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A viral advertisement for German supermarket Edeka features a pensioner who fakes his own death to get his children to come home for Christmas.
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Alain,We performed a 1.1.3 -> 1.1.6 upgrade and found that all the logs replayed regardless of the drain. After noticing this on the first node, we did the following:* nodetool flush* nodetool drain* service cassandra stop* mv /path/to/logs/*.log /backup/* apt-get install cassandra<restarts automatically>I also agree that starting C* after an upgrade/install seems quite broken if it was already stopped before the install. However annoying, I have found this to be the default for most Ubuntu daemon packages.MikeOn Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Alain RODRIGUEZ <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
We had an issue with counters over-counting even using the nodetool drain command before upgrading...Here is my bash history69 cp /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml.bak70 cp /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh.bak71 sudo apt-get install cassandra72 nodetool disablethrift73 nodetool drain74 service cassandra stop75 cat /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh.bak76 vim /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh77 cat /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml.bak78 vim /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml79 service cassandra startSo I think I followed these steps http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.1/install/upgrading#upgrade-stepsI merged my conf files with an external tool so consider I merged my conf files on steps 76 and 78.I saw that the "sudo apt-get install cassandra" stop the server and restart it automatically. So it updated without draining and restart before I had the time to reconfigure the conf files. Is this "normal" ? Is there a way to avoid it ?So for the second node I decided to try to stop C*before the upgrade.125 cp /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml.bak126 cp /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh.bak127 nodetool disablegossip128 nodetool disablethrift129 nodetool drain130 service cassandra stop131 sudo apt-get install cassandra//131 : This restarted cassandra132 nodetool disablethrift133 nodetool disablegossip134 nodetool drain135 service cassandra stop136 cat /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh.bak137 cim /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh138 vim /etc/cassandra/cassandra-env.sh139 cat /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml.bak140 vim /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml141 service cassandra startAfter both of these updates I saw my current counters increase without any reason.Did I do anything wrong ?Alain--
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Judge took his own life after dementia diagnosis
He was a leading judge who had devoted his professional life to the family courts. But when Sir Nicholas Wall was diagnosed with dementia, he feared for the future. Today, an inquest heard how he 71-year old took his own life at the nursing home in Sevenoaks where he had been staying, once his health declined. He had left letters to his wife, saying he had lost the will to live. Tom Savvides reports from the Coroner's Court in Maidstone. His report contains footage from Gresham College.
Emmerdale special episode - living with dementia
With an ageing population, many families in our region are experiencing what it's like to have a loved one - with dementia. And that's why, this evening, ITV's Emmerdale has a special episode. Viewers have watched the gradual demise of Ashley Thomas for several weeks and, tonight, the story shows how difficult life can be for the person living with the condition.
The interviewees are Iain MacLeod, Series producer; Charlotte Bellamy, who plays 'Laurel Potts'; and John Middleton, who plays Ashley Thomas.
- Tom Savvides
TV presenter Angela Rippon honours dementia carers
There are more than 800,000 people in the UK living with dementia and that number is expected to rise. Now, families, charities and businesses in Kent are being recognised for the help and support they offer to those who have the condition. An awards ceremony, hosted by former newsreader Angela Rippon, has been taking place in Sittingbourne. Tom Savvides has been to meet one family who've been shortlisted.
Keeping memories alive for Dementia patients
Dementia can be a devastating illness, and one of its most common effects of course is memory loss. Often, sufferers recall the distant past more clearly than recent events. A care home in Sussex has created a special garden recreating the post-war era, to keep alive the memories of its dementia patients. Malcolm Shaw reports.
Care home creates "Memory Lane" for dementia patients
Dementia can be a devastating illness, and one of its most common effects is memory loss.
Often, sufferers recall the distant past more clearly than recent events.
Now, a care home in Sussex has created a special garden recreating the post-war era, to keep alive the memories of its dementia patients.
Malcolm Shaw spoke to Nosi Ncube, manager of Fairdene Lodge in Hove, and Warren Benbow, whose family made the project possible.
Dementia: new trial aimed at helping carers
Dementia is a cruel illness, robbing families of their loved ones - or the person they once knew. Caring for a relative with the illness is physically and mentally draining, which is why a new trial in Oxford is aimed at helping carers.
In Oxfordshire around 65,000 people are helping to care for people with dementia
In Berkshire the figure is 72,000.
And in Hampshire there are approximately 131,000 friends or relatives looking after people with dementia.
Cary Johnston reports on the pioneering "Caring for Me and You" trial.
New research to combat 'devastating illnesses' in Dementia Awareness Week
One in 14 people over 65 - and one in six over 80 - have dementia, but new research in our region is hoping to combat these devastating illnesses.
Some of this work is being done at the University of Sussex where a build-up of proteins on the brain is being studied. And in this Dementia Awareness Week members of the public have been invited to see their work close up.
Andy Dickenson reports. He speaks to Andy and Janet Gumbrill, Dr Karen Marshall and Prof Louise Serpell.
- Tom Savvides
New dementia-friendly housing opens
Life expectancy is rising with many of us living longer than past generations. So with an ageing population, pressure is mounting on councils and hospitals to provide services for the elderly. Now a fully dementia-friendly housing complex in Kent has opened. The council-run sheltered accommodation scheme is the first of its kind in Ashford. Tom Savvides talks to residents, councillor Paul Clokie and Elizabeth Taylor from Alzheimer's Society.
Grandmother stole thousands of pounds from friend who had dementia
A grandmother who stole thousands of pounds from her dementia-suffering friend has received a two-year suspended jail sentence after appearing at Canterbury Crown Court.
Eighty-year-old Margaret Rigby stole £57,000 from her 'friend of 40 years' Barbara Lewis's bank account - to finance a lavish lifestyle - as she lay seriously ill with dementia and memory loss in a care home.
Mother with dementia has only few years to live
A 49-year old mother from Kent - diagnosed with a rare form of dementia - says she's determined to raise awareness of the condition.
The diagnosis means Lorayne Minahan, from Lydd, has between two and eight years to live. And she's determined to make the most of the time she has left. John Ryall reports.


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Lemongrass Chicken over Rice Stick Noodles
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This is an adapted Martin Yan recipe. I used less oil and coated my wok with Pam. This recipe was delicious. He suggests to serve with an Asian Dipping sauce but we thought it was great without.
Top Review by uccellina81
Very very good. I added snowpeas and mushrooms with the green onions.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 stalk lemongrass, bottom 4 inches only, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
the rest
- 340 g boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 8 ounces dried rice sticks
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 fresh red jalapeno chiles, seeded and julienned
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sugar
- 1⁄4 cup chicken broth
- 3 green onions, julienned
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons chopped of fresh mint
Directions See How It's Made
- Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add chicken and stir to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
- In a large pot of boiling water, cook noodles until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again.
- Place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Add garlic, chilies, and sugar; cook, stirring until garlic is fragrant and sugar begins to caramelize, about 15 seconds. Add chicken and stir-fry until surface of chicken turns white, about 1 minute. Add broth; cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink in centre, 3 to 4 minutes. Add green onions, fish sauce, and lemon juice; cook for 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat and stir in mint.
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Author | exchange4media News Service | Saturday, Oct 29,2005 7:55 AM
The TV18 Group, India's Business and Consumer News Network, continues to post robust growth in all its businesses. CNBC-TV18 maintains its leadership in the English news space, while Awaaz is now India's largest business channel in viewership terms and has demonstrated strong revenue growth. The TV18 group has posted a revenue growth of 55 per cent in the second quarter. The net profit has risen by 42 per cent at Rs 100.11 million.
Moneycontrol.com and Commoditiescontrol.com, the Group's Internet businesses, have also posted strong growth on the back of high profit margins. The Group's general news channel – formerly known as IBN and now co-branded CNN-IBN following a strategic tie-up – is all set for launch by the end of the calendar year.
TV18 has also announced a restructuring plan to meet GOI guidelines for news channels, consolidating all its businesses within the ownership of existing TV18 shareholders.
Following the meeting of the sub-committee of the Board of Directors, Raghav Bahl, Television Eighteen's Managing Director, said, "This quarter has been good for all our businesses, with every operation posting a strong sequential and year-on-year growth. While our flagship, CNBC-TV18, generated strong cash flows, our Internet businesses have begun contributing significantly to the bottomline. Awaaz is on track to achieve a cash breakeven by next quarter. The financial community for its shareholder friendly consolidation of all values has applauded our restructuring plan for TV18 shareholders. And now, we are excited about the prospects of IBN, which will truly make us the leader in the news space in the country."
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Amy Verner reports from the catwalks of London Fashion Week
In a tented space that felt like one hemisphere of Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome, Canadian-born designer Erdem Moralioglu presented an impeccably detailed collection inspired by Zenna Henderson, a mid-20th-century science fiction writer. His silhouettes, accordingly, took their cue from the Fifties.
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This season, Erdem embroidered PVC to mimic lace and then sewed swatches of lace into organza. Finally, he showed these intricate fabric hybrids in shades of "toxic" neon, thereby twisting his signature couture style with new, exciting and unexpected elements.
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The designer also incorporated large panels of snakeskin this season, often offsetting it with soft, powdery shades of satin and lace. The desired effect was an almost reptilian beauty.
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On the final day of London Fashion Week, designer Roksanda Ilincic created a dynamic push-and-pull of modest dresses in shocking hues.
There was an op-art attitude to the collection; using hues that channelled the Seventies, Ilincic created colour-blocked dresses that boasted flattering curves.
She also used laminated organza for her final looks. The material looked like luxe latex, offering a hint of transparency and slick pleating. In another designer's hands, it might have ended up as a body-skimming tube dress. But Ilinic, to her credit, remained conservative.
While London designers are known for their embrace of colour, many anticipated more toned-down hues this season (fashion is a case study in attention deficit disorder, after all). Simone Rocha largely limited herself to white but could not resist some limeade green.
Designed by Ed Meadham and Ben Kirchhoff, the Meadham Kirchhoff label continues to present a parade of kook. This season, it's as if they created a wardrobe for contemporary courtesans.
Meadham Kirchhoff's trippy period costumes will be toned down by the time they hit stores, but first they should be put to use in a movie. Is Sofia Coppola available?
For her namesake line Ashish, designer Ashish Gupta seemed to have fun reworking denim into off-the-shoulder jumpsuits and conceiving slinky dresses for brainy girls. This sweatshirt, with its sequined lettering, says it all.


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- Contract Bonuses Award College Coaches for All Sorts of Achievements
by Paul Steinbach May 2009
Today's contract bonuses award college coaches for all sorts of achievements -- some of them rather dubious.
- A Primer on Buying, Selling Used Fitness Equipment
by Anne B. McDonnell April 2009
Ready to buy or sell used fitness equipment? Find out what suppliers have to say about how they acquire used equipment, and what the pieces go through before being offered for sale again.
- Synthetic Ice Increasing In Popularity as a Recreational Skating Alternative
by Nicholas Brown February 2009
Despite some operational rough spots, synthetic ice is becoming an increasingly popular choice in recreational skating applications.
- Fitness Club Operators Take Seven-Step Checkup as Economic Prognosis Worsens
by Rob Bishop February 2009
As the nation's economic prognosis worsens, fitness center operators must take these seven active steps to ensure the continued health of their facilities.
- Investing In Access Control Can Enhance Security, Bottom Line
by Nicholas Brown November 2008
Investing in intelligent access control systems not only can enhance a facility's security, but also its bottom line.
- Athletic Departments Rethinking Ways to Make Travel Dollars Go Farther
by Paul Steinbach October 2008
Athletic departments are rethinking ways to make their travel dollars go farther.
- Long-Ago Investment Helps City Upgrade Rec Facilities
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A long-ago investment helps one city's nonprofits upgrade their recreation facilities.
- Buying Equipment: Going Once, Going Twice
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When other fitness facilities put their used equipment up for auction, you can find some great bargains.
- Increased Fuel Costs Forcing Athletics Administrators to Rethink Travel
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Increased fuel costs are forcing athletics administrators to rethink where their teams compete.
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Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, will continue its work to drive and facilitate a sustainable and efficient decommissioning industry by hosting Decom Offshore 2015.
Entitled Decommissioning – The Economic and Operational Challenges, this one-day conference is sponsored by DNV GL and will take place in Aberdeen, on May 27. It aims to place the decommissioning sector in context at a time when industry is faced with enormous economic and operational pressures.
Decom Offshore 2015 will reflect the key purpose of DNS, which acts as the driving force behind sector knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation. With an overall objective to promote efficiency and reduce the cost of decommissioning, the conference will bring over 200 decommissioning professionals together, showcasing innovation and encouraging collaboration and entrepreneurial flair at this critical time for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Providing thought-provoking insight from industry leaders, key stakeholders, regulators and members of DNS, the conference will give operators the opportunity to present their current and future decommissioning plans and learn about suppliers' innovative products and solutions. The suppliers in attendance will explore how business opportunities can be optimised by contributing to the Maximising Economic Recovery strategy through efficient decommissioning practice.
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Romulans are an offspring species of the Vulcans that emigrated to the planet Romulus ca. 2000 years ago. Romulans are extremely talented at subterfuge, making their use of cloaking devices unparalleled and their damage bonus from de-cloaking higher than that of other species. Additionally, Romulans' Vulcan heritage is reflected in their immense physical strength, making them powerful melee combatants. After a failed coup d'état in 2379 and the destruction of Romulus in 2387, different factions formed among the surviving Romulans.
As of 2410, two major Romulan factions exist:
- The Romulan Republic, led by the reunificationist Proconsul D'Tan, is a playable faction based on New Romulus, or "Mol'Rihan". The Republic cooperates with the Reman Resistance and is supported by the United Federation of Planets as well as the Klingon Empire.
- The Romulan Star Empire (or, as its detractors might say, what's left of the Empire), with its capital Rihan on Rator III. It is controlled by the oppressive Tal Shiar and, until recently, was ruled by Empress Sela, who had also enlisted the help of Hirogen Hunters and Cardassians of the True Way to strengthen her rule. Moreover, the Star Empire cooperates with the mysterious Elachi and is rumored to be secretly influenced by the Iconians.
Early history[edit | edit source]
- For the more recent history see Romulan Star Empire - History
The Romulans began as a group of Vulcans who were referenced as "those who march beneath the Raptor's wings" during the violent Time of Awakening, also called "the Sundering" by the Romulans. As they kept refusing to accept the Vulcan philosopher Surak's teachings of complete suppression of emotions, they split off from Vulcan society and left the planet in the 4th century, taking with them revered artifacts like the Sword of the Raptor Star.
Traveling among the stars in huge generational ships, the outcast Vulcans created several off-shoot civlizations, e.g., the Debrune, by settling on various planets including Barradas III. Before or after this, the proto-Romulans reached Dewa III, which they named "Vastam". Some desired to settle there, not wanting to return to the cold and cramped ships, while others believed they could not make the necessary changes to live there. Eventually an open debate was organized to make the decision. Despite the good intentions, things quickly deteriorated and a massive riot began. By the time it ended, 247 people had been killed. The survivors unanimously decided to leave and ultimately settled on the planet Romulus.
Traits[edit | edit source]
- Species trait: Romulans are extremely talented at Subterfuge, making their use of Cloaking Devices unparalleled and their damage bonus from de-cloaking higher than that of other species. Additionally, Romulans' Vulcan heritage is reflected in their immense physical strength, making them powerful melee combatants.
- In Space:
- +150 Stealth while Cloaking, +20% Bonus damage when exiting Cloak
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- +10% Physical Damage, chance to knock down foes when using Melee attacks.
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- Romulan at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
- Romulan at Starbase UGC, the user-generated-content Wiki for STO.
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This colorful Melissa & Doug alphabet sound puzzle offers kids entertaining interaction while learning their ABC's. The puzzle sings the alphabet song and announces the letters when puzzle pieces are removed. Kids learn cause and effect while playing with this puzzle through the removal of the pieces and the puzzle's verbalization of each letter. The chunky wooden pieces are perfect for small hands. Eye-hand coordination is also learned through playing with puzzles, as is shape recogniition. There is an off-switch on the back of the puzzle and you can remove the AAA batteries required to make the puzzle sing and talk. Preschoolers 3+ will enjoy this puzzle.
Alvin the Elephant Soft Toy goes hand in hand with his best friend, Meiya the Mouse. (In fact, you may want to buy both toys so that you have a backup for those times when one of them is in the wash!) The soft cloth body is topped with an organic, all natural rubber-like, molded elephant head, with big ears for your little one to chew on. The texture of the cloth body is inviting to little hands, and it lets your baby grab and squeeze. Like his friend Meiya, Alvin is machine washable and for ages newborn and up.
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Your little one will love pulling this adorable Hot Dog Pal behind them as they toddle around your home. This Pull Along Hot Dog Pal from Applepie Toys is low to ground and extremely long. He stands at 55 cm from the end of his tail to the point of his nose and can easily be snigged out from 100 paces. All toys are made from an eco-friendly wood material, so they are built to withstand years of use and indoor and outdoor fun. This is ideal for parents who are worried about the toys they purchase containing harmful contaminants in them.
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In a digital whizbang world, sometimes the simplest toys are the best. This well-crafted Spotty Dog Dalmatian pull toy is carved from a flat piece of wood painted black and white, with flex points at belly and tail to allow for dynamic motion. Designed for toddlers just finding their feet, this Pull Along Pal Spotty Dog from Applepie Toys features a bright red leash and rubber wheels that won't scratch or dent your floors as adventures ensue. Spotty is an old-fashioned companion with a contemporary feel. Great for kids aged 2 to 4, this toy encourages imaginative play and builds coordination.
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Looking for the perfect new baby/first baby memento? This little rocking horse figure comes in blue or pink, depending on what the new parents are expecting (boy or girl) and plays music. While it is a plush figure, it does have a music box inside and and is meant more for decoration and soothing baby than it is for playing with.Plays " Brahms Lullaby".
The teddy bear that rides on the back of the rocking horse is not removable, but it lends a very cute touch to this decorative gift. (It will rock gently when you press a finger on the back of the arches, but it does not sustain a rocking motion and is not meant to.)Authorized Dealer of Aurora World gifts


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Should we see an ear, nose and throat specialist for my mother's issues with taste?
My mother had recent surgery for lung cancer. She is not taking chemo and the surgery appears to have gotten all of the tumor. Just before she was diagnosed, she was experiencing a change in taste; she says nothing tastes right, and foods she's always enjoyed now appear to make her nauseous. Should she go to an ear-nose-throat specialist? This is keeping her from eating well and she's losing weight. She's in her mid-seventies.
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Rather than starting with an ear, nose and throat specialist, it's probably a better idea to contact your mother's primary care physician and ask for an appointment. At that appointment, describe your mother's symptoms and ask if there are additional tests that should be performed, particularly tests for recurrent, or metastatic cancer. You should also ask that your mother's complaints be brought to the attention of her oncologist.
Even though she has completed cancer treatment, your mother needs to be monitored to make sure that her cancer has not recurred, or spread to other organs. Nausea, loss of appetite, and weight loss can be a sign that cancer has spread to the liver or other areas, so you want to be sure your mother's thoroughly checked out.
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Does Quantum Physics Imply That You Are Immortal?Posted by Greg at 01:46, 31 Jul 2014
Is Schrödinger's Cat immortal? And by extension, does that mean that both you and I will live forever as well?
In the famed thought experiment devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935, a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor detects the radioactivity from a single atom decaying, the poison is released into the sealed box, killing the cat. But in the weird world of quantum mechanics - or more specifically in this case, the 'Copenhagen interpretation' of quantum mechanics - the cat would supposedly remain in a state of 'superposition', both alive and dead, until an observation or measurement is made by an external observer opening the box, collapsing the wavefunction - and finding the cat either alive or dead. Schrödinger did not see this as a serious possibility - instead, his thought experiment was meant to show a problem with the Copenhagen interpretation.
Another interpretation of quantum mechanics, formulated in 1957 by Hugh Everett, removed the problematic wavefunction collapse. In the 'Many Worlds' interpretation, rather than collapsing from superposition into a single reality, the wavefunction branches into multiple realities consisting of each possible outcome. This interpretation of quantum mechanics carries with it the mind-boggling implication that all possible histories exist, each contained within its very own universe (or 'world', as per 'Many Worlds'). Every time a decision is made, another complete universe splits off from this one.
In the Many Worlds interpretation, Schrödinger's experiment has created two completely separate universes...one in which the cat is dead, and another in which it remains alive. The 'collapse of the wavefunction' is an illusion caused by viewing the outcome from only one of the universes. And if Schrödinger carries out the experiment again, he creates another two universes, one with another dead cat, and another with the cat still alive.
Keen observers might note that, in Many Worlds, among the infinite branching of universes, there remains one branch in which the cat continues to be alive. It is claimed that Hugh Everett saw his theory as guaranteeing immortality to conscious beings: at each branching of universes between death and living, a being's consciousness is bound to continue following the living path (given that consciousness, according to orthodox modern science, does not continue beyond death).
[See this fantastic documentary on Hugh Everett and Many Worlds Theory, as explored by his rock-star son, Mark Everett of Eels, for more insights]
The 'quantum suicide' thought experiment, devised in the 1980s as the Many Worlds parallel of the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, illustrates the concept:
A physicist sits in a chair with a gun pointed at his head. The gun is attached to a machine that measure the spin of a quantum particle. Every time the trigger is pulled, the spin of the particle is measured. If the particle spins clockwise, the gun fires, killing the physicist. If the particle spins anti-clockwise, the gun won't fire – there'll only be a click.
The physicist keeps running the experiment, but all he ever hears is a click – the gun never goes off. Because each time the trigger is pulled, the universe splits, creating two universes – one where the physicist dies and one where he lives. From the living physicist's point of view, the gun just keeps clicking. But in all the other universes, there's a dead body.
The implication is that, among the infinity of universes being created, we will all follow the particular branch that guarantees our immortality. That's not to say you haven't died though. We will all experience the deaths of our friends and family at some point, as they - at some point - diverge from our personal 'branch of immortality' and follow their own. That car accident where you can't understand how you weren't killed? You were in another universe, but not the one you're in now. In that other universe, your family grieved your passing, while in this one we carry on.
But before you begin celebrating your god-like quantum immortality, note that the theory has been criticized. Physicist Max Tegmark has explained that life and death situations are not always dependent on binary events like the quantum experiment. And it's difficult to understand how, as aging beings, we can overcome the ticking clock of time in slowly destroying our physical body and brain.
Unless maybe in your branching universe you discovered the secret to eternal youth...
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Consecration of the Host - You Are Legion, For You Are ManyPosted by John Reppion at 15:41, 18 Jul 2014
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Back in March science Writer and blogger Ed Yong gave a TED talk on the subject of parasites and the fascinating ways in which they can sometimes "subvert and override the wills of their hosts" (a full video of the talk posted here on DG). In his talk Yong spoke about how rodents infected with the brain parasite toxoplasma gondii effectively become "cat-seeking missiles"; seeking out felines and getting themselves eaten just so that toxo can then develop and reproduce inside the cat. As much as one third of the global human population may be infected with toxo. Although mild flu-like symptoms occasionally occur during the first few weeks following exposure, toxo generally produces no symptoms in healthy human adults (toxoplasmosis can be fatal to infants and those with weakened immune systems, however). Opinions are currently divided among researchers as to what, if any, influence toxo has on the behaviour of infected humans (although links to schizophrenia are amongst the effects which have been hypothesised [1]). But, says, Yong in his TED talk, even if it isn't from toxo, "Given the widespread nature of such manipulations [of hosts by parasites], it would be completely implausible if humans were the only creature not under the same thrall."
While the idea of mind control via a parasite may seem like science fiction, there is an example we're all already familiar with: rabies. The rabies virus induces aggressive, violent behaviour in the infected, increasing the chances of the host biting other animals. The rabies virus is transmitted via the saliva of the infected into a new host. It's a somewhat crude (and oversimplified) example but its one that is pretty much universally accepted and understood.
Not all parasites make themselves so conspicuous however, in fact it may come as a surprise to you that there may be as many as ten times more bacterial cells in your body than there are human cells [2]. 90 trillion or so microbes are your constant passengers; you are a walking ecosystem [3]. The human microbiome (to give it its proper scientific name) is the aggregate of micro-organisms that reside on and inside us; from between our toes, to the tips of our eyelashes, to our gastrointestinal tracts. Some of these organisms perform tasks which are known to be beneficial to us, the host, but the majority have thus far been too poorly researched for us to understand what, if any, role they play in shaping our lives [4]. That however is changing, especially when it comes to the gut–brain axis.
The gut–brain axis refers to the biochemical signalling taking place between the gastrointestinal tract and the nervous system, involving intestinal microbiota (gut bacteria) which have been shown to play an important role in brain function. Changes in gut bacteria are now being investigated as possible contributors to, or triggers for the worsening of, autism [5]. A 2013 study carried out by the University of California found that subjects who regularly ingested beneficial "probiotic" bacteria showed altered brain function [6]. Earlier this year researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Arizona, Tucson published that they had found that people living in cold, northern latitudes have bacteria in their guts that may predispose them to obesity [7]. How we process information, how we interact with others and the world around us, even our outward appearance, may all be controlled to some degree by our microbiome. Gut bacteria has even been proven to alter sexual preference (although only in fruit flies thus far) [8]. How much of what we think of as "us", might actually be "them"?
At the beginning of July 2014 a paper entitled Midichlorians - the biomeme hypothesis: is there a microbial component to religious rituals? was posted on the open access, peer-reviewed online journal Biology Direct (full text here). The paper puts forward the following hypothesis:
Some microorganisms would gain an evolutionary advantage by encouraging human hosts to perform certain rituals that facilitate microbial transmission. We hypothesize that certain aspects of religious behaviour observed in human society could be influenced by microbial host control and that the transmission of some religious rituals could be regarded as a simultaneous transmission of both ideas (memes) and organisms. We call this a "biomeme" hypothesis
Practices such as the touching and kissing of holy relics, drinking from or bathing in sacred waters, and ritual flagellation or piercing of the body are postulated as a possible means of transmission of specific parasites. The practice of fasting, "known to reduce total gut bacteria and affect the gut microbiome composition", could have a part to play in a parasite's life cycle, or else its effect upon the host. The veneration, or eschewing, of certain domestic animals could be a means of controlling which parasites the host is exposed to. Even celibacy in holy men and women could be linked to parasitic passengers; "it has been noted that many parasites eliminate their hosts reproductive potential as they channel all available resources to maximize their own reproductive success."
The hypothesis is completely unproven. It is mere leap of logic or flight of fantasy, depending on your own perception. Responding to one of their learned reviewers (all of whom seem entertained by the hypothesis but highly sceptical), the paper's authors state "We also agree with Dr. Koonin that our hypothesis is outrageous and may be incorrect, however we believe that it's still an interesting one and worth considering. [...] What makes our hypothesis perceived as more outrageous [than others] is that religion is indeed a taboo subject in human society."
This response seems to suggest that the idea of parasitic control being a factor in some acts of religious behaviour would be inherently anti-religious; that it would somehow undermine the previously perceived purpose of those acts. But, why should that be the case? If proven to be true, would it not demonstrate that ritualistic religious behaviour had a provable, physical root? If the feelings of community, of belonging, and so on that people get from religious participation were proven to be caused by parasites controlling their hosts (just as the tapeworm Flamingolepis liguloides turns brine shrimp from solitary into social creatures [9]) would that not make them all the more real? No longer mere traditions, superstitions, or "brainwashing" as some would have it, these acts would have a concrete demonstrable cause and purpose. Some would argue it could be the death of religion, others would call it proof of a creator.
If we, the host, could in fact be the product of our passengers - those whose cells outnumber our own by ten to one - in so many ways, who is to say which of the behaviours and effects caused by "them" are the real "us"? If ritualistic religious behaviour could be eradicated, say via antibiotics just as an example, then what else would we choose to change? What if non-religious ritualistic behaviour was proven to have a similar root? Would we choose to eradicate peoples' desire to attend football matches? Muddy music festivals? Do we pick and choose which are positive and negative traits? Intelligence, body type, mental health... Do we legislate? Do we immunise? What does a homosapien look and like at the end of all that? What are we without our 90 trillion strong microbiome? Is it still what you and I think of today as human?
I fully acknowledge that is all ridiculous and outlandish speculation on my part, of course; a writer's imagination going into overdrive, but that's because parasitic control is an incredibly inspiring topic. Indeed, in his TED talk, Ed Yong said "I'm a writer and fellow writers in the audience will know that we love stories. Parasites allow us to resist the allure of obvious stories; their world is one of plot twists and unexpected explanations."
Midichlorians - the biomeme hypothesis... is itself, in effect, a work of speculative fiction; building upon existing research and ideas with a series of "what if"s. One of my favourite passages in the paper reads as follows:
It seems that something like Toxoplasma gondii would be a good preliminary candidate for the role of our hypothetical microbe that promotes religious behavior as it is prevalent and widespread (as religious practices are) and its infection is associated with some behavioral traits and it is capable of latently residing in the human brain. Coincidentally, the sacred status of cats, definitive hosts of Toxoplasma gondii was part of the ancient Egyptian religious tradition for centuries. To our knowledge, no research on the association between toxoplasmosis or similar infections and religiosity has been performed, thus such an association could have been overlooked
The entire great civilisation of Ancient Egypt motivated by cat parasites. That couldn't be true, surely? You just keep telling yourself that when you're checking your Twitter/Facebook/Instagram today and seeing images of cat after cat after cat.
Putting this piece together I was curious as to whether Ed Yong would have read (or even heard about) Midichlorians - the biomeme hypothesis... so I dropped him an email asking if he'd like to comment upon the hypothesis. He very kindly sent me this response:
It is clear that parasites and microbes can manipulate animal behaviour but it is very hard to confirm such manipulations, even in species that can be experimented upon. Hypotheses like this will remain cute just-so stories until they can actually be verified
[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515034/
[2] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-humans-carry-more-bacterial-cells-than-human-ones/
[3] http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/your-body-is-a-planet
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome
[5] http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/treatment-associated-medical-conditions/gi-disorders
[6] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528180900.htm
[7] http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/14/geographic-variation-of-human-...
[8] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/11/01/gut-bacteria-change-the-sexual-preferences-of-fruit-flies/
[9] http://dailyparasite.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/flamingolepis-liguloides.html
Rupert Sheldrake Discusses Morphic Resonance and Animal Telepathy with Scientific AmericanPosted by Greg at 04:19, 15 Jul 2014
The website of Scientific American currently has an excellent feature and interview with 'maverick biologist' Rupert Sheldrake, via science writer John Horgan. Though he considers himself a 'psi skeptic', Horgan's piece is warm and open-minded (we find out that Sheldrake does a good impression of his late friend, Terence McKenna) - very pleasant to see these 'heretical' topics discussed in such a convivial manner for a change.
The article covers many topics, but I thought Rupert's description of his theory of 'morphic resonance' was a very good summary for anybody not intimately familiar with, so have excerpted the relevant parts below. Make sure you head on over and read the entire piece though:
Morphic resonance is the influence of previous structures of activity on subsequent similar structures of activity organized by morphic fields. It enables memories to pass across both space and time from the past. The greater the similarity, the greater the influence of morphic resonance. What this means is that all self-organizing systems, such as molecules, crystals, cells, plants, animals and animal societies, have a collective memory on which each individual draws and to which it contributes. In its most general sense this hypothesis implies that the so-called laws of nature are more like habits.
...The idea of morphic resonance came to me when I was doing research at Cambridge on the development of plants. I was interested in the concept of morphogenetic, or form-shaping, fields, but realized they could not be inherited through genes. They had to be inherited in some other way. The idea of morphic resonance came as a sudden insight. This happened in 1973, but it was a radical idea, and I spent years thinking about it before I published it in my first book, A New Science of Life, in 1981.
...There is a lot of circumstantial evidence for morphic resonance. The most striking experiment involved a long series of tests on rat learning that started in Harvard in the 1920s and continued over several decades. Rats learned to escape from a water-maze and subsequent generations learned faster and faster. At the time this looked like an example of Lamarckian inheritance, which was taboo. The interesting thing is that after the rats had learned to escape more than 10 times quicker at Harvard, when rats were tested in Edinburgh, Scotland and in Melbourne, Australia they started more or less where the Harvard rats left off. In Melbourne the rats continued to improve after repeated testing, and this effect was not confined to the descendants of trained rats, suggesting a morphic resonance rather than epigenetic effect. I discuss this evidence in A New Science of Life, now in its third edition, called Morphic Resonance in the US.
...I would like there to be much more research on morphic resonance and I would like to see a lot more evidence for it. If there were, it would not necessarily refute materialism, but could expand the materialist worldview, which has become excessively dogmatic, as I show in my recent book Science Set Free (called The Science Delusion in the UK). I think something like morphic resonance is necessary to make sense of inheritance, memory, the evolutionary nature of nature, and many other phenomena. Lee Smolin, the theoretical physicist, recently put forward a similar idea, which he calls "the principle of precedence," and perhaps his hypothesis might mesh in better with established science, since it is formulated in the context of quantum physics. The main question is whether or not the effects predicted by the hypothesis of morphic resonance – or the principle of precedence – actually happen.
P.Z. Myers and company getting frothy at the mouth in 3, 2, 1...
Link: Scientific Heretic Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Fields, Psychic Dogs and Other Mysteries
Strange 'Glowing' Clouds Sighted Across EuropePosted by Greg at 01:08, 10 Jul 2014
Uh-oh Moscow, who ya gonna call? Photographer Alexander Lukinsky took the incredible image above of strange, ethereal clouds hovering above the Russian capital on Tuesday night. But rather than signaling the impending arrival of Gozer the Gozerian, what Lukinsky caught on his camera was a relatively rare phenomenon known as noctilucent ('night-shining') clouds.
Noctilucent clouds are still surrounded by mystery. There are no recorded observations of them prior to 1885, suggesting they are a relatively new meteorological phenomenon, and possibly linked to global warming. What we do know is that they occur at incredible altitudes: at 76–85 kilometers (46–51 miles) high, they are above the stratosphere. This height helps give them their eerie appearance: the tiny ice crystals from which they are composed are hit by the sun from underneath - giving them a silvery-blue appearance - despite the sun being below the horizon line, meaning the viewer sees these shining clouds from a position of darkness.
While they are rarely sighted, it seems that noctilucent clouds are showing themselves a bit more lately - astrophotographer Christoph Malin captured the time-lapse footage below in London last week, and many other amateur sky-watchers have captured the clouds on camera as well.
Do Microscopic Parasites Living Inside You Control Your Mind?Posted by Greg at 13:10, 17 Jun 2014
Are we truly in control of our actions, or are we being manipulated by unseen beings? It's an idea that is a standard trope of paranoid conspiracy theories, but in the above TED talk, science writer Ed Yong shows how mind control by parasites appears to be almost ubiquitous in nature. And if it happens to so many other species on Earth, then why not humans too...?
(I didn't write this post, the Toxoplasma gondii did)
Oh, This Must Be Schrödinger's House…Posted by Greg at 23:00, 14 Jun 2014
At least old man Schrödinger let the poor moggie out of the box...
It Doesn't Matter How Old You Are, Magnets Always Seem Like Some Sort of Strange MagicPosted by Greg at 23:21, 06 Jun 2014
Magnets, how do they f***ing work? We can hear all the explanations in the world about magnets (or non-explanations if you like), but they still seem like some sort of strange magic to our monkey brains.
Which is why the simple 'levitation' tricks done in the video above still seem so cool...I particularly like the pile of books, that would make for a great center-piece on the coffee table no doubt. The effect was created by science and illusion YouTube video producer Brusspup, using a magnetic levitation module from Dutch company Crealev:
I've had smaller units before that will float items weighing about 1 pound. This unit can float objects weighing near 20 pounds. Even though it's beautiful to walk in the room and see this unit sitting there, I love to try and hide the unit with various objects. The magnetic disc is hidden under the chessboard, for instance. For the floating books, I made a fake book and hid the magnet in it. The pillow is one of my favorites. The visual of a floating pillow supporting a 7 pound brick is fun to see. And then the last was just so cool to see. As a kid I dreamed of the Millennium Falcon. So to see it floating just brings it to another level of reality.
Not sure what sort of crazy dreams you might have if you used the pillow though (*ahem*)...
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Paranthropology 5:2Posted by Greg at 14:22, 30 May 2014
The latest issue (Vol 5, Number 2) of the free PDF journal Paranthropology ("anthropological approaches to the paranormal") is now available to download (or you can read it online via Scribd). Here's the complete rundown of features in the latest issue:
- "Profane Illuminations: Machines, Indian Ghosts, and Boundless Flights through Nature at Contemporary Paranormal Gatherings in America", by Darryl Caterine
- "Magic or Science: A Look at Reiki in American Medicine", by Joshua Graham
- "Hidden Apprenticeships, Hidden Loves: Transmission of Enhanced Awareness in Mediumistic and Shamanic Traditions", by David Gordon Wilson
- "Communication Across the Chasm: Experiences With the Deceased", by John A. Napora
- "Book Hauntings", by Mark Valentine
- "Orbs, some definitive evidence that they are not paranormal", by Steven T. Parsons
- An interview with Andy Sharp (English Heretic), by Hannah Gilbert
- "Playback Hex: William Burroughs and the Magical Objectivity of the Tape Recorder", by James Riley
- A review of the 'Exploring the Extraordinary Conference' (Gettysburg College, March 21 to 23), by T. Peter Park
- A review of Folie et Paranormal (Renaud Evrard), by Jean-Michel Abrassart
- A review of Speak of the Devil: Tales of Satanic Abuse in Contemporary England (J.S. La Fontaine) by Michael J. Rush
And in case you haven't read this great resource before, all of the previous issues remain available to download from the site as well. I know from experience the work that goes into doing something like this, so if you get something out of the journal make it your mission to throw some money their way with a PayPal donation.
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs): Natural Phenomena or ET Signal?Posted by red pill junkie at 21:04, 02 May 2014
Astronomers have been scratching their heads over a series of mysterious radio bursts, so rare & intense, up until recently many of them even questioned their cosmic origin. First detected in 2007 through a telescope in Australia, the radio signals are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) or Lorimer bursts, in honor of West Virginia University astrophysicist Duncan Lorimer, who was the first to discover & describe them on a scientific paper.
Since then, fewer than a dozen FRBs have been detected, the last one by the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico, on November 2, 2012 --as reported by National Geographic 2 weeks ago. By now we've only established 3 factors about the bursts: They are incredibly fast (lasting only a few milli-seconds), incredibly bright, and they seem to come from really, REALLY far away (as in billions of light years away).
But what causes them?
Because the signals are so brief and bright, they must be coming from a rather dense source, says astronomer Scott Ransom of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. "That means a compact object – i.e., a neutron star or a black hole – is likely somehow to blame," he says.
Just what that compact object is has yet to be explained. One theory suggests that giant flares erupting from highly magnetic neutron stars, known as magnetars, cause the bursts. Others suggest the bursts result from colliding neutron stars or black holes, evaporating primordial black holes, large magnetic stars, or are the death spasms produced when massive, slowly spinning neutron stars collapse into black holes. That last object, proposed in 2013, is known as a blitzar.
Notice that all these hypotheses have 1 thing in common: they assume the bursts are caused by some natural, albeit exotic phenomena. But would it be so ludicrous to speculate that FRBs have an artificial origin? That's what I humbly proposed on my Mysterious Universe column last week; something that could be easily dismissed as the nonsensical delusions of a woo-woo schmuck...
Well, turns out I'm not the only schmuck wondering about FRBs: In a comment left at the NatGeo page, none other than SETI founder Frank Drake is also proposing these mysterious bursts might be good candidates for a signal sent by some advanced civilization:
Indeed, [...] it is a worthy speculation that the FRBs might be a "hailing" message from a distant altruistic civilization. For many years, SETI scientists have speculated about the possible design of a hailing signal — a signal which announces loudly the existence of another civilization, and possibly leads the receiving civilization to a radio channel bearing much information. Without knowing which stars might be the home of other intelligent civilizations, the sending civilization might well adopt a strategy of sending hailing signals to large numbers of potential ETI-supporting stars. To achieve maximum probability of discovery, the right strategy is to send a very narrow-beam, powerful signal. In this case, one can send to only one star at a time, and so the strategy leads to a paradigm in which the transmitting beam is steered to a large number of stars sequentially, leading to the signals being detected possibly as short bursts which may repeat after some long time period. So we should search for more FRBs!
Daily Grail readers have no doubt read of the famous 'Wow!' signal, detected on August 15, 1977, which to this day is still considered the signal closest to filling the criteria of what intelligent ETs would be transmitting through outer space --or at least, the criteria of what modern science currently assumes intelligent ETs would be capable of doing…
There was also a time, when astronomers seriously considered the possibility that pulsars were actually alien beacons, perhaps built & used by some incredibly powerful space-faring civilization, to help them navigate through the stellar oceans. The fact pulsars are now largely considered a natural phenomenon --the same as FRBs-- IMO speak of the current paradigm incongruence we're stuck in: On the one hand, scientists assure us that intelligent life is more than likely widespread throughout the Cosmos; but on the other hand, to propose an observed astronomical event as a sign of these assumed extraterrestrial civilizations, is still largely regarded as a wild speculation --Martian face, anyone?
Hidden Miracles of the Unseen WorldPosted by Greg at 03:44, 01 May 2014
In recent weeks I've posted two separate stories regarding the topic of how we are locked into a certain perspective by our human-based perception of events in time, and thus 'blind' to many other aspects of reality (see 'Life Too Slow to See' and 'The Language of the Birds'). So when I came across the TED Talk below earlier this week, I thought it provided a beautiful summation of those thoughts (and extension, moving beyond just our limited perception in time, but also in space). In 'Hidden Miracles of the Unseen World', filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg gives us a glimpse of the things we are missing:
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses and microscopes. At TED2014, he shares highlights from his latest project, a 3D film titled "Mysteries of the Unseen World," which slows down, speeds up, and magnifies the astonishing wonders of nature.


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Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium
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|Trudeau Sanatorium
|U.S. National Register of Historic Places
|U.S. Historic District
The Administration Building
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|Nearest city:
|Saranac Lake, New York
|44°20′31″N 74°7′21″W / 44.34194°N 74.1225°WCoordinates: 44°20′31″N 74°7′21″W / 44.34194°N 74.1225°W
|Coulter, W. L.; et al.
|Architectural style(s):
|Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
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|Saranac Lake MPS
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|April 20, 1995
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The Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium was a tuberculosis sanatorium established in Saranac Lake, New York in 1882 by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau. After Trudeau's death in 1915, the institution's name was changed to the Trudeau Sanatorium, following changes in conventional usage. It was listed under the latter name on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
Trudeau was born in 1848 in New York City to a family of physicians. During his late teens, his elder brother James contracted tuberculosis and Edward nursed him until his death three months later. At twenty, he enrolled in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University (then Columbia College), completing his medical training in 1871. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1873. Following conventional thinking of the times, he went to live in the Adirondack Mountains, seeking a change of climate. He spent as much time as possible in the open and subsequently regained his health. In 1876 he moved to Saranac Lake and established a small medical practice.
In 1882, Trudeau read about Prussian Dr. Hermann Brehmer's success treating tuberculosis with the "rest cure" in cold, clear mountain air. Following this example, Trudeau founded the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium in February, 1885. The first patients were two sisters who had been factory workers in New York City. They were treated in a one-room cottage named "Little Red", built for $350 on land donated by the guides and residents of the village. As the sanitorium grew, it would be supported at first by wealthy sportsmen that Trudeau had met at nearby Paul Smith's Hotel, several of whom had built great camps on the nearby St. Regis Lakes.[2] Early contributors included John W. Minturn, Anson Phelps Stokes, and Whitelaw Reid.
While the sanitarium did not offer its services free-of-charge, it treated poorer patients at less than cost, and fund-raising was a constant concern. Many physicians and staff members served without pay, and in later years Trudeau commented that he had never been able to pay his staff adequately. Like Trudeau himself, a number of physicians and nurses were themselves infected with tuberculosis.[3]
The sanitarium also developed a school for nursing, and later the Trudeau School of Tuberculosis, which offered six-week summer courses for physicians who wished to learn the latest treatment methods for the disease.[4]
Patients included authors Allen Seager and Walker Percy, Canadian physician and medical innovator Norman Bethune, and baseball player Larry Doyle.[5]
In time, far more patients would be drawn to the area than the Sanitarium could handle. Many patients were treated in the small, often family-run, cure cottages that developed in the area to meet the demand. Large sanitoria were built at Ray Brook and Gabriels, and in 1927, the Will Rogers Hospital, the last of the institutional sanatoria, was built in Saranac Lake; it is now an assisted living facility, Saranac Village at Will Rogers.
The Trudeau Sanatorium closed in 1954, after the discovery of effective antibiotic treatments for tuberculosis. The property was sold by Trudeau's grandson, Dr. Francis B. Trudeau, Jr., to the American Management Association in 1957. The proceeds were invested in a new medical research facility, the Trudeau Institute, built on Lower Saranac Lake, which opened in 1964; subsequently Little Red and the Trudeau statue were moved to the new site as memorials. A number of the sanatorium buildings have been torn down, and many more have been badly renovated, but a substantial number are still intact. They are not generally open to the public, but tours are offered by Historic Saranac Lake, a local nonprofit, historic preservation organization.
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"Little Red"
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The Chapel
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Statue of Dr E L Trudeau, now at the Trudeau Institute
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Occupational Therapy Building
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ John A. Bonafide, Mary Hotaling, and Rachel D. Bliven (1992), [Expression error: Missing operand for > National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Cure Industry Resources in the Village of Saranac Lake, Essex and Franklin Co., NYPDF (291 KB)], National Park Service
- ^ Donaldson, p. 257
- ^ Donaldson, p. 258 fn.
- ^ Taylor, Robert, America's Magic Mountain, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. ISBN 0-395-37905-9
- Bonafide, John A., Mary Hotaling, and Rachel D. BlivenNational Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation—"Cure Industry Resources in the Village of Saranac Lake, Essex and Franklin Co., NY", 1992
- Cole, Elizabeth, Fifty Years at Trudeau Sanatorium, Saranac Lake, NY: The Currier Press, 1935.
- Donaldson, Alfred L., A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. ISBN 0-916346-26-8. (reprint) at GoogleBooks
- Gallos, Phillip L., Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake, Historic Saranac Lake, 1985, ISBN 0-9615159-0-2.
External links
- Historic Saranac Lake - A brief history
- Trudeau Institute, 1884-2008
- A contemporary description of the sanatarium
- New York Times, "DOINGS IN THE ADIRONDACKS; Prominent Women Devoting Much of their time to Charity Work", July 23, 1905
- New York Times, "Francis B. Trudeau, 75, Founder Of Biological Research Institute", April 27, 1995


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Spicy Horse frontman, American McGee, has taken to Facebook to gauge interest in a sequel to the Alice series.
2011's Alice: Madness Returns sits atop a Metacritic rating of 75/100, although despite having a decent score, it didn't perform all that well in the sales department.
Currently, the rights to further entries into the Alice series lies with EA. Meaning a new game would require the convincing of EA or the purchasing of said rights.
McGee asks three questions via Facebook.
1) If we could get the rights from EA, would you play "Alice 3?"
2) If you'd play "Alice 3," would you back it on Kickstarter?
3) If you said "yes" to those two things, make some noise – I'm trying to gauge interest in case I happen to discuss this with EA during GDC in 2 weeks. The more interest there is, the more seriously they'll take the conversation.
We answered 'yes' to the first two, and are now completing question number three.
Okay, I'm trying my best to report this news impartially, I lasted about 165 words … I freakin' LOVED Alice: Madness Returns. It's easy to knock it for being overly linear, but I found it to be a throwback of sorts to a time when gameplay mattered. Madness Returns is like the games many of us grew up playing. Here's a character, here's some over-the-top weapons, and here are some blinding visuals. Now go enjoy it.
Alice explores the idea of what would happen to Wonderland if Alice went mad? That in itself was a genius hook for a game. It's a Grimm, modern take on a popular children's classic. What's not to love?
Not everything has to be Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, or GTA. Sometimes, we gamers like choice, and unbelievably, some of us like linear games. I know, crazy, right? Linear is such a dirty word nowadays, yet 'linear' has sold thousands upon thousands of games over the years. Linear is great when it's executed properly. Just ask anyone who's played Tomb Raider.
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Ladies when you make it a point to make eye contact and give a big smile, how do I know when you are just being friendly or saying come talk to me?
Also, different meaning if I receive the smile in the office vs the bar?
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Ladies when you make it a point to make eye contact and give a big smile, how do I know when you are just being friendly or saying come talk to me?
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with someone I like I make eye contact and then smile after a few seconds... as if I was looking at them and they caught me. if I'm just being friendly I smile and look at the same time and usually it's faster. as for the office... it could be hard to tell because most people are just being polite at the office. The longer the delay from eye contact to smile is better. lol00|00|0
The flirty smile..we will usually hold eye contact a little longer as well as smile a little longer..the friendly smile is usually quick and to the point, so you don't get the wrong idea, usually ill smile with a quick look and go about my business if I'm not interested...but I'm one of those people who def gives off vibes when I like a guy..cuz I smile alot! the last guy I talked to called me "smiley" when I first met him, because I kept a smile on my face...so it shouldn't be hard to tell the difference. g'luck!00|00|0
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I was pondering ways for them to add more quests and I found it sad that the hamlets are under utilized. I then thought it would be a great idea to have quests in the hamlets that would be open to crafters that you could get the facilities operational in hamlet. Many of them already have what appear to be small guild shops in them, so I felt this would create a great incentive to not just open them but make you do a bit of work for it.
For example, lets say you are rank 20+ LW and you wander close to the Leatherworkers Shop in Quarrymill (iirc) and find out that the local guildmaster there is too depressed to work anymore and you have to help him get out of his funk. Perhaps gather materials to make a fine new pair of shoes or a similar situation. Then once you get them back in business you could purchase goods and obtain perhaps up to Guild level support at the smaller shop in the hamlet.
If this is too involved to do one for each type of shop then perhaps a larger quest to help out the locals there and unlock all of them at once and even some stores that sell local fare that isn't sold in regular shops. Similar to how the stores/AH/etc were unlocked in Tavnazian Stronghold after you got to a certain point in the CoP quest line.
I think this would give people something to work for and offer something that not just anyone that just created a character could have access to.
I'm interested in peoples thoughts on this idea and any embellishments on what I've come up with so far
Edit: I thought more about a general quest line to unlock the hamlet and came up with the idea that the local populace is in a funk over beastmen attacks on their town or perhaps the last shipment of goods was lost and they have nothing to sell/work with and need you to help them recover it. Possibly a combination of quests in this manner before it's all unlocked. If they add a fame aspect in the game it could also work towards that as well.
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Hi, I'm unable to clone any forms to my account (see screenshot). I've read through the support area and followed all of the directions (clear form cache, browser cache, history, cookies, etc.). I've tried with my forms, I've tried with other people's forms....
I can't get it to clone my form, which is clearly active. I've tested it by pasting it into my browser directly: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/42955735680970
It's obviously a very simple form to rebuild, but at this point, I just want to know why I can't clone it? I'm trying to move a few forms onto a new account for a client.
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Yes, I deleted it because I couldn't clone it and ended up recreating it in the other account. Now I'm trying to do it for a different client and it still isn't working.
This form: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/50225658016956
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Before Jason Momoa was signed for the role of Aquaman in Justice League and solo Aquaman movie, Game of Thrones was the only thing that made him famous. The giant Jason Momoa has now reached the best moment in his career, all thanks to Warner Bros studios.
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Jason Momoa is also doing Frontier (a Netflix original series) which is soon to be aired. Definitely, Momoa's career is on a fly and this hero can become a very big star sooner.
He has already finished shooting for his part in Justice League and the first two seasons of Frontier and is aimed to focus on more influencing roles.


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Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares
I fell in love with this dessert at an Asian restaurant. I was able to sweet talk the pastry chef into giving me the ingredients list. These squares are a good option for Level 2 since they contain no flour and they are sinfully good! Just don't talk yourself into more than one!
TOTAL TIME: 4 hr 18 min
- 10 ounce(s) chocolate, dark (>60% cacao) coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup(s) peanut butter, creamy, natural room temperature
- 3/4 cup(s) milk, whole
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, sea
- 1 cup(s) cream, heavy
- 1/2 cup(s) nuts, peanuts chopped
- chocolate shavings, semisweet for garnish
Nutrition Detailsper serving
Calories 326, Fat 26g, Cholesterol 31mg, Sodium 115mg, Saturated Fat 12g, Protein 7g, Fiber 3g, Carbohydrates 18g


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Binocular comet promises more for 2017
A comet is currently visible with binoculars or a small telescope in the evening sky. Known as Comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková, this is not a newcomer but has been known since 1948 when it was discovered.
It bears the names of its discoverers – Minoru Honda, Antonín Mrkos, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková – while the 45P tag indicates that it was the 45th periodic comet, or regular visitor, to be found.
The comet takes just 5.25 years to make one circuit of the Sun, travelling close in from a point beyond Jupiter. Like that comet visited by ESA's Rosetta space probe, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it will once have had an orbital period of hundreds or thousands of years before it was captured by our largest planet's gravitational pull.
Comet 45P reaches perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, on December 31, when it will be at half the distance of the Earth. Then it begins its steady retreat back into the depths of the Solar System.
It is not an easy object to spot at the moment. The comet lies at around half the altitude of Venus as soon as it gets dark, and since it is too faint to see with the unaided eye, any haze or murk will hide it. However, if you have a particularly clear horizon, free of cloud, you might be able to see its fuzzy coma, or head, with a pair of binoculars. It might be worth looking for if you're observing Venus and the crescent Moon nearby after dusk on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Our photograph shows how unspectacular the comet is at the moment. Its coma registered on images taken with the writer's Fuji XM-1 camera with a 135mm Olympus Zuiko lens. However the sky was not dark enough to allow for a long enough exposure or high enough film speed to reveal more than a hint of its tail. The photo here is made up of 27 individual 10-second exposures stacked together to improve contrast.
The comet should actually become easier to spot in February, following its conjunction with the Sun. That is because it passes close to Earth as it moves away from the Sun, and rapidly races across the sky through the constellations of Aquila, Hercules, Corona Borealis and Bootes in a matter of days. Though it will still be a binocular target, it will become high in the hours before dawn and visible against a dark sky.
2017 promises to be a good year for comet fans, with a number likely to become bright enough to be seen in binoculars. We will tell you more about them nearer the time.


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My Mmf All The Sudden Turned On Me?
Baking By sweetnessx3 Updated 7 Sep 2010 , 11:32pm by sweetnessx3
I made a batch of mmf for a cake I was making the next morning . It turned out great , I started coloring it red for my dog cake in my photos and it was doing great but The last bit of red color I put into it did something to the mmf ( I think ) my mmf wasnt plyable any longer it started breaking and lost its shine . I finally added another batch to it just so I could work with it . What happened ??? I was starting to panic ! Could I have kneaded it to long
Too much red will do that to it. It's not anything that you did wrong, it just happens. Using super red so you don't have to add as much helps. Adding the color to the melted marshmallows before you put the sugar in will help a lot too.
If you can find the strawberry MM's, then you start with a pink color, and don't need as much red coloring.
And it tastes GREAT!
That does make sense Texas_rose , I guess it would be like adding more water to my recipe :/
OMG , What a great idea with the pink mm's ......Thank you my cc friends


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After configuring Outlook 2007 to connect to SBS 2008 using either POP3 or IMAP4 with TLS, you receive a certificate error when initiating a connection.
"The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified.
The target principal name is incorrect.
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This error is not fatal. If you choose "Yes", the connection will continue successfully and securely. You will not receive this prompt again until you close and reopen Outlook 2007. This error does not occur with earlier versions of Outlook, Outlook Express, or Windows Mail.
The problem is due to the order in which the DNS names are listed in the Subject Alternative Name field on the SBS 2008 self-signed certificate, and the way that Outlook 2007 reads this field. The first DNS name in the list does not match the server's public FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). Outlook 2007 reads only the first DNS name, and then compares it to the name of the POP, IMAP, or SMTP server that it is configured to connect to. The two names do not match.
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