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Global Refrigeration Lubricants Market - Segmented by Base Oil, by Application, and Geography - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)
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The global refrigeration lubricants market is expected to register a CAGR of 3.10% during the forecast period, 2018 to 2023. Asia-Pacific accounted for the largest market in 2017. Asia-Pacific is also expected to register the fastest growth during the forecast period.
Expansion of the Global Cold Chain Market
Cold chain is a temperature controlled supply chain, uninterrupted storage and distribution activities, which maintain a given temperature range. Cold chain market operations that are meant to extend and ensure the shell life of fresh agricultural produce, seafood, frozen food, photographic film, chemicals, and pharmaceutical drugs are expected to increase due to the considerable growing demand from the consumers because of change in lifestyles and growth in advanced technology. For instance, the global demand for frozen food has continued to grow, driven by the convenience with consumers. Meat segment has accounted for the highest share of the frozen food market, followed by frozen fish/sea food, fruits, and vegetables, etc. With increased consumer demand for frozen food products and a highly competitive market with low margins, food processors, distributors and retailers are shifting from the manually operated obsolete facilities to high bay deep-freeze warehouses. Moreover, the expansion of food retail chains by multinationals and the growth in international trade due to trade liberalization have led to an increase in the demand for the cold chain process.
Air Conditioning - The Largest Application
Refrigeration lubricants have multiple purposes, such as, removing heat, lubricating moving parts, acting as a sealant, and cooling the key parts of compressors. Some major features of refrigeration lubricants include high resistance to oxidation, resistance to thermal degradation, non-foaming, water separation, anti-wear properties, and corrosion resistance. Petroleum refineries are one of the major consumers of refrigeration lubricants, as some of the major processes are subjected to refrigeration. Globally, the increasing consumption of air conditioners for commercial and residential purposes is estimated to boost the refrigeration lubricants market.
Asia-Pacific the Largest Market
Asia-Pacific region was the largest market for refrigeration lubricants. This growing demand for refrigeration lubricants can be attributed to the increasing use of air conditioning systems for domestic and industrial applications. China dominated the market due to the growing population in urban areas, and increasing use of lubricant refrigerants replacing gaseous lubricants due to emission problems associated them. The growing Chinese cold chain logistics industry, which constitutes refrigeration trucks, and cold storages, is one of the major drivers of the market. With the growing demand from end-user industries, the consumption of refrigeration lubricants is projected to increase during the forecast period.
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Today's not just the day Wolverine slashes through theatres and our souls, the day we can drink bacon martinis since it's the weekend and we don't have swine flu yet: It's Space Day.
It's the 12th annual Space Day, even, which is held every year by NASA and Lockheed Martin. The theme this year is "Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future." I think that theme is pretty discriminatory actually, since it's clearly designed to gloss over the animals that have made for our swashbuckling space glory possible. And of course, the greatest animal hero of them all, Spacebat.
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Most of the deaths are caused because of unhealthy food habits and foods that are rich in cancer food properties are consumed less by the patients. Therefore, a change in diet can help you fight cancer and keep you in good health too. To reduce the risk of cancer one must store the right food in the fridge so you get proper nutrition. Significant symptoms of cancer may vary and controlling this disease is possible if you eat the right food. Natural foods and compounds can give you good amount of nutrition. Fruits and vegetables have rich cancer fighting properties and some are discussed below. Following are some suggestions for foods that have high concentration of cancer fighting elements.
Broccoli has a potent compound known as sulforaphane, which has the potential to flush out the cancer causing chemicals and increases the cancer fighting enzymes in the body. Broccoli is also rich in galactose which helps to repair the elements in the intestines that are damaged and fight cancer related to lung, liver, brain, stomach tumors, skin, bladder, breast, etc. It also detoxifies the liver
Drinking beet juice can be beneficial as it is rich in cancer fighting properties. It detoxifies the body and protect the cells. Even the individuals who are trained as athletes incorporate beet-root juice in the training regime. It reverses the condition of cancer and helps the athletes to perform better. Beet root increases the level of oxygen in the body and eliminates waste. It also has a high content of iron which increases the amount of oxygen offered to the cells in the body and kill the cancer cells. The health of cancer patients improves a lot with beet-root juice.
Red Wine
Red wine has polyphenols which protect the body against various types of cancers. Alcohol can be toxic so red wine should be consumed without alcohol. The red wine has great cancer fighting properties because the skin of grape is used for making wine and sin f the grape is rich in Resveratrol and when treatment of chemotherapy or radiation is taken the capability to kill the cancer causing cells is increased. Red or purple grape can also be consumed for its rich cancer fighting properties.
Variety of berries have cancer fighting properties. Red raspberries, strawberries, wolf berries, etc. prevent cancer. High concentration of phytochemicals known as anthocynanins reduces the premalignant cell growth and fights cancer related to colon, esophageal, skin, etc. consuming half a cup of berry almost every day is good for health as well. The cancer preventive qualities in berries are very good and has been proven by the researchers as well.
It is a wonderful source that helps to halt the progress of cancer which can spread in the body. It is also an herb and flavors the food. The blood supply is stopped which has the capability to form tumors. The properties of garlic which makes it a unique element to fight cancer are, active agents of sulfur, selenium and tryptophan. Taking 2 to 3 loaves of garlic everyday with water in a raw form early in the morning can help in keeping the cancer forming elements away. It also reduces blood pressures and fights many other diseases.
Tomatoes contain lycopene which helps to preserve the red color of tomatoes and has the capability to stop endometrial cancer cell growth. Tomatoes fight the lung, endometrial, prostate, reduces risk of pancreatic, colorectal cancers and stomach cancers. The lycopene present in the tomatoes attacks the roaming molecules of oxygen which triggers cancer growth in the body. Cell damage also leads to cancer and tomatoes have vitamin C which controls the cell damage preventing cancer. Lycopene kills mouth cancer cells as well.
It is a supreme cancer fighting food which is rich in nutrients, phytochemicals , minerals and antioxidant properties as it has Carotenoids which can fight prostate, neck, breast and head cancer. The natural Vitamin E present in Avacados prevents cancer. It has high form of Lutein which can prevent the risk of breast cancer in women. Glutathione is an antioxidant which detoxifies the body and decreases glutathione level of the cancer cells in the body. They also have high levels of beta-carotene and gives more potassium to the body than bananas. As it reduces risk to the liver.


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Brandt Snedeker is tied for 38th in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, but his sense of humor ranks much higher on the leaderboard.
Before teeing off Saturday morning, Snedeker was warming up on the driving range when he saw a target he had to aim for. Steve Sands of the Golf Channel was the unfortunate bullseye, but the golf reporter didn't miss a beat as he dodged the shots.
Sands quickly turned around and jokingly yelled, "This is why you're teeing off so early, your aim's a little off!"
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After several month working of Bee improvements, new PCBs for Jaluino Bee v2.1 have been ordered from SeeedStudio. Several other PCBs have been ordered as well: some more Mini-Crumboard, and a new shield, Mini-ProtoGrove. I'll post more about all of this when I get PCBs and build new Bees. In the mean time, you can have more details in forums and pre-order PCBs:


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Grand Traverse Resort and Spa
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DTE Energy
Page 3 182nd Company and families grand marshals of Royale Parade; Interactive Festival Attractions all National Cherry Festival week long
Onekama Marine
Page 4 Welcome from the National Cherry Festival President, Ed Nadeau; Greetings from the Governor; Cooperative teamwork makes National Cherry Festival a success
Page 5 Celebrate July 4th with the National Cherry Festival
Mackinac Island Press; Randy's Diner
Page 6 Bayside Entertainment brightens National Cherry Festival
Little Caesars; Real Estate One, Gwen Hall
Page 7 Entertainment - from page 6
Page 8 Photo - T.C. Fire Department hosts fire safety program
Eastland Apothecary Shoppe; Outdoor Adventures
Page 9 DockDogs Big-Air competition jumpstarts the Festival
Graham Mortgage Company; Central United Methodist Church; Bay Hill of Leland
Page 10 NCF welcomes US Navy and Air Force flight teams; Kristine Volk soars into air show director position
Page 11 Air show viewing map
Grand Traverse Real Estate; Culver's
Page 12 Kristine Volk - from page 10
Mountain Jack's Sunday Brunch; Carol Franklin, Century 21
Page 13
Leelanau County - Foghorn, Black Star Farms, Lima Bean
Page 14 Junior Royale Parade salutes Disneyland's 50th anniversary
Boardman Lake Glens; Tile Mart
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Fresh from the Farm! Friske Orchards, Hoxsie's Orchard Hill Farm Market, Rennie Orchards, Farmer White's, Bolt Farm, Amon Orchards
Page 16 Family fun with children's events at National Cherry Festival
Boathouse Restaurant; Don Orr Ski 'n Beach Haus
Page 17 Attention families - need a break?...Friendly Tent info
Record-Eagle subscription offer
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Eastwood Custom Homes
Page 19 Children's Fishing Pond all week long
Corporate Title; Rodger McCain, Century 21; Smoke Stack Store; Manistee National Forest Festival
Page 20 DTE Energy and NMC team up; "Share" funding and scholarships benefit from National Cherry Festival
A-GA-MING Golf Resort; "the Petoskey" Summer Antiques Festival
Page 21
Alden Schedule of Events; Alden's Mill House; LaVoie Designs; PK's Place; Red Eye Gallery; Grandma's Parlor
Page 22 New event! World champion lumberjacks come to National Cherry Festival
Romantic Gift Ideas; Crossroads; Fireside Hearth & Leisure; Material Girl
Page 23 OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS JULY 2-9
Page 24 Schedule of Events- from page 23; Arts & Crafts draw artisans from afar
Sleeping Bear Golf; J&S Hamburg Downtown
Page 25 Schedule of Events - from page 24
Harry's Road - Breeze Hill Greenhouse and Four Season Nursery; Union Street Station Live Music
Page 26 Schedule of Events - from page 25
Ferguson's Ducane Grills; LaSenorita Mexican Restaurants
Page 27 Schedule of Events - from page 26
45th Parallel Realty
Page 28 Schedule of Events - from page 27; Grocers Partnership: Win a free trip!
Bayview Condominiums, Suttons Bay
Page 29 Schedule of Events - from page 28; Heritage Day is Tuesday, July 5
Bay Realty; Lets Go Blue; Hockey Heroes
Page 30 Schedule of Events - from page 29
Auntie Pasta's; Sue's J&S Hamburg South; Cherryland Electric
Page 31 Schedule of Events - from page 30
Munson Medical Center; The Jelly Sisters
Page 32 2005 National Cherry Festival Prince and Princess Program
Page 33 2005 National Cherry Festival Prince and Princess Program
Page 34 Schedule of Events - from page 31; BATA map and schedules
Sharon Edson, Real Estate One; Quick Check Cashing
Page 35 Schedule of Events - from page 33
Interlochen Arts Festival; Ken Detloff, Real Estate One; Harris Properties Vacation Rentals
Page 36 Schedule of Events - from Page 35
PPOM Midwest Healthcare Network
Page 37 Schedule of Events - from page 36
Traverse City State Bank; Quilt-n-Bee
Page 38 SBC Band Classic has marching showmanship; Schedule of Events - from page 37
Consumers Energy; Gosling Czubak Engineering Sciences
Page 39 Schedule of Events - from page 38
America's Carpet Barn; Bay Bread Company
Page 40 Schedule of Events - from page 39
Potter's Fine Pastries; Boyne Country Sports
Page 41 Schedule of Events - from page 40
Grand Valley State University; Elayne Tiller, Real Estate One; Gallagher's Farm Market and Bakery
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Schedule of Events - from page 41
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Downtown Traverse City Merchants - Murdick's Fudge, DeYoung's, Paint Your Own Pottery, Running Fit, Art & Soul Gallery, By Candlelight
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Downtown Traverse City Merchants - The Loading Dock, City Opera House, Wellington Inn B&B, Harbor Wear, Kay's, Toy Harbor, Nolan's
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Downtown Traverse City Merchants - Espresso Bay Coupons; preggers; The Northern Angler
Page 46 2005 National Cherry Queen Finalists; Maggie Schneider makes most of time as National Cherry Queen; Queen Coronation
Page 47 2005 National Cherry Festival Ambassadors; Intermediate Ambassadors
Page 48 2005 National Cherry Festival Junior Ambassadors
Patrick M. Dunlop, Real Estate One; The Vein Center
Page 49 Summer Golf 2005
The Crown; Mistwood; Traverse City Golf Center; Crystal Mountain; The Leelanau Club; The Chief; Interlochen Golf Club; King's Challenge; Hawk's Eye; Elmbrook; Emerald Vale; Bay Meadows
Page 50 2005 National Cherry Festival Corporate Membership Program
EAA Sky Tours; Cindy Anderson Team, Coldwell Banker-Schmidt Realtors
Page 51 Grand Cherry Buffet Luncheon Menu
Bay Meadows Golf Course; Bayview Inn
Page 52 2005 National Cherry Festival Event Directors
Page 53 2005 National Cherry Festival Event Directors - from page 52; 2005 National Cherry Festival Event Assistant Directors
The Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms; Ali Tate, Real Estate One
Page 54 Cherry health products sold around the world
Traverse City Golf Center; JenTees; Advanced Awnings
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Brown Lumber - Lumberjack Show
Page 56 2005 National Cherry Festival Board of Trustees; 2005 National Cherry Festival Executive Committee; 2005 National Cherry Festival Chancellors
Page 57 2005 Family of National Cherry Festival Sponsors
Page 58 Week of activities for ages 50 and over; Clara McManus looks back at a distinguished year
Page 59 Vintage aircraft offers public flights
Alltel Wireless; Marsha Minervini, RE/MAX
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Consignment and Thrift Shops - Top Drawer Resale Clothier, The Hope Chest Thrift Shop, Zany Accessories/Clothing/Shoes/Funkystuff, reclectia, First-Class Secondhand, Women's Resource Center Thrift Shoppe
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Consignment and Thrift Shops - Goodwill, the upnorth bookshop, Top of the Hill Consignment, Ebb Tide Resale Shop, Upscale Resale, So Many Books So Little Time
Page 62 Book's 'Mr. Cherry' comes alive!; Local artist wins print competition
Northern Massage Therapy, LLC; Geoffrey Malek, Century 21
Page 63 Festival Souvenir Pavilion; "Ultimate" hockey tournament at NCF; Cherry Angels offer help; 2005 Very Cherry Award; The brothers of Byte
Page 64 Cookin' cherries with the chef; Car & Truck Show cruises into Festival; Hole-in-one golf contest for Garland Resort home; Meijer Festival of Races
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During this 25-35 minute talk, I ask the audience to think about what they would need to survive in space and introduce the carbon cycle and how humans are affecting it. The talk features rocket videos (always popular) and some simple interactive experiments.
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Illinois is ranked #48 in the 2017 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States, the same unenviable position it held in 2015. The state has ranked in the bottom five of the 50 states since 2005. Within the state, Cook County and Madison County made the list of cities or counties with the least fair and reasonable litigation environments.
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The View From 1776
New-Left Foreign Policy
The fecklessness of Obama's foreign policy actions in part arises from his being nurtured by the ethos of 1960s-1970s new-left student activism.
- In faulting Obama for not going after Iran
"which has never deviated from its quest to obtain the capability to produce nuclear weapons,"
- The irony didn't escape me. The points you mention have nothing whatever to do with the point of the posting. Your observations provide no cover or extenuation for the record of Obama's simplistic, futile policies in the international arena.
- Thomas,
There was a political cartoon in this morning's paper to the point here, which had the caption,
"Americans want their president to keep them out of wars, but to do it with swagger!"
Over the last six years, the US has gotten out of Iraq and "dodged the bullet" several times in other hot spots, when "sending in the troops" or "bombing" looked very tempting to the more hawkish politicians. On the scale of avoiding more agonizing, debilitating and fruitless involvement in foreign wars, Obama scores an A++.
- What about the "big stick"?
- The idea that the US military is lacking is ludicrous. The US defense budget dwarfs that of other country on earth.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
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I have a tiny picture of my dad similar to these from when he was in 2nd grade at Catholic school. His hands are together like he's praying, but he has the BIGGEST grin on his face. I love this collection.ReplyDelete
A couple look like they might be passport photos. These are great!ReplyDelete
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I love your blog, Lisa . . .
Discovered you today via the Bholu website.
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A federal appeals court today rejected Terry Schiavo's parents' latest attempt to get her feeding tube reconnected. In his concurrence, Judge Stanley Birch, a Bush I appointee, became the first judge to declare Congress's actions in the case unconstitutional:
A popular epithet directed by some members of society, including some members of Congress, toward the judiciary involves the denunciation of "activist judges." Generally, the definition of an "activist judge" is one who decides the outcome of a controversy before him according to personal conviction, even one sincerely held, as opposed to the dictates of the law as constrained by legal precedent and, ultimately, our Constitution. In resolving the Schiavo controversy it is my judgment that, despite sincere and altruistic motivation, the legislative and executive branches of our government have acted in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for the governance of a free people — our Constitution.


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You've seen this Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer before, but you've never seen it with informative commentary from a pair of Japanese gentlemen. Let's see what producer Kitase Yoshinori and director Toriyama Motomu have to say!
That is, of course, if you understand Japanese. Otherwise you'll just have to sit here with us slow kids and read what knowledge they have to impart regarding Lightning's return, new characters, returning old friends, and generally how much of an apology Final Fantasy XIII-2 is for the folks that didn't enjoy Final Fantasy XIII.
Hey, don't look at me. I liked XIII. I also liked X-2, so that doesn't mean much, but still.
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Banbury United defend stoutly in second half to earn three points against league high-flyers Chippenham in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division.
The Puritans went in front in the 18th minute when Eddie Odhiambo put Conor McDonagh through on goal and he fired the ball past Darren Chitty in the Chippenham goal.
Chippenham responded well to going behind and were on top when Banbury got a second goal on 38 minutes.
A cross from the left by Marvin Martin led to a McDonagh shot being saved by Chitty only for the ball to hit a defender and go back behind the goal line for an own goal.
Chippenham came out positively for the second half and dominated the play. They pulled a goal back on 65 minutes when a corner from the right was headed home by Will Richards.
It was all Chippenham in the last 20 minutes but Banbury defended with commitment and competence and despite all the pressure that the visitors had they were prevented from creating clear opportunities by an excellent defensive display from United.


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|Missile Worship
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|Most of the Pakistani population are unaware of the devastation a nuclear attack will cause. The broadcast media is state owned and all information regarding the negative effects of a nuclear attack are suppresed. With the urban populations of India and Pakistan so concentrated, in the event of either side launching a missile the death toll could potentially be up to 12 million people.
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A truly fascinating and stimulating article on privatizing streets which by my reading of it --- not the author's conclusion -- brings us right back to where we are now: the public right-of-way.
A truly fascinating and stimulating article on privatizing streets which by my reading of it --- not the author's conclusion -- brings us right back to where we are now: the public right-of-way.
May 31, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
I have become increasingly intrigued by the use of this kind of language in architectural criticism:
"But the best reason to fall in love with the building is its seductive pull. A vibrant composition of concrete forms stacked on top of a delicate glass base, its design is calculated to lure people into a titillating architectural experience."
In fact I find the building appealing. It meets the Three Rules of urban design and appears as if it might well enliven the street, depending on how the first floor is used by the museum (i.e. if there is simply a desk with a guard at it, as one sees at some office building lobbies, that won't do much.) The windowless walls are a bit off-putting but we are seeing only one elevation of the building and from what appears to be an upper story; and museums are notorious for wanting to limit natural light. Hadid's reputation as am archi-star might not have gotten in the way of a good urban design.
I call this sort of structure a 'raisin in the oatmeal' design --- a few are good for a city but too many and it's like too much dessert.
But the critic's language is conclusory. How does it help people get a grip on the complexity of the built environment? I don't think it does. It is language which sets apart a building as an oh-so precious artistic object rather than as an element which has to fit into a city. Moreover it breaks the very first rule which Edward Said (my collegiate English composition teacher) set forth many years ago: "Explain what is happening in the poem -- who is speaking, what is the action etc etc --- before you interpret." It's a good rule for discussion buildings as well.
May 31, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Congestion pricing is indeed an intriguing subject and the debate about the adoption of the London scheme brought forth a flood of debate before the fact.
London Congestion Pricing fromTransport Blog
What struck me first about this thread is that it stops at April 29, 2003. Is the London plan working so well that there is little dispute that it is a good idea and therefore nothing to debate?
May 30, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
It is also interesting to consider the spatial extent of the test pits. I have sketched out the pits on this map as best I could from the verbal description given by WSDot.
They indicate to me that, from what we know now, there is only a very limited area of seawall which is of concern and it is limited to the extremely trafficked area between Pike and Spring Streets. I wouldn't think that the area adjacent to Myrtle Edwards park is nearly as critical. So rather than 8,000 feet of seawall, perhaps the immediate problem is limited to 5 blocks or about 1000 feet. I am not making any sort of judgment, of course. but merely looking at the information provided by the State.
May 29, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Neal Peirce asks a question about charging for road use in general. Now, Would it work in Seattle?
A striking fact: the $8/day charge has only reduced London trafic by 20%. One hundred thousand people per day pay the charge (that's $8 million per day) or $1.6 billion (using only 200 working days) per year. It costs to operate the system, but the net to the public authority must be an impressive number.
May 29, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
To some degree, criticism one example here of New Urbanism (NU) stems from CNU's Congress for the New Urbanism's initial and excessively enthusiastic claims that NU was an all-purpose social screwdriver. NU would not only make better neighborhoods but also lead to better regional planning, less traffic congestion, less social psychosis and in general solve all societal ills. I heard even more extreme claims. I believe that CNU has backed off on the scope of its claims. At least that is my sense. Wendell Cox -- Andrs Duany Debate That is to the good.
Might it be appropriate for people who attack NU to also moderate their venom? There is so much naive, deliberately misconstruing and disingenuous criticism about new urbanism such as that it is about "social engineering" as if ANY laws are not about social engineering! While NU will not and could not "solve everything," it has an absolutely ENORMOUS contribution to make. It simply asks people to view (and this is its major contribution and no mean one) the neighborhood at a fine-grain and as a question of how the building enfronts the street.
While NU is not a panacea, it is far, far more than simply, as some claim, a marketing tool.
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I made an error a few days ago.
My source for the cost of the seawall was NOT Councilmember Conlin's op-ed or a report by Mike Lindblom (of the Seattle Times) but an article by Susan Gilmore in the Seattle Times on May 4, 2003.
City's seawall is far worse than experts had predicted
"Various proposals for replacing the viaduct call for a new seawall to be part of the project, but replacing the 8,000-foot seawall alone could cost more than $1 billion."
May 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
If you are interested in the seawall, Read this.
The money quote:
"Of the six test pits, four showed significant marine borer damage."
In other words, 1/3 (i.e. two) of the 6 sample sites which have been
investigated to determine if the seawall is in good shape were benign.
The entire seawall element of the viaduct project appears --- from WsDot's own web pages --- to be based on SIX SAMPLES, two of which were OK.
And on this basis they are talking about spending a billion dollars? I
must be missing something. Would someone else please take a look and
see if there is anything else which even remotely corroborates a
serious problem?
May 28, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 11:54 AM, DFP wrote:
"I would say that replacing the viaduct with a tunnel is certainly worthwhile, but whether it's worth the cost depends on what the cost is. Surely at some price it's what we should do. Equally as surely at another price it's not what we should do."
I agree entirely with DFP. It is ultimately a matter of cost. (Though
even if the Feds picked up 100% of cost, that is not "free" either ---
we spend political capital to get it.)
At any rate, the problem is that "the numbers" have shifted so much and
the political agenda so clear that I would be suspicious of any numbers
at this point.
"The numbers" are simply too amazing to be taken seriously as a tool
for decision-making.
For example, the cost of rebuilding just the 8000 ' seawall (supposedly
and conveniently now falling apart) is pegged at more than $1 billion
by Councilmember Conlin in the Seattle Times on 2/7/03. (I think
I've also read $1.25 billion in a news report by Mike Lindblom -- but
hey! what's $250 million among friends?)
(As an aside, go take a look, for example, at the seawall north of Pier
62/63 and you may be puzzled as to wherein lies the problem. More about
that in another post.)
At any rate, take the lower number and do the math. That is $125,000
per running foot. Go look at the seawall and imagine rebuilding it. To
put it into simple terms, the notion that, for example, a 10 foot
section of seawall should cost $1.25 million is an astonishing one.
Even with today's prices for Public Works, government should be able to
do a lot of construction for $1.25 million. Surely, the "seawall" must
include a whole lot of other things?
I just don't get it. There is something very odd about the numbers
being bandied about, which will make creating public trust very
difficult to achieve.
May 27, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
This city map comparison site allows one to view two cities side-by-side at the same scale. Comparing Seattle and New York is particularly striking in revealing New York's enormous 'psychic density.' Manhattan south of Central park (59th Street) to The Battery is roughly the same distance --- 3 miles --- as Safeco Field to Madison Park. For those of you not familiar with Seattle, or New York, there is abolsutely no comparison in the 'thickness of experience' in those roughly 3 miles. That's not a comparison meant to elevate one or denigrate the other; it's just an observation which is made crystal clear by this web page.
(You'll have to plug in the city names.)
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Terrific discussion on a libertarian site.
Samizdata.net - The aesthetics of car parks let's have some!
May 26, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Our out-of-kilter priorities are no better exemplified than by infatuation with the latest faddish mega-project: doing away with the Alaska Way Viaduct.
Yes, "something" should be done to ensure its structural security.
But in terms of the daily life of Seattle, spending many billions of dollars to replace the Viaduct would be money mis-spent. The neighborhoods of the city could easily and far more usefully absorb such vast sums and it would have a far greater impact on our quality of life.
Big spend proponents such as "Action: Better City" ask "what will create the best waterfront environment for our citizens?"
That question heads in the right direction, but has too narrow a focus.
The germane question is "what will create the best total Seattle environment for our citizens?"
So spend the minimum to make the Viaduct safe and put aside "experiential impacts and opportunities" (per below) for a grad school seminar.
Let me be clear. Doing away with the Viaduct is not a BAD idea. I'd even concede that it might be a GOOD idea (though even that is not QED.)
But there are THOUSANDS of good ideas and we cannot act on them all. Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen. I would put eliminating the Viaduct as perhaps #99 out of a list of 100 ways to benefit Seattle.
More to come on the dollars involved, once I can find a set which seem to have integrity.
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Space.City"
Date: Fri May 23, 2003 3:22:24 PM US/Pacific
To: "Space.City 1": ;
Subject: Action Better City Film, "Viaduct?", 6/4
The latest Action: Better City film....
"Viaduct? What Viaduct?"
As we consider replacements of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, much of the public
discussion has been driven by civil engineering options, cost analysis, and
traffic studies. With this mundane focus, it is difficult to grasp the
aesthetic and experiential impacts and opportunities this project could
bring to our waterfront, city and region.
With their new film "Viaduct? What Viaduct?" Action: Better City expands
the dialogue from simply "what is the cost of each option," to include
"what will create the best waterfront environment for our citizens?"
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Downtown Seattle Art Museum
Discussion to Follow
Doors open at 5:30
Donations taken at the door
Suggested Donation: $5.00
Action: Better City is a not-for profit organization dedicated to
fostering and exploring the ideas that link Seattle and it's environment,
the connections of its downtown neighborhoods, and the potential for
unique public spaces. www.actionbettercity.org
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One day we'll take a driviing vacation on Indiia's on its grand highways.
May 26, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Here is an interesting discussion, though as I took part in it such comment must be somewhat suspect.
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I've been intrigued that there are no libertarian/right-wing approaches to urban planning/land use that are the least bit credible or have popular resonance. In major metropolitan areas i.e where zoning (or its functional equivalent) is needed, there is overwhelming consensus for zoning.
There are useful & provocative conservative critiques of society. (Vouchers for schools, as one example.) Many are rooted in deregulation. But the conservative critique stops at land. No one talks seriously about deregulating land use because
a) there is no political support;
b) no one can imagine what it would be like;
3) conservatives own houses too and benefit from the settled expectations provided by land use laws.
Yes some people rail against zoning/permitting etc but they have no alternative to it.
It is obvious to the vast majority of people that if we are to live in relatively high density (the American suburb included) then we need some set of rules. Oh yes, one can say that ours are cumbersome and overly-intrusive and ineffective --- but that is a matter of degree and execution, not principle.
Simplify, clarify, make more fair and transparent: yes, absolutely.
But will the rules still be footed on the police power? How could it be otherwise. The transaction costs of a series of private contracts and covenants are too high and ineffcient; that's why we have standard form contracts in every business -- to simplify transactions. Look at zoning as way of enhancing social efficiency by creating a common set of rules about what one can do with property. No serious business person wants to do away with zoning (except when it comes to their own property.)
It's a marvelous social invention; and it didn't start with Euclid. Conservatives make much of property rights but offer no intellectually respectable alternative to our current land law system. Nibble about the edges, yes. But provide a systemic alternative which deals with real concerns, no.
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The department in the City of Seattle which administers land use entitlements and building permits uses interesting verbal formulations. People who apply for permits are known as "clients" or "customers."
I believe that the language is well-meaning. The intention is to ensure that staff treat the individuals with whom they deal in a respectful manner.
But it is an unfortunately and unintentionally comical situation.
People who apply for permits are by no stretch of the imagination "clients " or "customers." "Clients " or "customers" have a choice. They can deal with Professional A or Company B.
As to zoning and building entitlements, a local government is a sole source monopoly. Not only is it the only provider, one is required to deal with it by operation of law. You have no choice.
Indeed, government of course has special responsibility to act as the agent of the people, from trivia such as answering phone calls promptly to large issue of principles such as spreading the burdens of regional facilities such as a sewer plant so that it doesn't impact only poor people. The term "client" and "customer" was, I suspect, a directive from management to help inculcate respect at the personal level.
But there is a hypocrisy there. Verbal formulae designed to slide over the fact that a person has no choice is demeaning. The City of Seattle has a particularly complex and procedurally burdensome land use process which is frustrating even to experienced architects.
Better to acknowledge that when it comes to land use laws, none of us are freebooting "clients", or even dignified "applicants" but, more realistically, kneeling "supplicants" at the alter of urban planning.
May 25, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (1)
I was trying to determine if there really is any sort of libertarian perspective on the environment.
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This article is a great example of the divide --- of psychology and sensibility --- in the debate on sprawl, property rights, urban design etc. etc.
Smart Growth Types' Dumb Rhetoric
The author thinks that the basic argument against current suburban development patterns is that it is bad for us. Of course perhaps he has indeed picked up that line of reasoning from all too-earnest "Smart Growth" enthusiasts, and so his critique is understandable.
My own personal reason for detesting most of what has been built over the past 50 40 years (King County a great example) is that it is so unpleasant, ugly, uncomfortable etc. etc. It's just awful to be around; I have a visceral not intellectual reaction. And actually most of my venom is directed to the commercial areas; the detached single family pattern, which includes much of Seattle, is benign.That's why I like Phil Langdon's argument for the New Urbanism: it's "simply a better way to live." Doesn't have the moralistic oomph as does "Smart Growth" and "Sustainability." I suspect that most supporters of Smart Growth share that same sensibility which is repelled by the look and feel of the suburbs.
But moralizing about resource utilization doesn't really go very far when it comes to land use decisions; personal taste & preference wins out. So we might as well start from self-interest anyway, as that is where we end up.
The author does have one good line:
' "smart growth" advocates should use that money to pass out gym memberships.'
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Transport, Paris, France - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
Well, not exactly free but nice photos. I'm using some in the next edition of 'City Comforts.'
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No doubt things have changed in the past 30 years but this issue of Wired Magazine seems to insist on making what has happened as obscure and difficult to understand as possible:
Our old ideas about space have exploded. The past three decades have produced more change in more cultures than any other time in history. Radically accelerated growth, deregulation, and globalization have redrawn our familiar maps and reset the parameters: Borders are inscribed and permeated, control zones imposed and violated, jurisdictions declared and ignored, markets pumped up and punctured. And at the same time, entirely new spatial conditions, demanding new definitions, have emerged.Oh god! "Where space was considered permanent, it now feels transitory - on its way to becoming." Spare me.
Where space was considered permanent, it now feels transitory - on its way to becoming. The words and ideas of architecture, once the official language of space, no longer seem capable of describing this proliferation of new conditions. But even as its utility is questioned in the real world, architectural language survives, its repertoire of concepts and metaphors resurrected to create clarity and definition in new, unfamiliar domains (think chat rooms, Web sites, and firewalls). Words that die in the real are reborn in the virtual.
May 23, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Even if you are indifferent to skyscrapers, as I am, this
Another article on Koolhaas:
"Koolhaas wouldn't be the first talented architect to fall flat when working in an unfamiliarly large scale....It's the social and phenomenological principles with which he's designing that are wrong."
A few words for our local (Seattle) proponents of expanding freeways?
Caltrans Shelves Plan to Widen the 101 Freeway
i.e. even if you get the money, can you build it?
May 22, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
It's interesting to see how the new urbanism is making inroads even among young conservatives. I have had a sense that new urbanism (for lack of a more convenient term) offers, because of the simplicity of its rules, a manner by which to dramatically simplify zoning codes. People against zoning on "theoretical" grounds still won't like it. But the sensible conservatives will appreciate the decreased burden at the procedural level.
Posted 10:03 AM by Patrick Belton "URBAN STUDIES WATCH: CS Monitor deservingly puffs a developer in Maine, named John Chamberlain, who is constructing a new high-density subdivision with the idea of making it a pedestrian, village-style neighorhood built on a human rather than automotive scale, with the appropriate copious helpings of public spaces, parks, and tree-lined streets, with homes situated close to the streets, and with streetscapes which mix rowhouses, shops, and apartments.
"The article raises an important point, argued often by those students of cities who argue for designing American communities more on the aesthetic, pleasant, pedestrian and public lines of Greenwich Village or the New England townships, while less on the sprawlish dimensions of Los Angeles, Detroit, or Northern Virginia. And in turn this point is often toted under the banner of New Urbanism, a school of urban development which has been led by people like Vincent Scully, James Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, and Peter Katz. ( Here's a bibliography, and a charter drawn up by one group of adherents. There's also a faq drawn up by another New Urbanist organization.) Generally speaking, New Urbanism seeks to increase residential density, mix up styles and types of buildings to a greater extent, and more broadly to create a greater number of more pedestrian, public spaces. A remarkably creative friend of ours from Yale, Adam Gordon , has launched a magazine called The Next American City dedicated to fleshing out and expanding on these, and related, ideas; his magazine is an extraordinarily exciting project, and I'm honored to be working on a piece for their next issue. One city which has been very influenced by this school of thought is Montclair, New Jersey - I remember returning back from England to a friend's back yard, then walking through the city's park over to its main street, and thinking that the pleasantness and human scale of the experience was making me revise my admittedly unwarrented low esteem for American suburbs.
"That said, I'm admittedly much less expert on urban studies than many of my friends, and I'd be very interested to hear what they have to say on the subject. Rachel, Joey, Adam, Shayna?..... "
Interesting start but somewhat disappointing "I was there!" finish about the "Koolhaas" library in Sunday's (May 24, 2003) NY Times.
"The logic of the place and its friendliness to the reader are apparent. The Dewey ramp makes a kind of glorious, literal, plodding sense. The reading room feels like an assertion that books deserve a glamorous venue. And what could be more true to the democratic nature of a library than putting the children's section and the foreign-language materials on the street level? As for the building's facade, the jutting platforms may look like architectural whimsy from the street, but they stick out for good reason: each is situated to take full advantage of the site's corridor views of Puget Sound and the surrounding mountains."
The way people use language about architecture astonishes me. Why is it even remotely "democratic" to have a children's library & foreign-language materials at the street level on Fourth Avenue? I don't see the connection. One could just as easily say that "the children's library is placed in a remote, well-guarded, hard-to-get-to part of the building so that children, no matter their family background, can feel safe and secure and democratic."
The assertion that more views will be captured (must be down the side streets I assume) by the jutting platforms makes little sense on its face. The building can't go past the property line (at least by very much.) And if floors are stacked at the property line, (as opposed to "jutting") the views from the upper floor will be the same as the view from the floor below. No?
And the idea that books deserve a "glamorous venue" is just so many words. Why in the world is it even remotely important to have a glamorous venue for books? Practical, human-scaled, "pleasing", "pretty," flexible, inviting...maybe even "comfortable" ... etc etc. I can think of so many more important criteria. The value of "glamour" in assessing a library is (or should be) irrelevant. In fact "glamour" seems to be an off-putting value...reminds me of going to a fancy restaurant where everyone will look to see if you measure up, if you've got the right cut of pant. We do NOT want a library to further that sort of feeling. One associates glamour with the opening of a movie or the line to get into Studio 54: only the very few will be allowed. That is NOT a public library.
The beginning of the article is good -- some interesting statements about SAM and the EMP and a common sense quote: ''I don't want a library full of light,'' Sally Clark, a housing advocate, said. ''I want a cozy library.''
But then a rather flaccid finish. Almost sounded to me as if it was an add-on forced on the writer by an editor. Oh well.
(Maybe the recent criticisms of the New York Times (i.e. as a no longer a serious paper) are accurate. Of course I have never been able to fathom Muschamp. No, don't misunderstand: I do understand him insofar as there is any there there.)
Btw, I haven't seen the new Library building in 4-5 months,...sort of saving it for a rainy day. Who knows, maybe I'll like it. (I'm pretty sure that they did NOT take any of my Seattle Times criticisms seriously --- "it's already wonderful.") But stranger things have happened; to be clear, I am only commenting on the NY Times review, NOT the building itself. It is not yet finished. It would not be fair to make any judgments until it is done and one can actually walk around and through it.
May 20, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
A homeowner built this pleasant place to sit and ponder in our "single-family" neighborhood.
May 19, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Interesting Op-Ed about about Andres Duany's"Transect"
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Discussion touching on religion and architecture which totally convinced me that the Founding Fathers of the United States were extremely astute people.
According to Patrick O'Brian --- and it makes common sense --- discussion of religion was forbidden at the officers' mess as the only outcome could be ugly faction, obviously an evil on a naval ship. Or in a civil society.
Certainly a place can be so well designed and built (i.e. created) that an individual can choose to see the hand of a creator at work. But to bring up religion a priori is to me an unnecessary element. If the good ship Alexander founders, it will be I believe because he introduces an inherently divisive element --- religion, spirituality etc -- to a subject --- the built environment ---already laden with heavy emotion.
My suggestion is that we attend to the work of building better cities and put religion aside for personal decision.
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Everyone once in a while, someone sends Sci email. Often it's silly. This one, however, was very good in that it asked for some clarification on a series of posts that I've been working on looking at clinical depression and possible causes and treatments, including neurogenesis in the hippocampus, cell cycle controls, and CREB.
And luckily, the guy who sent it gave Sci permission to repost, which is good, because it allows me to clarify some stuff. Here goes:
Hi Sci: I read your blog about how antidepressants stimulate neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Since the CREB deficient mice had robust neurogenesis and normal serotonin I wasn't sure why they were anxious. Apparently they did benefit from antidepressants right away on the tail suspension and forced swim tests so the neurogenesis hypothesis took a bit of a whack. To add to the complexities I just read about MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor). Apparently reducing the amount of MIF in the rat hippocampus dramatically reduces neurogenesis and increases anxiety. Do you understand how CREB and MIF are related? I'm trying to get a handle on this whole complex area. Thanks.
All right, I'm going to try this before my first cup of coffee and we'll see how it goes:
1) One of the things that a lot of people really don't realize is that neurogenesis probably is not all there is to depression. This happened when the serotonin theory was hot, too (well, the serotonin theory is still hot, really). Serotonin levels may be a symptom of the problem, or they may be part of one of the solutions (due to the effectiveness of SSRIs), BUT they are not the problem itself. Similarly, neurogenesis may help the solution, but it may not be the problem in all patients (though it might in some of them.
2) Anxiety and depression are linked, but they are not the same thing. It is very possible to be high anxiety and not depressed, and there are many mouse models that include this. However, there is probably a link between many cases of anxiety and depression, but we're still working out how that works.
3) Animals and their reactions in the forced swim test: What a lot of people don't realize about the forced swim test and the tail suspension (heck, a lot of scientists don't realize this and give us flak for it) is that these tests have NOTHING to do with depression. They have a LOT to do with antidepressant efficacy. Basically, the only thing these tests are is predictive, they can tell you whether a given drug is going to be a good antidepressant. They can tell you whether a drug increases serotonin or norepinephrine. But they don't tell you anything about how depression works or whether the mice themselves are "depressed". Unfortunately, a lot of scientists want to see those kinds of behavioral tests in our studies, and since there is nothing better, we have to do them. Other tests are coming along (including one called novelty induced hypophagia) that may end up performing better, that only respond to long term clinical treatment.
4) The real problem with this is that depression is WAY more complicated than most people think it is. For example, what causes MIF growth? What causes MIF reduction? Do those things ALSO cause changes in neurogenesis in the hippocampus? Probably. And if I understood how CREB and MIF are related and how this relates to neurogenesis in the hippocampus, I would probably be VERY famous. Sci isn't very famous. 🙂
So here's the breakdown: We know that drugs that chronically increase the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine will help people with depression. We know that this isn't a result of immediate increases in these neurotransmitters (though we can detect that with the forced swim test and tail suspension test). We think that it may have something to do with increases in neurogenesis caused by these drugs. HOWEVER, that is not to say that people with depression have necessarily decreased neurogenesis, the neurogenesis may be a sign of something else. Additionally, keep in mind that not all antidepressants work in all people, and many people do not respond. Many MOUSE strains also do not respond, and a lot of people are currently investigating the differences between these mice strains, to see why they respond differently and what this may mean about humans who respond differently to antidepressants.
I hope that helps! I know, it probably just made it more confusing. Welcome to the brain, where we who study it are confused a good 99.9999999% of the time.
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For The Kids! Big Sean Launches Entertainment Industry Education Program "Mogul Prep"
Detroit native wordsmith, Big Sean is back. This time around the lyricist returns to give back to middle and high school students with a new education program through the Sean Anderson Foundation. Today the word comes down that Big Sean Launches Entertainment Industry Education Program "Mogul Prep". This blended educational curriculum can be utilized by thousands of middle and high school students and educators as an immersive learning experience designed to use careers in the entertainment industry as a gateway for students to discover and explore career pathways. A pilot program started back in November 2015 in Detroit turning out nearly 300 students from half-dozen schools in the metro Detroit area.
The program, "Mogul Prep" introduces students to top entertainment industry leaders, gives them insight into the hard and soft skills. Educators and students have access to over 100 hours of common core and CTAE aligned curriculum. Big Sean and the Sean Anderson Foundation are taking Mogul Prep on the road with an experiential Tour aligning with the I Decided tour dates in four cities across US. This will offer students experiential opportunities from the Mogul Prep Curriculum from Sean Don and a team of music industry leaders. Speaking about the program Big Sean stated: "I am grateful to be able to provide an educational program that today's students can easily relate to. Mogul Prep is relevant and real world. I hope students enjoy Mogul Prep, and most importantly, I hope it helps them reach the success that they are meant for." To learn more about the program head over to Mogul Prep immediately. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below and stay tuned for more!


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'Belial' sons?…daughter?…men?….children?…man? ….. from the Holy Bible (KJV)
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And what concord hath Christ with Belial?
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? – 2Co 6:15
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I am no preacher, but, am a prime sinner and living in this world in HIS mercy. For a sinner like me too, when I read "The Holy Bible" KJV, the following verses were given in the context of "Belial".
Deu 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial,
are gone out from among you,
and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods,
which ye have not known;
Jdg 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry,
behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial,
beset the house round about,
and beat at the door,
and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying,
Bring forth the man that came into thine house,
that we may know him.
Jdg 20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men,
the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to death,
and put away evil from Israel.
But the children of Benjamin would not hearken
to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
1Sa 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial:
for out of the abundance of my complaint
and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1Sa 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial;
they knew not the LORD.
1Sa 10:27 But the children of Belial said,
How shall this man save us?
And they despised him,
and brought him no presents.
But he held his peace.
1Sa 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do;
for evil is determined against our master,
and against all his household:
for he is such a son of Belial,
that a man cannot speak to him.
1Sa 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee,
regard this man of Belial, even Nabal:
for as his name is, so is he;
Nabal is his name,
and folly is with him:
but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord,
whom thou didst send.
1Sa 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial,
of those that went with David,
and said, Because they went not with us,
we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered,
save to every man his wife and his children,
that they may lead them away,
and depart.
2Sa 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed,
Come out, come out, thou bloody man,
and thou man of Belial:
2Sa 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial,
whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite:
and he blew a trumpet,
and said, We have no part in David,
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to his tents, O Israel.
2Sa 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
1Ki 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him,
to bear witness against him, saying,
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.
And then carry him out,
and stone him, that he may die.
1Ki 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial,
and sat before him:
and the men of Belial witnessed against him,
even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying,
Naboth did blaspheme God and the king.
Then they carried him forth out of the city,
and stoned him with stones, that he died.
2Ch 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men,
the children of Belial,
and have strengthened themselves
against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted,
and could not withstand them.
2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial?
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
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In a message dated 11/13/2002 2:47:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, email@example.com writes: > >The point I disagree with above is when you say, "the blank node > >represents an address" because no where do we connect it with > >the concept (or Class) "Address". As you say below, > >this could be resolved if we specify a type and then that clears up the > >semantic confusion. I would guess that a blank node then really just > >means "thing" (unless we type it). > > > This depends on what "means" means. If I create a resource, or a blank > node, I get to decide what it means, and anyone who understands my > vocabulary or the structure I'm using (through some means or other) > might share that meaning (e.g., they might understand that the thing at > the end of my "address" property was an address). As far as > machine-interpretable meaning is concerned, though, *any* resource, > blank node or not, just means "thing" unless you provide some additional > information about it (like a type, which of course the machine has to > understand too). That is, it isn't just blank nodes that have to be > typed to have this meaning: resources with URIs do too. URIs don't > carry meaning with them (or at least, they aren't supposed to be > interpreted as carrying meaning in RDF). > Understand. Identity and typing are orthogonal. Except where a well-known identity conveys well-known semantics but that cannot be assumed. This brings up a tangential issue on the semantics of a URI identity beyond uniqueness. Has there been any thought in RDF Schema to creating a utility property to express that a URI is retrievable (same issue as namespace retrieving an RDDL document). Or is it better to use a urn scheme? I am not that familiar with the urn scheme but in your example in the primer: 1. <?xml version="1.0"?> 2. <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 3. xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 4. xmlns:ex="http://www.example.org/terms/"> 5. <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.example.org/index.html"> 6. <ex:creation-date>August 16, 1999</ex:creation-date> 7. <ex:language>English</ex:language> 8. <dc:creator> 9. <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.example.org/staffid/85740"> 10. </rdf:Description> 11. </dc:creator> 12. </rdf:Description> 13. </rdf:RDF> How is an RDF application processing this to know that the URI on line 5 is an accessible web page but the URI on line 9 is just an identity? Especially when both specify http: as the protocol. I know this is off topic but some pointers on this would be helpful. One way I can think of is to add the <dc:type> property to the web page and then you can assume anything without a dc:type is just an identity (not a foolproof technique unless the dublin core folks add a dc:type value for "identifier" or "name"). > <snip /> > You generally make statements about classes of things in schemas. So > the place to say that the property <address> has a range of class > <Address> would be in a schema. In the original example, though, I > wanted to represent the specific address of a specific staff member. > That means that the thing on the end of Joe's <address> (or <livesAt>) > property needs to be something that represents an individual address, > not the class of addresses. So I need to use either a blank node, or a > resource with a URI. Either way, adding a type property would convey > more information about that instance (to someone or something who > understood what class <Address> meant). > Agreed. In terms of best practice, it may be good to mention that in the primer. Best wishes, - Mike ---------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Daconta Director, Web & Technology Services www.mcbrad.comReceived on Thursday, 14 November 2002 12:13:38 UTC
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__How do you "spend" your time?
In the past few weeks, we've covered some very serious topics, and I have been really touched at your outpouring of love and caring, and your thoughtful comments. Today I want to pose a question: As entrepreneurs, and in life, in general: How do you "spend" your time?
This month, whilst thousands of young people are being handed their diplomas after years of study (this is graduation season in many countries) the tragic fact is that, in some places around the world, innocents are being shot, held hostage, live in war zones, or can barely find a meal to eat.
I can see from your comments in these recent weeks (as often I do) that there's huge kindness and faith amongst you on this platform. I know your prayers have been heard and deeply appreciated. It's been really moving to me.
Meanwhile, whilst life can have many challenges and heartaches, let them never freeze you in fear, or in any way keep you from moving forward believing in your dreams and executing your plans…
Last Thursday, I was honored to give the keynote address at the New York University (NYU) School of Law convocation held at Madison Square Garden, where hundreds of international postgrad students from some 50 countries became "Master of Laws" (LLM) with specializations in areas like environmental and energy law; international taxation; competition, innovation and information law; international business regulation, litigation and arbitration, and many more. (NYU is ranked the #1 international school of law!)
And then this past weekend, 10 international undergraduates who, through the HigherLife Foundation my wife and I have supported over the years, received their undergraduate degrees from Morehouse and Spelman Colleges! We are so very proud of them, and all our students still studying.
All over the world, every single day, new generations of young people are heading out to study, work or start new businesses… eager and energized to tackle the world's challenges with fresh eyes, hearts and minds.
Quick advice: No one can tackle everything at once. Focus. Decide. Say no if need be. Don't give up, unless you figure out that the road you're on really is a waste of time after all. In that case, dust yourself off. Move on. Time is precious.
Everyone, wherever or whoever they are, faces the same challenge each and every day:
__How to "spend" their time… No one gets more than 24 hours.
Some things will have to wait till later, as I wrote here a few weeks ago. Like I decided to sell my beloved music system when I moved back to Zimbabwe years and years ago. (Now I have one again!)
Scores of articles and books are written on time management, and I've written about it here before. Today here's just one simple approach to think about:
Look at everything you need to do, and put each task in one of four boxes:
# Important but not urgent: Decide when you will do it.
# Urgent and important: Do it immediately.
# Not important and not urgent: Do it later.
# Urgent but not important: Delegate it to someone else.
What do you think? (This is from the "Eisenhower Matrix" named after a US President 50+ years ago).
Over the ages, it has become a truism, but it it is true (especially for entrepreneurs!): #TimeIsMoney. Spend it wisely.
Congratulations once again to all the graduates celebrating this great milestone (a testament to their successful time management, as well!) and to their families.
To be continued. . .


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Madrid: Barcelona`s recent strong run is helping the club put a series of off-field problems behind them and suggests they may be starting to move up the gears at exactly the right stage of the season.
Wednesday`s 1-0 King`s Cup quarter-final, first leg win at home to Atletico Madrid was Barca`s fifth victory in a row since they fell 1-0 at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Jan. 4.
In this period, they have beaten Atletico twice, once in the Cup and once in La Liga, something they failed to achieve in six meetings between the two sides in all competitions last term.
They also thrashed Elche 9-0 on aggregate in the Cup and a winning run is the ideal way to counter swirling media speculation about a rift between club talisman Lionel Messi and coach Luis Enrique.
Argentina forward Messi was apparently unhappy with Luis Enrique`s tactics since he took over at the end of last season but denied reports he was seeking an exit from his boyhood club.
Whatever the reality of the situation, Messi has not let it affect his performances on the pitch and his late winner on Wednesday came after he netted a hat-trick at Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga at the weekend.
Even Atletico coach Diego Simeone admitted to being impressed with Barca`s recent form.
"Barcelona have improved a great deal in these last two games," Simeone told a news conference.
"Above all in putting on the pressure in the opponents` half," added the former Argentina captain. "It was their strength that they did not allow us to bring the ball out."
One reason why Barca may be gaining a head of steam is that Luis Enrique finally appears to have settled on what is known in Spain as a "gala 11" after rotating his regulars in and out of the side.
Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez are fixtures in the forward line, with Andres Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets in midfield and fullbacks Dani Alves and Jordi Alba either side of Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano in defence.
"It was a very positive result but I never take future results for granted," Luis Enrique told reporters ahead of Wednesday`s return in Madrid.
"Our opponent still has a lot to say and it should be an attractive game with two teams going for victory."


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After looking at the Chandra Observatory's latest pictures of the Crab Nebula, I'm thinking the X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula needs a cooler name.
Click to viewMaybe something like PulsaX, with the capital X, or Xoop!, with the exclamation mark. You can see the nebula's inner X-ray ring, which is a shock wave that marks the boundary between the surrounding nebula, and the jets of matter and anti-matter shooting out of the pulsar. Chandra has been doing its part to make the Crab Nebula look cool for years, as you can see in our gallery below. PulsaX FTW! [Chandra Observatory]


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Giants' cold bats lead to 6th straight defeat, 3-1 to Pirates
Their bats seemingly numbed, the Giants are making their fans' minds numb.
San Francisco endured its sixth straight loss Tuesday night, and the 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Pirates was oh-so-similar to the previous five.
The Giants have totaled all of six runs in the losing streak. The six-game skid ties the team's longest this season; the Giants also lost six straight in mid-June.
One minor difference Tuesday was that one San Francisco batter, Buster Posey, actually had three hits.
Posey said he and his teammates have avoided the "here we go again" syndrome.
"I think everybody's doing pretty well, staying upbeat at the beginning of the game. We've just got to try to keep that going all the way through. ...
"We know we can put together a solid streak of wins."
And how might that happen?
"Have to pitch well, play good defense and hit well," Posey responded. "Not even joking. It's simple. I think sometimes we make it harder than what it is. That's what we've got to do."
Said manager Bruce Bochy: "For the life of me, I can't tell you why, but we're just having a hard time putting together some good at-bats."
Michael Morse was a big boost for the Giants in the first two months of the season, but his production has fallen dramatically since early June. He led off the home second by drilling a pitch from former Giants farmhand Francisco Liriano just over the wall in left.
It was Morse's 15th homer of the season, but only his second since June 6. It also was only his seventh RBI in that span. He struck out in his final three at-bats Tuesday.
Liriano took command after Morse's home run, retiring the next six hitters, five by strikeout.
Walks have plagued Liriano (3-7) for much of this season; he entered Tuesday having issued 47 free passes in 88 1/3 innings.
He either found the Fountain of Control in McCovey Cove, or the Giants' hitters were a tad impatient - or perhaps a combination of the two. Liriano didn't issue a free pass until rookie catcher Andrew Susac looked at ball four with one out in the seventh.
That was the only walk Liriano allowed. He limited the Giants to one run on four hits and racked up 11 strikeouts in seven innings.
Tim Hudson, meanwhile, recovered after allowing a Josh Harrison homer to lead off the game and Travis Snider's two-run shot in the second. Working with Susac in the catcher's first major-league start, Hudson went seven innings, allowing those three runs on six hits.
Battery fun fact: Susac, a Roseville native who went to Sacramento's Jesuit High, was all of 9 years old when Hudson made his major-league debut with the A's on June 8, 1999.
Hudson said Susac "did really well. I was pleasantly surprised with him. ... He looks really good."
As opposed to the Giants' offense at the moment.
"I think a few guys have lost some confidence and that kind of compounds the damage," Bochy said. "We've got to get that swagger back."
Broken bats
Some stats during the Giants' six-game losing streak:
Runs scored6
Batting average.176
Extra-base hits4
Innings led1
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