text: "The '#1 Superfood' That Americans Are Missing Out On" It's highly prized in other parts of the world, but sadly not here… Find out why AARP named this a '#1 Superfood' and why you may be missing out on one of the most astonishing health-supporting foods in existence.* If you eat as the average American eats, you're likely missing out on one of Nature's greatest sources of extraordinary nutrients. And what's that? Algae. The single-celled microalgae that thrives on sunshine and fresh water. Different varieties of algae grace the tables of many countries, especially Japan, whose people consume more of it than anyone else in the world. For good reason, too. Scientists hail its many purported benefits for total body health.* Sadly, algae remain conspicuously off the plate in American homes. Taste, odor, appearance… for many possible reasons… people in the U.S. and other westernized countries are truly missing out on one of Nature's top sources for important nutrients. But, as you'll soon see, that's about to change… Spirulina Named a '#1 Superfood'* The superfood that supports a healthy, active lifestyle* There are over forty thousand different varieties of these single-celled organisms, but one has consistently stood above the crowd during the last forty years for its spectacular nutrient content. This acclaimed "superfood" is spirulina. Spirulina is a variety of fresh water blue-green algae similar in makeup to sea vegetables such as dulse, kelp, nori, kombu, arame, wakame, and chlorella. However, compared to other sea vegetables, spirulina has been shown to be more easily digestible and have greater nutrient bioavailability. Having gained international attention and the focus of extensive research, the AARP labeled spirulina as a #1 superfood in its September 2005 issue. What's more, because of its rich nutrient content and highly available, abundant protein, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization identified it as a potential tool in the fight against widespread malnutrition. Spirulina - In My Opinion, Nature's Nearly 'Perfect' Whole Food Deep blue-green spirulina provides complete, digestible protein along with other important phytonutrients. Simply stated, containing up to 70 percent protein by weight and with all of the essential amino acids, the quality of spirulina's protein rivals that of the best protein sources. This even includes milk, eggs, and beef. However, one must consider the dosing since spirulina is typically used in much smaller levels than these proteins. It typically is considered a supplement and not a protein replacement. What's more, spirulina is one of the highest, most digestible sources of "complete" protein. A complete protein contains all essential amino acids. Spirulina contains other important phytonutrients, too: Carotenoids Essential fatty acids, including hard-to-find gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) for your heart and joint health* Minerals such as iron, magnesium, calcium, selenium, and zinc Sulpholipids and the antioxidant enzyme Superoxide dismutase (SOD) all of which are in a bio-available form And that's not all… Deep Within Spirulina's Rich Blue-Green Color Lies a Rainbow of Health-Supporting Pigments* Within spirulina's deep, dark color lies an impressive array of natural pigments. Green from chlorophyll… blue from phycocyanin… and orange from carotenoids… all collecting and passing along the sun's energy and supporting your healthy, normal growth.* In fact, spirulina is one of the highest sources for phytopigments like phycocyanin, beta-carotene, zeaxanthin and other plant pigments. One of the richest beta-carotene foods in existence, spirulina's ten mixed carotenoids, including orange carotenes, alpha, beta, gamma, and yellow xanthophylls, work within your body.* Research suggests spirulina's potential benefits for promoting total body health, including… Promoting normal immune response* Promoting optimal gastrointestinal flora* Supporting optimal digestion* Helping to maintain normal blood pressure levels that are already within the normal range* Helping to maintain normal blood sugar levels that are already within the normal range* Promoting increased seasonal comfort* Supporting heavy metal detoxification* Promoting optimal cardiovascular health* Supporting normal immune system activity* Curbing hunger and promoting a feeling of increased energy* Of all the phytopigments found in spirulina, there is one in particular generating much interest among scientists… The Unique Pigment Found Only in Spirulina… Spirulina is especially recognized among scientists for its phycocyanin content, the vibrant phytopigment that gives spirulina its natural bluish tint. Studies show that phycocyanin may have multiple health benefits, including support of brain and heart health, protection against oxidative stress, and the promotion of a healthy immune system.* In mammals, phycocyanin converts to phycocyanorubin, an antioxidant very close in structure to bilirubin. Why is this important? Evidence suggests bilirubin can protect tissues against free radical-caused oxidative damage.* In fact, slightly elevated bilirubin blood levels have been linked to normal healthy cardiovascular function.* Phycocyanin is found only in spirulina. And it's plentiful, too – phycocyanin makes up about 16 percent of spirulina's total weight. Plus, phycocyanin may play a major role in stem cell regeneration, especially in bone marrow and blood cells.* Phycocyanin supports the creation of the red blood cells that oxygenate your body and the white blood cells that make up your cellular immune system.* What's more, scientists have discovered that the phycocyanin in spirulina supports white blood cell production.* Whole Food Nutrition When I do recommend a supplement, I believe it's important to use one derived from safe, whole foods. This helps ensure that you receive all of the cofactors and enzymes naturally found in the food along with the vitamins and minerals. With whole food supplements you're not getting isolated, lab-manufactured vitamins and minerals like those typically found in many supplements. Rather, you're receiving them as nature intended – as part of the entire food. Spirulina powder is readily available today, both online and in health food stores. Problem is, many people shun spirulina because of its strong algae scent and taste. Commonly added to smoothies and green drinks, the taste of spirulina is difficult to mask. You either love it or you don't… Another option is to include generous quantities of sea vegetables such as kombu, kelp, arame, dulse, kelp, nori, or wakame in your everyday diet, just like 95 percent of the Japanese population. Warning: Spirulina and Nutrient-Rich Sea Vegetables Aren't Always Good for Your Health Be sure to avoid any spirulina or sea vegetables grown in areas subject to radiation fallout. As healthy as spirulina, kelp, and other sea vegetables may be, here's a word of caution if you do include them in your diet now... Just as eating some fish can negatively impact your health because of heavy metal and chemical contamination, most sea vegetables and many natural sources of spirulina are now contaminated as well. Plus, many sea vegetables have been found to contain bromine instead of iodine. And since the Fukushima nuclear incident, I recommend that you avoid any sea vegetables, including spirulina and kelp, from Japan and nearby waters harvested after March 1, 2011 as they may be contaminated with radiation. If you can be certain the sea vegetables you choose to eat are toxin- and radiation-free, I believe this is the ideal way to obtain the important whole food nutrients you need.* However, if you're like most Americans and other Westerners, I'm guessing that sea vegetables are not likely to fill your plate on a daily basis anytime soon… For that reason, I am now recommending that you include a supplemental source of spirulina in your diet every day for that added measure of nutrition.* But be careful, freshwater algae like spirulina can contain high levels of microcystins, toxins that can damage your liver and brain. Microcystins have the potential to be produced in large quantities during algae blooms, so it's important that spirulina be grown in a clean, controlled environment and independently tested for safety. Since Not All Sources Can Be Trusted… How Do You Find a Spirulina That's Nutritious and Safe? There's no shortage of spirulina products in the marketplace. How do you know which is high in important nutrients? And which one you'd feel comfortable taking yourself and giving to your family? When choosing a spirulina supplement, here are some of the important nutrients that I believe you should look for… Total carotenoids Phycocyanin Zeaxanthin Chlorophyll Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) To safeguard you and your family, I recommend that you make sure your source is organic and has independent third party lab verification that the spirulina is both toxin- and radiation-free and contains iodine and not bromine. Know your source. Some less-than-optimal brands add animal wastes to deceptively boost protein levels. Insist on vegetarian organic nutrients in your spirulina supplement. We Searched for a Long Time... And We Finally Found What I Believe Is the Best Source of Spirulina The source of our organic Spirulina is SpiruZan™ from Oonaiyur, a remote area far away from polluting industry. Not until now have we found a spirulina that I can fully trust and recommend to you. This organic spirulina comes to us from a leading manufacturer of high-quality plant-based nutritional products and ingredients. I'm pleased to say that they've been producing spirulina for over 30 years and have conducted more than 25 in vitro and in vivo studies on their product on both humans and animals. Our Chief Research Scientist has visited the ponds where the spirulina is grown, located twenty miles away from the historic town of Pudukottai in South India. The place is called Oonaiyur, a quiet, pristine stretch of land far away from any polluting industrial or agricultural activity. Free from ground water contamination, and far away from pesticide, herbicide, and synthetic fertilizer use, our spirulina microalgae is grown across this vast hundred and thirty acres of land. The ponds where the spirulina is grown are incredibly clean and well-maintained, as is the processing and extraction equipment used. The facility is organic certified by European 3rd party assessors, which comply with the USDA National Organic Program Standards. This unwavering commitment to maintaining a pristine environment ensures our organic spirulina is... Low in heavy metals, yeast and mold. Grown without Chilean nitrate, manure or synthetic minerals. Non-GE (genetically engineered) and non-irradiated. Produced without herbicides, pesticides, gluten and harsh chemicals. Grown with only natural herbal fertilizers and pure, artesian groundwater. Third-party tested to ensure it's free of 15 different common microcystins, including ß-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). As a further plus, the manufacturing practices and usage of pure vegetarian organic nutrients help minimize contamination from toxic heavy metals. Each batch of our spirulina is tested to ensure consistent quality and nearly undetectable heavy metal content. Our spirulina manufacturer also takes care to ensure that the conditions in the pools are not suitable for mycrocystins. You can rest assured that these dangerous toxins are never present in our product. Along with using an allergy-free, organic facility for manufacturing this product, there's science and superior world-class manufacturing practices behind it, too. When the '#1 Superfood' Meets the 'King of the Antioxidants'… Spiru-Blue Emerges Born white, flamingos develop their vibrant glow once they start eating their astaxanthin-rich diet. As near-perfect as spirulina may be, it does lack one key carotenoid. That missing carotenoid is astaxanthin. Now, if you've been visiting my site lately, you'll quickly recognize that hard-to-spell word. It happens to be one of the most powerful antioxidants discovered to date.* In fact, it's considered the "King" of the carotenoid antioxidants by many who have studied it. So, it only stands to reason… why not make a near-perfect food even more perfect by adding the "king of the antioxidants"?* To make our remarkable combination product called Spiru-Blue, our manufacturer combines certified organic spirulina with a very special form of astaxanthin. Just in case you're not familiar with astaxanthin, I'll give you a quick review of its amazing benefits… Simply, astaxanthin is what puts the rosy glow in flamingos and the scarlet coloring in lobsters, shrimp, and krill. Born white, these animals and crustaceans gain their brilliant color after feeding on microalgae, the source of the red pigment astaxanthin. Neither animals nor humans can produce their own astaxanthin, so the only way to get it is to eat something in the food chain of the microalgae itself. How Astaxanthin Supports Your Health* Truly the "King" of the carotenoids, astaxanthin's ability to scavenge free radicals in your body* is up to… 550 times more powerful than vitamin E 65 times more powerful than vitamin C 54 times more powerful than beta-carotene 5 times more powerful than lutein It does this by quenching a molecule called singlet oxygen - a harmful reactive oxygen species formed through normal biological processes occurring in your body.* Singlet oxygen possesses a high amount of excess energy that must be released to keep it from damaging other cells. Astaxanthin absorbs this energy and dissipates it as heat, thereby returning the singlet oxygen to a grounded state.* There's another way, too, that astaxanthin helps to protect cells, organs and tissues against oxidative damage from free radicals.* It traps free radicals at both ends of the molecule.* Once captured, the potentially harmful free radicals pass into cellular fluids where they become neutralized by vitamin C. In this way, astaxanthin is sometimes considered a 'booster' for other antioxidants like vitamins A, C and E.* What's more, astaxanthin can't act as a potentially detrimental "pro-oxidant" like some of the other carotenoids such as beta-carotene, lycopene, and zeaxanthin. Support your joint health, flexibility, and mobility* Support a healthy immune response* Support your central nervous system* Support your cardiovascular system* Support your brain and eye health due to its unique ability to cross blood-brain and blood-retina barriers* Especially because we face so many stressors in our everyday lives, I now believe astaxanthin has an important role in everyone's daily regimen.* What, in My Opinion, Makes Our Astaxanthin Stand Shoulders Above Some Other Astaxanthin Supplements? You've just seen how powerful astaxanthin is - and how much more of an antioxidant punch it packs than other antioxidants. But the Zanthin® brand of astaxanthin complex found in our Spiru-Blue delivers a high-quality extract with scientifically supported activity. It's even patented for use in eye health formulas.* As you can see in the ORAC table below, Zanthin® astaxanthin delivers over THREE times the free radical scavenging activity as synthetic astaxanthin, the form commonly found in other supplements.* So why is this form of astaxanthin more effective at protecting your body against free radicals?* The DeepExtract™ Process Delivers More of Nature's Bounty The Zanthin® brand of astaxanthin is manufactured from the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis, nature's most plentiful source yet discovered. In its natural environment, the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis produces astaxanthin as a protective measure when its water supply dries up. During processing, once the tough cell wall of the microalgae is cracked open, the astaxanthin is highly unstable and must be extracted immediately. Our manufacturer uses a proprietary extraction process that yields a stabilized and standardized 7% oleoresin containing: 85-90% astaxanthin 2% lutein 2% carotene 6% other carotenoids Unlike other processing methods that use toxic chemicals to extract the astaxanthin, our manufacturer's proprietary DeepExtract™ supercritical CO2 process yields a product that's more natural, and safer too, for you and the environment. DeepExtract™ offers gentle treatment of high-quality astaxanthin at much lower temperatures than those used in expeller press and certain chemical solvent extraction operations. And it's done in the absence of oxygen – which reduces degradation and chemical changes in the product. Plus, they use a special O2B™ Peroxidation Blocker stabilization technology to help ensure long-term stability and antioxidant activity of the pigments. All this means it stays fresher on your shelf – up to 24 months! So, with Spiru-Blue, you receive 300 mcg per dose (75 mcg per pill) of high quality astaxanthin that's: Untouched by chemical solvents Free of impurities and residues No genetically engineered ingredients Stable, fresh, and long-lasting When I recommend an astaxanthin supplement, I want to know that it's not only a natural product, but it actually delivers the benefits promised. I have 100 percent confidence that this exceptional astaxanthin does that and more. Spiru-Blue - BLUE on the Outside and Green on the Inside… With a Pleasing Vanilla Taste and Smell, Too! Spirulina Pills Earlier I mentioned that many people shy away from spirulina and other algae foods because of their strong, often undesirable taste and odor. With Spiru-Blue, we've taken care of that. Not only did we solve the algae taste and smell dilemma, we boosted the phycocyanin content of each dose. Here's what you'll find in each Spiru-Blue tablet: A blue phycocyanin outer coating from organic spirulina, giving you an added boost to support brain and heart health, help protect against oxidative stress, and to promote a healthy immune system* Green on the inside from organic spirulina And best of all… a pleasing natural vanilla flavor and scent Sixteen percent of each cold-compressed tablet is natural phycocyanin without the use of artificial colors or titanium dioxide. And there are no fillers! And just to show you how unique our Spiru-Blue is… there is NO other product in existence with this special phycocyanin coating! And Now… Available ONLY from Mercola.com Don't Forget Your Pets… They deserve their own unique benefits from spirulina and astaxanthin, too. Healthy Pets SpiruGreen packs a one-two punch with the 'superfood' value of spirulina, including phycocyanin, plus the "King" of antioxidant power, astaxanthin, that have their own unique benefits in pets. Give your pets the goodness of SpiruGreen today! I believe Spiru-Blue represents such a significant milestone for supporting health that we've agreed to partner with the manufacturer to bring this complete "brain and body superfood" to the public.* And because of our exclusive online partnership, Spiru-Blue is available ONLY through Mercola.com! Just to recap, with Spiru-Blue, you get a combination of: Zanthin® astaxanthin complex, patented for eye health (U.S. Patent #5,527,533)* Organic spirulina from a toxin- and radiation-free remote location Nutritional benefits from phycocyanin, astaxanthin, and natural beta-carotene* Plus, it's perfect for those who don't like the taste of algae. The vanilla-flavored coating remains on the outside until it reaches your stomach! Spiru-Blue - Lifestyle Support for a Fast-Paced World Whether you're a vegetarian or meat eater, an athlete or a weekend warrior, a health-conscious baby boomer, or just watching your weight, there's something in Spiru-Blue for you.* The combination of spirulina and astaxanthin as a "brain and body superfood" may help provide… Brain health support* Oxidative stress support* Eye health support* Cardiovascular support* Immune function support* Support for a healthy immune response* Seasonal comfort support* Body cleansing support* You owe it to yourself – and your family – to give Spiru-Blue a try. I know you'll be impressed. But I urge you to order today. The word is already out about our exclusive agreement with the manufacturer and I'm expecting heavy demand for this extraordinary product. Place your order today so you don't miss out. A 3-month supply of Spiru-Blue is only $49.97 – which works out to just 56 cents per day. I believe that's a small price to pay for a truly unique combination of world-class nutrients – and the potential support they provide.* View Complete Content Best Selling! View Ingredients Spiru-Blue 30-Day Supply | 120 Tablets Per Bottle Only $0.67 per day Your Price: $19.97 Savings: $5.02 (20%) View Ingredients Fermented Chlorella 90 Servings | 450 Tablets Per Bottle Only $0.17 per serving Your Price: $14.97 Savings: $3.78 (20%) View Ingredients Spiru-Blue 90-Day Supply | 120 Tablets Per Bottle (3 Bottles) Only $0.56 per day Your Price: $49.97 Savings: $25.02 (33%) - View Ingredients ❯ Fermented Chlorella ❯ Spiru-Blue Spiru-Blue and Fermented Chlorella Pack 1 Bundle Includes: (3) Spiru-Blue (120 Tablets Per Bottle) (3) Fermented Chlorella (450 Tablets Per Bottle) Only $0.95 per day Your Price: $84.97 Savings: $21.28 (20%) × × Our products are subject to a Money Back Guarantee. If you are not satisfied with your purchase of this product, please see details below regarding our return policy guidelines. See our full return policy details PHONE ORDERS Toll Free: 877-985-2695 | Int'l Customers : 239-599-9500 MON - FRI (8am - 9pm EST) | SAT - SUN (9am - 6pm EST) Frequently Asked Questions Top 13 Frequently Asked Questions 1. Q: How is Spiru-Blue different from chlorella? A: Spiru-Blue is a combination of organic spirulina, Zanthin® natural astaxanthin complex, and blue phycocyanin from organic spirulina. Both spirulina and chlorella are forms of algae. However, the main difference between the two is spirulina does not possess the hard cell wall that makes chlorella resemble a plant more than algae. Spirulina is a "super food" that nourishes your body with its abundant protein, helps support your immune system, and maintains cholesterol and blood pressure levels that are already in the normal range.* Spirulina is especially recognized among scientists for its phycocyanin content, the brain, heart, and immune supporting phytopigment that gives spirulina its natural blue tint.* 2. Q: I've heard that sea vegetables may be contaminated and unsafe to eat. How can I be assured this spirulina is safe? A: You're wise to be careful, especially since the Fukushima nuclear incident has contaminated sea vegetables, including kelp and spirulina, in the Western Pacific waters surrounding Japan. Choose only organic sources that have independent third-party lab verification that the spirulina is both toxin- and radiation-free and contains iodine, and not bromine. The spirulina we use in Spiru-Blue comes from a pristine area in South India, far from pollution, ground water contamination, pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizer use. Our trusted supplier has been producing high-quality organic spirulina for over 30 years. 3. Q: How soon after I take this can I eat? A: Ideally, take spirulina 30 minutes before meals to allow your body optimal absorption of the nutrients without food in your stomach. Be sure to take each dose with at least 8 ounces of spring or filtered water, and drink extra water during the day. Spread your daily dose out over two or three times during the day for optimal benefits. 4. Q: I've heard spirulina has a really strong taste. Does this? A: With Spiru-Blue, we start with an inner core of spirulina, and coat it with a blue phycocyanin outer coating to help support your brain, immune, and heart health.* 5. Q: Can I crush up the tablet and take it in food or drink? A: You can crush the tablet and take it with food or drink. However, due to spirulina's characteristic taste, many people welcome the vanilla-flavored coating on the outside of each pill! 6. Q: What is the shelf life? A: The shelf life of Spiru-Blue is 2 years. 7. Q: How should Spiru-Blue be stored? A: Store Spiru-Blue in a cool, dry place away from direct light. Spiru-Blue can be refrigerated but it is not necessary. 8. Q: What is the age recommendation? A: Spiru-Blue is intended for ages 18 and over. 9. Q: Are there any medical conditions or medications that should not be used in conjunction with Spiru-Blue? A: There are no known contraindications. However, please contact your health care provider before taking this product. 10. Q: Is the product suitable for vegetarians and vegans? A: Spiru-Blue does not contain any animal byproducts; it is suitable for both vegetarians and vegans. 11. Q: How much spirulina is in each serving? A: There are 2 grams of spirulina per serving (4 tablets). 12. Q: What is the source of the natural vanilla flavoring? A: Vanilla beans. 13. Q: Does Spiru-Blue contain iodine? A: The spirulina in the Spiru-Blue is not grown in seawater and does not contain significant amounts of iodine.


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Ben Scrivens makes 59 saves, Oilers win third straight, 3-0 over Sharks
EDMONTON - When the Edmonton Oilers traded for Ben Scrivens on Jan. 16 they did so in hopes the Spruce Grove, Alta., native would solve their inconsistent goaltending problems.
The 27-year-old showed on Wednesday he may just be the solution. Scrivens stopped all 59 shots he faced to backstop the Oilers to a 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks. The win matched Edmonton's season-high three-game winning streak.
"Hats off to the goaltender, he was tremendous," said San Jose coach Todd McLellan. "Probably first, second and third star. If he wasn't he deserved it. Heck of a performance. In all my years in the league I don't think I've seen that. We attempted 100 shots on goal, that doesn't happen very often."
The 59-save shutout is an NHL record. The 59 shots tied the mark for the most ever given up by Edmonton and Scrivens' 59 saves were a team record. Previously Edmonton gave up 59 shots to the New York Rangers in 1993, winning that game 4-3.
The Oilers were outshot 20-7, 22-9 and 17-11 by periods as the Sharks, 7-3-0 in their previous 10 games, dominated play, territorially and by shots. But they couldn't beat Scrivens, who made his fourth start for the Oilers and won his second game. He went into the game with an 8-7-4 record, a 2.03 goals-against average and .930 save percentage.
He improved all three of those marks Wednesday.
"I was seeing the puck well," he said afterwards. "We got extremely lucky with a couple of posts in the second.
"I had an awful, awful warm-up, it was an inauspicious start to it," he added. "It's one of those things where you try not to look at the forest while you're in the trees. You try to focus on the process and give yourself a chance to make that save and when the puck drops again, you try to focus on the next one and don't try to get too far ahead of yourself."
Other than Scrivens the team effort was spotty at best.
"That's how I thought our skaters were playing the game; they were watching Ben play," said Oilers coach Dallas Eakins who wasn't particularly happy despite the win. "It was an incredible thing to watch, I've never seen that before. I'm so happy for Ben and proud of him and then you're mad at the same time."
The Oilers capitalized on San Jose mistakes to get the win they didn't really deserve.
Defenceman Justin Schultz in the first period and Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle in the third scored the Edmonton goals. Schultz scored on a shot from the blue line that defected off a San Jose player in front of goaltender Antti Niemi. Hall buried a shot just under the crossbar to finish off a two-on-one break with Eberle six minutes into the third and he assisted on Eberle's goal in the final two minutes.
The story was all Scrivens, who got a well-deserved standing ovation late in the second period and several more in the third. While the Sharks rattled two shots off the goalpost in the second period, Scrivens had them shaking their heads with some of his spectacular saves.
Among his best were point-blank stops off Patrick Marleau, Jason Demers twice, Bracken Kearns, Brent Burns and Tommy Wingels.
"Usually when you put 20 shots on goal in the first period you get one goal," said Wingels. "So at that point we knew we would have to keep going. We were saying get 20 more shots, get 20 more shots and you think that's a recipe for success. Unfortunately tonight it wasn't."
Hall said the Oilers skaters could sense towards the end of the first period that they were watching something special.
"Obviously you don't want to give up 59 shots, but sometimes a goalie has to stand on his head and that has to be one of the best performances by a goalie, I have ever seen."
The loss was San Jose's first to Edmonton this year after winning 3-1 and 5-1 in their previous two games.


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NEW ORLEANS – General Electric's chairman and CEO has given $500,000 from the company's philanthropic arm to the National World War II Museum and $250,000 to the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
After presenting money from the GE Foundation to the two nonprofits in a ceremony Tuesday at the museum, Jeff Immelt interviewed retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen James Everett Livingston, a Medal of Honor recipient. Livingston then answered questions from students at Sci Academy, a New Orleans charter school.
Museum president Nick Mueller said GE is sponsoring the museum's interactive "What Would You Do" exhibit. The foundation's grant supports its national character development curriculum, which uses the stories of living Medal of Honor recipients to inspire students and teach critical skills.
GE's shareholder meeting is scheduled Wednesday at the convention centre.


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The world's first supersonic stealth jumpjet, intended to replace the famous Harrier in British, US and other forces worldwide, has arrived at the American airbase where it will finally begin to flight-test its vertical-lift and hover capabilities.
Doors open - but nothing coming out until now.
The F-35 "Lightning II" B model will, like other versions of the same aircraft, offer supersonic performance and stealth technology - a combo so far offered in only one aircraft in the world, the famous F-22 Raptor ultrasuperfighter. But the F-35B, unlike its tailhook and normal-runway counterparts, is also equipped with a central lift fan mounted in a shaft through the fuselage and can swivel its jet exhaust downwards too.
This means that an armed and fuelled F-35B should be able to make a very short takeoff run to get airborne and then, having burned fuel and perhaps released weapons, make a vertical landing supported entrirely by engine thrust. This Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) capability has so far been offered in the Western-aligned world only by the famous Harrier, originally developed in Britain and now in service with the RAF, the Royal Navy and the US Marines.
STOVL means that an aircraft can operate from a cheaply-built carrier at sea, one without catapults or arrester wires, of the type used by and planned for the Royal Navy and US Marines. It also permits such a jet to operate from a quickly-improvised airstrip ashore, or in some cases from ordinary runways which are too damaged or run-down for conventional aeroplanes to use.
The first F-35B took to the air for the first time last year, with a British test pilot at the controls in recognition of the UK's involvement in the project (Rolls Royce make the lift machinery which attaches to the engine and may get to make some actual engines in future, and BAE make a fuselage section and other parts). This aircraft, "BF-1", should long ago have started trying out its vertical-thrust features in the air, but it has so far flown only as a normal runway aircraft. (Doors and lids have been opened in flight, and a successful ground hover-pit test was announced in April, but actual vertical thrust has not been used significantly in the air.)


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NFL fans in the 13 original colonies and beyond are still scratching their heads trying to figure out why the New England Patriots traded Randy Moss to the Vikings for just a third-round pick.
After all, Moss is still the Patriots' top receiver, and the Patriots play the Vikings in just over three weeks.
Mike Reiss at ESPN Boston did some digging and may have gotten to the heart of the matter. Reiss reports that Moss had an "outburst" arguing with an assistant coach during the Patriots 41-14 win over Miami Monday night.
Reportedly, Moss went all Christian Bale on Patriots quarterbacks coach Bill O'Brien because -- surprise! -- Moss felt too few passes were being thrown his direction.
O'Brien calls the plays for the Patriots' offense.
Reiss notes that players said there had been repeated friction between Moss and O'Brien in the past. O'Brien and Belichicik may have decided they were no longer playing by the Randy Rules.
"While I will keep private the details of internal conversations with players and staff, Belichick said in a statement, "suffice it to say that many things were taken into consideration before making the trade."


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Kobi Cook, 11, practices on the Perkins Brailler, which types the embossed braille alphabet, at the T.K. Martin Center on Mississippi State's campus Wednesday. Wingfield Bouchard, standing behind him, is president of the Mississippi Parents of Blind Children and will help facilitate a two-week BELL (Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning) program July 15-26 (weekdays only) at the center. Kobi is the son of Shannon Cook of Starkville, at right, and Derick Cook of Columbus. Photo by: Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
July 13, 2013 6:31:00 PM
"Look at you go, man. You're doing great!" said Wingfield Bouchard, encouraging 11-year-old Kobi Cook. Kobi is blind, but his long, tapered fingers tapped rapidly across the seven keys of the Perkins Brailler. With each stroke, the typewriter-like machine transferred raised dots of the Braille alphabet to a sheet of white paper, creating a tactile document. When the staccato rhythm ended, Kobi held up the sheet and beamed.
The third-grader will have even more to be proud of after he attends the BELL Summer Program weekdays July 15-26 at the T.K. Martin Center on Mississippi State University's campus. BELL stands for Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning.
The program is sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, in partnership with the National Federation of the Blind of Mississippi and the Mississippi Parents of Blind Children. Bouchard is president of the latter group.
The goal of the two-week program is to provide children 4 to 12, who are blind or have low vision, with a profound immersion in braille and non-visual learning through fun, hands-on instruction. Participants will increase their skills for reading and learn alternative techniques through arts and crafts, games and field trips. The aim is to spark an interest in children to learn braille, and to demonstrate its benefits to their parents.
"The reading and writing of braille is equivalent to the reading and writing of print for a sighted person," said Bouchard, who feels strongly that proficiency in braille -- the ABC alphabet translated to a tactile reading system of raised points --is imperative to the ultimate success of blind and low vision individuals in pursuing eduction, independent living and employment.
Some may think technological advancements in audio learning lessen the emphasis on braille.
"Braille is the written word for someone who is blind or has low vision," Bouchard stressed. "We wouldn't stop teaching a sighted child to read just because he could hear something on audio, would we?"
Living it
Bouchard's passion is fueled by the knowledge that about 85 percent of blind children are braille illiterate, according to a 2009 report by the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute. The BELL program was created to help combat those statistics and help youngsters get the necessary instruction so critical to their success.
"It's important to be exposed to braille young," Bouchard said. "We know that the earlier information is presented to the brain the easier it is absorbed."
It's personal
There is sometimes a perceived stigma attached to the word "blind" because of poor understanding among the general public about the how successful and independent affected individuals can be in society.
Bouchard knows. Her own son and daughter are blind. They each had early training in braille and graduated as seniors of distinction from Starkville public schools. Her son was the first blind member of the Mississippi Lions All-State Band. He now works with Blind Industries and Services of Maryland. Her daughter, who previously lived independently in Paris, has been accepted into a master's degree program at the Sorbonne there. Neither allowed blindness to hold them back.
Unfortunately, the unemployment rate among the blind population is 70 percent, Bouchard said. But of the 30 percent who are employed, 90 percent of those are braille literate.
"We just have to be willing to be objective and open to alternatives, and it has to come from families and educators," she stressed. "It's heartbreaking to me to see a low vision child struggling so hard to read print that their heads are almost on the book when I know how much their lives could be impacted if they learned to read braille."
Through organizations like the National Federation of the Blind, Bouchard and others hope work to educate the public and foster positive attitudes from and about anyone with low vision or blindness, while increasing braille proficiency and life skills.
Life changing skill
At "camp," as Kobi likes to call the upcoming BELL summer program he'll attend, he and other children will visit a grocery store, make lunches, work with clay, and touch, brush and ride horses. A world of skill-building and learning activities await. This friendly boy -- who loves school, blues and gospel, his church youth choir, pretending like he's a lion, taking piano lessons and his favorite TV shows, like "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" -- isn't so different from any other kid. He does, however, have to navigate the world around us in a different way. Braille helps him do that.
"Yes, ma'am, it's made a huge difference," declared his mother, Shannon Cook of Starkville. Kobi's early training was from an instructor who came to his home when he was a young child; it continued at the Mississippi School for the Blind in Jackson, where he was a resident for some time. Every advancement he makes in braille opens another window on the world.
"He loves to learn new things and read about other countries, especially Africa. And he wants to learn French," his mother shared. "I learn something new from him every day."
Bouchard and other advocates would love to see all blind and low vision children filled with that same enthusiasm for learning. They firmly believe the BELL summer program can help.
"We want to get past the negative and get to the positive," Bouchard emphasized. "We want to empower low vision and blind children and adults to be independent and positive. We want to change what it means to be blind."
Still time to participate
Even July 15 isn't too late to get involved in BELL. Bouchard invited parents to contact her at 662-769-2450, or Sara West at 662-574-3942, and visit the program being offered at the T.K. Martin Center at 326 Hardy Road on the MSU campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays for the next two weeks. There is no charge to participate.
A parent workshop will be held on the last day of the program, to offer families practical strategies to incorporate non-visual learning and braille into their children's daily lives.
Bouchard also encourages anyone interested in issues facing low vision and blind individuals to check out the Golden Triangle Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, which meets on second Thursdays at 5 p.m. at the T.K. Martin Center. Contact her for more information.
"I'm excited about camp," grinned Kobi at the end of his visit with Bouchard. He politely shook her hand before rising from his chair and reaching for his cane. "I start Monday, so I have to remember to go to bed early the night before. I can't wait."
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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May 3, 2006
Architects named to design two more towers at ground zero
By AMY WESTFELDT
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK -- Architects Lord Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki were named Wednesday to design two office towers that are next in line to begin construction at the World Trade Center site.
Rogers, the British architect who is designing an expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and Maki, who is designing a temporary United Nations headquarters, will design two of the three towers under developer Larry Silverstein's control at the trade center site.
In an elaborate renegotiation last week of Silverstein's lease to the destroyed trade center, Silverstein gave up rights to the symbolic, 1,776-foot Freedom Tower and another planned skyscraper to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre site.
He also agreed to change the order in which he would build the three most potentially lucrative towers on the site. Now, the tower that Rogers will design will be built first, then Maki's, then a third that Lord Norman Foster has been named to design. All three towers are scheduled to be finished by 2012.
"The selection of architects to produce inspirational designs for two of the remaining four towers is yet another sign that the World Trade Center rebuilding is proceeding swiftly and intelligently," Silverstein said in a statement.
The tower that Rogers will design, right next to a planned transit hub, will include 2 million square feet of office space. Maki's building will house 1.8 million square feet of office space, and each will include five floors of retail space at and above street level and in an underground concourse that links to the transit hub.
"It is a rare opportunity to have been appointed to design one of the new buildings on this key site in New York, and we are particularly delighted that we will be working in the heart of the city," said Rogers.
And Maki, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect from Japan, said: "This is undoubtedly the most highly anticipated redevelopment project of our time, and I am honored to have been selected to work on designing 150 Greenwich Street."
Both towers will have addresses on Greenwich Street, which is scheduled to be rebuilt in the 16-acre trade center site. Construction on both is scheduled to begin next year.
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.
Wow I cant wait! They both can make good looking towers (I hope)! Better than that Freedom Tower and 7WTC.
This is very good news! All along I was afraid Child's would be designing the other towers and was yet to be officially confirmed. There is still a possibility, as Silverstein's in house architect that he might try and take control of designs here as he had with the Freedom Tower. I am more excited about the Rogers Tower than the Maki one, not only will it rise first but Rogers is one of my favorite architects. Roger's is a tremendously underrated architect, pick up any monograph of his and you'll see what I'm talking about. In my opinion he's more consistent than Foster although Foster has created some more masterpieces.
I just checked out some of Maki's recent works and I'm not that thrilled by this news. They just seem too boxy for my tastes.
Yes I just check Maki website as well, and I don't seem to like most of the stuff there... I just though that since he was a 'Pritzker Prize-winning architect from Japan', he will have done amazing projects. But not really.
Has Maki ever build a tall office tower before? I can't find anything on that website yet. I got bored looking at it.
Something simple and understated might be exactly what's needed at this site. I have faith that Foster and Rogers will create impressive designs for Tower 2 and 3 respectively. Tower 4 is further away from the Freedom Tower and closer to the financial district, an understated design would help merge the WTC site with the rest of the financial district, something that was lacking with the original design of the WTC's Twin Towers. I for one think that 5 towers by starchitects with big-ego's, each one trying to out do the last would be a bad thing for the lower Manhattan skyline.
I-Land Tower in Yokohama is Maki's only hi-rise office. It does not inspire confidence.
In many ways tower 4 is the most important on the entire site. The majority of foot traffic into the complex come from the south east across Liberty Plaza. If there is an entrance into the underground there it will be the most heavily used without doubt. It juxtaposition with the park will also make it highly visible from the pedestrians view point acting as a gateway to the site.
I disagree.Originally Posted by STR
both look like crap IMO, Maki's projects look just dreadful.
Rogers, yes please. Maki, no thanks.
No love for Maki eh? Yeah tower 4 ain't all that. I don't think it was meant to be.


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Sometimes you just need that one thing to fill out a menu. And sometimes that one thing is bread.
It's so easy to fall back on rolls from the freezer or something that might be past its prime but can be freshened up by warming. Making bread on a weekday? Forget it. Too much trouble. Too much work. Too many ingredients . . . Wait. What if you could make bread with fewer ingredients than you can count on the fingers of one hand? If you have self-rising flour, you can make it even easier.
Quick bread that isn't sweet? That's . . . sweet.
Beer Bread
3 cups all-purpose flour (see note)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup shredded cheese, such as cheddar or a blend (optional)
1 (12-ounce) bottle of beer, or 1 1/2 cups beer
2 tablespoons butter (optional)
COAT an 8-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray, butter or shortening. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
COMBINE the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Stir in the cheese, if using. Add the beer and quickly stir together. Spread in the loaf pan, smoothing the top. Bake 1 hour, until golden on top and pulling away from the edges of the pan a little. Remove from oven. Place butter on top of the warm bread if desired, brushing quickly to coat the top.
SERVE warm.
NOTE: If you have self-rising flour, omit the baking powder and salt.
Friday, May 24, 2013
One Great . . . beer bread
Sometimes you just need that one thing to fill out a menu. And sometimes that one thing is bread.


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The 2011 Day of Archaeology marked the final day on site for the ADS Peatland Team after a six week season.
Despite a late night last night the full compliment of 18 were out at Killaderry Bog, Co Galway at 8am this morning to carry out the final sampling, recording and tracing of sites. Led by myself, Jane Whitaker, Peatlands Project Manager with support from a second site director Nicola Rohan and a fantastic team of experienced archaeologisst we excavated 20 trackways ranging in date from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period in three Bord na Mona Bogs in Co Galway.
Gowla Bog was first on the list and here our excavations were located within a small cluster of brushwood trackways, hurdles and platforms. A couple of different hurdle constructions were noted in very close proximity and as levels in the drained industrial bogs can be deceiving we will be relying on dating to assist us in untangling this particular spaghetti junction.
Some dates were already available to us following our fieldwalking survey a couple of years ago which is always a bonus when heading out on site.
Meanwhile, across the road in Killaderry Bog our team had been joined by 10 Field School students from the University of Florida and Prof Florin Curta. While bemused by the joys of a typical Irish 'summer' the students got stuck in and were let loose on the excavation of a plank, gravel and stone trackway dating to AD660-770.
This site is one of several that traverse the narrow neck of the bog. In this particular case the site runs alongside and in some places crosses over a substantial Bronze Age plank and roundwood trackway.
As noted above, todays work involved the final tracing and linking of the excavated sites. Re-cutting of the drains to facilitate the peat harvesting process and indeed the harvesting itself revealed additional sightings along trackways identified during our initial fieldwalking survey works. These were all cleaned, recorded and a GPS reading taken while other team members were furiously lifting, bagging and logging the final samples. Bord na Mona Project Archaeologist Charles Mount came out for a final visit.
All too soon it was time to count tools, load the jeeps with samples, bid farewell to the team and the ever patient staff in Bord na Mona and hit the road for the long dive home.
While we are all looking forward to scraping the last of the peat out of our fingernails, after thirteen seasons, 250 excavations and thousands of miles of Bord na Mona bogs walked we're still looking forward to the next season already!
Next task is to write up the preliminary reports, select samples for dating and patiently await the results from our paleo collegues from Reading University……..


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This is the last day at the 10th National Parks Service (NPS) Fort Vancouver Public Archaeology Field School based in Vancouver, Washington. Over the past 7 weeks the 18 students from Washington State University Vancouver, Portland State University and a few graduate students from all over the United States have come together to excavate a multicultural village, called Kanaka Village by the Americans due to the large Hawaiian population brought in by the English traders, that served to support the Hudson's Bay Company trading post on the Columbia River in the 1830s and 40s. We have been well trained in field techniques and methodology while investigating the purpose of a fenced-in open area in the middle of the village. We have also been interacting with the public on a daily basis. Interpretative training is a part of our curriculum and an essential part of our mission to raise awareness and foster public involvement in the history of the Columbia River and the Oregon-Washington coast. In addition to all this we have been attending regular lectures from visiting archaeologists on topics ranging from Saloon Archaeology to Fur Trade Archaeology in the Great Lakes region, and race and ethnicity in a constructed landscape in the American South.
The Hudson's Bay Company Village was built along side the fort in the late 1820s as a place for non-officers or ranking company officials to live. The population dwarfed the fort population at its smallest with around 250 inhabitants and could swell into the thousands during the brigade season. It was the most culturally diverse area of the Western coast of North America for a significant portion of the 19th century with workers being brought in from across the globe by the Hudson's Bay Company trading and interacting with over 30 distinct Native American tribes at a major trading hub along the Columbia River. Most of the historic record of this era concerns itself with the lives and dealings of the officers and officials of the company and their perspectives of the villagers. Almost nothing is known about the daily lives of the villagers that is not revealed to us through archaeology.
Each of our trenches were investigating a different aspect of the open area in the village and students were rotated from trench to trench and would hone their interpretive skills informing any visitors who came to see what we were finding. Many times we would learn more from the public than they did from us but this is part of the beauty of Public Archaeology, each party walks away with a new outlook on the site.
This last week in our field school has been spent working on survey techniques. We have been camping at the Yeon Property, a new Parks Service acquisition by the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on the Oregon Coast. New properties must be first archaeologically surveyed in order to identify any sites of significance in the area and to set up an archaeological baseline to protect and preserve any cultural resources on the property. We have been split into three groups of 5 or 6 each and over the past few days have rotated between digging 1m deep shovel probes at regular 30m intervals, conducting pedestrian surveys through the woods and sea grass to the ocean, and mapping the property with hand held GPS devices and today is no different. It will be sad to say goodbye to all of our new friends and the Fort and its Village which we've all come to know and love but this will be tempered by the knowledge that we got to participate in something special – a uniquely designed Public Archaeology endeavor that involves and educates the public and trains all of us students to enter the field as well-rounded professionals and future leaders in archaeology.
If you're ever in the Vancouver/Portland area please come and visit the Fort and experience part of the rich colonial and frontier history of the Hudson's Bay Company and US Army eras on the West coast of the Oregon Territory, you won't be disappointed. For more information about the field school, Fort Vancouver, or Kanaka Village, please visit our website.


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Vid SpaceX, the radical upstart startup rocket firm helmed by PayPal hecamillionaire and geek visionary Elon Musk, has announced a further successful trial of its hovering "Grasshopper" test vehicle.
According to the company:
On Thursday, March 7, 2013, SpaceX's Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet), hovering for approximately 34 seconds and landing safely using closed loop thrust vector and throttle control. Grasshopper touched down with its most accurate precision thus far on the centermost part of the launch pad. At touchdown, the thrust to weight ratio of the vehicle was greater than one, proving a key landing algorithm for Falcon 9.
The trial balancing-onna-roaring-jet-of-fire manoeuvre took place at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. The Grasshopper consists of a single Merlin rocket engine and a fuel tank from the company's Falcon 9 booster design (which normally has 9 engines, hence the name) plus a special landing undercarriage.
The special machine, referred to by Spacex as a Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) craft, is intended to help the firm develop its expertise in vertical-thrust landings using rockets. SpaceX intends initially to bring its "Dragon" space capsules in to land by rocket thrust, avoiding the inconvenience and damage resulting from parachute splashdowns offshore. It has then stated aspirations to bring back the first stages of its booster rockets to landing pads, allowing them to be reused rather than expensively thrown away into the ocean.
The day of the fully reusable orbital launch stack - with first stage and capsule both returning to precision vertical landings, and second stages perhaps carrying on to a useful career in space - may not arrive at once. When and if it does, however, the cost of space launch wil have been seriously cut - and SpaceX has already chopped it down quite severely.
The Grasshopper project is yet another of the company's activities which space enthusiasts would do well to keep an eye on. ®


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Distorted thinking (we should never have conflict; my spouse should meet all my needs) can lay "ruts" in your mind.
As pioneers headed West in their wagons, they tended to follow the same trails as those who had gone before them. Eventually, the soil became compressed and ruts appeared. These ruts wore so deep that they still exist today. Bob Brooke, "Oregon Trail: Wagon Tracks West," HistoryNet.com. In northeastern Oregon, you can actually walk out behind a museum and see the literal Oregon Trail.
Add a little mud to such deep ruts, and you can well imagine a covered wagon getting its wheels stuck, so immobilized that even a team of oxen or horses couldn't pull it out. We can guess it took a little shovel work – and a lot of manhandling – to get back on the trail again.
Or if you've ever gotten stuck in deep snow, spinning your wheels, needing a push or some traction – you know how difficult it can be to pull out.
Marriage ruts can be the same. When you and your spouse disagree . . . or get hurt . . . or become frustrated . . . or reach an impasse . . . the easiest thing to do is what you have always done! Human nature tends to follow the same patterns of interactions and reactions over and over again – especially when we're under stress.
Like the early pioneers, we might know we're stuck, but not know what to do about it. Eventually, distorted thinking, attitudes, and behavior become a normal part of the journey together.
And we ride the ruts into the sunset.
Sometimes I realize I'm doing the same hurtful, nonproductive things over and over, and it isn't helping a thing! I can hear myself make the same useless comments I made last time – and get no more traction with them than I did then!
You want an example? Easy.
For many years in our marriage every time my dear wife disagreed with me, I got defensive. Instead of trying to understand her point of view, I reacted. Maybe blew up.
That, my friend, is a rut. And it got deeper every time I spun my wheels in it.
Rhonda gets into ruts as well. She manages our finances and does a wonderful job. But sometimes when money is tight, she tries to shield me by fixing the problem on her own. When I probe to find out what's wrong, she doesn't want to talk about it. I pressure her and she becomes more frustrated. I get defensive, she gets defensive, and then we argue, criticize, and withdraw. We have learned new ways to handle things, but we resort back to the past.
Same lousy ruts, same nonresults.
Mike and Ellen
Our friends Mike and Ellen are also familiar with marriage ruts. One night over coffee, Ellen mentioned an ongoing pattern that was wreaking havoc in their marriage.
Ellen stays home with the kids, and by the time Mike arrives in the evening, she is exhausted. She wants him to jump into the parenting ring and do a little fighting. Because Mike works only one mile away, he has had little time to unwind. As a result, he's on edge when he walks through the door. When Ellen unloads on Mike everything the kids have done wrong during the day, he feels even more aggravated. As Ellen vents her frustrations, Mike sees her lips moving, but he doesn't hear a word. All he hears is nagging. Ellen picks up on Mike's frustration and assumes that he doesn't care. The ruts in their marriage road have been established. Ellen gets angry and doesn't talk to Mike, and Mike withdraws into his study and spends the evening on the computer. Sadly, the kids play alone.
After hearing their story, Rhonda and I could relate. We fell into a similar rut earlier in our marriage. We finally recognized the unhealthy pattern we had gotten into and implemented some changes that worked for us. We offered what worked for us to Mike and Ellen. We suggested that Ellen give Mike at least fifteen minutes after he arrives home for time to unwind. We also encouraged Ellen to break her complaints into smaller chunks. Most people cannot handle a truckload of bad news all at once.
Ellen agreed. Mike also agreed to give Ellen some time to unwind after his arrival by taking the kids to the park.
We also helped Mike and Ellen take a look at their negative attitudes, such as: "He doesn't understand"; "He doesn't care what I go through"; "She always acts this way"; and "She doesn't respect me anymore."
Over the next weeks, Ellen and Mike joined forces to move out of the old ruts they'd created, and they developed new, healthier ways of relating.


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The English translation of "fleur-de-lis" (sometimes spelled "fleur-de-lys") is "flower of the lily." This symbol, depicting a stylized lily or lotus flower, has many meanings. Traditionally, it has been used to represent French royalty, and in that sense it is said to signify perfection, light, and life. Legend has it that an angel presented Clovis, the Merovingian king of the Franks, with a golden lily as a symbol of his purification upon his conversion to Christianity. Others claim that Clovis adopted the symbol when waterlilies showed him how to safely cross a river and thus succeed in battle.


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http://mmajunkie.com If all goes well, the UFC could have all the top-ranked featherweight talent locked up by next month.
Japanese featherweight Hatsu Hioki turned down an offer to fight featherweight champion Hiroyuki Takeya at DREAM.17 and on Tuesday announced that he's vacating his Shooto lightweight title.
Shu Hirata, an associate of Hioki who represents several Japanese fighters, today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the fighter is headed to UFC 131 as a guest, and all signs point to contract negotiations.
"I think he's going to have a sit-down with (UFC matchmaker) Sean Shelby and try to work out a deal," Hirata said.
Hioki wrote about his decision to relinquish the belt in a statement issued to the media.
"There is … pride in wearing the Shooto world title, but I think that in the near future I would like to challenge a new stage of pride," he stated.
The manager said Shooto's official rules require a champion to defend his title every six months. However, that stipulation is not in the promotion's contracts, and the fighter's announcement is simply a courteous gesture to his former employer.
Hioki is also the Sengoku featherweight champion and has a contract with its promoter, World Victory Road. His deal has one fight remaining on it, yet it's unknown whether the promotion will ever return given serious financial problems its recently suffered. Several of its champions have asked for and been granted release from their contracts, including Jorge Santiago, who held the promotion's middleweight belt before he vacated it for a UFC contract.
"The number of fights they promised is already in breach," Hirata said. "But in Japanese culture, you don't really go an talk about the breach of contract unless you really, really have to.
"I think Hioki had to choose a political clearance by choosing the right time to vacate the (Shooto) belt and choosing the right time to tell Sengoku that he's going to the U.S. to negotiate."
Hioki (24-4-2) won the Shooto belt one year ago by defeating "Lion" Takeshi Inoue by split decision. This past December, he added the Sengoku belt to his mantle with a unanimous-decision win over the highly touted Marlon Sandro. He long has been considered one of the best fighters at 145 pounds.
For more on UFC 131, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.


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Let's Address Some Portal 2 Nonsense
There's are some extremely strange bits and pieces flying around about Valve and Portal 2 today, all over the place, and perhaps best summed up by the cavalcade of nonsense being posted on Metacritic by confused disgruntled gamers (and presumably quite a few trolls). The main contentions:
1) Portal 2 is 4 hours long
2) There's Day 1 DLC
3) It's a console port
4) The Potato Sack ARG didn't change anything.
Let's have a think.
1) Portal 2 is not four hours long. My first run through the single player took me about eight hours. Partly because I took my time to explore everything, finding easter eggs, and enjoying the dialogue. And partly because that's just how long it is. I've replayed a bunch of it this morning, from about 8am to 12pm, and knowing what to do and ploughing through it as fast as possible, skipping past all the longer conversations wherever possible, I hadn't reached the end of the second act in the four hours. So, including the co-op content, I was not even halfway through the game. People claiming to have completed it in four hours are either some sort of speed-gaming geniuses, or lying.
2) There is no "Day 1 DLC". There is the daft store, with all the overpriced guff that aesthetically augments your co-op character for the enjoyment of the one other person you're playing with. I'm very happy to be disparaging about such silly expense, but it absolutely isn't missing content for the game being charged for on top of the box price. That is something that gets me really riled, and something that I think openly mocks the customer – discovering that even though they've paid for the game, if they want to full version with all the missions/levels/weapons, then they need to pay more. But that's in no way the case here. You're not missing out on anything, but for some pointless skins and hats for the co-op character that make no difference at all to the game.
3) I'll eat ten hats if it's a console port. The game looks stunning, running in mega resolutions, in a game that's obviously primarily designed for PC. Yes, there are 360 and PS3 versions, but no, the PC version at no point feels anything like a bad port. In fact, I wonder at how some of the co-op levels are even possible with only a controller for reflex movements. There is, however, one epically stupid mistake, where for the split second it takes for the game to save the words, "Please don't turn off your console" appear on screen. This appears to be the evidence people have for the port claims, and there's absolutely nothing else about the PC version suggests it's a port, and even if it were, it would be a bloody perfect one in which there were no reasons to complain whatsoever.
4) This one is tougher to figure out, really. To the best of our knowledge, as a result of the ARG, the game did come out a few hours earlier than certainly we'd been told to expect. Whether Valve oversold the possibilities of what might come about from people engaging in the Potato Sack CPU business is still up in the air. Clearly there are some who are upset that it didn't bring the game out over the weekend as so many had hoped, especially if they paid for the Sack in the attempt. We'll be contacting Valve to see if they want to comment on how it all went.
As for complaints about the content being the same as Portal, the writing being trite or obvious, or the endings having been ruined by Valve, these really are just troll comments with no basis in truth whatsoever. To find out why we think it's one of the best games this year, and likely will be by the end of the year, read our review here.


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Medeco's M100 Bundled With A Weigand Hub Is Now Available
Salem, Va. – Medeco, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, has announced the availability of the M100 Aperio Wholesale Bundle kits. The Medeco M100 Aperio eCylinder unit is a wireless, retrofit mortise access control solution that uses Aperio technology to communicate directly to a new or existing Electronic Access Control system (EAC). It virtually eliminates the need to run cables to, and around, the door opening! The M100 provides an easy and cost effective method for providing access control to applications where audit trail and monitoring are critical. Communicating wirelessly (IEEE 802.15.4) with the Aperio hub greatly reduces the cost, complexity and inconvenience of bringing wiring to the door opening and allows for greater flexibility and accountability of interior facility doors. The Aperio hub is a compact 'antenna' that receives communication data, including iClass card serial numbers, tamper notifications, lock jam, and low battery signals, from the Aperio cylinder and relays it to the EAC (Electronic Access Control) system. The hub can be easily mounted within 50 feet of the Aperio cylinder and wired directly to the EAC control panel using either Wiegand or RS-485 protocol depending on the EAC system being used. The hub can be paired with up to eight Aperio M100 cylinders. The M100 Aperio eCylinder Bundle kit consists of all the hardware necessary to install a complete one-door wireless access control solution and creates a simple purchase and installation process, allowing anyone with basic access control knowledge to install the unit. Each kit contains one complete M100 eCylinder unit along with an Aperio Weigand Hub. The units are paired together at the factory and no special training or software is required. The M100 kits are currently available only for iClass systems Additional information: • The M100 Wholesale Kits are now available through authorized dealers. 1. EA-100151-001- iClass, 180°CW, mortise 2. EA-100151-002-iClass, 180°CCW, mortise 3. For additional information, please review the attached How to Order guide Lead time is 2-4 weeks and units ship from Medeco in Salem, VA. For more information, please visit: www.medeco.com About Medeco Founded in 1968 and based in Salem, Va., Medeco is a market leader in mechanical and electronic locks and locking systems for security, safety, and control. The company's customer base includes wholesale and retail security providers, original equipment manufacturers, and institutional, commercial, industrial and residential end-users. Visit www.medeco.com for additional information. About ASSA ABLOY ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user demands for security, safety and convenience. For more information visit http://www.assaabloy.com/en/com/.
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Yahoo!'s New ''SmartAds'' Meld Brand and Direct Response Advertising — Innovative, Patent-Pending Ad Delivery Platform Allows Marketers to Present Highly Targeted Online Display Ads in Real Time to Match a User's Distinctive, Expressed Interests — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jul 02, 2007 …
Discussion: Deep Jive Interests, Don Dodge on The Next …, HipMojo.com, Business Week, TechCrunch, Reuters, AppScout and Conversion Rater
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests: Yet Another Botched Opportunity For a Social Media News Release (WHY?
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Yahoo! Gets into Behavioral Targeting
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Yahoo Launches Smart Ads
Michele Gershberg / Reuters: Yahoo beefs up target advertising tools
Brian Heater / AppScout: Yahoo! Introduces SmartAds, Google Sort of Hits Back
Pat McCarthy / Conversion Rater: Yahoo! Gets Smarter With Display Advertising
Louise Story / New York Times:
Online Customized Ads Move a Step Closer — Yahoo will announce new tools for online advertising today that could pull the company ahead in the race for what is called "behavioral targeting," that is, the ability to better tailor online advertisements to the people most likely to buy.
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0: Yahoo SmartAds Tackles Online Display Advertising's Customization Problem
Derick / Internet Marketing Monitor: Yahoo! SmartAds Promises Uber-personalized Display Ads on the Fly
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Yahoo Gets Smart About Behavioral Ads
Shelly Palmer / Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer: MediaBytes 07.02.07 — YAHOO will announce Yahoo Smart Ads today.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: Yahoo SmartAds Bridging Search Ads & Behavioral Targeting
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yahoo launches customizable ad tool — Yahoo just upped the ante in the display advertising space. — On Monday the Web giant launched a new display advertising product called SmartAds, which allows marketers to offer ads that are customized according to the Web surfer's age, gender, location and online activities.
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, CostPerNews, Mashable! and LiewCF
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: AdJug Gets Millions for New Ad Marketplace
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter:
Yahoo Ads Get Personal: NOT Google Radio Ads — Yahoo ads are getting personal. How about Google? CEO Eric Schimdt has a personal advertising "fantasy." — Personalized radio advertising, as imagined by Schmidt one year ago: While driving past a clothing store, a radio ad should remind Eric …
Discussion: Search Engine Land and Mashable!
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: 5 New Online Advertising Tactics We Fear
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ:
Yahoo's New SmartAds Product Aims to Ease Creative Production
Yahoo's New SmartAds Product Aims to Ease Creative Production
Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog
Kevin Newcomb / Search Engine Watch Blog: Yahoo SmartAds: Super-Targeted Display Ads
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes — Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple, is an emerging force in the mobile phone business, thanks to the snaking lines of gadget fans who queued up last week to buy the iPhone. But now he faces a headache in an industry Apple already dominates — digital music.
Joe Weisenthal / Techdirt: Universal Threatens To Take Its Music And Go Home
Steve O'Hear / last100: Why Apple doesn't need Universal Music
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Universal Music plays iTunes hardball with Apple
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Universal Music says no to iTunes - Price and DRM major issues
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Universal Music To Apple: Adieu Perhaps?
Charles Starrett / iLounge: Universal, Apple in dispute over iTunes
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing: Universal threatens to drop iTunes Store contract
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Universal Music May Drop iTunes Contract
Andrew Orlowski / The Register: World's biggest label kneecaps iTunes store
Douglas McIntyre / BloggingStocks: Universal turns the tables on Apple
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?
Bruce Houghton / hypebot: Universal Threatens iTunes Exit
Alexander Muse / Texas Startup Blog: Updated: It's official, Apple and Universal in spat!
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear: Breaking: UMG Will Not Renew iTunes Contract
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org: Updated: Universal Will Not Renew Long-Term iTunes Deal; Seeks Flexibility: Report
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net: Sell Apple, Buy Google
James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun: Universal Music Group tells Apple to take a hike
Piers Fawkes / PSFK: Apple Sells A Lot Of iPhones, Universal Thinks It Can Go Alone …
Thomas Mennecke / Slyck: Universal and Apple get Ugly
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Universal Music declines long-term iTunes deal: source
Universal Music declines long-term iTunes deal: source
Discussion: The Webpreneur and Lost Remote
Nick ONeill / The Webpreneur: UNIVERSAL DEALS HUGE BLOW TO APPLE
Wall Street Journal:
Universal Music May Seek Shorter iTunes-Sales Pact
Universal Music May Seek Shorter iTunes-Sales Pact
Discussion: Ars Technica, Apple Gazette, The 463, Coolfer, Gizmodo, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, ParisLemon, Lost Remote and digg
MG Siegler / ParisLemon: Universal Music Group Leaving iTunes?
iPhone sales said to hit half-million — New Apple device lives up to the hype, though some buyers have activation woes; availability mixed at Apple Stores heading into new week. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Opening weekend sales of iPhones may have reached 500,000, according to an analyst's estimate …
Discussion: Blackfriars' Marketing, BloggingStocks, Cult of Mac and kottke.org
Carl Howe / Blackfriars' Marketing: iDay+3: iPhone Buzz Index rises to 16,492 as half a million join the iPhone nation
Melly Alazraki / BloggingStocks: Apple sold half a million iPhones?
Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: Analyst: Apple Sold 500,000 iPhones
Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
Apple May Have Sold 500,000 IPhones, Beating Estimate
Apple May Have Sold 500,000 IPhones, Beating Estimate
Discussion: Reuters, Epicenter, iLounge, Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus and Gadget Lab
Adario Strange / Epicenter: Apple IPhone Sales Meet Expectations, But What About Video IChat?
Charles Starrett / iLounge: News: Apple sells 500,000 iPhones?
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: Apple's Opening Weekend: 200,000 iPhones Sold
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Piper Jaffray: 500,000 iPhones sold over the weekend
Piper Jaffray: 500,000 iPhones sold over the weekend
Discussion: Between the Lines, Apple 2.0, Deep Jive Interests, Macenstein, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, CrunchGear, Big in Japan, TechCrunch, Hacking NetFlix, Virtual Economics, Things That, Orbitcast, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, Valleywag, IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband, Apple Gazette, Mashable!, Gadgetell, Podcasting News, mocoNews.net, Gizmodo, CNET News.com and The Boy Genius Report
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: The iPhone launch report card
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0: First Weekend iPhone Sales Estimates: 500,000 to 525,000
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests: Strangely Enough, Apple Fizzles With iPhone Release (the Stock, Anyway)
Chris Ullrich / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Apple Sells Half a Million iPhones in the First Weekend
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear: Over 500,000 iPhones Sold — Tools Consumers line up at the Apple SoHo store
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch: iPhone has a $250 - $300 Million Opening Weekend
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: 500,000 iPhones — Reportedly, that's the number of phones …
Robert Nelson / Gadgetell: Piper Jaffray estimates 500,000 iPhone sold
Staci D. Kramer / mocoNews.net: iPhone Roundup: Activation Woes; 500,000 Sold?
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Analyst Antics: Opening Weekend iPhone Numbers: 500,000 Sold …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com: Some iPhone customers put on hold
Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report: 500,000 iPhones sold during opening weekend
Local.com shares soar after mobile local search patent win — BANGALORE, July 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Local.com (LOCM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 52 percent, after the Web search services provider said it received a patent for mobile local search. — The Irvine, California-based company …
Discussion: HipMojo.com and The Pondering Primate
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Local Advertising Growing Under the Microscope
Scott Shaffer / The Pondering Primate: Local.com Gets Mobile Search Patent
Market Wire:
Local.com Granted U.S. Patent Number 7,200,413 for Ad-Supported 411 Local Search Model — Free Enhanced Directory Assistance Supported by Referral Advertising Revenues — Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search engine, today announced that the company …
Discussion: Search Engine Land, Search Engine Watch Blog and Screenwerk
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Local.com And Dueling Local Search Patents
Kevin Newcomb / Search Engine Watch Blog: Even More Local Search Patents
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Local.com Gets Another Patent re Mobile
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
NetSuite preps long awaited IPO — NetSuite is going public. In a regulatory filing Monday, NetSuite, an on-demand ERP vendor, outlined its financials and intention to become a public company. — NetSuite (all blog posts and news), which counts Oracle CEO Larry Ellison as its largest shareholder …
Discussion: The Browser
Oliverryan / The Browser: NetSuite wants to go head-to-head with Salesforce
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:
Ellison's NetSuite Headed for IPO
Ellison's NetSuite Headed for IPO
Discussion: Tech Trader Daily
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Silicon Valley Star face-off: Kevin Rose vs. Jason Calacanis vs. Guy — Over the past month three Silicon Valley celebs have launched their respective services. Guy Kawasaki launched Truemors, Jason Calacanis launched Mahalo and most recently Kevin Rose launched Pownce.
Discussion: Marketing Pilgrim
Kelvin Newman / Marketing Pilgrim: Pownce - it???s not very original but it???s going to be bigger than twitter
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Kevin v. Evan
Kevin v. Evan
Discussion: Marc's Voice, Like It Matters, JD on EP, Bloggers Blog and The Next Net
Marc Canter / Marc's Voice: Interop of Twitter and Pownce
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters: we stopped playing king of the mountain long ago
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net: Kevin Rose Pownces on Twitter
Washington Post:
Calling In Pros to Refine Your Google Image — At the height of the cyber-abuse, Sue Scheff, a consultant to parents of troubled teens, would type her name in a Google search box and brace herself: Up would pop page after page of attack postings. … The stream of negative comments began …
Discussion: PSFK and Innovation in College Media
Piers Fawkes / PSFK: Picking Out Your Red Coat Using Identity Consultants
Ed Hardy / Brighthand.com Handheld News and Reviews:
"Palm OS II" Pushed Back to 2008 — In May of this year, Palm, Inc. announced that it is developing its own operating system that will be based on Linux, but also include important parts of the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet). — At that time, the company said that the first devices running …
Discussion: PalmAddicts, CrunchGear, Engadget, The Mobile Gadgeteer, jkOnTheRun, Gadgetell and Jeremy's Blog
Sam Mcloughln / PalmAddicts: Palm OS II delayed until 2008
Ilya Kochanov / CrunchGear: Palm OS II Delayed Until 2008
Darren Murph / Engadget: Palm's Linux OS not surfacing until 2008?
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Palm postpones next OS version until 2008: is that 'Taps' playing?
Robert Nelson / Gadgetell: Palm OS II delayed 'til 2008
Jeremy / Jeremy's Blog: The iPhone, 48 hours later
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Mobo makers say AMD Phenom delayed until 1Q08, but AMD says launch remains set for 2H07 (update) — AMD's Phenom processors were originally planned to begin test-production between September and October, and to start shipping in November this year. However, AMD may now be planning …
Discussion: TechSpot News and The Tech Report
Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: Phenom delayed until 2008, sources claim
Thomas Crampton / New York Times:
A Web Cadre Turns the Tables on African Scam Artists — Ever been tempted to respond to that e-mail message offering untold millions from the relatives of a deposed African dictator? — For some, replying to such Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters …
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At the Fatima Sanctuary, north of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, lies one of the most important shrines of the world dedicated to the Virgin Mary, The Igreja da Santíssima Trindade (Church of the Holy Trinity). Famous for the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in 1917, the sanctuary welcomes millions of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world.
Ranked as the fourth largest Christian church in the world, the low, oval, white building accommodates nearly 9,000 worshippers. The first stone, a piece of marble taken from the tomb of Apostle Peter, was donated by Pope John Paul II and laid on June 6th 2004. Three years later the impressive church was completed and immediately after won one of the most important Engineering Awards in Portugal, the Secil Award of Civil Engineering 2007.
The Situation
With room for nearly 9,000 churchgoers, tourists, and pilgrims, the Igreja da Santíssima Trindade required safe and efficient fire protection system and rain water drainage.
In addition, the church required a reliable HVAC system that could ensure a comfortable indoor climate regardless of the season. Therefore, the project also included heating and air conditioning pumps, composed by a primary group and secondary circuits.
According to the two Portuguese installers Pinto & Cruz and Sotelemec, Grundfos pumps were selected for the prestigious project due to the optimal relationship between price and quality – i.e. the extra investment in high quality was quickly paid back by significant savings in maintenance and energy consumption.
The Grundfos Solution
Grundfos supplied a wide range of TP pumps for both the primary and the distribution system. The TPE variable speed solution ensures complete control of the flow for the air conditioning terminal devices, such as the air handling units, the fan coils, and the two-way unit. The applications didn't call for customised solutions. However, the different systems were placed in dedicated stations in the church to separate the applications from each other.
Fire and drainage
The fire prevention solution was installed in a specific technical area, a fire central, designed specially for the church. The Grundfos SE rainwater drainage pumps were installed individually, each one in a proper drainage pit. Due to the technical conditions, the entire application called for customised solutions, which were already established in the contract documentation.
The Outcome
The two installers were very pleased with the cooperation with Grundfos, not least in the final test stage, where Grundfos supplied expertise and ensured correct adjustment of the pump systems.
According to Mr. Paulo Carvalho from Pinto & Cruz, "the ability to communicate is vital in a project of this type, and the Grundfos support team offers excellent support. The experts are trained to provide the support we need, be it technical or general support. It is really comforting to know that the solution to a problem is just a phone call away."
Mr. Manuel Couto from Sotelemec was equally pleased with the support he received from the Grundfos support team: "Grundfos has a remarkable presence in terms of technical support as well as general support." And finally, both men emphasise the efficiency of the Grundfos solution and Mr. Carvalho confirms that the Grundfos variable speed solutions offer average reductions in energy consumptions of about 25-30% compared to a standard solution.
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