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According to new stories, fish, a staple of the Mediterranean diet, as well as meat and eggs may be doing more harm than good thanks to a compound called trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). TMAO is found in fish and produced in the body after eating meat and eggs. TMAO is linked to greater risk for heart attack, stroke and death; yet the research isn't crystal clear. Is it time to give up fish meat and eggs or ignore the recent media headlines?
This post will cover:
- What is TMAO?
- TMAO: More than a Gut Reaction—What gives us higher TMAO levels?
- TMAO and health?
- The bottom line
What is TMAO?
TMAO is a metabolite produced by the bacteria living in the gut and metabolized by the liver. It plays a role in systemic inflammation, atherosclerosis (clogging of the arteries) and vascular (blood vessel) dysfunction.
TMAO: More than a Gut Reaction
Blood levels of TMAO are ~ 50 times higher after eating fish compared to eggs or beef. The human body absorbs intact TMAO like the kind found in fish, easily. However, the human body's production of TMAO, after eating foods containing the essential nutrient choline (found in eggs and meat) and the compound l-carnitine (found in meat and pork and in much smaller quantities in chicken breast and dairy products), depends on your diet, the makeup of bacteria in your gut (which is influenced by your diet), kidney functioning and genetics.
In one study, regular meat eaters produced more TMAO than a vegetarian did after eating steak (which contains ~ 180 mg of l-carnitine). After wiping out their gut bacteria with antibiotics, the carnivores didn't produce any TMAO after consuming 250 mg l-carnitine. The makeup of gut bacteria in the habitual meat eaters was presumably responsible for greater TMAO production compared to the vegetarian, yet this was a small study and we don't know anything else about the participants' diet. Was it the meat that altered gut bacteria or something else in their diet? After all, a steady diet of red meat may mean double cheeseburgers on white bread with regular servings of French fries and soda on the side. This isn't exactly the diet you want for promoting good bacteria in your gut.
Another study found blood levels of TMAO were greater in those with a less diverse makeup of microbes and greater amounts of a less healthy type of bacteria (firmicutes), compared to one that is healthy (bacteroidetes). A diet higher in saturated fat will promote this environment. Additionally, three separate studies found a high fat diet promotes greater production of TMAO, reduced TMAO clearance in the body after a meal, and greater TMAO in the bloodstream. A low fat diet is associated with lower production of TMAO.
While bacteria seem to influence TMAO production from l-carnitine, l-carnitine also influences the makeup of gut bacteria. A study in mice found those with their gut bacteria wiped out thanks to antibiotics produced a different makeup of bacteria in the gut after consuming l-carnitine while also doubling the risk of plaque buildup in their arteries.
Higher TMAO levels come from:
- Eating fish
- Less diverse array of gut bacteria and increased levels of bad versus good bacteria
- Consuming l-carnitine (mouse study)
TMAO and Health
A few human studies found higher blood levels of TMAO were associated with greater risk for heart disease. However, all research isn't pointing in the same direction. One study in over 300 patients found blood TMAO levels were not associated with heart attack or heart disease over the course of eight years, following the initial test for TMAO. However, TMAO levels were higher in those with diabetes, patients with metabolic syndrome and those with declining kidney functioning. Another study examined over 800 people between the age of 33 and 55 and found blood TMAO levels were not associated with clogged arteries, insulin resistance (this comes before type 2 diabetes) and inflammatory markers or negative changes in blood lipids suggesting TMAO levels might not contribute significantly to the progression of clogged arteries. However, this study shows TMAO levels were significantly lower than in previous research, showing an association between TMAO and heart disease.
TMAO is considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In those with type 2 diabetes, higher TMAO levels are associated with greater risk for death, heart attack, heart failure and unstable angina (chest pain). Also, higher levels of circulating TMAO are associated with higher risk of death in those with chronic kidney disease and greater risk of certain cancers. Yet, there are several confounding factors. Fish is the primary culprit for higher acute circulating TMAO levels, yet fish-based diets are associated with reduced risk for heart disease. Also, levels of TMAO are dependent upon disease state and the makeup of gut bacteria. Therefore, at this time it isn't entirely clear which came first – does TMAO cause disease or does TMAO increase due to disease?
The Bottom Line
The story on TMAO isn't crystal clear, so there's no reason to avoid fish, meat and eggs in an effort to decrease TMAO levels. All three of these foods are good sources of several nutrients important for health. Though processed red meats are linked to higher risk of colorectal and stomach cancers, when cooked appropriately (lower, moist heat for example) red meat can fit into a healthy diet and deliver important nutrients including iron, zinc and vitamin B12. Eggs are an economical source of protein and contain many nutrients and compounds that contribute to health including two antioxidants important for eyesight.
Though there is no reason to completely avoid these foods, you can alter your diet to help diversify gut bacteria and also increase the amount of good versus bad bacteria. Probiotic rich foods such as yogurt and kefir with live and active cultures, miso soup, tempeh and other fermented foods contain good bacteria. Fiber-rich plant foods (fruits, vegetables, legumes) are important food sources for bacteria to thrive in your body.
Koeth RA, Wang Z, Levison BS et al. Intestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis. Nat Med 2013 Apr 7.
Boutagy NE, Neilson AP, Osterberg KL, Smithson AT, Englund TR, Davy BM, Hulver MW, Davy KP. Probiotic supplementation and trimethylamine-N-oxide production following a high-fat diet. Obesity 2015;23:2357–2363
Boutagy NE, Neilson AP, Osterberg KL, Smithson AT, Englund TR, Davy BM, Hulver MW, Davy KP. Probiotic supplementation and trimethylamine-N-oxide production following a high-fat diet. Obesity. 2015;23:2357–2363
Cho CE, Caudill MA. Trimethylamine-N-Oxide: Friend, Foe, or Simply Caught in the Cross-Fire? Trends Endocrinol Metab 2016 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Cho CE, Taesuwan S, Malsheva OV, Bender E, Tulchinsky NF, Yan J, Sutter JL, Caudill MA. Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) response to animal source foods varies among healthy young men and is influenced by their gut microbiota composition: A randomized controlled trial. Mol Nutr Food Res 2016 Jul 5.
Carnitine. Health Professional Fact Sheet, NIH. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Carnitine-HealthProfessional/
Hui DY. Intestinal phospholipid and lysophospholipid metabolism in cardiometabolic disease. Curr. Opin. Lipidol 2016;27:507–512.
Mueller DM, Allenspach M, Othman A, Saely CH, Muendlein A, Vonbank A, Drexel H, von Eckardstein A. Plasma levels of trimethylamine-N-oxide are confounded by impaired kidney function and poor metabolic control.Atherosclerosis 2015;243(2):638-44.
Meyer KA, Benton TZ, Bennett BJ, Jacobs DR Jr., Lloyd-Jones DM, Gross MD, Carr JJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Zeisel SH. Microbiota-Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Coronary Artery Calcium in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA). J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Oct 21;5(10). pii: e003970.


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Forgot to mention in my last blog post that SPICE is not just more efficient at network bandwidth utilization but is also much more faster/responsive. Also, Jon Nordby pointed out that the screenshots of virt-manager I copied from virt-manager website are several years outdated. Here is how the main UI looks like now a days.
P.S. I was going to inline this screenshot but blogger.com is not letting me do that. :(
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Slightly more on virtual world..
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Welcome to the virtual world!
About two months ago I informed the followers of this blog that I will now be working on SPICE project for Red Hat. Judging from the questions I was asked after that, I realized that not many people know about SPICE so I thought I write at least one blog entry dedicated to explaining what SPICE is all about. Before I get to SPICE itself, let me first introduce you to the world SPICE lives in.
Virtualization and Virtual Machines (VMs)
For some reason, I feel that I should leave the definitions to wikipedia and only quote it so that is what I am going to do:
"Virtualization, in computing, is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resources."
"A virtual machine (VM) is a "completely isolated operating system installation within your normal operating system".Today, this is implemented by either software emulation or hardware virtualization".
Virtualization (of software and hardware platforms) is really nothing new and has been around since..well the the real thing itself: computers. There has been several implementations of different kind ever since and I are two main reason they exist and grow:
- Developing/testing software for hardware that you do not have. This makes virtualization softwares were attractive for consumer product manufacturers to be able to start the development of software soon after the plans for a particular product are finalized since it takes some time before they can manufacture enough prototypes for every developer and tester involved.
- Portability: In a typically VM setup, installation is done on drive images (files) rather than actual drives/partitions, which means you can carry or send your (virtual) machine anywhere you like.
- Ability to use multiple operating systems at the same time: Many Linux and Mac OS X users often need to run applications that are only available for windows and vice versa. Dual-boot is one solution to this issue but that implies you will only be able to use one OS at a time.
- Partitioning of a single host to multiple servers: Consolidation of many servers to a single host is a popular use case these days, done internally in many companies and also by hosting services. aka "The Cloud".
Despite its big drawback, traditionally dual-boot has remained to be the preferred solution for many for a long time. The reason for that has mainly been the limitations of virtualization solutions, especially in terms of performance. However due to significant improvements in both hardware (built-in virtualization support and multi-core) and software, virtualization solutions have been gaining a lot of popularity lately.
Qemu + KVM
There are many such solutions out there, both Free and non-Free out there but the solution of our choice is Qemu. This awesome virtual-machine manager (a.k.a hypervisor) combined with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and built-in virtualization extensions in modern CPUs is capable of providing such a virtual environment that puts the real thing to shame.
Qemu+kvm might be a very powerful tool, its still very much a power-user tool. For example you have to use long commandlines with different switches to use Qemu effectively. Worry not! There is another set of tools to help there:
While Qemu+KVM might be an awesome solution, its still one of the many hypervisors out there and with some many people pouring into the virtualization industry, you can be assured that there will be a better alternative available sooner or later. libvirt not only abstracts you from hypervisors but also adds some really nice features on top of that:
- Manipulation (creation, deletion and modification etc) and monitoring etc of virtual machines on remote hosts, securely.
- Live migration of virtual machine(s) from one host to another.
Apart from the libvirt library itself, the libvirt package also comes with a very nice commandline tool called virsh that exposes libvirt API as convenient arguments. As you can probably guess from its name, virsh is a shell so if you can launch it without (command) arguments it will launch an interactive shell, awaiting your commands.
Neither libvirt, not virsh are tools that an end-user could be expected to use. Thats where virt-manager comes into picture. It basically provides the same functionality as virsh but unlike virsh, its designed for end-users and hence has a very user-friendly graphical user-interface. Here is some screenshots that should give you a good idea:
While virt-manager has nice UIs for everything related to VM management, it still leaves the remote access of virtualized (guest) OS/desktop to tools that are tailored for that, such as VNC and SPICE.
SPICE in simple words can be described as very smart remote-access enabler for virtual machines. Oh wait, I was supposed to leave definitions to wikipedia:
"In computing, SPICE (the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is a remote-display system built for virtual environments which allows users to view a computing "desktop" environment - not only on its compute-server machine, but also from anywhere on the Internet and using a wide variety of machine architectures."
SPICE was originally developed by Qumranet as a proprietary solution. Red Hat acquired Qumranet in 2008 and in December 2009 Red Hat open-sourced the protocol.
Now with definition and history lesson taken care of, lets talk about the real thing: tools. SPICE, the implementation is divided into 3 main parts:
The SPICE server that runs inside the Qemu binary as a library. Its mainly responsible for authentication of client connections, relaying of graphics output of guest OS to the client using a Qemu feature called QXL and relaying of user input (mouse and keyboard) from client to the guest.
This is the tool that end-user should be concerned with. It provides a view into the guest OS (very much like the popular VNC).In the past there was only one SPICE client called, spicec. Due to various reasons (not embeddable, too low-level etc), it was deemed necessary to create a better client-tool. So for the past some months, our team has been working on a SPICE client Gtk+ widget called (surprise suprice) spice-gtk and helped in integration of it in vinagre (the GNOME remote-desktop client). I still haven't used (or even built) spicec but from what I've been told, vinagre+spice-gtk are already much better than spicec in functionality so I guess I haven't missed anything. Wait! Why am I telling you all this when I can just show you?
Just to be very clear here, spice-gtk is nothing specific to vinagre so if you want to have SPICE integration in your UI(s), you can do it very easily using spice-gtk. Apart from the C API, it also provides gobject-introspection and Vala bindings.
There are certain important tasks that spice-server needs to perform that it can not do so itself as it runs on the host rather than guest. A good example is copy/cut and paste between client's host and guest desktop. For this reason, vdagent exists. Its a helper that runs inside the guest (and as such is installed from the guest). So making the copy&paste possible, it proxies the appropriate events to/from the SPICE client from/to guest windowing system through spice-server.
Whats wrong with VNC?
VNC has been around for a while now and in modern unix world, its considered as the remote desktop solution so its natural for people to ask: why create yet another solution for the same problem? The reason is that SPICE protocol has been designed to be very efficient on bandwidth usage and to satisfy the needs of a virtualized environment [1]. Recall QXL I mentioned above? QXL is handled/implemented as something called paravirtual devices in SPICE. Its probably appropriate to quote the related wikipedia definition here first:
"In computing, paravirtualization is a virtualization technique that presents a software interface to virtual machines that is similar but not identical to that of the underlying hardware."
So while a VNC server reads frames from video memory and sends (compressed though) the updated areas (if any) to the client, spice-server on the other hand presents the guest windowing system with an X driver that captures X protocol operations directly. That is what makes SPICE a lot more efficient at network usage compared to RFB protocol that VNC uses.
The end
I am really not good at explaining things so I'm sure I must have left-out some necessary details but worry not! We have a team of awesome hackers who can always help you with any issues related to SPICE. You can reach us either through our IRC channel or mailing-list. If you are attending the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin, you are in luck cause not only there is a talk about 'Integrating virtualization into the desktop' but also some of us will be attending the full duration of the conference so you can come and discuss with us in person.
If you are interested in readily available products based on these awesome virtualization tools, I suggest you have a look here.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Release logs are important!
Turns out that not many Free Software maintainers follow the practice of writing proper release logs targetted for packagers/end-users. To justify their laziness, they come-up with lame excuses like "Oh, the user never sees the release log" etc and at the very most copy&paste the (developer oriented) VCS changelog since the last release. Here is how it actually affects a user:
Now if you click on the URL provided, you will be taken to a page where there is a lot of information but the one you are looking for: What exactly changed? In this particular case, its just an bugfix release but many times new features are added and users can't know that unless you put that nicely in your release log.
So please stop justifying your laziness and take the efforts to write the release log if you are a maintainer of a Free Software project. OTOH, if you are a downstream packager, please copy or link to the upstream release log in your package's changelog that upstream maintainer has put his/her time/efforts into. Thanks!
Now if you click on the URL provided, you will be taken to a page where there is a lot of information but the one you are looking for: What exactly changed? In this particular case, its just an bugfix release but many times new features are added and users can't know that unless you put that nicely in your release log.
So please stop justifying your laziness and take the efforts to write the release log if you are a maintainer of a Free Software project. OTOH, if you are a downstream packager, please copy or link to the upstream release log in your package's changelog that upstream maintainer has put his/her time/efforts into. Thanks!
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Radio as a communication device was quickly to come into it's own during the Great War but did not come into major general use until small portable communication systems were developed. With the use of radio for the transmission of important military information also lead to creation of code books and electronic encoding devices. Two examples of these are the American Navaho Code Talkers and the German Enigma Machine. Because of how important knowing enemy information is and attempting to keep it secret lead to massive code breaking and code creation efforts. The best known of these would be the Allied breaking of the 'perfect' Enigma machine as part of ULTRA by mathematicians and linguists at Bletchley Park. This also lead to the creation of what may be the first electronic computer the Colossus or Turing Bombe that was used to streamline the decoding process.
Commercial Radio transmission was quick to follow with the adoption of radio as a means of public information and entertainment. The use of Commercial radio networks didn't start to come into it's own until the 1920's when the first commercially available Crystal and Vacuum Tube Radio sets were generally publicly available. National broadcasting networks were set up including NBC, by the RCA Corporation, CBS, and the BBC. The early days of radio introduced programs of music, news, drama and sports broadcasting. Many well known News and Radio programs had their start in this period including Meet the Press, The Morning Show, Mercury Broadcast Theater, and Music and the Spoken Word. The nickname for Daytime Dramas AKA Soap Operas came from the advertisements for soap products that were exclusive to those programs. One notable and well known Radio broadcast was the Halloween radio play on October 30, 1938 of H G Wells The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles one of the best known radio dramas ever broadcast. The public response to the broadcast showed just how much radio had become a part of everyday life in not just the United States but the entire world.


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Back in the early days of the internet, there was much talk of the new found freedom of and access to information. People would be given the opportunity to learn and read about things that they might never have the chance to find out about in some local library or bookstore or hear about on the radio or see on TV.
The Information Age, when all humankind would become more enlightened and aware and knowledgeable, where the consciousness of the species would raise and cultural exchanges and deeper understanding woud be possible.
So what do we find today, now that the internet is so common and so many people are using it to communicate and share ideas?
First, there's an incredible abundance of porn on the internet. But that's not what this is about.
The big revelation, as it turns out, is that there are some seriously stupid motherfuckers out there.
Really, this shouldn't have ever come as a surprise to anyone. When you get down to it, and no matter how fervently people wish to deny it, we're all just angry, horny apes with oversized brains. Now, the porn thing has been discussed to death. It's a boring topic, really. The really interesting thing is the stupid shit.
We're all capable of doing, saying, and thinking dumb things. Humans suck at logic and making rational arguments, especially to ourselves. But now, with the internet, all of this stupid can be accessed by anyone at any time with no delays.
Young Earth Creationists, Religious Extremists, Conspiracy Theorists, New-age loons, Political extremists, Creepy perverts, EMO teenagers, Racists, Sexists, Furries, Anti-vaccine freaks, and everyone who's got fingers and can at least hunt and peck letters on a keyboard has suddenly gained a forum, an outlet for their absurd notions, where they can share their shitty irrational ideas and infect other irrational monkies with absurdities.
Is this a bad thing? Hell. No. This is fucking great. :thumbs:
This gives me the chance to make fun of every stupid retarded idea that our species comes up with. I mean, sure, sure, maybe we'll all become more enlightened and tolerant and better able to appreciate different cultures and solve the world problems and all that, but in the mean time, there is so much stupidity to be made fun of that it makes me giddy just thinking about it.
I've come across plenty of excellent stupidity just this month alone! My fellow primates have been in fine form!
Once again, it's black History month, and the bleating of the poor oppressed caucasian has yet again cried out with "Why is there no white history month? Why are the Darkies so special???"
Young Earth Creationists are still at it, vociferously defending a world view straight out of the bronze ages with 21st century computer and internet technology. Even the Republican candidate Huckabee has expressed his disbelief in modern science and biology, and he might have a shot at the white house.
Scientologists are still at it too! Tom Cruise in particular has now been shown to be one of the kookiest sons of bitches in America. At the same time, Jerry O'Connell proves that he's one funny motherfucker. Ok, so that last one isn't stupid, but it shows how awesome the power of the internet is for finding and goofing on idiocy in all it's forms.
Conservatives argue about whether one of their possible candidates is really conservative or just another dirty liberal. The words liberal and conservative and how they're defined become so muddled that they lose all possible meaning and the total collapse of the english language ensues.
Even better, police toss cripples out of wheelchairs! I mean, seriously, you can't even make up stuff this insane and moronic!
In the past we'd have to trawl through newspapers or listen to the nightly news and rely on spotty reporting to pick up on this stuff. Now? Shit, every dumb thing anyone ever does can now be caught on tape and put up on youtube. It's awesome. It's glorious. There is just so much more material to poke fun of now than ever before. There's so much stupid, and it burns like the heat of a thousand suns.
Hmm, well, it seems like people really like this picture, so what the hell, now you can buy Stupid Burning Stuff! YAY!
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/b/ nerds!
kkalopp replied on Permalink
More Rants Pls.... KTHXBY
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I agree, this is all crazy...
Just goes to show that, really, it's time to lay off the furries. They never hurt anyone.
links of london replied on Permalink
but ppl can always choose
but ppl can always choose what to read or choose to ignore or choose to be angry...the stupid is just one part of human being. Or the Internet actually pushed it to the extreme...Just relax. I won't take anything seriously about what happened on the Internet. Who knows the truth...and the reality,at least ppl live nearby is different..
Theresa Wilson replied on Permalink
I know this is your copyright, but I'd love to have your permission to post a low res or small copy on http://rationalwiki.com/.
please :)
Regards, Terry
plognark replied on Permalink
I attached a creative commons license to this, although I don't think I've explicitly stated that here on the site. I know that's what I have attached on deviantart anyway.
Basically, feel free to use it as long as you give me credit and don't try to profit from it. It's fair game after that :)
Dantheman82904 replied on Permalink
Yay Plognark!
:) Thanks for keeping us safe while we peruse your work :P
plognark replied on Permalink
Spam ahoy
Dead. I kind of figured, but thanks for the heads up anyway :)
Actually, I just got rid of quite a bit of spam. My filter probably needs updating or something.
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You made some good points
You made some good points there. I searched this topic and found out that most people will agree with your blog.
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I agree totally that it is
I agree totally that it is easy to find stupid and funny shit on the internet, I browse Digg all day and find loads of funny and stupid people, god I love technology
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Of course, if it was your kid
Of course, if it was your kid who had a seizure or shaking on the floor and winds up dead or with
permanent neurological damage and a debilitated life shortly after a vaccine shot in the arm your outlook might be different.
plognark replied on Permalink
If there was any evidence that the two things were connected, I suppose. Correlation does not equal causation.
carl_can replied on Permalink
i hate racist people. be they
i hate racist people. be they black or white. i hate racist black people who hate whites. i hate whites who hate blacks. i would like you to post a comment on this petition to shut up the people who believe everyone is racist. lets show then that there are people out there who don't care about your background or your skin color. s&op
Neurobonkers replied on Permalink
Nice art,
Was just about to ask for permission to use this pic but saw your note above so shall link back to you!
Keep up the awesome work!
Linky: http://neurobonkers.com/?p=2056 (will go online soonish)
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Will do, thanks! :)
Will do, thanks! :)


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- Striped Tie Dye Tee Shirt (shown)
- Houndstooth Tee
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Painting Tee Shirts
Creative minds can easily add color and style to their tee shirts with these Painted Tee Shirt projects and techniques. From simple stamping to elegant designs, these painted tee shirts are sure to have people talking. Adding a little painted flourish to your favorite tee shirts is a fun and creative way to give them a new look. You can even turn a thrift store find into something that looks like it came from a designer shop. With some basic painting techniques and a little creativity, you can create a whole new wardrobe on a budget!
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- Floral Stamped Tee Shirt (shown)
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Iron On Shirts
Perhaps the most common way to tranform your tees is to embellish them with iron ons. Iron on's can be purchased at the store or you can make your own with a few simple materials. These Iron On Shirts are fun and quick projects that anyone can do. Since they take such a short amount of time to make and there's no drying time like painted tee shirts, using iron on's is great for those who need a quick tee shirt. This tee shirt decoration technique is great for sporting clubs, school spirit days, or just giving your favorite tee a little something extra.
Upcycled Tee Shirts
Sometimes a favorite tee shirt is just too worn to wear...or sometimes it no longer fits or is damaged beyond repair. If that's the case, upcycle it to create something fresh and new! These Upcycled Tee Shirts are made from other recycled shirts, so you can clear out your unwearables and create something new all at the same time. Cut up old shirts and use them to make floral embellishments, layered tees, and much more. So don't fret over the thought of tossing your beloved tees, simply rework them into a new design to create a shirt that's sure to become a quick new favorite.
- Upcycled Ruffle Shirt
- Ruffled Rose Tee Shirt
- Pretty Petal Tee Shirt (shown)
- Lacy Inset Shirt
- Extreme Upcycled Tee Shirt
- Perfect Pillowcase Tee
- Two-in-One Refashioned T-Shirt
Stenciled Tees
For those of us who aren't as talented with freeform painting, there's always the good old fashioned stencil. These Stenciled Tees are made using handmade stencils, so you can customize your shirt to look however you'd like. Stenciled tees are also great for kids, since they can easily "color in the lines" of the stencil with markers or paint. You can even create a subtle look on tee shirts by doing a simple stencil around the collar or sleeves. Add a little border to the bottom of your tee to add a little color contrast. Stencils can also be used to write names, sayings, quotes, and numbers on the back or front of the tees for easy to make sporting jerseys, school uniforms, family reunion tee shirts, and so much more.
- Cancer Free Tee Shirt
- Bleach Stenciling Tee Shirt Project
- Nerdy Stenciled Tee Shirts
- Glittery Lips Tee Shirt (shown)
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Tee Shirt Crafts
Unfortunately, there are times when a tee shirt is just beyond repair...for those cases, you can reuse them to create something totally different! These tee shirt crafts are all made with cut up tee shirts. As you'll see with these projects, it's easy to take a once well loved garment and transform it into a new accessory that you can wear and show off. You can even reuse old tee shirts to make home decor, wall art, pillows, and so much more. Let these ideas and projects inspire you as you sort through your pile of old clothes and tee's.
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May 29, 2017
My all time favorites are the and dye but lately it's been these iron on appliques on t-shirts that am into. They are the easiest crafts on this list.
Jul 27, 2016
I love tshirt projects! Definitely going to keep this post in mind.
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Some clever ideas!
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I have been wanting to recycle some tee shirts that are not being used because they are so plain. These are great ideas. I'm starting today! Thank you!
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Council challenged to ban single-use plastic bags
THE green credentials of the Fraser Coast Council will be tested at the next ordinary meeting where it will asked to commit to the eradication of single-use plastic bags from the region.
The council, one that has been identified as pro-development, will be asked to consider moving toward banning bags in what will prove a landmark decision for Queensland if adopted.
The motion to be discussed at the next council meeting reads:
"The Fraser Coast Regional Council commit in principle to the elimination of single use plastic bags on the Fraser Coast.
"That a community working group be established before April 2013 with the aim of regulating plastic bags on the Fraser Coast; with reference to the legislative, environmental, commercial and social impacts of such a regulation.''
Councillor Stuart Taylor, the proposer of the motion, has also called for the working group to recommend a local law on the regulation of plastic bags on the Fraser Coast which will be considered by council on June 5.
"I have been involved in the marketing of the Fraser Coast and the environment is of the highest importance," Cr Taylor said.
"We are acutely aware of the effects plastic bags have on the marine environment, on the dugongs, and particularly the turtles, which mistake them for jellyfish.
Cr Taylor said he had been inspired to call for the ban after the city of Fremantle became the first municipal area in Australia to ban single-use plastic bags.


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[CVE-2012-6297] DD-WRT v24-sp2 Command Injection Oct 27 2013 06:23PM
Craig Young (vuln-report secur3 us)
Unfortunately command injections like the NETGEAR one Zachary Cutlip
and I both came across are all too common in embedded systems.
Similar to NETGEAR and Linksys having commands injected when running
ping, I have also noticed that DD-WRT v24-sp2 is prone to command
injection from specially crafted configuration values containing shell
meta-characters. A remote attacker can potentially use CSRF from an
authenticated client to remotely execute commands on the router as the
root user. This is also an easy way to DoS a system since you could
potentially force it into a reboot loop.
I reported this in the projects bug tracker almost a year ago but it
doesn't look like this is actively maintained so I figured I may as
well share with the list now in case anyone is running this firmware.
This is tracked as CVE-2012-6297.
There are a lot of consumer routers with these types of issues
(working with several vendors on this stuff at the moment) so I have
provided this list of generic tips for keeping consumer/SOHO routers
secure: http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/five-
I would also love to hear what other suggestions people have towards
minimizing the risk of someone popping a shell on your router.
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"The Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society is aimed at people of all ages and abilities in the Canberra region who share a love of this ancient instrument. We offer regular playing opportunities with those who are like-minded in an informal and social atmosphere, as well as workshops led by professional tutors. Members are encouraged to play in consorts or small groups, and to form links with other players in the Canberra region. Members are entitled to use of the CREMS music library. Twice a year CREMS participates in a weekend workshop in Bundanoon, in southern NSW, in conjunction with the Sydney Society of Recorder Players. ..."
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"Genevieve Lacey is acclaimed as a recorder virtuoso. She performs music spanning nine centuries with commanding passion. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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- We play fortnightly at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 207 Davey St
- We have an Annual Concert, normally in Hobart
- We usually have one or two Weekend Workshops per year and recent instructors have been:
- Anthony Roland-Jones (UK)
- Robyn Mellor (Canberra)
- Glyn Marillier (Perth)
- Ruth Wilkinson (Melbourne)
- David Bellugi (Italy)
- Roy Sansom & Roxanne Layton (USA)
- Colin Touchin (UK)
- Drora Bruck (Israel)
These are also Culinary extravaganzas (if you don't like the music, come for the food)"
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"Racheal Cogan is a recorder player who has worked extensively in modal music forms around the world. She completed her BMus (Hons) degree at Monash University in 2005 with a thesis on Sufism and Persian classical music. Since July 2005 she has been based in Sydney, where she performs in duo with percussionist Tony Lewis, freelances as a recorder player, teaches, and composes. She is currently performing as a musician in the new Cirque du Soleil resident show in Macau, Zaia .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Formed in 1995, the Society continues and extends the activities of the former West Australian Recorder Guild. The Society aims to:
- promote an interest in early music (pre-1800) played on all instruments, and all music for recorders, early to modern;
- encourage the study of the performance and interpretation of early music;
- stimulate community interest in, and appreciation of, recorder music and early music -- listening, playing and composing;
- promote fellowship and musicianship of players of all early instruments. ..."
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"Links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide. An ideal springboard for players, students, teachers, makers and researchers alike. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Rodney Waterman is a performer, teacher and composer who specialises in the recorder. He studied with Kees Boeke in Italy and Holland in the mid-1980s. His repertoire is eclectic, including early, folk and contemporary and Brazilian music, with a particular interest in improvised music. He has performed and tutored widely in Australia and New Zealand including numerous major Festivals. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Sydney Society of Recorder Players was formed in 1956 to promote the playing of the recorder, and to foster interest in the musical repertoire of the instrument from medieval to modern times.
The Society provides opportunities for recorder players throughout Sydney and surrounding districts to meet and play the recorder. The Society supports other associations with similar aims. We sponsor the composition of original music for recorders.
There is a wide range of performance and competence on the recorder within the Society. Membership is open to all. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Guild is a society for recorder players and for all who enjoy recorder music.
The Victorian Recorder Guild is located in Victoria, Australia and many of its activities are based in Melbourne. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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Recorder Consort established in 2003. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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The Ensemble MEZZALUNA was founded in 2003 as a logical consequence of many years of musicological and organological co-operation between the Belgian recorder player Peter van Heyghen and the English recorder maker Adrian Brown. Their collaboration reached a climax in 2003, when both were asked to present papers at the "International Symposium on the Renaissance Flute and Recorder", organised by the Dutch musicological organisation STIMU. Both considered it a priority to present their ideas through a musical collaboration and thus the idea of MEZZALUNA was born.
The composition of the ensemble, depending on the programme, typically consists of three to six experienced instrumentalists from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Austria. Their aim is to interpret polyphonic music composed between ca. 1480 and ca. 1630 using historically documented performance practice.
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" The Flanders Recorder Quartet wonderful enthusiasm and virtuosity of Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris van Goethem and Paul van Loey is more than sufficient to convince international audiences of the limitless possibilities and sheer beauty of their instrument. Jubilant critiques following CD releases and live performances attest to the success of their daring and unique programming. The four members of the FRQ are regularly lauded for their crystal clear ensemble playing, their seemingly effortless virtuosity and their expressive interpretation. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Known for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, Matthias Maute is recognized as one of the foremost recorder players of his generation, and has earned an international reputation for his formidable talents as a traverso player as well as a composer. In 1990, after finishing his studies in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen, he was awarded first prize in the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium. That same year his CD Les Barricades, which includes some of his own works, was released. Four years later, he won the Dutch Impresariat Chamber Music Competition with Trio Passagio. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Since 1964, the Montreal Recorder Society (MRS), a non-profit organization, has been providing amateur musicians of all ages the opportunity to play music together under the leadership of professional musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Born in 1988, Vincent Lauzer has studied the recorder since 1993. He has won several first prizes in regional and provincial competitions. He has also won six 1st prizes during the National Finals of the Canada Music Competition. In 2008 and 2009, he won the Grand Prize in the 19 to 30 years old category.
Recently, he won First Prize and the Audience Appreciation Prize in the 3rd Montreal International Recorder Competition. In the 2007 edition of this competition, he was awarded the Best Canadian Recorder Player Prize. In May 2009, he was awarded the Oliver-Jones 1st Prize at the Festival de musique classique du Bas-Richelieu in Sorel-Tracy. In 2007, Vincent won the Montreal Baroque Prize for audaciousness and musicality in the Galaxie-CBC Rising Stars Competition during the Montreal Baroque Festival. In June 2003, Vincent performed in a concert of l'Alliance Musicale at Pierre-Mercure Hall.
Vincent is a member of the recorder quintet Flûte Alors! with whom he performs regularly in the Montreal area, including performances at the Montreal Baroque Festival. In August 2009, the ensemble was awarded 1st Prize in the chamber music division at the National Music Festival in Saskatoon. Lately, Vincent performed in the concert series Clavecin en concert and with the ensemble Les Idées Heureuses. He also works with The Kids and La Félicité.
A graduate of l'École de musique Vincent d'Indy, Vincent also completed his Diploma of College Studies at Cégep de Saint-Laurent with Sophie Larivière and Matthias Maute. He currently studies performance with Matthias Maute at McGill University."
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"Alfred Zachertz received his first recorder lessons in his hometown Limbach-Oberfrohna. Aged nine, he learned to play the violin. After having studied the viola at the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig with Professor Arnold Matz, he was engaged as solo violist at the state orchestra Leipzig. During this period, through studies with Gudrun Berger, Zachertz could distinguish himself on the recorder, thus making it his main instrument. During the last years his range of instruments was extended by Praetorius instruments such as loud altoregister, crooked horn and chamois-horn. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Since 1991, there is our recorder ensemble at the VHS-Ahrensburg, led by Katrin Stobbe. Our 10-year anniversary of 2001 we finally gave us a name: BLOCK WAY. Meanwhile, we have 22 players and players into 2 groups that meet once a week on Wednesdays and Fridays in the course of the semester VHS to rehearse. .." (Google translate)
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"Dorothee Oberlinger is one of the most amazing discoveries of recent years, an expressive virtuoso who - quite rightly - received numerous awards while still quite young. Today she is seen as one of the best recorder-players in the world. Her concerts have been received with enthusiasm by critics and audiences alike, earning her unanimous acclaim. Her CDs are regularly fêted as the best new issues on the market.
Dorothee Oberlinger has given solo recitals at festivals all over Europe, in America and Japan, for example at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam, the Settimane Musicale Stresa, the Nederlandse Oude-Musik-Network, the Festival de Musica Antigua Sajazarra, the Warsaw Beethoven Festival, the Europäische Musikfestwoche Passau, the Rheingau-Musikfestival, the Tage der Alten Musik Regensburg and the MDR-Musiksommer. Other venues in which she has played include the Wigmore Hall in London, the National Philharmonie in Warsaw, the Marianischer Saal in Lucerne, the Rosée Theater in Fuji and the Philharmonie in Cologne.
She has been the guest soloist with leading international Baroque ensembles such as London Baroque and Musica Antiqua Köln directed by Reinhard Goebel, and she also plays regularly with modern symphony orchestras such as the WDR-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and the Detmolder Kammerorchester. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Dortmund Recorder Consort (DORC) was formed in 1994 as a result of a course on recorder ensemble playing held by Dietrich Schnabel during the First Dortmund Sacred Music Week. Now, the DORC is the largest recorder orchestra, that rehearses and performs regularly in Germany.
The DORC consists of some 50 enthusiastic and experienced recorder players of all ages, from 12 to 75 years, playing instruments ranging in size from the 6-inches Garklein to the 6-foot Contrabass in F (called "Subbass" in Germany). The instrumentation of the DORC consists of up to about 20 great basses in C, 15 contrabasses in F and two contrabasses in C, which gives a rich and beautiful sound. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Flautando Köln was founded in 1990. We, Katharina Hess, Susanne Hochscheid, Ursula Thelen und Kerstin de Witt, received our artistic education a.o. in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Cologne and passed our respective examinations with distinction.
Since our founding, Flautando Köln performs nationally and internationally and we have also produced several recordings for national radio (i.e. WDR, SWF, Radio Bremen, DLF, Saarländischer Rundfunk).
With our broad musical repertoire from middle age to modern music and our interesting range of instruments and musical programmes, Flautando Köln are regular participants at well known festivals across Europe, like a.o. Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Times of Ancient Music Festival in Berlin and Herne, Music Festival Dresden, International Music Exhibition in London, Music Festival Middle-Europe in the Czech Republic, Festival Tirana Autumn in Albania, Festival of Ancient Music in Switzerland and at the Porto Series in Portugal.. ." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"According to The Independent, Maurice Steger is «the world's leading recorder virtuoso».
With a repertoire focused on Early Music, Maurice Steger is a sought-after soloist with the leading Early Music period instrument ensembles, he also appears regularly with modern orchestras.
A major portion of Steger's artistic activities is devoted to recitals accompanied by just a harpsichord or with small chamber orchestras. But Maurice Steger is also no stranger to contemporary music: He premiered two solo concerts for recorder and orchestra and has performed Rodolphe Schacher's musical fairytale «Tino Flautino» over 50 times.
After studying with Marcus Creed in Stuttgart and upon Reinhard Goebel's encouragement, Maurice Steger has now been working as a conductor for a number of years. In his position as the «Baroque Music Director» at the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, he developed and conducted concerts from the baroque and classical eras.
Among his many CD releases, the Telemann flute quartets (Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv), sonatas by Sammartini and Telemann's suites and concerto for recorder (harmonia mundi) as well as Vivaldi's concertos for recorder are particularly notable. Several recordings, among them the album «Venezia 1625» and «Mr. Corelli in London» (harmonia mundi) received important international awards.
May 2011"
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"The history of the trade mark MOLLENHAUER started with a cultural impetus in 1822 given by Johann Andreas Mollenhauer. This impetus will appear in the following history as 'the breath, the soul of the recorder' living and weaving as an 'acting reason, sometimes assembling flexible, sometimes meaty' through all generations up to now. Restating persons of the MOLLENHAUER family in this report first they are representatives for an unknown number of men and women - handcrafters, traders, musicians and music teachers - more or less closely related to the family and inflamed by this impetus and bearing it for almost two hundred years responsibly. "
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"We are a recorder collective devoted to contemporary and early music. One of our biggest goals is to inspire new works and create a dynamic and exciting forum for exploring the music of our time."
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"The young artist Sabrina Frey belongs to the outstanding recorder virtuosos of her generation. Born in Switzerland she completed her musical studies at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, her concert and soloist diplomas at the University of Music Freiburg i. Br. and in the master class of Kees Boeke at the University of Music Zurich with honors. She has received numerous awards such as the Festa Special Award at the Osaka Chamber Music Competition, Japan, the German Erlanger Prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music, awards from the German Musikleben Foundation and First Prize from the Orpheus Konzerte in Switzerland.
Sabrina Frey has performed in concert and on tour at home and abroad. She has enthused audiences in more intimate surroundings as well as in large concert halls, enchanting and surprising with her natural elegance, virtuosity, vitality and mastery of the countless sides of her often unheralded instrument.
Sabrina Frey has performed with musicians such as Maurice Steger, Naoki Kitaya, Alexander Weimann, Fiorenza de Donatis, Mauro Valli, Marco Frezzato, Vital Julian Frey and Martin Müller. As soloist she has played with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, with leading members of some of Europe's best baroque orchestras (e.g. "I Barrochisti", "Europa Galante", "Accademia Bizzantina" "Giardino Armonico", and the "Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra"), as well as with eminent conductors such as Marcus Creed, Helmuth Rilling and Muhai Tang. She has been repeatedly recorded on television and radio and has recently published her first CD with the label Novalis: Telemann's Twelve Fantasias. …"
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BRUSSELS – Economic growth across Europe is expected to be slightly stronger this year as the recovery gains ground, according to the European Commission's new forecast released Tuesday.
The 18-country eurozone's economy is expected to grow by 1.2 per cent in 2014 and by 1.8 per cent next year — 0.1 percentage points more each year than predicted in the Commission's last forecast in November.
"The recovery in the European Union is gaining ground and spreading across countries although it remains modest," said Commissioner Olli Rehn, the bloc's top economic official. "The worst of the crisis may now be behind us."
Spain stands out as firmly turning the page on a two-year recession. The Commission doubled its 2014 growth outlook for the country to 1 per cent. Its high unemployment rate, however, is expected to fall only slowly below 26 per cent this year.
For the eurozone as a whole, the jobless rate is seen as staying flat around the current record high of 12 per cent, falling to 11.7 per cent only next year.
The wider 28-nation EU, which includes members like Britain and Poland that don't use the euro currency, will grow by 1.5 per cent this year and 2.0 per cent in 2015, according to the Commission forecast. That outlook is also revised upward by 0.1 percentage points each.
Overall, solid growth in major trading partners will help Europe by boosting its exports, Rehn said.
"The recovery in the European Union will be supported by the advanced economies, notably the U.S., while the emerging markets will fare quite uneven," he said at a news conference in Strasbourg.
Still, Rehn urged European governments to keep strengthening their economies' competitiveness and trim their deficits, saying the recovery remains modest and can't be "an invitation to be complacent."
The only countries that are forecast to remain stuck in recession in 2014 are Cyprus and Slovenia, set to see their economies shrink by 4.8 per cent and 0.1 per cent respectively.
Cyprus last year required an international bailout that requires it to overhaul its banking system and make tough debt cuts that are depressing the economy. Slovenia's economy is mainly held back by trouble with its banks and weak domestic demand.
In Greece, which has lost about a quarter of its economic output over a brutal six-year recession, the Commission continues to foresee a timid return to growth this year, of 0.6 per cent. The unemployment rate is expected to fall only slightly below 26 per cent.
The Commission expects the eurozone's overall government debt to stabilize around 95 per cent of GDP before starting to slightly fall from 2015.
Inflation will remain subdued at 1 per cent in 2014, ticking up to 1.3 per cent next year, the Commission said.
Some analysts say the eurozone's low inflation rate — of 0.8 per cent at last count— means the bloc risks falling into a deflationary trap, when falling prices lead companies and consumers to defer purchases and investments, denting growth.
"A fear of outright deflation is rather distant, not least because the European Central Bank has very clearly stated that it will do whatever it takes in order to counter any possible trend of deflation," Rehn said.
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Did your mom or dad tuck you in with "sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" when you were a little kid? That cute rhyme probably seemed pretty silly at the time — in fact, you might have wondered what a bedbug even was!
But recent infestations of bedbugs in hotels and homes have people frantically checking mattresses and furniture for telltale signs of these tough-to-kill little bloodsuckers.
Bedbug Basics
A bedbug is a flat, reddish-brown bug about the size of an apple seed. Bedbugs come out at night, usually in areas where people sleep, to feed on human blood. During the day, they hide in or around beds, chairs, couches, dressers, curtains, and rugs. They also may hide in cracks in walls and floors and behind wallpaper.
After feasting on a person's blood, a bedbug goes off to hide, often in clothing or luggage. This is how people take bedbugs home from hotels and other places they stay.
Bedbug bites don't hurt and they don't cause or spread infection. But they usually turn into small, itchy red bumps (similar to mosquito bites). They can sometimes show up in a line on the body.
Travel Precautions
Since you're more likely to encounter bedbugs while traveling than in your home, it's wise to plan ahead. A number of websites let travelers search for bedbug infestation reports by city (and sometimes by hotel) so you can do a little research before you leave home.
At your destination, do a bedbug inspection of your room before settling in. Keep your luggage off the floor and beds — use the luggage racks most hotels and motels provide or put it on a table or desk.
You may not see the bedbugs themselves, but telltale signs can alert you to their presence. Pull back the sheets to look for little spots of blood on a mattress, or remove the sheets and look for bugs on and under the mattress, especially around its seams (also check headboards and footboards).
If you find any signs of bedbugs, ask for another room and inspect that one, too. If you still see signs of bedbugs, find another place to stay.
When staying away from home, hang up your clothes whenever possible. When you get back home, dump dirty clothes right into the washing machine.
People are finding bedbugs in their homes more than in years past. The bugs can hitch a ride home when you travel, or even after a trip to your local movie theater.
Be careful when you buy used clothing or furniture from garage sales or thrift stores. Always inspect them for bedbugs. Also, don't grab a discarded couch or other upholstered furniture off the street corner. They might have bedbugs hiding in the fabric. In fact, that might be why the previous owner got rid of them!
If you think you've been bitten by a bedbug, wash the bites with soap and water. Use calamine lotion, an anti-itch cream, or cool compresses to help with the itching. If it's really bad, ask your doctor if taking antihistamine pills or syrups may help. Bites clear up in 1-2 weeks.
Bedbug bites on their own don't cause infection. But scratching the bites can introduce bacteria and lead to skin infections like impetigo and, rarely, cellulitis. If you do get an infection from scratching bites, see your doctor.
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Bedbugs are tough to get rid of. Besides being difficult to spot, they can survive for several months without feeding. Avoid bringing them home by taking the time to inspect any guest quarters you stay in, especially public ones like hotels, motels, hostels, and cruise ships.
Although bedbugs can show up in the cleanest houses, it's still a good idea to keep your room neat and clutter free. That way if bedbugs do find a way into your room they won't have as many places to hide. Change your sheets once a week and vacuum regularly.
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Reds ownership and front-office personnel, including general manager Walt Jocketty, can probably take a day or two to enjoy the achievement of signing pitcher Homer Bailey. Then, it won't be long until they have to look ahead to the next deal, and the deal after that and so on.
Bailey, who was signed to a six-year, $105 million contract to avoid arbitration and delay his future free-agent status, is just one of five Cincinnati starting pitchers age 28 or younger. He will turn 28 on May 3.
"You take them one at a time," Jocketty said on Thursday after Bailey's deal was announced. "We had to make a decision on Homer now. We were actually working on it some over the offseason. It really came to a head the last few weeks as we came to the arbitration process. We'll take each one as they come and it gets to a critical point to make a decision."
After the 2014 season, No. 2 starter Mat Latos will have completed his two-year, $11.5 million contract and will be third-year arbitration-eligible like Bailey was this winter. That will put Latos a year away from free agency, and there's already speculation that Latos could command a contract that is well north of Bailey's. No. 4 starter Mike Leake, who signed a one-year, $5.925 million contract last month, will also be third-year arbitration-eligible after this season.
Ace Johnny Cueto is headed into the final guaranteed season of his four-year, $27 million contract. Cueto, 28, has a $10 million club option for 2015 that carries an $800,000 buyout.
With the expense of Bailey's signing, Jocketty acknowledged the difficulty in retaining all of his starting pitchers.
"It's going to be tough," Jocketty said. "We thought looking at how Homer has improved, how he's grown the last few years, you look at him trending upwards. He's still very young and durable. He has the type of temperament and mentality to anchor this staff."
Reds president and CEO Bob Castellini noted that there are challenges to remain contenders each season.
"Nobody has a crystal ball. Anything can change in anybody's business," Castellini said. "In this sector especially, we're prone to changes. People don't have crystal balls in any business, but what we have is the optimism. We have sponsors that have been terrific, we've tripled our sponsorship as far as number of sponsors in just nine years. We've taken our radio affiliation and increased that by almost 2 1/2 times in nine years. These are people that really care about our franchise."
There will be another wave of pitchers coming up through the organization to potentially keep the window of contending open. Lefty Tony Cingrani, who was a rookie last season, is under club control for another five seasons. The organization's top prospect, right-hander Robert Stephenson, reached Double-A last season, as did Michael Lorenzen, who was the 38th overall selection in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. Nick Travieso, the 2012 first-round pick, was in Class A Dayton last season.
There are few Reds players now locked up in long-term contracts, the biggest being Joey Votto's 10-year, $225 million contract through 2023. Brandon Phillips (six years, $72.5 million) is signed through 2017, and Jay Bruce (six years, $51 million) is signed through 2016.
The Reds had to be creative with Bailey's contract by deferring large amounts each season until November. It's also heavily backloaded and includes a $25 million mutual option for the 2020 season that carries a $5 million buyout.
In the past, the club has deferred salary to future years in deals with the likes of pitcher Bronson Arroyo.
"We've got some other young pitchers who are quality guys," Jocketty said. "When their time comes, we'll evaluate where we are financially and see what we can do with them."


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David Robinson, a data scientist at Stack Overflow,set out to see where Donald Trump's tweets are coming from, NBC News reported.
He determined that the angriest tweets from Trump's official Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, were sent from an Android device — while more moderated messages that focused on events and campaign strategy were sent by an iPhone.
Members of the Republican nominee's campaign staff are known to use iPhones. However, Trump uses a Samsung Galaxy, having sworn off Apple after that company's battle with the FBI over unlocking the phone of one of the San Bernadino attackers.
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Tweets from the Android phone were mostly sent in the morning and included emotionally charged words such as "badly," "crazy," "weak," and "dumb."The iPhone tweets come in the afternoon and early evening and include messages heavy with campaign hashtags, such as #trumptrain or #makeamericagreatagain.


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Equity futures are down this morning, below is a 30 minute snapshot of the DOW on the left and 5 minute S&P on the right with the overnight:
The dollar and bonds are both much higher, oil and gold are lower.
The Monster Employment Index for January fell from 115 to 114. The weekly Jobless Claims came in at 480,000, much higher than the forecast of 455,000, and up 10k from last week. This is a horrid number after this much time, once again showing that the effects of debt saturation and the craziness of the attempts to force more debt into the system:
Layoffs appear to have picked up through January judging by disappointing jobless data. Initial claims in the Jan. 30 week rose 8,000 to 480,00 with the prior week revised 2,000 higher to 472,000. Importantly, the Labor Department said there are no special factors in the latest week. The four-week average rose for the third straight week, up 11,750 to 468,750. The average hit a low of 440,750 in early January before the run higher. A month-to-month comparison of the four-week average against December shows little change. Equities and commodities fell in immediate reaction to the data.
Continuing claims rose 2,000 to 4.602 million in data for the Jan. 23 week. The four-week average fell 51,000 to 4.618 million. The unemployment rate for insured workers is unchanged at 3.5 percent. The change in continuing claims, a mix of new hiring and the expiration of benefits, is harder to read than the change in initial claims. In data for the Jan. 16 week, 281,442 filed emergency unemployment compensation claims bringing the total to 5.632 million. Extended benefit claims fell 39,1239 to 222,833.
Getting close to a broken trend line on that chart? Hmmm, a,b,c…
And still related to the labor statistics, Productivity numbers are out and it's yet another "miracle" jump in productivity as more people hit the street, yet more inventory is bought and shipped in from overseas??? Huh? Yes, that's what I said, I am raising the B.S. flag on this productivity number as well. Sorry, the GDP report was false, and now you are seeing those false numbers affect the productivity numbers in yet another example of bad data rippling through the economy and giving the pundits some more bad data with which to overestimate the condition and health of our economy. This report is nonsense. However, note the drop in labor costs…
HighlightsRevisions for 2009? Oh dear followers of the Economic Edge, you are going to love this one. For how long have we been talking about false numbers and bad statistics? To my surprise I load up CNN and see a headline with the words "The Great Recession" (still can't call it a depression) and read the following:
With the earlier announced surge in fourth quarter real GDP, today's outstanding productivity report should not be much of a surprise. An output jump led to a fourth quarter spike in productivity and drop in unit labor costs. The initial estimate for fourth quarter nonfarm production came in at a strong 6.2 percent annualized boost, following a revised fourth quarter 7.2 percent gain. The latest productivity number marginally beat the market forecast for a 7.0 percent increase. Unit labor costs declined again, dropping an annualized 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter, following a revised 1.5 percent dip the prior quarter. The consensus expectation called for a 3.8 percent decrease in costs.
The fourth quarter boost in productivity reflected a 7.2 percent surge in output, following a 2.2 percent gain the prior quarter. Hours worked actually rebounded a modest 1.0 percent after a 4.7 percent annualized drop in the third quarter. Compensation cost inflation is easing as compensation rose only 1.5 percent, following a 5.5 percent boost in the third quarter.
Year-on-year, productivity improved to up 5.1 percent in the fourth quarter from 3.8 percent in the third quarter. Year-ago unit labor costs decreased to minus 2.8 percent from down 1.2 percent in the prior quarter.
The latest productivity and costs report is good for near-term corporate profits. However, they come at the expense of a continuation of a lack of hiring. Analysts will be lowering their expectations of recovery in the labor market. Equity futures dipped on the news. Also, a rise in initial jobless claims weighed on stock futures.
Next up for an update on the labor market is tomorrow's employment situation report for January which will include benchmark revisions. We could see sharp downward revisions to 2009 if the Labor Department overestimated the impact of net growth of business establishments.
Nice job, mainstream, only about two years behind the curve. Think you'll be reading about how DEBT SATURATION is the root cause two years from now? Hey, you never know, it's going to be sooner than that if the Swarms are half as successful as I think they will bee.
Poof: Another 800,000 jobs disappear
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As bad as the government's jobs readings numbers have been during the Great Recession, we'll soon find out the real situation likely was worse.
Much worse.
Job losses during the recession may have been underestimated by close to a million jobs. So instead of employers cutting just over 7 million jobs from their payrolls since the economic downturn began in December 2007, it's expected that the Labor Department's new estimate will be a loss of 8 million jobs.
"It's an enormous understatement of the severity of the crisis," said Heidi Shierholz, labor economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a union-supported think tank. "It confirms that things were actually worse on the ground than what the reports suggested."
The new reading will come when the economists at the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics release their annual revision of U.S. payrolls from April 2008 through March of 2009 Friday, using data that wasn't available as the monthly readings were being estimated and reported.
Typically the revision results in only a slight change in the previous estimate -- about 0.1% to 0.2% of the total number of jobs. But there was nothing typical about the twelve month stretch that ended last March.
That period included the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the seizing up of financial markets and the U.S. economy toppling close to the brink of another depression.
Battle brews over hourly jobs
The government's current readings show that 4.8 million jobs were lost in those twelve months, more than twice the jobs lost during any comparable April-March period going back to 1939, when the numbers first started to be compiled.
But the department has already given a preliminary look at this Friday's revision, and it says it believes it will show 824,000 fewer workers on payrolls than the current estimates. That would be the biggest downward revision in the 30 years for which comparisons of those adjustments is possible.
"There's certainly a disconnect between economists like myself who say the recession ended in May or June and the person on the street who says the recession hasn't ended," said John Canally, economist LPL Financial. "This report is only going to widen that gap."
Canally said the big revision is one reason that it's difficult to estimate what Friday's report will show about the labor market in January, or how investors will react to the report.
Economists surveyed by Briefing.com are forecasting a net gain of 13,000 jobs in January, following a loss of 85,000 jobs in December. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 10%.
Economists say it shouldn't be a surprise that there is such a big revision this time, given the severity of the economic downturn.
"Most of the time it's reasonably accurate. But when there are very sharp changes in the economy, they tend to miss and it becomes a big problem," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
The problem is that BLS models appear to have grossly overestimated the number of new businesses that opened during the recession.
The payroll number is created through a monthly survey of employers, but that survey misses employers who start a business during the course of the year, as well as those who have gone out of business.
So every month BLS uses what is known as a birth-death adjustment to estimate the number of jobs created or lost from that turnover in business.
During the April 2008-March 2009 period, that adjustment added jobs to the overall payroll number in 11 of the 12 months, resulting in a net gain of 717,000 jobs.
"When the numbers were coming out, the idea that we had a significant number of businesses being created didn't make sense," said Baker.
There is a concern that this problem didn't end in March of 2009. In fact, the adjustment added even more jobs -- 990,000 -- in the nine months reported since then.
So another big revision in the payroll numbers could be looming a year from now. That means this Friday's report should give pause to anyone who is depending on the official numbers to signal real improvement in the economy.
Here's a little beauty that friend, Don, sent me in a chain email. This one is different in that it was attached to a Wall Street Journal article:
Obama Underwrites Offshore DrillingSo, the U.S. is going to lend a Brazilian oil company $2 Billion dollars. Let's just stop right there… what gives our politicians the right to lend money to foreign companies? Where does it say that's okay in our rule of law? Okay, but let's follow the money trail a little here. It turns out that the largest stockholder in Petrobras is American George Soros, who was one of President Obama's most generous financial supporters during his campaign. Now there's change you can believe in!
Too bad it's not in U.S. waters.
You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil.
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil's Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank tells us it has issued a "preliminary commitment" letter to Petrobras in the amount of $2 billion and has discussed with Brazil the possibility of increasing that amount. Ex-Im Bank says it has not decided whether the money will come in the form of a direct loan or loan guarantees. Either way, this corporate foreign aid may strike some readers as odd, given that the U.S. Treasury seems desperate for cash and Petrobras is one of the largest corporations in the Americas.
But look on the bright side. If President Obama has embraced offshore drilling in Brazil, why not in the old U.S.A.? The land of the sorta free and the home of the heavily indebted has enormous offshore oil deposits, and last year ahead of the November elections, with gasoline at $4 a gallon, Congress let a ban on offshore drilling expire.
The Bush Administration's five-year plan (2007-2012) to open the outer continental shelf to oil exploration included new lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. But in 2007 environmentalists went to court to block drilling in Alaska and in April a federal court ruled in their favor. In May, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department was unsure whether that ruling applied only to Alaska or all offshore drilling. So it asked an appeals court for clarification. Late last month the court said the earlier decision applied only to Alaska, opening the way for the sale of leases in the Gulf. Mr. Salazar now says the sales will go forward on August 19.
This is progress, however slow. But it still doesn't allow the U.S. to explore in Alaska or along the East and West Coasts, which could be our equivalent of the Tupi oil fields, which are set to make Brazil a leading oil exporter. Americans are right to wonder why Mr. Obama is underwriting in Brazil what he won't allow at home.
Can you say "special interest?" I thought you could. Please, PLEASE, go to www.SwarmUSA.com and register for the Swarms, help enact Freedom's Vision which will secure our money, our freedom, our future! Or, for those having a difficult time following it all, "It's the DEBT, stupid!"
Speaking of debt, it appears that the E.U. has agreed to backstop Greece. But now Spain and Portugal are in the spotlight, each are riddled with more debt than they can ever hope to repay. You can just see the debt saturation and the waves of damage rippling around the globe. Monetary reform IS COMING. Let's get out there and take the money power back from the greedy and crazies who are destabilizing the world.
Where are the markets now? Right back on the 1,080 support level, eating away at support. This move looks like the wave (b) we've been expecting. It should find support above the previous low and then bounce upwards in wave (c) which should be over by next week. The setup? I think the jobs report tomorrow may do it. The CNN article today is the setup to expect horrid, it won't be so bad and wave (c) may begin off this level later today or tomorrow. If not, then there's always another Monday ramp job to kick it off.
The other, more bearish, alternative is that wave 2 is already complete, the a,b,c having already happened. I doubt that, but it's possible. We would know if the markets break the prior low. On this 30 minute chart of the SPX just after the open you can see that we made a perfect 38.2% retrace and are now falling away:
It would be quite bearish if we do make a new low here...
Beware the beautiful woman from the IMF who is bearing the gift of DEBT. If she appears at your nation's door, be sure to tell her NO!
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Start View the topo on the photograph. The route traverses in from the right and the start is marked with a cairn.
- Pitch 1 : (19) 50m Climb the crack just left of Fine Time to a ledge system and then continue up left up the parallel cracks to a ledge system. Move a few metres to left and climb the easy right facing corner to stance on large blocks below the huge recess above.
- Pitch 2 : (19) 50m Climb the short orange/red corner on the right carefully to place good gear and continue straight up 4 or 5m. Step left to above your belay and climb the white-grey recess to a ledge. Move a little left and diagonal across a small orange face and climb carefully past the blocks and dodgy looking flake. Lay-backing works well here and there is a slot up right for your right hand. That way you can completely avoid using the flake. Continue up to a ledge and continue straight up the next groove to the next large ledge. Walk left past the large blocks and climb up to the dassie ledge. There are various options to reach this ledge. The straighter version is more like 20 and you can walk further left to an easy corner.
- Pitch 3 : (20) 35m Move your belay left 5m or so and climb the grotty looking recess. Step up and place the gold camelot or equivalent. Straddle carefully for 3/4m to find gear. Do not continue up right up the recess: this is Fine Time. Rather step left into the steep left facing corner and continue up to easier rock to stand on a grey pillar on the right. Place good gear high up and lay-back steeply up to the right to a ledge shared with Fine Time.
- Pitch 4 (22) 30m Climb straight up the gray face tending slightly right. At the rail move left to below the obvious left facing dihedral. Climb this and belay below the roof in a semi-hanging stance under the roof. Shady if the sun has got to you.
- Pitch 5 : There are two options:
(19) 30m "Less Time". Rail left and climb the recess to easier rock to the top.
(23/4) 12m "Extra Time". Rail out right and crank through the roof and continue up a few metres to a semi-hanging stance. You can combine the next pitch but communication is then poor and your second may end up prussiking if he/she falls off.
- Pitch 6 (19) 22m. Move right and climb the left facing corner. Move back left and find your way to the top.
FA Less Time: C Edelstein, Deon Van Zyl February 2014 except Pitch 1 FA Extra Time including pitch 1: C Edelstein and Richard Halsey 12 March 2014 FFA Extra Time C Edelstein and Willem Le Roux 15 March 2014
(See Topo on photograph of Divine Time which is also on the WIKI)
Descent is an elegant and relatively safe 4 or 5 abseils. 60m ropes are recommended.
Walk horizontally 60m over blocks then bushes past the gulley and then blocks to find a thread below.
- 1. Abseil about 15m to a large ledge.
- 2. Look around at the back of the ledge and find a threaded rap point and biner. Abseil 40m or so and you find a point over a horn kept in place by a rock. It is easier to pull the rope from here.
- 3. There is another sling point over a horn about 20m lower and a bit to the left. (You can combine abseil 2 and 3 but pulling the rope down is then quite strenuous. What works well is if the first person to descend stays at the first sling point and then sorts out the rope which is usually twisted. Then the rest of the party can combine abseil 2 and 3. And then while they sort out the next point the person who abseiled first can come down on one of the ropes.
- 4. Abseil about 40m to an obvious ledge system and look to the left past a bush for a threaded rap point with a leaver biner .
- 5. Abseil about 40m to the ground.
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DEAR ABBY: I was raised that a person's birthday is his or her day to do whatever he or she wants, but my wishes are being ignored by a close friend I'll call Wade.
For the last 10 years I have ignored my birthday and tried to avoid all celebrations. I'll take a vacation alone and have a great time. My family understands how I feel and gives me no grief.
I met Wade five years ago. He's a co-worker who has become a good friend. Wade has made it his goal in life to make me celebrate my birthday. I have tried being nice about the presents and even a surprise birthday party one year, but I really prefer to be left alone. I never told him my birth date. He had access to HR records and found out on his own.
He says I am "rude" for not letting him celebrate my birthday. Other than this issue, he's a great guy. Advice, Abby? -- NON-OBSERVANT IN FLORIDA
DEAR NON-OBSERVANT: Wade may be a "great guy," but he appears to be insensitive when it comes to respecting the feelings of others. Before your next birthday, "remind" him that you prefer not to celebrate or acknowledge it. A good friend should listen and respect the other person's wishes instead of trying to impose his or her will, and don't be shy about saying so.
DEAR ABBY: I am one of four sisters. Two of my sisters, their husbands and I want to plan a trip to Italy. We do not want to include our fourth sister and her husband. None of us like him or can forgive how he abused her in the past. For her sake, we tolerate him at family gatherings and holidays, but none of us want to be with him for an extended period. We also don't think his health would allow him to do a lot of the things we want to do on this vacation.
How do we plan this trip while excluding our sister and her husband without hurting her feelings or causing a big family blowup? Should we just not mention it? Or should we tell her she's invited but not her husband? Please advise. -- SIS IN A PICKLE
DEAR SIS: Secrets like this have a way of getting out. It might be a slip of the tongue by one of your sisters or their husbands, or some other relative who knows about the trip.
Surely your sister knows how you all feel about her husband, so it won't be a shock if you tell her she is invited but he is not. Under the circumstances I doubt if she will join you, and there will probably be hurt feelings. But sneaking this past her would be like trying to smuggle dawn past a rooster, and I don't think it would be long before she finds out anyway.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.