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THOUGHTS ON "THE REDBACK REVOLUTION" Part 1
Casey Ciccarello MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:11 AM This article makes lots of sense in explaining the reason for the ghost cities, but is what you're saying evidence based or conjecture?
JC Collins MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:43 AM Evidence based, as always. Reference the following link. It's extremely engaging material about China's urbanization plans. Unfortunately there is only so much I can focus on in a blog post. Enjoy.
Matt McBride (@MattMhmmcbride) MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:38 AM Hi JC, Great article!
The managed exchange rate has served its purpose (as you have termed the yuan the "mule" carrying the multilateral process toward its integration).
"What many people don't understand is that to maintain the pegged value of the currency, the central bank must effectively 'print' yuan to swap for dollars."
I agree the yuan will appreciate.
I disagree with what the below article [which is a great read] from dailyreckoning supposes, the yuan is to the contrary undervalued as you have correctly stated, and coupled with the required disclosure of its gold reserves as part of the IMFs disclosure requirements (which I am expecting will be much larger than predicted approx. 6000-7000 MT) there will be increasing faith in its future store of value, especially when it becomes the 5th currency entered into the SDR basket:
"But maybe the damage done by China's credit bubble — the malinvestment and the huge amount of bad debts created — means that the yuan will actually fall, not rise against the US dollar, if left to market forces.
If confidence in the Chinese economic miracle starts to wane, then the currency will decline whether China runs a healthy trade surplus or not. Look at Russia — their trade surpluses haven't stopped the ruble from taking a beating recently. It's all about confidence."
I mentioned in the prior essays forum:
"By depegging from the USD, the undervalued (some may disagree on this) yuan can float and appreciate to a realistic value.
An appreciating yuan would strengthen the SDR vs the USD and provide further diversification to the basket."
The projection figures and scenario analysis in this paper by CEPII will help give further clarity to our forum members.
On a separate note as per the attached article by the fiscaltimes, on April 17-19 2015 the IMF and World Bank spring meeting will discuss "which…options to pursue…before settling on a plan, according to people who were not authorized to speak publicly" [how to move forward with the 2010 reforms and US veto]
It seems things will come to light quickly with the timeline standing at:
April 2015 – IMF & World Bank meet to discuss US veto and 2010 reform options
May 2015 – Informal SDR basket review
May – June 2015 – Yuan depeg initiation + Gold reserves announced to the IMF
June 2015 – Greece extension expires
Sep/Oct 2015 – SDR basket review formality
Nov 2015 – G20 meeting in Turkey
Finally, just hoping to pick your brain on two things:
With regards to sovereign bonds related to the QE programs of the FED, BOJ, ECB and BOE, a large majority of such bonds are held by these central banks, key insider banks, or even government departments.
If yields significantly rise on these sovereign bonds in a crisis manufactured in Europe (and that spreads around the world), these central banks or key stakeholders in the new system being the FED, ECB, China, Bundesbank, BOJ, BOE, JPM, GS, will suffer tremendous capital losses.
The IMF would also incur tremendous risk and losses under an SDR bond substitution model with Chinas USTs (or any bond exchange that occurred under a SDR bond creation to liquidate the system) if such a yield spike occurred over the next 6-18 months after the IMF took them on their books.
This cost would be on top of the exchange rate and yield differentials of USD vs SDR and UST vs SDR bonds in the substitution account.
At the moment the FED for instance has made great capital growth on the treasuries purchased in the QE programs with the 10 yields dropping to under 2%.
Q1: Is there a way that the "crisis" used to transition to the multilateral SDR system will effect the retail investors, and leave the central bank bond assets relatively unscathed? Or are central bank losses not a concern to them in the scheme of things?
I can see the stock market having a 20-30% correction (or 40 – 60% correction in useless tech stocks) at the expense of the retail investor (to be picked up after the correction by insiders and smart money on the cheap) &
I imagine a bank crisis could be limited to the banks themselves (see that european banks currently hold large exposure to other European bank bonds), with the ESB and FSB taking control of the banks (at the expense of the shareholders/creditors), recapitalising them, and selling them back into the market at a profit.
Q2: Do you see the SDR basket nation bonds/currency (and Gold) being pushed as the only safe havens in the upcoming crisis, as despite their large debt/GDP, the SDR bonds issued for liquidity will keep ie teh UST, JGB respective yields low, thus having retail, bank (and non SDR basket nation) capital pour into such bonds and currency from the stock, property and bond markets of Canada, Australia, Korea et al emerging markets (which will take the brunt of the losses)? Thanks again for your great work Matt
JC Collins MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:58 AM Matt, as always, thanks for the comment and expanding on the posts content. You're doing us all a great service. I figured this one would initiate a detailed response from you.
In regards to your questions, I'm beginning to think retail investors are going to be left on their own. The approaching bond crisis will be something of a head fake as the SDRM process, and substitution accounts which will freeze rates, are utilized effectively.
The reduction in risk will create a flood of capital from stocks and into bonds. And as you have stated, non-production based tech stocks will be hit the hardest.
Does that answer your questions? I hope so because I'm tired now.
Thanks again for all the additional information. Great contributions my friend.
Matt McBride (@MattMhmmcbride) MARCH 5, 2015 AT 3:32 AM Thanks for the response and the kind words. Ah ha. I did not consider the rate freeze for the SDRM and SDR substitution :)
The head fake will screw the retail investors bond value (as yields sky rocket in temporary panic). Many will panic and take losses as they bail on bonds for cash/gold/stocks etc.
Martin Armstrongs 2015.75 big bang is only partially right (because it will be in fact only a head fake).
The yield freeze and SDRM/substitution process will allow the bulk of the sovereign bonds (held by central banks and key inside banks) to avoid losses on the head fake movement (due to their knowledge), and successfully liquify the system with new low cost SDR bonds…
confidence will return to sovereign debt and the volatile stock market will continue to drain malinvested capital to the more stable SDR bonds, or resources priced in SDRs.
You have helped me complete the final gap in my knowledge of how this will likely play out.
…I forgot the time difference between Aus and Canada. wǎn ān (mandarin for good night)
ps A "redback" is one of Australia's most deadly spiders.
Dripfood MARCH 5, 2015 AT 8:28 AM Matt, your projections of troubled Central Banks are quite interesting.
It's not hard to imagine, how a global Central Bank crisis would benefit consolidation into regional CB's and eventually one global CB.
We might be observing a Central Banking crises being slowly engineered by ways of the QE programs. Though I guess it won't mature before another decade (or two) has passed.
Bennybenfari MARCH 5, 2015 AT 5:30 AM So basically it's going to comes down to timing. I'm sorry I'm completely in the dark when it comes to investments but anyone who's invested in Bonds should stick with them in the long term?
Right now my investments in my brokerage link fidelity account are in GLD, PALL, SGOL, and TSO (precious metals). When this "head fake" occurs I should see a significant rise in my investment value correct?
Orendareview MARCH 5, 2015 AT 6:31 AM JC, Perhaps the globalization of China's National New Urbanization Plan should be understood as a part of Agenda 21, with China's plan being a regional development of this massive reorganization of global resources under the rubric of sustainable development. Thoughts?
Nevenmeic MARCH 5, 2015 AT 11:57 AM "China is literally advertising its currency overseas, and it's making sure that everyone landing at one of the world's busiest airports sees it."
nevenmeic MARCH 5, 2015 AT 12:29 PM "This process will be used in Greece and the Eurozone as the multilateral develops further into its broader global framework. See post BRICS SDR to Bailout Eurozone."
On schedule:
This was never said officially before! "They gave money to save German and French banks, not Greece," Paolo Batista,one of the Executive Directors of International Monetary Fund….
He urged Greece to directly negotiate with the IMF and favored the restructuring of the Greek debt that is been hold by the European partners.
speedspirit MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:07 PM If China is going to grow its middle class then all those folks are going to want to eat more meat and drink more wine.
So since we average folks are not in the boys club of wall street why play in their casino.
Take the money out and exit the game that's rigged. Get a nice farm somewhere and live a better life without all this time spent worrying about complicated things we have no control over.
The soul prefers a lifestyle of reflecting on matters that make the soul grow not digits on a screen.
nanook73 MARCH 5, 2015 AT 3:25 PM You are reading my mind speed spirit. Had a great conversation with a client of mine yesterday who is a sales executive for a large agricultural company.
Both of us are typically middle/upper middle class people and both of us are feeling pretty "burnt out". We both agreed that we are feeling like there is something more to this life than simply chasing (and never quite grasping) the almighty dollar/success (whatever that looks like). We are like hamsters on a wheel that can never get off for fear of what may happen if we do.
The older I get the more I realize what I'd really like to do is just grow/create things and reflect. Sounds kind of corny but the more I think about it the more at peace I tend to feel.
There is something about this corporate/hamster like existence that is not healthy for the soul. Somehow I get the feeling that the life/existence we have created for ourselves in our societies is not how we were intended by our creator to exist.
PS – JC – interesting explanation of the ghost city phenomena. It will be very interesting to see how it plays out over the next few years. Has been a hot topic of conversation at my dinner table more than once.
Martinoloughlin MARCH 5, 2015 AT 2:28 PM Thanks JC! This post has been very enlightening to say the least. I travel to China and have seen these cities first hand. I ask the factory owners what its all about and I could never get a straight answer… Quick video I took from my travels…
China's Ghost Cities & International Construction
Norman Ball MARCH 5, 2015 AT 7:02 PM How do you avert war with a side that is **** bent on having it, more specifically with a side that has decided its viability is premised on the necessity of war?
If we can't precipitate Russia into war in the Ukraine, then we will park NATO forces on its borders. This is tantamount to lighting a fuse and then blaming the other side when the bomb explodes.
Yes of course, some will argue the elite is creating the fearful prospect of war in an effort to press an otherwise unpalatable economic agenda. Perhaps. Occam's Razor suggests simpler answers. 1)
The world looks chaotic because it is. 2) The appearance of war is not a cunningly devised diversionary projection. Rather, it looks like the start of war because it IS the start of war.
In a well-written Hollywood script, a series of disparate loose ends tie up into a nice and clever bow at the end. We applaud at the end of the movie. Ingenious!
What if world affairs is not a tightly orchestrated script and everything is not moving along just the way 'they' want it to? Yes, we say there is flex in the script of life.
I agree the overarching plan must be adaptable in its finer points. When something doesn't fit the guys at Veterans Today have a handy catch-all: psych-ops.
The need for an all-knowing elite is palpable, though few would admit it. The most terrifying prospect of all is that no one is running the joint.
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In the last 48 hours, Gov. Nathan Deal has absorbed a great deal of right-flank criticism for his veto of a bill to permit concealed weaponry on public university campuses. But none of the barbs has been as sharp – or public – as that which left the mouth of Kevin Cooke, a Carrollton Republican, on Wednesday.
In an interview on WLBB (1330AM), Cooke began thusly:
"Given this governor's ability to do the right or the wrong thing, he's going to choose the latter every time."
But that was the tame part. To continue:
"People want to know why Donald Trump is the nominee for president. Nathan Deal is the reason Donald Trump is the nominee for president. People are sick and tired of stinking politicians telling them what they're going to do when they get in office, and then when they do that, they do the exact opposite."
Cooke said Deal can't claim to be a conservative Republican and "then get up there and veto a religious freedom bill that doesn't discriminate whatsoever and protects people of faith in the state of Georgia." Then the state lawmaker accused Deal of buckling to the "fourth branch of government — the Board of Regents" on the debate over legalizing firearms on public college campuses. More verbatim:
"So now the state of Georgia is either being led by these uber-corporations and-or the Board of Regents, which gets $2 billion a year from the Georgia General Assembly with no strings attached. That's who is leading the state…
"What I want is the best for my state, long term. And all he's doing systematically is tearing down anything good that we could have done. Heck, we're building his legacy, trying to build it for him. And what's he doing? He's running the other way.
"If you want a liberal Republican, moderate Republican, whatever, a Democrat – if you believe something, say what you believe. Let's have that open debate and dialogue. But don't tell the people of Georgia, 'I'm conservative Republican, this is what I do.' And then you get in office and do something else.
"And we're going to be stuck with him for two more stinking years."
If you didn't think Deal's vetoes could jeopardize his second-term agenda, think again. Cooke, by the by, was first elected in 2010. He's unopposed in this month's GOP primary.
House Speaker David Ralston took a markedly different approach in an interview with Bill Nigut's "Political Rewind" show about the aftermath of the veto. He said he had no regrets about refusing Deal's call for changes to the measure that would carve out new exceptions, but called for calm.
"I think that we will look for every opportunity to work with the governor and consider whatever measures he sends our way. It would be my hope that we can continue," he said. "We've had a very, very positive and respectful working relationship and I'd hope that would continue. Much remains to be seen when the dust all settles from the veto period. We need to all catch our breath."
Notably, Ralston made no mention of any attempt to reverse Deal's veto when the Legislature reconvenes next year.
Over at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Chuck Williams reminds us of the price tag that comes with crossing the governor – and the House speaker:
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal redirected $100,000 in state funding designated for a Global War on Terror memorial at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center in Columbus earlier this week when he signed next year's budget.
The governor's actions come on the heels of nearly $8 million in Columbus State University construction funding being yanked out of the budget in the closing days of the most recent General Assembly session.
Republican state Rep. Richard Smith of Columbus said he has been told by the governor and the chief of staff for Speaker of the House David Ralston that the funding for Columbus' projects is being withheld because of Republican Sen. Josh McKoon. The three-term Columbus state senator has been a leading and vocal proponent of ethics reform, "religious liberty" legislation and other matters that have put him at odds with leading Republicans.
McKoon says the museum ain't in his district. The AJC's James Salzer has a complete picture of the governor's line-item vetoes here.
We told you on Wednesday that Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, a member of the state Public Service Commission and Donald Trump's top-ranking supporter in Georgia, was undergoing major back surgery. This morning, he's up on his feet — with his favorite hat. That's him on the right.
Somehow, in this new era of Donald Trump, today's Cinco de Mayo message from Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chair Sharon Day seems a little forced:
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My apologies for being so late with my post today. It just seems to be running away from me! It's time for challenge #21 at Crafty Ann's and it's our last one in our current home. To find out where we're moving to and how you can be in the running to win some digis click here.
Our topic this time is Christmas in August - don't groan, you'll thank me for it when you have one less to make later!!! I will confess that I changed my mind three times about what I was going to do for this one - I have no idea why, other than that I seem to have had a week made up of part formed ideas that stubbornly refused to come to fruition! I am happy with the result though. I wanted to do something a bit different from the norm and marry up traditional with contemporary. My traditional are the baubles, and the contemporary is the colour which is definitely not a traditional one for christmas! I've used one of the mottled stone bps from collection 3 and to save ink I printed out only what I needed - including the small piece that I overlaid the ticket sentiment onto. I changed the colour of the ticket text in MS Word. I have coloured the baubles digitally and matted them onto white pealescent paper circles that I put through the c/bug swiss dots folder and added a small (hand tied!) ribbon bow to each one. In the end it came together pretty quickly which is just as well considering this was yesterday!
These challenges also helped to inspire me:
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Finally tried this place, right around the corner from my house. Actually suggested tonight by my BF's out-of-towner, food-challenged (allergies, etc.) friend. We loved it.
Food challenged boy (FCB) ordered carnitas, explaining to the server his issues. Server went to the kitchen, reported, and they offered jicama tortillas. We were wondering how those would manifest - oh, they must dry out some jicama, make it into a flour, how would that taste, etc. No! They were little tortilla-sized paper thin slices of jicama! Perfect "wraps", if you will. My only complaint is they were served chilled - not sure why they couldn't be steamed warm or even room temp. Still, totally gluten free, non-carb meal for him. The pork was great.
I had the bbq shortrib gorditas, really good, smoky, nice sweetness, tender.. two of them, small, but they sufficed.
The BF had the steak tacos, GREAT. Billed thusly:
"grilled grass-fed angus beef tacos . . . 12.00
grilled kobe beef tacos, hand-made flour tortillas, avocado, habanero infused radishes"
Are they kobe, are they angus? are those mutually exclusive? doubtful that they were kobe, if anything, kobe-style, but they were the bomb. juicy as hell, flavorful.... with a sauce that seemed to be a smoky kind of chimichurri thing. The handmade flour tortillas were the best i've ever had. I don't usually like or order flour tortillas because to me they're inferior to corn. These had a perfect chew to them, and soaked up the juices wonderfully. Three little tacos for $12.00? I'd get them again in a heartbeat.
For starters we split a caesar salad - great, with the addition of red cabbage, nice and anchovy-y. FCB had a roasted artichoke with a lemon aioli. He liked it. Sliced baguette slices for the table came with a pumpkin kind of spread. Very good.
We didn't order as much as you might want to at a tapas-style place, but we were all sated. Had a lovely bottle of nice, berry-centric Malbec - Tempus Alba - from Argentina - soft, non-tannic.
I thought this place used to be more Medi-Turkish-something, but it's definitely more Mexican-focused now, as far as i can tell, and as my first try, wonderful. I want to have everything on the menu. Couple next to us had some amazing-smelling brussels sprouts, and these dishes were particularly calling my name:
octopus tiradito . . . 12.00
octopus tiradito with chilli flakes, sea salt and cascabel aioli
squid in black ink croquetas . . . 9.00
shishito pepper aioli, pickled onions
crab tostadas . . . 15.00
chorizo, leeks, dungeness crab, sandia aioli, avocado puree (!!!! sandia aioli?? watermelon aioli??? !!!)
I know there's a CHer (so sorry, name totally escaping me) in the area who has been touting this place forever, and I'm sorry it took me so long to come here.


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Clemens said he has gone there for 25 years. He is not changing in the foreseeable future either.
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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Udall announces legislation in wake of mine-waste spill
The federal government would be required to identify the most dangerous abandoned mines in the West and make plans to clean them up under legislation introduced Tuesday in response to the spill of millions of gallons of toxic wastewater from a Colorado mine. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, outlined the proposal during a conference call with reporters. He said the main focus would be compensating communities affected by the spill, but another goal is to prevent future environmental disasters. As for compensation, the legislation outlines allowable damages and establishes a claims office within the EPA. Udall's office says property, business and financial losses would be considered for compensation. There's no appropriation attached to the legislation. Rather, any claims would be paid out of a permanent federal fund that covers court judgments or settlements...more
Many of those abandoned mines in NM are in areas where Udall has supported either legislative or administrative designations that prohibit new roads and mechanized vehicles or mechanical equipment. How does he propose we clean up those abandoned mines?
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The Skin You Live In
"Mama, is my skin like yours?"
My daughter asked me this while looking at her hand under the microscope at the Children's Museum a couple weeks ago. It came completely out of nowhere for me, but it was clear she had been thinking about it for a while. We talked about how yes, her skin was very light like mine. We also talked about daddy and her brother had slightly darker skin. We talked about eye color and nose shape too. She seemed happy enough with this answer, so I let it go for a while. Then she asked me again a couple days later. We pulled out our WHY book (which is a fabulous one to own for moments like this) and read the section on Why Are People Different Colors? We looked at the big Little Passports map on the wall and talked about where our great grandparents came from and where the equator is located.
During quiet time I went on the library's website and searched for some more titles about skin color and found our crayola skin tone crayons that were buried in the bottom of our crayon bucket.
Set Up:
Prepare a spot for each child with a mirror, a piece of paper, and a selection of crayons. I offered primarily skin tones (Crayola has an awesome collection of skin tone art materials) but other colored crayons were also available.
We started by reading two books I found at the library about skin tone. Both are wonderful for preschoolers.
Shades of People by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
(find it online)
The photography in this book is stunning. Beautiful images of children and families in every color, shape and size. I love the vocabulary, such as copper, almond, creamy, ivory, that is used to describe skin tone. The general idea of the book is that people come in shades, "not colors, exactly, but shades" and it is well executed throughout the book. 2+
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
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The outstanding Chicago Children's Museum helped make this book possible and their enthusiastic understanding of children shines through the pages. Michael Tyler describes how we live in our skin as we run, hop, and play. His rhythmic, rhyming text goes on to say that our skin does not define us. I love his phrase, "the skin you live in, so beautifully holds the "you" who's within." Csicsko's lively illustrations mirrors the energy of the text and playfully depict the message of uniqueness and diversity. 3+
Table Invitation
Next invite your students to draw pictures of people at the table. You can be more specific if you want. Both books would work well with beginning of the year self portraits. You could ask them to draw a friend or their family.
I left both books we read on the table. The photos in Shades of People especially captured the attention of our twins. Listen to their observations and conversations. I did not force the conversation or the direction of the art (as you can see from the mostly green person my son drew) but I did ask a couple of questions about the colors they chose to draw the conversation back towards skin tones a few times. For example, "What shade of color do you see in the mirror?" and "Tell me about why you chose that brown." I liked the vocabulary in Shades of People and I think crayon color names are awesome, so I also read the names of the shades they chose for their pictures. The person below has olive green skin, salmon colored arms, burnt orange and sea blue hair - in case you were wondering.
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02 December 2000 Drama, Comedy, Family 150 mins
Kannan and Dasappan are two rowdies in their village. Shathrugnan. a newcomer, is in love with Dasappan' s sister, Devootty, but she is not interested in him. Shathru joins Kannan's and Dasappan's firm, KD & Company, as the manager, in an attempt to win the love of Devootty. KD & Company keeps as hostage a music troupe who comes to their village to perform. The main singer of that troupe, Sangeetha, gets expelled from her home because of this and Kannan and Dasappan give her refuge, at the insistence of Devootty. Meenakshi and Kannan are in love. But due to some misunderstanding, Dasappan falls in love with Meenakshi and Sangeetha falls in love with Kannan. Shathru takes the responsibility of sorting it out and linking Dasappan with Sangeetha. In the chaos and confusions that follows, he manages to be victorious and wins his lady love Devootty too.
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Pakistani companies are finding it difficult to cope with the rising demand of cement. Accordingly, The Indian Cement Manufacturers' Association (CMA), an apex body representing most of the domestic manufacturers, has agreed to export cement to Pakistan through the Pakistan Cement Association (PCA), and not directly. The CMA and the PCA met in Pakistan recently to discuss the threat of Indian cement companies finding increased presence in the Pakistani markets.
R G Bagla, the group president of JK Cement, who attended the meeting said, "Pakistani companies are finding it difficult to cope with the rising demand and also the threat from the Indian firms finding new grounds there. The PCA had invited us to discuss and find a solution to the problem."
"It was decided that henceforth cement from Indian companies will enter Pakistan only after receiving a nod from the PCA. Now, we will not provide cement directly to the suppliers," Bagla added.
The CMA comprises most of the major domestic cement players including Ambuja, Sanghi, UltraTech, Birla and JK Cement. In a CMA committee meeting, it was decided that the prices of cement would be hiked by Rs 3 shortly and then by Rs 10 this week, some senior cement industry officials. The increase in diesel and petrol prices was taken into account before deciding the hike, sources said. While the cement price in Delhi is about Rs 190 a bag as per the company billing price, it is about Rs 205 a bag in the retail market. As per the CMA decision, the prices were already hiked by Rs 3 on Friday, sources said.
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HLCC now offers Genetic DNA hair testing to both men and women. The testing will determine whether the individual is susceptible to Androgenetic Alopecia â male or female pattern hair loss â long before the symptoms begin showing. If the DNA tests indicate the individual is susceptible to hair loss, a laser hair treatment regimen can be started early to prevent hair loss before it happens. For example, a women who tests a strong positive may have an almost ninety-eight percent chance of severe hair loss, and a man might have a seventy percent chance of going bald.
âThis service is going to be one of our most important weapons in our arsenal against hair loss,â said Bill Blatter, President and CEO of HLCC. âThe best time to treat hair loss is before it occurs and now we have a tool that basically predicts your hair loss in time for us to stop it or slow it down with a laser hair therapy program.â
New York-based HLCC boasts 91 locations worldwide and offers individualized and customized hair loss solutions with an emphasis on laser hair treatments that include hand-held laser brushes, laser combs as well as Laser hair loss therapy whereby the client visits the clinic in order to receive treatment under a large clinic laser. HLCC also distributes its own patented and physician-developed Scripps treatment program that works in conjunction with a low-level laser hair therapy program.
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EDWARDSVILLE — A judge Monday took under advisement an animal cruelty case in which a dog was found dead on a cold, snowy day, with its ribs protruding, in a pen that was shut tight.
Edwinne Garrett, 57, was accused of allowing the dog, "Rita," to go unfed, left out in the cold and chained up so as to make his doghouse inaccessible. The trial was held before Associate Judge Luther Simmons.
Officer Eric Schellhardt testified that he was called to Garrett's residence in Madison about 7:20 a.m., Feb. 14, 2014, and found the dog dead in a pen littered with dog waste and partially covered with snow. He said there were traces of blood in the pen, and Garrett did not answer the door when he knocked.
Schellhardt said there was a container for water in pen, but the container was iced over. There was a container that others said contained food, but the food was frozen.
The officer said Monday the weather that day was, "about like it is today"; at the time he testified, the temperature was below freezing, and there was light, blowing snow. Schellhardt said there appeared to be no accessible food or liquid water.
Garrett admitted on the witness stand that he did not take the dog to a veterinarian for years and did not get Rita the required shots. He previously pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to have the dog vaccinated.
A former neighbor, Shelly Stodnick, testified she rigged up buckets to ropes and would lower food and water into the pen because she feared the dog was being neglected. She said she got leftovers from a nearby school to feed the dog. She said she also tossed straw into the pen to help keep it clean and warm.
She said she fed the dog every other day for several years, until she contracted the flu and was not able to visit the pen for four days.
She claimed it was 5 degrees below zero, contrary to other estimates, but she saw the dog had "frozen to death on the ground." Stodnick acknowledged that she was serving a federal prison sentence for conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Madison animal control officer Michael Reeter testified he visited the residence a month before the dog died. He said he noticed there was no food or water available. He said he talked to Garrett and told him he was in violation of animal control statutes and ordinances and told him how to remedy the situation. He said Garrett told him, "The animal is fine."
On cross-examination from defense attorney Joseph Brown, Reeter testified that he took the body to a landfill. He testified that he did not have an autopsy conducted and that he could not say for certain how the dog died. He said that when he found the dog dead, he contacted Madison Police.
Assistant State's Attorney Katie Bucher argued that the prosecution does not have to prove the cause of death, or even that the dog died. She argued the statute specifies certain conditions that are to be met, and Garrett did not meet them.
Garrett denied neglecting the dog. He said he and his family would take the dog on walks and play with him.
He testified that he saw Stodnick feed the dog, and the dog became sick. He said he asked her not to feed the dog because he was feeding her, and Rita was apparently being overfed. After that, the dog recovered.
"She started to get happy again. She was a happy dog," Garrett said.
He had difficulty explaining the frozen food and water and the protruding ribs.
"I kept her at a moderate weight," he said.
He said he took the dog out from the basement about 7:30 a.m. on the day Rita died. He kept the dog inside in the basement on cold nights, he said. He testified he was home the day the dog died but could not explain why he did not answer the door when the officer knocked.
Garrett's wife, Tammy Franklin-Garrett, testified that her husband took good care of the dog. She said he had taken the dog to a veterinarian in late 2013 or early 2014. However, she acknowledged that she was in prison between October 2013 and after the dog died.
Asked how she knew that the dog had been taken to the vet, she responded, "Because I know." She testified she did not see any buckets or ropes in the pen.
She denied having given a statement to police that she and others went out to feed the dog on Feb. 14, 2014. Bucher produced a statement attributed to Franklin-Garrett that said, "Rita was a picture of health, until one day, we went to the pen and she was lying dead."
Brown argued that Stodnick's testimony should be discounted because she is a convicted felon who was having a dispute with Garrett.
"She (Rita) was a family pet that was loved. That's why we're here," Brown argued. "It was an unexpected pet death. It could have been a result of heart disease or gastrointestinal disease."
Bucher countered, again, that the state did not have to prove cause of death, or even death. The judge said he would render a verdict in about 14 days.
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Annual bluegrass [Poa annua ssp. reptans (Hauskins) Timm.] often comprises a large portion of golf course greens, yet its shallow root system and extensive seedhead production limit its turf quality. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if annual bluegrass seedheads could be suppressed and rooting enhanced by the plant growth regulator mefluidide [N -(2,4-dimethyl-5-{[(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl]amino} phenyl)acetamide] and the wetting agent Aqua-Gro (polyoxyethylene esters and ether of cyclic acid and alkylated phenols, silicone anti-foam emulsion). Chemicals were applied prior to seedhead emergence during 1983 and 1984 to annual bluegrass grown in a rhizotron in fine quartz sand. Root elongation of mefluidide-treated annual bluegrass was superior to the control for 2 to 4 weeks following Spring 1983 application. Maximum rooting depth of mefluidide-treated turf was significantly greater than that of Aqua-Gro-treated or untreated turf during May 1983. Aqua-Gro applied at either 4.2 or 8.4 L ha−1 generally did not affect rooting. In 1983, mefluidide (0.07 or 0.14 kg ha−1) prevented seedhead emergence throughout the entire seedhead production period (approximately 8 weeks) when applied under environmental conditions favoring uptake. Leaf tip yellowing occurred for 3 to 4 weeks following mefluidide application. Mefluidide-treated turf, however, exhibited quality superior to untreated turf for approximately 6 weeks following discoloration. Aqua-Gro provided little seedhead suppression and reduced quality for about 10 days following application. In 1984, environmental conditions were not conducive to chemical uptake so 1983 results were not corroborated. Mefluidide appears promising as an annual bluegrass management tool; however, more information is needed to determine the influence of environmental conditions on mefluidide uptake and its ability to suppress seedheads and enhance rooting at low rates.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Fatty acid consumption and the risk of osteoporotic fracture
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DOI: 10.1111/nure.12043
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European Collision Center
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Craig W. on 01/05/2015
Craig said this business was a nice facility. They knew what they were doing. He has no complaints. He has a question on the mirror which was put back on. There is a weird mark on the side of it.
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Factors To Note When Purchasing Nitro Rc6 Jul 2013
The reasons why you'll want to consider whether you need to get an electric or fuel based version is really because the former won't have a huge amount of acceleration and top speed. Nevertheless, since it is going to be working on battery packs, it will end up being cheaper to drive over the years. The fuel based variety will have an extremely powerful motor meaning that you will be capable to join races and other events. You might also be equipped to get plenty of speed from your very own Nitro Rc which means that you are going to have a great chance at winning. Bear in mind, this variety can certainly be expensive to purchase and will also require some monetary compensation over the long haul.
Subsequently, if you are looking at getting an Electric Rc truck, I recommend that you first confer with somebody who already owns such gear. You should speak with people who have an electric one and additionally individuals who own a fuel based one. After talking to both of them, you will be in a far greater position to make a decision. You should also visit public forums that have discussion topics about Nitro Rc so that you can get some information from Internet users as well because that can be useful also.


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Model S Car Covers
Model S Car Covers
I use the Tesla outdoor car cover on the Model S. The outdoor cover is a bit sturdier. Fits very well, easy to put on, protects quite well against scratches, and probably will help against minor bumps, but it is not padded. A little expensive, but since it is designed for Model S by Tesla, and fits like a glove, it seems to me the best option. Just have to be a little careful about grit between the paint and the cover (can lead to little scratches in clear coat). I just wipe over the car with a microfiber cloth before putting on the cover.
Keep in mind if you don't use the Tesla cover be careful about allowing adequate ventilation. If you charge the car with the cover on, the car is expecting airflow from the lower the front grill out the front wheel wells. If I can find them I'll post some pictures I have of the Tesla cover on the car from the side so you can see the ventilation for the front wheels.
Of course you must first vacuum the inside of the cover first in a clean room, using a HEPA filter, before inflicting it on the piano finish.


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Jeremiah said they were very friendly. They were fast and they even cleaned his windows and filled the washer fluid, which he was not expecting.
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2128 Center (at Shattuck), Berkeley, (510) 464-5980, www.landmarktheatres.com. $9.25 save as noted. One of this venue's two screens is a "calendar house" for Landmark Theatres. A midnight series continues. For additional screenings, see our Showtimes page.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Don Hertzfeldt's latest anthology, "The Animation Show 2005." See Ongoing for review 7, 9:15 p.m.
FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (March 11-17): Schultze Gets the Blues (Michael Schorr, Germany, 2003). See Opening for review. Call for times.
MIDNIGHT SHOW (Friday & Saturday): A 3-D soft-core film about Wildcat Women (Stephen Gibson, 1975) taking on gangsters.
345 Bush (at Polk), 775-7755, www.afsf.com. French-language films shown on projected video. $5 donation.
WEDNESDAY (March 9): A teacher's investigation of the fate of French Resistance members shot during World War II stirs up Ancient History (Orso Miret, France, 2000) 6 p.m.
1881 Post (at Fillmore), 931-9800; 865-1588 or www.naatanet.org for the 23rd annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, screening here March 10-17. $10 save as noted. (For the rest of the Kabuki fare, see our Showtimes page. See Night & Day, Page 25, for more on the SFIAAFF.)
FRIDAY: "Dream Dream Revolution" (shorts) 5 p.m. First Person Plural (Liem, U.S./Korea) 5:15 p.m. The Grace Lee Project (Lee) 7 p.m. Pink Ludoos (Seth, Canada) 7:15 p.m. "House of Flying Pancakes" (comedy shorts) 9:15 p.m. Oldboy (Park, Korea) 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAY: Manzanar (Nakamura, 1971) and other short films noon. Continuous Journey (Kazimi, Canada) 12:15 p.m. 20:30:40 (Chang, Taiwan/Hong Kong) 1:45 p.m. A.K.A. Don Bonus (Nakasako and Ny, 1995) 2:30 p.m. "Fishbowls and Silent Years" (shorts) 4:30 p.m. Monkey Dance (Mallozzi) 5 p.m. I Was Born, But... , an autobiographical film by Roddy Bogowa, not the Yasujiro Ozu classic 7 p.m. Yasmin (Glenaan, U.K.) 7:15 p.m. "Listening to Love Songs" (shorts) 9:15 p.m. Slow Jam King (Mallorca) 9:30 p.m.
SUNDAY: "A Conversation With Him Mark Lai" includes a documentary on the historian noon. "Three by Okazaki" (shorts by festival honoree Steven Okazaki) 12:15 p.m. Chinese Restaurants: Three Continents (Kwan, Canada) 2 p.m. The People of Angkor (Panh, Cambodia) 2:30 p.m. And Thereafter (Lee, U.S./Korea) 4:30 p.m. "Lost and Found" (shorts) 4:45 p.m. "3rd I South Asian International Shorts" 6:45 p.m. "Brotherhood Best" (shorts) 7 p.m. "Fishbowls and Silent Years" 9:15 p.m. Out of This World (Sakamoto, Japan) 9:30 p.m.
MONDAY: From a Silk Cocoon (Ina and Holsapple) 6:30 p.m. Hana & Alice (Iwai, Japan) 6:45 p.m. What's Wrong With Frank Chin? (Choy) 7 p.m. Schizo (Omarova, Kazakhstan) 7:15 p.m. A program of "Music Video Asia" 8:45 p.m. Yasmin 9:15 p.m. Dream Dream Revolution 9:30 p.m. A just-announced screening of Jet Li's controversial new vehicle, Unleashed (Leterrier) 9:45 p.m.
TUESDAY: Turtles Can Fly (Ghobadi, Iran) 6:30 p.m. "An Evening With Steven Okazaki" includes his new documentary, The Mushroom Club 6:45 p.m. 20:30:40 7 p.m. Cavite (Gamazon and Llana, U.S./Philippines) 7:15 p.m. "Listening to Love Songs" 8:45 p.m. Butterfly (Mak, Hong Kong) 9 p.m. Pink Ludoos 9:30 p.m. Keka (Henares, Philippines) 9:45 p.m.
992 Valencia (at 21st Street), 824-3890, www.atasite.org. $5 save as noted. This venue offers all manner of strange and unusual video and film.
FRIDAY (March 11): Writer/director/star Colin Sjostedt pays tribute to a Method acting legend in Cooking With Marlon, something for the Food Channel supposedly hosted by the late gourmand. Sjostedt in person. $3 8 p.m.
SATURDAY (March 12): ATA's Other Cinema screens "Jamming Down Under," a program of "Australian culture jamming." See www.othercinema.com for more info 8:30 p.m.
3630 Balboa (at 37th Avenue), 221-8484, www.balboamovies.com. $8.50 save as noted. This great neighborhood house shows films of all sorts.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: On Screen 1, A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France, 2004; noon, 4:35, 9:10 p.m.) and In Good Company (Paul Weitz, 2004; 2:30, 7:05 p.m.). On Screen 2, two from Spain -- The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004; 2:50, 7:15 p.m.) and Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004; 12:45, 5:10, 9:30 p.m.). See Ongoing for reviews.
STARTS FRIDAY: The Balboa's new repertory calendar, previously announced as starting today, has been postponed until March 17. Call for films and times.
Timken Hall, 1111 Eighth St. (at Irwin), 703-9500 and www.ccarts.edu for venue, www.sfcinematheque.org for program. $7.
SUNDAY (March 13): The Closing Night presentation of the 10th Women of Color Film Festival screens "(e)motional," a program of short films including Rosario Sotelo's Fabrication, DiHuyen van Ho's The Yellow Heart, and Kawana Bullock's A Letter to You 7:30 p.m.
429 Castro (near Market), 621-6120, www.castrotheatresf.com, $8 for regular screenings; and 865-1588, www.naatanet.org, $10 for the S.F. International Asian American Film Festival (here Thursday through Sunday). Short-run rep in a spectacular 1922 Greco-Roman-themed palace designed by Timothy L. Pflueger. Evening intermissions feature David Hegarty on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
WEDNESDAY: Senior Action Network's 12th annual "Gray Cabaret Show" (live). Doors open 12:30 p.m. , performance 1:30 p.m. Fascism meets fashion in a new print of Bernardo Bertolucci's gorgeous The Conformist (Italy, 1970) 7, 9:30 p.m.
THURSDAY: Opening Night of the 23rd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival screens Saving Face (Wu) with Opening Night Party to follow 7:30 p.m. See Night & Day, Page 25, for more on the fest.
FRIDAY: SFIAAFF -- The Green Hat (Liu, China) 7 p.m. Swades (Gowariker, India) 9:30 p.m.


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AMIDST the call for the sack of Mu'azu and the NWC, the party leadership has denied squandering the funds generated for the 2015 general elections. The NWC also said they are not responsible for Jonathan's loss to General Buhari. He alleged they were largely sidelined by the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization. He also said NWC didn't share any other party funds, in reference to the alleged missing PDP N2 trillion campaign largesse.
Rising in defence of the PDP NWC, the party's National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh admitted they generated N9 billion from the sale of party nomination forms. Out of the amount, he explained, President Jonathan got N500m for his campaigns, while the PDP guber candidates were supported with N100 million each. He also said that PDP party candidates for national and state assemblies were also supported financially.
Metuh equally revealed how the NWC members shared N30 million each as "medical, furniture and housing allowance for three years."
On how the initial N21 billion raised by the party was spent, the PDP spokesman said, the NWC knows nothing about it. He referred them to a committee headed by former minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana.
Following the PDP post-election crisis, Jonathan has finally warned members of the NWC, stakeholders and elders to put an end to all internal bickering and media hostility as they were capable of further deepening the challenges the party is facing.
In fact, the President has given definite instruction that all acts of unwarranted attacks and counter-attacks on members and leadership of the party should stop immediately, according to PDP National Secretary, Professor Oladipo.
Rescue Committee for embattled PDP
AS part of efforts to rescue the PDP, a committee of 15 members, with Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as Chairman, has been put in place by the NWC. The committee's terms of reference are among others, to identify the remote and immediate causes of the relatively poor performance of the PDP in the 2015 general elections; trace the origin and process of the seeming decline of the party in its electoral performance; take a critical look at the preparations and build-up of the PDP to the general elections and determine its adequacies and lapses; review and determine the adequacy of the structures for the 2015 general elections and how those structures functioned. They would also ascertain the degree of anti-party activities, compromises and outright sabotage that may have contributed to the misfortunes of the party at the elections and investigate the funding of the elections to determine whether or not the funds meant for the campaigns were adequate and whether disbursements were properly done, since it has been an issue in the last couple of days.
Governors, who are members of the Ekweremadu-led committee and tagged, PDP Post-Election Assessment Committee, are the Chairman, PDP Governors' Forum, Akpabio; Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwabo of Gombe; Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and the Rivers State governor-elect, Nyesom Wike. Other members of the committee are the Minister of Education, Mal. Ibrahim Shekarau; Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Zainab Maina; former governor of Niger State, Engr. Abdulkadir Kure; Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha; Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; Alh. Adamu Waziri; Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi; Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe; Chief Pegba Otemolu; Shauibu Oyedokun; Senator Florence Ita-Giwa. Secretary, PDP Board of Trustees, BOT, Sen. Walid Jibril, who was earlier named as Secretary of the committee was replaced with Maina Waziri, who would act as Secretary till Jubril recovers from the surgery he recently had.
But at the inauguration of the committee, which took place at the NWC Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, Akpabio, Dankwabo and Orji were absent, just like Mu'azu and Jibril. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, however, disclosed that Mu'azu was outside the country on a family commitment while the three governors were indisposed.
The committee was inaugurated by the PDP National Secretary, Professor Adewale Oladipo, who gave it three weeks to submit its report.
In his response, the Chairman of the PDP Post-Election Assessment Committee, Ekweremadu, who urged PDP members to learn from their failure and stop what he termed self pity, said blame trading will not solve PDP problems.


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Brandi Glanville Makes Repulsive Comments – Wishes She Had Been Molested As A Child
Brandi Glanville continues her downward spiral this week, not only on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills but in "real life" on her new podcast.
I have to admit that I listened to Brandi's podcast as soon as she shared it on Monday night at midnight. I listened to the interview in the first half of the show with new RHONY star Kristen Taekman and there weren't any big revelations or any juicy tidbits, so I was going to skip the rest, but I got sidetracked while it kept playing in the background. The second half of Brandi's show was an interview with Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson from VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". Brandi started off their interview showing her classy side. Joking about child molestation.
Brandi began the segment like this, "I was actually stalking you online, Jim, and we have something in common! I, too, wanted to be molested as a child and was passed up." The background story here is that Jim was an altar boy and 9 out of the 11 boys were molested by the priest, except for Jim and one other boy. Brandi continued, "My sister got felt up by a principal and nothing for me. He didn't even look at me sideways."
Jim asked her, "did you feel hurt by that?" Brandi replied, "Yeah, now looking back I'm super bummed. I was thinking 'all this and nothing?!' Super hot and they passed me up!"
Super bummed, Brandi, really? I don't offend easily, but this is just gross and tacky. And this is coming from a (former) big time Brandi supporter and fan. Grow up and think before you speak. "Unfiltered" doesn't mean you should say the most icky thing you can for attention.
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The Augusta woman accused of fatally stabbing her two small children last year in a convenience store restroom will present an insanity defense.
Jeannette Hawes' attorney filed a formal notice of defense this week to raise the issue of insanity, mental illness or metal retardation .
Last week, Barry Middleton of the public defender's office said Ms. Hawes, 22, was incapable of understanding what she was doing last Nov. 28 . She had been scheduled to stand trial next week, but the mental examination report released to attorneys this week led to a postponement.
Ms. Hawes faces charges of murder and weapon violations and is accused of stabbing to death her 1-year-old son, Jordan, and 3-year-old daughter, Shakayla, in the restroom of a Lumpkin Road convenience store.
Public Defender Sam B. Sibley Jr. said Thursday he believes Ms. Hawes' case will resolve itself without a trial.
In the days leading up the children's deaths, family and neighbors described Ms. Hawes as acting stressed and depressed. The day before the children's deaths, Ms. Hawes' sister called the sheriff's department for help when she couldn't find Ms. Hawes or her children. That case was closed, however, when an officer found Ms. Hawes at her Lumpkin Road apartment.
According to court documents, the circumstances of the case raised concerns about Ms. Hawes' capacity to understand the difference between right and wrong at the time her children were killed.
If Ms. Hawes is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would be committed to a mental institution for treatment. If the medical staff determines she is not a danger to herself or others in the future, the judge who presided over her case will decide if she can be released and under what conditions.
Ms. Hawes was no stranger to violence. When she was 10, authorities said, she witnessed her 14-year-old sister's murder. Nicole Hawes was killed Nov. 18, 1995 by a stray bullet during a drive-by shooting in Underwood Homes.


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"If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants."
Born Christmas Day 1642 in Woolsthorpe (Lincolnshire, England), Isaac Newton is one of the most influential scientists the world has known. His father, an illiterate but moderately wealthy farmer, died three months before his birth. He attended boarding school before entering Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he lived from 1661 to 1696. As the plague spread across England and leading to the closure of Cambridge University, the 22year-old Newton returned to Woolsthorpe and, working alone, established the theoretical framework that would shape the direction of physics for the next two centuries.
Ask the scientist?
Why do apples keep falling on my head?
How does the moon orbit the Earth?
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Why do apples keep falling on my head?
How does the moon orbit the Earth?
Curriculum Vitae
: invented integral calculus, and (with Leibnitz) differential calculus
: defined
the laws of motion and universal gravitation
, used to predict
the motion of the stars, and of the planets around the sun
: developed the first reflecting telescope
: defined a unified system of laws applicable to a range of physical phenomena, leading to his two principal works -
Opticks and Principia
- and, among other applications,
the Universal Law of Gravity
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About that apple…
The story goes that Isaac Newton was taking tea under an apple tree one sunny afternoon when an apple dislodged itself and landed on his head. It dawned on Newton that what goes up must come down, and this formed the basis of his Universal Law of Gravity. A tale perhaps, but there is evidence in writings at that time to suggest it actually happened.
What is more likely to have happened is Newton, upon observing the falling apple, established his theory on gravitation in connection with the notions of 'acceleration' and 'velocity'. Newton established that there must be a 'force' acting on the apple to cause its acceleration (Newton's 2nd Law) as it moves back toward the Earth. This force he called
. He imagined that, if the tree were twice as high, the apple would still accelerate straight towards the Earth's centre, confirming that gravity reached even the tallest tree. His deduction: gravity is not limited to a certain distance from the Earth but that the force of gravity extends much farther, even as high as the stars.
Around the world with Sir Isaac
Newton's greatest insight came when he applied the notion of gravitational force on the Earth to the motion of the moon around the Earth. He reasoned that the moon's orbit about the Earth could be caused by the same acceleration that drew the apple to the ground. He gave the following example: If we were to fire a cannon horizontally from a mountain top, the projectile will eventually fall to Earth following the shortest trajectory - because of the gravitational force directed on the centre of the Earth and the associated acceleration (change in velocity).
Increasing the muzzle size of the cannon and velocity of the projectile, the cannonball will take longer to fall to Earth and thus travel further. Newton concluded that, projected at just the right velocity, a cannonball could, theoretically, travel all the way around the Earth, constantly 'falling' within the gravitation field but never actually reaching the Earth, which curves away at the same rate as the falling cannonball. Of course the cannonball is a simile for the moon. Newton reasoned that the moon continuously 'falls' as it travels about the Earth in line with the acceleration caused by gravity, hence producing an orbital effect.
LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION: Every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force directed along the line of centres for the two objects that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the separation between the two objects.
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Court approval of UAL Corp.'s decision to terminate its employee pension plans has put the spotlight on these traditional retirement programs...
NEW YORK — Court approval of UAL Corp.'s decision to terminate its employee pension plans has put the spotlight on these traditional retirement programs. Here are questions and answers about these defined-benefit plans.
How many workers are covered by pension plans?
For the past 15 years, there's been a steady decline in the number of defined-benefit plans, which companies fund to provide workers with a lump-sum benefit at retirement or a fixed monthly income for life. At the same time, there's been a rise in defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k) accounts, which require workers to save for their own retirement. Many companies provide a matching contribution to these accounts.
According to the Department of Labor, half of workers in the private sector have neither defined-benefit nor defined-contribution plans. About 7 percent have only traditional pensions, while 29 percent have only defined-contribution plans. Some 14 percent have both defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans.
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Is my pension secure?
"Overall, the majority of people are getting their pensions from the company where they worked — or from the company that bought the company they worked for," said Craig Copeland, senior research associate at the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington, D.C.
In addition, the defined-benefit pension plans of private-sector companies are insured by a federal agency, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., he pointed out. Companies must be in extreme financial distress before they can terminate pension plans and turn them over to the PBGC to administer.
If the PBGC can step in, why should workers worry?
Highly paid workers, like pilots, are most concerned because the PBGC has a cap on the amount it will pay a retiree. For 2005, a worker retiring at age 65 can draw a maximum of $3,801.14 a month, or about $45,614 a year. Some workers at United and other companies with failed pension programs had expected much more than that.
"For those under the PBGC maximum, they don't have any worries about the pension they've accrued," said William Arnone, a partner in the human capital practice at Ernst & Young in New York. But workers with higher salaries and more seniority "are going to have less future retirement security if their plan is frozen or terminated."
People who already have retired may see their benefits cut if they exceed the PBGC maximums, he said.
Could United's problems be a harbinger of more to come?
Patrick Purcell, a pension expert at the Congressional Research Service in Washington, D.C., said that many experts believe "defined-benefit plans are in a long-term death spiral" because they are so costly to maintain as Americans live longer.
"One question is: Is the decision at United going to force American Airlines or Northwest or Continental to say, 'The only way we can compete is to shed some of these pension costs'?" Purcell said. "In a worst-case scenario, some will decide that's the case."
On the other hand, the airline industry — as well as the troubled U.S. auto industry — are heavily unionized. "That means it's less likely pension plans will be terminated quickly, because they are part of collectively bargained benefits," he said.
What about government employees?
State and local governments generally have provided their workers with defined-benefit plans, which are funded with tax revenue. Aware of how expensive they are to maintain, some states — including California — have been looking at offering defined-contribution plans.
The federal government offers workers both defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans.
Is there anything a worker can do to protect his or her retirement nest egg?
Robert Carlson, a retirement adviser in Annandale, Va., who is the author of "The New Rules of Retirement — Strategies for a Secure Future," said that people are going to have to depend more on their own savings.
"Prior generations believed that their employer would take care of them, giving them an adequate pension plan. But we've learned they really can't afford to keep those promises," he said. "So you have to understand that most of your retirement financing is going to have to come from your savings and your investment returns."
Are there specific steps older workers should take?
Carlson pointed out that most young workers are in defined-contribution plans and have years ahead of them to save, but older workers may be nearing the time they planned to retire.
That makes it especially important for older workers to monitor their employer's financial situation to determine whether the company can make good on its promises, he said.
If the employer looks shaky, "maybe you should be looking for another job or pulling out money from your pension plan to preserve what you've already got," Carlson said. Many older workers, he added, "may find themselves working longer or adjusting their lifestyles to accommodate lower [retirement] income."


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Beige colour with cloth arm protectors.
1 bed skirt for king size bed, 1 duvet, 2 large pillow shams, 3 small pillows.
6 Light brass and glass chandelier. 6 LED bulbs included.
31 day carillon brand clock. Excellent condition
50X15X27 2 drawer with a bottom shelf. Walnut finish. Matches lot 16 & 17.
2 vintage end table. 19X25.5X23
2 brass candlesticks, 1 oil lantern with decorative beads. (Beads fused together within lantern)
2 drawer, 2 cabinet doors, 1 drop down bread cupboard with wheels. 36X18X33
1 drawer walnut finish end table. 24.5X24.5X23. Matches lot 11 & 17.
2 drawer walnut finish square coffee table. Slight damage on top in seam. 36X36X17.5. Matches lot 11 & 16.
2 sets of sheer drapes. White with light blue embroidery. Floor to ceiling height. Set 1 - 2 x 6 feet wide panels. Set 2 - 2 x 5 feet wide panels.
Oak sofa table with 2 glass inlays. 51X17X27
Modified from a vintage stereo cabinet. 2 top sliding sections. Slight wear and tear.
Brass lamp. Needs new shade.
Brass & crystal lamp with shade. 1 fractured crystal ornament on lamp.
wooden rocking chair with cushions
HP colour inkjet printer. HP photosmart C309
Konka 27" colour Television. Good working condition. Rarely used.
6 piece walnut finish king bedroom set. Headboard 2 pieces 80.5" wide. Dresser with mirror: Dresser 74X19X32 & Mirror 32X3X52. High Chest 38X19X64. Night Tables (2) 28X17.5X25. Normal wear & tear.
Black leather briefcase. Well used.
Grand Canyon print. Framed. "I am 10,000 cathedrals rolled into one" by Alfred Bryan (1921). 14X11 Print. Framed measurement - 24X20
Framed print - J. Paul Getty Museum Print by Jan Van Huysum. 36.5X24.5
2 hanging lamps with yellow glass base with pull cord.
Assorted VHS Tapes. Sets include the Godfather Series, frontiers of Flight (13 tapes), Canada - A people's history (6 tapes), assorted others.
Pecan Wood. 6 Chairs (2 with arms). Table 56" long. 2 leaves at 18" each to make the table 92" long. China cabinet 2 pieces. Top 54.5X15X52. Bottom 55.5X16X24.5. Normal wear & tear.
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Als Paul über das Meer kam
Jakob Preuss
Jakob, the filmmaker, follows Cameroon refugee Paul on his risky trip to and across Europe. Going through different political as well as mental borders, this journey dramatically affects both of them. An absolutely genuine, unbiased and unpredictable adventure film about unusual connections in an agitated political context.
Paul, former law student from Cameroon, has just completed a hellish trip across the Sahara when he meets German filmmaker Jakob in a makeshift tent camp in Morocco. This marks the beginning of an exceptional friendship and the start of a poignant story about the even more arduous trip ahead of Paul: crossing over to Europe. For over years already, he has been waiting for a chance, partly due to a lack of money. And even though he is aware of all the stories about refugees dying at sea, turning back is no longer an option.
At first, Jakob follows Paul at a respectful distance. But the closer his subject comes to his dream objective of reaching Fortress Europe, the harder it is for Jakob to maintain his role as observer. The result is a gripping film about physical and imaginary boundaries, hope and fear, and the current state of Europe.


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Daniel from Ft. Myers, Fl writes,
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I wish you would carry more OMRI products for organic farmers. I think you would do very well. This is a fast growing agricultural sector within America. For example, carrying Safer brand products, Mycotrol, and Actinovate (some of the big hitters) would be fantastic.
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