When Should You Stop Contributing To Your 401(k)?
So, we're going to assume you got that message. Instead, let's talk about when you should stop contributing to your 401k. Yes, stop contributing. That's a real thing, worthy of discussion. Let's start by looking at exactly why you are participating in a 401k.
Tax-savings: The money you contribute to a 401k this year will not be taxed until you withdraw it in 30 or 40 years. If you make $46,000 in 2016, and stash $4,600 (10%) in your 401k, your taxable income instantly drops to $41,400.
Tax-deferred growth: Similarly, your 401k enjoys compound growth unmolested by the taxman until you retire and begin withdrawing the money.
Related: Am I Better Off Fully Funding My 401K Or Should I Open Another IRA?
Forced Savings: Participating in a 401k is the perfect way to "pay yourself first," to ensure that you are contributing to the future before the present takes its giant cut of your paycheck. Because the boss man deducts your 401k contribution from your paycheck, you never have a chance to spend it.
I'm not suggesting you lack discipline… but stop and think about the hassle of regular long-term investing without a 401k. You'd have to set up a retirement account and have your monthly contribution debited from your checking account every month… except that month when you are supposed to go to Cancun… and the one (TBA) when your car engine blows up.
The 401k's "forced savings" aspect also allows you to take advantage of another thing that gets us financial geeks all revved up: dollar cost averaging. While the market has moved steadily upwards for decades, that progress is marked by both ups and downs. By putting money into the market on a regular basis via the 401k, you take advantage of those market dips by purchasing shares on the cheap that will likely bounce back and move higher.
Free money: In many cases your employer will match a portion of your 401k contribution. Let's say your company matches 50% of your 410k contribution up to 6% of your salary. If you make $100,000 and contribute $6,000 (6%) the company will kick in $3,000. That's right, the boss will make it rain just to see you save your own money!
Jedi Mind Trick: Saving today via a 401k gets you into the habit of living on less. If, for example, you make $75,000 and contribute 20% to your 401k, you're actually living on $60,000. That life-long discipline will pay off in retirement by allowing you to enjoy your post-career life on less income, which will, in turn, help your retirement money last longer.
Now let's talk about what happens when you stop contributing to your 401k. First off – duh -- most of the above goes away.
No more reduction in taxable income.
No tax deferral on your additional retirement savings.
No more paying yourself first.
Worst of all, stopping your contribution dramatically slows the growth of your retirement nest egg. It may feel like you've saved enough for your ideal retirement. Maybe you have. And, yeah, it would be nice to have some extra money in your checking account today. But what if you live to be 98? Or face a personal or family crisis at 74? Don't you want as much money stashed away as possible?
So, when should you stop contributing to your 401k? Here's the exact date: The Day You Stop Working. Go ahead and mark it on your calendar.


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Inspired by the many stories of pit bulls who have saved lives by daring feats of bravery and providing unconditional love and emotional support, this year we scoured the globe for superheroes for our annual calendar contest.
The photos in this calendar represent the winners of the StubbyDog Superhero Calendar Contest. These amazing 'calendar' dogs were voted on by their peers to represent the various types of superhero pit bulls we know and love – the therapy dog, the family dog, the clown, the survivor, the lover and most of all, the best friend.
Thank you for caring about them. We hope this calendar will help all of us rediscover the pit bull 365 days of the year!
I got my calendar a few days ago and have it on the wall over my computer so I can refer to it frequently. It is such a magnificent reminder that there is no stopping the pit bulls! Thank you, StubbyDog, for your efforts on behalf of these fantastic dogs!


Even if you haven't yet needed to have a gas appliance tested, installed, removed or serviced, you will probably still have heard of the Gas Safe Register. This is the official replacement for CORGI, and when you need assistance or advice on any gas appliance you can go to the Gas Safe Register to find an approved engineer to help you out.
This applies to all gas appliances, so whether you've got a problem with your gas hob or you need a new gas boiler fitted, you'll need to find a Gas Safe registered engineer to perform the task on your behalf.
So the Gas Safe Register performs more than one task?
Yes – it is not just a requirement for any engineer who wants to work with gas, it's there to protect you and ensure your installation or repair work is done legally and properly. Needless to say, gas can be extremely dangerous. If you use an engineer who is not properly qualified it could have disastrous consequences.
If you need a qualified engineer to do some gas related work for you, the Gas Safe Register will help you find someone in your local area. There is a search facility on the website that helps you do this.
How can you check an engineer you have already met is properly qualified and registered?
The register is represented by a distinctive yellow triangular logo. It has the words Gas Safe inside it printed in black and the word 'register' underneath it in yellow.
Make sure you ask to see the engineer's card when they arrive. Qualified and genuine engineers will not hesitate to show it to you; remember it is your right to see it. The engineer's photo will be on the front along with the dates the card is valid from and to. It should also have a hologram for security purposes. The rear of the card will tell you which areas of gas work the engineer is qualified to work in. Always make sure you check these aspects of the card before the engineer starts work.


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Apple Music Officially Launches on PS5, Play Games While Listening to Songs!
Posted on October 29, 2021 by pauline
In everyday life, music is one aspect that is inherent in humans. Therefore, various companies are competing to provide easy access to music. One way to do this is to launch a music streaming service. Of the many music streaming services that exist, Apple Music is the one that is quite in demand and has many users.
At first, Apple only launched Apple Music on their gadgets, such as the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. But over time Apple Music began to penetrate platforms outside of Apple, for example, Android. Even based on the latest update, Apple has just expanded Apple Music on another platform.
Reporting from MacRumors, another platform where the new expansion of Apple Music is the PlayStation 5 (PS5). Starting October 27, 2021, the game console made by Sony is officially available for the Apple Music service. Reporting from MacRumors, another platform where the new expansion of Apple Music is the PlayStation 5 (PS5).
Starting October 27, 2021, the game console made by Sony is officially available for the Apple Music service. With Apple Music, PS5 users can access songs while playing games. In total, there are nearly 90 million song catalogs on Apple Music that PS5 users can access.
Especially on the PS5, there is one smart feature that allows Apple Music to recommend songs that match the game being played. Besides being able to play songs, Apple Music on PS5 can also play video clips, even up to 4K quality. To be able to open the Apple Music application on the PS5, users only need to press the button on the DualSense controller.After that, the user must select the Apple Music logo and the application will open automatically.
Then, how to download the Apple Music app on PS5?
Still from MacRumors, Apple Music on PlayStation 5 can be downloaded through the PS5 media room.Later, users only need to follow all kinds of instructions that appear on the Smart TV screen, including instructions to enter (Login) an Apple Music account. The login process can be done by scanning the QR Code from a gadget made by Apple or manually entering an ID. After that is done, then PS5 users will be able to listen to music via Apple Music.

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Mental illness is a subject that is little understood, both by the global population at large and even by the psychiatrists and psychologists who study it on a daily basis. In the United States, we have a large and culturally diverse population, but these differences are not always positive, especially when it comes to mental health awareness.
According to a study conducted by Carpenter Song et. al (2010), which followed a group of 25 mentally ill patients of varying cultural backgrounds, the results highlighted this issue. For example, of the selected group, European Americans were more likely to seek help and trust prescribed medication, seeing it as a "central and necessary" part of their treatment, while the African American and Latino participants were more likely to distrust medication and sought out more "non-biomedical" explanations for their mental illnesses. In another study done by Bailey et. al (2011) on African American subjects, results showed that a significant amount of the African American reported negative attitudes toward mental health professionals for a variety of cultural and personal reasons. Regardless of race, however, all cultures experience some kind of stigma because of their mental illness. Unfortunately, this is true for Asian and Indian Americans as well, and stigma against mental illness is stronger in these cultures because of their emphasis on family reputation. From the Chinese perspective, anything that causes one to lose control or act shamefully leads to one being ostracized in their communities and even within their own families.
Different cultural backgrounds also affect the reasons behind stigmas. For example, in a 2003 study, European and Chinese Americans were shown videos about individuals with schizophrenia or major depression. They were then told that the illness was "genetic," "partially genetic," or "not genetic." They were then asked how they would feel if one of their children dated or reproduced with that person. When told that the illness was genetic, the Chinese group reported a reduced unwillingness to allow their children to date and reproduce with them, but the same measure made European Americans more unwilling. This result shows that stigma can be affected in different ways by different cultures, and one's perception and understanding (or misunderstanding) of mental illness is the real heart of the problem.
However, no matter who you are or what your background is, almost everyone with a mental illness is discriminated against or experiences some kind of stigma, and that is why NAMI and other similar organizations are so important. They work to root out these stigmas, educate people on the facts concerning mental illness, and advocate for legal changes that will make the world a better place for those who feel the pain of being misunderstood and abused by their communities that do not understand what they are going through or why. Help break the stigma, whether it's here in the United States, or around the world.


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and brought me back from the brink of suffocation.
found me when I was lost.
and transformed my pain into radiance.
It is in Your light that I live and move and have my being….


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Deals - Europe
French group Thales completes 4.8 billion euro takeover of Gemalto
The logo of French defence and electronics group Thales is seen at the company's headquarters in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS (Reuters) - French aerospace and defense electronics group Thales said it had completed its previously announced 4.8 billion euros ($5.4 billion) takeover of chipmaker Gemalto, boosting Thales' presence in the booming security services market.
Thales had to clear various regulatory hurdles before finally completing the deal, and the company reiterated that buying Gemalto would increase its overall revenues and lift its presence in Latin America, north America and Asia.
"Together, we are creating a giant in digital identity and security with the capabilities to compete in the big leagues worldwide," said Thales Chairman and Chief Executive Patrice Caine in a statement on Tuesday.
Reporting by Jean-Michel Belot; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta


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DOPE MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASE
Laica releases her first official single, entitled, "Nobody Else But You"
Blanks releases an entertaining music video for his "Sweaters" single
MCAULEY releases an emo-pop tune, entitled, "Out of Your System"
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Izzy Thomas releases an emotionally-charged audiovisual for her "Mad" single
Big Gigantic releases their "Burning Love" single featuring singer Kidepo
Chloe Lilac releases a music video for her "Here's Your Song" single
Mandy Groves releases a music video for her "Done With Me" single
Dad releases the ultimate girl's anthem, entitled, "Fresher"
Ben Williams releases a compelling rendition of "We Shall Overcome"
Beren Olivia releases a lovely debut single, entitled, "Black Magic"
Nathalie Sade releases a lovely R&B tune, entitled, "Would You Love Me"
Skizzy Mars releases a new album, entitled "Alone Together"
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Lark Rise
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Sir Timothy Midwinter - Ben Miles
Sir Timothy is the squire, the principal landowner in the area and justice of the peace. Sir Timothy and Dorcas were childhood friends and have remained close ever since. His family have been there for hundreds of years and they own a lot of land. The village of Lark Rise and the town of Candleford have to pay him rent because he's their landlord
He is well loved by all who encounter him because, although firm, he is fair in his dealings with his tenants, and those brought before him in his role as justice of the peace. He also has a great sense of fun and loves to tease. Dorcas brings out this side of his character more than anyone.
He's very typical of his class and of his time, a man who has a lot of duty to his title and family. He enjoys being a squire but does find some elements uncomfortable, for example, the way people are treated. He greatly admires the local people, especially the people in the village of Lark Rise, and has their best interests at heart. As the local magistrate, Sir Timothy sees his fair share of issues and difficulties that people had to face in these communities. There is one episode that's all about debt and another that's about domestic abuse. In many ways it's all still relevant today even though it was written in the 19th Century.
Ben Miles
Ben Miles was born in Wimbledon, London, but lived as a young man in Ashover Derbyshire, attending Tupton Hall School. He began acting in school productions, which he pursued mainly because it allowed him to miss classes. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which also boasts such alumni as Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes. He moved into television roles in the 1990s, playing supporting roles in such series as The Bill and Peak Practice.
In 2000, he was cast as the womanising Patrick Maitland in the comedy series Coupling, a role which he played until the series ended in 2004. He continued other television work during his tenure in Coupling, appearing in The Forsyte Saga and in Prime Suspect. In 2004, Miles portrayed Charles Ryder in the BBC Radio 4 production of Brideshead Revisited. Miles appeared in the 2005 BBC television drama Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, playing the part of a teacher taking an unruly party of pupils on a daytrip to Salisbury Cathedral. In 2006, he appeared in the TV drama After Thomas as the father of a son with autism. He worked alongside actors such as Clive Mantle. In 2008 he appeared as the squire in the British production Lark Rise to Candleford, and in 2009 appeared as the head of a stock market trading firm in the BBC city-based drama Sex, the City and Me (January 2009). He plays the lead in Pulse opposite Claire Foy..... Courtesy of Wikipedia.Org
Lady Adelaide Midwinter - Olivia Grant
Sir Timothy is married to the very beautiful Lady Adelaide, who is regarded as a much more suitable match than Dorcas to somebody of Sir Timothy's standing.
He's very fond of Adelaide and I think he loves her but they are completely different people. He loves the country whereas she loves the town; he cares about his tenants, his people, whereas she doesn't really relate to them. She's never been around people like this in her life before. It's hard for her but she does come good and learns to care about people."
Lady Adelaide is desperate to have a child which causes a strain and tension in their relationship.
Lady Adelaide's family made their money in trade, so marrying Sir Timothy was a step up for her into society. But life in Candleford hasn't proved to be entirely what she'd anticipated. It's a world away from the balls and parties where she first met Tim. So, until they start a family, she has few distractions. For the residents of Candleford and Lark Rise, Adelaide's a less approachable, more remote figure than Sir Tim. But they respect her and warm to her as his wife. She brings a touch of glamour to the town, she's graceful, beautiful and stylish, and to outsiders her life is to be envied.
Olivia Grant
Born in London, Olivia Grant is the daughter of Irene Whilton, a costume designer, and Kenneth Grant, a district judge. Olivia originally trained to be a ballet dancer, becaming a Junior Associate with the English National Ballet. She later studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, planning to become a professional opera singer.
After attending St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith,Olivia read English at Brasenose College, Oxford, where she became involved with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Upon graduating she signed with an agent and began to get acting work.
Olivia made her first screen appearance in an episode of Brush Strokes, at the age of three. She obtained the role through her mother, who was working on the series at the time.[2] She made her professional debut in Stardust (2007), in a role she won within weeks of graduating from Oxford.
Olivia's other film credits include Fishtales (2007) and the forthcoming Howard Marks biopic Mr Nice (2010), opposite Rhys Ifans. She played the lead role of Grace Darling in BBC Three drama Personal Affairs and appeared as Lady Adelaide Midwinter in the first series of BBC period drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
She also played the lead character in the "Kids In Glass Houses" video for "Matters at all"
She currently lives in Chelsea.....Courtesy of Wikipedia.Org
Olivia in BBC4's adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence classic Women In Love.
Actress OLIVIA GRANT reveals how she battled her nerves - and double-sided sticky tape - while filming a new TV version of D.H. Lawrence's Women In Love
There's nothing like the phrase 'closed set' on a filming schedule to get an actor motivated.
I usually note it far in advance and immediately start planning an aggressive exercise regime.
Disrobing on-set is a breeze - so long as you can casually unveil a body entirely purged of the effects of occasionally abandoned self-control.
Unfortunately, the excellent on-set catering and the intensity of the filming have put paid to my hopes of a physical overhaul, and I'm almost relieved that in the wardrobe department we are grappling with a different dilemma entirely: should we use double-sided toupe tape or prosthetic glue to attach strings of pearls to my breasts in the heat and humidity of South Africa?
Despite us having plumped for tape, it keeps coming away. 'We could stick the pearls together so they form a kind of shield,' my dresser muses.
'But if you move around during the scene I don't think that's going to cut it.'
Slideshow Below - Olivia as Hermione
The Residence - The Manor House : Chavenage House - Tetbury
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Would you vote to re-elect your local congressperson?
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Do you feel that the federal government spends money wisely?
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Do you think John Boehner is doing a good job as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
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Battle Game Online – The Games to Share your Friends
The gaming industry is actually incomplete without battle game online. The younger generation, especially the boys are freaks for such fighting games.
These games are designed in places where the battles take place giving an illusion of reality to the players. There are elimination rounds and difficulty level goes on increasing as the level of the game increases. The player gets to face a stronger opponent with the increase in level of games. Also he gets additional scores as he heads forward towards his aim. The player is made to choose the colour of attires, the weapons and other minute details of the fighter that adds to the virtual feeling of the game in an effective way. There may or may not be a definite storyline.
There are many more diverse features in the battle games online like attacking and defending at the same point of time. There are games that have both single player and multi-player options. For multi-player option, the player can opt to play with his friend who might be far away from him but can play and interact through the medium of internet. Some games like Warcraft III had the significant feature of Anonymous Matchmaking. It allowed a user playing game to match up with a player having same skills and was interested to play the game, making playing easy and quick. It also eliminated win-trading where players lose the game purposely to get a high rank.
Blizzard Entertainment provides battle gaming service known as Battle.net which was launched in 1996. It became popular with the gamers because it had no membership fees and as a result Dialdo and subsequent Blizzard games became major selling spots. Later many more versions of games were produced by the Company. Besides that, there are a lot of other pioneers in the gaming industry that designed and launched battle games online that became extremely popular.
These free battle games are still liked by the game-geeks as much as they were liked before. With the advent of gaming consoles like PlayStation and android- enabled smartphones, the gaming has been enhanced a lot.
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Given that the United States has a massive trade deficit with China, American companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives, Trump tweeted.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said that the next week's high-profile summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be a "very difficult" one as the US can no longer afford massive trade deficits and job losses.
Trump is scheduled to meet Xi at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on April 6 and 7.
This would be the first summit meeting between the two leaders.
"The meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses," Trump said.
Earlier, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that Trump looks forward to meeting President Xi and exchanging views on each other's respective priorities and to chart a way forward for bilateral ties.
"They will discuss the issues of mutual concern, including North Korea, trade, and regional security," he said.
Noting that Trump has spoken to Xi over the phone a few times, Spicer said this was an opportunity for the President to develop a relationship in person with his Chinese counterpart.
"But we have big problems, and -- I mean, everything from the South China Sea, to trade, to North Korea. There are big issues of national and economic security that need to get addressed, and I think there's going to be a lot on the table when it comes to that over the two days that they will talk," Spicer said in response to a question.
There are a lot of big things that the US needs to accomplish with China, and it will work on them, he said.
China-US trade in goods amounted to USD 519.6 billion in 2016. China has a large share in the bilateral trade with its exports to the US amounting to over USD 400 billion.
The meeting will follow a recent trip to China by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Ahead of the summit with Trump, Xi will visit Finland and hold talks with his counterpart Sauli Niinisto.


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Durban Poison is a pure sativa known for its energy-giving, uplifting, creative effects. It has a sweet smell and a sweet, earthy, pine flavor.
When discussing the top strains in the history of cannabis, it's just about impossible to exclude Durban Poison from the conversation. Durban Poison's impact on cannabis across the globe has been immense and historic – even being credited as the inspiration for the cannabis slang term dagga. Originating from Durban, South Africa the landrace strain began to reach Europe, the U.S. and other major cannabis destinations in the 1970s. Today, certain phenotypes of pure sativa Durban Poison exist, though most cuts have lost its 100% purity that originated with the strain as far back as the 14th century. Regardless, Durban Poison's distinct aroma, high potency and other amazing features have earned it scores of awards since making its presence on the global cannabis stage.
Durban Poison's aromatic profile is known for combining some of the most pleasant notes in cannabis. Bringing together sweet and sour with Earth, pine and citrus has been one of the reasons cultivators and consumers go gaga for Durban Poison. Of all the scents, users should expect to get a heavy dose of sweetness above all else. The flavors combine amazingly when smoked as well. When inhaled, the earthy notes take over before giving way once again to a sweet citrus aftertaste.
Terpinolene makes just over three-fourths of Durban Poison's terpene profile. Its presence is clearly felt in the strains aromatic profile and flavors. As a fresh, herbal terpene that offers up sweet, piney aromas and hints of citrus, its clear to see its influence of the classic's composition.
Fans of Durban Poison are sure to point the sativa-like effects that the strain delivers. Consumers use it when they want to stay productive and awake above all else. In addition to powering through the day, Durban Poison is noted for providing consumers with a rush of creative energy that's sure to be uplifting. In some cases, people have reported feeling an urge to explore, making it a potentially ideal choice for a hike or jaunt in the city.
With an almost entirely spiritual high, Durban Poison provides a good deal of emotional relief to a range of people. Furthermore, its tendency to boost energy and attention makes it a viable option for those struggling to focus on creative work.
From its exquisite aromatic profile to its high potency to so much more, Durban Poison is an iconic strain. For centuries, it has been a valued entity in numerous tribes in South Africa. The world over has fallen in love with it in recent decades and shows no signs of slowing down. If cannabis had a Hall of Fame like pro sports did, consider Durban Poison a first ballot entry.


cbullis keep it up (maintenance, not the weight :) ) what's the secret?
141.4. bbut it's water weight cuz no salt and little carbs.
127.8 on Monday. Had dramatic drop last week and can only assume it was because I was too busy to eat snacks. Could very well go up again.


I really like this blue-grey paper, and I think it will lend a nice soft colour to the finished product. I'm going to do it in colour using some of the many many other photos taken that day for reference. I intend to make this a little softer and more 'pastely' than the previous pastels I've done. I want to take better advantage of the medium, instead of the very tight style I've used while familiarizing myself with the pastels. It will be a challenge to maintain recognizable portraits while using something closer to my usual loose, painterly style. Stay tuned, we'll see how this all works out!
How wonderful to be able to give your sister a little part of you...you are so talented. Your sister will love it.


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Signs of water pooling on glaciers in Tibet (left) preceded a pair of avalanches (right).
(Left) Planet, captured on 3 December 2015;(Right) Planet, captured on 29 November 2016
Flotilla of tiny satellites will photograph the entire Earth every day
By Mark Strauss Feb. 23, 2017 , 9:00 AM
On 14 February, earth scientists and ecologists received a Valentine's Day gift from the San Francisco, California-based company Planet, which launched 88 shoebox-sized satellites on a single Indian rocket. They joined dozens already in orbit, bringing the constellation of "Doves," as these tiny imaging satellites are known, to 144. Six months from now, once the Doves have settled into their prescribed orbits, the company says it will have reached its primary goal: being able to image every point on Earth's landmass at intervals of 24 hours or less, at resolutions as high as 3.7 meters—good enough to single out large trees. It's not the resolution that's so impressive, though. It's getting a whole Earth selfie every day.
The news has already sparked excitement in the business world, which is willing to pay a premium for daily updates of telltale industrial and agricultural data like shipping in the South China Sea and corn yields in Mexico. But scientists are realizing that they, too, can take advantage of the daily data—timescales that sparser observations from other satellites and aircraft could not provide.
"This is a game changer," says Douglas McCauley, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who wants to use Planet imagery to map coral bleaching events as they unfold. At present, coral researchers often rely on infrequent, costly reconnaissance airplane flights. "The previous state of the science was, for me, like taking a family photo album and shaking out all the photos on the floor and then being asked to haphazardly pick up three images and tell the story of the family."
McCauley is participating in Planet's Ambassadors Program, which provides free satellite imagery to researchers as it is collected, with no lag time, under an agreement that prohibits them from reselling the data. Joe Mascaro, a tropical ecologist who runs the program, says it was created in the fall of 2015 in response to queries from scientists yearning for access to the company's growing archive of data. Over the course of 2016, Planet approved the applications of about 160 researchers across a range of fields. "We anticipate there will be many new applications of our data that we didn't anticipate," Mascaro says. The company intends to expand the program in the months ahead, and says it is looking for projects that have social, humanitarian, and environmental impacts—and that have the potential for rapid publication in peer-reviewed journals.
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Andreas Kääb, a geoscientist at the University of Oslo, applied to the program to obtain additional data for his work on glaciers, including an investigation into a massive glacial avalanche in Tibet last July that killed nine herders and hundreds of sheep and yaks. Kääb already had before-and-after imagery from Landsat and Sentinel-2, U.S. government and European Space Agency satellites that have, respectively, 30-meter and 10-meter resolution and revisit intervals of 16 and 10 days. But higher resolution Planet images provided Kääb with valuable, timely clues. The appearance of large crevasses before the avalanche indicated the glacier was "surging," although surges, typically somewhat slow, don't usually lead to avalanches. But Kääb also saw water pooling on the surface of the glacier—a sign of heavy rainfall or unusually high temperatures. That water might have seeped through the crevasses, soaking the sediments below the glacial bed and creating a lubricant that triggered the sudden slip. When he saw a second nearby glacier with similar patterns, "We warned Chinese authorities, but when our warning arrived the glacier had already collapsed," Kääb says. (No people, or yaks, were hurt.)
Kääb also used Planet images to study surface displacements along fault lines in New Zealand following the country's 7.8-magnitude earthquake last November. Though high-resolution GPS ground stations are typically used for this, not all faults have dense GPS networks monitoring them. He used Planet images to determine that two fault lines had slipped between 6 and 9 meters—showing that medium-resolution optical satellites can fill the gap.
Dave Petley, who studies landslides at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, has not joined the Ambassadors Program yet, but says that access to the images would be "transformational" for his research. Orbital imagery has revealed some 80,000 landslides in the wake of the New Zealand earthquake. Aftershocks are likely responsible for many of them. But because available images can be weeks apart, "we just have to assume that everything happened in the main shock," Petley says. Daily images during the sequence of aftershocks would show how the landscape responds to different amounts of shaking, Petley says, and help with disaster response. "You want to know how many of your roads are damaged, how many valleys might be blocked."
Satellite swarm
With the launch last week of 88 tiny "Doves," the satellite company Planet now has 144 at work, which will permit daily images of the entire Earth.
(Data) Jonathan McDowell, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA; (Graphic) J.You/ Science
Planet's images are also finding a niche among researchers who deal with human-caused calamities, like deforestation. Matt Finer, a researcher at the Amazon Conservation Association in Washington, D.C., gets weekly deforestation alerts based on Landsat images, but says they are too coarse to determine whether the damage is natural or human-caused. He now turns to Planet data to decide whether an event is concerning. He recalls one incident when his group spotted 11 hectares of forest loss in Peru, accompanied by extensive dredging—signs of an illegal gold mining operation. "The Peruvian government was on the ground within 24 to 48 hours, kicking the miners out," he says. In previous years, Finer says, hundreds of hectares might be lost before anyone acted.
Micah Farfour, a special adviser on remote sensing at Amnesty International in New York City, is using Planet images to monitor humanitarian crises as they unfold. Timely images can help her corroborate witness testimony or pinpoint emerging refugee crises. "It's a really, really amazing tool for narrowing down time frames," Farfour says. Still, images acquired from other private satellite companies, like DigitalGlobe, remain crucial to Amnesty's work, because they can offer the 30-centimeter resolution needed to, say, identify mass graves or count the buildings destroyed in a village that's been burned to the ground.
Another limitation of Planet's Doves is that they only have four spectral bands—red, green, blue, and near-infrared—compared with Landsat's 11 bands. "Planet's daily observation frequencies are incredibly useful," says David Roy, a remote sensing scientist at South Dakota State University in Brookings and co-leader of the Landsat science team. "But there are lots of things … that are probably not doable with Planet labs data." A major missing component, he says, are thermal bands in the far infrared, which enable Landsat to monitor the evaporation of water from plants. That's "quite important if you're looking at drought monitoring or water consumption, particularly in agriculture," Roy says. The Doves also lack a shortwave infrared band, which on Landsat can distinguish between different types of vegetation.
These concerns have not slowed the juggernaut of Planet. In early February, it made two major announcements: It had folded Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 data into its archive and it had initiated a deal to acquire Google's Terra Bella satellite imaging division and its seven SkySats, which have the capability to image at 0.7 meters. However, a spokesperson for Planet declined to say whether scientists will have access to those higher resolution images once the deal is completed.
In the meantime, as more scientists publish their papers using Planet imagery, word is getting around. Mascaro says he was at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in December 2016 when Kääb showed how Planet data were enabling the monitoring of glaciers. "Not surprisingly, I got a few Ambassadors applications from people who were in the room."
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Mark Strauss is a journalist and editor in Washington, D.C.
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Helping Henry
Local teens use robotics to give disabled man part of his life back
by Rotem Ben-Shachar / Palo Alto Weekly
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Chris Tacklind connects the laserfinger to Henry Evans' eyeglasses in early August. Created by Palo Alto High School students, the device is helping Evans, who is quadriplegic, turn equipment in his home on and off. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben.
Guy Davidson of Palo Alto High scrutinizes a part at the TechShop in Menlo Park. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Henry Evans, who lost most of his ability to speak following a stroke five years ago, communicates using a mouse and talking computer. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Evans demonstrates his new laserfinger, as Paly students and inventors Shaffer (center) and Christopher Yarp look on. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Blake and Cameron Tacklind work together on the laserfinger project at the TechShop in Menlo Park in mid-July. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Aleksander Ornaf solders a circuit board. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Christopher Yarp and Patrick Horn are helping to refine the laserfinger. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Guy Davidson and Blake Tacklind are part of the team that's been working each week for more than a year to develop a device to help Henry Evans. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
A group of Palo Alto High students work on the laserfinger at Henry Evans' home in Los Altos Hills. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Henry Evans (left), Chris Tacklind (center), Daniel Shaffer and Jane Evans laugh together as Evans operates the laserfinger. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto Weekly.
Henry Evans and his dog, Amber, at home in Los Altos Hills in early August. Paly students have been working on two devices to help Evans play with Amber: a machine to throw tennis balls and a pet-treat dispenser. Photo by Norbert von der Groeben.
On a bright afternoon in early August, Henry Evans' face lit up. In the bedroom of his Los Altos home, he demonstrated how -- with only a slight movement of his head -- he could do something he had not done for years: turn on his television.
Evans nodded his head up and down until a small laser attached to his glasses pointed at a "grey box," or receiver, with a small computer inside that detected the laser and turned on the TV. Within a second, the sounds from one of the latest Disney Channel shows blared from the set. Evans tilted his head back, laughing so hard his wife, Jane, had to help him unhook his feet from his wheelchair.
The device, known as the "laserfinger," has given Evans an independence that he has not had since 2002, when a stroke drastically changed the life of the then-healthy 40 year old.
The stroke did not alter his brain but left his body completely paralyzed and Evans unable to speak. Only after undergoing intensive therapy in Montana for two years was he able to perform simple tasks including sitting, clicking a mouse with his finger and moving his head.
"Your body is no longer part of 'you' in the normal sense, because you can't control it," Evans wrote in his blog, describing his life post-stroke.
Now he can turn on anything with an on/off switch, such as a fan or a light -- and it is thanks to a group of Palo Alto High School students and their mentor, Chris Tacklind.
Thirty teens have been meeting for three hours a week for the past year, determined to improve Evans' quality of life through the use of robotics. Knowing their project has an immediate beneficiary has motivated the teens, many of whom are not straight-A students.
"It's a huge sense of accomplishment to see what a difference we are making in someone's life," said Daniel Shaffer, a soft-spoken, dark-haired incoming senior, one of the leaders of the group.
The laserfinger and its impact on Evans has brought national attention to the project, which is being hailed as an inspiration for teenage inventors.
Evans, meanwhile, is full of enthusiasm and excitement, whether he is using a new device or watching the teens work.
"I otherwise have no way to interact with my environment," Evans said through a computerized device in which he clicks on words on the screen, which the machine then pronounces. "The laserfinger is a great use of their knowledge."
Although no bigger than a rubber eraser, the device is helping Evans to take a sizable step back toward the life he nearly lost five years ago.
Aug. 29, 2002, started as a normal day. Evans woke up with a piercing headache, but he refused to let it prevent him from going to work and taking his four kids to school.
With his children in the car, he drove from their house on Page Mill Road, a mile and a half from Skyline Boulevard, down the winding road. But his children began to notice Evans was not acting like his normal self. As he drove, they noticed Evans' speech slurring, and the eldest son, Stephen, then in eighth grade, later told his mother, Jane, that he was scared his father might drive off the road.
Evans dropped the kids off safely and drove the curvy six miles back home. He told Jane all he wanted to do was sleep, but she insisted he go to the doctor. Evans felt so dizzy he could barely walk. He broke down crying, saying he could not walk to the car, even though only three months earlier he had had a physical, and his doctor told him he was completely healthy.
After only an hour at the emergency room, he could no longer move his right arm. Doctors thought he had meningitis. Soon after, Evans went into a week-long coma and stayed in intensive care for 22 days.
Doctors told Jane he would not survive.
Evans had a basilar artery dissection, the result of a birth defect. The inner lining of an artery in Evans' brain had torn loose and blocked blood flow, preventing oxygen from reaching the brain stem. When he woke up, he was a mute quadriplegic who could not even move his tongue from side to side -- yet he was completely lucid.
Jane said she knew that he was fine inside when she saw him looking at a sheet of music and following the notes.
"It was a 100 percent feeling. I was sure his mind was not altered, no matter what the doctors said," she said.
Tacklind, a former co-worker of Evans, remembers the first time he visited his friend after his stroke.
"I was blown away by what he had to deal with, sitting in a chair, barely able to do anything on his own. He had to constantly rely on his wife, who is over a foot shorter than him," Tacklind said.
Evans had been the CFO of LifeChart, a medical device company; Tacklind was the CTO.
A professional inventor, Tacklind thought of constructing a device that could allow Evans to do simple tasks by moving his head. Tacklind had been mentoring the robotics team at Palo Alto High School for several years and thought making the device would be a great project for them.
In the spring of 2006, a group of 30 students began working on the device.
"It seemed like a very worthwhile project, so I was excited to get involved," said Mike Tramiel, an incoming senior and robotics enthusiast.
Tacklind suggested they make a remote control that Evans could operate by moving his head. After brainstorming, they decided to make a laser device because they thought it would be the easiest to execute successfully.
Constructing the technology, however, would require skills that many of the teens did not have -- computer programming, soldering and knowledge of circuit boards. But that did not deter the group. Individuals taught themselves what was needed and then showed the rest of the group. Team members Chris Yarp and Blake Tacklind learned how to program using assembly language through a book.
"Some students are struggling academically," Tacklind said. "But this is something they do because they are interested in it."
The students split up the work based on each person's interest and knowledge, but they end up all working on whatever is needed, Shaffer said.
For the past year, the teens have met at the TechShop in Menlo Park, where Tacklind works, every Saturday afternoon, making new prototypes and perfecting old ones.
"We also work at home, designing circuits and whatever else is needed," Shaffer said.
The students have gone through a lot of trial and error, with the devices sometimes not working or not functioning efficiently.
"We think of an idea, we try it, it usually fails, then after about the fifth time it works," Guy Davidson, an incoming senior, said, laughing.
The team had several opportunities to present the laserfinger at conventions as they developed the technology.
Before each showcase, the team put in extra hours to prepare. The day before the Cool Products Expo at Stanford University, they spent 12 hours in the lab perfecting their prototype.
"We work hard, but at the end of the day, it's fun," Davidson said.
The students hope to start a lecture series this upcoming school year in which every week a different teen would teach the group about a type of program or more advanced calculus or physics, to aid them in their projects.
"We want to learn as much as we can," Shaffer said.
One key event in the project's development came last October, when the teens received a $10,000 national grant called the InvenTeams grant. The InvenTeams program is an initiative of the Lemelson-MIT Program to encourage inventiveness among high school students. Teams of high school students, teachers and mentors identify a problem, research it, and then develop a prototype.
"We hope to encourage inventor culture in schools," Program Executive Josh Schuller said.
The Paly team was one of 20 teams selected, out of about 100 that entered, and the only team chosen from California. The proposals were judged by a panel of MIT professors, alumni and entrepreneurs based on inventiveness and creativity, student involvement, project organization and budget, Schuller said. The Paly team received the program's largest grant.
"They're a team that took their project to the next level. There's nothing esoteric about it," said Matt Paine of the Lemelson-MIT Program Communications Team.
With the funding help, the team was able to buy the materials needed to showcase their device with other InvenTeams at MIT.
In June, Tacklind and nine students -- and Evans -- flew to MIT to showcase their device. Both Henry and Jane were excited about the trip.
"Because Henry's mind is completely fine, I was excited for him to go to Boston and teach people about the handicapped world," Jane said.
Between seeing other groups' creations and attending lectures, and even squeezing in some time to play Frisbee, the students presented the laserfinger while Evans demonstrated how to use it.
"The response we received was amazing. It made all the difference for people to see our project in action, and that was thanks to Henry," Shaffer said.
Tramiel could not agree more.
"It made it that much more rewarding to have Henry there and show the person we actually helped," he said.
Evans was so busy demonstrating the device, he barely had time to go to the bathroom, he said with the help of his wife.
"He was the star of the event," Jane said.
So great was Evans' impact at MIT, the organizers named an award after him. The Inspiration for Innovation Award will be given every year at the InvenTeams showcase in the Evans family's name.
The positive feedback the students received at MIT has further motivated them to continue perfecting the laserfinger and also add new features.
Most recently, Evans requested a way to interact with his half-Labrador/half-golden retriever, Amber, by whom he felt ignored, Jane said.
"Not being able to make my presence felt is another big source of frustration," Evans wrote in his blog.
So the team devised a tennis-ball launcher and a pet-treat dispenser so Evans can train and play with Amber.
The teens are also now working on an iPod controller; a more complex remote control for Evans so he can change the channels and volume on his TV; and improving the receiver's detection of the laser.
InvenTeam's Schuller credits the project's success to the students and Tacklind's enthusiasm.
"The passion of the students is very evident, as is Chris'. The amount of energy they bring is key," he said.
Now that the academic year is finished, the InvenTeams staff still hopes to continue working with the Paly team. The program strives to maintain relationships with the students, teachers and schools. Lemelson-MIT gives additional grants to the teams of up to $2,000, as well as teacher stipends. Additionally, the program allows the teams access to different companies, resources at MIT and other forms of networking.
"We try to connect them with role models," Schuller said. "If you get kids starting young, they could solve some of the world's most pressing problems. The Palo Alto team is a great symbol of that."
The Paly teens are now in the process of forming a nonprofit organization Evans likes to call Robotics for Humanity, in order for more people to benefit from the product.
Ingrid Johanns, who worked with Tacklind and Evans at LifeChart, agreed to help run the nonprofit at the end of July. Using her product-management background, she will help the group turn the device into a product that people besides Evans can use.
"This device is not just for people that are immobilized but even people in recovery," Tacklind said.
Johanns plans to help the group prioritize which new features to focus on, raise funds and learn how to market the product.
"I've always been involved in socially conscious businesses, so this seemed like a great fit," Johanns said.
The opportunity to help the community and educate students drew her to the project.
"It excites me to see students educating themselves about science, engineering and design. They have a real motivation to build something to help someone's life," she said. "I want to include them in product management, so they can see how to turn the device into an actual product in a box."
Eventually, they hope the nonprofit will include students from other high schools who are solving other problems for people with disabilities. They are working on a Web site, laserfinger.org, and are looking for donations to support the current and future work.
The group recently met with Congresswomen Anna Eshoo's technical assistant, Dennis Agatep, to discuss ideas for possible funding and to expand the product to reach other people besides Evans. He was enthusiastic about the project and is contacting the VA Hospital to possibly collaborate with the students, Johanns said.
Regardless of what the future holds for the group, their passion and excitement do not appear to be fading anytime soon. Both were evident earlier this month when the teens spent their Saturday afternoon at Evans' house setting up more grey boxes and making sure the tennis-ball launcher worked correctly.
"We're learning a lot and doing something important, so we stick with it," Shaffer said.
As the teens continue to work on their technology to help Evans, his range of motion, slowly, is also improving.
"He now can say short sentences. They are very slurred, but they are sentences," Jane said.
Henry Evans' blog can be read at http://hevans-hevans.blogspot.com/
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 7:43 pm
David Cohen, Palo Alto High School
Excellent story! My wife was in the other room reading when I suddenly heard her say "wow - this is so cool." She told my son about it because he wants to be an inventor, and she's now reading the full story aloud to him. I love what this story shows about compassion, creativity, Henry's incredible perseverance, everyone's hard work and dedication, the great things that teens are capable of (even if they're not 4.0 students - imagine that!). Glad to have some follow up on a story covered at an earlier phase.
(I'm also proud of the writing job by my former student. Well done, Rotem!)
Sandra Smith Crosetti-Paly Alumni
on Aug 23, 2007 at 7:57 am
Sandra Smith Crosetti-Paly Alumni, another community
I loved reading this story. The enthusiasm and dedication of all who were involved is truly inspirational. I especially enjoyed reading (several times) the fact that the students involved were not 4.0 students! I am a home teacher and work with students who are too sick to be in school. Some of the are out for most of or all of the school year. I am always looking for stories to inspire and encourage them. This story will be one of my favorites to share.
KATHY & JON KEITH
KATHY & JON KEITH, another community
WE ARE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BIGFORK, MONTANA WHERE JANE, HENRY, AND FAMILY LIVED FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS WHEN HE WENT TO THERAPY HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THEIR EXAMPLES OF PERSEVERANCE, LOVE, AND DEDICATION TO EACHOTHER AND THEIR FAMILY IS REMARKABLE. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER. THEIR STORY, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS, JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.
WE STILL REMEMBER THOSE COLD SNOWY MONTANA DAYS WHEN THEY CAUTIOUSLY HEADED DOWN THE ICY HILL IN THEIR VAN TO GET TO ONE (TWO OR THREE) OF HENRY'S THERAPIES (PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH)IN KALISPELL WHICH WAS ABOUT 25 MILES ONE WAY. JUST TRANSFERRING HENRY IN AND OUT OF THE VAN WAS A LOT OF WORK AND VERY COLD FOR BOTH OF THEM. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT HENRY WAS A VERY HARD WORKER IN THERAPY. HE HAD A GOOD COACH, JANE, WHO KNEW WHAT HE STILL HAD INSIDE AND WOULD NOT LET HIM TAKE THE "EASY WAY OUT".
WE CONNECTED WITH THEM FOR MANY REASONS INCLUDING A LOVE FOR THE BEAUTY OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND THE VIEWS WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE MISS THEM SO BUT KNOW WE ARE STILL BLESSED TO KNOW THEM AS LIFE LONG FRIENDS.
AS FOOTBALL SEASON NEARS, AGAIN WE HAVE TO CHEER FOR USC AND WISH THE BEST FOR NOTRE DAME. CONTINUED GOOD LUCK HENRY!! YES, WE ARE STILL FRIENDS....
KATHY & JON
P.S. I, KATHY, LOVE WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE DONE.....I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU WITH YOUR ENDEAVORS!!!
P.S. CAN'T WAIT TO VISIT YOU AND YOURS IN CALIFORNIA .
Suz Antink
Suz Antink, Duveneck/St. Francis
Our district's students with the support of their parents (and the larger community) and the opportunities created by their teachers really accomplish magic! ...Magic based on physics and math, driven by their humanity. Kudos to all! Gives me goosebumps and makes me proud of our kids and community.
Margo Wixsom
Margo Wixsom, Palo Alto High School
What a wonderul treat to return to school with such a powerful and relevant story about how education and learning truly make the world a better place! Outstanding writing by Rotem and as usual wonderful photos by Norbert. Kudos to both of you for helping to make the PA Weekly certainly the finest local paper in the country with such exceptional journalist and photo-essay format. Congrats to Rotem for applying your skills to such excellent professional work. As the Palo Alto HS Photo teacher I am delighted to add yet another fine example of excellence in professional Photography and Journalism that my students can learn from and which illustrates how learning works in the world.
Doug Bertain
on Aug 24, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Doug Bertain, Palo Alto High School
Great writing Rotem! Thanks also for the press as it will surely help our team in this year's fund-raising effort. The Paly Robotics Team Thanks you!
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leo weilmann
on Sep 18, 2007 at 12:20 pm
leo weilmann, another community
We're from grass Valley, Ca. and previously lived in Claremont, Ca. and San Fernando Valley for 45 years.
We are moved and encouraged to read this story of wanting to help their fellow man and using their ingenuity and talents to help someone less fortunate speaks volumes for the future of our society.
We are indeed fortunate as parents. teachers and a society to have young folks like these assume leadership roles.
Kaye Paugh
on Oct 16, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Kaye Paugh, Palo Alto High School
What a delight to read such a well written article by one of my former students and advisees, Rotem, who provided detailed information about one of my current advisees and former students, Daniel, and his teammates. Well done Paly and Paly Robotics Team! A beautiful story about students using their incredible intellects and creativity to help others. What a future you both have, Rotem and Daniel. It is a privilege to know you both. "Well done" as well to Doug Bertain and Mr. Tacklind for the hours of mentoring and teaching you have given these students. It is wonderful to read good news about students who are accomplishing amazing feats at such young ages. This reminds us all that the future really is in good hands. As educators we see that every day, but it is nice to see "in print" as well.
Patricia, Palo Alto High School
Paly and Gunn robotics teamed up to win an impressive 2nd place spot at the regionals in San jose! Read about it at the Paly Voice:


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About 4 in 10 Stroke Survivors Who Smoke Don't Quit the Habit
MONDAY, Nov. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 4 in 10 stroke survivors who were smokers still puff away after their stroke, which puts them at increased risk for another stroke or heart disease, a new study shows.
"If you told a stroke neurologist that 40% of their patients don't have their blood pressure controlled or weren't taking their aspirin or their cholesterol-lowering medication, I think they would be very disappointed," said lead author Dr. Neal Parikh, a neurologist at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
"These results indicate that we should be disappointed -- more of our stroke patients need to quit smoking. We can and should be doing a lot better in helping patients with smoking cessation after stroke," he added.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from more than 74,000 American adult stroke survivors with a history of smoking and more than 155,000 cancer survivors with a history of smoking.
The data came from surveys conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2013 and 2019.
The study found that 61% of stroke survivors said they had quit smoking. Those younger than 60 were far less likely to have quit smoking (43%) than those 60 and older (75%).
Overall, stroke survivors were 28% less likely to have quit smoking than cancer survivors.
The researchers also found that stroke survivors in the Stroke Belt -- eight states in the southeastern United States with elevated stroke rates: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana -- were about 6% less likely to have quit smoking than stroke survivors in other areas of the country.
The study was published Nov. 17 in the journal Stroke.
"Important next steps are devising and testing optimal smoking cessation programs for people who have had a stroke or mini-stroke," Parikh said in a journal news release.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has more on preventing a second stroke.
SOURCE: Stroke, news release, Nov. 17, 2021
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If you haven't already heard about Google's new review policy, Google has recently changed the way they handle your business's online reviews, and if you're unaware, this could negatively affect your online reputation.
With the new policy, you cannot discourage your customers from leaving you negative reviews or selectively solicit positive reviews for your review website.
This is called a "sentiment check", which means that when you ask your customer for reviews, you cannot first ask them if they had a positive or negative experience.
Instead, you need to give them the equal opportunity to provide their feedback, positive or negative, on whichever listing they choose.
Under the policy change, Google can remove the reviews from your Google My Business listing if they catch your business performing a sentiment check.
We know that this sounds scary, but we're here to assure you that this isn't the end of the world!
Today, we're going to talk about what your business can do to manage your online reputation under the new Google review policies.
If you've been using automation to get new reviews, or even respond to new reviews, it's time to rethink how you use it.
Just because Google is strict on how you ask, it doesn't mean you can't still ask using an automated process.
However, you'll need to have a partner monitoring that automation to ensure everyone is given the opportunity to express their opinion.
In addition to asking your customer to leave you a review on Google or Facebook, you can also provide the option for them to contact you directly when soliciting a review.
Having a customer contact you directly allows you to be able to solve any problem that your customer may have through an offline conversation.
But remember, you still need to provide equal opportunity for all review websites to be selected.
Unfortunately, unhappy people leave bad reviews for a number of reasons. We know it's discouraging to receive a negative review, and it's even worse when it shows up on your Google My Business reviews for anybody to see.
But, the last thing you want is to lose all of your reviews because you were filtering out negative feedback. Negative reviews offer your business a chance to showcase your strength in customer service, so you need to start responding to your reviews regularly, especially any negative ones.
Many websites, such as Google, will even take the time out to email your customer after they've left a review to check in.
Just make sure that you don't ask your customer to consider changing their review. Not only will Google penalize you for this, but it looks unprofessional and may turn away other customers.
We understand that the new Google review policies may seem troubling to your business, especially if you've been automating your review process. However, it's not too late to make changes to your reputation management strategy to align with the policy change.
Just make sure that you start following these tips to avoid having your Google reviews removed and you'll have nothing to worry about. And, if you need any additional help, check out our review and reputation management platform, Renown!


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Den första av Bruno Bozzettos filmer hade premiär 1958. Totalt har han producerat, animerat eller på annat sätt varit delaktig i ett femtiotal filmer, de allra flesta animerade men även några enstaka med skådespelare.

Av Signor Rossi har Bozzetto mellan 1960 och 1977 producerat elva tvåminuters kortfilmer, sju cirka elva minuter långa filmer samt tre långfilmer. Långfilmerna med Rossi baserades i hög grad på historierna i de tidigare kortfilmerna.

Mellan 1982 och 1988 producerade Bozzetto ett stort antal (49 åttaminuters och 29 halvminuters) kortfilmer i serien om Quark. 2003 producerades 26 stycken 26-minutersfilmer i serien Spaghetti Family för RAI. Därutöver har Bozzetto och hans studio varit inblandad i framtagandet av reklamfilmer av olika slag, samarbeten med kulturella institutioner och (av piloter) till TV-serier – själva eller i samarbete med andra studior.

Sedan 1993 har filmerna mestadels producerats på dator – antingen i 2D eller i 3D.

Filmerna, från 1958 fram till 2010-talet

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Brunobozzetto.com – Filmography
IMDbPro – Bruno Bozzetto

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On November 2005 SYNAPSE issued a preliminary study (scientific report) to Soam Consultant Co., Ltd., Korea, reflecting the results of 6 weeks monitoring of seismicity on the abandoned mines of Kumho area.
This report contains the results of location of seismic events registered by the array of REF TEK 130 digital recorders equipped with accelerometers and seismometers. There were 9 3-component sensors altogether, placed in 6 points of registration in the area of former Kumho Mine which has been put out of operation since 2001. The objective of observation is detection of the probable induced deep seismicity related to the abandoned duffers.
Data processing was performed with SNDP (© SYNAPSE Science Center) software, using its Job Control Language scripts for building automated processing procedures.
All plots in this report were made using graphics subsystems of SNDP software (main 1D graphics tool, 2D plot tool, 3D Surfer subsystem and Cluster subsystem).
Seismic signals resulting from human activity were recorded in the seismic array area during the daytime. Some signals were easily identified. Spectrums of these signals have clear maximum peaks at frequencies of 25-30 Hz, 50-60 Hz and 80-100 Hz. The signal sources are rather strong, traveling of signals over the array is easily traced. Such signals appear to be generated by some powerful electric device. Another type of signals is characterized by a comparatively wide spectrum and lack of clear hodographs. Evidently, the signal sources are weak, multiplex and diffusely distributed. Possibly, the signal results from the thunderstorm activity. Anthropogenic activity produced considerable noise hampering detection of the wanted signal in the daytime recordings. Considerable increase of noise originated presumably by electrical device sometimes lasted for several hours.
While processing data for wanted signal, we searched for signals which could be related to induced seismicity. In the mine working area these seismic signals can be generated by rock bursts and displacements along faults and fractures, which could have been inactive before the start of shaft mining.
For rock bursts as signal sources, the source mechanism is related to fracture. The signal is broadband (10-5000 Hz and even higher), events usually happen at depth greater than critical, ranging from 300 to 600 meters in different regions. The faulting mechanism is related to fracture edges friction, and the signal frequency in this case is lower (the lower bound can be 0.5 – 1 Hz) than in rock burst case, sources can be both deep-seated and near-surface. The expected signal duration in both cases is within the limits of 0.5 sec.
During preprocessing, short (no more than 0.5 sec.) non-periodic signals were picked out.
Intensive human activity in the registration area produce intense background noise, mainly traveling with the sound velocity, and propagating through air. Nevertheless deep clouds of seismic events were detected at a depths of up to 1000 meters. Hundreds of surface events (generated by human activity) were detected as well.
Hypocenters of events were determined within SNDP software using one of the seismic location programs based on Heiger least square fitting. Seismic phases onset times, sensors coordinate and velocity model of environment are used as input data.
Seismic velocity model was based on the results published in [Nguyen Bao.V. Surface-wave focal mechanism, velocity and models of the 29 May 2004 South Korea Earthquake. S53B-0195. Abstracts Received for the AGU 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting].
(Figure below: REF TEK recorders are red, green – surface acoustic events, blue – deep (to 1000 m) seismic events).


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A-level Biology students recently had an interesting lesson in dissection, whilst helping to reduce waste from one of Bristol's top restaurants!
The lab-coat wearing scientists were tasked with dissecting fish gills in one of their most recent lessons and learnt more about breathing and respiration in humans, fish and insects.
The fish were kindly donated to College by Michelin Star chef Josh Eggleton; owner of the well-recognised Pony and Trap and award-winning fish and chip shop Salt and Malt. Instead of being chucked away, the students were able to use the fish waste to enhance their learning and skills. As well as learning more about the respiratory system, students also developed their knowledge of working safely in a lab, how to handle equipment and their manual dexterity skills.
Big thanks to Salt and Malt for their kind donation!


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I think you should double-track guitar and spread to L and R. This would slightly compensate its low level. You really need someone to assist you on mixing. Song is nice, but at some points it's hard to listen just because of the mix.
Thanks for the comments/critiques. I do realize that the production is really off. Unfortunately I am lazy in that department. One of these days I would like take the time to make my songs more listenable.


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DARPA selects BAE Systems for optical seeker on precision munitions
2018-05-07T15:00:00+00:00 May 7 2018
BAE Systems demonstrated a new, cost-effective optical seeker for precision-guided munitions
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, has awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new, cost-effective optical seeker for precision-guided munitions. The seeker is designed to improve navigation, as well as automate target location and homing, for different types of munitions that are used in GPS-denied and other contested environments.
BAE Systems tested the seeker during the first phase of DARPA's Seeker Cost Transformation (SECTR) program. The SECTR seeker integrates with a wide range of weapon platforms that use munitions and can operate in day or night. It enables autonomous precision guidance via passive electro-optical and infrared sensors in environments where GPS navigation is unavailable or unreliable.
"Low-cost, precision munitions are critical to our customers, which is why we've developed a flexible seeker that radically lowers the cost typically associated with precision guidance," said Mark Meisner, a chief scientist at BAE Systems. "The SECTR program is allowing us to deliver advanced sensing and navigation capabilities for munitions to warfighters faster."
The seeker's open architecture enables highly accurate, competitive, low-cost munitions to be capable of navigating and locating targets in limited-access and denied environments. It provides these munitions with quick-reaction capabilities while meeting stringent cost, size, weight, and power requirements. The open architecture also enables rapid seeker integration into current and new weapon systems.
This phase of the program will conclude in July 2019 with multiple test firings on several precision-guided munition platforms.
Learn more about the company's sensors and processing technology and precision munition technology.
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Home Entertainment Sex Education Season 3: Major Updates About The Renewal!!
Sex Education Season 3: Major Updates About The Renewal!!
All the fans and followers will be more than happy to know that their favorite series "Sex Education" is returning for the third season. As you know, season 3 of "Sex Education" was among the list of series that Coronavirus pandemic did affect. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were so many TV shows and movies who are going through their production phase needs to come to a halt. But now that COVID-19 disruptions are coming to an end, there is some good news. The production of the upcoming third season of the series will begin in September 2020.
Netflix's "Sex Education" is one of the most popular series that did get a great support from fans and followers. There is a huge number of fans who are currently waiting and searching for any update for the upcoming season. Here we are, with a full bunch of information that you will surely love to read. It is indeed true that Netflix, the streaming giant will undoubtedly go for the next season of the "Sex Education". People have been sharing their joy, excitement, and curiosity through their social media accounts for this amazing series.
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Did Netflix Renew The "Sex Education" For The Third Season?
We are so happy to inform you that there is no obstacle to the third season renewal. Netflix did announce for the renewal of the next part of the series "Sex Education". Fans almost know that it will not take long enough to get a season renewal for such an exciting series. But fans can now hope to watch the upcoming season sooner. Thanks to the Production Weekly, our readers can now know that the production for the next part of the series is originally going to begin in May 2020. Also, the production will continue till September. But that can not be possible due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition to it, Laurie Dun did also confirm that she has been writing the third season of the series "Sex Education". Laurie Dun is the creator of the series and she has done excellent work in the previous two seasons. She also reveals that she did begin writing for the next season before Netflix did announce the renewal date. Viewers have been appraising the series since the first episode of the series that did premiere back on 11 January 2019. "Sex Education" is a British comedy drama series that is popular among the whole wide world.
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Well, you know about the coronavirus pandemic due to which the production of many films and TV shows was postponed. The filming of the upcoming season of the series was scheduled in May 2020. But on April 17, there was the announcement for the delay of season 3.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, there were news about the production due to get underway on 7 September 2020. Any cast member who happens to be outside of UK are suggested to get back till 23 August. Those cast member returning from outside country will have to undergo 14 days of quarantine. Also, fans can now expect the filming of the "Sex Education" season 3 to end around February.
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So often in our social media life we kid ourselves into thinking we don't care how much attention our posts attract. Often times we'll write and rewrite a status update or tweet many times, hoping that our cleverness, insightfulness or humor will get more attention. Social media has allowed people to push their agendas and put their messages in front of us, with barely any way to avoid it.
Even a short social media vacation can increase attention span & focus.
For many of us, social media has literally taken control out of our hands. We should strive to be in control of the things we devote our time to, not the other way around! We all care what people think of us. We all want to feel accepted. We all want to feel liked. Social media magnifies those thoughts and feelings without our even realizing it. It's not healthy to always be under the knife of criticism. In a digital world we need a break from having our lives judged and commented on (often times by complete strangers with whom we don't align). Taking a social media break for a month or even a week can really open your eyes to the feelings and motivations you have for using Twitter, Facebook, etc. You will get a sense of freedom from the shackles of notifications and rabbit holes of links, photos and feeds.
Imagine an entirely new perspective on your digital life.
No judgement here; and not all social media is bad.
Like anything else, social media is great in moderation. But let's take a moment to reflect on our usage of social media and think about taking a break, if nothing else just to see how it feels.
1. You will be happier and more content with life.
On social media, everyone posts their nicest pictures and best moments. It is highly unlikely that anyone is going to put their bad moments on display for all to see. If someone travels around the world on holidays, there will probably be a picture of it on social media, but if their landlord should kick them out for not paying rent, they probably won't mention it online. So why compare your life to the virtual life you see on social media and feel miserable? It's like comparing your worst moments with everyone else's best. Breaking up with social media will make you happier and more content with your life. There will not only be no more pictures and posts to compare your life to, but you will realize that your life is not actually so bad.
2. You will be more productive.
You will suddenly realize that a lot can be done instead of scrolling up and down on social media. You will find ways to make your dreams more real. Have you always wanted to learn a new language or play the piano or guitar? Instead of wasting time on social media, you can actually invest that time into your dreams and watch them become reality.
3. You will be grateful for your life.
If you have food, clothing, and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the people in the world today. If you have savings in the bank, you are in the top 8% of the world's wealthy today. If you woke up this morning with your health, you are more blessed than the 1 million people who will not survive this week. If you have not experienced the pain of starvation, you are more fortunate than 500 million people in the world today.
4. You will have an improved relationship with your family and friends.
Social media claims to be connecting you with your family and friends, but is it really? How often have you found yourself on social media while the real people around you go unnoticed? How often do you catch yourself scrolling up and down on social media instead of talking to the human next to you? Social media may claim to connect you with family and friends, but in reality it disconnects you from them. When you take a social media break, you will realize that calling, talking, socializing without social media interruption is a great way to promote mindfulness and connect with your family and friends.
5. You will see how beautiful the world is.
I bet you think you have seen enough of the world to appreciate its beauty. But, if you can put your phone in your pocket and not distract yourself with notifications, it won't be long before you see that birds are not always white, some are actually pink. We are only here for a very limited time. Instead of spending most of that time on social media, we can spend it visiting the beach, the forest, and appreciating nature.
6. You will be innovative.
When you are constantly distracted with social media, your brain is shut to real life issues and you become less innovative. When you break up with social media, you will be become more creative about improving your life. Perhaps you need more money, but merely wishing for it doesn't earn you any extra cash. If you drop the phone and stop distracting yourself with social media, a flash of genius could strike.
7. You will be smarter and wiser.
When you log out of social media and log in to real life, you will spend your time wisely on useful things, like books and great websites that actually improve your life and enrich you with knowledge to make you a better person. You can find time and exercise instead of perusing social media and complaining about how you never find the time to hit the gym. That time spent on Facebook could have been used on a great workout. Whilst others are wasting their lives on social media, you will be reading a life-changing book, hitting the gym, being innovative, and making your dreams come true.
8. Your future self will be grateful.
The future is not bright until you deliberately polish it today. If you do not give up unhealthy habits that get you nowhere, your future is going to be full of regrets about the things you could have done and didn't simply because you were too busy on social media. If you give up social media today and invest the time into your dreams, your future self will be happy that you had the time to learn Spanish, play the piano, start that business or write that book.
9. You will be more focused.
We humans idealize our multi-tasking skills, but in fact we are capable of focusing on only one task at a time. Splitting our focus between tasks in rapid succession (i.e. Split-tasking) is harmful to productivity as our focus lags a few minutes behind our intentions. When we check social media again and again it really becomes another form of split-tasking, reducing productivity by as much as 40 percent, and we perform at an inferior level. A high price to pay for a few likes and comments.


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Frontier Season 3 Episode 1 "The Low Road"
This is his resurrection. Frontier Season 3, starring Jason Momoa, starts streaming Saturday. Uncensored.
Watch Frontier on Discovery.ca to see a thrilling action-adventure series revolving around warring factions vying for control of the fur trade in a ruthless, brutal game of wealth and power.