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Elegant Georgian brick elevation on an oversized lot. As you enter, you will be greeted by a spacious foyer, formal dining room & study. An optional flex extension has been added to the flex space, a wonderful area for crafts, workout area and more! Cooking is a delight in the well appointed chef's kitchen which includes beautiful cabinets, a large furniture island, double oven and gas cooktop. French-doors lead from the spacious gathering room to the screened outdoor living area, complete with a gas fireplace and composite decking! Upstairs you will find a wonderful owner's suite with a spa shower, two additional bedrooms, a loft and a nicely sized laundry room.
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New Homes in Fort Mill SC Offering FOUR distinct collections of new homes in a welcoming riverfront community! Located in sought-after Fort Mill, South Carolina, Masons Bend offers the peaceful atmosphere of a small town just 30 minutes from the adventure and excitement of Uptown Charlotte. With convenient proximity to highway travel, excellent schools, and low taxes, Masons Bend is in an ideal place to call home. On the shores of the Catawba River, perhaps the most appealing feature of the Masons Bend new home community is the waterway and the lush natural and varied landscape created by its presence. Residents will enjoy access to natural hiking and biking trails connected to the Carolina Thread Trail, as well as a series of beautiful parks and gathering spaces. While the community offers fabulous natural amenities, the recently completed community clubhouse offers more traditional options. Residents can enjoy the junior Olympic pool, separate splash pool, fitness center, multipurpose room, indoor and outdoor fireplaces, playground, and outdoor pavilion. The recently completed launch offers kayak and canoe access to the river, providing even more outdoor entertainment. The new homes built in Masons Bend respect the traditions of the South. Fielding Homes offers a variety of new homes for sale in Fort Mill SC with distinct architectural styles that are designed in accord with the history of the community and the surroundings. Elevation options include Craftsman, Coastal, Georgian, Plank Cottage, Southern Arts & Crafts, and Upcountry Farmhouse styles. Browse our floor plans and quick move-in options offered in each collection to find your perfect new home in Fort Mill.Visit the website Free brochure
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Gold futures surged over 1.2 percent to $1,749.70 today, on dollar weakness.
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What music makes coffee taste better?
What soundtrack should accompany red wine?
Oxford University psychologist Charles Spence, who works with top chefs including Britain's Heston Blumenthal and Spain's Ferran Adria, says our enjoyment of food depends on a range of sensory responses.
He says all the senses - taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound - combine to contribute to our enjoyment when we eat and drink.
Professor Spence was behind the laboratory experiments that led to the creation of Blumenthal's signature dish, "the sounds of the sea", at his British restaurant The Fat Duck.
The dish, which has featured on Channel 10's MasterChef, is a delicate seafood creation with a twist - diners are provided with a set of headphones to listen to seaside sounds like crashing waves while eating.
Some diners were moved to tears by the experience.
Professor Spence's laboratory team played sounds of the sea to people eating oysters, while other diners listened to generic restaurant noises or more obtuse farmyard sounds including clucking chickens.
"We were able to show that people rate the oyster significantly more pleasant when they have the sounds of the sea in the background," Spence told AAP on Thursday from Adelaide, where he is attending an international pain conference, Neurodynamics and the Neuromatrix.
His team also conducts research on the influence of flavours in alleviating pain, though his work with chefs and food - the area of neurogastronomy - is clearly a passion.
Spence is currently working with Blumenthal's team to inspire a dish featuring bitter and sweet flavours, with a matching soundtrack.
The research invites participants to match bitter and sweet flavours with musical instruments and different pitches.
Most people opt for low-pitched sounds, and brass instruments, in response to bitter tastes like dark chocolate or coffee, the professor said.
Meanwhile, a sweet or citrus taste was commonly linked to a more high-pitched, tinkling piano.
The Fat Duck has produced a dish based on the research, but it has not yet reached the table.
"It's not quite perfect yet," warns Spence.
"What the chefs are looking for is something that makes your jaw drop open."
Sound designers are working on tracks to perfect the experience.
Coffee chain Starbucks has also enlisted composers to create music, based on Spence's research, to accompany coffee.
The plethora of aromas and flavours associated with wine provides potential to design music to match, Spence said.
Experiments are also under way on the source of the soundtrack.
While 'sounds of the sea' diners are offered headphones, Spence hypothesised that it would be ideal to make dishes, plates and glasses that, when tilted, start playing music.
He is also exploring the effect of cutlery, plates and glasses on a dining experience, suggesting that different materials and shapes might be better suited to some dishes than others.
"Why is it we've been using the same cutlery for 200 years?" he asks.
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Meet Frank Coppenbarger, our Director of Team Travel and Clubhouse Services.
Charter flights, hotels, buses, player tickets, uniforms, gloves, bats, balls, sun flower seeds….all of that comes under his umbrella. Oh, he has others that help carry the umbrella because he's not that talented.
He doesn't miss a road trip, doesn't miss a game. Sometimes TV cameras will find a gray crew-cut fellow in the dugout. Please be assured, he isn't offering advice to Charlie Manuel.
Like the entire front office, he got to ride in the parade. And, like everyone that did, he was overly touched, "The enormity of the celebration was really mind-boggling and just indescribable."
OK, Frank, what have you done with your spare time since?
Spare time has been slim. Over the last three weeks, he's spent much of his time traveling: Toronto to look at a hotel for the team there next year, attend Pat Gillick's induction into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame; back home; Las Vegas for a meeting of his counterparts, a convention of suppliers and vendors, checking out hotel needs for the entire organization for the winter meetings that will be held there the week of December 8; St. Louis for a wedding of a counterpart; Cooperstown, NY, to represent the Phillies at the opening of the Hall of Fame's World Series exhibit and back home again.
His Citizens Bank Park office is located inside the main entrance to the Phillies clubhouse. Anyone entering the clubhouse can see Frank working or sleeping at this desk.
Sleep hasn't be the case: bills from the postseason (hotels, charter flights, buses), handling transportation for Ruben Amaro Jr.'s various interviews (staff and coaches), finalizing the 2009 spring training schedule, sending out bids to four airlines for charter flights in 2009, hotel contracts and bus schedules for next season and, along with his aides, ordering equipment. In addition, Frank is a consultant for the World Baseball Classic which will have two games at Bright House Field next March.
One stack of postseason bills came to just under $20,000 for services that were never used. All that was in place after Game 5 of the World Series in case the Phillies had to return to St. Petersburg to continue the Fall Classic. "We had six busses standing by and an airplane sitting at the Philadelphia airport. We had hotel reservations in St. Pete. The entire traveling party had to bring their bags the clubhouse in case we had to leave after the game. No one wanted to go back to Florida. We all know the happy ending," he beamed.
Generally, the front office staff gets some time off after a season. Then, work begins for the following year. We lost a month of time, but believe me, no one is complaining. Kelly Addario DiGiacomo, our receptionist, answers the phone, "World Champion Phillies." That says it all.


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State Sen. Shirley Randleman wants to overturn silencer ban for hunting
Hunting would become a quieter process under a bill introduced in the N.C. General Assembly by the senator who represents Surry County.
Senate Bill 201 would allow hunting with silencers in North Carolina, a practice now banned. The measure introduced last week by Sen. Shirley Randleman would lift the ban on people using those devices to deaden the sound of guns.
"Even with the use of ear protection, many longtime hunters suffer hearing loss over time from firing their rifles," Randleman said in a statement. "Silencers do not completely quiet the sound of rifle fire, but when combined with ear protection the noise is reduced to a safer level."
Benefiting hunters is not the only motivation behind the bill filed by Randleman, a Republican from Wilkes County who is occupying the N.C. Senate seat formerly held by the late Don East of Pilot Mountain.
Allowing the use of silencers also will help preserve the tranquility of hunting areas, according to Randleman, and should reduce the number of noise complaints to police.
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Federal authorities say above-normal temperatures and limited rainfall have added more stress to Nebraska's dryland corn.
The Department of Agriculture says that for the week ending Sunday, dryland corn conditions rated 35 percent good or excellent, compared with 59 percent on the average. Irrigated corn conditions rated 81 percent good or excellent, compared with 75 percent on average.
Nebraska soybean conditions rated 61 percent good or excellent.
The state's alfalfa conditions were rated 49 percent good or excellent. The third cutting was 95 percent complete, higher than the average of 93 percent by this date.
The fourth cutting was 13 percent complete, far below the 31 percent average by this date.
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A prominent member of the White Space Coalition (WSC) has challenged yet another attempt to block plans to let consumers tap into temporarily unused TV spectrum for home and office use. "For a host of reasons, the notion of licensing the TV white spaces as a substitute for wireline backhaul simply is no answer to the wireless carriers' special access problem," Google wrote to the Federal Communications Commission on January 22nd.
The WSC includes Dell, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, and Philips—all have encouraged the FCC to complete tests that they say will prove that unlicensed devices can access sometimes free TV spectrum for broadband home entertainment and office use, without interfering with TV signals,
Google's comment is in response to a statement filed by Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile proposing that this promising resource be licensed instead for backhaul: auxiliary space used to store big globs of video and sound data before broadcast to a distributed network. As prices rise for special access services—the big T-1 and T-3 pipes provided by the incumbent telcos—backhaul has become an increasingly precious commodity.
The Sprint/T-Mobile January 3rd filing cites the "exorbitant" rates that the incumbents charge. "Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile must find more affordable alternatives to the ILECs' special access offerings," the firms write. "Despite this need, the amount of spectrum in the lower bands that is realistically available for the provision of wireless backhaul services has declined dramatically over the years."
And so the filers told the FCC that they support a white paper submitted in October of last year by the Fiber Tower and Rural Telecommunications Group. "This spectrum is particularly well-suited for fixed services, which can facilitate much-needed wireless backhaul services in both urban and rural areas," Fiber Tower writes. "Moreover, licensing this spectrum on an exclusive basis, using spectrum auctions or the current license fee approach, would help alleviate interference concerns while serving important public interest goals."
"Interference concerns" is the battle cry of opponents of unlicensed white space transmitters and receivers, prominent among them the big broadcasting trade associations. Microsoft submitted a device to the FCC for evaluation in the Spring of 2007, but the prototype failed to identify TV signals. WSC engineers concluded the unit had accidentally sustained some damage, but ever since then, the broadcasting lobby has issued draconian warnings about possible unlicensed device interference with TV transmission.
Some of these statements have been pretty over the top, especially one submitted to the Commission during a September 19th 2007 meeting between FCC engineers and a TV group led by David L. Donovan, President of the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV).
Why, the trade reps asked, "would the FCC consider allowing millions and millions of these interference causing devices, like 'germs,' to spread throughout America with the ability to attack the TV receivers in people's homes, apartments, hotel rooms, hospital rooms, dormitories, etc., with no way for the owner of the TV set (the 'victim') to determine who was causing the 'illness' to his or her TV set?"
And furthermore: "even if the developers of these devices are committed to building second, third and so-on generation devices, the first generation of 'germ' devices will remain at large. Where is the accountability under this scheme."
The Sprint/T-Mobile comment is a model of rational argument compared to this filing. But Google quickly submitted its own response, opposing the backhaul proposal while expressing sympathy with the two wireless providers, concurring that "large incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) continue to charge excessive prices and carry out unreasonable provisioning for their data transmission offerings, including backhaul for wireless services."
Google contends that fears of unlicensed device interference with TV signals are exaggerated. The company's "own tests clearly show that digital televisions and wireless microphones would be amply protected from harmful interference by unlicensed personal/portable devices," the search engine firm writes, "using reasonable power levels and sensing thresholds."
In addition, the filing warns that placing white space under a licensing system would require an auction that, by necessity, would have to exclude the incumbent telcos in order to guarantee an independent supply of backhaul spectrum.
"It is not clear that the Commission would sanction an auction of spectrum while prohibiting the participation of the two largest wireless providers [presumably AT&T and Verizon]," Google suggests.
Observers hope that the FCC will finish testing the most recently submitted white space prototypes by the end of this Spring. Doubtless there will be more filed objections to an unlicensed system through the coming months.


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So, we've put together a simple First Timer's Guide to GSN. It's broken down into three areas: The Basics, Where to Get Help, and What to Do.
The games are the pillar of the GSN community. GSN offers a wide variety of casual and casino style games that cross multiple genres. You'll find popular games like Bejeweled 2, Mahjongg Dimensions, Wheel of Fortune, Video Bingo Deluxe and others. You'll also discover all sorts of games by genre, including Arcade, Word, Casino and your favorite Game Show Games.
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Hair loss is a concern that affects both men and women, although for different biological reasons. However, there is one product that is suitable for both men and women. It seeks to improve hair structure by strengthening the hair roots and protecting the condition of the hair. Tricomin is a hair loss product available as a follicle spray, shampoo or restructuring conditioner that maintains hair conditioning and improves hair structure thanks to its Triamino copper nutritional complex formulation.
Before you rush out and buy Tricomin products, you might be interested to know the technology behind Tricomin hair loss treatment and the various Tricomin products that are available today.
First of all, we must understand the important part that copper plays in healthy hair. The level of copper found in hair can dictate the level of hair loss. Too little copper and the health of the hair can suffer leading to hair loss, but too much copper can also have a detrimental effect on hair, leading to premature hair loss. The importance of maintaining a healthy level of copper in adult hair is therefore vital in the fight against hair loss.
So what is a healthy level of copper, and how is it possible to maintain this level over a prolonged period of time? Tests have shown that 2.5 milligrams of copper +/- 0.7 milligrams is the ideal level. Here are some tips for maintaining this healthy level of copper and reducing the risk of hair loss due to copper imbalance.
- Avoid drinking hard water
- Reduce meat intake
- Check the copper content of medications, in particular birth control pills
This is where Tricomin hair products can help with the battle against hair loss. Tricomin is the result of extensive research and testing into how copper and amino acids relate to hair loss. Studies have shown that copper levels decrease as you age, which, coincidentally, is when most people start to notice hair loss. Tricomin helps restore the copper balance and promotes healthy hair.
Tricomin achieves this is by providing essential copper to the hair follicle, which encourages the collagen and proteins necessary for hair growth to feed the hair follicle at the time it needs it most – the growth phase. By providing these essential nutrients directly where they are needed, at the hair follicle, growth is encouraged and hair loss is reduced.
The most popular product in the Tricomin line is the Tricomin Solution Follicle Therapy Spray. The spray works by delivering the copper complex formulation directly onto the scalp and around the hair follicles. The formulation includes a conditioner that reduces wash off, thus allowing the formulation to stay on long enough for maximum improvement.
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Signed, stamped, hand titled and mounted print of original photograph.
Every Sunday morning and before most of us are out of bed, I am in and around the heart of Glasgow. It feels like a very different city first thing in the morning. I love capturing the visual contributions made by the elements and seasons of this sleeping giant before it eventually stirs!
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Back in business. Thanks for staying a Phillies Insider reader.
The dog days of August are here and September sizzle is right around the corner. Tonight, the Phillies begin a stretch of playing 24 games in the next 23 days. 16 of those games are at Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies have won 15 of their last 17 games.
The next day off is Thursday, September 9. In looking at the original schedule, the Phillies are off every Thursday next month. But, a rain out in Denver has created a one-game stop there on September 2, the tail end of a San Diego-LA road trip.
Despite missing their #3-4 hitters, the Phillies have hung in there and are in two races, Eastern Division and the Wildcard. Chase and Ryan will be back in the lineup soon which will be a big boost. But, we shouldn't expect too much from them out of the shoot. It may take a little while to get their stroke and rhythm at the plate.
Familiar Faces
Sure Pat Burrell will get a warm welcome from Phils fans tonight. He's really come to life with the Giants and is on a hot streak. If he's in left and Aaron Rowand in center field, it will be like old-home week. Rowand will look familiar with #33 on this back. Pat won't with #9 on his back.
**Chooch has 18 RBI in his last 17 games. He's one of the big reasons the Phillies are where they are.
**After an 18-game hitting streak, Raul is hitless in 18 at-bats. This game can bring you to your knees quickly.
**33 games until the Phillies and Braves meet at Citizens Bank Park. Then, the two teams play six of their last 12 games against each other.
National TV
ESPN will televise tomorrow night's game (locally blacked out). Thursday, the MLB Network will carry the game in limited regions.
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Happy Wednesday!
It's time for a little Heartfelt Creations inspiration! This week I have a beautiful floral tag for you!
The base of the tag is made with Spellbinders 5x7 Elegant Labels 4. The pretty designer paper mat is from the Raindrops on Rose Paper Collection which I used for the color scheme on the Majestic Morning flowers, Burst of Splendor leaves and Garden Romance butterflies. The white "hearts" tucked behind the flowers are from the Raindrops on Roses Die that I cut into pieces.
If this reminds you of my Majestic Blooms Box I posted last month here, that would be because I made these at the same time! I really love how both projects turned out with these pretty colors and textures!
Be sure to visit the HC Blog to see the beautiful creations by the designers this week! Also, HC is announcing the new designers and ones that will be leaving the team. Very sad to see the ladies leave, but I am looking forward to working with the new designers.
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For tag base, die cut 2 Elegant Labels 4 with white card stock and glue wrong sides together using Metal Glue Tip and Art Institute Dries Clear Glue. Using floral designer paper (Raindrops on Roses) and Labels 4, die cut piece and glue to tag.
Stamp flowers (Majestic Morning Background), leaves (Open Leaf) and butterflies (Brookside Manor) on Solar White with Onyx Black. Color flowers and butterflies with pencils and mineral spirits and leaves with Peeled Paint Ink. Die cut all with matching dies and shape with mat and tool kit as desired. I used 9 of the flowers to create 3 different size flowers and 1 bud.
Die cut the Decorative Heart Topper (Raindrops on Roses Die) using white card stock and trim into 3 hearts. Trim piece of white netting and tie center into a fake bow. Trim thank you tag from designer paper. Make multi-loop bow with silk ribbon and Bow-Easy Tool. Trim piece of string beads (approximately 4"). Assemble all as shown arranging flowers and leaves over hearts using glue gun. Tuck netting, string beads and tag under flowers and leaves on bottom and glue in place. Add adhesive pearls and add butterflies as pictured. Add Stickles around pearl in flower center. Spray with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz and let dry. Add ribbon to top of tag tying to each side.


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Sport Concept organizes sports programs within walking distance of children and helps communities find investors for building or refurbishing sports courts. The organization gathers volunteers who will maintain these facilities and provides them with legal and logistical information on how to do this. Sport Concept also engages with government agencies and lawmakers to raise awareness about the existing problems and promote their solution.


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Zerene Stacker is "focus stacking" software designed specifically for challenging macro subjects and discerning photographers. Of course it works great with simpler subjects, close-ups, and landscapes also!
Here is a preview of our current flyer. You can download a high quality version as PDF.
As a more detailed example, here's an illustration showing a common fruit fly.
This is photographed using a 10X macro setup, roughly the same as what you'd see through a 100X microscope.
Individual image on the left, stacked result on the right.
Zerene Stacker has several advantages over other commonly used stacking programs:
Absolutely! Please browse our Gallery of challenging high-magnification subjects.
You download Zerene Stacker from the Downloads page of our website. The download gives you a 30-day free trial with full functionality. After that, you have to buy a license to keep using the product and to get future updates for free. Full details are posted at Purchasing Licenses.
No, you really don't want those. Pirated versions of Zerene Stacker can be found these days on lots of "shareware" sites. But don't be fooled. Those sites are in the business of ripping us all off. Despite their assurances, the versions that they offer contain stolen keys, are NOT full functionality, are not eligible for future upgrades, and may even come equipped with malware added by the pirates for their own purposes. If you send them money, you lose it. The only versions of Zerene Stacker that we can stand behind are the ones you download from Zerene Systems' own web site, and licenses purchased through us and our authorized resellers.
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For Windows and Linux, separate installers are available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions. For Macintosh, the same application bundle runs in all environments.
If you need Zerene Stacker in another environment, please contact us.
Zerene Stacker is designed for deep stacks. There is no intrinsic limit on stack depth. Many of our users routinely go over 100 images per stack; the biggest ones we know about are over 1000.
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First, take a good look at the CamRanger camera controller. This little device plugs into your camera and provides wireless connection to a smartphone, tablet, or laptop/desktop computer. It lets you live view and control focus without touching the camera at all. With most cameras, it even provides automatic focus stacking – just set limits and step size, push the Shoot Stack button, and watch the CamRanger and camera do all the work of shooting the stack.
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Boom, the Nike Zoom Revis 1, a sneaker I've discussed here at TJB, is days away from its Dec. 1 release date. As the swaggy blogger and resident sneaker enthusiast on TheJetsBlog.com, it is my duty to share these images and reiterate the sneakers' significance -- probably not for all Jets fans, but for the few who care about uniforms, equipment, and the sneaker culture.
Darrelle Revis is stepping into elite space with this release. He joins players like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, iconic athletes whose signature sneakers -- Nike's SC Trainer and Diamond Turf series, respectively -- remain staples in contemporary style up to two decades after they debuted. Now, the ZR1 gets its chance to reintroduce training shoes from Nike Football into popular culture. That's gotta count for something in this dismal season.
Revis will be at the new Nike Yardline at Champs Sports in the Willowbrook Mall on Saturday to launch his ZR1. The sneakers will run you $130 and will be available in two colors: the Jets-themed pair pictured here and another black/volt colorway.
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A night out in Hollywood isn't done right unless you put on your best gear and hit the town in style. Nestled in the perfect location and playing host to an extraordinary night is Playhouse Nightclub. Selected by Reuters as one of the "Top 10 Nightclubs in the World" and the only club to receive this honor on the west coast, Playhouse Nightclub recently celebrated its 4 year anniversary with an all-out celebration that did not disappoint.
AlexOrlovsky, who has served as the Director of Marketing for Playhouse since the nightclub's inception, knew that he wanted to create something different with Playhouse - something that 'Angelenos' weren't used to. Orlovsky had recently relocated from New York to work with Muse Lifestyle Group on the Playhouse launch and planned to integrate his longstanding connection to NY nightlife into the conceptualization of an LA nightclub. Orlovsky wanted to create a venue with a NY feel that would serve as the "ultimate entertainment venue, like an adult playground designed to trigger your imagination and satisfy your desires," quotes Orlovsky.
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the last section. I couldn't agree more. Enjoy what we do have.
Breathing Easy on the Financial Rollercoaster
In case you hadn't noticed, stock markets around the world have done some crazy things this week. At this point, I think we're all a little lightheaded, wondering if we should be worried and, if so, how worried. It's scary when people compare our current situation to The Great Depression and issue dire warnings about not withdrawing all of our money from the bank. It's even scarier when some of those predictions seem to come true. Panic seems the natural response, and yet we know that won't help the situation. So what do we do? What can we tell ourselves when doubts and insecurity start to creep in?
It Will Get Better
I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but I'm going to echo it again because repetition helps us truly incorporate an idea into our lives. All of the experts I've read say that we will pull out of this, and will probably do it within the next couple of years. When, exactly, in that time frame it will be varies, but the overall message is the same. There will be a day, not too far away, when all of this dizzing up-and-down will be a distant memory. The market will recover, and more of the motion will be positive instead of negative.
All of that means that, right now, we win if we just hang on. Sure, the financial world is moving up and down so fast it makes our heads spin but, when it stabilizes, the one who is still hanging on is the one who wins. There's not much we can do now but clasp our fingers around that shiny metal bar and hold on for all we're worth.
Investing is for the Long Term
Again, these words aren't anything new, but it's so good to hear them again when fear closes in. Just because our investments are barely holding their own or losing money right now doesn't mean they'll do that forever. In times like the present, this should be the mantra that we repeat as we go to sleep and that we know so well we can't get it out of our heads. Short term loss is perfectly acceptable in light of long-term gain, and that's what we're going for here.
If we really believe this, the numbers on the statement won't make such a difference. We'll be able to look at them and know they're not the whole story and, in fact, they aren't even half of it. We'll screw our courage to the sticking place and...well, stick with it.
Life Isn't All About Money
Financial concerns tend to try and take over our world. A little worry can invade and destroy an otherwise pleasant time. When it comes to the market, we can't do much about anything. Instead of holding on to our fears and letting them rule us, we can choose to let them go. That doesn't mean we deny the truth of the larger situation and what that does in and to us, but it does mean that we enjoy the things in front of our faces in spite of the situation.
Family and friends, grass and trees, sun and rain...they're all free, and they're all things we can enjoy in spite of our financial situation. And, since the weekend is just beginning, take advantage of it. Let the financially-induced tension melt away in light of the things you can choose to enjoy. You'll be surprised how much it changes your perspective.
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It helps me to remember that the media is thee to sell the news. They need to make it as sensational as possible. If you just ignore the news and do as you said in you post we will all be better off. I liked ths post!
Sarah, I'm afraid this up and down won't be a distant memory for many of us. I have friends who work at AIG - rather worked at AIG, and Lehman, and it's parlyzing right now. This too shall pass but not for them or people around us. I just had breakfast with a few of them and they're kinda shellshocked.
That said, you provided a kind and thoughtful post as always. No sarcasm intended.
It will get better, but that doesn't mean we have to participate in this mess. A little bit of knowledge will go a long way to help avoiding this.
First, the biggest challenge in investing in the markets is we give too much credence to the returns always being there for us, as well as assume that we can be successful as long term investors if we just throw money at a fund. Unfortunately, this attitude gets us into bad situations, and can easily be avoided.
We need to take an active role with our investments, because we are the only ones who genuinely care enough about whether we retire wealthy or not. You can't afford anything less.
Here are a few steps you can take next time:
1 - Learn when to get out. In my blogs, I discuss how by watching a simple volatility indicator, like the VIX indicator, can let us know when to get of the market and when to get back in. We avoid the volatility, we avoid many of the bear markets, corrections and crashes.
2 - Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) should be a primary part of your portfolio allocation. You can't afford junk fees and management fees from mutual funds that drain your portfolio over time. This could make a difference of a few hundred thousand in your investing lifetime. Find an ETF with similar objective to your mutual find, and consider making some changes.
3 - Always use a stop program. Another benefit to ETFs is that you can use a stop program that automatically gets you out at a set price or percentage. That way, you can set it and forget it, and not become emotionally involved.
4 -Diversification is a must. Our national debt is almost $10 trillion. What that means is as the government adds more debt, the dollar becomes weaker. As the dollar becomes weaker, your money is worth less. You can counter this by investing in overseas ETFs.
If you are scared or frustrated from big losses, it is a sign that you need to have an investment approach about managing your money. It is not that hard. The few points above and some of my blog posts should help you get started in the right direction.
All the best... Cheaplee
Remember the old adage, "Buy low, sell high"? Well the market has been low, and although it's hard to say if it will go lower, it's safe to say the market will be higher a few years from now.
People who take advantage of downturns in the market (eh-hmm... Warren Buffett) end up quite wealthy years down the line. I have been buying the market each time there is a huge drop. That has already been paying off. I'm excited to see my account in 5 years. As an author of InvestorPitStop.com
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Panic never helps, but I would advise everyone I know to withdraw enough money from the bank to last at least a couple of months in case of a collapse of the banking system. It's not as if there's no precident for it - there were bank "holidays" during the Great Depression and many people lost everything they had. FDIC is not a quick fix if your bank does fold, either, even if somehow FDIC stays solvent. Best case scenario, it would take weeks/months to process your claim. So, always have enough cash in hand to handle your expenses in case of an emergency. Even in this cashless society, it seems the prudent move considering current circumstances.
And stock your pantries. As an investment, it's hard to beat food right now. One thing we can be pretty sure of is that the price will go up. So, if you buy $XXXX worth of nonperishable groceries now, they will be worth more in six months. A return on investment that you can actually use just in case your other investments wind up being useless pieces of paper.
But don't panic. This too shall pass.
Lately we all have seen the stock markets corrections. Let it be the one in Jan or in March and not to forget the mayhem in the last week. What did this create ? Corrections created a sense of confusion. This confusion may cause a big harm to a nation. Recently a broker committed a suicide.
People invest hard core . Don't only be dependent on stock markets for money, this should be the second source for the people who don't really understand the markets well.
Here are few tips that one needs to do in such a situation.
Do what you think is right.
Stop listening to analysts.
Don't see stock prices every 20 minutes.
Be patient.
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Last but not the least "Don't give up"
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Change is the only thing that never change, everything else will change one day. Sarah, you have explored a nice thought that every situation that we are facing is not permanent, changes will occur in future to change our life-style.
Nothing can be better than a positive note. In times like this, we really need uplifting news. It is also important to count our blessings, not just focus on the recent disaster. And enjoy what those blessings are.
Way to go! Thanks for a very good article.
If you own stocks then you can't afford to get news later than everyone else. Try easystockalerts.com for a week and you'll see what I mean. There is no fee and no spam...
I don't have a lot of money to invest, but I have been buying shares into some mutual funds every time the market drops significantly. Today, I actually have about $100 profit, which is outperforming most of Wall Street. My 'plan' is to just try to break even, while acquiring more shares for the next few years until the economy recovers.
I started with ING Direct's Smallcap indexed, and Real Estate funds, because you can start them with $100 and an automatic investment plan. It seems to me that indexed smallcap funds are doing better in general than largecap or midcap funds.
If you interested in stock market news and information here is a site called easystockalerts.com.


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30 pics of dads with their babies that will melt your heart
Get ready to say "awwwww" - these dads just can't get enough of their crazy-adorable kids. And why should they? These little faces will melt your heart. It takes a pretty massive dose of cuteness to steal the show at major events like the Olympic Games, military homecomings, star-studded movie premieres and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But these sweet little faces take the cake. And their dads aren't too shabby either: These fathers are total #dadgoals. Here are 30 pics of dads with their babies that capture the sweetest moments and will steal your heart. Pass the tissues!David McNew/Getty Images
Nick Foles
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles had a lot to celebrate when his team beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. Foles was named the MVP of the game, but it was the sweet photo of him holding daughter Lily that really stole the show.Rob Carr/Getty Images
John Legend
Cutest dad ever John Legend helped daughter Luna throw out the first pitch before a Seattle Mariners-Minnesota Twins game at Safeco Field in 2017.Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds' Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony was definitely eclipsed by the extreme cuteness factor of his and wife Blake Lively's little baby (not to mention toddler James).MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
LeBron James
In 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James helped his team defeat the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Game 7 to win the NBA Finals. He here is at the press conference afterward, giving daughter (and good luck charm) Zhuri a sweet kiss on the head.Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Keith Wolowodiuk
Baby Kaitlyn was beyond ecstatic to see her dad, 1st Lt. Keith Wolowodiuk, when he returned home in 2008 from a seven-month tour serving with the 1st Battalion 185th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, in Baghdad.David McNew/Getty Images
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. was enthralled while watching mom Serena Williams play tennis in the 2019 Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia - all while being cuddled in dad Alexis Ohanian's arms.Paul Kane/Getty Images
Michael Phelps
Swimming dad Michael Phelps couldn't hide his love for baby Boomer after winning the men's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images
Kevin Jonas
Dads who bring their kiddos to a fashion show always get us. Kevin Jonas and wee Alena looked fashionably cute together at New York Fashion Week in February 2017.Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Haddad
Usher's adorable mini-mes joined him at the 2011 Los Angeles premiere of "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." You can never say which one is cuter. Never.GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images
Prince William
Prince William introduced adorable his son Prince George to a bilby (coincidentally also named George) at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in 2014.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi sweetly kissed his son Thiago before his team's La Liga match with Real Sociedad de Futbol in 2013.David Ramos/Getty Images
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is such a doting father, we sometimes wish he was our dad! Here he is comforting daughter Harper Grace when the West Hollywood premiere of "Smurfs 2" got a tad overwhelming back in 2013.Jason Merritt/Getty Images
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John Llewellyn
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Llewellyn met his newborn daughter for the very first time after returning home from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in 2002.U.S. Navy Photo by Michael Sandberg/Getty Images
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin's adorable sons Valentino and Matteo are even cuter than he is, which seems nearly impossible. Here they are snuggling on the beach in Miami back in 2009.Pablo Alfaro/Ricky Martin via Getty Images
Jamie Oliver
This photo is too precious for words. The camera caught chef Jamie Oliver in a sweet moment with son Buddy while on a bus tour of London promoting his Food Revolution Day in May 2015.LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images
Alec Baldwin
Daughter Carmen Gabriela cracked up funnyman dad Alec Baldwin and stole the show at the 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton, New York.Monica Schipper/Getty Images For Hamptons International Film Festival
José Bastón
Eva Longoria's husband José Bastón and son Santiago looked adorable in matching penguin suits at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) shared a special day with wife Lauren Hashian and their daughter as his Hollywood Walk of Fame star was unveiled in 2017.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
Wu Hongbin
Wu Hongbin proudly held his newborn daughter, who was born in Beijing on August 8, 2008 (the opening day of the Beijing Olympic Games). Hongbin's daughter was one of several babies born at the hospital that day, but only Wu and his wife Yanmin decided to name their little girl Ao Yun, which means "Olympic."FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Black
The funny apple doesn't fall far from the tree: Jack Black's son Thomas knows how to have fun just like his dad, and they're pictured here at a Yo Gabba Gabba Live! show with Dave Grohl and his daughter Violet in Los Angeles in 2010.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Jeff Goldblum
The family that plays together, film festivals together: Jeff Goldblum brought along his cute kids River and Charlie (with mom Emilie Livingston) to the Deauville American Film Festival in 2017.CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey proved that the happiest place on Earth is wherever your adorable kids are when he and wife Camila Alves visited Disneyland in 2011 with daughter Vida and son Levi.Lisa Rose/Disney Parks via Getty Images
Adam Levine
Star of "The Voice" and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine shared his big day with sweet daughter Dusty Rose when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
Joe Nieuwendyk
You can tell by the look on his face in this photo that to Canadian ice hockey player Joe Nieuwendyk, the real prize is his baby son (although ending a half-century gold medal drought at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics was pretty incredible, too).KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images
Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez's newborn daughter Gia was "Extra" adorable when she met Ricky Martin at The Grove in Los Angeles in 2010, while mom Courtney Mazza looked on.Toby Canham/Getty Images for Extra
Jimmy Kimmel
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel's daughter Jane looked just as cute and spirited as her dad at an event in Los Angeles in 2015.Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Gavin Rossdale
Though they're no longer married, Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani are still amazing co-parents who go "mad" for their kids, as is evident from this pic of their family ride on Disneyland's Mad Hatter Tea Cups with sons Kingston and Zuma in 2010.Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland via Getty Images
Brent Livermore
Australia's men's field hockey captain Brent Livermore shared the biggest moment of his career with his darling baby at the Athens Olympic Games awards ceremony in 2004.JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images
David Beckham
David Beckham definitely won 2014's cutest dad of the year award after bringing daughter Harper to her mom Victoria Beckham's spring show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Oh, and Harper's bestie, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, tagged along as well.BRIGITTE DUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images
Philippe Coutinho
It's pretty obvious that FC Barcelona's Phillippe Coutinho loves his children as much as he loves football - he proudly brought them onto the field before the Spanish league match against Valencia CF in Barcelona in 2019. He clearly makes his relationship with his little ones a priority. The father-child bond is just one of the many relationships that are important to build in order to lead a happy life.
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Getting kicked off the Virginia Tech football team could have ended Telvion Clark's career. Instead, he turned it into an opportunity to find success at Towson.
After playing a limited role during his freshman and sophomore years, Clark was poised to become a starter for the Hokies as a junior.
Instead, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer dismissed Clark from the team in March 2012 after the outside linebacker was cited in Blacksburg, Va., for misdemeanor public intoxication/swearing.
"I think that whole situation made me the person that I am today," Clark said after practice this week. "I wouldn't be as good as I am, I wouldn't be as good of a leader as I am without that situation. ... I went through a lot and learned a lot, and I've gotten much more mature and much better at doing things the right way."
That maturity off the field has matched the senior outside linebacker's development on the field. After ranking fifth on the team in tackles with 49 and forcing one fumble last season, the 6 foot 1, 230-pound Clark leads the Tigers (13-2) in tackles with 139, solo tackles with 83 and forced fumbles with five.
Clark is part of a group that headlines a defense with the unenviable task of trying to contain back-to-back, reigning national champion North Dakota State (14-0) in Saturday's NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, at 2 p.m.
Bison coach Craig Bohl noticed Clark during the coaching staff's review of the Towson defense.
"[H]e can run really well," Bohl said during a national conference call last Friday. "He's an aggressive guy with great instincts."
Clark's success does not surprise Bud Foster. The Virginia Tech defensive coordinator said the coaches saw that potential in Clark when they recruited him out of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va.
"The kid had a lot of ability when he was here, and he's definitely a Division I-A BCS-caliber athlete," Foster said. "There's no doubt about it. Had outstanding speed, very explosive, a lot of ability, a lot of tools. He was a good run defender, a potential blitzer and had the ability to play in space. He had a lot of tools to be an impact guy at a lot of levels."
Foster said he understood that Clark, who was one of six players who had been sent home early for missing the team's New Year's Eve curfew at the 2011 Orange Bowl, was growing up, but that growth manifested in a harmful manner.
"A lot of players, when you're inconsistent off the field, you're inconsistent on the field," Foster said. "I don't care if it's at this level or the NFL level or if it's a different sport. There's a correlation there, and those are the things that he needed to do — be consistent in all aspects in his life. And, unfortunately for us, it carried onto the football field.
"The kid had a lot of ability and we had a lot of discussions, and I'm really happy for the kid. I was a guy that kind of helped him in a lot of areas, and I tried to help him after we made the decision because I think the kid had a lot of upside. But he also had things he needed to resolve. He needed to grow up. He needed to grow up and mature and do the right thing. That's obviously what he's done."
Towson coach Rob Ambrose said the staff did its due diligence when researching Clark's compatibility with the program.
"We knew him from high school, and we knew the kind of player that he was," Ambrose said. "We made some phone calls to the Virginia Tech staff as to secure his hard work ethic and his personality, and he passed all the things he would need to get into the door here for us."
A pair of Tigers rivals in the Colonial Athletic Association — James Madison and Old Dominion — pursued Clark, but he chose Towson after a conversation with defensive coordinator Matt Hachmann.
"We broke down a lot of the playbook and talked about the potential of the team and the direction, and I really liked where they were headed, and I thought I could help," Clark recalled. "…[O]nce I arrived, just the work ethic and the overall attitude of the team as a whole, that's when I kind of knew that something big was going to happen because it was that mindset and that work ethic that you needed.
"Being a part of Virginia Tech, I'm used to being part of a winning team and seeing guys have what it takes. I saw that very early here."
In addition to leading the defense in tackles and forced fumbles, Clark ranks second in tackles for loss with 101/2 and fumble recoveries with three and third in sacks with 41/2.
Foster said he wished Clark was still a member of the Hokies' defense.
"He would have been a factor on our football team," Foster said. "He has the potential to be that guy. We wouldn't have recruited him if we didn't think so. But kids are different. They grow up at different paces. I — as much as anybody — am extremely happy for him and his performance, and I'm happy for him that he has this opportunity."


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BONDURANT - A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at a convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday.
Iowa lottery officials encourage people to consult with an attorney or financial planner before stepping forward, so some delay in naming a winner isn't surprising.
"This amount, $200 million, is a life-changing amount of money, and we want to make sure the winner is prepared for what will come," Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said. "In general, winners have done just that in Iowa. They usually take their time to get their ducks in a row. It's usually a few weeks or so."
The prize is the second giant Powerball jackpot sold in Iowa this year. Iowa requires public disclosure of lottery winners' names.
The single ticket matched the six numbers drawn on Wednesday night. They are: 13, 26, 39, 41, 42 and the Powerball number 10.
A group of 20 Quaker Oats employees in Cedar Rapids shared a $241 million Powerball jackpot when their numbers came up in June. That ticket was Powerball's 15th-largest jackpot nationally. Wednesday's $202 million ranks 28th among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The nation's biggest prize was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot sold in March. That jackpot was split three ways, as tickets were purchased in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland.
The top Powerball prize was $365 million, won in 2006 by a ConAgra Foods Workers in Lincoln, Neb.
Lottery officials said the winning ticket was bought at the Casey's General Store in Bondurant, where about $200 worth of tickets are sold a day, said Bo Knop, the company's area supervisor.
"We've had a lot of phone calls and people scampering in to check their tickets," he said.
Besides the jackpot winner, someone bought a ticket at a Casey's store in the eastern Iowa city of Williamsburg that is worth $1 million.
In January the price of a Powerball ticket was increased to $2 from $1 and the prizes were adjusted resulting in more frequent higher dollar winners, Neubauer said. The state has had 10 winners of more than $1 million this year.
She said Powerball sales fell about 10 percent after the price increase.


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Jessica Morgan
Jessica is from Newcastle, Australia. She trained at the Marie Walton Mahon Dance Academy and Elmhurst School for Dance. She joined Northern Ballet in 2007 and left in 2016.
She joined the teaching faculty at the Academy of Northern Ballet in 2018.
Learn more about Jessica
Where were you born and raised?
Newcastle, Australia.
At what age did you start dancing?
At age 3.
Where did you train?
Marie Walton Mahon Dance Academy, Elmhurst School for Dance.
Awards/nominations/prizes (if applicable)
Bronze Medal – Genée International Ballet Competition 2006.
Favourite Northern Ballet roles?
Odette (Swan Lake), Myrtha (Giselle),Myrtle (The Great Gatsby) and Stepmother (Cinderella). I have also enjoyed performing in Kenneth Tindall's Project #1 and The Architect and in Hans van Manen's Concertante.
Career highlights
Performing Kenneth Tindall's Bitter Earth at Sadler's Wells for the Autumn Gala of Song and Dance and performing The Ultimate Form in Paris at the Musée d'art Moderne.
What do you like most about being a dancer?
Performing at beautiful theatres around the UK and internationally.
If you could adapt one work into a ballet what would it be?
Crocodile Dundee!
What is your favourite book?
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta.
How do you like to relax?
Spending time with my family and friends or laying in the sun reading Vogue.
If you weren't a dancer what would you be?
A Personal Trainer.


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Canton Cake Shop Owner Recognized by SBA and SUNY Canton SBDCMonday, May 10th, 2010
People in the North Country have relied on Cindy Murdie, owner of Cindy's Cake Shop in Canton, to brighten their celebrations with baked treats for more than a decade. Her cakes have been the centerpiece of innumerable birthdays, anniversaries, retirements and weddings.
Today, (Friday, May 7, 2010) Murdie herself was the center of a celebration at the Small Business Administration's (SBA) annual luncheon in Syracuse. She received the Small Business Excellence Award presented by the SBA and the Small Business Development Center at SUNY Canton.
"Cindy is a perfect example of the type of successful business owners who drive the country's economy," states Dale Rice, Director of the SUNY Canton SBDC. "We are delighted to be able to recognize Cindy for all of her hard work and success."
Murdie was already well on her way to success when she contacted the SBDC in 2000 for assistance in expanding her business, according to Rice. With the help of the SBDC Murdie was able to secure funding to construct a building on Route 68 and move the business from her original location on Miner Street. She was able to add additional kitchen space and hire new staffing. She also expanded her product line with a variety of cookies sold at area stores and cafes. Cindy's Cake Shop also keeps an inventory of ready-made cakes for those last-minute events, and carries an inventory of candy- and cake-making supplies.
Murdie began doing business as Cindy's Cake Shop in 1998 in a tiny rental property on Miner Street.
The shop now employs two people and is considering further expansion opportunities.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Coordinator, or call 315/386-7528.


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Managing invasive species in Cape Town
Although globalization has many advantages, it also has a downside. While the goods and people are able to move between continents and different countries, exotic plants and animals are also able to move to areas where they do not naturally occur. Organisms arrive at their new destinations without their natural enemies that would keep them under control in their home countries. If those species then adapt to the climatic and environmental conditions in their new destinations, they naturalize and may become invasive. Not all introduced species become invasive, in fact, only a very small percentage of these organisms are problems in their new countries. The staggering ability of harmful pathogens and potential invasive species to move to almost every ecosystem on Earth is alarming.
Metropolitan areas such as the City of Cape Town are particularly vulnerable to the introduction of invasive alien species and harmful pathogens, due to the amount of commodities arriving or passing through for trade and commercial purposes. Urban areas may therefore even act as a source of invasive species to other areas.
In response to the threats posed by invasive species, the City of Cape Town implements different projects to combat terrestrial and aquatic plants, new and emerging invasive species and invasive animals.
- See the EDRR Target List
- Find out more about Invasives in the Knowledge Base
- Contact us
Invasive Projects in Cape Town
Project News
Invasive wasps vs indigenous wasps - know the difference!
Get involved.
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By Jérôme :
My goodness, that looks like a man! Spooky, yet, just a coincidence, I'm sure.
(Indeterminate, like me. Think outside the box, but when you step outside the box ... try to keep one foot in)
It looks like video games. I feel like taking my joystick and shoot these quarks up :)
I love the way the electron is shown as a white bullet. A "smeer," or if you're Yiddish: a "schmear." Nobody knows what these things look like, actually. So they're all computer animations, but ... it's wonderful what computers are capable of these days, and they're only getting better.
What do you think of Lattice Gauge Theory? There's another branch of physics, along with non-linear dynamics, where supercomputers are an indispensable tool.
That kind of model shown there looks more probable to me than the ones you present in your post, but less fun for the eyes.
A lattice is a support in void for the physical phenomenon you are considering, which fits with the definition of aether. On one hand those models may appear as a progress since requiring supercomputers, but on the other hand the need for an aether is a step backward. Isn't it?
Well, it's not just the aether, but the difficulty in Lattice QCD the smaller you make the lattice spacing. There is much work to be done in the field, it is far from complete.
I bet the field sucks up quite a few government dollars though, yes?
I have added a picture from your Fermilab link, thank you for that.
I bet the field sucks up quite a few government dollars though, yes?
In fact, I would have thought of the contrary. Simulated natural systems are supposed to reduce the huge cost of experimental science, and believed to justify the money so far spent in pure theory. In my opinion, such researches are subjected to better fundings, though I do not actually know better about this fact in Physics.
In the Biochemistry field, simulation is becoming the standard. I don't see why it shouldn't be the same in Physics.
Everything costs less than a particle accelerator, to be sure.
But the supercomputer researchers draw salaries and require insurance; the computers they use are state of the art, and such computers aren't cheap, and then there's the cost of climate control.
I'm always reminded of a bygone age, when Einstein was asked what he required on his first day at IAS in Princeton. It was something to the effect of "Four things: pencils, paper, a desk or table upon which to write, and a wastepaper basket in which to file my mistakes."
Model computing will surely not kill theory discovering. Computers are merely some other form of experiment : they do dot provide real theoritical results, they only mimick the phenomenon in some numerical environment by applying previously discovered theoritical principles. Not a single computer has discovered a principle yet, which is still the very job of the human brain.
Back to Eistein's time, people computed functions with pens and papers after the equations they had mentally and philosophically invented. Now back to the present time, using computers is the same as having automated pens and larger paper sheets, but nothing has changed :)
Wonderful reply. Yes, I've thought of all of that. Here is my response, which hopefully will add to the discussion:
When I was in my undergrad days in the late 1970's, we took this wonderful course called "Computer Science." It was brand new at the undergrad engineering level, and wonderful. We would sit at these IBM punch card machines, submit our "batch" of punch cards to the computer geeks behind the counter, and half an hour later would get a printout. Hopefully, we were careful and didn't type a comma where a period was called for in our 35-line programs, because if so we got garbage. We would then have to "de-bug", a new word then, fix, re-submit, wait another half hour, and pray we didn't screw it up a second time.
If we did ... repeat iteration until you get it right. :-)
I don't look at Mathematics as a "Science," Jérôme, for to do so is to insult Mathematics. It is far more important than that ... it is a "language." Indeed, the ultimate one.
Logic, which is Plato's (the blogger) and Phil Warnell's field of study, is the ultimate and initial FOS in my opinion. Out of Logic grew Mathematics in one direction, and Science in another. It would remain for many dark ages past Humanism and through The Enlightenment for Newton, Descartes, and many others to re-combine the two.
But Computer Science is and always shall be "Logic"-based. It's the right field that came along at the right time. These truly are wonderful times we live in.
So, I am essentially agreeing with you, just giving a different take on it.
YES, computers are no more than tools. They are idiot savants, like Dustin Hoffman's character in "Rain Man." Low IQ, fast processing speed. They thus pair well with humans, who are the opposite (in comparison).
Nothing to add, well done!
which is Plato's (the blogger) field of study..... should only portray that I recognize the logic value in terms of computerization.
One of my interests, and no qualifications.
I mean sure I would have like to see subjective qualities of psychological models, that Venn logic and a transactional analysis could have been given some footing, but alas it will always remain subjective on the one hand, while steering toward an understanding of issues of entanglement "in one form or another."
We've just started here. Quantum Chlorophyll
As Jerome said, too which I agree, is that you need the human mind in order to make the breakthrough.
Computerization indeed is modeling and going into theoretical areas(5d perspective) married with the equations transformed to graphics does wonders to help us understand the theoretical perspective and movement in dynamical fields
Hi Plato,
Thank you for joining us.
The fact is that computers do not sense what would be worth discovering, as they have no interests in anything. It's up to you to program them, and as far as I know no self-programming computer was invented. Once programmed, a computer performs its tasks in loops, which unlike us do not seem to get bored with that. When trapped into a loop, the human brain seems to creatively find a way to escape from it, or to get depressed otherwise. I think this is what characterizes our intelligence.
But as a biochemist, I also know that our brain has computing abilities, and this is this ability which is used by Dr. Fromherz to interface neurons with electrical systems.
What is then the very difference between the human mind and computers?
It seems like it would be plasticity,i.e., the capacity of our brain to re-programm itself, and which allows our ideas to adapt to the moving pardigms of the world. When we are able to invent a computer endowed with plasticity, will we get a thinking computer? One able to discover scientific principles?
It is not impossible that a next generation of computers will kill our argument.
The failing link for Fromherz's site is now here
Jérôme:When trapped into a loop, the human brain seems to creatively find a way to escape from it, or to get depressed otherwise. I think this is what characterizes our intelligence.
Yes I agree with this too. It is interesting for me to see this development of the brain in relation too, "computer development." along side of the idea of "increasing intelligence and creativity." How is this possible unless it's choice as to alternatives can be increased as probable outcomes, that it could choose? A very large data base.
Coxeter's quote in terms of being a Platonist applies here?
Plasticity? I am not sure I understand this. Is it like a scintillator?
In Pioneering Study, Monkey Think, Robot Do By SANDRA BLAKESLEE,
In previous experiments, some in the same laboratory at Duke, both humans and monkeys have had their brains wired so they could move cursors on computer screens just by thinking about it. And wired monkeys have moved robot arms by making a motion with their own arms. The new research, however, involves thought-controlled robotic action that does not depend on physical movement by the monkey and that involves the complex muscular activities of reaching and grasping.
Monkey Moves Computer Cursor by Thoughts Alone, By E.J. Mundell
Going one step further, her team then trained the monkey to simply think about a movement, without reaching out and touching the screen. A computer program, hooked up to the implanted electrodes, interpreted the monkey's thoughts by tracking flare-ups of brain cell activity. The computer then moved a cursor on the computer screen in accordance with the monkey's desires--left or right, up or down, wherever ``the electrical (brain) pattern tells us the monkey is planning to reach,'' according to Meeker.
Plasticity? I am not sure I understand this.
Neuroplasticity is the most essential concept to be known about the brain of living entities.
When comparing computer and brain, plasticity appears as the very difference between them. It states that our neurons are endowed with the ability to weaken their activity when they are involved in some circuitry which is not quite useful (understand:not frequently used), and to strengthen their activity whenever they belong to circuitries which are frequently used for a certain mental activity. Actually, this is stricto sensu the ability to self-reprogram thoughts, which is what a computer has not.
Neurobiologists think that this explains our capacity to invent, as by reconnecting our neurons we would be able to see things in another way.
While I find this discussion very fascinating, I'm not sure it belongs on a page about pictures of quarks and gluons.
However I just made a new blog page in Plato and Jérôme's honor and in honor of this cutting edge subject: here.
The lesson of course being, if you work the logic long enough, Jérôme, you will eventually be compared to Plato. :-)