Scaling Guide: 6 – 10 minutes, about 1.5 minutes per round. Scale Up: 85/135lb bar.
Coaching Tips: Go for big sets on the push presses and the front squats. Make sure you keep an upright torso and don't let the knees slide forward on the push presses (putting stress on the knees). Use your hips! Adjust your front rack position if needed on the front squats. Push the speed on the lateral shuffles to keep the intensity up!
Coaching Tips: Perform some larger sets on the first round, then break it up on the middle rounds. Try to pace it so that you can do some larger sets on the last round. Use the 'jerk' and not the 'push press' on the clean and jerks to save the shoulders. Sit ups can be knees together or 'butterfly'. Make sure you aren't picking your hips up, then slamming back down on the floor if doing sit ups with an abmat (a sure way to get a 'raspberry'. Make sure you go hard on the run/airdyne because of the rest!
Scaling Guide: 78 – 171 reps, about 7 – 11 minutes for the row, then finishing the 9s and then some, to getting part way through the 18s. R2 (the 9s): 27reps. R3 (the 12s): 54. R4 (the 12s): 90. R5 (the 15s): 145.
Coaching Tips: Push the pace on the row so you can get a new PR. Stay moving during the rest interval and focus on nasal breathing to aid in recovery. Move through the first rounds fast because of the small sets and lots of transitions. Keep the torso up on the thrusters and avoid tipping forward. You can step up to the bar for the burpee, but it must be a two footed jump for it to be 'Performance'). Keep the ring rows strict!
Scaling Guide: 4 – 7 rounds, about 1:30 per round. Scale Up: lunges with 35/50lb dbs (one in each hand in front rack), and 35/55lb db hang power snatches.
Coaching Tips: Make sure you keep your body straight and shoulders back for the double unders. The lunges can be walking lunges or lunging in place (reverse lunges are fine), just make sure your knee 'kisses' the floor each rep. Keep the shoulder 'packed' on the hang snatches. Do not let the shoulder roll forward and internally rotate. Use a big hip pop so there is less press out on the snatches (to save the shoulders for double unders).
Skill Practice Warm Up: Spend 10 minutes working up to a challenging banded deadlift (chains anyone?) (80-90%) or perform 5 reps on the minute for 5 minutes (50-60%).
TEAM VERSION: One person working at a time, 20 deadlifts, 20 db push press, 10 bar facing burpees (in unison over same bar), 400m run together.
Coaching Tips: Be deliberate with the deadlifts so that you can keep a flat back. Don't let your torso tip forward on the push presses and be sure to get full lock out at the top. The burpees over the bar do not require a clap or fully open hips. Stay low and move fast. Pace the run so you can come right in and start on a set of deadlifts without much set up time.


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A: There could be different approaches to jump over same origin policy:
I would suggest postMessages
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should work with Firefox 3.5, Opera 10, Safari 4.0/Chrome 3.0+, Internet Explorer 8.0. And yet, you have to have access to both domains.
you may also try something like old school XhrIframeProxy or even somehow, Xdomain requests but I am not sure latter has good support yet

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Seaward has extended its Best of British 30th anniversary PAT celebration by linking two of its downloading testers with a host of free accessories in a special limited edition promotion.
To help maximise the comprehensive range of PAT test features included in the Europa Plus, the special celebration kit includes a tester and 110V adaptor with a free Test 'n' Tag printer and copy of the PATGuard Lite Software program. This will enable results from the tester to be downloaded to a PC for traceability and report generation, with the printer allowing asset ID labels to be printed quickly and easily.
The same combination of accessories is also provided free of charge with the celebration bundle for the Supernova Elite, a multi function PAT that includes RCD trip time and flash testing capabilities, as well as a dual voltage capability.
Both kits represent a tremendous value for money offer with considerable savings. Both Seaward testers are market leading products that are proven for rugged and reliable use in demanding, high volume PAT programmes.
Established in 1982, Seaward has become a global market leader in portable appliance testing with the introduction of a series of innovative instruments and electrical safety testing technology.
Central to this concept has been the introduction of PATs and accessories that succeed in making testing easier and faster without compromising the quality of testing.
The special PAT Celebration is intended to reinforce this message and underline the company's 30 year commitment to UK manufacturing and the highest standards of quality and performance.


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Nordonia Knights blew out Cuyahoga Falls 16-3 on Tuesday.
Nordonia Knights opened up scoring in the first inning. Luke Jackson drew a walk, scoring one run.
Nordonia Knights tallied eight runs in the third inning. Nordonia Knights offense in the inning was led by Aidan McFerren, Brendan O'Donnell, Robby Levak, Jackson, Jacob Kraus, and Matt Yokiel, all knocking in runs in the inning.
Joey Derusso got the win for Nordonia Knights. He lasted four innings, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out four. Ryan Short threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Nagel took the loss for Cuyahoga Falls. He allowed two hits and five runs over one-third of an inning.
Nordonia Knights scattered 17 hits in the game. McFerren, Justin Lewis, Yokiel, Derusso, Jackson, and Kraus all had multiple hits for Nordonia Knights. McFerren led Nordonia Knights with three hits in three at bats.
Jellison went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Cuyahoga Falls in hits. Cuyahoga Falls was sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Tompkins had the most chances in the field with four.
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New Book Celebrating Irish wildlife
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A new book featuring a collection of wildlife and nature writing by West Cork based author Calvin Jones celebrates the incredible diversity of life on and around the island of Ireland.
Volume one of "The Irish Wildlife Collection" featuresting wildlife profiles and articles covering a wide selection of species from humpback whales to dandelions and a range of wildlife topics from whale watching to exploring the backyard jungle.
According to the author the catalyst for compiling this first volume in the collection came from readers.
"My series on Irish Wildlife has been running on the back page of weekly magazine Ireland's Own since 2001," said Calvin. "Over the years I've had numerous requests from readers asking if they could buy a collection of the profiles in book form. The answer to that question was always no… until now."
As well as the species profiles the collection also contains selected wildlife and nature writing that has featured in high profile national and international publications like BBC Wildlife Magazine, The Irish Independent, The Countryman, The Irish Examiner and Wild Ireland, among others. Calvin, who also runs Discover Wildlife Experiences on the West Cork Coast, hopes the book will encourage readers to get out and enjoy the wild side of ireland. He plans to release the next volume in the series later this year.
Published by Ireland's Wildlife "The Irish Wildlife Collection: Volume 1" is initially available exclusively through Amazon, and costs £3.31 for the Kindle eBook edition or £8.20 for the paperback edition.
About Calvin Jones
Calvin Jones is a lifelong wildlife lover, founder and managing editor of Ireland's Wildlife (www.irelandswildlife.com), and a wildlife guide for Discover Wildlife Experiences on the stunning West Cork stretch of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.
He is the bestselling co-author of the highly acclaimed business books "Understanding Digital Marketing" and "The Best Digital Marketing Campaigns in the World" both published by Kogan Page, And is currently talking to publishers Bloomsbury about his next business book.
Calvin started Ireland's Wildlife (www.irelandswildlife.com) in 2011 to share his lifelong passion for nature with others, raise the profile of Irish wildlife and to encourage more people to engage with the natural world around them. Under the Ireland's Wildlife banner he runs guided Discover Wildlife Experiences on the West Cork coast, which have the added bonus of allowing him to get outside with a pair of binoculars and legitimately claim to be working.
Originally from the North Wales coast, Calvin now lives in an old schoolhouse in rural West Cork, Ireland with his wife, three daughters, seven chickens and an irritatingly self-assured cockerel.
Living in the country was supposed to be peaceful, but so far it's not working out that way….
About Ireland's Wildlife
Ireland's Wildlife was launched in 2011 as an online hub for wildlife and nature content covering the island of Ireland. It has grown to become Ireland's leading online wildlife and nature destination, with an eclectic mix of content including feature articles, news, how-to's, product reviews, blog posts and much more.
The primary aim of the site is to foster a broader understanding of and love for Irish wildlife, and to encourage people to get closer to the wild side of Ireland. An extension of that aim led to the creation of guided Discover Wildlife Experiences based on the West Cork stretch of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. From residential weekends to custom guided tours and wildlife walks the experiences give people the opportunity to get out and enjoy the wonder of Ireland's Wildlife first hand with a professional local guide.
Find out more about the site, and sample some of the content on www.irelandswildlife.com.
For more on Ireland's Wildlife's flagship Discover Wildlife Weekends check out www.irelandswildlife.com/weekends
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City Manager Gives Update on Tax Title Properties
by Adam Swift • September 30, 2021 • 0 Comments
The effort to increase affordable housing home ownership opportunities is a priority for the city, according to City Manager Thomas Ambrosino.
Earlier this month, District 8 Councilor Calvin T. Brown requested that Ambrosino update the City Council on potential parcels, including those in tax title, for transfer to Chelsea's Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board (AHTFB) for use as affordable home ownership sites.
"At the City's request, the City Council previously approved the transfer to the AHTFB of 41-43 Orange St., a tax title parcel, for development as affordable home ownership," said Ambrosino. "That development process is now underway. Further, the City has another parcel, a bank-owned two family now in receivership, that we are looking at for potential AHTFB use."
In addition, Ambrosino said that each month, at an internal "problem properties" meeting, city officials meet to discuss strategies for addressing problems, blighted parcels, and the possibility, when appropriate, of transfer of such parcels to the AHTFB for affordable home ownership.
"The Council has my commitment that we will continue to pursue aggressively this goal of developing affordable home ownership, through transfer of parcels to the AHTFB, as one of several tools for dealing with the housing crisis," said Ambrosino.
Brown said he appreciated the input from Ambrosino.
"This is a conversation that we definitely need to continue to have," said Brown. "This is an opportunity, there are some properties, and there are some parcels out there that we should look into and make this a prioritized mission of the City Council."
Moving forward, Brown said the city and the council could have a leg up at looking into some of these parcels and potentially developing them for affordable ownership opportunities.
"I look forward to having more discussion with this and finding out how quickly we can have a meeting on what's out there and potentially what we need to be addressing," said Brown.
Council President Roy Avellaneda has pushed for affordable home ownership opportunities during his time on the Council, and has stated that the council and the city also has to look beyond the AHTFB.
Avellaneda has been leading discussions on the appropriation of $75,000 for appraisal and consulting services that could eventually lead to the creation of affordable home ownership opportunities on Suffolk Street and Congress Avenue. That process is still in subcommittee.
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What's An Entrepreneur To Do After Making His First Million At Age 16? Start Another Company Of Course!
October 27, 2014 in Home Page Posts, Notable Startups Posted by laurensauser
With the launch of the Mac App Store in January 2011, Apple was able to take the success of the iOS App Store and create an ecosystem that drastically simplifies the process of selling apps & games to Mac desktop users. Developers selling in the Mac App Store don't need to worry about licensing their products, set up a way to take payments or even manage their own taxes since Apple conveniently handles this all on their behalf.
However the trouble was (and continues to be) that the Mac App Store has its fair share of limitations, including the inability for developers to know who customers are, restrictive rules about what apps can and can't do, and a high commission of 30% per sale.
The result? Developers are increasingly becoming fed up and end up leaving to sell on their own, which means setting up an entire infrastructure for licensing, taking payments, analytics and other cumbersome tasks involved with selling independently. Ultimately, it all takes away from the valuable time developers could be using to focus on creating their apps.
Making the decision to sell independently isn't easy and although there are plenty of larger companies making the transition to sell outside of the Mac App Store, smaller developers don't quite have the same time or resources to follow suit. Between juggling the responsibilities of coding, marketing, finances and more, the prospect of setting up things like trials, checkouts, licensing and analytics to the list is daunting.
As a solution, Paddle.com, a startup based in London, launched an SDK (Software Development Kit) for Mac in 2013 to simplify the process for developers interested in selling outside of the Mac App Store.
Christian Owens, Paddle's 20 year old founder and CEO, had worked with app & game developers to promote their products since the age of 14 under his previous company, MacBundleBox (a website that sold a combination of apps together for a discounted price). That business made Christian his first million by the age of just 16, but now that he had a better understanding about the problems developers faced with selling outside of the Mac App Store, he wanted to do something about it.
"We built the Paddle SDK in such a way that developers don't need to built an infrastructure from scratch anymore. They can have a checkout and trial version of their app ready in minutes, rather than weeks or months," says Christian. "Because the SDK takes care of licensing & activations, payment processing and even analytics automatically, it frees up valuable time that developers can use towards building great products instead."
While making life easier for developers is important to Paddle, Christian is fully aware that Apple's single-click buying process is what makes the Mac App Store so attractive for the end-customer; there's almost no complexity to it.
"One of the main appeals of buying in the Mac App Store is the seamlessness and convenience of buying products through a one-click system, so we want to make sure developers can give their customers the best possible buying experience," says Christian. "By tying the Paddle SDK into our eCommerce platform, we've been able to create an incredibly easy way for customers to complete purchases using PayPal or their debit/credit card from within the app trial. This functionality helps us to reduce friction during the buying process, and the result is over 65% of our customers buying the product in-app."
Developers using Paddle have been able to increase their revenue by 20% by offering a trial version and selling outside of the Mac App Store, and with around 65% of customers completing purchases in-app there's clearly value in setting up an independent store. You can sign up to Paddle for free, and using Paddle's eCommerce platform and SDKs cost just 5% + $0.50 per sale.
On the subject of entrepreneurship, Christian feels that too many make excuses for why they can't start their own businesses, blaming finances, lack of time or other reasons. "One of the best pieces of advice I've been given is to brush off the excuses and just start — put in the work," says Christian. "It's so easy and affordable to start a digital business these days that if you're really hungry for it, there's no reason why you can't run your own business."
Christian Owens, paddle
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Hello, Lauren.
I agree with Christian – the most important thing in entrepreneurship is to be an entrepreneur. A simple idea doesn't mean much. But when you start working on it and it starts to shape nicely, it is then that you understand if it will work or not. And, who knows – maybe an investor will see your project and will offer you a nice deal. 🙂
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Thank you Christian, that is so true . Blessing Karen


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Community Energy: the benefit of Middle Tennessee Electric and TVA working together
Community Energy—In Our Region, Power Means More
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) is powered by a public power model — owned by and accountable to the people who live here. So the initiatives we invest in through our power model serve one purpose: helping our communities thrive.
Because we support public power, we all benefit from Community Energy. It's the progress our model enables — like more job opportunities thanks to thriving and growing communities, outdoor recreation thanks to our protected lands, cleaner energy sources, and much more.
MTE and TVA work together to power not just our homes and businesses, but our potential too — by combining efforts to help create a future we all believe in.
Keeping Social Services Going During the Pandemic and Helping Kids Process Tornadoes Through STEAM
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) and TVA were founded on a mission to serve — through reliable and affordable energy, a safe and protected environment and thriving economic development.
Community energy provides our neighbors more than just reliable electricity. It's here to help local veterans find jobs, make sure young students continue to build their reading skills, and ensure that children who need physical therapy receive care in a safe and clean environment. These are just a few examples of the services 21 nonprofits (and co-op members) in the MTE service area are able to continue to offer during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to financial assistance. Jay Sanders, MTE community relations coordinator, said they secured a grant through a TVA Community Care Fund, and both MTE and TVA contributed matching donations. MTE also supports its residents who have struggled to pay utility bills through programs that are partially funded by TVA's Pandemic Relief Credit for local power companies (LPCs).
MTE and TVA have a history of joining forces to support the community in Middle Tennessee, and 2020 was a particularly busy year for the partnership. In March, the same month the World Health Organization declared the global pandemic, several deadly tornadoes blasted through the Middle Tennessee region, damaged homes and businesses and caused power outages. During this difficult time, MTE and TVA checked on co-op members and supported their line crews. According to Larry Rose, communications and marketing consultant for MTE, at one point, 600 people were on the ground helping, and they were able to restore power in less than a week. Rose said, "It was an incredible effort to get it done so quickly. Some of the TVA towers were twisted like pretzels."
One individual in particular was also inspired to find a way to help the community heal after the tornadoes. DeAna Duncan, audio-visual production teacher at Green Hill High School in Mt. Juliet reached out to MTE and TVA for financial assistance with a multi-faceted art project that would give students a way to process how the natural disaster affected them. MTE and TVA supported her idea, and each contributed $2,500 to a science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) grant, and awarded Duncan $5,000.
She used the funds to repurpose a baby grand piano donated by the family of one of her former students. Sadly, they had lost their home in the tornado, but the instrument remained intact, although the exterior was roughed up by winds. Duncan taught students how to remove the piano's interior and replace it with an A/V system. They custom designed it to play audio and video recordings of dance and choral performances and spoken stories by their peers that expressed how they were impacted by the tornadoes. Elementary and middle school students from Wilson County collaborated, too, and created a new surface design with images that captured their own responses to the storms. The project, titled, "And the Song Played On," is intended to serve as a symbol of hope and healing for the community.
As Amy Byers, marketing/public relations coordinator for MTE, said, community energy "isn't a new thing; MTE was created to make the lives of our members better."
Helping some of the most vulnerable people in their service community will always be a priority at MTE, and the partnership with TVA and its programs makes many of these efforts possible.
MTE works with TVA Economic Development to attract new companies and bring more jobs to the area and to help existing businesses and industries grow in a sustainable way. Here are a few of the economic development highlights in the MTE service area since 2018.
Amazon, a leading global electronic commerce and cloud computing company opened a new high-tech fulfillment center in Mt. Juliet, Tenn. The facility brings over 1,000 new jobs to Wilson County. Economic development partners include Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, the Joint Economic & Community Development Board of Wilson County, City of Mt. Juliet, Wilson County and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
Ramsey Solutions, a financial services company, expanded operations in Williamson County, including adding 600 new jobs and investing $52 million in the company's corporate headquarters. Economic development partners include Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Williamson, Inc., and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
MAHLE, a leading international automotive supplier, is expanding operations in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The groundbreaking for the project was held on March 23, 2021. The expansion includes adding 300 jobs and optimizing the company's production footprint to be closer to automotive suppliers located in the Southeast. Economic development partners include Middle Tennessee Electric, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, and Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce.
Mitsubishi Motors North America relocated its North American administrative headquarters to Franklin, Tennessee from Cypress, California. The move by Mitsubishi Motors move represents an investment in the county of $18.25 million and brings approximately 200 new jobs to Williamson County. Economic Development Partners include Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Williamson, Inc., Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) and TVA work together to support community-wide learning about energy efficiency, meet STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) objectives and provide opportunities to develop skills that can prepare students for careers in technical fields.
MTE is proud to serve many schools that have won TVA STEM grants. 2022 recipients are Lakeview Elementary, Mt. Juliet Elementary and Mt. Juliet High School, and 2019 and 2018 awardees are Cannon County High School, Erma Siegel Elementary School, Lascassas Elementary School, Lebanon High School, Mt. Juliet High School, Rock Springs Elementary School, Rockvale Middle School, Rocky Fork Middle School, Stewarts Creek Middle School, Wilson Elementary School, Williamson County Schools and Wilson County Schools.
Smyrna Elementary School is a 2022 participant in School Uplift, and Cannon County High School and Woodbury Grammar School benefited from the program in 2021.
TVA EnergyRight and MTE partner to bring Spark, Bolt, Zap and their other EnergyRight Monster friends to elementary schools across the community, teaching students where energy comes from, how we use it and ways to save at home. Students can continue the energy-saving fun with their families using Eye Spy Energy Kits.
MTE partners with TVA to provide safe, reliable, clean power to service area members.
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) partners with TVA to help customers make smart energy decisions and save money through TVA EnergyRight.
As of September 2021, 1,158 customers in the MTE service area have participated so far this year in the TVA EnergyRight programs.
Helping you get the most from your energy, every day.
From professional energy evaluations for your home to energy management dashboards for your business, we partner with TVA to offer programs to help you save energy and money.
Considering your environmental impact? See if our renewable energy offerings are right for your home or business. Or, if you're ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle, TVA's multi-year plan to create a network of public fast-charging stations across our region is making it easier than ever.
Learn more about all our programs at the links below.
Visit mte.com for more information.


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Home›Advice›What Science Says About CBD and THC
For centuries, people have used marijuana for variations of a single purpose: to get high. Cannabis, in its natural state, has well-known psychoactive effects that inspire euphoria, relaxation, and other positive sensations.
Yet, more recently, studies on marijuana have indicated that it can be way more than a recreational drug. Starting in 1996, with California, of course, and continuing to this day, more and more states are permitting the medical use of marijuana and certain other cannabis products. But, has science shown cannabis to be good for anything, or is weed a cure-all that truly cures nothing? Read on to find out.
Cannabinoids: Marijuana's Active Chemicals
Marijuana is made from all sorts of chemical compounds. There are two molecules that produce the majority of the drug's sought-after results: THC and CBD. These are the cannabinoids that bind with the body's cannabinoid receptors, causing physical and psychological effects. The human body produces its own neurotransmitters named endocannabinoids for how similarly they behave to the active chemicals in marijuana. When cannabinoids THC and CBD bind to the brain and body receptors (called CB1 and CB2) intended for endocannabinoids, the effects are extreme.
The most abundant cannabinoid is THC, which stands for trans-delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol. THC is the chemical responsible for marijuana's famous high. It binds to the abundance of CB1 receptors in the brain, inhibits the release of normal endocannabinoids and stimulates a flood of dopamine, which results in euphoria and relaxation. Often, THC over-activates the functions regulated by the endocannabinoid system. One's mood, cognition, perception and appetite can hit extremes, especially if one over-partakes in THC. Unfortunately, it also means that THC is potentially dangerous. Just this year, the first-ever death by THC overdose was recorded in Florida — the woman was so relaxed that she stopped breathing.
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the second-most abundant cannabinoid. Unlike THC, it is not psychoactive and thus does not produce a noticeable high. CBD does bind to endocannabinoid receptors, most frequently the CB2 sites located in the gastrointestinal system and nervous system. The truth is that scientists aren't totally sure what it does inside the body. Previously, researchers believed that CBD did the same thing as THC but at different receptors, that the cannabinoid blocked endocannabinoids while producing more extreme effects. However, now researchers are beginning to think that CBD attaches to CB2 receptors and encourages the body to produce more of its own endocannabinoids, thus improving the body's ability to regulate and heal itself. Because CBD is legal everywhere, it has rapidly become a cure-all for essentially every ailment, from acne to cancer. Until science understands more about CBD, it might be wise to exercise some caution when using this drug.
The Health Effects We Know About
Unfortunately, because marijuana remains a Schedule 1 drug, it has not been easy for researchers to study in the United States. That means many of the claims made by marijuana enthusiasts have not been proven or have hardly enough evidence to offer a definitive conclusion.
Take the complex issue of pain, for example. Medical marijuana is commonly prescribed as a method of pain management and relief. Many studies show that inhaled marijuana does almost nothing for most types of pain. It offers plentiful adverse effects like impaired memory, altered judgment, and poor motor coordination. Weed has been shown to be effective at managing neuropathic pain. Other forms of THC and CBD — like concentrated oils — produce more noticeable effects. There simply isn't enough evidence yet to say conclusively that cannabinoids are good for reducing pain.
Fortunately, there are some studies that provide near-certain conclusions about cannabinoids. For example, early studies have found that CBD does have beneficial effects on neurological diseases. Already, the Food and Drug Administration has approved Epidiolex. A treatment formulated using CBD for rare and severe epilepsy. Doctors are prescribing some sufferers of schizophrenia CBD treatments, and a CBD-based drug for schizophrenia will likely hit the market soon.
What We Can Study Into the Future
Though marijuana has been in use for centuries, we are only now beginning to study the drug in earnest. The problem now is that the internet is circulating a wealth of claims that lack sufficient evidence — and people are acting on these claims without understanding the risks.
Cannabis could be a wonderful addition to the pharmacopeia, just as opium has been. Before we begin using it for more extreme diseases, like cancer or diabetes, it is imperative that there is empirical evidence demonstrating its effectiveness. Studies must employ large samples, placebo controls, and other rigorous measures to determine how different cannabinoids work, so doctors and patients can use THC and CBD with certainty.
CBD might not be as dangerous as THC, but both cannabinoids should be used with caution. Users should be careful to control their dosage, increasing only with intention and awareness. Then, cannabinoids can remain a safe and fun experience.
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From the courtyard of the Uffizi you will walk to the celebrated Ponte Vecchio and rub the nose of the Porcellino (wild-boar) at the small enclosed leather market nearby.
The tour will end with a visit of the Academia: there you will see and discuss Michelangelo's David and the Prisoners: an in-depth description on the technique, the ideals, and the misadventures of this celebrated masterpiece!
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If you have just a few hours to spend in Florence and wish to make the most of your time, this is the perfect tour for you!
Join your personal Tour Guide in a delighful sightseen tour through the historic centre of Florence. She/he will let you fall in love with the history and beauty of this exceptional city: from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore + Giotto' s Bell Tower and the Baptistery of St. John, with the most famous 'Gate of Paradise', to Orsanmichele (the old market), Piazza della Signoria with its statues and 'Loggia dei Lanzi', the Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), the 'pig-let leather market and Piazza delle Repubblica.
Skip the line and visit an amazing collection with your expert local guide!
Thanks to your personal Tour Guide you will not have to wait in line for hours with tourists and instead you will make the most of your time, discovering a selection of beautiful masterpieces belonging to the Uffizi Gallery!
Founded by the Medici family in 1581, the collection of the Uffizi has continued to grow over the course of the ensuing centuries, including paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries.
The heart and soul of the collections are the paintings by great masters of the Renaissance, especially the Florentines, whom you will discover through the eyes and words of your guide.
Starting with Giotto, considered the founder of Italian painting, you will learn about Botticelli, 'a poet of beauty and lines', whose Birth of Venus is a milestone for western art. The universal genius of Leonardo da Vinci and the tormented Michelangelo complete an overview of the highlights of the Gallery.
Besides Florentine masters, the collection includes Raphael, whose paintings shape the idea of harmony, Titian, capable of capturing the magic of color, and Caravaggio, with his strong contrasts of light reflecting the drama of a tormented life.
A truly fulfilling and intense experience!
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Discover Siena's highlights and hidden treasures at your own pace!
Join your personal Tour Guide for a delightful walking tour of Siena: you will discover both its highlights and hidden treasures!
From the awesome Gothic cathedral and Baptistery to the spectacular shell shaped Piazza del Campo with the Public Palace (Town Hall), the 'Gaia' Fountain and Mangia Tower – which you can climb and and enjoy a breathless view of the city and the surrounding countryside! – to the well preserved city walls (5 miles long), medieval and renaissance style buildings standing along widing roads and the Fortress built by the Medici when they conquerred Siena in XVI.
Last but not least you will discover a 'contrada', one of the seventheen neighborhoods that partake in the most popular Palio, an horserace taking place twice a year in Piazza del Campo!
SAN GIMIGNANO: PILGRIMS, MERCHANTS AND TOWERS
Discover an extremely unique gem in a sea of Tuscan hills!
Like a Medieval Sleeping Beauty, the timeless walled town of San Gimignano oustands on a sea of rolling green hills in the heart of Tuscany. As soon as you enter its historic centre, you realize that there time stands still in medieval time and you fell a fairy-tale-like atmosphere!
Developped as a neighborhood of the nearby Etruscan town of Volterra, during the Middle Ages San Gimignano turned into one of the main stops along the 'Via Francigena' (or 'Via Romea'), a pilgrim road that connected northern Europe to Rome, and, as a consequence,
a strategic place for commerce (Vernaccia and 'Greek' wine, suffron, wool and leather).
Some local noble families fought to get the power and the way they had to show it was with the construction of the tallest tower ever. This towers were ment to be also a safe place in case of enemies' attack. Nowedays you find fourtheenth of the seventy-two towers which were built in origin. During the tour you will have the opportunity not only to walk around them and learn the story of the people who lived in, but also to climb the tallest, 'Torre Grossa' (Great Tower), and have a spectacular view on Tuscany countryside! If you are afraid of hights – do not not worry at all! – Your personal tour guide will also take you to the highest point of the village, on the 'Rocca Medicea' where you will be able to get quite the same perspective!
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A journey through Jewish history and connections to several Florence highlights, Michelangelo's David included!
This tour is essentially composed of two parts: a city walk and a one-hour visit of the nineteenth century's synagogue and museum.
The city walk will take in some of the most famous sights in the very heart of the city, among them Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio and the Cathedral's square, where your personal guide will captivate you on aspects of particular interest from a Jewish perspective and bring you to specifically Jewish sites. Considering that none of the pre-nineteenth century's Jewish neighborhoods or synagogues have been preserved, the tour will at times be evocative in nature, interlacing sometimes only feeble physical traces with the history of a secular presence.
The second part of the tour will be spent visiting the outstanding nineteenth-century Great Synagogue or Tempio Maggiore, which was finished in 1882, in the age of Jewish emancipation, and in a style inspired by 'Moorish' and Byzantine influences.
The museum, which is housed on the first and second floors, has a section dedicated to the history of the community and displays a rich collection of liturgical objects and items connected to family traditions.
In addition, it is possible to further enrich the tour by following the traces of King David in Florentine Art, paying a visit to the Gallery of the Academy where Michelangelo's renowned 'David' is housed.
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King Tut's Blade Made of Meteorite
X-ray analysis confirms that the iron of the dagger placed on the thigh of the boy king has meteoric origins.
By Rossella Lorenzi
Published on 5/31/2016 at 11:52 AM
King Tut was buried with a dagger made of an iron that literally came from space, says a new study into the composition of the iron blade from the sarcophagus of the boy king.
Using non-invasive, portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, a team of Italian and Egyptian researchers confirmed that the iron of the dagger placed on the right thigh of King Tut's mummified body a has meteoric origin.
The team, which include researchers from Milan Polytechnic, Pisa University and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, detailed their results in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
RELATED: Weird Facts About King Tut and His Mummy
The weapon, now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, was described in 1925 by Howard Carter, who three years before had discovered the treasure-packed tomb, as "a highly ornamented gold dagger with crystal knob."
Made of non-rusted, homogeneous metal, the finely manufactured blade features a decorated gold handle. It is completed by a gold sheath garnished with a floral lily motif on one side and with a feathers pattern on the other side, terminating with a jackal's head.
WATCH VIDEO: What Are the Odds a Meteorite Will Hit You
Although it is generally assumed that early iron objects were produced from meteoritic iron, such origin of the blade has long been the subject of debate, and previous analyses yielded controversial results.
Now dramatic technological improvements have allowed the researchers to determine the composition of the blade.
"Meteoric iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentages of nickel," main author Daniela Comelli, at the department of Physics of Milan Polytechnic, told Discovery News.
Indeed, iron meteorites are mostly made of iron and nickel, with minor quantities of cobalt, phosphorus , sulfur and carbon.
While artifacts produced with iron ore quarrying display 4 percent of nickel at most, the iron blade of King Tut's dagger was found to contain nearly 11 percent of nickel.
RELATED: Tut's Funeral: Burying the Boy King
Further confirmation of the blade's meteoric origin came from cobalt traces.
"The nickel and cobalt ratio in the dagger blade is consistent with that of iron meteorites that have preserved the primitive chondritic ratio during planetary differentiation in the early solar system," Comelli said.
Comelli and colleagues also investigated the possible source of the iron blade.
"We took into consideration all meteorites found within an area of 2,000 km in radius centered in the Red Sea, and we ended up with 20 iron meteorites," Comelli said.
"Only one, named Kharga, turned out to have nickel and cobalt contents which are possibly consistent with the composition of the blade," she added.
The meteorite fragment was found in 2000 on a limestone plateau at Mersa Matruh, a seaport some 150 miles west of Alexandria.
RELATED: Who Else May Be in King Tut's Tomb?
The study shows the ancient Egyptians attributed great value to meteoritic iron for the production of precious objects, possibly perceiving those chunks of iron falling from the sky as a divine message.
The most ancient Egyptian iron artifacts, nine small beads excavated from a cemetery along the west bank of the Nile tomb in Gerzeh and dated about 3200 BC, are also made from meteoritic iron hammered into thin sheets.
"It would be very interesting to analyze more pre-Iron Age artifacts, such as other iron objects found in King Tut's tomb. We could gain precious insights into metal working technologies in ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean," Comelli said.
She noted that the high quality of King Tut's dagger blade shows that iron smithing was successful already in the 14th century B.C.
The dagger blade is not the only celestial object found in the boy king's tomb. His pectoral, or necklace, features an amulet scarab which is not "greenish-yellow chalcedony," as Carter had noted, but Libyan desert silica glass.
The glass was produced by the impact on the sand of a meteorite or comet. Such natural glass exists only in the remote and inhospitable Great Sand Sea of Egypt -- the Western Desert. In order to produce the scarab, the ancient Egyptians would have had to trek across 500 desert miles.
SEE PHOTOS: Inside King Tut's Tomb
King Tut's Mask
"Tutankhamun: His Tomb and the Treasures" is a new exhibition now in Zurich that has meticulously reconstructed the tomb complex and its treasures. Specially trained craftspeople in Cairo built more than 1,000 exact replicas under scientific supervision. The work took over five years. Here is a replica of the famous mask of King Tut, weighing 24 lbs, which was pressed over the head of the king's bandaged mummy. The idealized portrait of the young king echoes the style of the late Amarna period. The life-like eyes are formed by bright quartz, with obsidian inlays for the pupils.
King Tut, With Wife
This scene, depicted on the backrest of King Tut's throne, shows how Tutankhamen used to lean back in a relaxed manner while his wife, Anchesenamun, stood beside him and rubbed ointment into his shoulder.
Tomb Discovery
This is how the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun appeared to archaeologist Howard Carter when he discovered it in 1922.
King Tut's Tomb in 3-D
Tutankhamun's tomb and its contents, as viewed in a 3-D model. A corridor led to an antechamber and an annex filled with objects. The antechamber opened into the coffin chamber with King Tut's sarcophagus. The coffin chamber led to another small room filled with King Tut's treasures.
Treasures Galore
Two tiny mummified female fetuses were found in the tomb with the king. But they were not the only companions placed in the tomb for King Tut's journey to the afterlife. The boy king was buried with more than 5,000 priceless objects, including this treasure chest.
Boy Throne
The famous gold throne found in the tomb was ordered when Tutankhamen became king at the age of nine.
Lion Head
The dead king in the underworld was akin to the sun at night and, in the New Kingdom, this was identified with the god of death, Osiris. The heads of lions corresponded to the time the sun god spent in the body of the god of heaven in feline form. The facial details of the lion head –- the rims of the eyes, tip of the nose and tear ducts -- are given almost life-like properties through the use of glass.
Hired Help for the Afterlife
These figures were supposed to take the place of the king in performing the daily tasks that came up in the afterlife. A total of 413 of these figures, known as ushabtis, were found in Tutankhamun's tomb. Among the collection, 365 were responsible for carrying out day-to-day duties, 36 ushabtis served as overseers for groups of 10 workers each, and 12 acted as monthly supervisors


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Q: Angular2 BrowserSync two-way SSL I'm developing an Angular2 application, and have a request that it should use two-way SSL auth, i.e. the browser must present a valid (PFX) certificate when accessing the application. I'm using lite-server (which uses BrowserSync) for deployment. I studied BrowserSync API and source code, but I'm unable to find any options how to specify this.
I found an example here which creates a pure node.js server, giving options requestCert and rejectUnauthorized, but I can't find out how can I use these in BrowserSync. Maybe I should add these somewhere into BrowserSync source?

A: In case anyone is interested, this is how I did with a small bash script. There was no proper way to configure Browsersync at the time of writing. By running this script, this modifies the utils.js code in Browsersync by setting some options to support client-side auth.
The script can be run with the true|false option specified whether to request or not client-side auth.
#!/bin/bash

CLIENT_AUTH=true
if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
  CLIENT_AUTH=$1
fi

if [ $CLIENT_AUTH = true ] ; then
  OLD_CLIENT_AUTH=false
else.
  OLD_CLIENT_AUTH=true
fi

FILE=./node_modules/browser-sync/lib/server/utils.js
REPLACE="requestCert:$CLIENT_AUTH,rejectUnauthorized:$CLIENT_AUTH,"
FROM="requestCert:$OLD_CLIENT_AUTH,rejectUnauthorized:$OLD_CLIENT_AUTH,"

grep requestCert $FILE >/dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
  sed -i "s/ca: getCa(options),/ca: getCa(options),$REPLACE/g" $FILE
else
  sed -i "s/$FROM/$REPLACE/g" $FILE
fi


Is a pay rise on the horizon for lawyers?
Most recruiters expect that while 2015 will bring increases for lawyers, most pay rises will not be significant ones.
According to Steven Cole, managing director, Signature consulting, salary increases of 3 – 6 percent, depending upon the area of law, will probably be the average pay rise in 2015.
"That's not to say that talented lawyers can't earn good salaries, but it's not going to be the sorts of numbers that we were talking about previously, and not everyone is necessarily going to be getting a salary review," said Gazis. "In order to do well or even be able to get a bonus now, you're going to have to be able top perform above expectations. If you're meeting expectations now in your role, that will increase, but it might not be enough to get you into the bonus sphere," she said.
Jason Elias, from Elias Recruitment, said a salary increase across the profession is due this year.
The news is better for lawyers moving to new roles, however.
"Firms are starting to get wise that they have to come up with attractive packages to get the best candidates in the market, and candidates are beginning to realise that they are king again, because we're so candidate short," said Cole, adding that sign on fees are becoming more prevalent and some firms are introducing bonus structures to help attract candidates.


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In August 2008, Helsingin Sanomat journalist Lauri Malkavaara wrote the company saying that while Nokia had established itself as a maker of easy to use phones, its latest models were confusing and frustrating.
Malkavaara described the Symbian-based Nokia E51 as being the third cellular phone he had ever owned. But unlike earlier cellphones from Nokia that "were very easy to use" and "no manuals were needed," the latest model lacked either quality.
"I have wondered about it for a week now," Malkavaara wrote of the E51's Symbian interface. "At first I did not even know how to call with it without the manual, and I still do not understand very much of it." He then issued Nokia a grave warning about its ability to compete with Apple's new products.
"The problem is," he stated, "that half a year ago a friend of mine at work showed me a device manufactured by Apple called the iPod Touch. I fell in love instantly. I wanted an iPod, and with that device I could also have convenient access to the internet and much more.
"I ordered my own iPod touch, turned it on, and knew immediately how to use it. I have used the device now on a daily basis for over six months, and I have not even thought about any manuals. The logic of the device opens up right away. It is no wonder that it is a huge success all over the world."
He then described the inscrutable difficulty of navigating menus on Nokia's Symbian phones to try to figure out how to accomplish the most basic of tasks, from setting a ringtone to sending a text message.
Malkavaara concluded, "By putting a telephone like the E51 onto the market, Nokia has squandered its most important legacies: to produce telephones in such a way that they are easy to use. This will cause problems for Nokia."
In response, he stated that Nokia promptly followed up the next day, noting that "Nokia bosses started calling me, wanting to explain Nokia's strategy."
He explained that he wasn't interested in reporting on on Nokia's strategy, but had simply intended the feedback as something for the company to consider internally. One "unyielding" executive, he wrote, pushed to have a conversation about the subject, resulting in plans to meet and discuss the matter.
After growing agitated with the executive's efforts to explain that different people "need different kinds of telephones," Malkavaara replied, "the kind of person who wants to use a bad telephone does not exist."
In confidence the executive then relented and explained that the company was fully aware of the problem, apologizing that that Nokia had produced a bad telephone experience. He then described a top secret project within Nokia to develop a new operating system intended to support new kinds of phones that would be easy to use.
Nokia had been closely following Apple's 2007 launch of the iPhone, and had expedited "a large number of iPhones to Nokia's head office in Espoo" by courier at its release. The executive described taking one home and presenting it to his four year old daughter, who "learned to use it immediately."
The executive noted he "knew Nokia was in trouble" when the young girl asked him that evening, "can I take that magic telephone and put it under my pillow tonight?"
One month later, in September 2008, Canalys published data showing that Symbian's growth had stalled at the launch of Apple's second generation iPhone 3G, before Android had even shipped on a production phone.
Android wouldn't become popular for another year, during which the parallel collapse of Blackberry at Verizon Wireless at the hands of Apple's iPhone prompted Verizon to abandon the Blackberry and instead back Android as an iPhone alternative through 2010.
By the end of 2010, weak sales of Android had also demonstrated that platform to be incapable of driving iPhone-like demand, prompting Verizon to partner with Apple on the iPad, followed by iPhone 4 early in 2011. Apple's iPhone rapidly became Verizon's top seller.
Nokia's top secret new OS was MeeGo, a Linux project it took public in August 2009, a year after disclosing the strategy to Malkavaara. Nokia announced the new MeeGo as its plan for replacing Symbian.
The company subsequently struggled to finish MeeGo by the summer of 2010, when the OS initially shipped on Nokia's N900 netbook. It took more than another full year for Nokia to get MeeGo running on a smartphone, the N9, released in September 2011.
By that time, an increasingly desperate Nokia had partnered with Microsoft. Just five months after bringing on Stephen Elop as its chief executive in September 2010, the former Microsoft executive announced a new direction for the company based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform, thanks to billions Microsoft paid Nokia to adopt the struggling platform.
Elop effectively terminated future development of Nokia's own MeeGo project to focus on Windows Phone in an effort to stand out from other vendors' Android offerings.
However, after two and a half years of failing to gain traction with Windows Phone and watching its share of the market plummet from 23 percent to 15 percent, Nokia agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $7.2 billion.
Seven years earlier at the debut of Apple's iPhone, Nokia's market cap valued the company in excess of $116 billion, roughly equal to Apple itself. In 2000, before smartphones had gained any traction, Nokia had a peak valuation of $222 billion. Today, Apple's market capitalization is nearly $400 billion.
How the mighty have fallen. And that isn't just limited to Nokia.
It's not just that Apple came to market with a device way better than anything out there, they came out with a device that was so refined in its software it's actually weird that no other company has even tried to get this refinement into their software.
The HW I guess anyone can make, and I don't want to limit this to the manufacturers. But for crying out load, if you're going to copy the software as well, why oh why don't these companies do a better job?
I understand not being the leader, but failure to follow the obvious leader is unforgivable and it's going to lead to them becoming a shell of their former self.
"The kind of person who wants to use a bad telephone does not exist."
Nice. They deleted my comment.
You censor me but not the trolls?
it's really not complicated at all. Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile were the three first generation smartphone OS's. when they were new they were a breakthrough and prospered (wiping out the earlier PDA's) but they were primitive - OS's too intrinsically limited to advance significantly.
so when Apple's second generation new iOS smartphone appeared, along with its following Android imitator, those three were quickly blown away.
they all attempted to develop second generation smartphone OS's too. we will never know if MeeGo would have succeeded for Nokia (i doubt it). BB failed with QNX. only Windows Phone has a modest niche market (thanks entirely to Nokia).
Android is in the process of forking and metastasizing into dozens of variations around the world that will have little or nothing to do with Google (altho the buffoon Schmidt will still hype their "activations.").
and then Apple brought its second generation smartphone OS to tablets, followed again by the Android imitator. but MS didn't have sense enough to do the same with the Windows Phone OS, instead birthing the stillborn RT.
iOS is so powerful - fundamentally a focused version of OS X - that it can continue to evolve technically indefinitely. maybe Android can too - i don't know.
will there be a third generation? yes, it will be the non-traditional-smartphone smartphones - the wearables, smart cars, smart houses, smart whatever. but the slow adoption - actual real use - of all the new "smart TV's" demonstrates the difficulty of this.
ultimately their success will depend on the ecosystems that tie them together with the smartphone/tablet you already have. while techies may love complicated set ups with many possibilities, all the rest of us consumers want stuff that Just Works, and as simply as possible.
I'm not sure if you're trying to say that other companies should have been able to conceive of a phone like the iPhone before Apple accomplished it or whether they should have better copied Apple after the iPhone was released. In retrospect, it seems like we all should have been able to conceive the idea of the iPhone, but no one really did. Back when I had an early Nokia in the late 90s, I though it far superior to the alternatives, even though all it did was make calls and have a phone directory. When I went Crackberry, I thought the keyboard was good, but I did realize that the display was horrible and the "web browser" was totally useless. But I still didn't realize that an ideal phone would have a 3 or 4" screen and be a phone, quality web browser, house applications, etc.
As far as the other manufacturers go today, while each of the competitors have their disadvantages and UI failures in their implementations, I think that for the average user, they perceive their Android or Windows phones to be every bit as good as the Apple phone and iOS and there are certain design elements on those phones that better Apple in some respects. While I haven't studied those phones in detail, when I'm on a train and looking over someone's shoulder who is using one of those devices, I often say to myself, "hey..that looks surprisingly good." There was a time when Apple was the only company who really understood typography and great GUI, but I think the competition has also now finally learned how to do quality work as well.
Frankly, I feel that the latest iOS should have taken a much bigger leap to jump over the competition. It's a fine OS and my phone seems to be running much faster since I installed it, but I don't think there's anything there that kills the competition. What's missing is something that is so great, people who don't already have an Apple iPhone say, "I can't live without that phone". Instead, people are seeking less expensive alternatives (especially in places where phones aren't subsidized).
This is your only post in the thread, there aren't any deleted ones.
Frankly I wanted an iPhone like device way back when I was using a palm os Samsung SPH-i300. It was a good little folding phone, but I wondered way back then why folks can't create something more user friendly, more like a real pocket computer. I used to carry a swiss army knife around as it could do anything. My new swiss army knife is the iPhone!
This is the thread that had the number 160032 when the article was posted this afternoon (my time). I kept on posting but nothing would happen. I came back later only to find out it had now a new number, 160050, and even though the article was something like 3 hours old no one had posted in the thread. Weird.
I also posted a comment before and it didn't show.
Aha, that'd be it, then. There's a bug right now where articles are getting published to multiple threads. I've reported those with replies in them to have them merged, and I bet that's just what happened.
Huddler fixed this before; not sure why it would happen again.
I'm not sure if you're trying to say that other companies should have been able to conceive of a phone like the iPhone before Apple accomplished it or whether they should have better copied Apple after the iPhone was released.
Actually I was expecting for companies to copy Apple's attention to detail. They cannot ignore how profitable they've become, and I can only imagine they want this as well. Why they don't thoroughly look at their products, the software and every little detail to get that same level of attention I do not understand. It looks like thy all take shortcuts, hoping they'll be profitable 'sooner or later'. The familiar 'throw everything at the wall, see what sticks' approach.
In retrospect, it seems like we all should have been able to conceive the idea of the iPhone, but no one really did.
Yeah, I can relate to that. It all seems so logical, but only after they delivered. They execute, there's no denying.
, when I'm on a train and looking over someone's shoulder who is using one of those devices, I often say to myself, "hey..that looks surprisingly good."
There was a time when Apple was the only company who really understood typography and great GUI, but I think the competition has also now finally learned how to do quality work as well.
I was online at around 3am, when I saw this thread with "-1 comments", so posted a comment, something innocuous like "interesting!" And a complement about having insight into Nokia's internal reaction to iPhone. It was the first comment in the thread. PhilBoogie had not posted anything yet. I am certain I submitted a post and saw it appear when the page refreshed. There were no other comments in the thread, and no errors. Maybe it's a coding bug? I know I am not imagining this.
EDIT: I'm now seeing the others posts about this issue. Looks like it's some kind of code bug. Apologies.
Well, that's good news then. They know what's going on, and have a fix for it. Maybe we get lucky and they can resolve the issue entirely. Here's to hoping.
I've owned iphones since they first came out, and I do expect Apple to tumble from the top eventually. Once your at the top of the market, there is no where to go but down.
Notwithstanding the 'feelings' of our capitalist companies, we (the consumers) continue to benefit from the evolvement of these great products; and quite frankly, I could care less which companies survive or die, as long as products continue to improve and get cheaper.
There was no way they were going to fail.
I'm not sure what happened to that one but it's probably not worth bothering about.
Not to derail the discussion, but this lends weight to the notion that Samsung apologists are paid to selectively "white knight" here. I've considered that far-fetched, up to now.


Ready for an aggressive, in-your-face, leave you lying in a puddle of your own sweat, high intensity total body workout challenge?
The 21 Day Total Body Dumbbell Workout Challenge has teeth and it bites. Honestly, I designed it for one of my military buddies. It's a tough 21 days.
However, if you're not scared (dare I say--intrigued) then come see for yourself.
Take a behind the scenes look at the entire 21 day challenge!
The honest truth is that the 60 minute workout (and then later the 30 minute workout) was born to fit well within the business model of big brick and mortar gyms.
From a gym scheduling standpoint, being able to fit people into 60 minute time slots makes a tremendous amount of sense.
The problem is that folks have adopted this weird mindset that if they don't workout for 60 minutes per day, then the workout isn't worth doing at all.
In fact, I'll even argue that the idea of a 60 minute workout actually holds a lot of folks back. Why? Well, we're all busy, and a lot of us may not actually have the time to workout for 60 minutes. A valid reason for not wanting to commit to 60 minutes of gym time.
But, here's the thing: there's nothing magical about the 60 minute workout. It's just an arbitrary time that fits well into the business model of most gyms.
We shouldn't get too fixated on the "Oh, I must workout for 60 minutes today" mindset.
In fact, when we're talking about "getting a good workout" the intensity of effort is far more important that worrying about the length of the workout.
Lets say on a 1 to 10 intensity scale, 1 is the equivalent of waking up from a nap, and 10 is the equivalent of running full speed because we're getting chased by a tiger.
For most workouts we should be looking to stay between a 6-7. Occasionally we can ramp the intensity up to an 8,9, or 10. However, as intensity increases, the time of the workout should decrease.
Ok, let's do a quick recap here.
This makes sense, right? I mean it's almost impossible to exercise full bore for 60 minutes. And, there really isn't much of a need to do so anyway.
Actually, speaking of time efficient high intensity workouts I just wanted to extend an invitation to join the (very hard) 21 day total body workout challenge.
This challenge was designed for my military buddy. Yeah, it's tough.
I designed this workout challenge for one of my military buddies...so yea, it's going to be quite hard. But, none of the workouts should take 60 minutes though. They are designed to be fast paced, aggressive, but like pulling off a band-aid, over quickly.
Because the intensity levels of the workouts are through the roof.
The 21 day total body workout challenge is designed to keep intensity levels at an 8,9, or even 10 for close to all of the workout days. Yes, there are "easy" days built in for recovery purposes, but the actual workouts are quite hard.
So, ready to dive into the challenge?
Q. What equipment do I need for this challenge?
A. Just a pair of dumbbells and a place to do burpees.
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We all have been hearing about the issues, challenges, and bottlenecks in the US healthcare industry and the many approaches /solutions that have been discussed and designed to tackle them.
The congressional budget estimated that this legislation would cost around $900 billion with reduction in fiscal deficit of around $120 billion over a period of 10 years.
It is also estimated that the act will reduce the number of uninsured by 32 million in 2019.
This legislation will also result in 24 million people obtaining coverage through the newly created state health insurance exchanges or HIE.
Approximately 16 million more people would be able to enrol in Medicaid and CHIP.
The act would also penalise insurance company for abuses, malpractices, etc.
The legislation has already provided tax credits to small business health plans, allowed states to cover more people under Medicaid, ensured tough actions on health care fraud, expanded the coverage to retirees, and the coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Insurance companies with excessive or unjustified premiums may not be able to participate in health insurance exchanges in 2014.
The act also extends the coverage to young adults who are dependants or live with their parents and do not have dependants.
What are the execution/implementation strategies, which will play a crucial role in making this a historical act?
How will the immense cost burden impact insurance premiums?
How willing are the providers, payers, states, businesses, and members to adopt these guidelines?
How to provide the enormous training efforts that will be required to operate and adopt these legislatures?
What about the information security/safety, quality check, and many more measures?
These questions require further examination… Learn more about health care solutions,here.


We use a solid white composite or resin material for fillings. Composites are used to fill both for new areas of tooth decay and as a replacement for noticeable metal or amalgam fillings. These not only look better, but do a better job keeping your tooth structure together.
If the damage to a tooth is too severe for a filling, a crown may be called for. This is a cap that is cemented into place on top of the damaged tooth, effectively restoring the tooth's function and shielding the remaining tooth from further decay. These crowns can be made from a variety of materials, including the all-white porcelain version that is both unobtrusive and biocompatible. A bridge consists of two or more crowns used to hold an artificial tooth in place between them. This gives maximum support to the implanted tooth, granting you optimal function with minimal fuss.
There was a time when dentures were the only option for people with missing teeth, but modern technology has made dental implants a practical reality to replace single or multiple missing teeth for most people. As long as you are reasonably healthy with a solid gum foundation, you may be a candidate for implants. These are seamless, comfortable substitutes for your natural teeth, designed to actually fuse with your bone over time. You can look and feel like you never lost a tooth at all!
An inlay is similar to a filling, except that it lies entirely within the cusps of the tooth's chewing surface. Onlays, or "partial crowns", are more extensive than inlays and cover beyond the center portion of the tooth. Both of these are effective at increasing the strength of a tooth while decreasing the chance of leakage and fractures, thereby allowing them to last many years.
Some patients may not be healthy enough to undergo the surgery required to benefit from dental implants, or they may lack the gum or bone structure required to support such an implant. For these people we can offer partial or complete dentures.
We also do repairs and realignments of existing dentures.