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If you're seeing this, then my server migration was absolutely gangbusters-awesome, God's in his heaven, and all's right with the world. The Sharpener and SBBS projects may be slightly more challenging, but they are on the way. If you don't know what the last sentence means, then I salute your wisdom in spending the mid-to-late 2000s on worthwhile pursuits.
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Because I AM the Queen of the Zulus
Shannon, who is aces, just came up with the best mashup concept ever.
Civ + sex devices + Lulu + Lady Popular = "No, fuck YOU. This bling does look fabulous against my fur, because I am the queen of the Zulus, and you're still fucking an analog blow-up doll."
Blogging is dead and no-one cares?
My riot policing piece yesterday attracted 600 unique visitors in 24 hours. That isn't exactly Perez Hilton, but is about six times my current normal run rate (I think the biggest this blog has ever been is about 1000 daily visitors, for some of the global financial crisis articles).
The fact that the piece had quite a few visitors isn't too surprising, I suppose – it was a take on a newsworthy and important topic that dissented somewhat from the conventional wisdom, based on hours and hours of discussion with people who were on the scene across different English cities and/or who really understand counterinsurgency strategy. And it was pleasing to see strategy/COIN experts talking about it favourably.
The odd thing, though, is that whenever I've written a piece in the past that has gained masses of attention, it's been through links from bigger blogs, news sources, or occasionally forums. This time, as far as I can see from my logs, there haven't been *any* blog links to the piece. All the traffic is coming from retweets and reshares on Twitter and Facebook.
I wouldn't go quite as far as to say that blogs are dead as a medium: the existence of a self-publishing platform with a fairly powerful off-the-shelf CMS, and that isn't restricted to a particular social network, remains useful.
But it's looking like the sense in which we've traditionally understand blogs – roughly, a community of people who link to each other's posts, comment on them, and write pieces that track back to them – no longer really applies. Facebook and Twitter have killed it, in favour of something flatter and much less based on the blogger's personal brand.
Have Google ever met any foreigners?
The World's Unsurprisingly Fastest-Growing Networking Platform, Google+, is getting stick from various corners for its naming policy. This formally restricts you to "Use your full first and last name in a single language".
The idea behind it is sensible. G+ aims to be a combination of a professional network like LinkedIn, and a personal network like Facebook, with 'circles' ensuring your clients can't see your Tequila Night photos and that your girlfriend's mates don't get spammed with your articles on social media marketing.
In both those cases, the connections and relationships that people have become meaningful *because* they use their real names. It's one of the reasons why Facebook, despite now having 750 million users encompassing many utter idiots, hasn't descended into the kind of horrible pseudonymous anarchy found on MySpace or Bebo. So banning people from calling themselves thinks like HotBloke1988 or BieberFan1997 is probably a good thing.
Similarly, and also sensibly, Google wants to have proper segmentation between users, interests, brands. This is a model which Facebook took some years to implement properly, leading to the occasional whinge and/or viral petition from silly people when their inappropriately-set-up page gets taken down because it's using a personal profile to advertise a product or political cause. Part of the reason for Google to be so hardcore about enforcing real names in the initial roll-out is to make sure that people understand from Day 1 that You Can't Do That, and need to set up the proper sort of page for whatever you're trying to spruik.
While I understand that this annoys some pseudonymous writers, I think they're a sacrifice worth making in the short term to ensure that Google+ starts and continues as a place based around actual relationships and trust, like Facebook and LinkedIn. In the long term, there's no reason why they shouldn't adopt brand identities and share in G+ that way – there's no real difference between 'Skud' and 'TechCrunch', in the sense that they're both content sources defined entirely by what they publish online.
However, the real problem with this part of the G+ roll-out is the massively ham-fisted way in which it deals with anyone whose name doesn't fit the Anglo-Saxon convention of Firstname Middlename1 Middlename2 Familyname. Which accounts for, erm, almost everyone in China, a sizeable proportion of the population of India, and everyone in Spanish-speaking and Russian-speaking countries. And would have been completely avoidable if even *one* developer from *one* of these countries had worked on the G+ project.
If you're starting a new social network, it's straightforward to build a database that has 12 name fields instead of 2. This allows you to account for any combination of names in any language, while also allowing your users to select which of those names are displayed in the default profile, and in which order.
So a Chinese person with a Western nickname could write their name as Lee (Familyname) Wan-Wing (Firstname) Robert (Nickname), and then choose to display their name as "Lee Wan-Wing" or "Robert Lee" depending on their preferred convention. The default to display would be Firstname Familyname, but any others would count. Similarly, a Spanish person could enter their name as Javier (Firstname) Garcia (Familyname) Lopez (Matronymic), while a Russian would be Mikhail (Firstname) Sergeyevich (Patronymic), and a South Indian would be Prashant (Name) Kumar (Patronymic). This would make all names traceable and transparent, while also ensuring that everyone gets the opportunity to pick something that's culturally appropriate.
Given that Google employs 10,000 staff outside of the US, including many Indians and many Chinese people, it seems bizarre that this concern doesn't appear to even have arisen during the G+ roll-out. Differences in database design formed by the use of English versus non-English users have been a massive concern in Internet circles for decades, as highlighted most obviously by the time taken to allow non-ASCII characters for domain names. Any multinational company has to deal with the "names don't map onto English names" problem for its own staff, even if its customers are largely based in the west (surely there can't be a software company in the world that doesn't employ South Indians?).
The only explanation I can think of is that it simply didn't occur to the senior managers in charge of Google+ that different people worldwide might have different naming concepts. And that none of the less senior foreigners raised the concept. God Bless America!
Baffling or flattering?
As if to add ammo to the fervent Marxists who've been criticising me for my slavish adherence to neoliberal economics lately [*], I'm going to admit that I'm a fan of The Economist on Facebook.
Not because it's my favourite paper – I subscribe to the New Yorker, Private Eye and Crikey, and would subscribe to the Grauniad if it went PPV – but because it's interesting, shapes debate, has a good Facebook presence, and the Facebook comments mechanism gives a better view of "what people think" than the "solely for ubergeeks and psychopaths" den of web comments.
One of the things that I'm looking at right now, both academically and professionally, is the challenge presented by dealing with things that have historically been marketed and customised territory-by-territory in a social media environment that's global. The Economist provides an excellent example, since every week, it lists its covers on the Web.
Now, if you don't commute far too often between the US and Other Places, you're probably not aware that the Economist has covers in the plural: both in the US and outside the US, it purports to be a global newspaper (and, compared to US newspapers, it has a fair point). But it isn't: there's a US edition with specifically US-focused content, ads and cover, whereas the global edition only has a US cover if the most exciting thing occurring is actually in the US.
If the Economist admitted to its US readers "yes, actually, we do realise you're a bunch of insular tits just as much as the rest of your countrymen; stop pretending you're some kind of cosmopolitan international relations knowall just because you read a paper written by slightly-right-wing people in London instead of raging-right-wing fanatics at home; and we all know we only bother printing international news at all in the US version because otherwise we'd lose our USP; we know perfectly well – and it's clear from our ad placings – that none of you lot read it", then it might just about risk losing some of its mystique as an international oracle. Which would kill its whole point
So for the Economist's Facebook presence, where discriminating between visitors from different countries is hard, it definitely wouldn't want to show a separate "US Edition" and "World Edition". That would break the spell.
The way it has dealt with this is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING BRILLIANT. Every week, it adds a "Worldwide Excluding the UK, Europe & Asia Edition" and a "UK, Europe & Asia Edition". That way, Americans – who are sufficiently geographically disendowed to realise that the world, in any meaningful sense, consists of North America, Europe and Asia – can keep the illusion that they're reading the World Edition, unlike those silly Europeans and Asians who've got a customised edition to suit their own parochial concerns. And we (Asia edition is sold in Aus and NZ, obviously) can work out the conceit and laugh at the Americans.
Overall, this is a great win. Except for the poor sods in Canada, South America and Africa, who presumably have to make do with the lobotomised edition containing news that's irrelevant. Although I suppose for the South Americans it might help them understand when they'll next be invaded by CIA-backed guerrillas.
[*] my slavish adherence consisted of making the claim that "pretending that basic economics and tax are hard, if you're someone who purports to understand postmodernist literacy criticism, is embarrassing". This isn't because I rate one over the other, but simply because both neoclassical and Keynesian economics are Very Easy To Follow, whilst Derrida and Deleuze are The Opposite.
Cruel and unusual pun-ishment
Bad puns, old Internet memes, very out-of-date 'cute animal news' stories, and aviation references, all in one photograph. I'm spoiling you all, just like being left in the sun for a week spoils cream.
Yes, she really is at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Incidentally, this post was based on a tweet by @anattendantlord, which was itself inspired by my link to this gag. But I take full responsibility for the horror.
Not dead
Good news #1: I'm not dead; good news #2: the blog's not dead. Rather, I've taken a month or so off thanks to a combination of bad things, good things and neutral things.
Bad things: major unpleasantness from commenters I respect around some of the things I'd written about Julian Assange; the realisation that some of the things I'd written about Assange – not necessarily the same ones – were not things I was wholly proud of having written; and (non-Assange-relatedly) a fairly horrible break-up in real life, which was entirely my fault and not something that's sympathy-warranting, but which made me cut down on my online presence generally.
Good things: an awesome and amazing month being an utter tourist all over Australia [*] after some of my favourite people took time off to trek 15,000km across the world and visit; the emergence of a proper summer; the presence of paid work that needed doing.
Neutral things: the death of my router and a mild eBay failure which mean it took a fortnight to sort out a replacement.
Anyway. I'm now back for the duration, not least because my Masters degree in Digital Communication & Culture starts next month. I'm looking forward to such activities as explaining in detailed academicese why this article is an absolute load of arse, for example. Oh, and obvious digital communication joke.
Other Things To Look Forward To: why the fatuous idiocy of the NSW Liberal Party doesn't matter as much as you might think; something about beer; something about Tim Worstall's book. Be excited.
[*] May contain elements of lie. "All over NSW and Tas". "All over Australia" would be more like a 5-year break…
It's a Jolly Fun Bank Quiz
It being Sunday, or Monday, or one of those kind of days, and this being a Journal of Record [*], I thought I'd put out the kind of quiz that only my readers could answer.
What do the following UK-headquartered banks:
* Lloyds Banking Group
* Standard Chartered
…have in common with no other UK-headquartered retail banks?
[*] I'm almost embarrassed to say that this blog is being archived by the British Library. I actually have no idea what the hell 25th century historians of the 21st century will do – well, I recognise half of my readers believe they'll occasionally venture out of their caves and wonder why the outside world still makes their skin blister or similar. But right now, every humanities undergrad thesis candidate is delighted to find a neglected text to use for their work – in 2500, this crap will be (and, in terms of proportion of utter shite to "survives", actually will be) available for an undergrad thesis. In which case, hello 2500 person, I hope they've genetically engineered girls to look like Natalie Portman, gizza shout if you've got a time machine, OK?
What I've been up to, week ending 2010-10-03
- Y'know, this #ebz stuff is fun, but it does steal (small portions of) your life http://fallenlondon.com/c/298257 #
- Smearing Julian Assange: not just a sport for insane man-hating Swedish prosecutors any more: http://bit.ly/96uqCR #
- Fairly sure you power down an EMU by switching off the motors and removing the key. @squeakez can confirm @kofeyh @joshsharp #trainjokes #
- I'm voting for @herring1967 in the Top #Comedy #Podcast Contest! http://votejet.com/YMEO7BcBwk #
- RT @shawnmicallef A day of mourning today for Pierre Elliot Trudeau who died 10 years ago today. http://bit.ly/9jsvn8 #
- So I closed Tweetdeck cos it caned my CPU, and moved to Twitter online. Then it did the same. Anyone know a simple, non-CPU-caning client? #
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What I've been up to, week ending 2010-09-19
- Sorry #LibDems. Having been in another country w/coalition – and having looked at the numbers on #ukvotes – you did the best thing available #
- Directly related to last tweet – the only alliance in Aus with a mandate to govern was ALP/Green. Not Nationals/Liberals. #auspol #
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This story originally appeared as a blog on the State Department's DipNote blog on June 19, 2011
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I was born in the Soviet Union in the city of Minsk. I spent my childhood in the 1980's attending school and learning why Lenin was a great man, learning to play violin, practicing gymnastics, and waiting in breadlines. These are the memories that I have from my country of birth. Now that I look back on it, my family encountered challenges because we did not have the freedom to think or do what we thought was best for our family -- not only because we lived in a communist country, but also because we were Jewish.
My parents were told where they could work and my parents tell me that in school the other parents would say derogatory things about the Jewish girl in the class. Since I was young, I do not recall any of these events in a negative way. I think it is amusing now that I can literally say I had to wait in breadlines, because I appreciate so much more what I have now. In general, my experience in the Soviet Union for the first nine years of my life made me the person that I am today.
After coming to the United States in 1990 as refugees and settling in Chicago; my family and I began the long, hard journey of assimilating to the American way of life, which we love and consider our own. I was thrilled at the opportunity to study whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted, and pursue a career which gives me an opportunity to defend and promote the American way of life. After my son was born we were able to have a Brit Milah for him, and generally practice as many Jewish traditions as we pleased.
I received my U.S. citizenship in 2000 and joined the State Department in 2006 as a Presidential Management Fellow, where I had the opportunity to work in Pakistan and on the Georgia Desk. I am now in the Foreign Service, about to embark on my first tour in the Dominican Republic.
Editor's Note: This blog is one of a series of individual stories by former refugees who are now working for the State Department. The series is part of the State Department's ongoing effort to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Convention and in honor of World Refugee Day on June 20. Each story reflects an individual's experience and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. government.


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CHICAGO – What Tim Nedow accomplished at DePaul might be just the beginning of a stellar international track and field career.After repeating as the shot-put champion at the recent Canadian Track and Field Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, Nedow has his sights set on the prestigious Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games with track and field running from July 27-Aug. 2 in Scotland. The event featuring competition among 71 nations began Thursday with swimming, judo, rhythmic gymnastics, cycling and squash.A season in which the 2012 Blue Demon graduate has consistently thrown for more than 20 meters has Nedow focused on reaching the elite level of his sport."I'm still young and have been steadily improving since I graduated from DePaul," said Nedow who won the Canadian national title by nearly two meters with a throw of 20.60. "The biggest step for me this year has been consistency. This is the first year I have been over 20 meters in every meet but one."At the Triton Invitational in San Diego, I recorded throws of 20.98, 20.85 and 20.77. The 20.98 is my personal best. There was a 20.71 at Kansas and the 20.60 at nationals. I had a 20.45 at another meet."I feel like the 21 and better is coming. I had a meet last weekend in Belgium before beginning to prepare for the Commonwealth Games."Nedow set the DePaul indoor record with a toss of 20.51 and also holds the outdoor mark of 19.69. He admitted to being a little nervous about securing a qualifying mark for Canadian nationals until he competed in an entertaining meet in mid-April at Kansas."I needed to hit the 'A' standard in qualifying for the Canadian Track and Field Championships, and was able to hit that mark a few times including the second meet of the season," Nedow said. "I threw 20.71 meters at Kansas and got qualifying out of the way early."That was an awesome time. At that meet, they held the shot-put competition in downtown Lawrence. They put in a cement ring and sand and invited people to come and watch. They called it 'The Shot in the Dark.'"It was pretty cool because all eyes were on you. Normally at meets, there are running races and other events going on during the shot put. But not at this meet. Actually, quite a few people walking around downtown came over to watch. I enjoy having people coming to see me perform."Nedow came to New Brunswick on June 27 as one of the favorites."Going into nationals, I was pretty confident it would come down to me and Justin Roche," Nedow said. "I fouled on my first throw and had to play it safe on the next one. Even so, I was able to throw it 19.60 meters which gave me the lead."My third attempt went 20.60 which was the winning mark as Justin was second at 18.64. With my last several throws, there was no holding back as I was trying to go for a big number. My last throw was 21.39 but I fouled."Even so, that is the kind of big number Nedow has in mind when he begins competing Sunday in Scotland."I'll need to hit a big number to win it," Nedow said. "Throwing the shot 20 meters won't win it for me with the other competitors throwing in the 21-meter range."I can't be afraid to go after it. I saw on the video of my 21.39 throw that it's there. I know I am just around the corner from reaching that mark and more. Throwing over 21 meters and winning the Commonwealth Games would open up some opportunities for me."It would provide a chance to compete in the IAAF Diamond League circuit with the best athletes in the world. For me to get into those meets, I need to have a big throw. There are Olympic and World Championship medalists there and others with throws over 21 meters. With the Diamond League, there is also the possibility of earning some money."If I can win the Commonwealth Games and beat some of the better throwers with a 21 mark, it will help me a lot getting into a Diamond League meet."Heaving that 16-pound metal ball has given Nedow an opportunity to do a little globe-trotting."Throwing the shot put has been opening more doors and given me a chance to travel around the world," Nedow said. "I've competed in Russia, China, Sweden, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago with Scotland coming up."I've met throwers from different countries and formed some friendships. When I was in the Netherlands, those guys took me around Amsterdam and I had a great time."


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"12 Years a Slave" star Lupita Nyong'o, who had earlier expressed her fondness for Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, was recently in shock when the "Titanic" star kissed her on her cheek.
Nyong'o, dressed in a Stella McCartney gown, caught the attention of DiCaprio at a recent awards ceremony. While the Kenyan actress was posing for shutterbugs, he went up to her to plant a kiss on her cheek, said a statement.
Nyong'o had previously said that DiCaprio was one of the first stars she was desperate to meet after making her debut in Hollywood.
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Polk County Enterprise, June 2007
ONALASKA — The rockets' red glare will once again burst in the air over the 190 causeway in Onalaska, marking the city's 30th Independence Day celebration.
The new owners of the former Lakeside Marina have several construction projects under way at the site, so no vehicles will be permitted in the viewing area, Onalaska Mayor Lew Vail said.
Due to logistical problems stemming from the construction, the concerts traditional performed by the Community Band and choir have been canceled this year, organizers announced Tuesday.
But Onalaska community leaders are dedicated to continuing the community's trademark event and the fireworks show will continue.
Buses will begin shuttling spectators to the viewing area at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, Vail said. The buses will be equipped to accommodate the needs of any spectators with mobility problems, Vail added.
Vail uses a wheelchair as he goes about his official duties. He told attendees at a planning meeting Tuesday that only the heaviest wheelchairs used by quadriplegics cannot be lifted onto the Brazos Transit buses.
In addition to the Lakeview fireworks viewing area, Vail said spectators can watch the spectacle from the grassy area alongside 190 at Bridgeview Subdivision.
That area has room to seat 200 to 300 people, Vail said.
Spectators are encouraged to be in place by 9 p.m. and bring a lawnchair or other seating, he added. The fireworks will begin between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m.
Funding for the event comes strictly from donations and contributions are still being accepted to make this year's fireworks show a true "Salute to America." Donations may be dropped off at Onalaska City Hall or mailed to: Fireworks Committee, P.O. Box 880, Onalaska, TX 77360.
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AP or Shaped Pad for Jumpers?...
I'm at a loss. I've been told several times that I need a shaped pad to show in Jumpers. But I don't recall seeing a shaped pad being used more than a couple times. :? Is it okay to show in a nice AP pad?
Like jumpers as in speed or over fences? If you are showing hunter over ences, you need either a half pad or a white or black shaped pad. White is nicer. If you are showing jumper, you won't be judged on how you look. You can use anything. Shaped pad, half pad, AP pad (w/ or w/o a half pad):-)
Yep, Speed Jumper not hunter over fences.
Thank you! I was really confused and AP pads are a cheaper so that will help cut costs. Plus I think they look better. :b
No, you don't need a shaped pad for jumpers, an all purpose one is fine. I usually have a baby pad and then wear a half pad underneath the saddle :)
White AP pads are most popular for Jumpers. Many riders use a half pad over them. I've also seen the Euro cut pads in Jumper classes.
You can use a nice white, black,navy or other subtile colored AP pad for jumpers and
I usually use a bounce/riser/half pad depending on the horse. It's ok to use a fitted sheepskin pad, but its more of a hunter thing. Just make sure whatever pad(s) you use, they are clean and hair free for any show.
I just got my show pad in the mail, white ap pad with a subtle silver rope around the edges. I think it looks fantastic on her. (:
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Crocea Clam - Tridacna crocea
Crocea ~ Crocus Clam ~ Boring Giant ClamFamily: Cardiidae Tridacna croceaPhoto
Tridacna crocea, the Crocea Clams, are some of the most colorful members of the giant clams!
Saltwater aquariums fascinate us because of the unique personalities and antics of their inhabitants, so perhaps a giant clam just sitting there seems a rather unlikely choice. But after one look at these beautiful creatures it is easy to understand why enthusiasts are eager to include them in their tanks. The Crocea Clam is a favorite. It is the most colorful of the Tridacna genus and could arguably be said to be the most popular, vying only with the Maxima Clam for the honor.
Tridacna Crocea are beautiful giant clams with a variety of patterns and color mixtures. They have fascinating designs in blues, purples, yellows, greens, browns, golds, and oranges. The mantle is usually decorated with iridescent blue, yellow, or green blotches, spots or lines. With its maximum length being only 6 to 9 inches (15.2 to 22.9 cm), T. crocea is also the smallest of the Tridacna clams.
Though often simply referred to as a 'Crocea', the Crocea Clam is also known by a number of common names including Crocus Clam and the Saffron Colored Giant clam. Because it is a Boring Clam, burrowing into boulders and coral heads, it is also called the Boring Giant Clam. With some specimens being intensely colored and strongly patterned, you will also find references to them in the aquarium industry under such names as Ultra Crocea, Ultra Grade Crocea, Super Crocea, and Electric Blue Crocea.
Crocea Clam, Tridacna crocea, Spawning
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Spawning in a captive environment
The Crocea Clam reaches sexual maturity around 3" and/or 4 to 5 years. They will shoot out their sperm or eggs every 2 minutes. A good skimmer to help rebalance the water parameters will help if one of these events occurs. SPS tanks with about 2 ppm of nitrates is the perfect environment for your clam.
Tridacna crocea
The Crocea Clam is found in the Indo-West Pacific. Its distribution in the wild ranges from Thailand to New Caledonia. Tridacna crocea was first described by Lamarck in 1819.
T. crocea's are usually found in the shallow areas near the shore or on the upper-most areas of the reef. These clam's are known as the Boring Clam because with the contraction and relaxation of their byssal muscles, they burrow into boulders and coral heads. Once burrowed, they use their byssal threads to hold themselves in place. Usually only the top edges of the shell and mantle are visible.
The Tridacna crocea is listed on the IUCN Red List as LC - Least Concern.
Some characteristics of Tridacna crocea:
- large and wide byssus gland opening
- smooth shell with closely placed scutes
- scutes are on the upper portion of the shell only
- the inhalant siphon have very small and fine tentacles
- clams from aquaculture systems will have scutes along the entire shell since they haven't ground them down as a result of burrowing
- shells have a symmetrical shape
Photo by Harbor Aquatics
The picture to the right clearly shows the scutes on the upper portion of the shell only.
The lower scutes have been worn away by the clam's burrowing habits.
The image to the left clearly shows the tentacles on the inhalant siphon of the T. crocea.
When giant clams are juveniles, it can be oftentimes be difficult to tell them apart. The Crocea Clam is sometimes confused with both the Maxima Clam T. maxima and the Giant Clam or Gigas Clam T. gigas.
Comparing Crocea Clams to other species of Giant Clams:
- Maxima Clam:
Crocea Clams are often confused with the Maxima Clam T. maxima. This is because the color patterns of these two clams is similar. Which clam is which can be determined by their shells, which are much different.
The Maxima Clams usually have an elongated shell. The scutes of T. maxima are also more pronounced and they cover most of the shell. Their difference may also be determined by the byssus gland, which on the Crocea Clam is very long and wide.
- Giant Clam:
When the Giant Clam T. gigas are young, they are also sometimes confused with the Crocea Clam. The differences are in the coloring of each clam. Also, the shell of the T. gigas is generally missing scutes (or they are very sparse) and its ribs are more pronounced.
The Crocea Clam is not only beautiful, but can be a good choice for a beginning saltwater enthusiast. Both the Crocea Clam and the Maxima Clam are fairly tolerant of strong water motion and relatively strong fluctuations in water parameters, more so than some of the other Tridacna clams.
It is generally believed that giant clams do not require feeding in the aquarium. Most clams fulfill their nutritional requirements by filter feeding and absorbing dissolved organic compounds from the water. The Tridacna clams have gone even further than this, using zooxanthellae to manufacture food for themselves.
The Tridacna clams receive the majority of their nutrition from their zooxanthellae. Whether additional feeding is required is still debated. Some hobbyists believe they should be fed, going on the assumption that they are filter feeders like other clams. If you wish to feed your clam, it is suggested that they be fed micro-foods designed for filter feeders, especially when small. A yeast-based suspension is one suggestion, unless the tank has other fish and corals that are regularly being fed, or you can offer other micro-foods such as phytoplankton or commercially prepared micro-foods like 'marine snow' or 'reef snow'.
Basic nutrients in the aquarium that giant clams need are calcium, strontium, iodine, and possibly a minute amount of nitrate.
- Calcium: Calcium is the main building block for clams and should be present in the water at levels of at least 280 mg/L for growth to occur. More rapid, natural growth is seen when calcium is in the range of 400-480 mg/L.
- Strontium: Strontium is incorporated in the shell along with calcium and should also be provided for optimum growth.
- Iodine: The addition of iodine to the aquarium will also enhance growth and color in giant clams.
- Nitrate: They require some nitrogen for proper growth. Nitrate can be added if levels are extremely low, but be careful as nitrates should never exceed 2 mg/L.
For more information about the feeding process of Crocea Clams see What Do Clams Eat.
Photo by Harbor Aquatics
If a healthy clam is obtained and proper light provided, these clams are relatively easy to keep. With proper lighting and careful attention, Crocea Clams require require little else in the way of care. It is important to make sure they are not being irritated, not being fed upon by other organisms, and good water quality must be maintained.
- Crocea Clams are sensitive to being handled so avoid it if at all possible. Because these clams burrow into rock and rely heavily on their byssal threads for attachment, they will eventually bore into a substrate or other substance on which they are placed. Damage that could be done when messing around with an attached clam.
- Keep a watch for predators as this clam can be easy prey with its large and wide byssus gland opening.
- Crocea Clams can handle strong water motion and relatively strong fluctuations in water parameters, but you really don't want your water parameters to fluctuate too much!
Crocea Clams can be kept in a reef environment with live rock. They should be placed on live rock or some other solid material they can attach to. Make sure if placing them in a depression of live rock that they can still fully open their shell. They can handle strong water motion and relatively strong fluctuations in water parameters, but high pH and high temperatures can cause problems.
- Lighting: Coming from shallow waters in the wild, these clams will need intense lighting. If you plan to keep these clams under fluorescent lighting, keep them close to the top of the tank, and the lights.
If the clam is predominately brown and showing little of it's normal coloration and patterning, it should be placed lower in your tank away from strong lighting. The brown coloration is the clam's zooxanthellae showing and is probably due to the clam losing it's protective coloration during it's long trip.
- Temperature: Upper 70° F. (mid 20° C.). Do not let the aquarium exceed 82° F.
- Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.024. Salinity is also important, too high or low a salinity can cause the death of a clam. Try to keep specific gravity between 1.023 and 1.025.
- pH: 8.3. Do not let the aquarium exceed a pH above 8.4.
- Hardness: Maintain a dkh of 7.9.
- Water Movement: Crocea Clams can handle strong water motion, however high currents should not be a constant condition.
For more in depth information on caring for Crocea Clams see, Caring For Tridacnid Clams
Compatibility and Social Behaviors:
Clams are very stationary and peaceful, they are not aggressive towards other aquarium inhabitants. Though they have the ability to shut completely, they do need protection from anemones and some corals. They should not be kept near any stinging cell creatures and must be kept away from any sweeper tentacles. Anemones need to be watched, as they can move close to a clam and sting or eat it.
Be cautious with other tank inhabitants as well, those that may pick at the clam or eat its mantle, such as Trigger Fish and Puffers. Blennies, Butterfly Fish, Clown Gobies, Angelfish and shrimp may disturb Tridacna clams.
Crocea Clams have been propogated in captivity, and the demand from aquarists has raised interest in producing colorful varieties of all the species.
For detailed information of tridacnid propogation, see Giant Clam Breeding and Reproduction
Keep a watch out for predators! The Crocea Clam can be easy prey with it's large and wide byssus gland opening. They are also quite sensitive to chemicals or toxic substances dissolved in the water, so be sure to maintain good water quality. As mentioned under aquarium care and aquarium parameters above, high pH, high salinity, and high temperatures can also cause problems.
For in depth information on potential Tridacna clam problems, see: Tridacnid Clams: Friends, Enemies & Ailments
Clams obtained from aquaculture systems are readily available and are very hardy in reef aquariums.
Because the Crocea Clams burrows into the rock and attaches itself with their byssal threads, collecting them from the wild is more difficult and the chances of receiving a damaged clam are greater. Once the byssus gland is damaged, the clam doesn't usually live long. This is most likely due to bacterial infections though, and not the damage itself. You will have a much better chance of keeping a wild collected clam if you receive it still attached to a rock.


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A rental agreement, or a lease, is a contract granting use or occupation of a property during a specified period of time, in exchange for a specified amount of money.
Rental agreements fall under the jurisdiction of the provinces and territories and are enforced by different government departments or ministries.
Learning More About Renting a Home or an Apartment
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is Canada's national housing agency. The CMHC offers information on tenant and landlord rights, responsibilities and rental practices across the country. The CMHC has also developed an in depth guide to renting a home with information for both potential renters and landlords in Canada.
In collaboration with the provinces and territories who are responsible for landlord-tenant affairs, the CMHC has developed a series of regional fact sheets. These fact sheets provide details about common rental issues and offer several valuable links and resources for renters.
The Canadian Consumer Handbook provides tips, contacts, and other information for consumers, including information on landlord and tenant problems. The Handbook is produced as a partnership by the Consumer Measures Committee, a group of senior federal, provincial, and territorial government consumer affairs officials.
- Canadian Consumer Handbook – Landlord and Tenant Problems
- Consumer Measures Committee – Landlords and Tenants
The Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) promotes the interests and protection of Canadian consumers and provides information to help them make informed decisions. The Rent or Buy a Home calculator available on the OCA website provides consumers with a tool that can help them compare the cost of buying a home with the cost of renting a home.
Provincial and Territorial Information
Choose your province or territory from the list above for information that applies to where you live.
Choose your province or territory from the list above for information that applies to where you live.
For residents of Ontario
The Landlord and Tenant Board of Ontario educates landlords and tenants about their rights and responsibilities, and provides dispute resolution between landlords and tenants in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing works to strengthen Ontario communities by promoting a housing market that serves the full range of housing needs, protects tenants, and encourages private sector building. The Ministry also provides opportunities for supportive programs for low-income tenants and housing for special-needs tenants, and supports the creation of affordable housing.
For residents of Quebec
Services Québec offers citizens and businesses throughout Québec a single, multiservice window for simplified access to public services. The consumer section of the Services Québec website offers useful information and tips on a number of consumer issues, including renting a home or apartment.
The Régie du logement is a specialized tribunal for residential lease matters. Its mission is to educate landlords and tenants about their rights and responsibilities related to the lease to avoid conflicts, and to provide balanced and timely dispute resolution between landlords and tenants in accordance with the Code civil du Québec.
For residents of Nova Scotia
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations is responsible for enforcing consumer protection legislation in the province and providing information products and services to consumers, notably through Access Nova Scotia.
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations oversees and enforces Nova Scotia's Residential Tenancies Act, the legislation that sets out the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants in Nova Scotia. This includes providing dispute resolution services for landlords and tenants.
The consumer awareness section of the Access Nova Scotia website provides information, guides, forms and answers to frequently asked questions for landlords and tenants. You will also find a section with information specific to condominiums.
For residents New Brunswick
The Office of the Rentalsman is a government service that provides information on rental obligations and rights under the Residential Tenancies Act, and helps landlords and tenants resolve problems without going to court.
The Rentalsman website provides information and guides for new renters, as well as landlords, and answers frequently asked questions related to rental agreements and landlord and tenant rights.
For residents of Manitoba
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For residents of British Columbia
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Their website provides landlords and tenants with guides and fact sheets on their individual rights, as well as information on how to resolve issues and on dispute resolution services.
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The Office website provides information and resources for landlords and tenants, including answers to frequently asked questions related to rental agreements and security deposits.
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The Rental Office, a division of the Northwest Territories Department of Justice provides service to both landlords and tenants as a convenient source of information regarding the obligations and responsibilities contained in tenancy agreements.
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July 13, 2004
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
As Chinese warships and naval survey vessels
ply Japanese waters hoping to stake their claim to potentially
gas-rich seabeds, the United States is sending mixed signals to
Japan on the U.S.-Japan alliance. Ambiguity in Washington may
undermine Japanese confidence in the alliance-in itself, a major
strategic goal for Beijing. Washington must now publicly support
Japan, our most important ally in Asia, if it hopes to deter China
from further adventurism in Japan's Exclusive Economic
On Tuesday, July 6, Japanese antisubmarine
aircraft spotted a Chinese naval survey vessel, the Nandiao
411, well within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The
Chinese foreign ministry declined to comment on the incursion,
saying it had not received any report of naval survey
On July 13, Japanese coast guard cutters
discovered a Chinese civilian research vessel, the Xiangyanghong
9, within the EEZ and engaged in survey operations for which it
had not sought, much less obtained, Japanese government
permission-a possible violation of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).[1]
Japanese aircraft ordered the vessel to leave the area, but the
Chinese ship refused to respond.
Even more ominously, on July 14, a Chinese
naval vessel overtook a Japanese resource exploration ship inside
the EEZ, forcing it to alter its route to avoid a collision.[2]
The Chinese navy has made a habit of
traversing Japanese waters for the past two years, and Chinese
ships and submarines have been particularly assertive in the past
year. In January, the Japanese government declassified a report
that Chinese naval vessels had entered the EEZ six times during
2003 "to survey subsea routes for Chinese submarines to enter the
Pacific." These incursions include two violations of Japan's
territorial waters by Ming class submarines in the vicinity of
Kagoshima at the southern tip of Kyushu. So far this year, Japan's
Self Defense Forces have documented at least twelve violations of
the EEZ, including three separate incursions northwest of the
Senkaku Islands in May alone.
Alarmed by China's presence in Japanese
waters, Tokyo will soon dispatch a civilian survey vessel-looking
for natural gas-to the area near the Senkaku Islands (which China
calls "Diaoyutai") to assert its own EEZ rights. Beijing's foreign
ministry protested this news, claiming that the EEZ is "disputed."
It warned Tokyo not to take "any action that may imperil China's
interest and complicate the current situation."
The Chinese navy's sudden assertiveness-indeed
aggressiveness-in Japanese waters is a test of the U.S.-Japan
alliance. Washington must be careful not to confront this challenge
with its traditional studied ambiguity. Ambiguous support for an
ally against China's increasingly provocative territorial
encroachments will encourage China to become more aggressive not
just in Japanese waters, but also in the South China Sea and, of
course, the Taiwan Strait.
The status of the Senkakus is clear. Japan
first claimed the uninhabited and unclaimed islets in question in
1895 to use their rocky outcroppings for maritime navigation aids.
From that time through the end of World War II, they were
administered as part of Japan's Okinawa prefecture. Upon the
Japanese surrender, the United States administered the islets under
a military occupation authority. In 1972, when the United States
returned Okinawa to Japanese administration, the Senkakus were
included in the reversion. There is, accordingly, no doubt that the
United States has always regarded the islands as
China and Taiwan have expressed interest in
the islands since only 1968, when a United Nations Economic
Commission for Asia report suggested there may be petroleum
deposits in the seabed near the islets. (No petroleum or gas
deposits have since been detected in the area.) On June 11, 1971,
the Republic of China on Taiwan formally claimed the islands. After
the United States returned the islands to Japan in the 1972 Okinawa
Reversion Agreement, China lodged a formal protest with the U.S.
government. Eager not to alienate Beijing just as President Nixon
was beginning his opening to China, the U.S. State Department
announced that the Reversion Agreement "did not affect the
sovereignty" over disputed islands.
As recently as March 2004, the State
Department accepted China's claims over the Senkakus as being
equally valid as Japan's title. Still, in a stance known
affectionately in Japan as the "Armitage Doctrine," U.S. officials
have said that the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty covers "all
territories under the administration of Japan" and there is no
question that, as a matter of law-under the Reversion Agreement,
the alliance treaty, and the terms of the U.S. military occupation
of the Ryukyu island chain-that the Senkakus are indeed "under the
administration of Japan." As such, any hostile activities against
the islands would trigger the treaty.
In this context, China's forays into the
Senkakus seem designed to probe where the bedrock of the U.S.-Japan
alliance begins-or if it is there at all. Of course, Chinese survey
vessels are also mapping the ocean bottom for the benefit of the
country's rapidly expanding submarine fleet.
Steps for the Administration
The United States should view with alarm
China's increasing aggressiveness in the Western Pacific and its
continuing challenges to long-established maritime boundaries. The
seabeds that China now claims have been under Japanese sovereignty
for over a century. The United States has, over past years,
reportedly reassured Japan that the territorial waters China now
claims-and the islands they encompass-fall within the ambit of
Japanese administration and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. The
United States should make this point firmly and thereby confront
China's provocations with clarity instead of
John Tkacik, Jr., is
Research Fellow in China Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The
Heritage Foundation.
[1]Article 56 of the UNCLOS
limits such coastal state jurisdiction to "exploring…the
natural resources" of the EEZ. Articles 95 and 96 assert complete
immunity on the high seas-and, under Article 58, in EEZs-for
warships and ships "used only on government, non-commercial
service." For the full text and overview, see
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of
December 10, 1982.
[2] "Jiefangjun zai Donghai
Dujie Riben Tansuochuan" [PLA intercepts Japanese exploration ship
in the East China Sea], New York, World Journal in Chinese,
July 14, 2004, P. A8, cites a Keizai Shimbun wire service
report from Tokyo.
Washington must publicly support Japan if it hopes to deter Chinafrom adventurism in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone
John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Senior Research Fellow
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The proposed three-strike anti-piracy legislation, also known as HADOPI, was subjected to a decisive vote in the French National Assembly on April 9. Contrary to expectations, the law failed to pass, the members present voting 15 in favour and 21 against.
This is a surprising outcome, because the bill previously received favorable votes in both chambers of the French Parliament. The upper chamber, the Senate, voted for a more stricter form of the legislation project on 30 October, 2008, while the lower chamber, called the National Assembly, cast its favorable vote on April 2nd, 2009.
The differences between the two forms of the bill were then settled by a joint commission, formed by members of the two chambers, and sent back for a decisive vote to the National Assembly, which is the pre-eminent body of the Parliament. The French journal Le Monde points out (in French) that a vote rejecting the outcome of a joint commission has not happened for the past 26 years, the last time occurring in 1983.
The proposed law allows copyright holders to monitor file-sharing networks for infringement on their creations and works and report any abuse to a new body, called the High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet (HADOPI in French). The Internet "pirates" will initially receive a warning, followed by a suspension of their Internet access for three months, and another for an entire year for such repeated behavior.
The MPs who voted unfavorably are said to have protested against the re-introduction of the "double punishment" into the text by the joint commission, under pressure from the Senate members. This refers to a stipulation that requires people accused of copyright infringement to continue to pay for the Internet subscription for the period of their suspension. This provision was not present in the text, which passed the vote of the National Assembly on April 2, but was in the Senate version.
"This is a formidable victory for all citizens. This vote shows that it is still possible to make oneself heard. It is a fantastic example of how to use the Net to fight against those who are trying to control it. Individual liberties, in the end, have not been sacrificed to try to preserve the corporate interests of some obsolete industries. The HADOPI law has been interred earlier than expected," Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder and spokesperson of La Quadrature du Net, a French civil liberties group, commented.
France is not the only country where such legislation is considered. Similar three-strikes anti-piracy bills failed to pass in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, but the French one, in its current form, also comes into conflict with laws of the European Union.


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25 Apr, 2011
"Project Cafe" has been confirmed. As part of their semi-yearly financial update, Nintendo revealed that they would indeed be revealing a new console, completely playable, at this year's E3. The new hardware is scheduled for sometime in 2012, the Big N releasing no other details on the product.
A new report out of IGN is claiming to have some early specifications on the console, which supposedly includes a modified AMD R700 GPU, a custom triple-core IBM PowerPC CPU chipset, and a $400 price tag. Another new potential name for the console, Stream, also hints at a much more serious initiative into online play than we saw with the Wii. None of these details have been confirmed by Nintendo.
IGN Report – Rumored Wii 2 Specs
• GPU – Wii 2's GPU will be a modified version of AMD's R700 architecture.
• CPU – The CPU will be a custom-designed triple-core version of the IBM PowerPC chipset.
• Visuals – Project Cafe will run in 1080p, and may be able to utilize Stereoscopic 3D, though it hasn't been confirmed as a feature.
• Size & Design – The console will be around the same size as the first-gen Xbox 360, and may be designed to look like a futuristic looking Super Nintendo.
• Price – Say goodbye to Nintendo having the "budget" console: Project Cafe may cost between 350 and 400 dollars.
• Release Date – Supposedly, the Cafe itself could be ready to ship from the manufacturer to retailers as soon as mid-to-late October, but in order to give developers more time with the new hardware, Nintendo may not launch the console until early 2012.
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Here's a reminder about our event,
Where many happy hours with bears will be spent.
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For the 17th of May, at a lovely location.
Harmans Cross Village Hall is the place to be,
If you come by car the parking is free.
Travel by steam on the Swanage Railway,
Where the village hall is two minutes away.
It starts at ten and the fun ends at four,
For the best choice of bears, be the first at the door.
Some come and meet Charlie, Will and the team…
It's so exciting - we don't mind if you scream!!
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To join the queue for Charlie to sign.
This should reduce your time in the queue,
And we'll keep you amused with plenty to do.
Any bears bought on the day can be signed,
From 1 to 100 we really don't mind.
Bears from home can't be signed for you,
To ensure that we get to the end of the queue.
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Drinks and nibbles are provide for free,
So sit and relax with a coffee or tea.
Children can have fun if they go outside…
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Hundreds mourn death of BMX track owner in Simi
Crowd gathers in Simi Valley to remember Joan Nigro, 59
About 400 people showed up at Sycamore BMX bike racing track in Simi Valley for the candlelight tribute Thursday night planned after its owner, Joan Nigro, 59, lost her four-month battle with brain cancer earlier that day.
They wrote notes to their beloved supporter, telling her how she had changed their lives, told stories and shed tears. Then everyone took lit candles to the track where all other lights were turned off and longtime friend Pat Shinn said a prayer for the mentor they lost too soon.
Mike Day, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said the loss is devastating. Now 28, he was nine when he began at Nigro's track.
"When I was training down in San Diego, I would come back up and she'd always want to know how it was. Then when I came back there was a big sign up," he said. "It's just family here. Everyone roots for everyone at the races, and she was the reason it was like that. I was just saying when we'd ride in, you would see her at the sign-in gate and you'd wave. The last few months she hasn't been here and it's been a little different."
Paul Vasquez, 42, rode when he was 11.
"Kids from childhood to adult come here to ride," Vasquez said. "I brought my kids here because I rode here when I was a kid. I brought my son here, and then Joan said, 'Why don't you let your daughter ride?'"
He choked up as he spoke.
"Generation after generation rides for Joan," he said. "Joan remembered everyone's face and name. I don't care if you raced 20 years ago. She remembered the baseball you did on the side. She remembered every detail about everyone. When you walked in the gate and saw the smile in the window, you knew you were home. It's hard for me to walk through the gates tonight."
Vasquez, who helps run the track, said the Nigro family will continue to operate the business.
Richie Anderson, of Lancaster, does clinics at the track.
"(She had a) great big heart," he said. "It's a sad day for all of us. She was a mother to me, grandmother to my daughter. She loved the kids."
Madelynn Desantis, 9, of Simi Valley, is one of those children. She began riding at 5 years old. She said Nigro taught her a lot about how to ride.
"Every day when I came to the track, she put a smile on my face," she said. "I'm really going to miss her."
Nigro is survived by her husband, Tony, whom she met when they were teenagers. They married in 1973 and had two children, Courtney, 37, who has two children named Blaze and Bailey, and Anthony, 31, who has a child named Noah.
Her best friend, Carrie Blanchard, has known Nigro for 15 years and said they rode motorcycles, road bikes, mountain bikes and BMX bikes together.
"Our latest adventure was paddle boarding," Blanchard said. "We did everything together. I'm heartbroken. We said we were going to grow old together. I loved her dearly."
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September 18, 1998
With tensions building on the Afghan-Iranian border, radio monitors should watch for increased clandestine radio activity.
The Taliban, an extremist Sunni Muslim group, now effectively controls Afghanistan, however, calls for help by the Shiite minority and the murder of Iranian diplomats earlier this month has led to a massive mobilization of Iranian troops on the border between the two nations.
What was once the ideological playground of the Cold War has now deteriorated into a dangerous religious quagmire with Muslim Sunnis (the Taliban who are supported by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) pitted against the Shiites, supported by Iran.
Intelligence analysts cited by the Washington Post, CNN and the Chicago Tribune predict that any punitive strikes will be minor. Nevertheless, Iran was an ally of Jamiat-e-Islami - the party that ruled Afghanistan and was defeated by the Taliban just a few years ago. The Jamiat-e-Islami have been waging a civil war with the Taliban since 1994.
Clandestine radio is often used in the wake of military actions in order to maintain psychological pressure, therefore, the probability is high that the Jamiat-e-Islami - which lost its clandestine voice to the Taliban last month when their Takhar Radio came into Taliban possession - will once again return to the airwaves with Iranian aid. Takhar Radio is now broadcasting as the Radio Voice of Shari'a of Takhar Province.
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Kinematic assessment of hip movement when retrieving an object from the floor
Orthopaedic Research Unit, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, L9 7AL, UK
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011, 6:11 doi:10.1186/1749-799X-6-11Published: 21 February 2011
Activities that require extreme hip movement can dislocate hip implants in the early post operative phase. One such activity is retrieving an object from the floor. The aim of this study was to assess hip movement using four different techniques to accomplish this task. This assessment would identify the techniques least likely to cause a hip dislocation.
An electromagnetic tracker was used to measure the movement of 50 hips in 25 normal subjects. Sensors were attached over the iliac crest and the mid-shaft of the lateral thigh. Data was then collected for 3 repetitions of each of the following retrieval techniques:-
1. Flexing forward to pick up an object between the feet.
2. Flexing to pick up an object lateral to the foot.
3. Squatting to pick up an object between the feet.
4. Kneeling on one knee to pick up beside the knee.
Kneeling required a mean movement of 30.4 degree(s) flexion and 7.2 degree(s) external rotation. This was significantly less than all the other techniques (paired t-test, P << 0.001). Squatting required 87.4 degree(s) flexion and 10.1 degree(s) internal rotation.
The study showed that squatting had the most flexion and internal rotation, whereas kneeling has the least flexion. Thus, to minimise the dislocation risk when retrieving an object from the floor, kneeling should be adopted and squatting should be avoided.


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Maybe you've heard, but in this modern, app- happy world, the hottest seller right now is the Ugly Meter... and it does exactly what it sounds like it does; it scans your face and tells you how ugly you are. Apparently, it analyses your facial symmetry to come up with it's score of 1- to- 10. It should be noted that '10' is the ugliest, so this is one of those times when being a 'perfect 10' isn't what you're looking for. Thing is, you don't need an app to tell you if you're ugly. With a few notable exceptions (I'm talking to YOU Torry Spelling) ugly people are very aware that they are ugly. Not only do you know if you're ugly, you also know who the ugliest person is in your circle of friends, among your co- workers and in your own family. Here's hoping it's not you. Beauty may, indeed, be in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes ugly is an undeniable truth. Ever met anyone who found
Clint Howard handsome
? Me neither. Today we asked you to play the role of the Ugly Meter and give an honest answer to the following question: WHO IS THE UGLIEST PERSON YOU KNOW?
His- brother- in- law... huge head and man- boobs... what makes the man- boobs worse is that one is bigger than the other
One of his regular customers at the grocery store where she works... says she's remarkably ugly but it's made worse because she has stubble
His friend's girlfriend... says she has crooked teeth, a crooked nose, but has great legs.
Fellow student... lazy eye, weird hair, a double chin and smells "weird"
His uncle, plain and simple
His wife's best friend... makes him the guy who got the hot one out of the pair
His college buddy... guy looked 45 when he was 19... thing is, the ugly dude had a twin sister who was HOT
Knows a family who has a 16- year- old kid with gray hair... how do you have gray hair at 16? Jesus.
Says that his buddy "literally" looks like a monkey... it's possible that his friend is actually monkey that looks somewhat human?
His best friend's fiancé... he's known her for 10 years and says she's always been ugly the whole time... even better, he's the best man at the upcoming wedding AND they've only known each other for 3 months
Jolene brought in an interesting list today. It was the Top 10 Dead Artist Who Should Come Back as Holograms. We're just assuming the list was inspired by Tupac's recent 'appearance' at Coachella... or wherever.
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Until tomorrow, put it where you need it and STAY BEAUTIFUL!"
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