. On March 22nd The Silver Spike Festival celebrates the 134th anniversary of the railroad in Tucson! http://www.tucsonhistoricdepot.org/
Theater buffs will be happy to know that the Arizona Theater Company presents "Around the World in 80 Days" through Mar 22. Boasting incredible sets and productions, our theater company makes its home in the beautifully restored Temple of Music and Art. http://www.arizonatheatre.org/our-shows/around-the-world-in-80-days/
And Broadway in Tucson brings us "I Love Lucy: Live on Stage" March 25 – 30. This acclaimed show puts you in the seat at the studio where the famous TV shows were taped and includes plenty of the original music from Ricky and the band. http://www.broadwayintucson.com/shows_lucy_prices.html/
What says Spring more that fluttering butterflies? Experience a live tropical butterfly exhibit everyday through April 30th at Butterfly Magic at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/
The Arizona State Museum on the campus of the University presents "Edward Curtis Reframed: The Arizona Volumes" through July 30, 2015. The exhibit will display 20 of the famed photographer's portraits of the American West at a time, rotating every 6 months, to show a total of 60 works. The State Museum also houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of 2000 years worth of Native pottery making in the Southwest – that's over 20,000 whole vessels. http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/index.shtml
This is just a sampling! Visit http://www.visittucson.org/events/calendar/ for more.


text:
Invariably, when only two wines are recommended each week in this column, there will be those that didn't get the attention they deserve.
So, to rectify the situation, here are some wines that cover a range of budgets and are worth seeking out.
Whites first - next week, the reds.
There are two from Astrolabe, courtesy of versatile winemaker Simon Waghorn, and at $25 the 2011 Marlborough chardonnay is excellent buying - one of those chardonnays that makes you glad you rediscovered the joys of this, at times, marginalised varietal.
There is enough intrigue to entice you to try another glass, and enough rich, creamy elegant texture, with a long, dry finish that sits perfectly with poultry, pork, ham, fish and scallops.
The Wrekin Vineyard 2011 chenin blanc is about $23 and, with its summer fruits and honeysuckle medium-bodied flavours, is great with summer salads or on its own. Chenin blanc is not a high-profile style in New Zealand, but makes a pleasant change from the usual favourites. Fresh, crisp and with the ability to age well, it's a big favourite in South Africa and Australia.
If you love wine with ripe, rounded melon and honey flavours, then this is for you.
Framingham has, for many years, promoted itself as an aromatic wine specialist, with a particular focus on riesling.
All the wines are well-crafted and the rieslings are made in a variety of different styles, from a sweet classic to a toasty mineral-infused, drier version. Whatever your preference, you'll find something to savour.
As winemaker Andrew Hedley says, "Riesling is not easy to sell, yet everyone says they love it."
The Framingham rieslings are influenced by the German style of wine and are usually lower in alcohol. The 2012 Select riesling is $35 and has an alcohol level of just 8.5 per cent. It's a musky kind of wine, with lavender and wet-stone flavours, made in a classical sptlese (sweet) style.
For a full-on luscious dessert wine (375ml), try the Noble riesling at around $40. It is 7.5 per cent alcohol, full of peach, citrus and marmalade flavours.
Drink this and skip dessert.
2009 Astrolabe The Rocks Pinot Gris - $32
The perfect summer lunch wine that makes few demands and seems to go with anything or nothing. This has a long, dryish finish with elegant flavours of vanilla, peach and nougat.
2011 Framingham F. Series Viognier - $35
A varietal that's gaining more traction with each passing year. Always mouth-filling and usually with a soft textural finish, tending dry. This has floral aromas and fresh apricot flavours - delightful.


text:
Like us on Facebook
Hot As Hair Extensions
Follow us on Instragram
Hot As Hair Extension Supplies and Education
Hot As Hair Extensions are based in Brisbane and have been trading for the past 15 years both in the UK and now in Australia. In this time we have built up a port folio of over a thousand Salons whom we supply to throughout Australia, NZ and the UK.
We believe we are the leaders in all aspects of design, supply and innovation when it comes to Hair Extension Products, whether it be Human Hair Extensions, Clip-In Products, Ponytail Pieces or Wigs. Our Products are second to none and we pride ourselves on our quality and excellent support and back up service.
We Import from both Korea and Russia thus enabling us to keep our Prices lower than competitors whilst allowing us the flexibility to manufacture purpose made Products here in Australia on request.
Should you have any questions or queries about any of our services or Products please feel free to contact our office on 1300 424 739 or (07) 3880 3380 (Head Office) where our friendly staff will gladly assist you with any query you may have.
If you would prefer to order Online then please Check out our Hot As Online Shopping Service where you can purchase all of our Products to be sent directly to your Home or Business...
Please click here…


text:
Well day two of my grand adventure started out with El Grumpo being a grizzly bear. I don't think anyone could snarl so much and still be able to smile later but its true! We made it out of Utah by 9. The city has a bit of a .. sulfer odor to it from the waters so heading out and up into the hills was a nice change up. The town of Provo is absolutely beautiful. I can honestly say it was a long long drive but I have seen so much it was worth it. Leaving Utah we went up this monsterous grade to the altitude of 8,500 feet! the truck was super thrilled to be heading up that hill pulling a uhaul. We have an F150 and it was a good work horse but sometimes it just was more like being in the "little engine that could" it did the think I can , think I can.. we hit a whopping 45 miles an hour at that point. I was thinking ah hell we will be pushing it up this hill if it goes any slower! Then we cross the great divide and left me tell you.. there is this amazing absolutely stunning view that comes in on the left side there, RED! ORANGE! Gold! cliff sides as the canyon/ravine shows up just like something you would expect in say Arizona? but here it is in Wyoming, then on the other side of that is this green slope. The earth had lifted up with such force there so many many years ago its just.. a well a marvel to see the vast contrast.. if you love scenery this is it for you. stunning. The drive into Cody was very pleasant, the kitties took a sweet nap (oh yes) and we both were pretty silent just taking it all in. Its rolling soft country here surrounded by mountains (not huge ones) and the river is just at the end of the street. Jan and her DH are such gracious host's and served up a well enjoyed home cooked meal. I have been craving a home cooked meal for a week now. Boy that hit it on the spot! I am sitting leisurely drinking coffee and soon to jump into a shower so we can go start the day unpacking! yipppeee!!
Morning to you all! Photos coming shortly!


text:
Thanks! It would not surprise me, yukedy, yuk!
Sorry couldnt resist!!!!
Do it before it is too late!
Proud member of the NRA,GOA and JPFO!!!
And now GOCRA in MN!!!!
Thanks! It would not surprise me, yukedy, yuk!
Let jesse jacksons boy be the pope from prison.........
"If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" - Sarah Palin
New Member of the Busted Box Club
Ya'll spelled it wrong. When we're dealing with Jackson, it's spelled POOP.


text:
Already a member? Log in.
Help support your Meetup
The Aqua Escapes group (f/n/a Tampa Scubadiving) is a meeting place for certified divers to meet other divers and plan dives & trips. We offer a relaxed diving environment with group members ranging in experience level from beginner on up, all ages too. Whether you want to dive here in the Gulf of Mexico, or on Florida's East Coast & Keys, or you want a dive vacation in the Caribbean, and beyond, this is the place! Divers welcome!
The Meetup by Divers for Divers!
1,087 Tangueros & Tangueras
1,264 Beach Runners
1,682 Activists for Animals
3,250 Adventurers
952 Tennis Players
2,610 Animal Lovers
Or sign up with email
Already a member? Log in.
Meetup members, Log in
By clicking "Sign up" or "Sign up using Facebook", you confirm that you accept our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy


text:
Frank Diller
Michael Shermer (Ph.D., History of Science, 1991, Claremont Graduate University) is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine (http://www.skeptic.com), the director of the Skeptics Society, a columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Lecture Series at Caltech, and the cohost and producer of the 13-hour Fox Family television series Exploring the Unknown. His new book The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Lie and Cheat, Share and Care, and Follow the Golden Rule will be published next month by Henry Holt (more information about the book can be found at http://www.henryholt.com/forthcomingnn.htm); it is the third installment of a trilogy that includes How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God and the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. Shermer is also the author of In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace (for a link to a sample chapter, go to http://www.oup.com/us/samplechapters/0195148304/?view=usa); The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense; and Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (coauthored by Alex Grobman). His other books include Teach Your Child Science; Teach Your Child Math (with Arthur Benjamin and Michael Brant), and Mathemagics (with Arthur Benjamin and James Randi).
What books are you currently reading (or have you just finished reading) for your work or for pleasure?
Consciousness: An Introduction, by Susan Blackmore; Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, by Christof Koch; The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, by Caroline Alexander; and Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer
Why did you choose them, and what do you think of them?
These are work-related books. I review books for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Scientific American and Skeptic magazine, and I am reviewing the two books on consciousness for Scientific American. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Shermer has also reviewed for American Scientist: His essay on Matt Ridley's Genome appeared in the January–February 2001 issue (http://www.americanscientist.org/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/14297).] I read The Bounty just for fun but then got so involved in trying to understand why the mutiny happened that I ended up writing a column about it for the February 2004 issue of Scientific American ("A Bounty of Science," which you can read online). Alexander's narrative is brilliant and gripping, but in the end she abandons any attempt at a deeper understanding of causality. This, in my opinion, is the biggest failing of biographers and historians in general: They operate at a proximate level of causality (immediate events best described through the medium of narrative) and not at the ultimate level of causality (the deeper causes operating behind the proximate causes). I have undertaken a study of the ultimate cause of the mutiny on the Bounty, and I think I have the answer.
When and where do you usually read (specific location, time of day, etc.)?
I read anytime, anywhere, but I am especially fond of reading via Books on Tape when I am on training rides on my bicycle. Since 1993 I have listened to more than 300 full-length readings of books I would not otherwise have had the time to read.
What do you like to read best—fiction, nonfiction or poetry? Why?
Nonfiction, mostly science, biography, history of science, and general history. Science because it is what I do for a living. Biography because I like to know how other people's lives turn out in order to gain a perspective on how I should live my life. History because it is biography writ large.
What are the three best books you've ever read? Explain.
This is difficult to answer because of the recency effect. For example, I just read Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven and found it to be one of the best books I have ever read. All writers can improve their writing by reading any of his books, although anyone interested in religion in any way would profit from reading this particular volume, which is on the history of the Mormon Church and religious extremism. A number of Stephen Jay Gould's books would fall into this list—most particularly, I thought his book Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle was especially brilliant, literary and informative, while being unusually succinct (for Gould). I would also have to include a now-out-of-print and obscure little book, but one that should be republished immediately, and that is Vincent G. Dethier's To Know a Fly. It is the best exposition of how science really works that I have ever read.
What book has influenced you most? Explain how.
In science, Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives, by Frank J. Sulloway. In politics and economics, Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, and Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, by Ludwig von Mises.
What book recommendations do you have for young readers?
The Baloney Detection Books, a series of children's science-related titles to be published in 2004 by the Skeptics Society.
Already published books:
1. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life, by Thomas Gilovich (Free Press, 1991)
2. Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children, by Dan Barker (Freedom from Religion Foundation, 1988)
3. Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide for Young Skeptics, by Dan Barker (Prometheus Books, 1990)
4. Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong: A Guide for Young Thinkers, by Dan Barker (Prometheus Books, 1992)
5. Alexander Fox and the Amazing Mind Reader, by John C. Clayton (Prometheus Books, 1998)
6. The Encyclopedia Brown books, by Donald J. Sobol
7. How Do You Know It's True?; Discovering the Difference Between Science and Superstition, by Hy Ruklis (Prometheus Books, 1991)
8. The Magic Detectives: Join Them in Solving Strange Mysteries, by Joe Nickell (Prometheus Books, 1989)
9. Philip J. Klass's books on UFOs
10. Wonder-Workers!: How They Perform the Impossible, by Joe Nickell (Prometheus Books, 1991)
What science book recommendations do you have for nonscientists?
Since my specialty is books on the fringes of science, I'll give you the top 10 recommendations voted on by members of the Skeptics Society:
1. Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan
2. Why People Believe Weird Things, by Michael Shermer
3. Flim Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions, by James Randi
4. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, by Martin Gardner
5. How to Think About Weird Things, by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn
6. The Faith Healers, by James Randi
7. How We Believe, by Michael Shermer
8. The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, by Martin Gardner
9. The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould
10. Voodoo Science: The Road From Foolishness to Fraud, by Robert L. Park (reviewed in the September–October 2000 issue http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/25625)
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/michael-shermer
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


text:
Your industry is struggling with balancing the most appropriate distribution and channel models to respond to the changing demands of how customers wish to interact with your organization. You need to consider how emerging channels and media impact those choices, while still focusing on integration economics and customer value when managing complex and evolving sales and service channels.
Our Distribution and Channel Management practice helps transform your organization by advising on the design and execution of your distribution and channel models to deliver a targeted, consistent, and brand-aligned customer experience.
Specifically, our team can help you with:
To find out how we can help your business, contact us or download the brochure below
|Distribution and Channel Management Transformation (120 KB)
Download the full PDF.


text:
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
Product Information
Frequency of Updates:
2 times/year
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax provides all the tools and strategies needed to minimize or eliminate the application of the generation-skipping transfer tax.
Written by leading tax practitioners Howard M. Zaritsky renowned author and lecturer on taxation and estate planning issues, Carol Harrington, who has chaired the American Bar Association Committee on Generation-Skipping Transfers, and Lloyd Leva Plaine, former Chair of the Estate and Gift Taxes Committee of the Section of Taxation of the ABA, this excellent reference details their strategies on how to reduce or eliminate the tax an heir might have to pay on an estate.
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax closely examines all options, consequences and possibilities associated with all manner of impositions of the generation-skipping transfer tax, including: the allocation of $1 million GST tax exemption; the drafting of trusts to avoid or minimize the application of the GST tax; the application of GST tax to life insurance trusts, charitable lead trusts, retained annuity trusts, personal residence trusts and various gift trusts, and much more.
The Appendix includes sample tax returns as well as practice-proven forms for will and trust provisions that can be customized to meet specific client needs.
- Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax - Harrington, Plaine & Zaritsky
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
- Chapter 2: Key Definitions
- Chapter 3: Computation of the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
- Chapter 4: The $1 Million GST Exemption
- Chapter 5: Other Exemptions, Deductions, Exclusions, and Coordinating Provisions
- Chapter 6: Generation-Skipping Transfers by Nonresident Aliens
- Chapter 7: Effective-Date Generation-Skipping Trusts
- Chapter 8: Reporting and Collecting the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
- Chapter 9: Planning and Drafting for the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
- Chapter 10: Repairing a Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Estate Plan
- Appendix A. Sample Tax Returns
- Appendix B. Sample Forms
- Appendix C. Special Report: GST Tax Rules Under the Tax Relief Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012


text:
AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney is sketching out political contingency plans that include temporarily suspending campaigning altogether if Hurricane Sandy turns deadly.
The Republican presidential candidate plans to go ahead with three rallies in three states on Monday, including a midday event in Avon Lake, Ohio. But, given the storm, he is expected to moderate his criticism of President Barack Obama and encourage supporters to make donations to relief efforts for storm victims.
Romney's Boston headquarters is monitoring storm developments and reviewing plans.
The campaign is also considering whether to send Romney to New Jersey later in the week to survey storm damage with Gov. Chris Christie.
Obama returned to the White House on Monday morning after canceling political events scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in several states.


text:
"Dance is a tool to look at other things," London-based Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter told an interviewer, but during the company's US debut at Jacob's Pillow last weekend you'd be forgiven for just looking at the fantastically virile dancing. In Uprising (2006), seven men lope along the floor on their knuckles like fluidly moving apes, wrestle, bang foreheads, and use contained fury as a way to shape and disguise their demands for closeness. Movement seems to shake out of them like restless ions scattering out of the ends of their limbs.
Emerging from haze and opaque shafts of light designed by Lee Curran that turn the stage into a smoky barroom or a claustrophobic dungeon, the dancing in both Uprising and 2007's In Your Rooms is arranged with rare spatial sophistication. The delicate maneuvers of a twitching walk-on-elbows crawl is blocked by a tender lift that hogs the attention. It's all hide-and-seek: you know you're missing something, but there's a thrill that so much is going on simultaneously.
Shechter says that Uprising is inspired less by the intifadah at home than by the youth uprising in the Paris suburbs in 2006. Still, if the piece's closing moment, with its evocation of a bunch of young revolutionaries carrying a red flag and storming a barricade, has a smart-ass smirk, that's part of Shechter's reading of this culture of self-dramatizing hypermasculinity. You can tell he knows these guys. He's been there.
Neither Uprising nor In Your Rooms speaks directly to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis — it would appear that Shechter left his native Jerusalem in part to avoid making all of his art in a context of permanent conflict. Nonetheless, it can't help shadowing them. In Your Rooms incorporates a voiceover text about the challenge of creating harmony out of chaos, gibberish polemics studded with nuggets of truth and a stunned man who stands with a sign that reads "Don't follow leaders" and then on the opposite side "Follow me."
In Your Rooms, with its cluster of shifting episodes, takes place in a kind of crouch: the six men and five women freeze with their hands above their heads as if warding off a blow, and later they stride forward drumming insistently on their thighs. Argumentative, defiant, they pump their fists at the musicians hovering overhead, at one another, and at an opponent somewhere yonder. The dance is deliberately interrupted, its insistent rhythms pushed by a score that mixes growling electronica and Middle-Eastern-verging-on-Indian modalities performed live by a string quintet. Shechter, who once played drums in a jazz band, wrote the music with violinist Nell Catchpole.
Now 33, Shechter danced for his countryman Ohad Naharin in the Batsheva company in Tel Aviv. He's a fine, compact performer, but his company is not a vanity project that showcases him as a soloist. During In Your Rooms he is the guy uselessly pouring a line of sand from a bulky bag across the stage. He's also the one who gets the girl, but their embrace comes about only when he — and the entire ensemble — just can't kick out at the air anymore. That kiss is way too desperate to be good news.
A less symbolic wall anchors Alice, which was presented in the Pillow's Doris Duke Studio Theatre last weekend. It's Natural Dance Theatre director Shinji Nakamura's meditation on his Japanese childhood after World War II as seen through the lens of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. An ivy-covered corrugated garden locks a little girl into irrationality.
Table of Contents
Cover Archive
Masthead | Authors | Contact us
See all articles by:
All Slideshows


text:
Motivate kids to read with exclusive awards and reading incentives to make your Read Across America programs and reading events successful! You'll find a full range of exclusive themes and customizable products featuring exciting messages of praise plus fun designs that reward their achievements, inspire them to visit the library, and help sharpen reading skills at school and at home, during National Reading Month in March or any day of the year.
Get children and students excited about reading with custom-printed reading incentives for kids from Positive Promotions. We carry a vast assortment of reading awards, including t-shirts, pencils, bookmarks, book lights, bracelets, dog tags, and much more, all perfect for inspiring their efforts and achievements. Our selection is perfect for promoting National Reading Month in March, or holding special events for Read Across America Day on March 2.
Use reading incentives with exclusive themes such as I Read: What's Your Superpower? and encourage children to pick up an adventure story, fairy tale, or classic novel from the library. They could also explore different genres and different authors instead of their favorites, in order to widen the range of their reading "power".
For students who reach their reading goals, whether it's for logging a certain number of minutes or for completing a designated number of books, provide awards and reading incentives like personalized magnets, gold foil-stamped certificates, and medallions, all of which make excellent keepsake prizes. Applaud their accomplishments further with a reading award featuring one of our fun slogans like Reading Rocks! or Keep Calm and Read On.
Most of all, stress to parents the importance of having their children read a little each day, and to always maintain a positive attitude about what they're reading. With hundreds of reading incentives and recognition products geared towards reading and literacy, Positive Promotions is the perfect place to find affordable giveaways, gifts, displays, and more that give your reading events the strength they need!


text:
1709 rushing yards? No wonder why.... Look at his speed. Damnnn he is fast.
1709 rushing yards? No wonder why.... Look at his speed. Damnnn he is fast.
Love the attitude. AND speed!
Clocked at 4.37 in the 40 yard dash.
In 2009, he was supposedly clocked at 4.29.
Looking at the highlights and he even looks faster.
Yeah he looks that fast. Plus he gets downhill quickly. I'm excited.
I didn't want the Giants to go for a TE. I thought they would go for Gordy Glenn. I can't complain about this pick because the giants were ranked dead last in rushing, lost jacobs, don't trust the others outside of bradshaw and bradshaw has injury issues...... That is 4 strikes right there.
Bradshaw has the power and Wilson has some power and blazing speed. And Wilson weighs nice 206lbs... Surprising because he runs so fast.... He can even take punts/kickoffs.
I love it we always draft BPA. So this was a good pick nobody saw TB picking David Martin maybe we had Wilson second behing Martin who knows. I love this pic this kid looks great love his attitude Coughlin fixed tiki fumblin problems pretty sure this kids problems will get fixed. Very good pick now we can focus on O line and TE and we set.
+1700 rushing yards, 4.3 blazing speed, power, insane cut ability, 206 pounds, 41 inch vertical?!....
He looks like a powerful and super fast beast.


text:
According to Politico, supporters of the Common Core have come to a realization: they are losing the public relations war. And what do they think the problem has been? They've just been too darned factual:
"The Common Core message so far has been a head message. We've done a good job talking about facts and figures. But we need to move 18 inches south and start talking about a heart message," said Wes Farno, executive director of the Higher State Standards Partnership, a coalition supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable.
Um, no.
The argument for the Core – to the extent one has even been given – has mainly been a simple one of "build high standards and success will come." See, for instance, this recent op-ed from former Tennessee Representative Harold Ford (D), or these superficial videos from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. For the most part, they simply assert that the Common Core represents high standards, and that's what we need to vault near top place in the world educational and economic competition. This ignores the major empirical evidence I and many others have brought against the Core, and national standards generally, showing that standards – much less the Core itself – have demonstrated no such power. But Core supporters have very rarely engaged that crucial evidence, including before Washington did their bidding and coerced lightning-quick state adoption of the Core.


text:
While I welcome Judge Haight's decision barring the NYPD from photographing and videotaping political demonstrations, it seems almost quaint, considering the ubiquity of surveillance cameras (private and public) that record so many of our public moves, routinely and without notice. In addition, we're apt to be captured on tape by fellow citizens armed with video cameras, on the look-out for whatever behavior they consider worth exposing on the Net.
I recall walking into the Cambridge Police Department headquarters in Central Square one day during the peak of the Vietnam era anti-war protests. Looking for a particular officer, I accidentally wandered into an office maintained by the "intelligence" unit of the department. There I came across a wall of photographs spanned of college students and Cambridge residents at local anti-war demonstrations.?xml:namespace>


text:
Blacks who put on their SUNDAY BEST and head off to church at least once a week (maybe more). They praise the lord randomly, attempt to preach to anyone that will listen, and are prone to fainting at the slightest mention of Jesus Christ.
Gospel music? That's for church blax.
by Nnud Mada April 29, 2009


text:
Otoño is my very favorite season. I could literally name 100 things I love about this time of year, but today I want to talk about just one – calabaza-flavored foods.
October has barely started, the leaves are still mostly on the trees, yet I have already begun to indulge in what can only be described as pumpkin love. Things I've eaten so far:
Pumpkin Empanadas
Roasted Pumpkin
Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Ice Cream
Pumpkin Donut
Pumpkin Milkshake
Pumpkin Muffins
Do you know of a pumpkin product or recipe I absolutely must try? Let me know!
Link: Have fun with the niños carving your own pumpkin online.


text:
SEATTLE Amazon.com announced that it has unveiled a new customer education center, Amazon 3D 101 (www.amazon.com/3d), a one-stop information and shopping destination for all things 3D.
According to the company, Amazon 3D 101 provides customers with centralized, easy-to-understand information and offers a lineup of 3D-related products, including 3D capable HDTVs, projectors, monitors, Blu-ray players and movies, gaming consoles and games, laptops and accessories.
"While 3D is on the minds of a lot of customers, many are confused about this new technology and what they need to do in order to watch full HD 3D TV or movies, play 3D video games or use 3D on their computers," said Ben Hartman, director of home electronics at Amazon.com. "Our goal with the Amazon 3D 101 customer education center is to provide our customers with easy-to-understand information that will help demystify this new technology. We also provide product details to help customers figure out which 3D products best fit their individual needs. We will continue to expand and evolve this customer education center as new 3D products and content are released."
The Amazon 3D 101 site will feature educational videos, buying guides and discussion boards.


text:
Meet Kara Roberts, luxury and fashion management alumna and humanitarian
Kara Roberts began cultivating her interest in fashion as a child when she briefly lived in New York City, near Madison Avenue. Although she enjoyed wandering the bustling fashion district, she didn't even consider pursuing a related career. "At the time, I thought it was actually a little too shallow of a profession for me," Kara says.
She began working for her teaching certification instead, but still found time to keep up with style trends, even interning briefly with Vogue. She completed a master's degree in child development, and then went on to teach special needs children for several years. Although the work was rewarding in many way, she says, "I felt like a creative piece was missing." She decided to finally embrace her interest in fashion and go back to school.
Because of Kara's exposure to the fashion world, she already knew exactly what qualities she was looking for in a graduate program. "I looked at other art schools, especially ones back home in New York," says Kara. "But SCAD was the only one that really did a good job merging all the sides of the industry. The program strikes a balance between business and creativity with every single assignment, every single class. Working from both perspectives is crucial to every brand's survival and SCAD is unique in having that balance. I knew coming in that it would be a huge asset."
Since her career change, Kara has already had several opportunities to test her skills in an industry setting. She recently returned to New York to intern for Martha Stewart Living magazine, an experience she describes as a valuable first-hand look at brand identity and fashion marketing. "It wasn't a go-get-me-coffee kind of internship," says Kara. "I got my own assignments and went to all the concept and design development meetings." As part of the internship, Kara even helped style Martha Stewart for the cover of the special Halloween issue. "It was a little stressful, but so much fun," she says.
She also participated in a collaborative SCAD-sponsored project designing a new flagship store for fashion retailer United Colors of Benetton. In the project, she worked with other students from a variety of majors, including architecture, advertising and service design, to plan every detail of the store, from innovative structural design to marketing strategies and retail systems. After completing the project, Kara and her fellow students were able to present their designs and strategies to Bennetton's president.
Kara used all of this experience as a jumping-off point for her thesis, an exploration of marketing strategies for luxury brands that give portions of their proceeds to humanitarian causes. "My thesis surprised some people," says Kara. "Usually fashion and ethics don't hold hands. But they're starting to. Everyone is becoming more aware. People used to be able to ignore world hunger, human trafficking and poverty, but with news instantly available online, now they can't. They're feeling more compelled to give, and it's a win-win for them to buy, say, a dress while also contributing to a cause."
Since graduating, Kara has developed her own ethical fashion brand, which is set to launch its first jewelry line in January 2013. Kara's luxury and fashion management classes equipped her to handle the company's branding, marketing and social media, and to secure investor backing. Kara views her company as a platform for helping children and empowering women; the proceeds from the jewelry will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and all of the company's employees are working mothers. "I want my company to not only serve as a platform for great style," says Kara, "but also as a venue in which we foster women having it all: family and career."
Kara says her time at SCAD has laid the groundwork for the career she has always wanted. "I'm so glad I came here," she says. "The program has grown so much in just the time since I came here, and is still constantly improving. I'm so jealous of the students just now coming in!"


text:
forum: Food & Drink
#1 Sun 04 Mar 07 4:52am
- Member
- From Pittsburgh, Pa, USA
- Member since Wed 05 Jul 06
How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
I live in America, and I've heard about Yorkshire Pudding many, many times. Now however, I want to make it, so I'm looking for recipes - anything you've got.
Thanks much.
#2 Sun 04 Mar 07 4:57am
- Member Occupation Teacher/Registered Nurse
- From Brisbane Australia
- Member since Fri 14 Apr 06
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
Ah... Jamie has a fantastic recipe and it works every time.
Huge Yorkshire Puddings
1/2 pint (285 millilitres) milk
4 ounces (115 grams) all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
3 eggs
Vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Mix the batter ingredients together. Let rest for 10 minutes
Preheat a Yorkshire pudding tray or muffin tin with 1/2-inch (1 centimetre) of oil in each section. After the 10 minutes divide the batter into the tray. Cook for around 15 to 20 minutes until crisp and puffy, don't open the oven door before then or they won't rise.
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
I make these most times we have roast beef and my kids and step kids eye each other off for them... if they are too slow... they are gone cos someone else will have stolen it and eaten it..... Serve one per plate and use it to mop up the gravy from the roast.
#3 Sun 04 Mar 07 9:29am
- Member Occupation Full time mummy!
- From Petersfield.
- Member since Tue 22 Mar 05
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
I'll second that!
#4 Sun 04 Mar 07 9:43am
- Forum champ Occupation Why is the Rum always gone???!
- From out to lunch
- Member since Sat 07 Jan 06
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
gregandjanine thanks for that recipe.. i love yorkshire pudding.. i will have do up a roast soon so i can try it out.
there is nothing as gooood as a good yorkshire.. and nothing sooooo bad as an awefull one... if i get a bad one at a restaurant it pretty well ruins my meal no matter how good the rest of the food may be.
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#5 Sun 04 Mar 07 11:01am
- Member
- From ATHENS.GREECE.
- Member since Fri 22 Dec 06
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
Hello, I'm from England but live in Greece. Here is the recipe I use all the time for yorkshire pudding.
100g(4.oz) plain (all purpose) flour
1 egg
1 quarter pint each of water & milk
oil for tin ( I don't use olive)
pinch of salt
Put some oil in tin and heat until very hot. I heat mine
200C. Meanwhile mix all ingredients in a bowl until no
lumps, then pour into the tin. Bake 30mins. If you like
you can put the batter in the fridge for 30mins before
putting in the tin. This works everytime for me. I hope
you like it. It is a very tradional dish in England
usually eaten on a Sunday but yesterday I made it and
gobbled it all up! Valeriea.
Last edited by Valeriea (Sun 04 Mar 07 1:29pm)
#6 Thu 08 Mar 07 12:28pm
- Member Occupation stay at home mum
- From swindon
- Member since Mon 05 Mar 07
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
i put a little pepper in mine to
#7 Thu 08 Mar 07 12:30pm
Mrs Gibba
- Forum champ
- Member since Thu 14 Apr 05
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
A bit of rosemary is nice too
#8 Thu 08 Mar 07 12:51pm
- Member Occupation Drinks Taster
- From Beer Garden
- Member since Sun 04 Jul 04
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
Jamies are excellent (as posted by janine) - they are fool proof.
#9 Thu 08 Mar 07 6:39pm
- Forum super champ Occupation avoiding housework
- From The land of song.
- Member since Tue 04 Oct 05
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
I never follow a recioe when I make yorkshire pudding, I just make it by the look and feel of the batter. The batter that I make is a little bit thicker than a pancake batter.
The key things that I always do are...to use plain flour, whole milk and plenty of eggs. i keep seasoning quite light.
Always rest the batter for a good 1/2 hour in the fridge. This will chill the batter.
Always heat a little fat in the cooking tins untill it is realy hot.
Have a very hot oven and pour the batter straight from the fridge into the preheated trays as quickly as you can,and retern the tray to the oven immediatly.
Cook the yorkshires at a high heat and do not be tempted to peep in the oven to see how they are cooking!
#10 Fri 09 Mar 07 5:03am
- Member
- Member since Wed 07 Mar 07
Re: How do you make Yorkshire Pudding?
My yorkies were always hit and miss, more hockey pucks than I care to admit to, but Jamie's recipe has never failed me. It seems like a lot of oil in the pan, but they don't get greasy, and like mummza says, super hot and do not peep.


text:
It's interesting that people think of lower carb eaters as eating mostly meat, eggs, and cheese, but actually since I started eating the South Beach Diet way, I probably eat more vegetables than I've ever eaten in my life. Earlier I posted about Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Hoisin Sauce. Visually it's very similar to this dish, but the taste is quite different. If you haven't cooked bok choy, I recommend it highly.
Bok Choy with Soy Sauce and Butter
(Makes about 3 servings, recipe adapted slightly from The Gourmet Cookbook)
2 T water
1 T soy sauce
1 T oyster sauce
1 T vegetable oil (I used peanut oil)
1 head bok choy, ends trimmed and cut crosswise into strips and washed if needed
1/2 tsp. salt, or less
1 T butter
Heat wok or heavy frying pan until very hot, about 1-2 minutes, then add oil and heat about 30 seconds more. Add bok choy and salt and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
Add soy sauce mixture and butter and stir fry 2-3 minutes more, until bok choy is slightly crisp, but getting tender. Serve hot.
About Ingredients:
According to Vegetable Love by Barbara Kafka, the name Bok Choy used to refer to the rather longish white-leafed cabbage that is now most often called Napa Cabbage in America. Now most often Bok Choy means a dark leafed vegetable with fleshy white stems. It is also sometimes called Shanghai Bok Choy.


text:
Still in town are her beautiful younger sister, Tricia, with her cruel lies; Ken, Tricia's handsome husband, who married the wrong sister; Jigger, the pimp and ruffian with plans of his own; and Cash, proud, mysterious, and complex. It is dangerous for Schyler to even be near Cash, yet she must dare to confront the past - if there is to be any peace in Heaven.
©2006 Sandra Brown; (P)2006 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Carefully modulating pitch and varying the Louisiana bayou accent, Hill clearly delineates the characters, from the light voices of sisters...to the deep Cajun-tinged accent of Cash, sultry and sensual local bad boy. (AudioFile)
When I clean, drive or exercise I listen to romance. The steamier the better but it must have a great story as well!
"Spectacular, Kept me guessing the whole time!"
I decided to download this book because of the review by "Loupe". I was not disappointed! Sandra Brown has an amazing talent at creating suspenseful romance novels. She has a way of description that draws the listener/reader in and makes you feel a part of the story. I would recommend listening to this when you are free of considerable distraction. The details add so much to the story you don't want to miss them. This story had a very surprising ending that I did not see coming! I was very happy with this download and highly recommend it! Happy Listening!
This is a must read. This book was to hot to handle...lol...it was wonderful, O, I loved each character. The narrator was wonderful and I absoultely adored his character voices he especially did a good job with Cash...lol..suspensful, exciting, entertaining and a wonderful ending...
I had already read this book years ago, but being a huge Sandra Brown fan I decided to get the audio version just b/c it's been a while since I've read the book. I am so glad I did! This is the first audiobook I've bought that was narrated by Dick Hill and he SOLD the story. This was not just a story, but a production. Mr. Hill brought every character to life and told the story with such excitement and passion. As soon as I reached the end I immediately started over from the beginning. Of course I am a die hard fan of Ms. Brown and I already knew I loved the story. It is a little brutle how Schaler falls for the bad boy that treats her like garbage, but it's also very realistic how a lot of women go for the wrong man. Schaler is out to prove she deserves her place in life and although it's not her fault she was brought up in a life of wealth & privledge, Cash blames her for living the life he feels he should have lived. The story itself is great, but the narrator is what makes this a great buy!
"My favorite book"
I have read this book many times over the last 20 years, it is my all time favorite by Sandra Brown and getting to hear Dick Hill be the voice of Cash Boudreau was a real treat!
"Great Story & Excellent Narration"
This is a well written and excellently narrated book. Nora Roberts' gift for combining mystery and romance and Dick Hill's uncanny ability to embody each character through excellent narration are unbeatable. I bought the abridged version of this book two years ago and recently decided to listen to the unabridged format. The unabridged version fills in much needed information that provides clearer understanding of the characters and their motivations. This is a "who-done-it" combined with a sensuous love story. When her father becomes ill, Schyler Crandler returns to her Louisiana mansion following a self-imposed exile in London. While trying to keep her family logging business afloat, she slowly peels away family secrets, betrayals, and vendettas that involve Schyler, her family, and Cash Boudreau, a troubled, rugged, and womanizing Cajun who Schyler does not trust, but to whom she is inextricably attracted. Excellent!
One of Sandra Brown's classic romance and suspense novels! The plot was slow at first but it didn't take long for it to grasp my attention. The narrator did a great job at conveying the emotions of every character throughout the book. I seriously couldn't wait to find out what would happen next!!! A must listen!!
"Great listen"
The end is predictable but getting there is an exciting story that moves fast. Narrator Dick Hill's immense talent makes it come alive. His voice is so versatile and his performance so absorbed in the story, it makes it a hard-to-put-down listen. Brown has written an engaging story but frankly, Hill could make a telephone book sound enjoyable
"slow to get started but worth the wait..."
I almost didn't order this audio book due to a review which mentioned that there is graphic animal cruelty. Without giving away too much of the story the animals that are killed are 2 Pitt Bulls who have been conditioned for illegal dog fights. In the story the dogs had gotten out on 2 different occasions and attacked a child and adult. In addition since this story takes palce in a small southern town there was no use reporting the attacks to the police since they were patrons of the dog fights and would have been no help.
There's also an incident of dead cats being left on a door step but come on...if there isn't graphic descriptions it would be a really boring story!
wannabe critic
"Mmmm....sooo good!"
I don't care what anyone says about Dick Hill's narration, I love that he reads this book to me. I don't know that the accents are genuine and I'm pretty sure he has the New Englander all wrong and still I'm glad he reads this book to me. It is just that good!! Try it, you may just like it.
audio addict! Mostly interested in history and some historical fiction. Will Durant is my all time favorite. Loving the Great Courses too.
"What a guilty pleasure! I love this book!"
This is such fun book. It's totally raunchy and even a little cheesy, but it works!!! It's one of my favorite all time "romance" books. Very sexy, and Dick Hill is GREAT as Cash Boudreax!
Shhhh! Don't tell anyone I love this book so much. ;) I've listened to this audio many times.
Best Sandra Brown I've read so far.
"Capturing as always"
From the very first chapter I was captured and can't put it aside since I finished it
Report Inappropriate Content
If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.


text:
Allison Hunt:
How to get (a new) hip
When Allison Hunt found out that she needed a new hip — and that Canada's national health care system would require her to spend nearly 2 years on a waiting list (and in pain) — she took matters into her own hands.
Similar topics
- Culture
- Health care
- Marketing
- Medicine
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.
Related talks
80 comments
Enthusiastically agree? Respectfully beg to differ? Have your say here.
Log in to comment Don't have an account? Sign up now — it's fast and free.
Sort comments by
There are currently no comments for this talk.


text:
Vega Steering Box
Available for: 1932-34 Fords, Chevy Hot Rods, Model A's and Many customized vehicles. Not recommended for vehicles over 2000lbs.
1964-72 Chevy Chevelle Steering Arm set
Steering arms now available for 1964-72 Chevy Chevelle. These steering arms are required when converting your Chevelle to front disc brakes.
1947-59 Chevy-GMC Truck Tie Rod End, Replacement Type Pr.
Available for 1947-55, 1955-59 Chevy/GMC/3100 trucks. These tie rod ends are highly recommended when converting to power steering. Now Available with $10.00 Flat Rate shipping to lower 48 states
Market price: $69.99 save 29%


text:
CEH Noob!
well, i'm planning on taking the CEH course in April, i was wondering whether i'm ready for it or not! graduated from University with a CS degree last summer, took the MCSE courses while i was in my final few months of uni, CCNA courses last december/january. Work experience as an assistant network administrator is around 8-9 months now. i'm a big fan of computer security, would i be ready for the CEH course? i think i got a firm understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite, i really know my way around MCSE and CCNA material! should i go for security+ material before?
thanks for the help in advance


text:
Maarten Upholstered Settee
- No Longer Available -
Reflecting the Belgian design vernacular, our settee is a European interpretation of mid-century style. Sheltering wing-style arms and a high back are edged in multiple rows of hand-set spit tacking, a time-honored upholstery technique.
Show Details +
- 6' Settee: 76"W x 30"D x 46"H
- 10' Settee: 120"W x 30"D x 46"H


text:
In the hour before a stage begins, the inside of the team bus is an intimate refuge from the insanity of the Tour de France. During the 2013 Tour photographer James Startt, Bicycling's European Correspondent, was invited to take pictures inside the team buses for a number of squads.—Peter Flax
Bicycling may earn commissions on products that are independently selected by our editorial team.
In the hour before a stage begins, the inside of the team bus is an intimate refuge from the insanity of the Tour de France. During the 2013 Tour photographer James Startt, Bicycling's European Correspondent, was invited to take pictures inside the team buses for a number of squads.—Peter Flax
Bicycling may earn commissions on products that are independently selected by our editorial team.
Daily Pins
Riders with Sojosun go through the daily ritual of pinning on their numbers. New numbers are given out for each stage, but some racers reuse old numbers, keeping the new ones as souvenirs.
Blel Kadri Gets Wired
Before riders leave the bus—typically to warm up, do an interview, or sign in—they have to get wired up for the day. Here, Blel Kadri of Ag2r gets help to make sure his communications system and heart-rate monitor are working properly.
Sprint Preparation
Every year, technology plays a slightly larger role in the daily lives of Tour riders. Here, Matthew Goss of Orica-GreenEdge watches a video of the final kilometer of the day's stage so he and his teammates can be better prepared for the expected sprint finale.
Handlebar Stage Guides
Some of the ways that riders prepare for the day in the team bus are decidedly low tech. Here, Jens Voigt and Andy Schleck of RadioShack construct profile guides that they'll put on their handlebars so they remember the exact location and size of the climbs of the day.
Preparing to Meet the Race
As sign-in approaches, the bus offers the last few minutes of peace until evening—especially if you are a top rider. Here, Pierre Rolland of Europcar composes himself before heading out. Rolland, as a popular French rider and the wearer of the polka-dotted jersey that signifies the Tour's top climber, would likely savor this moment of respite.
Big Bus, Small Space
Although most team buses appear luxurious and expensive, the quarters inside are still compact for the people who use them. Here, John Gadret of Ag2r repacks some of his personal gear before the stage begins. Though privacy from the outside world is critical to riders, the inside of the bus provides little privacy from other members of a team.
Dressing for Work
The open spaces inside a team bus serve as living room, command room, and dressing room. Here, Peter Sagan of Cannondale puts on a special version of his team kit that signifies him as the leader in the race's points competition.
Kitchen Galley
Each team bus also contains a space that works as a kitchen galley for the riders. Here, Andy Schleck, Andreas Kloden and a RadioShack teammate assemble breakfast and snacks for the big day ahead of them.
Stuey Checks In
The time on the bus in the morning is a rider's last chance to connect with the world outside the Tour de France. Here, Stuart O'Grady of Orica-GreenEdge takes a break from studying the course profile and putting on his jersey to get some personal time on his phone.
Riblon Wraps Up
When you've got your number pinned, your gloves on, the course profile put to memory, it's time to put on your shoes and get ready to race. Here, Christophe Riblon of Ag2r wraps up his preparations on the bus. On Stage 18 of the Tour, the Frenchman would become a sort of national hero by winning the epic stage that ended atop Alpe d'Huez.
Andy Schleck Relaxes and Reflects
Whether your Tour is a revelation or a disappointment, the team bus is the best place to find your bearings every day before the terrain and the elements and the crowds impose themselves on riders. Here, RadioShack's Andy Schleck, who was having a Tour that would most charitably be called a moderate disappointment, got ready for another day in the saddle.
Be Happy
A simple sign in a supply cabinet on the RadioShack bus conveys an important message. The team bus is a place to refuel and prepare for battle—and remember key priorities—that modern riders could not easily live without.
Entering the World
Three or four short steps take a rider from the tranquility of the team bus to the mob scene that awaits outside. Here, Pierre Rolland of Europcar gets ready to take the plunge and get ready for another stage of the Tour de France.
Copyright © 2017 Rodale Inc.


text:
Argument from incredulity
|Part of the series on
|Key articles
|General logic
|Bad logic
""At what point did you reject the hypothesis that you're too dumb to understand how good the idea is?
The argument from incredulity is a logical fallacy that essentially relies on a lack of imagination in the audience.
The general form of the argument is as follows.
- Minor premise: One can't imagine (or has not imagined) how P could be so.
- Major premise (unstated): If P, then one could imagine (or would have imagined) how P could be so.
- Conclusion: Not-P.
As a syllogism this is valid. The fallacy lies in the unstated major premise. If a state of affairs is impossible to imagine, it doesn't follow that it is false; it may only mean that imagination is limited. Moreover, if no one has yet managed to imagine how a state of affairs is possible, it doesn't follow that no one will ever be able to.
As an example, creationists incessantly use some difficult-to-explain facet of biology as "proof" of a creator. The problem is that, though there is no non-design explanation for how precisely a certain organ could have evolved at the moment, one may be discovered in the future. Contrary to the instincts of many creationists, lack of an explanation does not justify confecting whatever explanation one would prefer. The inexplicable is just that, and does not justify speculation as proof.
Sometimes creationists compute the astronomical odds against a molecule having a certain structure from the simple probability of n atoms arranging themselves so. They gloss over the fact that chemical laws trim most of the extraneous possibilities away. For instance, there are many ways to theoretically arrange hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in a molecule, but in reality, most of what forms is H2O. Note that the creationist's fundamental error is not his ignorance of this fact, but his assumption that there is nothing more to know.
Personal incredulity
Another form, the argument from personal incredulity, takes the form "I can't believe P, therefore not-P." Merely because one cannot believe that, for example, homeopathy is no more than a placebo does not magically make such treatment effective. Clinical trials are deliberately designed in such a way that an individual personal experience is not important compared to data in aggregate. Human beings have extremely advanced pattern recognition skills, to the extent that they are objectively poor judges of probability.
General incredulity
Sometimes argument from incredulity is applied to epistemological statements, taking the form "One can't imagine how one could know whether P or not-P, therefore it is unknowable whether P or not-P." This is employed by some (though not all) strong agnostics who say it is unknowable whether gods exist. The argument in this case is, "No one has thought of a way to determine whether there are gods, so there is no way." The implied major premise, "If there were such a way, someone would have thought of it," is disputable.
See also
| Articles about logical fallacies
|Formal fallacies
|Affirming the consequent
|Denying the antecedent
|Informal fallacies
Argument from incredulity
|Red herrings
|Conditional fallacies
|Fallacious argument styles