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The system now takes more input from radar than cameras.
Tesla has announced a raft of updates in Autopilot 8.0, the latest version of its autonomous driving system. And the big change is a switch from reliance on cameras to radar.
The update can be applied to all Tesla Model S and Model X cars built since October 2014, which are fitted with radar sensors at the front. While radar can 'see' further in bad weather than cameras, it had previously only been a backup system due to the problem of avoiding 'false positives'.
While radar is highly effective at detecting an object in the distance, determining the exact nature of that object can be problematic. Metallic surfaces become mirrors, people become partially translucent, and wooden and painted plastic surfaces become virtually see-through. Adding a curve can make an object appear smaller or larger than it actually is, too.
The net result could be lots of unnecessary braking events in response to objects that pose no danger to the car. But Tesla has solved the problem in the update by increasing the size of the radar 'cloud', thereby gathering more information about an object. Comparing that information with the car's movement allows the system to determine how likely an impact is.
'Fleet learning' has been added to the system, as well, to build up a database of every signpost, overhead gantry and bridge on the road network. In that way, Autopilot will know if the bridge that appears to be directly in the car's path is actually over a depression in the road, or a signpost is just beyond a crest.
The radar sensor is also able to 'bounce' its beam under a car directly in front in order to see what's going on in front of it, reducing response time to any emergency situations that develop.
Object detection is now so effective, Tesla claims, that "the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly even if a UFO were to land on the freeway in zero visibility conditions."Leaving the driver free to marvel that, you know, a UFO has just landed on the road.
Other updates include more prominent warnings, including a flashing white border around the instrument panel, whether or not Autopilot is engaged; the ability to take a highway exit when the indicators are used or the navigation activated; greater lane offset when overtaking, and more than 200 other items that improve Autopilot's user-friendliness and safety margin.
At a press conference, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was asked if Autopilot 8.0 would have prevented the recent fatal in crash in Florida involved a Model S running with Autopilot engaged. "We believe it would have," Musk replied. But he added: "I do want to emphasize that this does not mean perfect safety. Perfect safety is really an impossible goal. It is about improving the probability of safety. That's really all you can accomplish."
Autopilot 8.0 will be rolled out within the next couple of weeks.
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I visited the Dermatology Clinic within Cossham Hospital. I had a problem in that all over my forehead and scalp was very thick and unsightly scales (psoriasis) , there was also a red rash under the forehead scales, so was referred here by my GP. Once arrived I saw how tidy and well kept the ground of the hospital was, parking was very accessible. I was seen very quickly, I arrived extra early, and was also called in sooner than my scheduled appointment time. I was then seen by the doctor, who listened with care and compassion to my on-going problem, the doctor prescribed me three different items and these solved the problem 100%, I am ever so thankful to the dermatology clinic and have also passed my thanks to them individually. Also the staff within Cossham Hospital were extremely accommodating and helpful with any problems I had. Overall I was an extremely satisfied patient.
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The name on everyone's lips after Melbourne's 73-point AFL romp over the Gold Coast may also sum up a woeful Suns' season prospects – Gawn.
Demons ruckman Max Gawn dominated as Melbourne blew away the Suns in the second half to seal a remarkable 24.16 (160) to 14.3 (87) victory at Metricon Stadium on Saturday night.
It was the most points the Suns had conceded at home.
The Gold Coast's display was so poor captain Gary Ablett had to ask a particularly irate supporter to stop abusing his teammates as they trudged off at fulltime.
Melbourne (4-3 record) remain on the cusp of the top eight after booting 16 second-half goals to six in the second half.
However, the season already looks to be slipping away from the injury-hit Suns (3-4) after their fourth straight loss – and a few more looming.
Gold Coast face the very real prospect of dropping to a 3-9 record by the round-13 bye with Greater Western Sydney (away), Adelaide (home), West Coast (away), Sydney (home) and Richmond (away) ahead.
But Suns coach Rodney Eade said: "I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
"I think people can get emotional on a couple of performances, and those couple of performances might be repeated in the next couple of weeks, you never know.
"But we've just got to come back to that fighting mentality and hang in there until the tide turns.
"And it will turn."
To add injury to insult, the Suns lost plenty of run when Alex Sexton (broken arm) and Matt Rosa (hamstring) were sidelined by halftime.
A limping Touk Miller (ankle) and Dion Prestia (knee) were forced to finish the match for the Suns.
Eade threatened to swing the axe after giving his team one more chance to show their worth in the wake of last week's 120-point hiding at the hands of Geelong.
But their sidelined troops which also include defenders Rory Thompson (ankle) and Steve May (suspended for another fortnight) may spare some at the selection table.
Ablett was again quiet as he nursed a calf complaint, despite amassing 22 touches and two goals.
"He's still not at his brilliant best (but) he's got enormous standards compared to mere mortals," Eade said.
Gawn added to his legend with a stellar 46 hit outs, two goals and 17 touches that ignited the Demons in the third term.
"His tap work was first class," Demons coach Paul Roos said.
Melbourne kicked nine goals to three in the third term, turning a five-point halftime lead into a 44-point advantage by the final interval.


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Welcome to the home of BIZZY people where cooking is fun, quick, easy and delicious. Over the years, my taste in food has changed, as have my recipes. This blog will chronicle the changes I continue to make, as I face challenges in healthier eating and in new methods of cooking.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Mashed Potato Casserole - Paula Deen
2 cups mashed potatoes
Spread one half mashed potatoes evenly on bottom of casserole dish.
Eat and enjoy.
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Paula Deen is certainly a good cook; even her new healthier versions are good. Blessings, CatherineReplyDelete
Hi Chaya,ReplyDelete
A delicious way of eating mashed potatoes. I can tell that my family will enjoy this potato dish. Yes, Paula Deen's recipes are good, even with the reduction in fats and salt. Glad that you could join us in CLAS!
Hi Chaya, buttah is flavourful - I wish it is not so fattening haha!! Nice pie you made. I love the idea of the layering! Thanks for linking :)ReplyDelete
A casserole like this is always welcome on my dinner table. This looks mouthwatering, Chaya.ReplyDelete
A casserole like this is always welcome on my dinner table. This looks mouthwatering, Chaya.ReplyDelete
Hi Chaya,ReplyDelete
I have this assumption too that PD is using a lot of butter for her cooking but I am changing my opinions now after trying out a few of her recipes.
Good that you have transformed this PD's classic mashed potato recipe to suit your taste and family.
Ooey gooey goodness!!ReplyDelete
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Download Hondata KPro dash logger-SDash apk 5.1.1 free for Android smartphone
Posted by SDash Development in Transportation | June 14, 2015 | 18 Comments
Apk file size: 4.3 MB
SDash is digital customisable dash logger to display, record and export live data coming from an Hondata® K-Pro plug-in module.
See what your car is doing in real time using your android device, without the need of a computer!
Main features:
• Record and export data
• Support for multiple dashboards
• Configurable visual alerts (below/above threshold)
*** Build your own dashboard using more than 60 available analog gauges, digital gauges and widgets! ***
Supported sensors:
• ECU error codes
• Engine speed (RPM)
• Ignition advance
• Battery voltage
• Throttle position sensor
• Air/fuel ratio
• Gear
• Speed
• Short term fuel trim
• Long term fuel trim
• Engine coolant temperature
• Intake air temperature
• Manifold absolute pressure
• Wideband voltage
• Check engine light
• Service connector switch
• Air conditioning switch
• VTEC pressure switch
• Secondary oxygen sensor
• Actual VTC cam angle
• Commanded VTC cam angle
• Calculated load value
• Knock count
• Target air/fuel ratio
• Reverse lock
• Brake switch
• Air conditioning clutch
• Electric power steering
• Fuel relay
• Radiator fan clutch
• N20 Arm 1
• N20 On 1
• N20 Arm 2
• N20 On 2
This application requires additional hardware in order to work:
• ECU with Hondata® K-Pro installed.
• USB-OTG Compatible android device
• USB Cable to connect to your device.
• If you face any issue or have any request, please send me an e-mail [email protected] .
Whats new
Version 5.1.1:
- Record and export data log
- Multiple dashboards
- Configurable shift light
- Configurable widgets color
- Configurable color alert
- New user interface
- Bug fixes
SDash Development part of our Transportation and have average installs from 100 to 500. Last Update June 14, 2015. Google play rating is 89.0909. Current verison is 5.1.1. Actual size 4.3 MB.
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josh Morgan
Great app This app is awesome. It's coming in very handy while I'm trying to sort out a fuel issue. I love being able to customize the display to my liking. And it's instant data unlike some of the other things out there that seem to have a delay before it works. I am very pleased with this app. I highly recommend to anyone that has Kpro.
Philip Burdock
Philip Burdock The app is the right job .A must have for anybody running a Kpro ecu and a very cheap alternative to a race dash ..Just plug a play , choose what sensors you want to use for own custom set up ,and all with the standard factory sensors .
Carlton Sharpe-Buckley
NO BRAINER Got on board early as I was desperate to see the temp on the ecu compared to the retro fit S2000 clocks on my K20 CRX running on an aftermarket sensor. It was going to cost me more than 10x the amount for one single gauge. This gives me access to every sensor and a lot more :) I do not drive the car without it now. Thank you so much. Can not rate this app enough.
alejo dotdot jr
Dope app, save money on gauges!!! A must have for hondata peeps!! One suggestion, would be to have the option on the S2k rev limiter to raise the rpm limit to maybe 10 or 11k for them boys with the serious intent/builds. Otherwise, thanks guys for saving me some flow on my build..
Julio Lobato
No compatible What i need for download the sdash for kpro in my galaxy tab 4
Bud Loomis
Awesome Great app, I can't wait to see where it goes with future updates!
Martin Ryan
Great idea. I just had a apexi rsm blow it's display so this installed on old android phone will replace. Only thing I'd like is a clock for telling the time lol. Good work
Aaron Stafford
Great, but could be better Edit: I would love to be able to save my setup and lock it in so it doesn't get adjusted on accident.
Curt White
Interaction with kpro via Android :D As I'm in the UK we don't have wideband lambdas so would love to see the analogue inputs put to use on this app also knock threshold would be helpful but as a start this app is fantastic beats taking a laptop out for a drive with you worth the money in my eyes
Jeremiah Patton
Great app. Have been playing with this app for a while works great. Its nice to be able to have a easy way to watch data. Will be awesome as soon as you can initiate dataloging through app.
Eric Seuasoukseng
Kpro ek Love this app so helpful helps me fine errors real quick using it on my tablet plus it looks cool in my car
Martin Ryan
Issues on lollipop Having freeze issue constantly on nexus 7 lollipop. Works for 5 to ten seconds then freezes :( help
Ninja Styles
Doesn't work for me Bought 2 different types of lead for connecting to a Sony z5 compact and neither do anything. App briefly says connecting to kpro but nothing happens. Total waste of money.
Helder Da Silva
Doesn't work anymore App has stopped working on kpro V3 on HTC One M8. Can you sort it out please.
Matt Stanley
Doesn't work Phone doesn't seem to be connected. Got the adapter, plugged in my phone but nothing seems to be happening.
Connor McLeod
Why no Bluetooth support? Great app, but lacks Bluetooth support for kpro v4, fix for 5 stars
Samual Howery
Love it It's very nice to have. I know everything that's going on with my car while I'm driving. I didn't know my battery was even bad until I got this app.
Fredy T.
Great app Great app! Although I thought it was somewhat different


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Encontro Com o Carma
Chelle Cordero
Você acredita em karma? Annie Furman tem um dom que permite a ela, enquanto ela dorme, para visitar as pessoas na sua hora de necessidade – mas quem vai estar lá para ela quando ela precisa de ajuda? Sub-xerife Dave Turner está investigando uma série de invasões domiciliares e homicídios. Ele não tem ideia de que a resolução deste caso irá levá-lo para a mulher dos seus sonhos.
Em breve em Português!
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Chelle Cordero
Chelle Cordero writes stories of Passion and Suspense. Vanilla Heart Publishing has published eleven Cordero novels: Bartlett's Rule; His Lucky Charm; Within the Law; Courage of the Heart; Final Sin; Hostage Heart; A Chaunce of Riches; Common Bond, Tangled Hearts; Hyphema; Karma Visited; and Annie's Karma. She is currently working on her next novel and promises another action packed adventure and heartwarming love story. Chelle has been writing both fiction and non-fiction for the bulk of her adult life and has been with Vanilla Heart Publishing since early 2008.
Her books have earned many plaudits which includes: Bartlett's Rule was named one of Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Top Ten Reads for 2009; Final Sin was an Honorable Mention in the Fiction Category of the 2010 NY Book Festival and a 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee.; Hyphema won the Dec 9, 2011 Friday Book Cover Vote on the Shades of Love website; A Chaunce of Riches was Winner of D. Renee Bagby's readers' choice for The Best Overall First Chapter, April 2010; and Hostage Heart, Final Sin and A Chaunce of Riches had top ten finishes in the 2009 Preditors' and Readers' poll. Chelle was also featured in "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" published by The Author's Show in 2010.
Chelle Cordero maintains an author's blog at http://chellecordero.blogspot.com/, and a promotional blog at http://ccepotourri.wordpress.com/. Her website http://ChelleCordero.com offers information on all of her books and her appearances. Bloggers and the media are welcome to visit Chelle's media room at https://chellecordero.com/media/ with downloadable photos and other information.
Be sure to LIKE Chelle's FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChelleCordero and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ChelleCordero. You can email Chelle at ChelleCordero(at)gmail.com.
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Selma R. Silva has been a translator and interpreter since graduation in 1984, She was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil and had the chance to study languages since her early teen years. Years of hard work, travel and research have led to the perfect time and place to delve into the rewarding experience of literary translation.
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einem brutalen Mehrfachmord, sein Sohn hat Probleme in der Schule und er selbst
hat eine rachsüchtige Exfrau am Hals. Er trifft die junge, freigeistige
Notfallsanitäterin Julie Jennings. Als Julie zum Objekt einer Obsession wird,
schweben sie beide in Gefahr …
Verkehrsunfall gerufen, zu jemandem mit Schmerzen in der Brust und zu einem
Krebspatienten, der zur Behandlung ins Krankenhaus musste. Viele der
Gemeinschaften im Norden des Staates New York hatten Notfalldienste unter
Vertrag, um dem bestehenden Rettungsdienst unter die Arme zu greifen und auf
medizinische Notfälle zu reagieren. Ob bezahlt oder nicht, der qualifizierte
Dienst schickte immer Rettungsassistenten, die mit den meisten Notfällen
umgehen konnten. Wenn die Notfallsanitäter ausgesandt wurden, machten ein
weiteres Paar Hände und Infusionen oft den kritischen Unterschied.
Feuerwehrmänner, ehrenamtlichen Rettungshelfer oder Sanitäter darauf
vorbereitet, was sie in diesem abgelegenen Werkzeugschuppen vorfanden. Von
außen wirkte das ergraute Holz friedlich genug, und das eine kleine Fenster war
schmutzverkrustet. Julie dachte nicht, dass sie unter normalen Umständen den
Schuppen eines zweiten Blickes gewürdigt hätte. Aber das hier war alles andere
als normal. Niemand hatte mit der Horrorszene im Inneren gerechnet.
thriller. Detailed research and characterizations coupled with a break-neck
pace create a hard-to-put-down-read.
Gardners, Chegg , StreetLib, and Google Play
Heart Publishing hat neun Cordero-Romane veröffentlicht: "Bartlett's Rule"; "His Lucky Charm";
"Within the Law"; "Courage of the Heart"; "Final Sin"; "Hostage Heart"; "A
Chaunce of Riches"; "Common Bond, Tangled Hearts" und "Hyphema". Sie arbeitet
derzeit an ihrem zehnten Roman und verspricht ein weiteres, actionreiches
Abenteuer und eine herzerwärmende Liebesgeschichte. Chelle hat den Großteil
ihres Erwachsenenlebens sowohl Romane als auch Sachbücher geschrieben und
arbeitet seit Beginn 2008 mit Vanilla Heart Publishing zusammen.
Howard-Johnsons zehn besten Büchern 2009, "Final Sin" war unter den ehrenhaften
Erwähnungen in der Romankategorie des NY Buchfestivals 2010 und wurde für den
Pushcart-Preis 2009 nominiert. "Hyphema" gewann am 9. Dezember 2011 die
Abstimmung zum besten Bucheinband auf der "Shades of Love"-Webseite, "A Chaunce
of Riches" gewann den D. Renee Bagby-Leserpreis für das beste erste Kapitel im
April 2010 und "Hostage Heart", "Final Sin" und "A Chaunce or Riches"
erreichten die Top Zehn in der "Preditors' and Readers'"-Umfrage 2009. Chelle
war auch unter den "50 großartigen Autoren, die man gelesen haben sollte" 2010,
herausgegeben von The Author's Show.
Werbeblog auf http://ccepotourri.wordpress.com. Ihre Webseite
http://ChelleCordero.com bietet Informationen zu all ihren Büchern und Auftritten. Blogger und die Presse sind jederzeit in Chelles Medienzimmer auf https://chellecordero.com/media/ willkommen, in dem herunterladbare Fotos und andere Informationen zur Verfügung stehen.
erwachsene Kinder: Jenni (& Jason) und Marc (& Trish). Sie teilen ihr
Heim mit drei schelmischen und verwöhnten Katzen, von denen eine Chelles
Schreibtisch zu ihrem Stammplatz auserkoren hat. Chelle ist als freiberufliche
Journalistin für mehrere Publikationen tätig – ihre Artikel erscheinen
regelmäßig in Nordamerika und sie schreibt als eine Rettungssanitäterin im
Staat New York eine monatliche Kolumne zu Themen der Rettungsdienste im Staat
New York in den "First Responder News".
Schriftstellerei. Ihr erster Roman soll 2016 fertig werden, aber sie wird stets
von Kurzgeschichten abgelenkt. Ihre Karriere als Übersetzerin begann in der
Videospielindustrie, in der sie ihre Leidenschaft für Videospiele mit ihrer
Liebe zur Sprache verbinden konnte. Wenn Katharina nicht gerade ohne Vorlagen
Figuren von fragwürdiger Qualität häkelt, spielt sie gerne RPGs und
Strategiespiele oder liest, besonders Fantasy, Thriller und humorvolle Bücher.
finish her first novel but constantly distracted with short stories. Her career
as a translator started in the video games industry where she could combine her
passion of gaming with her love for language. When Katharina's not busy messing
up crochet figures without patterns, she enjoys playing RPGs and strategy games
or reading, especially fantasy, thrillers and humorous books.
* the following article was contributed by Ginny Grimsley, National Print Campaign Manager @ News and Experts in Wesley Chapel, FL
How To Price An Ebook
Amazon Vs. Kobo: Which Is Better For Price And Value?
By Kim Staflund
Last year, a major milestone was reached in the ebook industry: self-published authors began taking home the bulk of all author earnings generated on Amazon.com, eclipsing those represented by major traditional publishers.
There has never been more opportunity in human history to publish a book. However, many questions linger for how to maximize a book project. What's an appropriate price point for an ebook?
Many authors incorrectly assume that consumers make ebook buying decisions according to different criteria than their paperback buying decisions—that it's based solely on price ahead of value because of the format of the book. They mistakenly suppose that the ebook version of a book should be priced cheaper than the paperback version because of its reduced production costs (i.e., no printing involved). This is a flawed premise because buyers have various motives and reasons for buying ebooks.
Some customers buy ebooks based on price:
• They prefer downloading ebooks to their laptop, desktop computer, or ebook reader that they received as a gift, because ebooks are cheaper to buy than paperbacks or hardcover books.
Some customers buy ebooks based on value:
• They bought an ebook reader for all their ebooks for the convenience of having them all in one place (i.e., so they don't have to cart around lots of heavy books with them).
• They see significant value in the content of the book (i.e., it contains priceless information and instructions that can help them to earn more money or to better themselves and their lives in some measurable way).
• Going paperless to help save trees is more important to them than saving money.
• They want to have the latest technology in their hands before anyone else has it. (These people will almost always pay more to stay one step ahead of other people.)
Additional factors for judging an ebook's optimal price are content and consistency. Readers buy books for content, not paper. An ebook's content could change a reader's life, but if no one knows about the content, then it won't do anyone any good. That's why authors need to be proactive with a marketing campaign. A key to a successful campaign is consistency of messaging, which is just another reason why authors should consider pricing their ebook the same as a paperback copy.
Kindle is Best for Price-Based Ebook Marketing
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform allows publishers and "indie" or self-published authors to upload interior book files specially formatted for their e-readers; and it has a generic, front-cover-generator option available in cases where the client hasn't already had one designed. This is a prime example of the vanity book publishing model in that vanity publishers promote themselves as the fast, cheap and easy self-serve way to "publish" (or, more accurately … format) a book without any mandatory professional editing, design, proofreading, et cetera, involved whatsoever.
Like many other vanity publishers, Amazon's Kindle does its best to maintain control and ownership over the files uploaded to its site by enticing authors into an exclusivity contract via its KDP Select program. In addition, Amazon strongly encourages authors to price their Kindle ebooks at $9.99 or lower by providing greater incentives (higher royalties) on the lower-priced books; and they will only allow authors to connect their POD paperback books with their Kindle ebooks online via their "Kindle MatchBook" option so long as that ebook is reduced to as low as $2.99 per copy.
Recently, French publisher Hachette was victorious in negotiating a deal. Now, Amazon cannot forceauthors to price their books on their ecommerce site at $9.99 or less. Amazon, however, continues to strongly advocate for such pricing, arguing that low costs are good for all parties and citing the pre-World War II invention of the paperback, which made books accessible to more people. Opponents to the price ceiling say Amazon's stance is arbitrary.
It will likely take an author forever to make back the money it cost to properly publish a book if the retail price is set at $2.99 per copy. Additionally, such a low price truly devalues content.
Kindle's KDP platform not only prices ebooks very low, but it also allows authors the choice of offering their books free of charge for two to five days out of every 90-day period to try to bolster new readership. In other words, interested readers can simply wait it out and get a book for free. For many, a rhetorical adage may come to mind: Why bother buying the cow when you can have the milk for free? A much more effective way to entice new readers into buying a book is with a "Sneak a Peak" option that allows them to look inside a book to read only a small portion of the content for free, instead.
Kobo is Best for Value-Based Ebook Marketing
Luckily, many other ebook retailers out there will happily sell various ebook formats for their clients worldwide without exclusivity contracts, while also letting those publishers (self-publishers) determine their own recommended retail prices. Kobo is one of these retailers. When authors upload files to Kobo Books, they can set their own prices from the start. However, Kobo can put the book on sale if they choose to as it is with all retailers across the board.
This is the traditional relationship of all manufacturers and their retailers. The manufacturer (self-publisher) knows its own production costs and, therefore, sets its own recommended retail price based on those costs. The retailer, in turn, lists the item at that suggested price and may or may not provide discounts based on their own projected profit margins. Obviously, a book that is professionally published by including professional editing, graphic design, and proofreading into the process has a higher production cost (and higher quality) which commands a higher price.
Many Kindle authors mistakenly believe that their books need to be priced low or given away for free in order to become a bestseller, but that's inaccurate.
The digital POD paperback version of my book, How to Publish a Book in Canada . . . and Sell Enough Copies to Make a Profit!, became an Amazon.ca bestseller only a short month and a half after it was first published, as did my next book titled How to Publish a Bestselling Book … and Sell It Worldwide Based on Value, Not Price!. The recommended retail price for both of these books is $19.99 USD. They reached bestseller status because of their quality content combined with using various online and traditional marketing techniques—not because of low pricing.
Amazon or Kobo?
Authors need to determine whether they offer the best value or the best price. They need to decide who they are early on—what the core intention of their book truly is—and then be true to that vision through and through. Authors should understand their target market—their customers' preference—beforedesigning a sales and marketing strategy, and then make sure that the strategy is consistent with their preference in every single way, including the retail price they've set for every format of their book. By taking these steps, authors will sell far more books over the long run.
About Kim Staflund
As the founder and publisher at Polished Publishing Group (PPG), www.polishedpublishinggroup.com, Kim Staflund works with businesses and individuals around the world to produce professional quality audiobooks, ebooks, paperbacks and hardcovers using a supported self-publishing business model. As a bestselling author and sales coach, she shows authors how to sell their books using all the effective traditional and online tricks of the trade. Staflund has a substantial sales and sales management history combined with over 20 years of book publishing experience within the traditional and new publishing markets.
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Ben Johnson was hired as a bodyguard for a rich widow and her kid, but he never expected to be working for the woman who had abandoned him just when he had needed her the most. Damn it all, he still wanted her. Samantha Chaunce never thought she would have to explain why she married the rich man instead of Ben. Or that her husband had been murdered…and Ben was the prime suspect.
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Egypt Fights Militant Islam With More of the Same
By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM,
Published: August 18, 1993
CAIRO, Aug. 17— Sheik Mohammed al-Ghozali is Egypt's model of the mainstream Muslim cleric, a scholar given ample television time by the Government to expound the merciful virtues of Islam.
But when asked last month on a witness stand whether people who espouse secularist views should be punished, his answer was simple: they should die.
"A secularist represents a danger to society and the nation that must be eliminated," Sheik Ghozali said. "It is the duty of the Government to kill him." Killing of Writer
Sheik Ghozali was testifying in July for the defense in the murder trial of Islamic militants accused of gunning down Farag Fodah, one of Egypt's best-known writers, last year. The accused are members of al-Gamaa al-Islamia, or the Islamic Group, a guerrilla organization that takes its spiritual leadership from Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Egyptian Muslim cleric whose followers were charged in the bombing in February of the World Trade Center.
The scene in court illustrates what critics say is a double-edged policy of the Egyptian Government, which fights violent Islamic fundamentalists trying to establish a theological dictatorship on one hand, while courting Muslim centrists who, in effect, hold the same beliefs but express them in less militant terminology.
The result of this approach, followed by President Hosni Mubarak for more than a decade, has also been two-pronged: militant Muslims have taken root in all areas of Government and their influence is being felt, while those who oppose them are responding with a backlash of attacks in the press. Debate in the Press
Ripples from Sheik Ghozali's outburst can be seen in daily articles attacking or opposing his views.
On Sunday, a prominent secularist commentator, Abdelsattar al-Tawila, wrote in an editorial that he detected "growing signs" that both the Egyptian Government and a growing number of Egypt's 58 million people are beginning to see through militant Islamic leaders "who are competing in issuing certificates of death and licenses to kill."
"The matter is no longer a display of Islamic militancy in superficial things such as banning alcohol and wearing the veil, but it transcends it to the killing of all those who have other beliefs," he wrote. A Tradition of Secularism
It is equally evident that the impact of fundamentalists has already altered an Egyptian tradition of secularism that has reigned in the last 200 years largely undisturbed and unquestioned.
Sheik Ghozali, for example, teamed up with senior pro-Government Muslim scholars, like Sheik Gad el-Haq Gad el-Haq, rector of influential Al Azhar University, in branding any arguments in favor of the separation of religion and state as "apostasy" -- a crime punishable by death under Islamic law.
In a striking manifestation of this alliance, Al Azhar University -- Islam's oldest theology school -- has banned some novels by the Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz, most specifically one of his masterpieces, "Awlad Haritna," or "The Children of Our Street," which was denounced as disrespectful to Islam. Nobel Laureate on Death List
Simultaneously, the Islamic Group said the Nobel laureate was at the top of its death list as an enemy of Islam. The writer has refused to alter his books or apologize, as his fundamentalist foes have demanded. The police have assigned bodyguards to protect him.
Other prominent people in the arts identified as targets for death include Adel Imam, a popular movie actor; Amina el-Saeed, one of Egypt's best-known female writers, and dozens of other intellectuals labeled as "enemies of Islam" because of their literature, art or films.
Self-censorship seems to have become more common in recent years, even in Egypt's relatively open cultural and entertainment worlds. The conservative influence is putting pressure on other, less well-known artists and performers to modify their work, with full Government acquiescence. Limits on Academic Freedom
Academic freedom has also suffered. A few months ago a committee dominated by fundamentalist professors at Cairo University denied a scholar a doctoral degree for a thesis in linguistics on the grounds that it questioned Islamic values.
Two weeks ago, a fundamentalist lawyer went further, filing a request to divorce the professor who wrote the thesis from his wife on the grounds that a good Muslim woman should not be married to such a man. The move was a surprise to the husband and wife, who were not consulted.
The Education Minister, Hussein Bahaa al-Din, stunned the country by stating in several interviews published in magazines and newspapers that Islamic groups have successfully penetrated primary, preparatory and secondary education, planting student converts to their cause in teaching colleges year after year in the last 15 years. Changes in Curriculum
"Our educational system has been infiltrated," Mr. Bahaa al-Din declared as he announced a plan to weed out fundamentalists and revise all curriculums through a screening process at teaching colleges. Policy Begun by Sadat
Egypt's policy of "flirting with fundamentalists" as one intellectual described it, goes back to the 1970's, when President Anwar el-Sadat, who was eventually killed by Islamic militants, released hundreds of Muslim fundamentalists from detention camps, encouraging them to take on the powerful secularist leftists who posed a challenge to his rule.
This approach was maintained by Mr. Mubarak when he came to power in 1981 with the slightly altered aim of using state-sponsored fundamentalism to fight growing militant fundamentalism. Some senior Government officials admit the policy has backfired and ultimately draped Egypt in an Islamic mantle. Conflict in Algeria
Several other Governments, including those of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and in the last year, once-secularist Syria, have taken Mr. Mubarak's path. But what is shaping up as a long war between fundamentalists and secularists has taken its most violent form in Algeria, evolving into a campaign of terrorism against intellectuals.
In July five fundamentalists burst into the home of Mohammed Boukhobza, a sociologist and university professor, tied up his daughter, and forced her to watch as they slit her father's throat. Mr. Boukhobza, 52, was the sixth Algerian intellectual killed in three months.
"The jungle is swallowing society, politics and ideas in many parts of the Arab world," said Hazem Sagieh, a liberal columnist for the Arab daily Al Hayat based in London, adding that these killings are instituting a permanent rupture between Islamists and their opponents that can only be resolved with more bloodletting.
A banker in Cairo this week put it in more pragmatic terms in a conversation about the rising trend of fundamentalism, wondering at the end of a long conversation about the phenomenon that many others have on their minds. "If that's what they do now, what will they do with us if they really take over?" asked the banker, who insisted on not being identified.
Photo: Islamic militancy is increasingly becoming an issue within the Egyptian Government. "A secularist represents a danger to society and the nation that must be eliminated," said Sheik Mohammed al-Ghozali, who is viewed as a mainstream cleric, at a recent trial of militants. (Associated Press)


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Like Father Like Daughters?
King Lear
Two questions always bother me when reading or seeing this, Shakespeare's most emotionally gruesome play, King Lear: Are Goneril and Regan as awful as everyone says they are? And if they are – why? What is there in the text that prompts directors to immediately show them as haughty, false, lying, hypocritical, vampy, etc., etc., from the moment they walk onto the stage?
To quote a few of the characters, my answer is, "Nothing."
Maybe I'm missing something but in the whole first scene what I see are two respectable older daughters and a saucy younger one, and a manipulative, hypocritical, hot-tempered, frighteningly irrational father.
Here's the situation. The old king, to the surprise of everyone and the dismay of some, is retiring and dividing his kingdom equally among his three daughters. Sounds good, right? But in the very first lines of the play we are informed that Lear tends to play favorites: Kent says to Gloucester: "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall." That is, Goneril's husband more than Regan's husband. Gloucester agrees but goes on to say that now that things are to be divided equally, who knows?
Enter the king and the whole gang. In the eleventh line he speaks, Lear reveals himself to be an emotional manipulator:
…Tell me, my daughters -
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
That we our largest bounty may extend
Where merit doth most challenge it?. (Scene 1)
Wha'?! he just told them it would be divided equally, now they have to compete by loving him most? I think the daughters can be excused for being a bit puzzled but Goneril and Regan are daughters to a king, wives to dukes and heads of great households. They are trained in the art of diplomacy as would all women of their class be. Goneril starts with, "Sir, I do love you more than words can wield the matter…" Regan ends with, "…I am alone felicitate/ In your dear highness' love."
Flowery yes, but hypocritical? Why should we think so? This is a ceremonial moment. They are put on the spot. They rise to the occasion and if we might think, "Why should they love the brutal old coot – I sure wouldn't!", I doubt that we would say so if we were in their position.
That Cordelia dares to go against this is in fact very strange. We find it admirable as do Kent, Gloucester, the King of France but I can't help but wonder why they do. A saucy young daughter who sasses back to her royal father in public in the name of honesty – yes, of course we cheer her on but why do these three males who represent the patriarchal power structure admire her so much? Would they want their daughters to…?
Lear's reaction, at least his initial dismay, is understandable from him point of view but we still hate him for his virulent rejection of her and the alert spectator/reader will note that he, for all the court, proclaims, "I loved her most."
That's never a fun thing for siblings to hear and as we find out it's not the first time Goneril and Regan have heard it.
That the three sisters are not the sweetest of friends we detect in Cordelia's farewell to Goneril and Regan:
…I know you what you are,
And like a sister am most loath to call
Your faults as they are named. Use well our father,
To your professèd bosoms I commit him.
But yet, alas, stood within his grace
I would prefer him to a better place (Scene 1)
What? What? What are their faults. Why would Lear be better off somewhere else? This is probably what directors base their presentation of the immediately nasty G&R on but for me it's far too vague. Goneril says, "Don't tell us what to do," i.e. "Prescribe not us our duties" and Regan tells her to mind her own business. Cordelia sweeps out with her new king after telling them their faults – whatever they are – we do not know, Shakespeare doesn't tell us! – will be revealed.
Nor in the exchange between Goneril and Regan that immediately follows do we see anything other than two daughters concerned about the irrational behavior of their angry father but three things are clear: 1) they know that: "He always loved our sister best", 2) that "he hath ever but slenderly known himself" (very astute of Regan!) and 3) that his irrationality is likely to continue and get worse. Conclusion? Let's stick together and do something.
These are not the evil intrigues of evil women. They are the unhappy observations that most children make over their aging parents – even those of us who had lovely, or at least normal, parents – and the feeling of "we have to do something" is surely universal. And for Goneril and Regan it is, as it is for us, a new situation.
Let's jump to Lear at Goneril's. We learn in Scene 3 that Goneril is already at her wits' end because Lear is not a gracious houseguest. You must agree that if Lear and his one hundred rowdy soldiers were staying with you, you'd be as angry as Goneril? That you'd be frustrated and impatient because the "idle old man" still wanted to "manage those authorities that he hath given away!" (Scene 3)? Haven't you ever been driven crazy by visiting parents, even the nice ones?
Still she speaks to him rather more respectfully and reasonably in Scene 4 than I would have managed to do in the face of the taunting of both Lear and his Fool. Her appeal to him is filled with the words sir, safe redress, fearful, good wisdom, beseech, understand… And these words should be delivered in a manner to show a woman who wants to do what is right, who wants to be respectful but is desperate because her entire household is in an uproar caused by Lear's and his soldiers' totally unacceptable behavior. Not as the evil conniving power-hungry daughter she is so often shown to be.
What follows is among the most painful scenes in Shakespeare, Lear's curse on his daughter.
He starts by calling her "detested kite" (for us non-bird people the Norton edition tells us this is a carrion-eating hawk) and a liar, claims his soldiers are as sweet as lambs (come on! A hundred soldiers all in one confined place?!) and that he was wrong about Cordelia. So before the curse even starts Goneril is called by her father King Lear a carrion eater and a liar and compared (for the umpteenth time) to his other, favorite daughter.
And then the curse:
…Hark, nature, hear;
Dear goddess, suspend thy purpose if
Thou didst intend to make this creature fruitful.
Into her womb convey sterility!
Dry up in her the organs of increase;
And from her derogate body never spring
A babe to honour her. If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen, that it may live,
And be a thwart disnatured torment to her.
Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth,
With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,
Turn all her mother's pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt, that she may feel –
Thou didst intend to make this creature fruitful.
Into her womb convey sterility!
Dry up in her the organs of increase;
And from her derogate body never spring
A babe to honour her. If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen, that it may live,
And be a thwart disnatured torment to her.
Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth,
With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,
Turn all her mother's pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt, that she may feel –
That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
I can literally find no words strong enough to express the profound, the absolute cruelty of this curse. Most women want children. In Lear's time and society (whenever that is) it is absolutely vital for noble women to bear children to carry on the family line, especially a royal line. That Goneril has been married to Albany for some years is not explicitly stated but it's fair to assume so. That they do not yet have children can – and must – be seen to be if not a sorrow for Goneril at least worrying. In her society bearing children is essentially the only thing expected and demanded and accepted of her. And her father not only says he hopes she never has children, he calls upon the goddesses to "dry up in her the organs of increase" – the very fount of life and, at least sometimes, joy.
And then he adds the curse that if she does have children they will turn against her. With his famous line about thankless children Lear, the expert manipulator, turns himself into the victim.
I hate him. He is a terrible father and what he has done cannot be forgiven no matter how cuddly he gets with Cordelia in the end. Surely somebody among all the Shakespeare scholars throughout the ages has not only seen this but turned the academic spotlight on the essential, vital significance of this curse in the play. Yes, Lear later in his madness is given great credit for coming to some understanding of the suffering of his lower class subjects but he never expresses regret over the suffering he has caused his two older daughters. He never comes to the tiniest insight, has the tiniest inkling, that he is in the wrong in this relationship.
You know what? I can't go on. I was going to analyze all the exchanges between Goneril and Lear and Regan and Lear but this is enough. Regan is far nastier than Goneril ever gets to be and with less visible cause but I'll have to leave her and the two sisters'developing rivalry for Edmund's favors for another time. For now I will simply leave this text with the image of a daughter devastated by the cruelty of her father and abandoned by her judgmental husband (also to be dealt with another time) and turned thereby into a cruel and manipulative villain.
Like father, like daughter.
Works cited:
- The Norton Shakespeare, based on the Oxford Edition. Ed. Greenblatt, Stephen et al. Second edition. 2008.
Spinoffs and Lear related films seen:
- A Thousand Acres 1997. Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse. Cast:– Jason Robards -King Lear;– Jessica Lange Goneril; – Michelle Pfeiffer - Regan; – Jennifer Jason Leigh –Cordelia (they all had other names of course). This might be the best Lear film so far. The parallels are clear, the story tragic, but from the sisters' point of views.
- Ran Akira Kurosawa 1985. Cast: see the movie review on the movie blog. These are not names I recognize, except for Kurosawa. The film is visually impressive and at times very dramatic. It is a masterpiece, I can agree, and must be seen. But it doesn't grip me.
Films seen:
- BBC, 1982. Director: Jonathan Miller. Cast: Michael Horden - King Lear; Gillian Barge– Goneril; Penelope Wilton– Regan; Brenda Blethyn– Cordelia; Michael Kitchen – Edmund; Anton Lesser – Edgar; John Shrapnel - Kent; Norman Rodway - Gloucester. In hindsight, having seen all the other versions, this one stands out as perhaps the best. Quite straightforward, as the BBC productions tend to be, and with many strong actors in the cast, this one is definitely an OK version to watch.
- Olivier 1983 Cast: Laurence Olivier– King Lear; Dorothy Tutin – Goneril; Diana Rigg – Regan; Anna Calder Marshall – Cordelia; Robert Lindsay– Edmund; David Threllfall – Edgar; Colin Blakely- Kent; Leo McKern- Gloucester. It starts out good with perhaps Olivier's best performance and much of the cast is strong but it loses momentum in the storm.
- Nunn and Hunt 2008 Cast: Ian McKellen – King Lear; Frances Barber – Goneril; Monica Dolan – Regan; Romola Garai– Cordelia; Philip Winchester – Edmund; Ben Meyjes – Edgar; Jonathan Hyde - Kent; - William Gaunt - Gloucester. Ian McKellen is unbeatable but the production is even more uneven than Nunn usually is and really doesn't reach the heights that one expects.
- Davenall 1974. Cast: Patrick Magee – King Lear; Beth Harris – Goneril; Ann Lynn – Regan; Wendy Allnutt – Cordelia; Patrick Mower – Edmund; Robert Coleby – Edgar; - Ray Smith - Kent; Ronald Radd - Gloucester. This one is almost a disaster. It was almost impossible to watch but I stuck with it.
- Brook 1971 Cast: Paul Scofield – King Lear; Irene Worth – Goneril; Susan Engel – Regan; Anne-Lise Gabold – Cordelia; Ian Hogg – Edmund; Robert Lloyd – Edgar; Tom Fleming - Kent; Alan Webb - Gloucester. Some very dramatic and powerful filming but another uneven production that didn't carry it off.
All of these except the BBC version have been reviewed on http://rubyjandsmovieblog.blogspot.se/
Seen on stage:
- December 11, 2011 with 1-2-3 Schtunk, a comedy trio who had us laughing from start to…almost to the finish, which was as tragic as the play is supposed to be.
- On October 26, 2013 at Stockholm's Stadsteatern with the Swedish acting legend Sven Wollter in the lead. Set in a modern day psychiatric geriatric clinic with outstanding stage settings and visual effects, this is in some ways better than all the films put together. But it too has its flaws which make it less than the original.


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The influence of unemployment on neighbourhood relations
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This article analyses the negative effects unemployment has on the relationship between the individual and his neighbourhood. Many research projects both in Yugoslavia and abroad have shown that unemployment influences the relations between the individual and his primary groups, i. e. it can have a destructive influence on family life, weaken relations with friends, neighbours and the community in general. We started from the hypothesis that unemployment has a destructive influence on neighbourhood relations. The results of research into unemployment performed at the end of 1985 in Croatia partly confirmed this hypothesis. About 81% of the respondents included in the enquiry considered that their relations with their neighbours, from the aspect of mutual help, visiting etc., remained the same as when they had been employed. About 3% of the respondents considered that the relations had improved, about 10% of them considered that they had deteriorated after unemployment. The research results show that changes in neighbourhood relations during unemployment occur more frequently in some categories of the population. These are in the first place men, people aged between 31 and 40, those who have been unemployed for longer periods of time and people of a lower socio-economic status.


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Housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.189 million in June – an increase of 4.8% compared with about 1.135 million as of May but a decrease of 2.0% compared with about 1.213 million in June 2015, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Starts of single-family homes were at a rate of about 778,000, an increase of 4.4% compared with the revised May figure of about 745,000. Starts of multifamily units (five units or more per building) were at a rate of about 392,000, an increase of 1.6% compared with about 386,000 in May.
Building permits in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.153 million, an increase of 1.5% compared with the revised May rate of 1.136 million but a decrease of 13.6% compared with about 1.334 million in June 2015.
Permits for single-family homes were at a rate of about 738,000, an increase of about 1.0% compared with about 731,000 in May. Permits for multifamily units were at a rate of about 384,000, an increase of 1.9% compared with a rate of about 377,000 in May.
About 1.147 million new homes had been completed in the 12 months ended in June. That's an increase of 12.3% compared with the revised May estimate of about 1.021 million units completed and an increase of 18.7% compared with about 966,000 in June 2015.
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In Greek mythology, the name Lycomedes (Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης) may refer to several characters, of whom the most prominent was Lycomedes, the king of Scyros during the Trojan War.
Lycomedes of Scyros
Lycomedes (also known as Lycurgus) was a king of the Dolopians in the island of Scyros near Euboea, father of a number of daughters including Deidameia, and grandfather of Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus.
Lycomedes and Achilles
At the request of Thetis, Lycomedes concealed Achilles in female disguise among his own daughters. At Lycomedes' court Achilles had an affair with Deidamia, which resulted in the birth of Neoptolemus. As Odysseus drew Achilles out of his disguise and took him to Troy, Neoptolemus stayed with his grandfather until he too was summoned during the later stages of the war.[1]
Lycomedes and Theseus
Plutarch says that Lycomedes killed Theseus who had fled to his island in exile by pushing him off a cliff for he feared that Theseus would dethrone him, as people of the island treated the guest with marked honor. Some related that the cause of this violence was that Lycomedes would not give up the estates which Theseus had in Scyros, or the circumstance that Lycomedes wanted to gain the favour of Menestheus.[2][3][4]
Other characters
- Lycomedes, a son of Creion, one of the Greek warriors at Troy;[5] he was represented by Polygnotus in the Lesche at Delphi as wounded (supposedly by Agenor) in the wrist, in the arm and in the head.[6]
- Lycomedes, son of Apollo and Parthenope.[7]
- Lycomedes, a Cretan suitor of Helen.[8]
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.13.8
- ↑ Plutarch, Life of Theseus, 35. 3.
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 17. 6
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1324
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 9. 84
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 25. 6
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 4. 1
- ↑ Hesiod in Scholia on Iliad, 19. 240
|This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original article was at Lycomedes. The list of authors can be seen in the page history.


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By car: The hotel is located between road 905 and road 273. Exit Grind 1, Norrtälje and Almunge. The hotel is located on the opposite side from the Radisson Blu Arlandia and Flight Academy. Parking is available at the aircraft area for day visitors and overnight guests. From the Alfa-Beta long-stay parking facility: take transfer bus number 14 to the stop at the hotel. By bus or train from the terminals: take the free transfer bus number 14. It runs every 15 minutes between the hotel and the terminals. On foot: the hotel is a 30-minute walk from the terminals.


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The base 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander ES model has the four-cylinder and keeps it simple, though it includes air conditioning, keyless entry, and a 140-watt, six-speaker sound system. At the top of the lineup, the luxurious XLS picks up fog lamps, steering-wheel audio controls, remote start, cruise control, and automatic climate control, plus the new FUSE hands-free link system, controlling audio and calling functions with voice commands.
The new Outlander GT includes, along with other appearance extras, rain-sensing wipers, heated mirrors, leather seats, bi-xenon HID headlamps, and a more powerful 710-watt Rockford Fosgate premium sound system with nine speakers and a huge 10-inch subwoofer. "Continuing the active personality are its staple LED taillights, sleek roof rack, and available HID headlamps and 18-in alloy wheels," notes Motor Trend of the GT. Pointing to the features in the GT, Kelley Blue Book says, "This long list of standard and available goodies remains our favorite Outlander advantage."
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Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
A study published in the April edition of the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology suggests that frequent disruptions in the sleep cycle (also known as circadian rhythm) can increase the risk of kidney and heart disease. (The study is not yet available online.)
Conducted by researchers from the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital, the study altered the internal biological clocks of rodent (hamster) models using external regulators (such as reversing light and dark periods) and found that the changes resulted in cardiomyopathy (damage and enlargement of the heart) and scarring of the kidney tubules.
Based on findings from this and several other previous studies, the researchers concluded that renewal of organ tissues likely occurs during sleep, suggesting that sleep disruption prevents this process from happening and results in damage to the organs.
The researchers note that these problems may be particularly acute among flight crews, truck drivers, and "graveyard" or other variable shift workers. In fact, while most studies of these populations have focused on the effects of sleep deprivation and concentration and performance, the latest study may help explain why such workers have higher rates of cardiovascular disease. With that being said, the study's lead author suggests that such workers consider these findings when scheduling work time," or at the very least "try to maintain a constant working schedule for one month or more [to allow] the body to readjust its clock to external cues."
Don't have an erratic work schedule? Unfortunately that doesn't mean that you're immune to sleep disruptions. A new baby (or just one that's acting possessed as of late!), a stressful work project, or even just a few late nights in a row can throw your sleep schedule into a rut.
But, if there's one tried and true tip for regulating your sleep pattern, its eschewing those weekend lie ins. Yes, it feels great to sleep 'till noon, especially if you've had a rough week, but setting your alarm for just one hour beyond your usual wake up time will allow you to feel well rested without sending your body in to shock once Monday morning rolls around!
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Insufficient sleep probably has more to do with obesity than the carbohydrates you rant against. Lack of sleep decreases leptin and raises ghrelin, which makes people eat more than they would otherwise.
The Book "Lights Out" is a good read into the cardiac rythm and sleep cycles. Basically, go to bed by 10pm or you mess with all your hormones like GH release and melatonin. People who also stay up later tend to crave more carbohydrates because the body is tricked into think that it is a long day of summer (artificial lighting) and during the summer Paleo man needs to eat as many fruits/veg/carbs to fatten up for winter time survival.
What are some good remedies to staying asleep??? I don't usually have a problem getting to sleep, but I do usually wake up any where from 3-7 times a night to use the bathroom. Any good herbal remedies, dietary suggestions, anything that will help me stay down once I'm asleep??
James> Some people claim omega-3 can help (Dr Seth Roberts of Shangri-La diet fame is one and he also claims that standing up more during the day helps (?!) ). Some like melatonin although for me it helped me get to sleep easier but not sleep sounder.
ZMA helps some people sleep…may be the Magnesium. I wouldn't suggest taking melatonin…as that will just mess up your own ability to make it. Lack of sleep with just mess with everything including cognative ability, cellular repair and other recovery/detoxification mechanisms. Sleep it key to health, living longer, muscle growth and fat loss.
Scott has a review of "Light Out" worth checking out.
James – I have the same problem as you. I try hard to limit the amount of fluid I drink after 7 pm, but it's hard because my husband works late, and we seldom finish dinner before 8:30.
I read somewhere that alpha-lipoic acid (touted by a lot of low-carb gurus) can actually cause sleeplessness. I cut way back on the ALA, and started taking it in the morning instead of evening, and that helped a lot. Of course, if you're not taking ALA, this tip won't help you.
Thanks for all the tips.


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Hey Class, doubt any1 will be checking this a day before the exam, but im absolutely screwed for tenzin palmo. i have started writing an essay but i cant seen to get it long enough. if you have any contributions, please feel free to email me. email@example.com love eden
Tenzin Palmo – Buddhism
Like all religions, Buddhism is constantly changing and evolving to suit the attitudes of the adherents. There are certain individuals that contribute and influence the expression of the faith, and they impact on the way that practitioners understand the religion. Tenzin Palmo has made an extremely huge impact on the Buddhist tradition, especially in respect to female rights.
Born in east London in 1943 at Diane Perry, she converted to Buddhism at the age of 18. Her father was the owner of a local fish and chip restaurant and her mother was accepting of all types of people of all faiths. Tenzin's upbringing was impacted greatly by her parents, and especially her mother influenced her interest in south-east Asian religion. At only the age of 20, Tenzin moved to India, where she began training as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. It was here she was given the name of Tenzin under her guru Rinpoche.
Whilst living at Rinpoche's monastry she experienced first hand the misogynistic prejudices within the Buddhist tradition. Under Tibetan Buddhism it is believed that the female form is a less significant form of spirituality and therefore is unable to reach enlightenment. The best a women could hope for is to be reborn into a man. From mainly this experience Tenzin found her true calling, which she let the world no in a statement to a Buddhist magazine, "I vow to attain enlightenment in the female form – no matter how many lifetimes it takes." Her determination and confidence in herself as a Buddhist nun provided a strong role model for other nuns within the Tibetan faith that were discriminated against because of their gender.
In 1964 Tenzin was the second western women to be ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. This was the highest level available for women. However, with the support of her teacher, Tenzin travelled to Hong Kong where she was able to receive the full bhikshuni ordination, becoming the first western women to do so. Now at the highest level a Buddhist woman could reach she found that discrimination of her gender obstructed her path to enlightenment.
In 1976 she decided to deeply meditate in a cave in the Himalayas. She remained here for 12 years, 3 of which she was in full retreat. It was here that she practised meditation for days and nights based on ancient Buddhist beliefs. Her determination and sacrifice for her faith strongly encouraged many other Buddhists to do the same. In her retreat Tenzin was able to study the 3 marks of existence, the 4 noble truths and the eightfold path. She emerged from the tiny cave in 1988 and travelled to Italy due to legal reasons. Since 1988 she has exerted all her energy into the cause of equal rights and opportunities for Buddhist nuns.
When Tenzin asked her guru whether she should continue with her path to enlightenment or to create a nunnery he said it was ultimately up to her. She then sought another opinion from a priest at a church. His answer was simple and there was no question in his mind thinking otherwise. Tenzin agreed and in 1999 the construction of her Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery Began and in January 2000, the first nuns arrived. She aimed at teaching other Buddhist nuns to become better practitioners. Her contribution to the changing rights of women within the Buddhist faith was acknowledged, and in 2008 she was enthroned Jetsunma in recognition of her 'spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practioners in Tibetan Buddhism'.
Her strong character was able to question the Dalai Lama himself about the unequal rights of women in the faith.


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A plane on conveyor belt which in opposite direction, Can takeoff?
The plane on the conveyor belt
A plane is on a conveyor belt which moves in the opposite direction. Can it take off?
This page is an appendix to the Physclips page Vectors and relative motion. It was written to answer an odd question put to me by several students. The question was asked with two very different conditions:
Question 1. A plane is on a conveyor belt which, when turned on, moves the plane backwards at a speed equal to the normal take-off speed of the plane. If the pilot uses the normal amount of throttle and other controls, can the plane take off?
Question 2. A plane is on a conveyor belt which, when turned on, moves the plane backwards. The belt speed is controlled and it can move sufficiently fast that, with respect to the ground, the plane never moves forwards. Can the plane take off?
As we shall see, these two sets of conditions are very different. Much of the confusion of the students who have asked this question, and the disagreements among them, can be traced to confusion over which (if either) of these conditions has been specified.
A few assumptions first: Let's assume that the plane has wheels that roll on the ground, but that there is no engine to drive these wheels. The plane has either propellor or jet engines which push against the air, with negligible effect on the ground. The plane has wings (and other surfaces that we shan't mention further) that generate lift as air passes over them. We also assume that there is no wind (except later when we consider the wind that may be generated by the conveyor belt itself).
- Question 1: belt speed = normal take-off speed. (Technologically, this could be done using an aircraft carrier instead of the conveyor belt, and a plane with a very low take-off speed, such as the Gossamer Condor.) Let's answer this first by making two approximations, and then deal with the approximations.
- Question 2: plane assumed stationary with respect to ground. (This one may not be technologically possible.) This requires looking at some of the same effects, but under very different – and difficult – circumstances.
- Question 3: plane assumed stationary with respect to centre of the Earth. (One could do this one experimentally with existing technologies.)


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Thx for all the wonderful comments! Here is part 9!
Christmas came in a blaze of sunlight and the smell of coffee. I got up and went to the bathroom and then headed downstairs to open presents with my family. It was the usual madness and mayhem of flying wrapping paper, and I got some clothes and DVD's. I texted Mona and wished her a merry christmas. As we were unwrapping presents, the door bell rung and I got up to answer it. I opened the door and there stood Wes, looking very handsome in a tan cashmere sweater and blue jeans. I gave him a kilowatt smile and he walked in wrapping my in his arms and giving me a passionate kiss as I closed the door behind him.
"Merry Christmas babe!" Wes said as I ended the kiss. I gave him a quick peck smiling and leading him into the living room. My parents greeted Wes and then Mom got up to get the rest of breakfast ready. I snuggled with Wes' arm around my shoulders on the couch watching my sister playing with her toys. Mom soon called everyone into the dining room to eat.
After breakfast, I took Wes to my room and Wes closed the door and turned towards me and picked me up and wrapped my legs around his waist while my arms encircled his neck. I bent to give him a kiss, grinning all the while. Wes moved over to my bed and laid me down and laid on top of me while we continued to make out.
I broke the kiss and looked Wes in his eyes while I held his face in my hands. "I love you so much like you'd never believe!" I said and Wes ran one hand through my hair and bent to peck a kiss on my lips. "I love you too!" he replied. Wes laid his head on my chest with my arms still wrapped around his neck.
"I got you something for Christmas..." Wes said and I moved and Wes looked into my eyes. "What did you get me?" I replied and Wes sat up and pulled a long slender package from his back pocket and handed it to me. It was a red velvet box like a bracelet holder... I opened it slowly and laying there was a thin corded silver chain with a St. Christopher medal on it. I gasped and looked into Wes' eyes. "I Love it!" I said and Wes grabbed it and told me to turn around. After Wes locked the necklace I turned around and gave him a deep passionate kiss. "I got something for you too!" I said as I went over to my dresser and picked up the wrapped box and went and sat down to Wes and held it out for him to pick up and unwrap.
Wes picked up the box and unwrapped it. He opened the box and saw the watch gleaming in the morning sun filtering through my window. "Wow, babe! I love it!" Wes said as he picked it up and undid the clasp. "Here let me help..." I said and slid it on his wrist and closed the clasp around his wrist. Wes jiggled it around his wrist and then looked up at me with so much love in his eyes. Wes put one hand on my cheek and pulled me close and gave me a warm, steamy kiss.
I opened my mouth and his tongue invaded my mouth. I moaned as our kiss began to heat up. I laid back on my bed and Wes climbed on top of me. I let my hands roam over his hard body and through his hair as we grinded our hips together.
I broke the kiss and held Wes' face in my hands and looked deep into his eyes and I could see the love he had for me, and he looked into my eyes and saw the love I had for him.
Soon there was a knock on my door and we bolted up in my bed as my door swung open and there stood my Mom.
"Wes dear, if you want to stay for lunch, you are more than welcome." Mom told us as I buried my face into Wes' shoulder, red as a tomato with embarrassment.
"I would love to stay for lunch, Mrs. Russo. Thank you." Wes said and Mom left and went back down stairs. Wes laid back down on my bed and I cuddled next to him, laying my head on his chest and having Wes stroking my back as I stroked his chest with my fingers.
"That was close!" Wes chuckled.
"Yeah it was!" I said.
We laid there for a few more minutes and then I looked at the clock on my night stand. It was getting close to lunch, so I suggested we head downstairs to help with lunch.
After lunch, I texted Mona and wished her a Merry Christmas and then Wes decided to leave. I escorted him to the front door and helped him put on his coat. Wes wrapped his arms around my and pulled me close and said, "Thank you for the watch, I really do love it!"
"You're quite welcome. Thanks for the necklace, it's beautiful. I will never take it off!" I replied and then Wes bent down and gave me a kiss on my lips, which heated up quickly. I broke the kiss as I heard giggling behind us and turned my head and saw my sister standing there with here stuffed animal in her arms partially covering her face.
"Scram you little bugger!" I told her and she ran off to her room. I gave Wes one last peck and he left to go back home. I leaned against the door thinking that this was the best christmas ever!
New Years Eve rolled around and Mona had planned a party at her house since her parents were going out to a party themselves. She called me and told me to be there at 8 to help decorate and set everything up. I took a shower and got dressed and headed to Mona's at a quarter 'til 8. I got to her house and rang the bell and she answered the door wearing a black v-neck with blue skinny jeans and had a sparkly party hat on top of her head with a white satin ribbon with Happy New Year drapped across her chest.
We just got the finishing touches in place when to bell rang announcing the arrival of the guests. The party was in full swinng when I felt someone's arms wrap around me from behind and I heard them whisper in my ear, "Hey there, hot stuff!"
I turned my head and say that it was Wes behind me. I turned around and wrapped my arms around his neck and pecked a kiss on his lips. "Hey there, yourself." I said with a smile on my lips.
"I didn't know you were coming!" I said and Wes told me that Mona had invited him last week.
I continued to make my rounds filling drinks and re-filling the finger foods on the table. Soon it was time to watch the ball drop on the t.v. and everybody grabbed a glass of bubbly and counted down to the new year. I quickly found Wes and as everybody shouted in the new year, I grabbed Wes and gave him a searing kiss!
Soon everybody left and I stayed behind with Mona and Wes and Tony. We helped clean the place up and then Wes drove me home.
As we stepped up on my porch, Wes grabbed my hand and turned me towards him and pulled me close. I looked up at Wes and he bent down and gave me a hot passionate kiss. He broke the kiss and said, "I love you so much! I am glad that we found each other. I don't ever want to lose you!"
"I love you too Wes. And trust me when I say, I am not going anywhere! You are stuck with me!" I said grinning. We continued to kiss for another couple of minutes and then I went inside as Wes drove off into the night.
I got dressed for bed and crawled under my covers and dreamed of our future together....
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Comic Book Questions Answered – Who Designed the Famous Avengers "A"?
Comic Book Questions Answered – where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at email@example.com). Here is a link to an archive of all the past questions that have been answered so far.
Today we discover who designed the famous Avengers "A."
Movie-goers discovered a cool logo that comic fans have been familiar with for years, the famed "Big A" Avengers logo…
Reader Robert wrote in to ask who designed it.
The logo debuted in 1972's Avengers #96…
It is so famous that, while different logos have come and go over the years (including a particularly bad one around the time of the first Secret Wars and another rough one after Steve Epting left the title), forty years later it remains the logo of the Avengers…
But WHO designed the logo?
To get the answer, I went to the logo expert, the legendary letterer and logo designer, Todd Klein, whose Logo Studies series on his blog is one of the most informative piece of comic book history on the entire internet.
Todd said that it was notable Marvel letterer Gaspar Saladino who did it. Saladino, you might recall, was featured in a Comic Book Legends Revealed column back in 2006 about how he actually served as the designated "First page letterer" for Marvel in the 1970s.
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I went through an awful breakup that destroyed my life and brought me to zero point, but luckily I came out again gathered my pieces and started from zero and in six months I found a job bought a new car met an amazing girl traveled and had a lot of fun with my friends plus I got fit again and everything seems to be perfect in it's size, but still I've been going through a very strange phase tha is driving me crazy !!!
I wake up everyday with a strange feeling that something bad is gonna happen, my heart keeps beating then I eat breakfast and go to work then on the way back home from workit happens again !! so I try to take a nap to make it fade but end up to see nightmares and these feelings starts to change to become more violent, I feel a very big urge to hit someone to death or break everything around, so I go to gym and try to empty that power on iron, then come back home smoke a hookah and talk to my girlfriend, it helps most of the time and that feeling starts to fade and I have a good peaceful sleep till morning when it starts all over again !!!
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Frankly Alan I dont think this is the place where you will find people qualified to help you with your problem so I would strongly advise you to seek professional help to talk about your worries. If there is anyone on G@G qualified to help you then he/she should inform you of their qualifications. Seeking help from people who are not medically qualified is never a good idea.10|10|0
thanks for your kind reasonable opinion, but I trust common people more cause they live the problem not read about it, I'm an architect and I can tell you most of what I learned was from from workers and people who deal with the materials in site not from my professors whom teach the general thing in the best situations... I want to know if someone faced what i'm facing and how was their experience...
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Unresolved matters in your life and perhaps memories coming back that you want to forget10|10|0
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AGED care and nursing homes warn they will be forced to cut staff and services because of steep increases in workplace safety costs.
THE sector's peak representative body has received reports of operators being hit with increased WorkCover charges - up to $250,000 in the case of one operator - while some smaller care centres have seen their premiums double.
Aged and Community Services SA chief executive Alan Graham told the Sunday Mail operators would have to consider trimming staff numbers and reducing social activities.
"If this level of premiums continues ... into the future, there will be severe question marks about the viability of certain operators. This is massive," he said.
"That kind of activity where you get the social, emotional, physical involvement of people in facilities might be reduced in the first instance and there's other things they might look at in administration.
"If you take away lifestyle, you take away the quality of a person's life as opposed to quality of care."
One Glynde provider has complained of a $247,000 increase, lifting its total WorkCover bill to $1.5 million.
A Port Lincoln operator has reported a 49 per cent levy increase to $156,712 and a Payneham home support service provider says its bill has been doubled to $50,000.
Mr Graham said staff cuts would impact service quality.
WorkCover manages the state compensation scheme which provides support to people injured on the job.
A new system introduced on July 1 places more emphasis on past injury and compensation claims when calculating future charges. The aged-care sector employs a large number of women and involves frequent lifting and manual handling.
Mr Graham, who represents 95 per cent of the state's not-for-profit aged and community sector, will meet senior WorkCover officers tomorrow seeking changes.
Acting Workers' Rehabilitation Minister Russell Wortley deflected a request for comment to WorkCover.
CEO Rob Thomson said the scheme came after two years of consultation.
"It would not be fair or equitable to protect any one industry and force other employers to pay more as a result," he said.
"We have met with the aged care industry associations ... to explain these changes and discuss how injury prevention and management will have a positive impact on their WorkCover premium."
Opposition finance spokesman Rob Lucas said the sector was being punished for Government mismanagement.
He warned staff cuts could increase the likelihood of more expensive WorkCover claims.
"Aged-care providers have indicated they will have to reduce the quality of services provided to elderly people to pay for the increased WorkCover levies," Mr Lucas said.
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Today, Microsoft announced that its home-baked voice assistant, Cortana, will cease to be Windows-exclusive and is headed to both iOS and Android. Redmond's Joe Belfiore revealed this in a newly-posted video promo. Cortana is referred to as a "phone companion app" and will aim at both Apple's Siri and Google's Google Now, which are integral parts of iOS and Android, respectively.
It seems that Cortana will bring mostly the same functionality to iOS and Android that it currently offers to Windows Phone users. Of course, it will be a bit limited due to the fact that it will be a standalone app and not baked into the respective operating system.
Just as you might expect, it will allow you to make queries - you can ask it for whatever you like. Among the other mentioned features that iUsers and Android fans will benefit from are location-based reminders that go off at a given time of the day. What's more, if your phone is in your pocket and a reminder needs to go off, Cortana will wake it up and notify you about the task at hand. It will also make interaction with Microsoft's own apps (OneNote, OneDrive, others) across these platforms easier.
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Hey all! I received a package from dragonslair on Friday. I would have posted sooner, but a nasty stomach bug hit me on Friday afternoon. Yuck! Anyway, here we go!
mini pincushions, red rick rack (I use this a lot!), candy canes, cocoa (one packet is missing because I already drank it :-), pin wheel kit
plastic canvas dinosaurs (her boys thought I would like them, how cute!), polymer clay and molds, 3 sets of earrings, chunky red yarn
6 felt mini stockings
Black Apple mini doll (she also donated a second doll to the angel tree in my honor!), crochet coaster, crochet calorimetry. That should keep the cold out! It's funny about the doll, the one I made for her was with my own pattern, but I based the hair and features on the Black Apple doll. Coincidence!
extra large frog pincushion and matching needle book
I haven't decided if I want to give any of this as gifts, or if I want to be greedy and keep it all for myself
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Team orthopedic surgeon Stephen Gryzlo performed the operation, which took about an hour, at Northwestern Hospital.
Soto will begin to rehab the shoulder over the next two weeks with the Cubs training staff. Complete recovery time after surgery is said to be three months. Soto should be 100 percent by Jan. 1.
The Cubs catcher spent two weeks on the disabled list in August with right shoulder soreness.
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