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SCUBA Travel today releases its list of the best selling books and DVDs bought by SCUBA divers in 2007. For the fourth consecutive year, The Dive Atlas of the World retains its top spot! A surprise entry at number three is a guide to the Italian island of Sardinia – a very popular diving destination last year. Another new entry is Shipwrecks from the Egyptian Red Sea, by Ned Middleton. Perhaps the best performer though is the Blue Planet DVD. This has not been out of the top ten since the list began in 2001.
Here are the top ten: figures in brackets show the previous year's position.
- Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson
300 pages detailing some of the world's best dive sites. (1)
- Dive: The Ultimate Guide To 60 Of The Worlds Top Dive Locations by Monty Halls,
Describes 60 of the world's best diving areas, and highlights specific dives not to be missed whilst you are there (2)
- Sardinia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) by Paula Hardy
Complete, practical regional guide for independent travellers. Includes dedicated activities chapter including the best dive spots. (–)
- Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World, by Tim Ecott
Tales of the characters and episodes in the history of diving: the sponge divers, the second world war saboteurs, the free divers, etc. (7)
- Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (Coral Reef) by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
Covering jellyfish, corals, nudibranchs, starfish, sea urchins, fishes and turtles of the Red Sea. (–)
- Dive in Style by Tim Simond,
An illustrated book combining the best of travel, lifestyle and nature photography (4)
- Coral Reef Fishes: Indo-Pacific and Caribbean by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
A compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you might see whilst diving on coral reefs. (3)
- Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Baja California by Walt Peterson
Guide to the dive sites of Baja California. (–)
- The Blue Planet DVD
The BBC television series on DVD – action shots of the intriguing behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough. (9)
- Shipwrecks from the Egyptian Red Sea by Ned Middleton
Eight years of research went into this accurate and definitive guide to the wrecks of the Egyptian Red Sea. (–)
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It's that time of year when many of us begin to think of all things Irish! You might pick three or four of your favorites from the free quilt block designs download for a quick wall banner or table runner or perhaps make a single quilt block into a hot pad by adding a layer of Insul-Bright Insulated Lining.
One of our favorite ways to use these free quilt block designs, however, is to make all of them for a lovely Irish sampler quilt. You can even make your sampler quilt into an Irish Chain quilt to create the ultimate in Irish quilt patterns! If you'd prefer to use a quilt pattern that has already been designed, Laura Roberts—designer of these quilt blocks and the Tales of Ireland quilt pattern—has one waiting for you. Tales of Ireland is a free quilt pattern download that features all of the quilt block assembly instructions, and after scrolling to the bottom of the download, you'll find the quilt assembly instructions.
Some of these quilt blocks are easy, while others are challenging, but all of them together create a memorable Irish-themed quilt. You'll never get bored working on this project—there are lots of different techniques used and the complete, clear diagrams and instructions take you through every step.
Here are some details about these quilt blocks that you might find interesting:
- Irish Cross | This pretty appliquéd quilt block evokes carved Irish motifs on churches and monuments, and shamrocks growing wild in lush green grass. With our fast fusible web technique, even appliqué novices will have this block completed in no time!
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A Chinese state-owned tabloid has used a picture of the September 11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers to accuse Hong Kong protesters of planning "massive terror attacks", prompting a pause by protesters to commemorate the disaster's 18th anniversary.
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- The China Daily's Hong Kong edition claimed protesters were planning to blow up gas pipes
- It also warned of attacks on non-Cantonese speakers and mountain fires
- The accusations come as unrest across the Chinese-ruled city stretches into its third month
The September 11, 2001 attacks — otherwise known as 9/11 — saw Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda launch a series of four coordinated attacks on the United States by hijacking US passenger planes and flying them into prominent buildings.
Hijackers flew planes into New York's Twin Towers and Washington DC's Pentagon, while another plane — also flown toward Washington DC — crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought to regain control of the aircraft.
It remains the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history, killing nearly 3,000 people.
On Wednesday, the Hong Kong edition of the China Daily used an archival image of the Twin Towers attacks in a Facebook post alerting followers to a potential Hong Kong terror attack.
"The 9/11 terror plot also encourages indiscriminate attacks on non-native speakers of Cantonese and starting mountain fires."
The publication claimed the information came from a leaked group chat message on Telegram.
In response, protesters called off demonstrations, which excluded singing and chanting.
Hong Kong protesters continue to press for freedoms
Hong Kong has been rocked by three months of sometimes violent unrest — prompted by anger over since rescinded legislation to allow extraditions to China — which have called for universal suffrage and an end to Beijing's alleged encroachment of the former British colony's guaranteed rights and freedoms.
Following its handover to mainland China in 1997, Hong Kong was promised British capitalism, common law, and freedoms for a period of 50 years.
This was set out by 1984's Sino-British joint declaration, which made no explicit mention of democracy.
On the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover, Beijing claimed the declaration was non-binding and "no longer had any practical significance".
In a speech on Wednesday, Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam said Hong Kong was grappling with significant challenges in addition to the unrest, such as the US-China trade war.
The Basic Law is Hong Kong's mini-constitution.
'State media does not care about its credibility'
China has denied meddling in Hong Kong's unrest and has accused the United States, Britain and others of fomenting it.
"We don't even need to do a fact check to know that this is fake news," said one protester, Michael, 24, referring to the China Daily post.
"Whenever something they claimed to have heard on WhatsApp or friends' friends, they will spread it right away."
Joshua Wong, one of the prominent leaders of the 2014 "Umbrella" pro-democracy movement that brought key streets in Hong Kong to a standstill for 79 days, said the fight for democracy was an uphill battle.
The protests spread to the sports field on Tuesday, as many football fans defied Chinese law to boo the national anthem ahead of a soccer World Cup qualifier against Iran.
Several peaceful protests are planned for the next few days, combining with celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival.


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While my last blog entry looked at researching a British soldier, this entry will look at researching a British officer in the East India Company's Army. The medal group to this officer includes an Army of India medal, clasp Bhurtpoor, A Maharajapoor Star and a Sutlej medal for Sobraon. The medals are named, in the same order: "Lieut. B.Y. Reilly, Sap. & Min.", "Captain B.Y. Reilly Sappers and Miners", and "Major B: Y: Reilly Engineers".
From 1810 until the Indian Mutiny, the East India Company ran a school, Addiscombe College, to educate officers for their private army. Initially Addiscombe only educated officers for the Artillery and Engineers but after 1827 graduates would also be sent to the Infantry and Cavalry. Part of the class of 1821, Bradshaw York Reilly (occasionally he is also refered to as Bradshaw Yorke Reilly) was commissioned into the Bengal Engineers in 1823. From his file from the East India Company papers (located at the India Office Library papers at the British Library), we know that Reilly was nominated to Addiscombe by George Abercrombie Robinson, a director of the Company, upon the suggestion of Reilly's father, Bradshaw Lewis Reilly. From his cadet's papers (which is part of his personal file at the India Office Library Papers), Reilly was from Bath but it is unclear much more about his family background. If anything he was deliberately vague, but more on that in a bit.
If we look at the Army of India medal roll (fully searchable at www.dnw.co.uk), we see that Reilly is listed as entitled to the medal with the clasp Bhurtpoor and named to him as a Lieutenant in the Sappers and Miners. If we return to his file from the India Office, we also find a 3 page synopsis of his military career. It also mentions him as sharing in the prize money from the Bhurtapoor campaign. Further details include his holding the rank of Commandant of the Bengal Sappers and Miners from 1840 until December 21, 1841 and then again from April 20, 1843 until 1847. His file also notes that by the time of the 1st Anglo-Sikh War, for which the Sutlej Medal was issued, Reilly took command of the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Companies of the Bengal Sappers and Miners in the assault at Sabraon. On November 4, 1848 he transferred to the Invalid Establishment as a Lt. Colonel and he later died at Landaur, India on November 5, 1853.
We now have some basic information that we can use to dig further into Bradshaw York Reilly. With his father's name and a few searches on Ancestry and Findmypast, we can fill out some further information. Clearly Reilly's father had some connections to the East India Company but we know nothing about his profession and background. The discovery of a Masonic register from Bath shows Bradshaw Lewis Reilly as a member with the profession of Wine Merchant. But Bradshaw Lewis Reilly's last will and testament, found under the Probate Records of the National Archives at Kew Gardens, England gives a bit more. Bradshaw Lewis Reilly is listed as "of York House in the City of Bath"; the York House in Bath was also know as the York House Hotel until the early 2oth Century. The birth of another son, Edmund William Reilly, in 1815 shows the elder Reilly as "Victualler". Although this remains speculation, it seems fairly clear that the elder Reilly was more involved in "trade" than respectablility, and used his wealth to help push his children up the social ladder.
What is further clear from digging throughout Ancestry and the various genealogy sites is that Bradshaw Lewis, in addition to his credible military career, married Emily Robson on 13 July 1836. A number of children were born of this marriage, 5 sons and 4 daughters; of those sons a number survived to adulthood and went on to military careers and produced children that, in turn, had military careers. But that is for another entry.


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Shell Of A Shell are a Nashville-based band that include Chappy Hull (Gnarwhal), Nick Swafford (Teddy and the Rough Riders), Noel Richards (Watcher), and Dylan Liveryman. Their sound is inspired by bands like Unwound, Deftones, and Television. Already There is the debut album that is out o March 9th via Exploding In Sound. We already shared title-track; "To Disappear" is a new excerpt. Listen below.
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The Workforce of the Future track will provide attendees with actionable insights on how the way work is changing, and covers topics such as critical thinking, negotiation, leadership and complex problem-solving. Soft skills such as these are paramount to thriving in the workplace and help build relationships, gain visibility, and create more opportunities for advancement. Learn how to combine technical knowledge and soft skills to best prepare for a changing workforce.
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Many Canadians are concerned about how to manage their money, property, and finances as they age or as life changes take place. They may worry about what will happen if they become unable to deal with their own finances. It is a good idea to plan ahead for a time when you may need help managing your affairs.
Two tools often used for managing financial affairs are Powers of Attorney and joint bank accounts. It is important to know how a Power of Attorney or a joint bank account works before you use them. There are risks and advantages to both.


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Take a unique and fun theatrical journey through the Seven Kingdoms with avid Game of Thrones super fan Graeme, excrush Bryony and best friend Paul as they attempt to show the world how everyone's favorite fantasy series should have been made! Part parody, part farce, part show-within-a-show, it's an indulgence for the GoT obsessive and a hilarious send-up for the rest of us. Created by a team of the UK's top comedy writers and the producer of Potted Potter, Graeme of Thrones is a wacky and wicked parody on an international sensation. "Charming and funny … Deftly, daftly reimagined"—The Times


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Stunning contemporary estate Casa El Ciprés is expected to be completed in June 2017. It is already named a contemporary masterpiece standing out from other villas even in La Zagaleta, Europe's most exclusive country estate with spectacular landscaping featuring majestic cypress, pine and cork trees, and extraordinary jaw-dropping views to the coasts of Europe and Africa, Gibraltar and peaceful Andalusian mountain scenery. This property is designed by the renowned international architecture firm Tobal Arquitectos, dedicated to creating top end bespoke projects.
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Websitepulse's 2014 Mother's Day Performance and Uptime Report [INFOGRAPHIC]Posted on June 4th, 2014 by Boyana Peeva in Performance Reports
According to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation, the total spent for Mother's Day this year reached $20 billion.
Websitepulse 2014 Tax Performance & Uptime Report [INFOGRAPHIC]Posted on April 30th, 2014 by Boyana Peeva in Monitoring
Tax return season is over and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported that millions of dollars in fraud were filed this year.
Test Your Server Against the Heartbleed OpenSSL VulnerabilityPosted on April 8th, 2014 by WebSitePulse in Tools, Tech
A major vulnerability in OpenSSL software was announced late yesterday, impacting all servers having the Heartbeat TLS extension enabled with OpenSSL versions states above.
The "heartbleed" vulnerability, has been already recorded as CVE-2014-0160. Further details can be found at heartbleed.com and www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140407.txt.
The bug has already scared a lot of system administrators and site owners, and the one that we've done on WebSitePulse was to release a test against this vulnerability.
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If Bind Detection is set for one project, it appears that Flare automatically applies Bind Detection to all projects:
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- If true, is it possible to switch off this behavior?
We have products that require Bind Detection, and others that do not.
Every time I open a Flare project for a project without Bind Detection, Flare goes through the motions of detecting a source control system. This is frustrating, as the projects are quite large and I spend lots of time hitting cancel, unselecting Bind Detection, only to have to repeat the process every time I open the project without Bind Detection.
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10 ways to help your disability benefits case.
We represent selected individuals in their efforts to obtain disability benefits. In addition to the laws of the Social Security Act, the Social Security Administration has issued thousands of pages of regulations and rulings that are followed in determining whether a person is considered disabled for the purpose of receiving disability benefits. Despite these many written rules, regulations and procedures, it is not possible to know if benefits will be awarded in a particular case. This is because a human being, in particular an administrative law judge (ALJ) at the hearing level, not a computer program, makes the decision. Although ALJ's are required to follow the same five step determination process, their allowance rates vary significantly. It may be a judge who issues a favorable decisions 75% of the time, or it may be a judge who issues denials 75% of the time.
In our opinion, based on first-hand experience and knowledge of the disability determination process, you can improve your chances of being found disabled by doing the following:
1. Get medical treatment on a regular basis for your health issues. There must be objective medical evidence of your impairments; you saying or appearing to have a particular problem or symptom is not enough.
2. Follow your provider's advise and treatment plan. If your treatment is not working, or you don't like your doctor or therapist, don't just stop following the advise or going to the doctor or therapist. Consider discussing other options with your provider or find a new provider. Missing appointments or turning down medical help that is available does not look good and will be held against you.
3. Obviously you need to be honest with your provider so you get the treatment needed, but what you tell your doctor or therapist will be in your medical records, and will be carefully read by the Administrative Law Judge. Make sure you tell your provider all of your problems. If you have migraines twice a week, but never tell your doctor about them, the Administrative Law Judge is not going to find that migraines are a severe impairment for you. If you tell your doctor you are doing well, or can work, the Administrative Law Judge will consider this as evidence that you are not disabled. Of course, if in fact you are doing well and can work, than you don't need disability benefits.
4. Keep track of your visits and treatments, and periodically get a copy of your medical records Social Security will want to see all of your records related to the severe impairments that are keeping you from working.
5. If you have a history of alcohol abuse, or using illegal drugs, stop. Administrative Law Judges do not like to give benefits to people who are likely to use the money towards alcohol or drugs. Plus, alcohol or drug abuse cannot be the reason for your disability.
6. If you smoke, try to stop, especially if smoking is contributing to your disability. I have yet to meet anyone who has regretted stop smoking.
7. If you believe you can work, than you should try. If you are successful, then you will more likely be better off than being on disability. If you don't succeed in finding or keeping a job, then that is further evidence that you are disabled.
8. Don't say you can't do something, then show the world you can on Facebook, or other internet sites. If you claim to not get along with others, or can't go out in public, or can't walk more than one block, but the Administrative Law Judge finds out otherwise by typing your name in on the internet, your credibility will be severely compromised.
9. The Social Security Administration notes all of your contacts with them. If you applied in person for benefits, the person who interviewed you will evaluate how you appeared, understood and answered questions. If you claim that 15 minutes is the maximum time that you can sit without having to stand up, or pay attention, and you sit without any visible discomfort, or answer all questions without a break, the interviewer may well include this in the file.
10. On the other hand, do not try to act disabled, the person interviewing you has likely interviewed thousands of people wanting disability benefits. You are not likely to fool them.
Winning a disability case is not easy. We cannot assure you that following the above steps will result in receiving disability benefits, but doing so will help eliminate some common reasons disability claims are denied.


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SAN DIEGO -- The Jon Lester sweepstakes are resembling a wild car chase.
There were conflicting reports regarding Lester's final choice, a few hours after a source familiar with the pursuit of Lester said that the marquee free-agent left-hander would decide between the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in the next 24 hours.
A tweet from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports stated Lester was likely to choose between the Cubs and Giants. But minutes later, several Boston media outlets reported the Red Sox had not been elminated, according to agent Seth Levinson.
The Cubs have been relatively tight-lipped throughout their recruitment, which included a visit to Chicago by Lester nearly three weeks ago. Ryan Dempster, who announced his official retirement Friday to become a special assistant to President Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer, said he has talked to Lester about the benefits of joining the Cubs.
But the Red Sox made a late push Friday with owner John Henry traveling to Georgia to visit Lester nearly one month after several executives visited him prior to the general managers meetings.
And the Giants, who sent manager Bruce Bochy as part of their delegation to Georgia last week, reportedly invited all-star catcher Buster Posey to get involved in swaying Lester. The Giants have made a big push for Lester after failing to retain third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who signed with the Red Sox.
There's a huge sense of anticipation that Lester's decision will cause a wave of subsequent transactions. If Lester chooses the Cubs, they would have a surplus of starters that could cause them to make a trade. Lester, 30, who was 16-11 with a 2.46 ERA last season with the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics, could receive a contract of at least six years and $150 million.
One source familiar with the Cubs wondered how far they would stretch their offer after losing out last month on free agent catcher Russell Martin, who was guaranteed a fifth season with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Among the Cubs' left-handed starters are Travis Wood (who could make $5 million as an arbitration eligible player), Tsuyoshi Wada (who will make $4 million in 2015) and Felix Doubront. The Cubs also are saddled with Edwin Jackson, who is 14-33 with a 5.58 ERA in two seasons and will receive $22 million over the next two seasons but isn't assured of a spot in the rotation in 2015.
The Cubs are expected to announce the signing of free-agent pitcher Jason Hammel once he passes a physical examination.
Two scouting sources acknowledged the Cubs have been hesitant to trade several of their top prospects, adding that they've been impressed with the performance of outfielder Arismendy Alcantara in the Dominican Winter League.
Alcantara, who batted .205 with 10 home runs, 29 RBIs but 93 strikeouts in 278 at-bats in three months with the Cubs, is batting .326 with three home runs and a .383 on-base percentage in 43 at-bats for Licey.


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In my works, I tried very hard to create characters with unusual perspectives. I wanted to write from the point of view of children, while avoiding anything overly precious or intentionally naive. The trauma of aging, and eventually dying, are the themes for these works. I attempted to draw forth unusual and thought-provoking imagery that could successfully draw my reader into a constructed reality and, hopefully, draw them to less common questions we might ask regarding human nature.
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GOOCHLAND, Va. (CNN) — Bethany Stevens' father went looking for her Thursday night. When he found his daughter, investigators said the 22-year-old's two pit bulls Tonka and Pac-Man were standing guard over her body.
Police say Stevens was found dead in the woods after being mauled to death by the dogs.
"It was an absolutely grisly mauling," sheriff Jim Agnew said. "In my 40 years of law enforcement, I've never seen anything like it. I hope I never see anything like it again."
Agnew said Stevens was a petite 5-foot-1, no match for her burly 100-125 pound dogs. According to the medical examiner, Stevens was still alive when the animals attacked.
"The victim had defensive marks on her hands and arms, trying to keep the dogs away from her, which would be consistent with being attacked while she was still alive," Agnew said.
However, Barbara Norris, a friend of Stevens, doesn't believe the two dogs would do anything to hurt her. She said Stevens babied the dogs that she had raised since they were puppies.
"Those dogs and her, they loved each other," Norris said. "I wasn't able to see the body so I can't tell you what happened. I can't tell you if it was blunt force or it is was a mauling, but I know those dogs didn't do it."
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Our portfolio of prime regional retail and leisure destinations offer the perfect places for customers, brands and operators to flourish
If you want to reach over half the UK population then our portfolio of popular retail and leisure destinations offer the perfect places to help your buisness flourish.
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Recently we transformed intu Watford with a £180m redevelopment that has brought new retail brands, restaurants and leisure operators to the town of Watford. We opened our game-changing multi-million pound leisure-led development at intu Lakeside to deliver the UK's first retail resort and one of the largest retail and leisure attractions in the south east of England.
We're also on site at intu Trafford Centre to transform Barton Square and are committed to delivering a £86m transformation of intu Broadmarsh in Nottingham.
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Our transformation of intu Watford is complete and since September last year fantastic new retail brands such as Superdry, Debenhams, and Hugo Boss have opened their doors. We have also welcomed great leisure attractions such as Hollywood Bowl and an impressive nine-screen IMAX Cineworld cinema... and there are even more great operators preparing to open soon!
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Place making is about curating spaces people love to be, and delivering a compelling experience that visitors want to enjoy over and over again
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Our unique approach means we completely manage our centres ourselves, investing in our staff, nurturing and training them. We have 2,500 employees all working together closely across the business to make sure customers and visitors are well looked after.
Customers at our centres are supported by our in-house, highly-trained retail services team with everything from car parking and customer service, security and cleaning, reliable IT and wifi to efficient waste and water management - basically everything that's essential to creating a safe and friendly environment for you and all our visitors.
Customers can relax in the knowledge that the services they rely on have been tried and tested across our portfolio and are constantly being reviewed to help your business to flourish.
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I'm in Boston right now, on a work trip out of Sydney, feeling sorry for those back home prepping for this weekend's apocalyptic heatwave.
But spare a thought for those in the United States that are simultaneously suffering from a massive snowstorm.
With a severe weather warning in place, all public schools here in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia were closed for Thursday and, according to NBC, 3,800 flights have been cancelled. Many shops have also closed for the day, as have outdoor tourist attractions.
When you can't tell if there's a snowstorm in Boston or if it's a scene from the Day After Tomorrow…#BOSnow pic.twitter.com/5ObtJjo9sn
— Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) February 9, 2017
in honor of the snowstorm let's remember the kid who just wanted some quiet time with his lotion pic.twitter.com/eoAGB7uwzN
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 9, 2017
Up to 16 inches, or 406mm, of snow is expected to have piled up by the end of the day in north-eastern United States. Downtown Boston is almost deserted with people staying home or staying tucked away in offices.
Temperatures were around –6C at lunchtime in Boston but the wind chill brought the "feels like" temperature down to a bone-numbing –15C, according to the Google weather app.
New York police today reported that a man died Thursday morning after he fell through a window while shovelling snow. The medical examiner is investigating the cause of death.
Extreme weather, everywhere.
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Please explain this further, Conn. Are you saying that a belief in free markets requires one not to believe in negative externalities -- a part of standard economics since the beginning? In other words, if free markets can't solve global warming all on their own (without SOME kind of gov't intervention), then of course, global warming must not exist? "Pay no attention to the calamity behind the curtain!"
Or is it that conservatives feel we should let markets be free though the heavens fall?
Or is there some OTHER kind of government intervention than cap and trade that would please conservatives? If there is, I haven't heard it. I'm afraid CPAC-ers actually believe in one of my first two options.
I'd also like to understand why telecom immunity is some kind of deep conservative principle. I can see why Big Business is on the side of telecom immunity, but if Conservatism stands for something principled, not just the interests of giant corporations, why is telecom immunity so essential?
How does this sit with the distrust of government interventions in campaign finance and the economy? Here we have a back-door approach for the government to get away with far more spying on American citizens without their having any idea what was going on. I don't see how McCain/Feingold is a bigger blow to liberty than THAT.
I'm afraid Conn really has drunk the Heritage Kool-Aid. The thing about Lieberman and the "Gang of Fourteen" was just and comical. Bill Scher's flabbergasted reaction -- "what do you mean? you guys won that one!" -- could stand for just about any sane person's reaction. Even what's left of the old journalist Conn seems to take over Pod-Conn long enough to admit this: "Hey what can I say. We're a demanding bunch."
Maybe Conn will recover a bit when he leaves the peculiar atmosphere of CPAC. I hope so.
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I liked this diavlog both interesting and amusing. Scheer complete inability to understand the Conservative dislike of McCain was particularly funny.
Bill, your validation of McCain's conservative bona-fides is silly. It carries the same weight as my opinion that the Democrats should nominate Lieberman. After all, he has a 90 percent ADA rating, and he's the more electable than Hillary or Obama.
And the agreement on Coulter was interesting. Scheer wants her shut up and driven out of the public square. But Left-wing bomb throwers like Maher or Sharpton are OK. Strangely, Conn agrees.
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"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." -- Adam Smith
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Excellent blog. I thought that Bill Scher was obviously gloating much of the time, but so what -- as a lib he had reason to gloat. These are dark times for Republicans. At best, Republicans are going to be lectured to by John McCain as how he is really one of them (and they ought to recognize it, dammit!)-- as he does leftist things to broaden his appeal. He is Bob Dole without the jokes, and we all know how that turned out. "Where's the outrage?" indeed. But I do not think that he can beat either Hillary or (probably) Obama. He has already said that Hillary will make a fine President, and she voted for the war too, so what is he exactly going to do? He can argue that she has changed her mind about the war, but I doubt that anyone -- even the most hawkish conservative -- is going to be moved to vote for McCain for that reason. No one is FOR the war or 100 years in Iraq. We all just have different ideas about how bad the end of the war has to be. I suspect that at the first debate, Obama -- slim, elegant, graceful, a black JFK -- will just have to stand on the same stage with a short, irritable, balding, crotchety John McCain, and the election will be over. When Obama becomes President, we just have to hope that he is not as "transformational" as I think he might be. He might be the beginning of a Democratic generation in power.
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Before listening to this, let me say that I loved the visual of Bill the liberal with the Blue-collar working class shirt, and Conn with the White collar pro-business look. Obviously they could easily be reversed on any given day (though Scher tends to be pretty casual) and Conn's assignment has much to do with that as well, but it was still an interesting juxtaposition of fashion and ideology.
I must say that in general, I think Bill has gotten much better as a Bhead. At first, I thought he was somewhat dull (style-wise, not intelligence-wise), but he has had great insights the past few times I have watched, and is becoming a favorite. Conn, if I may agree with Bloggin', went from someone whose ideology wasn't apparent to me in the beginning, to a very partisan-sounding Republican. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it was very noticable since the Scher/Carroll diavlogues used to be some of the more ideologically ambiguous here on BHTV, but that can't be said nowadays. Maybe it's election fever. Still enjoy them though.
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I stopped making payments on my credit cards in late 2006. It is now early 2011, so the 4 year SOL has passed. Today, I received a call from a local phone number. It was a collection agency. I confirmed my name, mailing address, phone number, and debt. Did I screw myself over for the SOL rule? Or would I have had to acknowledge my debt in writing. If yes, I assume acknowledging debt on one account would not have any effect on my other 10 accounts, correct? I reside in California.
A statute of limitations, also called a limitation of action, periods of prescription, and prescriptive periods, is the maximum time after an event or occurrence that legal proceedings based on that event or occurrence may begin. States and the federal government set statutes of limitations for civil and criminal actions. Each state legislature wrote dozens of statutes of limitation.
Your question concerns the statute of limitation on debt, which is found a branch of law called civil procedure. You mentioned credit card debt. The statute of limitations one on credit card debt is tricky for three reasons:
These three reasons make answering the question, "What is the statute of limitations for my credit card debt?" difficult to answer.
For debt, the statute of limitations starts either when the debtor last made a payment, or when the payment was due. Once the statute of limitations on a debt is reached, the creditor may use the court system to collect the debt. However, if the debtor/defendant raises the affirmative defense of statute of limitations in a timely manner, the court must dismiss the case. A court will not raise the statute of limitations defense on its own — the court is a neutral referee — the defendant must raise this defense.
A defendant can reset the clock on a statute of limitations back to zero in two ways:
Under common law, the acknowledgment must be in writing and convey the idea the debtor promises to pay the debt. Not surprisingly, many state legislatures wrote their own version of this rule. Arizona, Florida, New York, and Oregon are four such states I found with acknowledgment of barred action rules in a minute or two using Google's search engine.
You mentioned California. Under California Code of Civil Procedure § 360.5, "No waiver shall bar a defense to any action that the action was not commenced within the time limited by this title unless the waiver is in writing and signed by the person obligated." This law was enacted in the 1800s, and is well-tested by California courts. In a nutshell, a statute of limitations waiver in California must be in writing and signed by the debtor.
You asked if speaking about the debt to a collection agent acknowledged the debt or waived your right of California's statute of limitations. California's law is clear on this matter: Talking to someone about your debt does not create a waiver of your statute of limitations rights.
You asked about your other debt. Assuming for a moment that your waiver was effective, I do not see how acknowledging or waiving your rights on Debt A has any impact on Debt B, Debt C, and so on.
This answer, obviously, applies California law. If you reside in a different state, review your state's statutes and consult with a lawyer who has civil litigation experience to learn how your state legislature and courts answer this question.
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US Federal Reserve meet to close in shadow of Trump nomination
Federal Reserve was due to make its latest pronouncements on monetary policy but the meeting was overshadowed by President Donald Trump's looming replacement of Fed chair Janet Yellen.
Published: 01st November 2017 12:01 PM | Last Updated: 01st November 2017 12:01 PM | A+A A-
WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve was due Wednesday to make its latest pronouncements on monetary policy but the meeting was overshadowed by President Donald Trump's looming replacement of Fed chair Janet Yellen.
Markets do not expect the central bank to raise benchmark US interest rates this month but instead to move in December at the earliest as policymakers look for firmer signs of inflation -- which has run below the Fed's target for years despite steady growth and job creation.
Media reports indicate Trump has settled on current Fed Governor Jerome Powell, an attorney and former investment banker who has emerged as a consensus choice, and the president is due to announce his nominee on Thursday.
Trump has said he wants to draw a line under the Obama era by installing his own Fed chair but does not want interest rates to rise, either.
As the Fed's sole hold-over Republican from the previous administration but also a moderate on inflation, Powell is seen as amenable to Trump's deregulation agenda but unlikely to pursue a sharp course of interest rate hikes.
Replacing Yellen would make Trump the first president since Jimmy Carter not to renominate the Fed chair inherited from the previous administration.
Yellen has presided over the Fed's cautious, deliberate exit from the era of aggressive stimulus and easy money, policies intended to lift the United States out of the Great Recession of 2007-2010, with rates having inched up just four times since 2015.
But she has described the recent weakness of inflation as a "mystery" and a "surprise." Advanced economies around the world have experienced recoveries marked by low inflation, causing some economists to say this may be a defining characteristic of the current era.
But, despite deepening internal disagreements, the Fed has said weak inflation in the US is transitory.
As for the meeting's outcome, markets will be looking for hints as to when the next rate hike may come. Futures markets put the odds of a December hike at nearly 100 percent.
Josh Bivens, research director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, wrote Tuesday that Yellen should stay on as a member of the Board of Governors after stepping down as chair of the central bank.
Yellen's four-year term as chair expires in February but her membership on the board lasts another six years. After leaving, Fed chairs typically do not remain on the board, however.
"She is likely to lose a job she has done extraordinarily well for no good reason at all," Bivens wrote in a blog post.
"But her continued presence as a key decision-maker at the Fed would be a huge win for smart economic policymaking."


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My Delicious Bookmarks
— 10th June 2012
Ever since I started using Delicious to save bookmarks I always thought one day they'd start offering ways for you to go back through them spotting patterns and surfacing interesting things. They never have, so I downloaded all my bookmarks, wrote some PHP to parse out the data and created a bunch of graphs and stats from them.
Some Thoughts About thisMy initial motivation to do this was just because, like a lot of this personal informatics stuff, you plod away repeatedly recording stuff day by month by year and at some point you expect to get something back (in my case I want colourful graphs — always). It seems like Delicious never really got round to that part. Perhaps in the process of being mushed into Yahoo! and in the rush of the web 2.0 and social networking revolutions the idea of presenting your bookmarks back to you in some useful way got lost.
My initial idea was that these would be bookmarks I'd want to come back and look at. That's why I thought I was tagging them and describing them so I could easily find them again. Only I never really did.
A Stream?What with the rise of Facebook and Twitter since then the idea of online bookmarking has been overtaken by more of a "hey, look at this" kind of behaviour which was always part of Delicious but maybe only one part. Twitter and Facebook were definitely not (at first anyway) creating an archive of everything you put into them in order that you could then go back and find it again, so maybe the influence of these two drew Delicious away from that kind of thing too.
Also searching for things online (even things I've bookmarked) is simply always a matter of Googling. The actual effort required is so much less and usually the results are just as good. Only very occasionally have I found myself coming back to these bookmarks and attempting to find something I've saved before. A lot of times I've tried and failed.
So Delicious was left more as a disposable stream of my online activity for others to watch but not really for any other longer-term purpose.
A Collection?Then recently with Facebook's timeline and reading things like Matt Webb's thoughts on Instagram (and Phil Gyford's response) made me question whether there isn't some more value in looking back at all this and trying to get some meaning from it. Whether all this activity over the years couldn't be turned back into something of use after all.
Having taken the time to try and do this I'm still a little unsure. Personally my own store of bookmarks doesn't reveal a huge amount I couldn't have guessed. Things like the top tags, or the analysis of the descriptions, seem only to confirm what I'd have thought they'd show. It's nice to see little bits of my personal history popping out in places but they are fairly few and not intensely evocative.
Perhaps I've looked at the wrong things. Maybe there's more to glean here by looking more closely at the long tail and at the individual bookmarks themselves. Maybe the larger patterns at the top end of my usage are always only going to reveal the obvious.
So Where's The ValueI think the real value in Delicious is perhaps not for an individual. The real value only becomes apparent when you gather the usage of all the people and start to look for patterns in that. This was undoubtedly seen by people right at the start and arguably was the driver behind a lot of folksonomy style sites. What's interesting to me is that the overall benefit was always meant to be tied to an individual benefit too. This is far clearer for a service like Flickr where your individual archive has a unquestionable value for you personally as well as for the group as a whole, but now I wonder what the personal value of Delicious might be. Is it simply the sharing?
There's a question over the lost links too. Now that content has disappeared should I keep those bookmarks? Should Delicious automatically cull them for me? Or are they actually now more useful as historical markers to remind me of those things I was looking at back then and of the strangely finite life of some of the content on the web?
Even bookmarks themselves seem a strange breed when you really look at them. Always slightly illusive in their purpose. Always fighting that battle with the search-engine for speed of use and actual utility. Do I actually want to curate a gallery of bookmarks and prune and cut them into some kind of shape or form? Would that be of use as anything other than self-expression? Should I simply be posting these things directly to Twitter instead now as "hey look at this" or more simply "this is where I currently am" (a web analogy for location).


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|House Ways and Means Tax Reform Website
1. Make the Tax Code simpler and fairer. The video notes that the getting "rid of junk" in the Tax Code would reduce it by about 25%. So, what does "junk" mean? I think there are several special rules that do not need to be in our tax law, but I'm doubtful as to whether they are considered part of the "junk." For example, there is no reason to allow for interest expense deductions for a home equity debt or debt on a vacation home. These are also costly deductions. But, they seem to be popular, even though they are claimed by less than one-third of individuals.
2. Get rid of "handouts." There is a reference in the video about make the system more efficient. So, this would imply that rules that benefit special industries might go away, such as special tax rules for the oil and gas industry.
3. Make the system more accountable. This includes closing "loopholes." I'm not sure there are many loopholes in the tax law - that is, rules that are being used in unintended ways. However, the term also tends to be used to describe something lawmakers want to get rid of.
Besides making the system simpler and fairer, one more goal offered "is to strengthen the economy so there are more jobs and bigger paychecks for American families." That all sounds good, but details are needed.
Tax reform was reported to be an important agenda item at the January retreat of the House Republicans (see Tax Analysts' article).
So, despite an upcoming leadership change in the Senate Finance Committee with Senator Baucus becoming ambassador to China (see 2/6/14 USA Today article), it looks like tax reform is alive and well. I expect though that the timeline has been extended. We'll likely see more details about the generalities laid out in the new video. We'll see.
The San Jose State MST Program is co-sponsoring a tax policy conference on February 28 in Santa Clara to help attendees get a better handle on what's happening with tax reform and how to figure out what it might mean to your company. For more information on that, see http://www.tax-institute.com.
What do you think about the video messages?


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"A sweetener used in sugar-free chewing gum, some toothpastes and thousands of other products could be a severe health risk," the Daily Mail reported. It says that the sweetener, Sorbitol, can trigger severe weight loss, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
This newspaper and several others are covering a recent report in a medical journal which highlights the cases of two patients who had chronic diarrhoea and suffered severe weight loss (up to a fifth of their body weight), the cause of which was traced back to excessive intake of sorbitol through their use of chewing gum.
While the authors of the report do say that consumers may fail to recognise a link between sorbitol and gastrointestinal problems as warnings are "usually found only within the small print", the severity of the warning by the Daily Mail could be construed as excessive. As the authors explain, only a minority of people who chew gum develop diarrhoea and that the two patients in this study replaced their gum sticks frequently, which accounted for the high doses of sorbitol ingested.
These two cases highlight a need for clearer packaging information on chewing gum about ingredients and effects.
Such extreme reactions are rare. However, users of sugar-free gum should bear in mind the known link between high levels of sorbitol and potential abdominal problems and limit their intake. High doses of sorbitol are known to have a laxative effect. As the authors mention, "sorbitol consumption is also associated with irritable bowel syndrome", and IBS sufferers may want to take this into account.
This report should not prompt people to attempt to lose weight through increasing their intake of sorbitol, one of several similar chemicals used in laxative products. The misuse of laxatives is associated with health problems and anyone tempted to try this should bear in mind that the two people in this report were admitted to hospital.
Where did the story come from?
Dr Juergen Bauditz, Kristina Norman and colleagues from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology at the Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin wrote the report. The report was published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal.
What kind of scientific study was this?
This was a report on two separate cases of chronic diarrhoea and substantial weight loss in a man and woman at a hospital in Germany. The cause of their illness was unknown when they were initially admitted or referred to the department. Their diarrhoea and weight loss was then linked to their habitual use of large amounts of sugar free chewing gum, which contains sorbitol, a sweetener that also has laxative properties.
In the report, the doctors described the patient's histories, their illness at the time of diagnosis and the diagnosis and treatment of the cause of the problems.
What were the results of the study?
The report includes details about a 46-year-old man admitted to hospital with unexplained diarrhoea, who visited the toilet 10 times a day, and who had lost 3.5 stone (22 kg) in the previous year.
On admission to hospital he weighed 12stone 8lb (79.9kg), with a BMI of 25.8. Tests on his blood and stool and other examinations of his bowel and stomach showed no abnormalities. Apart from slight tenderness, his abdominal examination was normal. When doctors asked in detail about his diet, suspecting he may have sorbitol-induced diarrhoea, they discovered that he ate about 20 sticks of sugar-free gum per day and 200g of sweets. They estimated that this was about 30g of sorbitol per day. Further examinations confirmed that his diarrhoea was probably linked to the intake of sorbitol, and when he started a sorbitol-free diet, his problems resolved themselves.
In a similar case, a 21 year old woman had abdominal pain and diarrhoea, and visited the toilet 12 times a day for eight months. By the time she was admitted for further testing, she had lost 1.7 stone (11kg) and her weight was down to 6 stone (40.8kg), with a BMI of 16.6. Physical examinations were largely negative, but further examination of her stools suggested her diarrhoea was linked to high sorbitol intake. When asked, she told the doctors that she chewed large amounts of sugar-free gum, which accounted for about 18 to 20g of sorbitol per day (about 16 sticks of gum). When the woman started a sorbitol-free diet in the hospital, her diarrhoea subsided and after one year, bowel movements and weight balance had returned to normal.
What interpretations did the researchers draw from these results?
The authors highlight these two cases as examples of a known problem - that high sorbitol-intake can cause abdominal problems in some people.
They recommend that when investigating unexplained weight loss and diarrhoea, doctors should consider taking a detailed dietary history to establish whether there is a link with foods and other substances containing sorbitol.
What does the NHS Knowledge Service make of this study?
Case reports are a useful way of generating theories about the causes of illness and publishing previously undocumented associations between exposures and outcomes. Previous studies, referenced in the paper, have shown that 20g (16 sticks) of sorbitol produces diarrhoea in half of normal people.
These two case reports serve as examples of the known fact that high sorbitol-intake causes abdominal problems in some people. An interesting feature is the associated weight loss, though this is not unexpected in cases where diarrhoea has persisted for up to a year.
- As the doctors say, warnings on chewing gum packaging that "excessive consumption may produce laxative effects" are in small print and "consumers may be unaware of its laxative effects and fail to recognise a link with their gastrointestinal problems". Manufacturers of sugar-free chewing gum could increase the prominence of their labelling about possible side effects.
- The article is also of relevance to doctors who, based on its findings, are advised to consider the possibility of sorbitol-induced problems in cases of diarrhoea of uncertain origin. The authors also highlight the fact that analysing stool composition is a cheap and reliable way to clarify the type of diarrhoea and this could be used in investigations. Diarrhoea caused by sorbitol is of a particular type – osmotic diarrhoea – that can be identified by determining how much sodium and potassium there is in stool.
This article should not prompt people who are trying to lose weight to increase their intake of sorbitol for this purpose. The misuse of laxatives is associated with health problems, which can be severe and include dehydration and potassium imbalance (which can lead to heart problems).
Similarly, people who use sugar-free chewing gum should not be overly alarmed by this report as such extreme reactions are rare. However, they should bear in mind the known link between high levels of sorbitol and potential abdominal problems and limit their intake. The use of sweeteners in foods is controlled by the Food Standards Agency, which aims to ensure that including them in foodstuffs does not lead to serious health concerns.
On a different note, sorbitol is not the only chemical used in "sugar-free" products. Another – aspartame – should be avoided by people with phenylketonuria (a rare genetic disorder in which the body cannot used phenylalanine – a component of aspartame).
Sir Muir Gray adds…
The excess of almost anything can have harmful effects.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the science
Pirlich M, Bauditz J, Norman K, et al.
Severe weight loss caused by chewing gum.


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