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Hardening Of The Arteries And Blood Pressure
Thickening of the innermost of the three coats of a blood vessel (sclerosis) in which both the elastic and connective tissue elements are concerned, in Osler's opinion, is perhaps the most constant feature in all types of arterio-sclerosis (a fibrous overgrowth associated with degenerative changes in the middle coat, causing thickening of the arterial wall with loss of elasticity and contraction. It may be out of all proportion to changes in the middle muscular coat of the artery and may narrow or obliterate the interior space. This is the most important single factor in the disease, responsible for more symptoms than all the others put together. It may be limited to one set of vessels, as of the legs or heart. The cause of this thickening is much discussed but is still in dispute. In lowered vital processes incident to old age and toxic (poisonous) forms, there is a replacement of muscle fibers by connective tissue, fat or lime salts, very much as occurs in larger vessels. The middle coat degeneration seems really as important in the small as in the larger arteries, and in the old age type lime beading's follow these degenerative changes of the muscle fibers.
There can be no question that in many individuals the rise in blood pressure comes ahead of the appearance of the arterio-sclerosis. The four great factors in the case of the latter are the normal wear and tear of life, the acute infections, the intoxications and those combinations of conditions which keep blood tension high.
The conditions of modern life favor arterio-sclerosis. The best express engine run day by day at maximum speed will not last one-tenth of the time it would if not so pushed. But nowadays with the human engine it is top speed or nothing and we cannot wonder that it early shows signs of hard usage. In the fourth or fifth decade (30 to 50 years of age), even with the best of habits in eating and drinking, the incessant strain and anxiety of business or public life may lead to a de-generation of the blood vessels. The tragedies of life are largely arterial. How often are the best and bravest called away in their prime—men whose only fault has been the unselfish abuse of the body machine?'
After 40 it is the exception not to find evidence of degeneration—here and there a small streak of intestinal fatty degeneration and with this the mitral and aortic cusps may have lost a little of their delicate tenuity, (cusp, a little knob at the center of the free margin of a heart valve; aortic, relating to the aortic orifice of the left ventricle of the heart). With advancing age the arteries become thicker and the fatty degeneration of the walls is more marked. As a rule, in the very aged not only the small arteries are thickened, but the aorta (the main trunk of the arterial system, arising from the base of the left ventrical of the heart), and its main branches show extensive changes with calcification (the deposition of insoluble salts of calcium, lime). Occasionally, however, a very old person may have singularly healthy blood vessels. Leading quieter lives women are not so frequently the subjects of arterial changes and in consequence they last longer.
Of 52 post mortems at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in which notes of the condition of the aorta were made, evidence of sclerosis (thickening) were present in 30, and in 21 the changes looked recent. It is remarkable that out of 62 instances in which the condition of the coronary arteries (supplying the heart muscles) was stated, 19 showed sclerotic changes and in 13 these changes were recent. One of the Johns Hopkins house physicians, a very vigorous man of only 25, died in the third week of typhoid fever. There were patches of endarteritis (inflammation of the inner coat of an artery) at the root of,-the aorta, and numerous patches of yellowish sclerosis in both coronary branches.
Of the poisons which have an important influence on the blood vessels, the special poisons from the outside are alcohol, lead and, tobacco, the first named being very generally regarded as a potent influence in causing degeneration of the blood vessels. Tobacco is another poison about which it is very difficult to get conclusive evidence. Experimentally it is easy to produce the most extensive degeneration of the aorta in animals with nicotine. But there are many cases of inveterate consumers of tobacco for long periods who show no trace of vascular change. Nevertheless it rapidly raises tension and may cause spasm of the arteries, which factor may account for the cases of sudden death in young or middle aged men in whom excessive use of tobacco has been the only factor of causation. .Angina pectoris (severe pain in chest from the region of the heart to the left shoulder) is sometimes associated with abuse of tobacco, and the influence may be, as Huchard and others believe, through inducing an arterio-sclerosis of these coronary arteries (of the heart muscles). A form of intermittent limping of the lower limbs has recently been attributed to the abuse of tobacco.
Janeway, who did so much to advance the clinical study of blood pressure, in speaking of preventive treatment, says "tobacco is best sharply restricted" since it has a marked effect on increase of arterial tension.
Our author's attention was repeatedly called to the frequency of arterio-sclerosis in persons who have been temperate in every respect except at the table. In the United States arterio-sclerosis is very common among the well-to-do classes who, as a rule, are abstemious as far as alcohol is concerned, but exceedingly careless and indulgent in the matter of eating. In our bodies, as in an overstoked engine which is required to carry very much more steam pressure than necessary, damage is certain to follow from the accumulation of waste and a marked disproportion between intake, work and output. We have no positive facts that meat eaters are more prone than others to arterio-sclerosis but Indians (of the Indian dominions of Great Britain) and Japanese, who subsist chiefly on a vegetable diet, are said to be much less affected than Europeans.
There are three great groups of arterio-sclerosis. First, that caused by the ordinary wear and tear of life and which is as natural as gray hair; next, the toxic or acute poison infections; third, causes relating to extremely high blood pressure. Practically in a given case of a man, say, of 55, two or all three factors may be present and it is extremely difficult to assign to each its relative value.
The nature of the changes probably differs in different groups of cases. Slowly advancing, the peripheral (surface) arteries harden, the retinal vessels (of the eyeball) become more tortuous, the blood pressure rises to 150 or 200, the enlargement of the heart becomes more marked, and the urine shows a slight amount of albumin and tube casts. Very many of these patients, particularly those under 40 years, have marked symptoms of nerve weakness causing them to be irritable, sleep-less, emotional. A marked loss of weight is not uncommon.
Stevens says the majority of the victims are persons of apparently robust health and many are overweight. Prolonged mental strain or anxiety, especially if associated with too rich living and deficient muscular exercise, is undoubtedly a potent factor. Alcohol and tobacco may play accessory roles. The symptoms may be for a long time latent, and may be grouped in three classes. In the first they are referable to the heart and consist of shortness of breath on exertion, palpitation and discomfort (in front of the heart) or severe cramp-like pain in the chest. In the second class the earliest manifestations consist of ready fatigue, lassitude, nervous irritability, disturbed sleep, vague pains in the back or limbs and varying combinations of the functional nervous derangements of the stomach. In the third class the first indications consist chiefly of dull headache, vertigo, noises in the ears and perhaps transient attacks of speechlessness, or paralysis of one side of the body. Less frequently the first indication is a slight blur-ring of vision due to small retinal hemorrhages, (eye). Occasionally convulsions related to epilepsy occur, especially at night. In this event the diagnosis is likely to be made of presence of urinary constituents in the blood.
Physical examination frequently reveals besides blood pressure which is often very pronounced—systolic 200 to 250, diastolic 110 to 140,—accentuation of the aortic sound (relating to the aortic orifice of the left ventricle of the heart) and more or less heart enlargement. (The systolic pressure is taken during the contraction, when the heart is in systole, producing the outward flow of blood through the arteries; the diastolic during the rest period while the heart is in diastole,* or filling with blood. The former is the maximum pressure and the latter the minimum pressure in the arteries at any given time. Systolic is the pressure usually referred to. The pulse pressure is the difference between the two.) For years there may be no obvious changes in the accessible arteries. Eventually, however, arterio-sclerosis supervenes, the vessels becoming thickened and tortuous. Except in advanced stages, when secondary changes have occurred in the kidneys as a result of heart insufficiency or of sclerosis (thickening) of the arteries of the kidneys, the urine is usually normal or contains but a trace of albumin and a few hyaline casts (composed of albuminous material). Functional tests indicate inefficiency of the kidneys. Examination of the eyes may reveal nothing abnormal, although in cases of long standing it frequently shows sclerosis (hardening) of the retinal arteries (in the interior coat of the eye which receives the images through the lens), with hemorrhages and inflammation of the retina.
This higher tension of the arteries is a chronic condition, often lasting 5, 10, 15 years or longer. In course of time it is followed by enlarged heart, hardening of the arteries and inflammation of the kidneys. If recognized early before the circulatory system of the blood has undergone any structural changes, it may sometimes be recovered from, and in the majority of cases materially aided .l
The average systolic pressure for women in a series of 200 observations recorded by T. C. Janeway was 10 millimeters (points) less than that of males, owing to less muscular development. The physical fitness and muscular development of the individual slightly affect the blood pressure. Exercise immediately before an examination, even so small as a short walk and a climb of a few steps to the doctor's offlce, will, if a rest does not intervene, sometimes affect the record as much as an exaggeration of 10 points.
Oliver 2 thinks the best series of normal systolic pressures on record is that afforded by 13,067 normal, accepted risks, by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of the United States (Milwaukee) which does not accept risks above 60 years of age.
It will be seen from this authentic record that the popular notion, frequently heard, that normal blood pressure is represented by the addition of 100 to the age of the individual is very generous. That figure is too high even for the age of 25 to 29. It will be noticed that 100 added to the age of 60 will show an error of 25.54 in excess of the correct average.
Brooks, New York, in an article of notable clarity and authority expresses the opinion that high blood pressure is not a cause but usually a result. It is not a disease though the evidence of it. It is not pathological (indicating the structural and functional changes caused by disease) but is usually if not always physiological (a normal process). It tends more to prolong life than to shorten it. The purport of the discussion is that increased blood pressure is nature's method of meeting a condition of disease that has arisen in the body and that if the cause cannot be removed the _blood pressure should be left as it is. He cites a case, in illustration, of a young man of 33 who was twice in the hospital first with lobar pneumonia with a systolic blood pressure of 200, that during the course of the disease fell to 150; next under the care of the author at the City Hospital with a history of alcoholic excess and a systolic pressure of 190 to 200. Uremia developed (presence of urinary constituents in the blood) and he died. It was found on postmortem that the blood could not have been forced through the greatly shrunken and sclerosed (hardened) organs without a very high blood pressure; without it death must have taken place months or years before. With it very little real damage had been inflicted on the heart, which remained up to the end perfectly competent.
The only well known author, with a large experience, found who gives a definite method for the treatment of blood pressure is Kellogg. He assigns the same cause to both arterio-sclerosis and high blood pressure by quoting with approval Prof. Henri Huchard, of Paris, to the effect that the former "begins by intoxication, continues by intoxication and ends by intoxication," and also Huchard's further remark that the origin of the disease is alimentary, the change vascular (circulation) but the danger is renal (in the kidneys).
The first thing to be done in arranging the regimen for persons suffering from high blood pressure is to change the intestinal flora.
Foods containing uric acid in appreciable amount must be discarded, also tea and coffee. A. cup of coffee contains more than double the percentage of purin (source of uric acid) found in normal urine. Foods rich in oxalic acid, such as sorrel and rhubarb, must be discarded. Eggs must be used sparingly, and then the yolks rather than the whites. Potatoes and other farinaceous roots should be largely used (in place of cereals, breads and breakfast foods) because of the rich supply of organic bases (the element that combines with an acid to form a salt) which they afford and which neutralize the acids arising from tissue wastes always present in excessive quantity in persons subject to arterio-sclerosis or high blood pressure. Fruits should be freely used and greens in sufficient amount to furnish an adequate supply of lime and iron. The charcoal test should be frequently applied to determine how long the food remains in the colon. If more than 24 hours elapse before the black color disappears from the stools further stimulation of intestinal activity is necessary and the amount of bran and paraffin oil (discussed elsewhere) should be increased. In addition an enema should be used at night two or three times a week when a considerable amount of residue is found. It is desirable if bowel movements three times a day can be established. Vigorous measures for changing the intestinal flora should be adopted and continued until putridity disappears. In many cases the colon is so crippled that the regimen for changing the flora must be repeated every few weeks in order to maintain a normal flora. The adoption of an antitoxic and laxative regimen after change of the flora generally results in a pronounced lowering of the blood pressure, within a month. In the case of young persons or older persons who have recently acquired the high blood pressure, the tension can often be brought back to nearly normal. It is not an uncommon experience to note a drop in the pressure from 200 to 150, or even lower, within a few weeks, and then by the proper regimen it may be kept down for years. Dr. M. A. Mortensen 2 has reported thousands of such cases, one where a man past middle age whose blood pressure was reduced from 260 to 160 and still remained at this point after seven years, with the disappearance of other symptoms of ill health.
It is more than probable that colon poisons resulting from the putrefaction of meat residues in the colon are the most active of all causes of arterio-sclerosis. Dale showed that a poison found in decaying meat acts like supra-renal extract and raises the blood pressure at once from 110 to 260. Hence the great importance of, a low protein and fleshless diet in these cases.
The hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure, says Cabot, mean that the tubes through which the blood flows have become smaller and stiffer than they normally are. The heart is therefore called upon for more work. It compensates as we say; that is, gets larger. Thus for years the trouble is compensated so that these people may get along fairly well. In time the load becomes too great. But people with this type of heart trouble may live ten or fifteen years. They are more or less disabled all the time but capable of enjoying life if they do not try to be too strenuous. There is a characteristic trouble that goes with the disease—angina pectoris. This means a pain in the region of the heart which comes on after emotion or exertion and is relieved by rest. We often see in the street a pathetic figure pretending to look in the shop windows when he does not really want to. Perhaps he has been caught by angina and must stop. After a few moments' rest he is able to slowly move forward again. There are many causes for angina pectoris but arterio-sclerosis is the commonest. The nights are very bad when compensation begins to fail in any type of heart disease; and the patient with hardening and thickening of the arteries may expect many bad nights. Sleeping in a morris chair is a common practice. One man did it for years and went to business regularly the next morning. He had learned to sleep well sitting up
The rheumatic heart is due to infection. The streptococcus, the micro-organism back of the disease, may show itself in the throat (tonsillitis), or in the brain (chorea, St. Vitus' dance), in the joints (rheumatism), or in the heart, endocarditis (inflammation of the heart). This last disease begins usually in childhood and rarely after twenty-one, and is almost twice as common in girls as in boys. People can live fifty years with it and then die of something else, but this is frequently not the case, because fresh, virulent crops of the streptococci (micro-organisms of the intestinal tract) get into the heart and extend the old damage. This usually occurs before twenty-one. If mothers can take extra care of their children up to that age, even though the heart seems to be doing pretty poor work, the chances are good that it will settle down and be a useful organ for the rest of life. In such cases the heart strengthens itself, thickens its own muscle, and enlarges its cavities so as to over-come the defects in its valves. Failure of compensation occurs in children mostly when there are acute attacks of fresh poisoning, with fever. When compensation fails, either from this cause or from overexertion we get the symptoms swelled feet, short breath, difficulty in lying down at night, finally general dropsy.
The nephritic type of heart comes as a result of kidney disease. It results in holding back in the blood poisonous waste products which should pass out in the urine. Those poisons as they circulate in the blood stimulate the blood vessels to contract and this spasm produces high blood pressure. The two main causes of high blood pressure are arterio-sclerosis and kidney trouble. In chronic kidney trouble heart failure comes in about eighteen months from the patient's earliest complaint, making this the worse type of heart disease we have. The treatment of all types of heart disease is rest, plus some measures which empty out the dropsical fluid from the tissues. It is really miraculous what rest can do, without other aid, after compensation has failed. A person who has seemed at death's door may recover and live for many years provided he can rest with no exercise that produces shortness of breath.
Merely because a person has high blood pressure is no reason to fear a blood vessel will break for in fact it seldom does. High blood pressure does not necessarily mean anything serious, although arterio-sclerosis of the brain is the usual cause of apoplexy or cerebral hemorrhage (a "stroke"). In the brain arteriosclerosis may lead to chronic insanity in a form that may be almost indistinguishable from paresis (incomplete paralysis with dementia). Prognosis of arterio-sclerosis (prediction as to the termination) is very difficult to state. On the whole people usually get too much worried about it. With the syphilitic taint, which with one exception makes the worst prognosis, the diagnosis rests largely on the Wassermann blood test (the standard test for the syphilitic taint).
Some practitioners of colon hydrotherapy believe that accumulations of rotting stool and improperly digested food line the walls of the colon (large intestine) and that this material causes autointoxication. Autointoxication, which means self-poisoning, is a theory (now discredited) based on the ideas of ancient Egyptians and Greeks.
The practice of natural colon cleansing dates back to ancient Greece. In the U.S., cleansing the colon — the large intestine — became popular in the 1920s and 1930s. But when the theories behind it lost support, it fell out of favor. Recently, though, colon cleansing — using, for example, teas, enzymes, or colon irrigation — has experienced resurgence.


The Plectrum Box is a nice looking heavy wood (maple or rosewood) box, the shape of a plectrum and the size of an outstretched hand. Inside, it's lined with velvet like a jewellery box, with room for plectrums, slides, capos and, well, anything else that a guitarist might want to keep safe in a small box. They're not cheap - £50 for black, £65 for the nicer wood finishes - but they're a pretty good gift for an impossible-to-buy-for guitarist.
I'd never put out that much cash on a cheaply fabricated item like this, and who needs a friggin' guitar graphic on a box that's already shaped like a goddamned guitar pick?!?
I have something similar to hold my picks. It's smaller, has Snoopy on it, is zippered and shaped like an Easter Egg, and made of metal.
It was fifty cents at a thrift shop.
Being the fervent plectrum fetishist that I am, I would go for this except for the awful Telecaster graphic on the lid. The Tele is a fine guitar but C'mon!
I saw the prick who supposedly 'designed' these at the London Music Show at Excel in London earlier this month.
He tried to give me the 'hard sell' on these over-sized, over-priced, impractical, useless pieces of sh*t, and when I said I wasn't interested, he called me an idiot! Seriously.
I nearly shoved one of his boxes up his f*cking ar*e!
Guitarist have managed fine for years without such 'gimmicks' and £65?! Jesus, someone needs to tell this guy to stop cutting down trees to punt his cr*p for a fast and dirty buck.
Reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live sketch: "Dude, it's got a place to stash your weed!"
I absolutly love that idea because u can put ur gutair picks and lyrics that u write in it. Genus!!!!!!!!!!!!


Prayer: May Your Holy Spirit convict me when I wander from your presence. Thank You, Lord that You await with open arms ready to receive me when I return.
One morning I was trying to give instructions to a student who had asked for my help as she was walking away from me to go out for recess. From across the room she asked, "What did you say?" so I repeated myself. Further away from the steps came, "What?" and finally from the hall she yelled, "What did you say? I could not hear you." Why couldn't she hear me? Because she was moving away from me instead of drawing closer as I was trying to speak to her. I believe she really wanted and needed my help. She just was not sure she was going to like my answer. Perhaps she thought I would ask her to miss recess to learn what she didn't understand or that I would give her extra homework so she could practice the skill. She moved away just fast enough to ask for help but make a quick getaway in case she didn't like my response.
How many times have I done this while God was trying to talk to me? More times than I would like to think about or admit. We ask for His guidance, His instruction, His peace, and much more; then we may wander away instead of waiting for a while to receive His message of direction, peace, comfort, etc. We may decide to move on and fix things ourselves, something or someone else may catch our attention and lead us to wander in another direction. We may not like what we are hearing so we move away so we cannot hear clearly, or at least pretend we could not hear Him.
Independence, distractions and disobedience will never be the correct answers. They will never instruct, comfort or guide us to the place where God desires us to be. If we want to hear God clearly we need to stay close. We may even need to draw nearer to Him before He can deliver His message so that we are at a place where we will hear, understand and most importantly, be obedient. If you have not heard from God lately check your current location and distance from Him. He doesn't move away – we do.


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Public Opinion on Elections and Expectations of the New Government.
Interest in Politics
The majority of people are interested in politics, with 16% saying they are very interested and 42% saying they are somewhat interested. The remainder of respondents said they were not very interested (18%) or not at all interested (15%). A further 9% of respondents said they did not know. Overall, interest in politics has increased since PACE asked the same question one year before in 2015. PACE notes, however, that interest in politics has decreased slightly since the immediate post-election period. During that time, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted a survey that reported that a total of 72% of respondents were very or somewhat interested in politics compared with 58% in PACE's survey conducted four months later.
PACE asked respondents if they had attended a community gathering, attended a voter/civic education meeting or signed a petition in the past year. Overall, respondents indicated that they were not very active in these activities, especially in voter/civic education and signing petitions. More than half of respondents had not participated, however the majority said they would if they had the opportunity. In general, citizens show more willingness and interest in the traditional and more common activity of community gathering compared to newer activities like voter education or signing a petition. More than half of citizens said they had never joined a voter or civic education meeting, despite the fact that elections were held last year.
Knowledge about Independent Election Observers and Perception of Their Effectiveness
More than half of respondents (53%) said that they have heard of election observer groups in the 2015 elections. This is a slight increase from PACE's 2015 pre-election survey, in which 46% of respondents had heard of election observers. Respondents from states were less likely than those in regions to know about election observer groups. Similarly, women were less likely than men to know about election observation groups. When PACE asked about perception of the effectiveness of domestic election observer groups contributing to transparent elections, nearly three quarters of respondents said they thought observers could be helpful, with domestic observers seen as slightly more helpful than international observers.
Trusted Source of Objective Assessment of Election Process
The majority of respondents said they did not know who they could trust to provide an objective assessment of the elections. Notably, less than 5% said they look to observers to provide an objective assessment of the election process. While there was no difference between respondents from states and regions, there is a significant gender gap in the number of women respondents who answered they do not know.
Public Opinions about Need for Reforms in Election Process
When PACE asked respondents if there is "any aspect of the 2015 election process that could be improved in the future?" most respondents believe there is need for improvement, with 40% saying there were aspects that could be improved, 32% saying there were not and 26% saying they didn't know. Among the respondents who said yes, sixty-one percent (61%) of respondents pointed to the voter list/voter registration as an area for improvement, while 37% noted election day management, 35% said civic and voter education needed improvement, and 29% said electoral fraud needed to be improved. Respondents from urban areas were more likely to say there was a need for reform compared to rural respondents. Women were more likely to say that they did not know if there is need.
Public Understanding about the Method of Electing the President
PACE asked respondents if they know how the President of Myanmar is elected. According to the Constitution of Myanmar, the President is elected by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. Only 12% of respondents correctly answered, while 19% said that voters directly selected the President, 17% said that the party who won the most seats appoints the President, and 48% said they did not know. Women were less knowledgeable than men about how the president is elected. There was no change in the percentage of people who could correctly answer how the president is elected between 2016 and 2014, when The Asia Foundation (TAF) asked the same question in its national survey.
Level of Confidence towards Different Institutions
When PACE asked respondents about their level of confidence towards different institutions, the survey results show that religious leaders and the President are the top institutions followed by CSOs/CBOs and Union-level Parliament. If we compare level of confidence of respondents from states and regions, respondents in regions have more confidence towards different institutions than those in states.
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I'm still waiting for Spring to come around the corner! It seems to have gotten distracted somehow, because we've had cold and snow the last few days. But I still have hope.
While it's keeping me waiting, I decided to bring Spring to WFLH anyway with a new blog design.
For quite a while I've been wanting to have a fresh, new and unique design and with Hannah Craner of Sherbet Blossom Design I seem to have found the right person to realize my ideas.
I have often mentioned my rugged and very much used scrapbook in which I have been collecting recipes since I was about 20! It's a cherished scrapbook because it contains recipes from mostly my mother and grandmother but in the past 10 years I have added recipes from Tom's mum and grandmum too! It's falling apart and has notes, pictures and sticky notes inserted all over the place. That is exactly the reason I started WFLH over three years ago – to try and get a systematic organization into my recipes.
I wanted the new blog design to mirror this. An impression of recipes written on notepaper, held together with paperclips and sticky notes.
Hannah is patient! She heard all my ideas went away and came up with this! I like the direction it's going in and although the entire design is not complete and there is a bit of tweaking and fixing to do, maybe color changes etc., we thought we could go live with it to see what your reaction is.
In the next few days there might be a few changes so please excuse us while we play around – however I hope that by next week we will have more or less the fixed design.
In other news – I have so much to tell you! 40th birthday parties, renewing vows and a big move – oh there is so much indeed. But one step at a time. Today enjoy the blog design!
Looking forward to all the changes.
I have a book like that which i have recipes which i started collecting after getting married.
Looking forward to hear all your good news.
Looks great so far! :o) I guess every cooking or baking woman has at least one of these books!
How exciting...change is good and I love it.
Looks great!! Yes I have my scrapbook since who knows when, & as it got thicker & uneven.. i thought about a blog:-)I love the look to match the reason!! good luck with the move & waiting eagerly for your come back!
Very nice design Meeta! Have a quick and smooth move and Happy 40th for you soon!
Meeta, I love your new design!!
i absolutely love the new design. rock on, meeta and hannah!!
The new design is looking good!
Thanks everyone for the great feedback. I too am liking the nice look Hannah has created.
Just a few points to clear up: I am not turning 40 and am not taking a break right now - later maybe but right now I hope to continue blogging.
One of the reasons I started my blog was to deal with the mass of clipped recipes that no longer fit in two large binders! And I won't even mention the number of cookbooks I have :) Everything looks great Meeta.
Thank you for all your feedback! i know while some might not like the design others will. It#s good to hear that a majority of you are liking this!
I love the new look Meeta ... I find it "attractive" to read ... refreshing ... not too busy or overwhelming. You and Hannah have done a great job.
looks fantastic! looking forward 2 c the new design! good luck with the move! do keep us informed gal!
Good luck with a move. hugs and best wishes for special celebrations!
Can't wait for your return, dear Meeta!!
Looks like there's a lot of exciting times in your life, both here and at home. Have fun and make the most of it. And Congratulations too.
I love it Meeta! I wish I was able enough to do something similar to mine.
Can't wait to hear about all these major happy happenings!
I've been following your blog for a while though I never commented before and it has become one of my favourite food blogs. Your pictures are always gorgeous and the new look is fantastic. Just for you to know, your soup with roasted tomatos and peppers have turned into one of my family favourites.
thanks everyone! hannah was great and was glad to have her do the design. i did a few tweaks myself (changed header and background images etc.) and hope you like this!
Hi Meeta -- lovely and Spring-like! The light blue color on the links is a bit hard to read on my computer, though.
Meeta, gorgeous design. Can't wait to hear about all the good news and many congrats in advance for all the special events. Hugs!
Hi, I'm a regular visitor to your blog. Did you know you made the top 50 list on the Times? Congratulations!
The new theme looks great. Good luck with the move.
Looking forward to all the celebrations and new beginnings!
I love the recipes on your blog. I've been reading it for some time and am still to get through everything on it. There are so many recipes, links and wonderful things to discover here!!
You take so much time and effort over crafting these posts which I appreciate very much.
Thank you for posting such fabulous recipes!
Oh Meeta, I LOVE your redesign!!


LOS ANGELES: January 11, 2016. A class action lawsuit has been filed against three trucking companies now owned by XPO Logistics.
According to the law firm Kabateck Brown Kellner (KBK), lead plaintiff Horacio Lopez is suing PDS Transportation, Intermodel Container Services, (dba Harbor Rail Transport) and Pacer Cartage, claiming the companies failed to pay wages, provide meal and rest breaks to its employee drivers, "and other labor code violations and unfair business practices".
KBK said it had filed more than a dozen class action lawsuits over the past year claiming thousands of port truck drivers were improperly classified as independent contractors rather than employees.
"This is one of the most pressing labor issues that directly impacts business at two of the nation's busiest ports, Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach," declared KBK managing partner Brian Kabateck. "These lawsuits are the only way to expose the unfair labor practices that run rampant throughout the trucking industry," he added.
KBK is citing a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that independent contractors deserve the same pay and protections as employees, under California law, because they [have] signed independent contractor agreements and are doing the same work and are under the same control of the company as employees.
Prior to the stock reaching a 52-week low, hedge fund Janus Capital Management recently acquired 28,219 shares in XPO for approximately US$672,000.


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Section 232 Tariffs and Their Effects
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, gives the executive branch the ability to conduct investigations to "determine the effects on the national security of imports." Within 270 days of initiating any investigation, the Commerce Department issues a report to the President with the investigation's findings, including whether certain imports threaten to impair America's national security. The President has 90 days to determine whether he concurs with the findings and, if so, to use his statutory authority under Section 232 "to adjust the imports" as necessary, including through tariffs or quotas.
In January 2018, the Department of Commerce delivered the Section 232 reports on steel and aluminum to the President. In February 2018, the Commerce Department publicly released Section 232 reports on imported steel and aluminum. The reports concluded that the quantities and circumstances of steel and aluminum imports "threaten to impair the national security," as defined by Section 232. The reports found that United States steel imports were nearly four times our exports, and that aluminum imports had risen to 90% of total demand for primary aluminum. The Commerce Department recommended that President Trump act to protect the long-term viability of our nation's steel and aluminum industries.
On March 8, 2018 the President imposed a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on steel articles, imported from all countries except Canada and Mexico. (later revised) and a 10% tariff on aluminum. Certain companies, countries, producers and users have sought exemption, and how and where 232 will be applied is expected to be modified over time.
Prior to the 232 investigation the U.S. had filed numerous trade cases through the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other agencies against steel and aluminum imports that were typically product-and-producer based, i.e. galvanized steel coils from China or Taiwan. When successful these cases sometimes resulted in massive duties on the offending products. Prior to final determination of WTO duties or tariffs, producers and importers will typically ship as much as possible into the U.S., blunting the effect of the tariffs for months.
Faced with duties on direct shipments offshore producers were thought to be selling semi-finished goods to other countries where they were brought to completion and then exported them to the U.S, still undercutting U.S. producers. Circumvention is also achieved by selling slightly different products, not covered in the trade cases, to be used in the manufacture of the same finished products or converting coils into pipe which is then sold at below market prices in the U.S and elsewhere.
The 232 Tariffs, in their current configuration, limit circumvention since they are applied against virtually all countries. Canada and Mexico were initially exempt and later included. This adds complexity to tariff application since certain goods commonly cross the border multiple times; steel coils made in the U.S are shipped into Canada, processed into steel tubes, and then sold in the U.S.
The domestic Steel industry includes a mix of legacy companies such as AK Steel, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) and ArcelorMittal's North America operations primarily using iron ore and blast furnaces to produce steel, and more recent entrants using electric arc furnaces to melt steel scrap and modern thin-slab casting methods. While both legacy and newer steel makers are rapidly modernizing, the industry remains in danger form foreign predation. Multiple factors contributed to a relatively strong steel industry including:
The rise of the mini-mill, which makes new steel by melting scrap and other iron-baring products rather than making steel through blast furnace operations.Using electric arc furnaces to melt and alloy steel, scrap mini-mills can have production rates similar to the traditional "fully integrated mills" with significantly less capital investment.
The introduction of Thin-Slab Casting technology used at most mini-mills where liquid steel is poured into a thin slab where it is immediately rolled into a coil, eliminating multiple intermediate process steps common at the older integrated mills.
The reduction in legacy cost brought about through the bankruptcy of the traditional steel mills including Bethlehem Steel, LTV Steel, Acme Steel, Weirton Steel and other entities.Multiple old-line steel makers were streamlined and merged to form the International Steel Group (ISG) by Wilbur Ross beginning in 2002.In 2005 ISG was sold and merged with other operations to eventually become ArcelorMittal North America.
Rationalization of capacity where older less efficient, fully integrated mills were closed and dismantled, replaced to some degree by newer mini-mills.
The rise of new competitors including Nucor Steel, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and the more-recent Big River Steel and others typically using thin slab casting technology and spurring the older steel companies to be more inventive and competitive.
While the industry has had a resurgence of sorts it is in constant completion with off-shore producers which flood the market with low-cost goods which depress both demand from domestic mills and domestic market prices. As mentioned previously the industry is involved in a never-ending series of efforts to impose duties, tariffs or quotas on a variety of goods including rebar, hot rolled, cold rolled, and galvanized coils, pipe, plate and other product types. As shown in the chart below imports of semi-finished and finished products can represent about one-third of apparent steel usage in the country, reaching approximately 38% in 2014 and 2015
MARKET PRICE DRIVERS: THE COST OF STEEL
Despite efforts to monetize steel as a tradeable commodity, most sales are direct from producer to end users, or from producers to steel service centers to end users. Recent market prices for steel products are shown in the chart below. Market prices varied in a narrow range for most of 2016 and 2017 and trended upward in the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, in response to strong demand and in anticipation of some action by the Trump administration.
To some extent the 232 tariffs have had their desired effect. The mills immediately increased prices after the 232 Tariffs were announced and current June 2018 market prices for most commodity-type goods are 25% to 30% higher than they were in January 2018-more or less matching the 232 tariffs. After increasing rapidly, market prices have stabilized. As domestic prices and demand have increased. The steel companies have responded by expanding capacity at existing facilities and restarting idled facilities. U.S. Steel is currently in the process of restarting two blast furnaces at its Granite City, Illinois mill, creating 800 jobs and adding more than two million tons of steel coil capacity. Big River Steel announced the planned expansion of its Arkansas facility and is exploring the possibility of a new mill in Texas.
WORLDWIDE STEEL PRODUCTION TRENDS
While the U.S. has slowly dismantled obsolete facilities and added newer mills the trend in worldwide steel production shows China rapidly expanding output and currently representing approximately half the world's production while production in other countries remained stagnant or reduced output. World crude steel production-molten metal produced and ultimately converted into steel beams, plates, coils, and consumer goods increased from 1.3 billion tonnes in 2007 to 1.6 billion tonnes in 2016. In the same period Chinese production increased from 490 million tonnes to 807 million tons. While worldwide steel production increased by 278 million tonnes between 2007 and 2018, Chinese production increased by 318 million tonnes as shown in the chart below.
As China expanded output it now dwarfs most other countries as shown in the chart below and Chinese export policies can easily disrupt domestic pricing in any market it chooses to compete.
The common thread in both global steel production and aluminum is the expansion of Chinese capacity beyond that needed for domestic consumption, much of it thought to be subsidized by governmental agencies. The unimpeded flow of Chinese goods into other Asian countries, Europe or the U.S. decreases market prices and demand from domestic mills in those countries. In some cases, competition from Chinese producers forces mills in Korea or Turkey to export their own goods, indirectly affecting mills in the U.S and elsewhere.
The recent 232 Tariffs have generally been described as ill-timed, ill-planned, ineffective and worse. The tariffs will likely bring about countermeasures that will likely disrupt international trade and negatively affect other sectors of the U.S. economy. They will likely continue to evolve, with exclusions for certain countries or products and the tariffs as we understand them today could be radically different or completely removed by year end.
The 232 tariffs are applied against semi-finished products including wire rod, plates and coils, and the like, in addition to finished products like steel pipe. For example, certain U.S. domestic producers purchase imported steel rod. The tariffs make steel rod more expensive, which increases the total cost of steel wire produced in the U.S. As domestic wire prices increase, the U.S. market will become more attractive to off-shore wire producers, the result being a decrease in imports of steel rod and a corresponding increase in imports of steel wire. In the long term the current tariffs might reduce the quantity of steel coils coming into the country but lead to an increase in the importation of products made from steel coils like hot water tanks, furnaces, vehicles, etc.
ALUMUNUM
As shown in the chart below, Primary aluminum production in the U.S.-the conversion of bauxite into pure aluminum-was more than four million tons in 1990 and has trended downward since that time, reaching 818 thousand tons in 2016. Increases in worldwide production resulted in higher-cost facilities in the U.S. and elsewhere being phased out, while new facilities were built in China, Russia and in the Middle East. While U.S. production has slowly decreased, Chinese production increased from less than a million tons in 1990 to more than 20 million in 2012, representing 44% of the worlds production. While China consumes much of that aluminum in country, it's is also a major exporter of aluminum in ingot form, aluminum semi-finished products like coils and plate, or finished products like windows and doors. In 2017, Chinese smelters produced 32 million tonnes.
Prior to the 232 announcements in March 2018, aluminum market prices had trended upward. As shown in the chart below, the LME cash price of aluminum increased from $0.67 per pound in January 2016 to $1.05 per pound in May 2018. The Midwest Premium averaged approximately $0.10 per pound in much of 2017 and 2018 and increased to $0.22 per pound after the 232 announcements. The total Midwest Transaction Price, the sum of the LME and Midwest Premium increased from $0.76 per pound in January 2016, to $1.13 per pound in February 2018, prior to the 232 announcements, and averaged $1.26 in May 2018. The effect of a 10% tariff on aluminum imports is probably minimal in comparison to a market-based price increase of almost 60% between January 2016 and February 2018. It's unlikely that a 10% tariff will change market behavior; those historically importing goods will continue to do so.
As of April 2018, there are only two major primary aluminum producers in the U.S.; Alcoa and Century Aluminum, operating a handful of facilities in the Kentucky and New York. What primary smelting capacity is left will likely increase output incrementally if possible, restarting idled capacity when practical. Century Aluminum announced the planned restart of its idled Hawesville, Kentucky facility in March following the 232 announcements, and then announced a reduction in operations in Hawesville in June 2018. It's highly unlikely that the current tariff, or any tariff, would bring about the construction of new domestic smelting capacity in the short term. Its unlikely tariffs will continue in their present format; they could be eased against certain countries or products or eliminated in exchange for other trade concessions.
With an uncertain market, massive capital investment in aluminum smelting plants with decades-long operation life is doubtful and the positive impact of the tariff is difficult to quantify.
232 TARIFFS AND RECOVERY VALUES OF METALS COMPANIES
The parallels between domestic Primary Aluminum production trends and Crude Steel production trends should not be ignored. While the current tariff policy might be considered deeply flawed, without some sort of protection, the domestic steel industry will continue to be threatened by offshore producers discouraging investment, which will further increase dependence of foreign products.
Domestic steel mills are enjoying increased demand bringing about certain economies of scale which reduce unit cost and higher market prices directly related to the 232 Tariffs. Steel service centers and other distributors typically raise sell prices as soon as the mills announce their price increases, selling goods purchased in prior periods at lower market prices at the then-current higher market prices. Gross margins for steel processors and distributors typically increase as the mills raise prices and decrease as the mills announce market price decreases. Those fabricating goods from steel will have higher raw materials cost which will negatively affect sales margins unless those producers can effectively pass on increased material cost to their customers.
As described above, the aluminum tariffs will likely have only a marginal effect on market prices and recovery values for companies currently in an ABL agreement. Most aluminum producers, distributors, and end users have some sort of pass-through pricing where changes in the cost of raw materials are passed through in the price of finished products. We would expect the average cost of raw materials to increase slightly as a result of the 232 tariffs, which when coupled with market price increases led to a significant increase in the cost of aluminum products in 2017 and 2018, followed by a corresponding increase in sell prices of finished goods. Gross margins may negatively be affected as market prices increase, stabilizing to historical values as the market stabilizes. As always, periods of rapid increases in the price of metals are sometimes followed by equally rapid market prices decreases-especially if the recent run up in market prices was driven more by financial activity than by physical demand.
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RootsMagic announces a new software updates. Apps for iOS and Android have also been released.
RootsMagic reminds users that there are a video and written resources to help you master the new TreeShare for Ancestry. There also is a huge Facebook RootsMagic group to share experiences and answer questions.
The British Newspaper Archive announces a major milestone with the addition of a newspaper title from County Leitrim in Ireland, marking the fact that all 32 Irish counties are now represented in the online collection.
Findmypast has added Oxfordshire marriage bonds, New Zealand birth, marriage, and death index records additions, the 1851 Canada Census, and additions to the Wiltshire Baptisms Index, and more.
WikiTree is opening registration for the second annual Source-a-Thon from 30 September to 2 October 2017 with a large set of random prizes to be awarded.
FamilySearch extended its microfilm distribution to 7 September 2017.
Jenny asks about copyright law governing the use of images from online sites in a new blog she has begun.
Margaret wrote to volunteer some materials that she as a librarian has developed to teach genealogy classes to patrons.
Neil wrote again about his research of his Clark ancestors.


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This week's rotation was for a family trip, so I took the tribe down to a place that we love to visit. This time, the rest of the family would get to experience a couple of lakes they hadn't been to and we were all excited.
The usual morning lag came into play and we really cut into our fishing time, arriving at the first spot at about 2:45pm. Nobody else was at the lake when we got there, but another party showed up just as we were headed to the shore.
We walked around to a spot that had been productive for me in the past, but the fishing was tough.
Some larger fish were in the lake, last time I visited, but the only ones making themselves visible seemed rather small. Our minnows weren't doing the trick.
Snags on the bottom or on semi-submerged trees were plaguing us and we lost a good amount of gear pretty quickly. Needing to figure out a way to keep from hanging up on something, I clamped a split shot weight behind the bubble on my wife's rod to keep the worm dangling.
It didn't matter though. Lake Snaggadocious ate everything before the fish had a chance, be it jigs, spinners, minnows, or worms.
We released it, hoping for something a little bit larger. Unfortunately, luck wasn't with us for the remainder of our time there.
My wonderful wife knew I could use some better fishing, so she actually gave me a "bushwhacking pass" and allowed me to take a nasty little hike to check out a hunch that I've had for a few years. What a lady!
The hike wasn't easy. It covered a lot of elevation in a short distance. Following the water was fine for awhile, but the brush got pretty tight in some spots, forcing me to circle around a lot of obstacles.
When my prize was finally in sight, my stomach fluttered with anticipation, but I didn't cast anywhere. Instead, I sat on a log and quietly observed for about 10 minutes.
What I could see was so shallow, doubt started to creep into my mind that anything might be in this secluded pond. Just as I was about to write it off in my mind and save myself a sloppy trogg through the mucky shoreline, I saw a clear-cut rise from a fish on the other side.
There were, in fact fish and my dear wife gave me this opportunity to shake my stick at them. Off I went to find some structure and deeper water.
On my way, I noticed a log that just screamed brookie and a well-placed jig was devoured.
Hey, look what I found! What a bulge on that bad boy. Looks like my hunch paid off. He was released and I finished my walk around the pond, to the beaver dam, where I knew I'd hit pay-dirt. Again, I was right.
For the next short while, I was thrilled to dip my jig next to the scum line (maybe 3ft of line out) and watch as several nice brookies shot out to grab it.
This female came home with me. She promised to be delicious, so I obliged. The rest are still swimming.
Let's have another look at that one: This one had some serious noodle.
There were a couple more fish about the same size and color as that last one, so they didn't get a photo. These fish were mighty gullible and it was a blast messing with them for about 20 minutes. Staying longer may have provided some larger ones that I had seen, but my gracious lady and family surely awaited my return.
Needing to get back, I kissed those beauties goodbye, vowing to return with a float tube IN THE MORNING, so I can spend a full day reaping the rewards of a newly found gem in the woods.
The hike back up was much worse than the descent and I was glad to see my family waiting patiently when I returned. My nice brookie was met with some enthusiasm, so the extra time that my side trip required was justified.
There was still some sunlight left, so we thought we'd finish off the day at a lake that I thought would be ripe for the picking with large cutthroat.
Our destination hadn't been stocked for many years and was generally known as a salamander puddle by most. While perusing the stocking reports, I noticed that it had been stocked twice in the past three years though.
Having visited the lake before any stocking had taken place, I knew the buffet would be on for any fish that were planted. The water was rich with scuds and salamanders. My hopes were high.
Apparently, the fish never survived though. A conservation officer I spoke with informed me that the gill nets have been empty ever since. What a shame.
On the bright side, we both got action from some brave salamanders that weren't afraid of her worm or my Blue Fox. That was a first, and totally unintentional. After a few photos, they were released.
It's too bad the fish couldn't make it. There's a ton of food in this lake.
Throwing in the towel, we gathered up our things and pointed our noses north again.
The scenery, as always, was splendid.


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But there is one thing he still struggles to cope with: the death of his son.
"It is something that's very difficult. It is not something you can heal yourself from," Israel revealed to Khanyi Mbau on Katch it with Khanyi recently.
Adding, "Counseling doesn't help. It is something that will always hurt."
Recounting his son's death, Israel says: "Life is something else. I realised my boy wanted to walk in my path before I became Israel the actor. Before my son died I warned him about the person who shot him. I didn't know anything about him but I didn't like him. I told my son not to hang out with him. I did not like him."
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Cleaned up some cold solder joints and reset the option switches on the ADVC55 video capture card used in the 'SonofSol' meteor detection computer.
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Removed, modified, and repaired the dome drive friction wheel. Dimpled the gear box output shaft and reinstalled the friction wheel.
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Growing up in the Caribbean I did not have much access to a book or a library. My island has one library for the entire population about 200 000 people. The schools did not have a library, and families did not have a bookshelf with books at home. Therefore, whatever textbook we used in the classroom is the most access to books we had. Having limited access to text resulted in students facing many challenges in the classes. It was challenging to understand the language of complex texts when we barely got access to essential readings. When I migrated to the United States of America, I realize this was just a Demographic factor, for many small islanders. Almost every house I went into had a bookshelf, whether it was an upper class, middle class or lower-class family. Many times the children are not reading as much, but they had access to their homes, school libraries, but not as much in the classroom.
I realized it all had to do with the availability of resources, and in more developed countries there are abundant resources, and students need to get it. In the article Reading Between the Lines and Beyond the Pages: A Culturally Relevant Approach to Literacy Teaching by Gloria Ladson-Billing identify something similar happening among the states in the USA. She states, "The current demographic shifts in the public-school student population (particularly in urban areas and large states such as California, Texas, and New York) have forced educators to examine academic performance of students from various cultural ethnic and linguistic backgrounds." Many students of color are not acquiring the Literacy skills adequately as whites students in school.
This is a severe issue African American are facing with, a gap in their literate competence, academic performance and social and economic problems facing African- American Students. African - American population is huge in the education system, and if these students are not having the same access to text in the classroom or education system. They can not own their own identity; this also cost the dropout rate to increase among African Americans in schools. This creates the question. Would these students be able to claim an identity, improve their history when they are still facing the same problems that their parents or fore-parents did? Are they honestly given a chance to advance in this changing world, or are they still limited to literacy?
What are schools doing in the classrooms, where there is a significant, minority population. How can we improve their literacy skills? How can we help our students as educators to read between the lines of text or comprehend text across different content areas?
Ladson- Billings also reported that this is primarily focusing on the cultural and ethnic condition of children and the relationship between these conditions and the structure of appropriate context for literacy learning". I do believe that African - American students can overcome this challenge. However, researcher and educators need to incorporate more techniques in their pedagogy that is appropriate for teaching African - American students.
One thing I have noticed in my classroom from teaching in a predominantly African American school, my students have not been exposed to many African – American Teachers or scientist. So monthly I try to include a research deliverable (I do weekly deliverable where I post critical thinking questions on google classroom on what we studied that week) to find an African American Scientist or researcher whose work contributed to this topic. In this way, I hope they can see hope and know it is possible to be whatever you want to be. There are scientists among our ethnicity as well. However, in the classroom we need to get our students to read, understand, or learn a concept, where they can master the content, and improve their literacy skills. To embrace a text means to comprehend literacy. We can believe that we are providing our students with a fair opportunity to truly understand any text one may read, no matter their ethnicity.
As educators, our job in the class is to create this environment and provide students with numerous practice and opportunities using text in the classroom across all discipline. It is important as educators to include this in our pedagogy as often as possible and not when the Common Core State Standards say it.
Once again, you have done an excellent job with this week's reading response.
I realized it all had to do with the availability of resources, and in more developed countries there are abundant resources, and students need to get it.
You are raising really important ideas here about equity and justice, even within a highly developed country and city.
Thank you. Growing up on a small island and complete both my primary school (Elementary) and Secondary (High school) in the Caribbean, gave me an opportunity to compare the big difference.
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Gerald Ardito on Week 12 3 x 3 ( 135 days ago ): It did! Thanks.


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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials say the collapse of a farm building due to heavy snow has killed 85,000 egg-laying hens.
Agriculture Commissioner Steven Reviczky (Reh-VISS-kee') said Thursday the incident at Kofkoff Egg Farm in Bozrah occurred Jan. 27 and the number of birds killed was reported to the state recently. He says the dead birds were incinerated.
Ken Pauze (Paw-ZAY'), a representative of the company, confirmed the information but would not comment.
The state says back-to-back snow storms since late December and a recent ice storm have brought down roofs of more than 130 barns, greenhouses, equipment buildings and other farm buildings in Connecticut.
More than a dozen dairy cows, two horses and a calf have been killed in building collapses.


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package org.kaazing.gateway.service.http.balancer;

import static org.kaazing.gateway.resource.address.uri.URIUtils.buildURIAsString;
import static org.kaazing.gateway.resource.address.uri.URIUtils.getAuthority;
import static org.kaazing.gateway.resource.address.uri.URIUtils.getPath;
import static org.kaazing.gateway.resource.address.uri.URIUtils.getScheme;

import java.net.URI;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;

import org.kaazing.gateway.resource.address.Protocol;
import org.kaazing.gateway.service.cluster.ClusterContext;
import org.kaazing.gateway.service.messaging.collections.CollectionsFactory;
import org.kaazing.gateway.transport.IoHandlerAdapter;
import org.kaazing.gateway.transport.TransportFactory;
import org.kaazing.gateway.transport.http.HttpAcceptSession;
import org.kaazing.gateway.transport.http.HttpStatus;
import org.kaazing.gateway.transport.wseb.WsebAcceptor;
import org.kaazing.gateway.util.GL;

class WsebBalancerServiceHandler extends IoHandlerAdapter<HttpAcceptSession> {
    private Collection<String> accepts;
    private ClusterContext clusterContext;
    private TransportFactory transportFactory;

    WsebBalancerServiceHandler() {
    }

    Collection<String> getAccepts() {
        return accepts;
    }

    void setAccepts(Collection<String> accepts) {
        this.accepts = new ArrayList<>(accepts);
    }

    ClusterContext getClusterContext() {
        return clusterContext;
    }

    void setClusterContext(ClusterContext clusterContext) {
        this.clusterContext = clusterContext;
    }

    public void setTransportFactory(TransportFactory transportFactory) {
        this.transportFactory = transportFactory;
    }

    @Override
    protected void doExceptionCaught(HttpAcceptSession session, Throwable cause) throws Exception {
        // trigger sessionClosed to update connection capabilities accordingly
        session.close(true);
    }

    @Override
    protected void doSessionOpened(HttpAcceptSession session) throws Exception {
        List<String> availableBalanceeURIs = getBalanceeURIs(session.isSecure());

        if (availableBalanceeURIs.isEmpty()) {
            GL.warn(GL.CLUSTER_LOGGER_NAME, "Rejected {} request for URI \"{}\" on session {}: no available balancee URI was found",                        session.getMethod(), session.getRequestURI(), session);
           session.setStatus(HttpStatus.CLIENT_NOT_FOUND);
        } else {

            String selectedBalanceeURI = availableBalanceeURIs.get((int) (Math.random() * availableBalanceeURIs.size()));
            GL.debug(GL.CLUSTER_LOGGER_NAME, "WsebBalancerServiceHandler doSessionOpen Selected Balancee URI: {}", selectedBalanceeURI);

            URI requestURI = session.getRequestURI();
            String balanceeScheme = getScheme(selectedBalanceeURI);
            switch (balanceeScheme) {
                case "sse":
                    balanceeScheme = "http";
                    break;
                case "sse+ssl":
                    balanceeScheme = "https";
                    break;
                default:
                    balanceeScheme = getScheme(selectedBalanceeURI).replaceFirst("^ws", "http");
                    break;
            }
            String balanceePath = getPath(selectedBalanceeURI);
            String requestPath = requestURI.getPath();
            int emIndex = (requestPath != null) ? requestPath.indexOf(WsebAcceptor.EMULATED_SUFFIX) : -1;
            if ((emIndex != -1) && (!requestPath.contains(WsebAcceptor.EMULATED_SUFFIX + "/cookies"))) {
                balanceePath += requestPath.substring(emIndex);
            }
            String balanceeQuery = requestURI.getQuery();

            selectedBalanceeURI = buildURIAsString(balanceeScheme, getAuthority(selectedBalanceeURI), balanceePath, balanceeQuery, null);

            session.setStatus(HttpStatus.REDIRECT_FOUND /* 302 */);
            session.setWriteHeader("Location", selectedBalanceeURI);
        }
        session.close(false);
    }

    List<String> getBalanceeURIs(boolean secure) {
        List<String> balanceeURIs = new ArrayList<>();

        CollectionsFactory collectionsFactory = null;
        if (clusterContext != null) {
            collectionsFactory = clusterContext.getCollectionsFactory();
        }

        if (accepts != null &&
            collectionsFactory != null) {

            Lock mapLock = getLock(HttpBalancerService.BALANCER_MAP_NAME);
            try {
                mapLock.lock();
                // Get the map of balance URIs to accept URIs from the cluster.
                Map<String, Collection<String>> balancers = collectionsFactory.getMap(HttpBalancerService.BALANCER_MAP_NAME);

                // For my accept URIs, look up the map to get the balancee URIs for which I am balancing.
                for (String balancerAccept : accepts) {
                    Collection<String> balanceesForAccept = balancers.get(balancerAccept);
                    GL.debug("ha", String.format("Found balancee URIs %s for accept URI %s", balanceesForAccept, balancerAccept));

                    if (balanceesForAccept != null) {
                        for (String balanceeURI : balanceesForAccept) {
                            // Pick only clear or secure balancees as appropriate.
                            Protocol protocol = transportFactory.getProtocol(getScheme(balanceeURI));
                            if (secure == protocol.isSecure()) {
                                balanceeURIs.add(balanceeURI);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            } finally {
                mapLock.unlock();
            }

        } else {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append("Returning empty balancee URIs list: ");

            if (accepts == null) {
                sb.append("accepts are null, ");
            }

            if (clusterContext.getCollectionsFactory() == null) {
                sb.append("cluster context collections factory is null");
            }

            GL.debug("CLUSTER_LOGGER_NAME", sb.toString());
        }
        GL.debug(GL.CLUSTER_LOGGER_NAME,"Exit WsebBalancerService.getBalanceeURIs");
        clusterContext.logClusterState();
        return balanceeURIs;
    }

    public Lock getLock(Object obj) {
        return clusterContext.getLock(obj);
    }

}

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Fading of the Light: Sven Nykvist Remembered
By James Norton
Arguments as to who was the world's greatest cinematographer never really had much of a chance before September 20 when the light finally faded from Sven Nykvist's incomparable vision. Nykvist had for years suffered from a progressive aphasia and one can only imagine the effects of the withdrawal of language from this mind that had created so many memorable images. One would hope that his instinctive sensitivity to qualities of light would have brought its own consolations, the unknowable pleasures of a truly wordless perception of the patterns of light. Nykvist's final film was the aptly named rom-com ghost story Curtain Call, for which he will not be remembered. His most successful film was When Harry Met Sally, the image of his that most will remember being Meg Ryan's faked orgasm, for which all those studies of troubled feminine desire in Bergman's great films were merely a rehearsal.
Nykvist first lit up Ingmar Bergman's world with Sawdust and Tinsel in 1953 and the following year dazzled with Alf Sjoberg's 16th century delirium Karin Mansdotter, a lost classic in urgent need of revival. The collaborations with Bergman gave us such highlights of the cinematographic art as the unflinching glare of Winter Light, all austere Lutheran lucidity; the graphic expressionism and geometries of desire of Persona, the dissolving red agonies of Cries and Whispers and the lambent gifts of Fanny and Alexander.
Nykvist's masterpiece however was Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice, his work a kind of alchemy without parallel in cinema, a radiograph of the human spirit, shimmering diamonds of the sunlit sea, woodcut oneiric contrasts of the Nordic snow, the milky sheen of the midnight sun, miraculously captured, night dreaming of day, and as a final virtuoso gesture of the imperious lens, his camera jamming during the lengthy tracking shot which records the film's climactic conflagration, requiring the complete reconstruction of the set.
Nykvist's parents were missionaries who were usually absent in the Belgian Congo, though as a young man he accompanied them to shoot wildlife footage. Through their son a transit can be recorded from the Heart of Darkness to the heart of light.
James Norton is an associate producer of television arts programmes.
Vertigo Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Autumn 2006


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NYCFC must use Minnesota's stadium opener as rabid motivation
Onz Chery
It will sting for New York City F.C. to play Minnesota United in their stadium opener but it will inspire them as well.
There are 23 other teams in the MLS that could have taken on Minnesota United F.C. when Allianz Arena debuted on Saturday, yet the club they'll be facing is the team that still needs to move out to a soccer stadium the most, New York City F.C.
You have to feel for NYCFC; they're going to have to watch thousands of energetic fans celebrating the opening of their opponents' own soccer stadium. Perhaps there will be performances, fireworks, an inspirational singing of The Star-Spangled Banner, and so on.
Back in New York, The Pigeons play on a baseball field, Yankee Stadium. The pitch is unstraightened, too small, and there's clay on the right wing, which is undoubtedly uncomfortable for the players.
NYCFC has been the target of many jokes on social media due to the baseball stadium situation, and to make matter worse, the club has been saying they will get a new field but here they are in their fifth season still at the Yankee Stadium. The false hope of a new stadium left many fans disheartened.
The Bronx-based club is the only MLS team that's been forced to put up with a baseball-specific field, but they're not the only American club that played in a non-soccer specific pitch.
Twenty out of the current 24 teams started their MLS days playing in football or multi-purpose stadium. Eleven of these teams crawled out of that ugly stage and are now in actual soccer pitch.
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NYCFC's neighbors, the New York Red Bulls, come to mind. The Red Bulls played at Giants Stadium during the first 13 years of their existence before moving to their own home, Red Bull Arena, in 2010. Similar to NYCFC's current home field, the MLS clubs' previous football stadiums came with many disadvantages.
The main disadvantage was that playing soccer in stadiums that looked like they were ready to host the Super Bowl with the multiple lines on the field and the colored end zone made the MLS look amateurish.
Nine teams still use football or multi-purposes stadiums but they've done a reasonably great job in masking the fields to make it look like an actual soccer pitch.
For example, watching Seattle Sounders play at Seattle Seahawks' home field, CenturyLink Field, you might think the club acquired a soccer-specific pitch.
NYCFC is the only MLS team with a significant stadium problem. In their defense, the club is only four-years-old. But looking at most other expansion sides, they managed to get a soccer stadium.
Three out of five of the teams that joined the MLS after 2014 play in a soccer pitch: Orlando City S.C., Minnesota and Los Angeles F.C.
Moreover, two of the three future expansion teams will also play on soccer-specific fields, Austin F.C. and Inter Miami F.C., while Nashville S.C. will use a multi-purpose venue, Nissan Stadium.
There's hope for The Boys Blue. The club's sporting director, Claudio Reyna, said they will get a stadium soon yet again.
"We're close," Reyna told Franco Panizo of SBI. "Of course it's been sort of something that we've said quite a bit, but we feel good and we feel close. There's a leadership team working on that, really every day. We're looking forward to being able to announce and share some news."
If you can't take Reyna's word for it anymore, New York Yankees president Randy Levine also said The Pigeons will be getting a true home soon (the Yankees own part of NYCFC).
"We are building New York City Football Club, this is our fifth year," Levine said. "We are in active negotiations to get a new stadium here in New York. We hope to have an announcement this year."
Eleven teams found a way out of the non-soccer specific stadium stage; NYCFC must join that list. The club couldn't ask for a better motivation this Saturday in Minnesota's stadium opener–the 11th member of that list.
It will be tough for New York to endure the fact that a team that joined the MLS two years after them is playing on a soccer pitch before them but if Reyna is right, their time will come soon. The Boys in Blues will stop scoring home runs and will finally have a true home.
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Originally from Haiti, Ralph 'Onz' Chery started his writing career as a City College of New York student with The Campus. He also wrote for First Touch, the Cosmopolitan Soccer League and other local leagues. After graduating, Onz started covering the New York Red Bulls for ESNY and joined Haitian Times.
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Reenactor Ronald Rinaldi Stood at Washington's Side—And in His Shoes
December 2nd, 2018 History,News and Events
Ronald Rinaldi, PhD, remembers the 1977 crossing like it was yesterday.
Then a 15-year-old reenactor, Ronald was participating in his second Christmas Day reenactment at Washington Crossing Historic Park (his first was the bicentennial).
He sat by a campfire watching the other reenactors prepare to cross the Delaware River when he felt a tap on the shoulder. It was St. John Terrell, the reenactment's founder. "Come with me," he was told.
Terrell, in his final crossing, wanted Ronald right next to him in the boat.
It was a day Ronald will never forget. So much so that 30 years later, the first of two years that Ronald played the prestigious role of General Washington, Ronald made sure his oldest son was right beside him in the Durham boat as it crossed the Delaware River.
Ronald has photos of both of these memorable crossings. In the first, Ronald is visible next to St. John Terrell. In the second, Ronald's son is similarly visible, just inches away from his father.
Throughout the late 70s and beyond, Ronald continued to participate in Revolutionary War reenactments up and down the East Coast. History would remain a passion of his for many years to come. He earned a degree in history from George Washington University and took an internship in the military history division of the Smithsonian Institution. He went on to attend Duke University and earned a master's degree in military history.
"I decided I really liked teaching and museum work. My first job at the age of 16 was as a tour guide in the barracks at Trenton, and I was also a tour guide at Washington Crossing Historic Park. I just loved talking with people about history."
Ronald's professional life eventually drew him away from museum work, but he continued to stay involved as a reenactor.
"Once I started a family, I didn't have the time to do all the reenactments I used to do, but I stayed with the Christmas crossing reenactment," he says. "Now, both my sons do it, too. My oldest, 21, has been doing it since 2004. And my other son, 15, started 10 years ago."
Given his history with the event, it probably comes as no surprise that one of Ronald's favorite aspects of the crossing reenactment is being on the water.
"When you're crossing the river and you're out in the middle of it, it's so quiet," he says. "All you really hear are the oars churning through the water. You almost get a sense of what it was like. Those moments always stay with me."


I bought the race pictures for Ironman St. George. As soon as I get the video I will post that as well!
damn they are all so awesome! love the bike shots!
Glow necklaces!?!? That's too fun! And way to go, you look like you are enjoying the whole thing!
Well….duh! I'd buy all the pictures too! You look fabulous in each and every one!
Awesome, awesome pictures!!! Congrats, they're AWESOME!!!
I would have bought them too!!!! they are great!