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THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
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The Black Ball Line Packet Ship New-York Off Ailsa Craig, by William Clark. Courtesy of the Paul Mellon Collection: Yale Center for British Art. Circa 1846
By Reilly Platten Sharp. Photography courtesy of Reilly Platten Sharp and the Barnegat Light Museum
John Ashley Brown, about 1855-1874. From the collection of Carole Inman Niemiec, great granddaughter.
In the 400 years since mariners first navigated the Barnegat shoals, man has fought nature there in a never-ending war for survival, a constant reminder that for all the technological advancements and the belief that humankind had conquered the seas, there remain forces beyond its control that vex and humble even the bravest. A beacon at the northern tip of old "Long Beach" has been one of the greatest weapons in humanity's arsenal against the mighty sea.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, signal fires near Barnegat inlet were used to guide ships away from danger and lure them into it. Some of the most unscrupulous men among the so-called "Barnegat pirates" would use false signal fires to lead cargo-laden ships onto, rather than away from, the shoals to plunder their cargo for patriotic or personal gain. In 1834, after much com-plaint from sea captains, a lighthouse was constructed. Designed by Winslow Lewis, whose low-cost and quickly-built navigational aids populated the east coast in those days, the tower was woefully under-powered and undersized for the duties it would be expected to perform.
Standing barely fifty feet tall, the fifth-class light, powered by Lewis' patented lamp which used metal reflectors to amplify lighted wicks, was cursed by these same captains almost immediately. In inclement conditions, which were often in the most dangerous winter months, its visibility was of little more benefit than the signal fires that previously toyed with mariners. The beacon did not flash, as would become the method by which vessels could easily identify one light house from another. Often captains could not be sure which inlet they were near when they sighted the Barnegat light. By 1856, the advertised cost-savings and speedy construction of the Lewis lighthouse began to show its shortcomings. The poorly constructed lighthouse had begun to deteriorate as stonework regularly fell from its sides. What's more, it was under imminent threat of collapsing into the encroaching inlet, a fate to which it would eventually succumb. On the heels of its increasingly troubled legacy, Lt. General George Meade was dispatched by the federal government to inspect the inlet situation and make a recommendation. No mere local aid, the light at Barnegat inlet was critical to Atlantic traffic. Incoming ships from Europe bound for New York's bustling harbor would reach America either on eastern Long Island or about the central New Jersey coast. A reliable and capable navigational aid at this entry point was essential to the future of the United States. While plans were already underway to replace this light that failed, it would not come soon enough for the packet ship New-York and the bark Tasso on the night of December 19, 1856.
Massive swells rolled across the ocean like mountains. Angry skies swirled just above the masts as a bitter, snow-driven northeast wind howled into the taught sails. Darkness surrounded the New-York and Tasso as they approached the island of Long Beach from the south that long winter's night. Captain McKennon of the New-York, a three-masted schooner of the Black Ball line out of New York with 307 souls on board sailing from Ireland, recounted his ship's arrival, one mirrored by Captain Goldsworthy of the bark Tasso and her fourteen passengers. Their stories were front-page news for over a week, most prominently in the pages of a new publication, The New York Daily Times.
McKennon told The Times, "Just before midnight on the 19th, we were sailing on [northwest by north] when I noticed several vessels' lights. I thought we were about one hundred and thirty miles from land. Soon afterward we noticed a light, which proved to be the light-house at Barnegat. It came upon us all at once, and we thought it a vessel's light. The mate and myself thought it might be a pilot boat."
A few hours later, the Tasso was in the same position. In a letter to the owners, Goldsworthy admits the wreck was a result of the same Siren's call. "I took the light at Barnegat for the New-York Lightship and tacked and stood to the [southwest]. About half an hour after we [tacked] saw breakers forward."
Both ships fought the push toward the beach, but the force of the wind and swell soon grounded them on the outer bars. The New-York was about 150 yards from the beach two miles north of Barnegat inlet on Island Beach. The Tasso was about the same distance but three miles south of the inlet on Long Beach near present-day Loveladies. There they sat, passengers and crew of both ships, frightened and weathering the raging storm rocking the vessels while waves crashed onto the decks, waiting for sunrise and the possibility of aid.
Later that day, word reached New York that a wrecker from Manasquan, Captain John Maxon Brown, and the crew of life-savers from a nearby station led by his son, John Ashley Brown, had assisted evacuating all 307 from the New-York onto the beach.
Winslow Lewis Lamp, Reflector, Lens, and Chandelier by Winslow Lewis. Courtesy of the U.S. Patent Office. Circa 1810
"[John Ashley Brown] soon effected a connection with the ship by means of the mortar and line," reported a Times correspondent who had raced to the scene, "at which practice he is said to be very expert. His own life-car was put immediately in use, and soon another was brought from the station next to the northward, when both were constantly plied in transporting the passengers from the ship to the shore; by this means the entire ship's company were all landed without an accident, by midnight of Sunday."
To the south, on the Tasso, local life-savers had similarly done their heroic duty, but, sadly, paid the ultimate price when a life-boat rolled in the frigid breakers, killing four from the ship and two of the rescuers. For the survivors of the Tasso — local shelter and provisions on Long Beach would bring an end to their suffering. The wayward 307 survivors from the New-York on deserted Island Beach would not be so fortunate. Theirs was just beginning.
"Nearly all the passengers," according to Captain Brown, "were wandering about the beach – looking up shelter." He reported that the station house was far too small to hold all of them and lacked provisions. The only other nearby house was a "miserable shanty" occupied by "Uncle" John Allen, a former keeper of Barnegat Lighthouse. "This poor old man is blessed with a large heart – out of his scanty stores he divided to the last with the unfortunates." Amidst the deep snow and howling, biting wind, Capt. Brown went ahead of the party and harassed every home and wagon he crossed up the beach in search of anything to help the mass of humanity now in his charge.
In those days, the southern end of Island Beach was isolated from the mainland for nearly twenty-miles until one reached Manasquan. No bridges had yet been built. And no ships could cross the ice-choked bay, let alone amidst the storm which lasted into Saturday, December 20th, followed by another a few days later. The unfortunate combination of circumstances meant no help would be coming from New York. No rescue boat of any kind, as those on scene presumed would come.
What followed was a forced march for survival led by Capt. Brown and others. Stranded on the beach the poor passengers and crew had no choice but to walk to the nearest supplied shelter near Manasquan and, ultimately, the road to New York in Freehold, over fifty-miles from the wreck. Some did not survive the first day on the beach for cold and hunger. More still would not survive the march. Many of those who did finish their voyage to New York faced an uncertain future as Irish immigrants seeking a new life in America, now without anything but the wet clothes on their back. After handing off over 300 surviving passengers to others in Freehold who would guide them the rest of the way, Capt. Brown returned to the vicinity to complete his task of salvaging the wreck, if possible. He also made time for a pursuit.
Amidst the chaos of the rescue, several of the crew took to robbing the passengers and looting the Captain's quarters. Upon returning to his ship after securing a landing spot on the beach, McKennon was brutally assaulted by the mutineers and nearly killed. "Capt. BROWN," The Times reported, "is said to be in pursuit of the other hardened villains concerned in the assault." One was found in the course of the evacuation to have frozen to death on the beach and hurriedly covered with sand.
The tragedies that unfolded those snow swept, bitter December days on both sides of Barnegat inlet drew calls for reform and expansion of the Life-Saving Service and the improvement of navigational aids such as the Barnegat Lighthouse. In a story on a resolution offered by New Jersey Senator J. R. Thom-son (D), The Times went further in identifying the problem, and did not hold back in doing so.
"A few days since 300 men, women, and children landing, in a storm, from the wreck of the New-York, were compelled to pass nearly three days on the beach near Barnegat Inlet, wet and chilled, without shelter, fire, or food. Many of them, after having escaped from their stranded ship, perished from hunger, hardship, and the severe cold, only because a few well-appointed station-houses have not been established by the Government, upon a coast which is known to be the most dangerous section of our seaboard, and to whose dangers every ship approaching New York, in the Winter season, is exposed."
Original first order Fresnel lens from the Barnegat Lighthouse at the Barnegat Light Museum.
Because of the often-unforgiving weather and the frequency of such tragedies, the waters off Barnegat inlet earned a reputation as the "graveyard of the Atlantic." But, following this latest loss of life, at long last calls for action had not fallen on deaf bureaucratic ears in Washington. Lt. Gen. Meade of the Army Corps of Engineers would be walking the dunes about Barnegat inlet a few months later devising not just a new lighthouse, but one of the first-class that would never again be the bane of vessels arriving to the new world at the Barnegat shoals. A light that would never fail. It would be a 169 feet-tall tower, equipped with a first-order Fresnel lens instead of the old Lewis lamps. Designed and approved for construction that same year, building began in early 1857. Erosion meant it would need to be constructed considerably farther south from the inlet than the first lighthouse, which finally fell into the inlet in 1858. The new location would require land to be purchased. This land would come from none other than the Manasquan wrecker, John Maxon Brown.
At the time he was salvaging the New-York, Capt. Brown bought much of the acreage that became Barnegat Light. He and his son, Ashley, fixed up a local hotel, leaving the latter to run it after he left the Life-Saving Service. Renaming it the Ashley House, the Browns lived and worked on the north end of Long Beach for several years. The area became so synonymous with the family that locals even took to calling it Brownsville. But, just as man battled the sea in those waters, winning as often as losing, so too did the Brown family come face to face with mortality. In September 1874, while sailing north off North Carolina, a storm, possibly tropical, caught up with a ship Ashley was commanding and was sunk. The Brown family and locals were devastated. Capt. Brown sold his remaining lands in Brownsville and retired from life by the sea for the rest of his days.
And so, the battle rages on to this day. It is a special kind of love-hate relationship humankind has with the ocean. A friend of Ashley's, Thomas Applegate, whose family owned and managed the Barnegat Light general store for generations, eulogized his friend and summed up life by the sea at Barnegat inlet best:
"Down by the sea! Where the signal is flashing
Far out on the wave, the light from the tower
That tells me of the breakers of Barnegat, dashing
With merciless fury and pitiless power—
There my boy made his home; by the light of that beacon
He fought with the storm at the cry of distress;
No hurricane blast his courage could weaken,
And hundreds are living his efforts to bless.
Every sound from the roaring surf tells me of thee,
My brave-hearted boy that lived down by the sea"
The Barnegat Light Museum at 501 Central Avenue has documented this history and has more on the Brown family and lighthouses on display. For more information about the history and people of Barnegat Light please see facebook.com/groups/barnegatlightmuseum
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The same hacking group that took over Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter account said on Tuesday it had found a way to break into accounts connected to the hit game Minecraft.
The group, OurMine, made the claim in a video in which it demonstrated the hack, which was aimed at the user login page run by Minecraft's developer, Mojang.
Later on Tuesday, Microsoft, which bought Mojang two years ago, said it had fixed the issue.
OurMine didn't revealing details behind the hack. The group said it worked by stealing the Internet cookies from the site, which could be used to hijack any account. All that OurMine needed was the victim's email address.
The hack could have allowed the group to change the account's password, too, OurMine claimed. But the hacking team said it has no malicious purpose in exposing the vulnerability.
The hack targeted the user account system that customers rely on to access the PC and Mac versions of the game. OurMine said it would reveal the entire hack to Mojang once the developer contacted the group.
The Mojang hack highlights the vulnerability of Internet cookies, which can store information like site preferences or user account credentials for site authentication.
If those are stolen, a hacker can use the cookies to impersonate the victim's online identities. Security flaws in browsers and credit-card sites have exposed cookies to easy theft in the past.
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Ethiopia Conflict – level 3
Ethiopia´s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray State. Ethiopia´s prime minister, Abi Ahmed, has accused his enemies of atrocities after a week of mass killing in the region.
In a separate report, Amnesty International said that mass killing may have hit hundreds of civilians who were stabbed to death. Witnesses blamed fighters who were loyal to local leaders who said that they were not involved in the alleged killing. However, it was not possible to confirm either side´s version of events.
Refugees have flooded neighboring Sudan and hundreds of people have also turned out for a government-run blood drive for people who were wounded. Ethiopia´s parliament has appointed a new regional president and accused the former leader and other officials of treason, arms rebellion, and terrorism.
Difficult words: atrocity (an extremely brutal or cruel act), blood drive (a charitable activity in which people are requested to donate blood), treason (disloyalty to a country or government), arms rebellion (when people use weapons to take over a government).


Interesting article by Chuck Woodberry, Publisher of RV Travel Newsletter which was republished in RV Business.
Too funny, as I sit in this packed RV park this weekend, I told my wife if we go full time we need to find parks that are not packed all the time. With the exception of Fort Wilderness as it does not feel packed although it is.
Good article. Too bad he didn't address older campgrounds that have sites so narrow (pre-slideouts) that barely have room between them.
Good article, and I am sure the author could have filled a book with the many facets he was probably unable to address. I started using RVs in the 70s and I too have noticed many of the same things. Although, we hardly ever experience the crowding in RV parks that the author mentions. Mostly because we don't do RV parks. We primarily dry camp or boondock. It's a rare occasion that we stay anywhere that has hookups.
Often after trips we meet others who have RVs and we share our pictures and stories. We find the reactions we receive to be mixed. Let me explain what I mean by that. We have noticed a growing trend. Often times people love our stories and our photos and memories. Almost all of them remark how they want to do the same. We have often times invited many of these people to join us. At first, they are motivated and give the typical "yea, lets do this...". Then we set the date and tell the location and that's when they back out. Because more often than not we plan a location that is a 'boondock' location or a no hook up state (or other) campground. We have one neighbor two houses up whom we have never camped with but whom is always expressing the desire. They have a nice Coachman bunkhouse. However, my neighbors wife absolutely will NOT camp without full hook ups. At the same time she complains about the campgrounds always being booked up and full. We point out that where we go is usually lots of open space. The husband questions about the use of the bathroom and asks me about emptying and cleaning my black tanks. He refuses to let anyone (including his wife and children) go 'number 2' in his trailer. So yet another reason why they can't (won't) boondock or dry camp. So they are talking about selling their RV because they hardly get to use it. Yet in the same sentence, the will invariably say, "We wish we could use ours as much as you use yours."
We meet more and more people with the mindset that camping is full hook ups, RV park or nothing. When they do try to dry camp, they get frustrated because the microwave or TV doesn't work without power. The batteries go dead in two to three days because they have no clue how to conserve and expect the trailer to work just like a house. Or the best one, "no cellular or WiFi service." People need to learn to unplug.
We are just a humble drinking couple with a hunting and camping problem.
"We meet more and more people with the mindset that camping is full hook ups, RV park or nothing. When they do try to dry camp, they get frustrated because the microwave or TV doesn't work without power. The batteries go dead in two to three days because they have no clue how to conserve and expect the trailer to work just like a house. Or the best one, "no cellular or WiFi service." People need to learn to unplug."
More power to them. Stay far away from our favorite spots.
They call in Camping not Glamping.
We do approx 100 nights/year and are out almost every weekend when the temps are above freezing. This year we did a little over 3 weeks in developed campgrounds with full hookups. The rest are boondocking.
I don't dislike developed campgrounds per say. And I have to admit that the ones that we do stay at are great, nice people, great amenities and activities for the kids, etc. However, I couldn't live that way 100+ nights a year. I enjoy the quiet and relaxation that boondocking provides. It's not for everyone and I can't blame anyone for wanting full hookups all the time if that's what they enjoy. But, there are so many great places to see and things to do when you break away from the campground.
Pretty much what Midnighmoon said.
When we camp, we camp for a couple of weeks to a few months at a time (retirement = flexibility ). For most trips, we boondock for the relaxation as much as possible and stay in developed campgrounds for the amenities when those appeal to us.
It can still be done, we just got back from Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Craters of the Moon, Staying at campgrounds with services. We think of our RV as a hotel room that has our own stuff in it. We only booked two nights ahead once mostly one and got a site each time.
If we had to we could camp on the side of the rode ( two 6 volt batterys & a 2000 honda ) but being in a unknown place we feel safer in a camp ground.
We used to do boondock with two kids and motor bikes in a tent trailer years ago but thats not what we like now. We camp with friends or we are going to places we didn't have time to see in our younger years.


Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Smart reveals a show car the demonstrates driving can be fun in urban environment, Smart Forease. It offers a simple solution for urban mobility where the driver can be seated under the open sky, enjoying hustle and bustle of the city with an electric drive. Everyone knows Smart is a cool vehicle as well as practical, it's been reduced to the essential without sacrificing its functionality. This compact car stands for authentic urban mobility with design features openness and minimalist style as a tribute to the pioneering smart concept vehicles Crossblade and Forspeed.
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Meet the Consultants: Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor is one of the best known and most recognizable people in the HVAC industry.  He's also one of the best resources for a contractor trying to understand home performance and/or build a company.
Matt Michel | Dec 13, 2013
From Technician to Contractor to Texas HERO
While most of us fell into HVAC, Larry chose it. After serving in Vietnam on a swift boat, Larry graduated from Oklahoma State Tech and went to work for TD Industries as a service tech. TD is one of the storied companies in the HVAC industry. Larry rose through the ranks to become vice president of service.
In 1990, Larry purchased AirRite Air Conditioning in Fort Worth, growing the company to be one of the most respected in the industry. In 2012, Larry sold the business.
Larry also started a home energy rating company, HERS Raters of Texas, L.L.C., which he still owns. He worked with other visionary leaders to organize the Texas Home Raters Organization and was its founding president.
Thinking about his career, Larry said, "During this time frame I had many opportunities to work in industry related organizations and meet many great mentors while serving many different position in ACCA and capping off that era by service as Chairman of ACCA in 2001 and receiving the Spirit of Independence Award that same year. Also, I'm a Founding Member and Investor in the Service Roundtable."
Larry was also a founding member of Comfort Institute, giving him experience from the early days of the home performance process, which he applied to the AirRite business model.
Larry Taylor addresses the Service Nation Alliance
A Contracting Business Residential Contractor of the Year, Larry is also the latest inductee to the Contracting Business Hall of Fame and was named as one of the "Most Influential People in the HVAC Industry." A member of the Service Nation Alliance when he owned AirRite, Larry was named a Service Nation Business Coach once the business was sold.
"Having served in these positions and running my own company, being involved in ACCA MIX Group and Service Nation Alliance has developed a wide range of knowledge which I am continuing to share with other through coaching and advisory positions," added Larry.
Looking to Grow?
Because of his broad base of experience in all areas of HVAC and home performance, Larry is uniquely positioned to help contractors interested in growth, development, and expansion into the home performance arena. Where he feels he can provide the greatest help is at the top of a contracting organization.
He commented, "I found most areas of failure were related to leadership and organizational skills, management understanding and implementation, tracking and measuring performance, developing systems and programs for tracking and measuring performance across many platforms in the HVAC industry."
Larry's approach consists of:
• Sales and promotions tied into marketing
o Developing programs to drive sales
o Creating incentive programs related to the sales team
o Implementation of sales processes
• Measuring and monitoring the service side
o Implementation of service agreement programs
o Maximizing sales opportunities from service agreements
• Proper accounting
• Tracking
"In general," says Larry, "I would summarize that as organization, systems, innovative thinking, asset development of the company and processes."
The Business Model of Tomorrow
Larry believes the biggest challenges facing contractors are "Leadership development and visionary skill sets to continue to move from today's business model to the business model that tomorrow will require."
Larry says he wants to, "raise the level of professionalism, so contractors move beyond the price driven commodity markets that currently exist. Helping owners decide to move to a market leadership position instead of just being in the pack provides a lot of satisfaction to me."
"Contractors claim they want change, but are not sure how to make it happen and really, fear change."
Once they do see a better way, they wonder why they hesitated. Larry adds, "I always found it very exciting and fulfilling to watch people's minds open when they begin to think of new and creative ways to solve the problems that we, as contractors, have created over many years through our installations. Once they see the difference that a quality job with proper installation practices can make in their customers' lives and in their ability to grow their businesses, the change becomes worthwhile."
Larry's Sweet Spot
As a consultant, Larry likes to work with "existing residential and light commercial service, replacement, and modernization organizations, including those wanting to expand services into other trades."
Larry says companies with 2.5 to 7.5 million in sales are his most attractive target, before adding that, "Smaller companies from 1.0 to 2.5 million are great to work with if owners have the attitude to grow, change and move to next level."
I've known Larry for 20 years and consider him a friend. The word I think I most associate with Larry is "integrity." He is his own man and true to himself. What you see is what you get. He will always tell you the truth, even if he knows you may not like it. He is a strong family man and a good and loyal friend. His experience and character make him a trustworthy consultant.
If you are a consultant who wants to be featured in "Meet the Consultants" or you know someone who should be featured, contact Matt Michel. If you would like to learn more about the Service Roundtable or Service Nation Alliance, call 877.262.3341.
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Antoine Bechamp & pleomorphism
A Distant Mirror
During his lifetime, Antoine Bechamp (1816-1908) was a well-known and widely respected professor, teacher, and researcher. He was an active member of the French Academy of Sciences, and gave many presentations there during his long career. He also published many papers, all of which still exist and are available.
Yet for many decades, he largely disappeared from history – although that has changed in the last 20 years or so.
On the other hand, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) is one of the rock stars of medicine and biology. Of the two – Bechamp or Pasteur – he's the one you've most likely heard of. His is one of the most recognizable names in modern science. Many discoveries and advances in medicine and microbiology are attributed to him, including vaccination, and the centrepiece of his science – the germ theory of disease.
Pasteur (L) and Bechamp (R), in 1886.
During their lifetimes, the rivalry between Bechamp and Pasteur was constant, and often bitter. They clashed frequently both in speeches before the Academy, and in papers presented to it. Bechamp repeatedly showed that Pasteur's 'findings' included frequent plagiarizations (and distortions) of Bechamp's own work.
When Bechamp and others objected to the plagiarization, Pasteur set out to use his political clout to destroy Bechamp's career and reputation. Pasteur largely succeeded. He was more skilful than Bechamp at playing politics and attending the right functions. He was good at making friends in high circles, and was popular with the royal family.
Pasteur, in other words, was an A-lister. Bechamp was a worker.
The ideas, as well as the characters, of the two men were fundamentally opposed.
Pasteur argued for what we now call the 'germ theory' of disease, while Bechamp's work sought to confirm pleomorphism; the idea that all life is based on the forms that a certain class of organisms take during the various stages of their life-cycles.
This difference is fundamental. Bechamp believed that his work showed the connection between science and religion – the one a search after truth, and the other the effort to live up to individual belief. It is fitting that his book Les Mycrozymas (which has not been translated into English) culminates in the acclamation of God as the Supreme Source. Bechamp's teachings are in direct opposition to the materialistic views of the modern science of the twentieth century.
"These microorganisms (germs) feed upon the poisonous material which they find in the sick organism and prepare it for excretion. These tiny organisms are derived from still tinier organisms called microzyma. These microzyma are present in the tissues and blood of all living organisms where they remain normally quiescent and harmless. When the welfare of the human body is threatened by the presence of potentially harmful material, a transmutation takes place. The microzyma changes into a bacterium or virus which immediately goes to work to rid the body of this harmful material. When the bacteria or viruses have completed their task of consuming the harmful material they automatically revert to the microzyma stage"
– Antoine Bechamp
There are extensive and detailed discussions between Mike Winner and Dr Barre Paul Lando of Alfa Vedic, on Antoine Bechamp, plemorphism, and 'the terrain' approach to cell biology and health.
These podcasts/videos are based on the book Pasteur or Bechamp? – A Lost Chapter in the History of Biology, published by A Distant Mirror.
Béchamp vs. Pasteur & The Germ Theory Hoax Part 1
Béchamp vs Pasteur & The Germ Theory Hoax Part 2
Viruses & Contagion, A Bioterrain Perspective w/ Dr. Barre Lando
A biography of Antoine Bechamp
The following is the original translator's preface to The Blood and its Third Element.
On October 16th, 1816, at Bassing, in the department of Bas-Rhein, was born a child by whose name the nineteenth century will come to be known, as are the centuries of Copernicus, Galileo and Newton by their names.
Antoine Béchamp died on the 15th April, 1908, fourteen days after he was first visited by an aged American physician between whom and himself a correspondence had passed for several years on the subject of the researches and wonderful discoveries of Professor Béchamp and his collaborators. The American physician made his visit to Paris for the purpose of becoming personally acquainted with the Professor, who, as his family stated, had looked forward with eager anticipation to such a visit.
The translator had long previously submitted an extensive summary of the professor's physiological and biological discoveries, by whom it was revised and approved.
This was intended to be introduced as a special chapter in an extensive work on inoculations and their relations to pathology,upon which the translator of this work had been engaged, almost exclusively, for some fourteen years.
But in the lengthy and nearly daily interviews between Professor Béchamp and myself, which, as just shown, closely preceded the former's death, I suggested that instead of such summary it would be better to place before the English speaking peoples an exact translation into their language of some, at least, of the more important discoveries of Professor Béchamp—especially as, in my opinion, it would not be easy to carry out among them the conspiracy of silence by means of which his discoveries had been buried in favour of distorted plagiarisms of his labours which had been productive of such abortions as the microbian or germ theory of disease, "the greatest scientific silliness of the age," as it has been correctly styled by Professor Béchamp.
To this suggestion Professor Béchamp gave hearty assent, and told me to proceed exactly as I might think best for the promulgation of the great truths of biology, physiology, and pathology discovered by him, and authorised me to publish freely either summaries or translations into English, as I might deem most advisable.
As a result of this authorisation, the present volume is published, and is intended to introduce to peoples of the English tongue the last of the great discoveries of Professor Béchamp.
The subject of the work is described by its title, but it is well to remind the medical world and to inform the lay public that the problem of the coagulation of the blood, so beautifully solved in this volume, has until now been an enigma and opprobrium to biologists, physiologists and pathologists.
The professor was in his 85th year at the time of the publication of the work here translated. To the best of the translator's knowledge it has not yet been plagiarised, and is the only one of the Professor's more important discoveries which has not been so treated; but at the date of its publication the arch plagiarist (Pasteur) was dead,though his evil work still lives.
One of the discoveries of Béchamp was the formation of urea by the oxidation of albuminoid matters. The fact, novel at the time, was hotly disputed, but is now definitely settled in accordance with Béchamp's view. His memoir described in detail the experimental demonstration of a physiological hypothesis of the origin of the urea of the organism, which had previously been supposed to proceed from the destruction of nitrogenous matters.
By a long series of exact experiments, he demonstrated clearly the specificity of the albuminoid matters and he fractionised into numerous defined species albuminoid matters which had until then been described as constituting a single definite compound.
He introduced new yet simple processes of experimentation of great value, which enabled him to publish a list of definite compounds and to isolate a series of soluble ferments to which he gave the name of zymases. To obscure his discoveries, the name of diastases has often been given to these ferments, but that of zymas must be restored. He also showed the importance of these soluble products (the zymases) which are secreted by living organisms.
He was thus led to the study of fermentations. Contrary to the then generally accepted chemical theory, he demonstrated that the alcoholic fermentation of beer yeast was of the same order as the phenomena which characterise the regular performance of an act of animal life—digestion.
In 1856, he showed that moulds transformed cane sugar into invert sugar (glucose) in the same manner as does the inverting ferment secreted by beer yeast. The development of these moulds is aided by certain salts, impeded by others, but without moulds there is no transformation.
He showed that a sugar solution treated with precipitated calcic carbonate does not undergo inversion when care is taken to prevent the access to it of external germs, whose presence in the air was originally demonstrated by him.If to such a solution the calcareous rock of Mendon or Sens be added instead of pure calcic carbonate, moulds appear and the inversion takes place.
These moulds, under the microscope, are seen to be formed by a collection of molecular granulations which Béchamp named microzymas. Not found in pure calcic carbonate, they are found in geological calcareous strata, and Béchamp established that they were living beings capable of inverting sugar, and some of them to make it ferment. He also showed that these granulations under certain conditions evolved into bacteria.
To enable these discoveries to be appropriated by another, the name microbe was later applied to them, and this term is better known than that of microzyma; but the latter name must be restored, and the word microbe must be erased from the language of science into which it has introduced an overwhelming confusion. It is also an etymological solecism.
Béchamp denied spontaneous generation, while Pasteur continued to believe it. Later he, too, denied spontaneous generation, but he did not understand his own experiments, and they are of no value against the arguments of the sponteparist Pouchet, which could be answered only by the microzymian theory. So, too, Pasteur never understood either the process of digestion nor that of fermentation, both of which processes were explained by Béchamp, and by a curious imbroglio (was it intentional?) both of these discoveries have been ascribed to Pasteur.
That Lister did, as he said, most probably derive his knowledge of antisepsis (which Béchamp had discovered) from Pasteur is rendered probable by the following peculiar facts.
In the earlier antiseptic operations of Lister, the patients died in great numbers, so that it came to be a gruesome sort of medical joke to say that "the operation was successful, but the patient died." But Lister was a surgeon of great skill and observation, and he gradually reduced his employment of antiseptic material to the necessary and not too large dose, so that his operations "were successful and his patients lived."
Had he learned his technique from the discoverer of antisepsis, Béchamp, he would have saved his earlier patients; but deriving it second hand from a savant (sic) who did not understand the principle he was plagiarising, Lister had to acquire his subsequent knowledge of the proper technique through his practice, i.e. at the cost of his earlier patients.
Béchamp carried further the aphorism of Virchow—Omnis cellula e cellula—which the state of microscopical art and science at that time had not enabled the latter to achieve. Not the cellule but the microzyma must, thanks to Béchamp's discoveries, be today regarded as the unit of life, for the cellules are themselves transient and are built up by the microzymas, which, physiologically,are imperishable, as he has clearly demonstrated.
Béchamp studied the diseases of the silk worm then (1866) ravaging the southern provinces of France and soon discovered that there were two of them—one, the pébrine, which is due to a parasite; the other, the flacherie, which is constitutional.
A month later, Pasteur, in a report to the Academy of his first silkworm campaign, denied the parasite, saying of Béchamp's observation, "that is an error." Yet in his second report, he adopted it, as though it were his own discovery!
The foregoing is but a very imperfect list of the labours and discoveries of Antoine Béchamp, of which the work here translated was the crowning glory.
The present work describes the latest of all the admirable biological discoveries of the Professor Béchamp. It is proposed to follow it up with a translation of The Theory of the Microzymas and the Microbian System now in course of translation; and The Microzymas, the translation whereof is completed. Other works will, it is hoped, follow, viz.: The Great Medical Problems, the first part of which is ready for the printer, Vinous Fermentation, translation complete; and New Researches upon the Albuminoids, also complete.
The study of these and of the other discoveries of Professor Béchampwill produce a new departure and a sound basis for the sciences of biology, of physiology and of pathology, today floating in chaotic uncertainty and confusion; and will, it is hoped, bring the medical profession back to the right path of investigation and of practice from which it has been led astray into the microbian theory of disease, which, as before mentioned, was declared by Béchampto be the "greatest scientific silliness of the age."
– Montague R. Leverson
Awaiting translation…
These titles by Antoine Bechamp have never been translated into English. They should be, of course.
Microzymas and Microbes
In French on Archive.org
The Microzymas
Major Medical Problems:
Letter from Prof. Béchamp to Dr. Michant.
French title: Les grands problèmes médicaux : Lettre de M. le profeseur Béchamp à M. le docteur Michant, sur les deux périodes de la vie scientifiques de Louis Pasteur; suivie d'éclaircissements devenus indispensables touchant l'histoire des organismes dits "infiniment petits".
New Research on Normal and Pathological Albumins
Joseph Bechamp
French title: Nouvelles Recherches sur les Albumines Normales et Pathologiques
Other researchers
"Later researchers like Naessens and Enderlein followed the same line of reasoning and developed their own systems of how these microzymas operate. Although their ideas were never proven false by opposing research, they were generally persecuted by mainstream medicine, which makes sense. Because without an enemy that can be identified and killed, what good is it to develop weapons? And developing weapons, that is, drugs, has been the agenda of the industry set up by Carnegie and Rockefeller even down to the present day, as we shall see. New drugs mean new research funding and government money and the need for prescriptions and for an entire profession to write those prescriptions."
— The Post-Antibiotic Age: Germ Theory, Tim O'Shea
Royal Rife
Despite the dominance of Pasteur's 'germ theory', Bechamp's tiny 'microzymas' have been successfully 'rediscovered' several times in the 20th century, for example by ROYAL RIFE using his own revolutionary microscope to observe the particles changing into four different types. Rife handmade all the components of his microscopes, which could have thousands of operational parts.
Gaston Naessens
Later, working independently and with a different powerful microscope of his own invention, the French scientist GASTON NAESSENS observed these particles morph into sixteen different forms – including bacterial and fungal – which he called 'somatids'. The significance of this: what we think of as pathogens are not necessarily "infectious" (or "exogenous", or from outside), but can be "endogenous" (from within).
Gunther Enderlein
The German scientist GUNTHER ENDERLEIN (1872-1968) identified the same entities and called them 'protits'.
Philippa Uwins
While at the University of Queensland during the 1990s, Dr Uwins found within samples of sandstone rock entities which she called nanodes. Evidence suggested that they are Bechamp's microzymas and Naessens' somatids. There are more details and links in this post about her work, and this transcript of a radio interview.
Common themes and findings link the work of these researchers. They may use various names for what they've found – microzyma, somatid, nanobe, protit – but the reality that they describe is consistent. Modern research continues to confirm and build upon Bechamp's work.
Nothing in the new quantum biology and epigenetics would surprise Bechamp.
Béchamp found his microscopic particles and their activites everywhere in nature. They appeared in limestone, apparently deriving from the bodies of ancient shelled creatures. These entities from the limestone still retained their activity; the only factor that stopped them was heat. Using the syllable '-zyme' to indicate that the active principle here was of 'fermentation' or activity, he named the tiny objects 'microzymas'.
What Béchamp talks about is a foundational concept. It describes a model of biology and cell function totally different from that that which forms the basis of most modern science. According to his experiments and observations, the microzymas possess a primary role in sustaining (and terminating) all life.
As Bechamp put it, life is the prey of life. When a creature dies, the microzymas take up the role of breaking it down and returning its elements to nature, where they are then taken up by other life-forms to be re-used. This cycle underpins all of life and material reality.
The Indian scientist Jagadish Bose would agree with this, and likely add that it applies to not only organic, but also inorganic matter; but that is another discussion.
Because of this basic incomptability of pleomorphism with the germ-based theory of Pasteur and his followers, Antoine Bechamp has been virtually written out of history. Look for him in any edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica – you won't find him. Search in vain through most textbooks for his name, or for any mention of his work. He has been 'unpersoned' in an almost Orwellian manner.
Perhaps one day, Béchamp will be restored to the status he deserves: a medical pioneer and truthseeker who was far ahead of his time.
THE BLOOD AND ITS THIRD ELEMENT, by Antoine Bechamp, contains both an overview of the pleomorphic theory and detailed accounts of Bechamp's experiments. This is a detailed scientific read, but the information in it is valuable. This was Bechamp's last book, and summarises his life's work. Available in paperback, Kindle and Epub.
Almost like a scientific detective story, BECHAMP OR PASTEUR? details the conflict between the two scientists. With full references to the proceedings of the French Academy of Sciences. It is ideal if you wish to understand the significance of Bechamp's work, and why certain interests would want all mention of it removed from the scientific record. Available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle and Epub.
The introduction by R. Pearson, originally published as Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter, is posted here, and the charts and related discussion are here.
An audiobook version of R. Pearson's The Dream and Lie of Louis Pasteur (auto-generated, and pretty good), which is the introduction of this book, is free (like everything there) on Archive.org.
A Distant Mirror hosts the following articles which may be of interest to students and researchers.
Some statistics
by R. Pearson
The Dream and Lie of Louis Pasteur
The Cult of the Microbe: the Origin of 'Preventive Medicine
by E. Hume
Notes on the Coagulation of the Blood
by Antoine Bechamp
Mechanical and Electrical Responses in Living Matter
by Jagadish Bose
Preface to 'The Blood and its Third Element'
Cancer and Most Diseases are Caused by Bacteria
by Alan Cantwell
A Synthesis of the Work of Enderlein, Bechamps and other Pleomorphic Researchers
All Human Blood is Infected with Bacteria
On Pleomorphism from Life Enthusiast
Second Thoughts on Disease
by Dettman and Kalokerinosos
Dr. Andrew Kaufman with Adam and Josh Bigelsen on Terrain Theory
Bioregulatory Medicine – History: Antoine Bechamp
The Cause of Disease & Healing Disease
(Healing our Children)
Video: Louis Pasteur vs Antoine Béchamp and the Germ Theory of Disease
About Cell Salts
Cell salts (or tissue salts as they are sometimes known) is a system of nutritional remedies invented in 1873 by Dr William H Schuessler, a German biochemist. All those little aches and pains, discomforts and so on, are indications that something is not right. Symptoms are nature's warning signs.
Antoine Bechamp on Wikipedia
Honoring Antoine Béchamp – The Gentle Giant of Science & Medicine
(www.investigatorsreport.com)
Contains a link to a PDF of an excellent extended article on Bechamp)
Are Nanobacteria Making Us Ill?
(Wired.com)
Wikipedia: Nanobacterium Nanobes
Nanoacteriab revelations provoke new controversy
(New Scientist)
How Small Can Life Be?
Novel Nano-organisms from Australian sandstones
(Uwins, Webb & Taylor – research paper, PDF)
Royal Raymond Rife, by Jeff Rense
Clouds May Harbor Nanobacteria
By Amit Asaravala (Rense.com)
Tiny new life forms inflame Mars debate
(ABC article)
Small is beautiful as nanobes reveal we are not alone
(Guardian article)
Doctors kill more people than guns and traffic accidents
(proliberty.com)
Mad Cow Disease – What the Government Isn't Telling You
(Lorraine Day)
PASTEUR vs BECHAMP: A review of Ethel Hume's Pasteur Exposed.
The Ogone Research Lab
The Rife pages at Rense.com.
Gaston Naessens and 714X
(Foundation for Alternative and Integrative Medicine)
CERBE — Distributor of products designed
and manufactured by Gaston Naessens
Biomedx provide a range of products and
services, including Darkfield microscopes.
Vaccination Liberation have a good links page.
BeChamp Health
Bechamp
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Editors note: Here's another wonderful post from our roving correspondent MaryKate. This one features photos from her trip to Hawaii in February – enjoy!
Being on Maui in February during peak whale watching season is like nothing else! Each year between November and May, humpback whales migrate from their summer feeding grounds in Alaska down to Maui to mate and give birth, with January to March being the best months for abundant whale watching.
While there are so many whales you can see them from shore (sometimes causing traffic jams as people watch a whale breach!), I highly recommend going out with Pacific Whale Foundation for a more intimate experience. My favorite cruise is their Sunday Whale Photo Safari out of Lahaina on Ocean Spirit, a luxury sailing catamaran**.
I've been 'whaley' obsessed with working on my whale photography skills between trips to Alaska and Hawaii. As I make more photos, I've tried to find different perspectives and refine my skills. This trip, I was happy to catch some behaviors and situations I haven't seen before – so I'll focus on those photos in the rest of today's blog.
This image above is the first time where I can see the humpback whale's eye (the round bump at the right)! This humpback was slapping its pectoral fin on the water, perhaps to communicate with other whales nearby. While we watched this whale, (s)he was watching nearby kayakers the entire time to make sure that they didn't get too close.
Another new situation for me was this next photo of Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins. I've seen one or two at a time before. This pod started out as three or four dolphins surfacing by our boat and then erupted into a large pod of 30-40! This many dolphins together is a breathtaking experience!
We also had some very active humpback calves, and they treated us to a few baby breaches (also known as "flying pickles" because of the way they look when flying through the air). This calf below was just coming out of the water to breach – look how tiny he is compared to his mother nearby.
I'm also working to improve my compositions (although the captain of the boat sure controls a lot of that!). I really like this image of a mother and calf double blow. Including the Maui shoreline in Lahaina adds interest and context to the photo.
I had great luck on this trip with weather and whales – too much to fit into one post! Check out the rest of my photos in the album here.
Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Now – go see things through a different set of eyes and make some photos!
**DISCLAIMER: I'm biased – I love PWF and their mission to protect the ocean through science and advocacy and to inspire environmental stewardship so much, that I recently joined their board of directors.
The Pacific Whale Foundation is holding a charity auction ending very soon on Monday, November 11, 2018. They have over 100 donated items up for bid (at this link).
As readers of the Central Florida Photo Ops blog, you might recognize two of the items. MK and I have each contributed one of our whale photos as an 11×14 inch modern metal print with float mount from mpix.
MK's photo was featured on the blog in February 2018 ( https://edrosack.com/2018/02/24/majestic-maui-migration/).
My photo is from way back in September of 2009 (https://edrosack.com/2009/09/20/north-to-alaska-ch-1-intro-and-wildlife/).
Pacific Whale Foundation is a 501(c)(3) IRS tax-exempt charitable organization dedicated to protecting our oceans through science and advocacy. MK and I both strongly believe it deserves our support. If you get a chance, please check out the auctions and consider bidding on these two prints to help out this worthy cause!
Editors note: Today we have another post from our roving correspondent MaryKate. She's back in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but this time on Maui – enjoy!
I recently took the trip of a lifetime to Maui during whale watching season. While I've been fortunate enough to whale watch in places like Alaska, Channel Islands National Park and Maine, I have never seen anything like the whales in Maui in February. Each year around December/January through about March/April, North Pacific Humpback Whales migrate down from Alaska (bye, Monette!) to Hawaii to mate, give birth, and let their babies bulk up before the long journey back north. These whales love the waters around Maui, and I've never been to a place where you can sit on the beach or at a restaurant on the coast and watch these amazing creatures from land.
But you can get an even better view from the water! I did two whale watching cruises, both with the Pacific Whale Foundation. I'd highly recommend any cruise with PWF (and check out their amazing gift shop while you're there!), because the money from your cruise goes to protect our oceans through research, education and conservation programs. While all of their cruises are great experiences, if you have the time and the money and are an early bird like me, your best option is to go on a smaller boat as early in the day as possible. We took the larger Ocean Discovery on a Saturday afternoon at 2 pm and there was plenty of whale watching, but it was nothing like the intimate photo safari experience on Sunday morning at 7 am aboard the Ocean Spirit catamaran. With a smaller, quieter boat, we could turn off the engine when we got 100 yards away from the whales, and sometimes they would come closer to us. This humpback whale was curious and "spy hopped" right by our boat, poking its head up to check us out!
We were lucky to see many mom and baby pairs, which are easy to spot when you know what to look for: more frequent and smaller blows (the babies need to breathe a lot more often than the grownups), and a floating protective Mom beside them (Mom is always nearby!).
I really enjoyed the photo ops on this whale watch. There was a photographer on board if you had any questions, and I was able to see and photograph whales in a way I never had before. Fun fact – did you know Humpback Whales (and all baleen whales) have two blowholes side by side (kind of like a human nose) vs. toothed whales that only have one?
Humpback Whale – Two Blows Up!
We also saw Maui by air via a Maverick Helicopter Tour. It's a lot tougher to get good photos from a helo, but it was really amazing to see whales from such a different perspective! Below, a mom and baby (on the right) are "escorted" by a male (not the baby's daddy!).
Click on any of the photos above to see a higher res version on Flickr, and click here to see the entire photo set from the trip. Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Now – go make some whaley good photos!
Thanks again MK – it was wonderful to read about your trip and see your photos. Hawaii is still on my bucket list! Also readers, if you're going to visit, you might want to take a look at the Hawaii category on my on-line friend Jeff Stamer's blog. He's been there several times and has some amazing photos and tips.
Editors note: Today we have another post from our roving correspondent MaryKate. This time from the middle of the Pacific Ocean – enjoy!
Back in May, I (willingly) kidnapped my youngest cousin Annie and took her to one of my bucket-list destinations and remaining states to visit: Hawaii! We were there for 5 days and 4 nights, so we stayed on Oahu the entire time (vs. island hopping) – which was a different and enjoyable experience for me since I'm usually on the go! We shared amazing outdoor experiences like snorkeling, reflected at somber memorials like Pearl Harbor, and discovered captivating views while exploring the island on the drive of a lifetime.
The most memorable experience was snorkeling off of Waianae. If you've read any of my past blog posts, you know I have a passion for wildlife, especially dolphins and whales. While we visited at the wrong time of the year to see humpback whales, I was really excited to see Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins in the wild.
While snorkeling, we saw five Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins, green sea turtles, and even a baby hammerhead shark. The tour company was respectful about keeping our distance, being quiet and still, and not harassing the wildlife.
However, while in Hawaii, I found the book The Lives of Hawaii's Dolphins and Whales by Robin W. Baird, and was saddened to read that "because spinners do all of their feeding at night and all of their resting during the day…exposure to vessel traffic and swimmers may disrupt their resting patterns or cause them to leave the relative safety of their traditional resting areas. A recent study off Kona showed that spinner dolphins were exposed to humans, boaters, and/or swimmers within 100 yards of them about 82 percent of their time during the day." Because of this, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering new regulations "to prohibit swimming with and approaching a Hawaiian spinner dolphin within 50 yards." Knowledge is power, so I will cherish the memories I have from this experience and instead watch them from afar in the future – even if the rules don't change. Pacific Whale Foundation has a great PDF with more information on how to Be Dolphin Wise.
If you make it to Oahu, definitely follow my brother Mike's advice to rent a car and drive the island. We got a better feel for the place by seeing so much more of it. From Waikiki, we drove north up the middle of the island (stopping at the obligatory tourist stop: Dole Plantation), then to the north shore for some shave ice, lunch at the famous Giovanni's Shrimp Truck, scenic views, and a tour at the Kualoa Ranch where movies like Jurassic Park and TV shows like Lost were filmed (can't you just imagine a T-Rex popping out of the shot below?). The drive and the views are the destination, so take your time and enjoy the ride!
Thanks so much MK – it was wonderful to read about your trip. Hawaii is still on my bucket list!
Also readers, if you're going to visit, you might want to take a look at the Hawaii category on my on-line friend Jeff Stamer's blog. He's been to there several times and has some amazing photos and tips.
You can click on any of these photos to see a much higher res version on Flickr. Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Now – go be amazed by wildlife and make some photos!


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using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Moq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using WhatsMyRun.Services.DataProviders.Workouts;
using WhatsMyRun.Services.DataRequestor;

namespace WhatsMyRun.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class WorkoutDataProviderTest
    {
        private static readonly string dataLocation = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) +
                                                      "\\SampleWorkoutsData.json";

        [ClassInitialize]
        public static void ClassInitialize(TestContext context)
        {

        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task GetDataAsync_Default_WorkoutDataParsed()
        {
            //ARRANGE
            var mockRequestor = new Moq.Mock<IDataRequestor>();
            var mockedData = GetAllWorkoutsDataString();

            var provider = new WorkoutDataProvider(mockRequestor.Object);
            mockRequestor.Setup(r => r.GetDataAsync(It.IsAny<Uri>()))
                .Returns(Task.FromResult(mockedData));

            //ACT
            var workouts = await provider.GetWorkoutsForUserAsync(1);

            //For runs over _ (6mi for now), show the min/mile times over time.
            //so convert the distance to miles, then check it.
            var lastWorkout = workouts.Last();
            var speed = lastWorkout.AverageSpeedInMilesPerHour;
            TimeSpan mileTime = lastWorkout.AverageTimePerMile;
            var miles = lastWorkout.DistanceInMiles;

            Trace.WriteLine("Workout count: " + workouts.Count());
            //started to parse the data for ALL workouts, but not all workouts have this data
            //(ie workout #20 doesn't have AverageSpeedInX
            foreach (var workout in workouts)
            {
                //Assert.IsTrue(workout.ActiveTimeInSeconds > 0, "ActiveTimeInSeconds not set");
                //Assert.IsTrue(workout.AverageSpeedInX > 0, "AverageSpeedInX not set");
                Assert.IsTrue(workout.DistanceInMeters > 0, "DistanceInMeters not set");
                //Assert.IsTrue(workout.ElapsedTimeInSeconds.Seconds > 0, "ElapsedTimeInSeconds not set");
                //Assert.IsTrue(workout.MetabolicEnergeyTotal > 0, "MetabolicEnergeyTotal not set");
                Assert.IsTrue(workout.StartTime > DateTime.Parse("1/1/2010"));
            }

            var firstWorkout = workouts.First();
            //Certain property are only set on the first of the test data, just assert that:
            Assert.AreEqual(3600, firstWorkout.ActiveTimeInSeconds);
            Assert.AreEqual(2.3290784, firstWorkout.AverageSpeedInMetersPerSecond);
            Assert.AreEqual(8384.68224, firstWorkout.DistanceInMeters);
            Assert.AreEqual(3600, firstWorkout.ElapsedTimeInSeconds.TotalSeconds);
            Assert.AreEqual(2953904.0, firstWorkout.MetabolicEnergeyTotal);
            Assert.AreEqual("test notes", firstWorkout.Notes);
            Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.Parse("2014-01-26T18:00:00+00:00"), firstWorkout.StartTime);
            Assert.AreEqual(200, firstWorkout.TotalSteps);

            //Wanted this in a sep test, but with async, I couldn't figure out how to have the work done in ClassInitialize
            Assert.AreEqual(20, workouts.Count(), "workout count differs");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task GetDataAsync_Malformed_ThrowsException()
        {
            //ARRANGE
            var mockRequestor = new Moq.Mock<IDataRequestor>();
            var mockedMalformedData = "<x></x>";
            var provider = new WorkoutDataProvider(mockRequestor.Object);
            mockRequestor.Setup(r => r.GetDataAsync(It.IsAny<Uri>()))
                .Returns(Task.FromResult(mockedMalformedData));

            //ACT
            try
            {
                await provider.GetWorkoutsForUserAsync(1);
                Assert.Fail("no ex thrown");
            }
            catch (JsonReaderException ex)
            {
                var exMessage = ex.Message;
                //malformed data exception
            }

        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task GetDataAsync_Default_CallsRequestor()
        {
            //ARRANGE
            var mockRequestor = new Moq.Mock<IDataRequestor>();
            var mockedData = File.ReadAllText(dataLocation);
            var provider = new WorkoutDataProvider(mockRequestor.Object);
            mockRequestor.Setup(r => r.GetDataAsync(It.IsAny<Uri>()))
                .Returns(Task.FromResult(mockedData));

            ////To see the test fail, bring back this line:
            //mockRequestor.Setup(r => r.GetDataAsync(new Uri("http://test.com")))
            //    .Returns(Task.FromResult(mockedData));

            //ACT
            await provider.GetWorkoutsForUserAsync(1);
            mockRequestor.VerifyAll();
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task GetDataAsync_SingleWorkout_SingleResult()
        {
            //ARRANGE
            var mockRequestor = new Moq.Mock<IDataRequestor>();
            var mockedData = GetSingleWorkoutDataString();

            var provider = new WorkoutDataProvider(mockRequestor.Object);
            mockRequestor.Setup(r => r.GetDataAsync(It.IsAny<Uri>()))
                .Returns(Task.FromResult(mockedData));

            //ACT
            var workouts = await provider.GetWorkoutsForUserAsync(1);
            mockRequestor.VerifyAll();
            Assert.AreEqual(1, workouts.Count());
        }

        private string GetAllWorkoutsDataString()
        {
            var mockedData = File.ReadAllText(dataLocation);
            var workoutData = JObject.Parse(mockedData);

            return workoutData.ToString();
        }

        private string GetSingleWorkoutDataString()
        {
            var workoutData = JObject.Parse(GetAllWorkoutsDataString());

            RemoveAllButOneWorkout(workoutData);

            //also set workouts to 1 in case code is using that
            workoutData["total_count"] = "1";

            return workoutData.ToString();
        }

        private static void RemoveAllButOneWorkout(JObject workoutData)
        {
            var workoutsToRemove = new List<JToken>();

            foreach (var workout in workoutData["_embedded"]["workouts"].Skip(1))
            {
                workoutsToRemove.Add(workout);
            }

            foreach (var workout in workoutsToRemove)
            {
                workout.Remove();
            }
        }
    }
}

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Over the past few years, fears about the deteriorating environment have led to a rash of laws and regulations that have raised the heat on corporate management. Calls for regulating air emissions and wastewater discharges have often forced companies to make significant capital improvements in order to be in compliance - costs that have eaten into the bottom line.
The simple truth is that most companies can reduce the cost of installing and using pollution control equipment by taking advantage of hidden tax benefits. The reason: many states soften the pain of compliance with tax incentives that can help boost the bottom line over the long term.
For most companies, the key involves two tasks. The first is to understand how local state laws define pollution control equipment. The second is for these companies to find out how to avail themselves of the state and local tax benefits. The result can often translate into significant bottom-line savings.
Just What Is Pollution Control Equipment?
Pollution control generally falls into three categories: air, solid waste (including water) and noise. Overall, the definitions of pollution control equipment are fairly broad, which can benefit taxpayers.
For instance, Indiana defines an air pollution control system as "tangible personal property designed and used to improve public health and welfare by preventing or eliminating air contamination caused by industrial waste or contaminants."
"Any disposal system or any treatment works, pretreatment works, appliance, equipment, machinery, pipeline or conduit, pumping station, force main, or installation constricted, used, or placed in operation primarily for the purpose of collecting or conducting industrial waste to a point of disposal or treatment; reducing, controlling or eliminating the discharge into a disposal system of industrial waste or what would be industrial waste if discharged into the waters of the state."
Some states add more potential tax incentive benefits by including a definition on noise pollution, stipulating that the equipment must aid in the "elimination or reduction of industrial noise levels."
These air, water and noise pollution control definitions are broad enough to yield substantial potential tax benefits, but the rules can vary from each state or local tax jurisdiction. In addition, many states require pollution control equipment to be certified by a state environmental oversight agency before it is eligible for tax benefits. This means that it is up to companies to determine whether certification is necessary and to identify which incentives may be applicable.
While state exemptions and credits differ, tax incentives typically fall into three basic categories: real and personal property taxes; sales and use taxes; and income and franchise taxes. The following is a brief examination of each area.
All states tax real property and approximately 40 states tax business personal property. Many states have exemptions from real and/or personal property taxes for pollution control assets that are applied as a deduction from the assessed value.
For example, if an organization has a business personal property assessed value of $10 million, which incorrectly includes an exempt filtration system with an assessed value of $1 million, the corrected assessed value would be $9 million. The actual tax dollars saved could be calculated by multiplying the exempt portion ($1 million) by the appropriate tax rate - in this scenario (.02) - for a benefit of $20,000. See Table 1.
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia impose some form of tax on sales transactions. Generally, these taxes are imposed on or passed through to the purchaser and are measured by the retail value of the goods sold. States provide numerous exemptions from sales and use taxes, including exemptions for manufacturing equipment and research and development equipment. Many states also exempt the purchase of pollution control equipment from sales tax. The exemption has the effect of reducing the cost of the equipment by the amount of sales tax that would have otherwise been paid on its purchase. For example, if the filtration system referenced in Table 1 had been purchased for $1 million in a state that has a six percent sales tax, the exemption would actually be worth $60,000.
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia impose some form of tax on corporate income. Washington state imposes a business & occupation tax, which is measured by gross receipts. Pollution control equipment benefits for state income and franchise tax purposes usually take the form of a credit or deduction on an organization's annual tax return; however, such benefits generally are limited in nature.
In states that impose a tax measured solely on income, pollution control equipment income tax benefits may be nonexistent while states imposing a franchise tax that contains a net worth component may be more likely to allow such exemptions. The underlying reason for such policies is clear. Namely, a business' pollution control operations generally do not generate income and, given that lack of connection between the income tax base and the pollution control equipment, to allow a deduction or exemption for income tax purposes would be incongruous. Nevertheless, opportunities do exist and can result in significant state tax savings.
In states with franchise taxes based on the capital or net worth of a company, companies are often allowed to reduce the capital or net worth tax base by the cost of pollution control equipment. For example, if the net worth tax base of a company in a particular state was $10 million and the cost of the pollution control equipment $1 million, the franchise tax base would be $9 million and assuming a .2 percent tax rate, the benefit of the exemption $2,000.
The chart in Table 2 summarizes the availability of pollution control equipment tax incentives for purposes of real and/or personal property, sales, and income and franchise taxes on a state-by-state basis.
There are numerous examples of companies that have taken advantage of state tax incentives and exemptions for pollution control equipment. The following briefly shows how manufacturers in three different states accrued millions of dollars in tax savings.
-- The annual savings for this company on its facilities in only one state exceeded $4 million in state and local taxes. This automaker focused on one state and reviewed several plants. Through its review and analysis, executives found numerous benefits.
-- The annual savings for this manufacturer from its numerous facilities exceeded $4 million in property taxes. This multi-function manufacturer placed all of its large plants in three states under review. Tax reductions were obtained through prospective savings and refunds.
-- This company achieved $3.5 million in savings over 10 years based on a review of four facilities in one state. This manufacturer had previously claimed approximately 17 percent of its total personal property as pollution control eligible. After reviewing its facilities, nearly 30 percent of its total personal property was verified as eligible for pollution control exemptions.
The need to comply with pollution control regulations is not likely to abate, despite the recent change to a new administration. Indeed, the continued high profile of environmental issues will quite likely result in companies having to actively invest in pollution control equipment on a continuous basis for years to come.
As the above success stories show, companies can realize significant savings by identifying their pollution control-related assets, applying for certification, and taking advantage of potential, unrealized tax abatements and incentives. In today's constantly changing state and local tax arena, it pays to know the state and local pollution control regulations and how to leverage them to your strategic advantage.
This article originally appeared in the July 2001 issue of Environmental Protection, Vol. 12, No. 7, p. 47.
Joseph Calvanico is a partner with KPMG LLP, the U.S. member of an international accounting firm of the same name. He has more than 20 years of state and local tax experience and is the National Deployment Partner for KPMG's Pollution Control tax services.
Robert Dunlap is a partner with KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of an international accounting firm of the same name. He is the National Leader for KPMG's Property Tax Services.


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Dr David Passarelli
Incoming Executive Director
David Passarelli is United Nations University's Executive Officer and will become Executive Director of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research on 1 July 2020.
Dr Passerelli advises the UNU Rector on management initiatives at UNU Headquarters and across the UNU system — specifically, the development of medium- and long-term strategies, corporate policy, and legal affairs, as well the establishment of new branches of the University and relations with existing and new host governments. He also serves as the Secretary of the governing board (the UNU Council) and is a member of the UNU's Management Group.
David has worked with UNU since 2008. From 2013 to 2016, he served as Chief of Staff, during which time he also contributed to the research programme of UNU-GCM as an honorary associate research fellow.
David holds a doctorate degree in International Development from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on the rights of irregular migrant children.
Prior to joining UNU in 2008, David worked as a research assistant at the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration at Waseda University, where he graduated with a master's degree in international relations. David has published in the areas of migration, political theory, and comparative international higher education.
Dr David Passarelli, Adam Day & Dr James Cockayne
New Leadership at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in Mid-2020
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All the tortured euphemisms the media are using to call James Harden fat
South Carolina sheriff accused of punching woman in face multiple times says he needs time 'to heal'
By David Boroff
Colleton County Sheriff R.A. Strickland has been charged with domestic violence.
A South Carolina sheriff accused of punching a woman in the face multiple times and preventing her from calling for help says he needs time "to heal."
Colleton County Sheriff R.A. Strickland said Monday night that he is taking a leave of absence following his arrest for domestic violence.
"This time will allow me to heal, and self-reflect on myself," Strickland said in a statement. "I will strive to be stronger, and better at serving the citizens of Colleton, and my employees upon returning."
Strickland, 40, punched a woman in the face "with a closed fist" more than once during an argument on Thursday, according to an affidavit obtained by the Daily News.
The sheriff is also accused of taking possession of the woman's cell phones and preventing her from reporting the assault. Strickland also allegedly kept her from getting medical assistance.
He was arrested and charged Saturday by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The National Action Network, a civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, called for Gov. Henry McMaster to remove the sheriff from office.
"In order for us to become a state with 'zero tolerance to domestic violence,' the [precedent] must begin with Sheriff R.A. Strickland with his immediate removal from office as the sheriff of Colleton County," read the letter. "Our leaders must be held accountable for their actions immediately!"
"Boxing somebody with a closed fist, a woman with a closed fist, that tells me right there he is off the chain, he's off the chain and he needs to be removed immediately," NAN State President Elder James Johnson added, according to WCSC.
The governor does not have the authority to take action until a "formal indictment is handed down," McMaster's spokesman Bryan Symmes told the TV station.


A new signature look was created for Jean-Paul Fortin, the multi-brand footwear retailer, for their first location outside of Quebec at Yorkville Village in Toronto. Befitting of its location in an urban upscale shopping destination, the store evokes understated luxury. The sophisticated palette alternates between a monolithic full-height backdrop of book-matched marble with gold metal accents in the ladies area, to textured wood square panels with black metal accents in the men's area. The introduction of live greenery on the back wall of the cash area provides unexpected whimsy in the controlled environment.


For the fashion folk, it's hard to think about anything other than Wold MasterCard Fashion Week from now until Friday night. It often completely overshadows anything else that's going on in the world (let alone the city) which is a shame when another important series of events is taking place simultaneously over the same week.
That's right, as of today until Sunday, it's also Canadian Music Week in Toronto! Did they plan this on purpose because they know rockstars love fashion people (okay, mainly models) and vice versa? I guess we'll never really know, but it seems suspect to me.
Whatever the truth may be, one thing we can know for sure is that everyone involved (no matter which week you're attending) loves great skin. If you've followed my beauty posts, you will already be familiar with my love for using 100% Organic Argan Oil on my skin and hair.
This year, Olie biologique (a luxury line of artisanal organic skincare oils) was requested by the MusiCares Board of Directors to provide an exclusive VIP gift for the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year event honouring Bruce Springsteen, which took place back in February.
Some of the Grammy artists who went home with 'The Rockstar of Skincare' include Mary J. Blige, Sting, Elton John, and Mumford & Sons, just to name a few. If this 100% USDA Certified Argan Oil (which has been custom packaged for MusiCares and is not available for retail sale) is good enough for them, don't you think you need it too? I do!
In celebration of Canadian Music Week, ONE lucky GracieCarroll.com reader will get to win this super exclusive product. All you have to do to enter is FOLLOW @GracieCarroll and @OlieOrganicOils on Twitter, LIKE Olie biologique and GracieCarroll.com on Facebook, and leave a comment below telling me which artists you're most excited to see this week.
Personally, I can't wait to see Eight And A Half on Thursday night at the Gladstone, and one (if not two) of Mac DeMarco's shows on the weekend.
Contest closes on Sunday night, March 24th. Winner will be contacted the following week.
Ps. did you know the founder of Olie biologique, Linda Thompson, hails from Montreal? Go Canada!


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Ted Ryle
Creative Partner
Book, music and lyrics – Cinder Edna
Ted has been involved in theater and performing arts since the late 80's when he travelled to the Soviet Union as part of a musical review group committed to building bridges with the Soviet people at the height of Peristoika. He also has a passionate interest in the power of interactive theater such as Theater of the Oppressed and Playback. He was the founding board president of Olympia Family Theater and has been involved in each of OFT's seasons as a performer, director or stage manager. Cinder Edna is his first work as a playwright/composer/lyricist, but is the product of many years of love for the work, having first read it to his daughters over 15 years ago.
Contact Ted:
Explore our Youth Scripts & Audio Recordings:
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CINDER EDNA
AUDITIONS FOR OPEN ROAD MURDER MYSTERIES!
Peruse our Latest Murder Mystery Scripts:
Till Murder do us Part
Murder of the Year
Murder Most Fowl
Murder Beyond the Stars
A Murder for Old Time's Sake
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Wellington, 20 November 2015 – The outstandingly presented 68 Jervois Quay, better known as Datacom House, was recently sold by CBRE's Bill Leckie and Matthew St Amand, on behalf of Cornerstone Investments Limited.
The property features quality office space with extensive harbour views, and is currently 97.71% occupied; well above the Wellington average. It is prominently situated on the corner of Jervois Quay and Harris Street; a location which affords excellent exposure and offers uninterrupted panoramic harbour views from all office levels.
CBRE opted to run an off market campaign for Cornerstone Investments Ltd. following the property unsuccessfully going to market last year. Their successful strategy resulted in a sale circa $47 million to an Australian institutional vendor.


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Lil Wayne's "Sorry 4 The Wait" Is Officially On Streaming Services
Lil Wayne's "Sorry 4 The Wait" arrives on streamers with four new songs.
The peak of Lil Wayne's career is often regarded as his mid-aughts mixtape run leading to the release of Tha Carter III. Following the release of No Ceilings, the rapper did a stint behind bars in New York for a gun charge. He returned home triumphantly with Sorry 4 The Wait as his first post-prison project as fans anticipated the release of The Carter IV.
Finally, Sorry 4 The Wait is available on streaming services. At the wee hours of the morning, the project became available on DSPs with four additional songs, "Cameras" ft. Allan Cubas, "Lil Romeo," "Anti-Hero" ft. Lil Tecca, and "Bleu Snappin'," produced by Yung Bleu.
Mack Maine informed Billboard in November that they would be uploading another mixtape to streamers, following the success of No Ceilings. Additionally, he said that he's hoping to have all of Wayne's mixtape catalog available on DSPs in the future.
Which Lil Wayne mixtape do you want to see uploaded to DSPs next? Let us know in the comment section below.
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Love the video guys, really embraces the feeling of travel through the quieter parts of Morocco. Shame about the missing GoPro, I feel you pain! Can't wait to get my next overland trip across Asia and Persia underway next year.
Congrats for the video guys, you take it to an other level ! The trip and the picture looks so nice.
aca estoy atento al viaje.
Congrats! Again, great video with incredible places. Can't wait for the next one!
I like your travel !!!!!! I love morocco off road !!! I need ……..
We love your videos! Amazing. Need more, the longer and more detailed the better. Looking forward to parts 4, 5 and maybe 6?
Fantastic vid,can't wait for the next.what a way to spend crimbo especially for your youngster ,what fantastic memory's you are giving him and probably one of the best educations in life ,you can't buy that,you create it.even had your own drummer boy at Christmas, quality.


Maple Grove is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 61,567 at the 2010 census. Maple Grove serves as the retail, cultural and medical center of the northwest region of the Minneapolis–St.Paul metropolitan area. One of the Twin Cities largest shopping centers is located in Maple Grove, The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes. With the completion and major upgrades to Interstates 94 / 694, 494, and U.S. Route 169, Maple Grove has grown at a rapid pace since the 1970s. Maple Grove has grown into one of the most populous cities in the Twin Cities area and identified as one of the fastest growing cities in the state.


Weed Orchards is a fifth generation, family run, pick-your-own farm. The farm is opened to the public between the months of July and October. Weed Orchards offers a variety of apples such as Honeycrisp, Gala, Fuji, Macintosh, Red and Golden Delicious, Empire, Rome, Jonagold, and more. We also grow Peaches, White Peaches, Donut Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Concord & Niagra Grapes, Strawberries, Sweet Corn and an assortment of vegetables such as tomatoes, hot & sweet peppers, eggplant, zucchini, cucumbers, and more. Our Apple Cafe and Bakery is open on weekends and offer a variety of fresh baked goods, hot and cold meals, homemade ice cream and hand-dipped chocolate, candy and caramel apples. We have local bands, and a DJ most weekends to provide entertainment to our valued customers and lead contests and games for all ages. Weekends also include our Hay Wagon, our Pirates of the Hudson Corn Maze, Apple Smashing, Petting Zoo, Picnics by the Pond and our Chicken BBQ. Coming this Fall 2014 we are proud to announce we will be opening a Farm Winery & Cidery where we will serve and sell local wines and hard ciders.
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