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Who Should Get the Blame for a Government Shutdown
by Morton Blackwell
Dear Fellow Conservative,
I regret that some people who should be wiser have fallen into a leftist trap.
It's in the left's interest for those who would pass all government expenditures, except for one exception, to be accused of wanting a government shutdown. But it's simply not true or fair, and to concede the leftists' claim is horribly damaging to our constitutional system of checks and balances, separation of powers, and limited government.
The Congress has the constitutional authority to pass bills, including all the federal money bills, and the President has the power to veto legislation, subject to a two-thirds override vote in both Houses.
When the Congress passes a comprehensive money bill that cuts a single category of spending and the President vetoes that bill, it is the President who makes the decision to shut down the government. Blaming the Congress for a government shutdown in these circumstances is unfair and implausible nonsense at best.
Unless successfully challenged, this false claim will permanently undermine the chance of cutting any expenditure when a President opposes that cut. That would outrageously expand presidential power at the expense of the Congress' legislative power.
To preserve the Founding Fathers' constitutional order, everyone who favors limited government should refuse to accept the claim that the Congress is responsible for a government shutdown under these circumstances. And we should all point out loudly that the President should be blamed for shutting the government when he insists that every single thing he wants funded is funded – or else.
Presenting the case for blaming the President for a government shutdown of this type will not be easy, but the long-term interests of our country demand that we not sit back and allow the left to sell to the American public this distorted interpretation of the process.
Virtually all the news media, all the Democrat politicians, and even some Republicans are already claiming that the Congress will be to blame if the President vetoes a major spending bill because it defunds Planned Parenthood. That is simply false, and it would be a great pity if conservatives undermine the intense public outrage against Planned Parenthood and lose this opportunity to defund that group.
Morton Blackwell
— Morton Blackwell is founder of the Leadership Institute, a longtime member of the Republican National Committee, and one of the fathers of the modern conservative movement.
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Q: Adding onsubmit to a form via javascript How would you go about inserting an OnSubmit attribute to a form via Javascript only?
I'm pretty new to javascript so if you're able to provide detailed example code, that would be most helpful!
Here's the situation: I'm using a hosted signup page through Chargify (a payments platform) in order to process credit cards for my app, and then send the user back to my own thank you/confirmation page.
Tracking the entire funnel through google analytics is proving quite elusive due to changing domains (my domain -> Chargify.com -> my domain), since the credit card page is hosted by Chargify on their own domain.
I'm getting close: I've been able to get cross-domain tracking working (chargify.com page gets logged in Google Analytics), and can link from my domain to chargify by adding the following onclick attribute to my signup link:
onclick="_gaq.push(['_link', 'http://my-domain.chargify.com/subscriptions/new']); return false;"

However, I cannot do the same thing on the way back (Chargify -> Confirmation page) because I do not have access to the Chargify hosted payment page code, and because the user is taken to my confirmation page via a form submission, not a normal link.
Partial Solutions (need your help to finish this up):
Chargify allows several options for their hosted pages, one of them being to add custom javascript that gets inserted right before the     </body> tag in a     <script> tag.
I found some resources in the Google Analytics documentation on how to link pages, and adding the following to the Chargify form tag might work:     onsubmit="_gaq.push(['_linkByPost', this]);"
(source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/methods/gaJSApiDomainDirectory#_gat.GA_Tracker_._linkByPost)
The form tag does not currently have an onsubmit attribute, it's just this:     <form action="/my_product/subscriptions" class="new_submission" id="hosted_payment_form" method="post">
Is there a way to use Javascript to simply append this attribute to the form tag?  If you'd be able to provide a detailed example of what code I should insert inside of the     <script> tag, that would be extremely appreciated.

A: window.onload = function() {
    var form = document.getElementById('hosted_payment_form');
    form.onsubmit = function() {
        _gaq.push(['_linkByPost', this]);
    }
}

I believe the above example is similar to what you need. We use document.getElementById to grab a reference to your form. Then set the onsubmit property to the code you want executed before the form is submitted. Remember to put this inside the window onload event if this JavaScript is executed before the page is rendered to ensure the form is built.

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65 Stunning Collection of Geometric Tattoos
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Geometric influence is everywhere you turn right now: fashion, architecture, home goods & art. Fashioners.com called geometric print the #1 trend for early 2015. Trends will always be reflected in tattoos, but some geometric tats have a much more profound meaning. Geometric tattoos are linear and precise, requiring the most talented of artists. They seem more timeless and less susceptible to becoming outdated. They are often deeply rooted in philosophy, religion and nature. Here are some of our favorite geometric tattoo designs, along with the history behind them.
One of the current trends in tattoos is sacred geometry. Sacred geometry is the geometry-based design and creation of religious or scared buildings, spaces, and art. In sacred geometry, specific geometric shapes and patterns carry symbolic meaning. Sacred geometry is rooted in a philosophical belief that God created the world according to a geometric plan. Churches, mosques, and tabernacles are usually according to the principles of sacred geometry. Greek, Ancient Roman, Egyptian and Indian architecture also incorporated geometric proportions.
Sacred geometry can also have ties to nature. Certain natural specimens like flowers and animals dwellings are proven to exist and grow in accordance with geometric principles. These beliefs are reflected in sacred geometry tattoos. The use of three dimensional solids to represent primal elements like earth, fire, air and wind are especially popular.
When placed strategically, sacred geometry tattoos are believed to benefit some aspect of the owner's physical or psychological wellness. Sacred geometry pieces can also have religious significance. Some are even blessed by Priests or Shaman.
Maybe elaborate patterns aren't your thing, or you are looking for a small accent tattoo rather than a large, complicated piece. Minimal geometric designs are appealing in their simplicity and they are a great way to begin your foray into the world of tattoos. These tattoos deliver spiritual symbolism in a more understated way. Triangles can represent holy trinities. Circles can symbolize the cycle of life. Tiny constellations can boast a deeper astrological meaning.
Tattoo meaning is personal for every wearer, but whatever the intention, these delicate tattoos send their message with elegant ease. Because geometric tattoos are successful only in their perfection, choose your location wisely. Curved areas will not lend themselves well to designs that work best with perfect symmetry.
Tribal tattoos date back to the 4th millennium BC and have been utilized within various cultures across the world including African, Aztec, Samoan, Buddhist, and Native American. The word tattoo itself is derived from the Polynesian word "tatau" meaning "to make something." Tribal tattoos served a wide variety of purposes. They were used to distinguish different tribes from each other. Unique designs were used to designate genealogy and social status within the group or tribe. They were also used to depict historical events like battles and to memorialize religious rituals. Tattoos were even used to camouflage their wearer's within their environment.
Thousands of years ago, tattoos were created using objects like animal quills, needles or bones with natural pigments. Modern tribal tattoo meanings are individual to the wearer and often include a variety of cultural references or can be chosen strictly based on aesthetics.
Arrows are a very popular segment of the geometric tattoo trend right now. Depending on size, placement, and grouping, they can be subtle or imposing. Many arrow tattoos are rooted in Native American symbolism, the arrow being important in its relation to hunting and sustenance for the people. In this culture, arrows offer protection from those who wish to do harm. Friendship is depicted by two arrows twisted together. A broken arrow signifies the end of a battle.
Arrows that include a bow may also symbolize moving forward with force and intention towards future goals, like an arrow being launched. Cupid might be responsible for arrow tattoos meaning love. The zodiac sign Sagittarius is also depicted by a bow and arrow. Whatever the meaning behind these beautiful tattoos, the effect they create is modern and uncomplicated.
Some geometric tattoos have a Celtic influence. Celtic tattoos, dating back to 700 BC, were worn by warriors to intimidate their enemies. Celtic imagery is known for its braids woven into intricate patterns. Animals were included in Celtic tattoos to illustrate bravery and protection. It is believed that the geometric circles so familiar in Celtic imagery represent earthly energies like wind and motion and the marriage of opposites like feminine and masculine. Celtic astrology was another popular subject of ancient tattoos. People were associated with trees and symbols based on their birthdate, much like modern zodiac signs are associated with constellations.
To make tattoos, Celts used a dye derived from a plant native to Ireland, Britain and Europe called the Woad plant. After the leaves were boiled, the water became a think blue paste – or an ancient tattoo ink. The ink was inserted into the skin with primitive needles leaving a permanent design.
Mandala's, a type of sacred geometry, are used in Hindu and Buddhist religions to represent balance, unity and harmony. Mandala is a Hindu word meaning "concentric energy circle." Though mandala means circle and the overall shape is always concentric, they are also comprised of triangles or squares which serve to represent natural elements earth and fire. The visual appeal of mandalas helps to quiet the mind and encourage deep contemplation.
In Buddhism, mandalas are contemplation aids, painstakingly assembled on the floors of religious temples. Monks blow sand or grains through tubes to create striking patterns that will soon be blow or washed away as a demonstration of the Buddhist principle of impermanence. These mandalas are meant to be studied and absorbed into memory to be recalled in its entirety.
Mandalas also appear in other cultures. In Native American imagery, mandalas mean good luck and a promise of protection from the gods. They channel good health and fortune when displayed in the home.
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Indonesia police apologise for using snake during interrogation
Police in Indonesia's Papua province has apologised after interrogators used a snake during an attempt to extract a confession from a suspected mobile phone thief, a spokesman said on Monday.
A video circulating online showed police in Jayawijaya district wrapping a snake around the neck of the suspect as they questioned him.
A policeman could be heard asking the suspect: "How many times have you stolen a cellphone?".
The man cowered and screamed in fear.
"Many people saw his action but he didn't confess, and that made the officer angry," Papuan Police spokesman, Suryadi Diaz, said.
"The method is wrong and we have apologised," he said, adding that one officer had been disciplined.
Diaz said the snake was tame and had been kept as a pet at the Jayawijaya police station for some time to scare drunkards, who often caused trouble in the neighbourhood.
"They usually fled after they saw the snake," he said.
A lawyer, who advocates for human rights in Papua, Veronica Koman, said police often used snakes while interrogating Papuans, including those arrested for suspected separatist activities.
"Inhumane treatment against Papuans is regularly reported," Koman said.
"When this snake video surfaced, many Papuans, particularly activists, who have been in and out of jail for political reasons, said that they have long known that snakes are being used by police and military," she said.
A low-level separatist conflict has been taking place in Papua, a predominantly-Melanesian region, since the 1960s.
Security forces have been accused of human rights abuses while conducting counter-insurgency operations.
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Alexandre Lacazette's brace against West Brom saw him become our first player to score in his first three home league games for us since Brian Marwood in 1988.
But the France international insists that personal achievements are secondary to securing positive results with the team.
They said I did, but I am not looking for this particular type of record but more stability with the team. We won and we won with a clean sheet. All was perfect, possession, goals.
During the month of September we have reconstructed ourselves defensively, we are working together.
There was no feeling of panic in the team - we knew that working together would pay off.


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Funny graphic tees with unique and funny art and wickedly funny sayings are what makes us stand out from the crowd.
Since 1997 CuriousInkling has brought the public beautiful graphic t-shirts with a focus on attractive design and humor.
Starting out on a simple screen printer in our parent's basement we have built the CuriousInkling name and now partner with the most prestigious print providers in the world to offer high quality graphic printing on famous name products such as American Eagle, EDUN LIVE, Bella, Alternative Apparel and more.
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Graphic shirts with funny sayings, beautiful art. We have very funny internet meme graphic t-shirts, hilarious movie and television graphic shirts, funny baby t-shirts and lots of just funny and crazy graphic t-shirts for the person who enjoys the feel of soft cotton and a great fit.


Phew, been a while in the making, finally ready to be played.
The new game mode last man standing brings the most requested plugin feature to the jailbreak server.
Its a free for all, random weapons, last guy alive gets a free day.
45 seconds after last man standing gets started, friendly fire turns on.
45 seconds later the pistol spawners will be removed and replaced by SMG spawners.
45 seconds later the SMG spawners will be removed and replaced by rifle spawners.
45 seconds later the rifle spawners will be removed and replaced by sniper rifle spawners.
Q: Whats last man standing?
A: A brand new gamemode in jailbreak. its a free for all, till 1 player is left standing.
A: You stand in a weapon spawner for 5 seconds.
A: A charged one, ready to spawn you a weapon.
A: You already throw enough in comps.
A: A freeday next round.
A: Either as death-wish (there has to be 5 minutes left) or as an LR next round.
A: sm_lms , and preferably sm_cells after it.
Stand in a spawner for 5 seconds to receive your weapon.
Gallois' Revelation: If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled, and no one dares to criticize it.
Love it, Really fun to play!
Such a good plugin, good work Nilo!
just an idea wouldn't it be better if pistols have a 5 sec timer and rifles and snipers like 10 sec?
I played it a few times now ( first time ain't worked out well for me :P ) but after all, I really like this new feature + 1 for this!


Universal Lighting's LED Sign Tube is a one-to-one LED retrofit replacement solution for an existing fluorescent sign box. Available in 24", 48", 72", 84", 96", 108", and 120" lengths, with either single side or double side LED illumination, the Universal Lighting EVERLINE® Sign Module is an LED outdoor replacement retrofit solution for your existing T12HO or T8HO lit signs and come in the color temperature of 6500K. When installed with a Universal LED driver, it is 60% more efficient than traditional fluorescent lamp installations. Here is the Universal Lighting Everline LED Sign Tube Brochure.
Designed for fast and easy installation, the Everline LED sign tube uses the existing, standard R17D recessed double contact (RDC) lampholder sockets without modification. The EVERLINE® Sign Tubes feature 90° adjustable RDC style endcaps for correct lamp orientation in vertical or horizontal installations, regardless of how the socket was originally installed. The durable acrylic tube contains LEDs that have excellent light distribution and is available in singlesided or double-sided configurations. As a Class II, 24V Constant Voltage product, the EVERLINE® Sign Tube can be installed using daisy-chain or parallel wiring. With EVERLINE® LED Sign Tubes, signs can be seamlessly converted from existing high output fluorescent to LED technology reducing maintenance related service calls and reducing the end users over all utility cost.
Talk about an easy retrofit option for your existing fluorescent T12HO or T8HO sign bulbs: You can run up to 32 of single sided (16 double sided) tubes on one Universal Lighting 100W LED power supply (the Everline D24V100UNV-A and D24V100UNV-Q LED drivers are sold separately). They are ideal for Vertical or Horizontal installation and they utilize the same spacing as standard fluorescent systems. Rated for more than 60,000 hours of usable life and 113 lumens per watt efficacy, the Universal Lighting Everline LED sign modules deliver 340 lumens per foot filling the sign face with bright and even illumination. Click here for the Universal Lighting Everline LED Sign Tube Specification Sheet.
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The ST72-865-SS004C delivers 2,040 lumens of 6500K light. This LED tube measures 69.8" long by 1.5" in diameter and comes with 8" leads to connect to the LED driver. Each tube light retrofit consumes just 18 watts and has a rated life of 60,000 hours (the lumen maintenance value is based on LM80 testing and TM-21 calculation projections). They come with a 60 month limited warranty. The LED Array modules are suitable for use in DRY and DAMP locations when connected to a Class 2 source of supply. They also carry the certifications of UL, CSA and RoHS.
Satco 80-1498 Recessed Double Contact (RDC) R17d Replacement Fluorescent Plunger Socket - Primarily used to Update your Fluorescent T12HO or T8 fixture - Slide Shallow Base - Rated 660 Watts and 1000 Volts - Accepts up to 18 Gauge Solid or Tinned Leads.
Satco 80-1499 Recessed Double Contact (RDC) R17d Replacement Fluorescent Fixed Socket - Primarily used to Update your Fluorescent T12HO or T8 fixture - Slide Shallow Base - Rated 660 Watts and 1000 Volts - Accepts up to 18 Gauge Solid or Tinned Leads.
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One of the all time favourite landscaping plants, Lavender can be used as a feature plant or in mass plantings. Also grown commercially for cut flowers as well as oil extraction it is a versatile plant suited to many garden designs.
Lavender comes in many forms and is a very hardy plant. Great for low borders, or hedges, used in mazes, suited to underplanting taller shrubs or just grown in the cottage garden.
A variety of flower colours, foliage colours and flower forms are available from wholesale growers in Australia.
Wholesale growers supply lavender in a range of sizes from tubestock to larger potted specimens throughout the year.
Some growers offer a wide variety while other offer a few of the more popular varieties.
The traditional notion of purple flowers has long gone, Lavender varieties now include white, yellow and even red flowering types. The purples come in many shades and flower form also differs.


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Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with the Prime Minister of the...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with the President of the Islamic...
Islamabad Declaration of the 2nd Trilateral Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan,...
President of Pakistan and First Lady attended Distribution Ceremony of wheelchairs to the Persons with Disabilities and Exhibition...
Opportunities to increase trade relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan were discussed in ICCI
Message of Mr.Ali Alizada, H.E Ambassador of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the National Day of Azerbaijan – May 28
The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan Ali Alizada met with Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi
The "Novruz 2021" ceremony was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan in collaboration with the embassies of 9 countries in Pakistan celebrating Novruz, including Pakistan, in Islamabad.
All Pakistan Newspapers Society" has released infographics, dedicated to the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly Genocide
Khojaly Genocide was commemorated in Pakistan
The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ali Alizada met with General Nadeem Raza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan Armed Forces.
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Union buster Carlos Ghosn is gone as Nissan chairman, accused of dipping into company coffers for his own enrichment and understating his earnings at the company
(Carlos Ghosn in 2009)
Japanese authorizes places Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn under arrest today (November 19) for claims that he dipped into the company till to enrich his already handsome earnings and that he has been lowballing the amount of those earnings for years.
The Reuters news agency reports that the Nissan Board will fire Ghosn this week, and his chairmanship and status as CEO of partner firm Renault is in question as French President Emmanuel Macron said the company's top shareholders, the French government, is monitoring developments closely.
"To have so greatly violated the trust of many, I feel full of disappointment and regret," Hiroto Saikawa, who took over from Ghosn as Nissan CEO last year, said at a news conference. ""It's not just disappointment, but a stronger feeling of outrage and, for me, despondency."
Saikaway had worked closely with Ghosn for years.
Nissan Representative Director Greg Kelly has also been accused of financial misdeeds.
Ghosn's earnings at the company were estimated at $10 million annually in late 2017, and his total worth was estimated at $100 million. Nissan is a $38.4 billion company that received a $363 million incentives package from the nation's poorest state, Mississippi, in 2000 to build a plant there. Those incentives have increased substantially since 2000, according to the United Auto Workers. In 1980, the state of Tennessee gave Nissan $44 million in incentives to build a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Both Nissan and Renault stock values have dropped as the business world reels from the news about one of its most public and highly esteemed figures.
Labor South readers know Carlos Ghosn's name well as he led Nissan through long years of union battles at the company's plants in Tennessee and Mississippi, the only non-unionized plants in a corporation that stretches across the globe. Ghosn fought those union efforts tooth and nail although he told the French Parliament in 2016 that Nissan always cooperates with unions.
In 2001, however, he famously (infamously, I should say) warned Nissan workers in Smyrna the day before a union election there that voting "Yes" to a union "is not in your best interests." They got the message and voted "No", just as they did at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, in August 2017. That vote came after intense pressure from Nissan management to keep the union out, pressure that included direct violations of international labor standards, according to a 2013 report commissioned by the United Auto Workers.
Ghosn actually rose to fame in the corporate world by slashing so many jobs that he became known in France as "le cost killer".
Born to Lebanese parents in Brazil and a French citizen as well as a British knight, Ghosn is a comic-book hero in Japan who formerly oversaw the North American operations of the Michelin tire company. Operating out of Greenville, South Carolina, Ghosn's Michelin successfully prevented the documentary Uprising of '34 from being shown at the Spartanburg Technical College in 1995. The landmark documentary dealt with the killing of seven striking textile workers in nearby Honea Path, South Carolina, in 1934.
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy could make history in Mississippi's Nov. 27 runoff but he faces an uphill battle
(To the right, U.S. Senate candidate and former Mississippi Congressman and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy)
OXFORD, Miss. - I covered Mike Espy during his historic winning bid in 1986 to become Mississippi's first black congressman since Reconstruction, and I covered him in Washington, D.C., during the first two of his three terms in Congress. He was a young fellow still in his thirties then with a practical, moderate brand of politics that enabled him to keep winning in a predominately black-but-still largely white dominated district.
Espy was different from his successor, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, another Democrat but more the firebrand. Knowing he was less able to reach across the aisle than Espy, Thompson helped negotiate the redistricting of Mississippi's "Delta" district, extending its border farther south to give black voters a sure majority and in the meantime siphon those votes away from neighboring districts and making them more white.
While serving as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton, Espy began a four-year battle against allegations that he had taken gifts from companies he was regulating as secretary. He could have pleaded a deal, but he fought for his innocence and he won. The legal battle cost taxpayers $26 million and $1.3 million out of Espy's own pocket and from the pockets of his friends. "The political experience was searing for me," Espy recently told the Jackson Free Press in Jackson, Mississippi.
After 24-year hiatus from politics, during which time he practiced law, remarried, and rebuilt his life, Espy is back in the fray, running for the seat vacated by U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, a Republican who retired in March after a nearly 40-year career in the Senate. On Tuesday, Espy carried 41 percent of the vote, enough to face Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in a runoff November 27. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant appointed Hyde-Smith to fill Cochran's seat after he retired.
Espy comes out of the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party and is no raging liberal. He won an award from the NRA in 1988, although he now says "I didn't leave the NRA, the NRA left me" and laments the organization's turn to the "really right wing." Labor organizers still bristle at Espy's silence during the historic catfish workers strike in the Mississippi Delta in 1990. Espy supporters say he was working on behalf of the strikers behind the scene, but critics wonder whether he simply didn't want to alienate wealthy Delta benefactors.
In 2007, he endorsed Republican Haley Barbour's bid for a second term as Mississippi governor.
However, in this election, he has campaigned vigorously on behalf of better health care for Mississippians and raged against the closing of rural hospitals that came from Bryant's opposition to Obamacare and refusal to expand Medicaid. Mississippi is in desperate straits these days after years of Republican rule, the poorest state in the nation with the most threadbare of safety nets for its poor and a political leadership that largely could care less.
Democrats took back the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday but lost ground in the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is already stirring the pot for another Republican-led assault on Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, and using the growing deficit caused by the Republican-sponsored tax cut to the wealthy as an excuse. The Senate needs Espy, but he faces an uphill battle on November 27.
In the November 6 primary, Republicans split their vote between the establishment candidate, Hyde-Smith, and Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel. President Trump, a Tea Party hero, gave his endorsement to Hyde-Smith, which McDaniel says doomed his candidacy. Still, McDaniel is urging his voters to support Hyde-Smith, saying loyalty to the president is necessary even when it means voting for an "establishment" candidate.
Hyde-Smith, a former Mississippi commissioner of agriculture, has raised some $3 million for her campaign, and Espy's campaign chest is around $2 million. Expect a lot of frenzied activity in both camps over the next two weeks. After initial resistance, Hyde-Smith has agreed to debate Espy. Either way, the race is historic with the opportunity for Mississippi to have either its first female elected U.S. senator or its first elected black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.
Let's hope history is made in a way that Mississippi needs it to be made.


Chris Banks writes about the benefits of a partnership agreement between Zoos Victoria and the Port Moresby Nature Park. The internationally-recognised relationship has resulted in the sharing of knowledge and experience between the two organisations, and is building capability in PNG for conservation, as well as environmental stewardship and education.
Ishimu Bebe's smile was a mile wide in accepting the Small Institution Education Award at the regional Zoo and Aquarium Association of Australasia 2018 annual conference.
Bebe is Life Sciences Manager at the Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea. The Nature Park has been recognised by online travel site TripAdvisor as one of the best tourist attractions in Port Moresby.
The award recognised the Nature Park's World Wildlife Week program that has operated for the past three years and has been experienced by more than 10,000 school students. The program focuses on three main themes: "City people don't eat bush-meat", "Don't buy native animals as pets" and "Lukautim bilas bilong yu".
The program is a highlight of the Nature Park's commitment to education for students in Port Moresby. In turn, education is a cornerstone of the sister zoo partnership between the Nature Park and Zoos Victoria in Melbourne.
The partnership evolved from an initiative of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). In 2005, it published its 2nd World Zoo and Aquarium conservation strategy, Building a Future for Wildlife. The strategy noted that not all zoos are equal. It recommended that well-resourced zoos develop partnerships with well-intentioned but under-resourced institutions through partnerships or 'sister zoo' relationships.
Zoos Victoria and Port Moresby Nature Park initiated their partnership in 2013 as a result of this strategy. To date, it is the only sister zoo partnership across the global WAZA network.
The two organisations share a goal of collaborating to increase the capacity of the Nature Park to become a zoo-based conservation organisation. The relationship is managed strategically via three-year partnership agreements with agreed objectives and measurable targets, and annual reviews. At the heart of the relationship is sharing of staff knowledge, skills and passion.
Logistically, the relationship works by identifying operational priorities at the Nature Park and aligning them with the most effective means of support by drawing on Zoos Victoria's expertise. In the main, this is through exchange visits – either Zoos Victoria staff travelling to PNG, or Nature Park staff heading to Melbourne – with specific goals in mind.
 Traditional zoo-to-zoo relationships around the world have been primarily focused on animal transfers and keeper exchange. What sets this relationship apart is its whole-of-organisation approach. Since the partnership started, almost 30 people across ten functional areas of the two zoos have participated directly in education, horticulture, master-planning, retail, animal husbandry and welfare, interpretation, environmental sustainability, veterinary care and board management.
In addition, remote support and advice has been provided for information technology and workplace health and safety. External support for some of the training has come from Australian Volunteers International.
This is very much a mutually-beneficial relationship, with staff of Zoos Victoria also gaining greatly from their visits and experiences. Working alongside people in a different cultural and social environment is enriching and can provide new perspectives on work and life in Melbourne. Strong friendships have developed for staff who have been part of multiple visits.
Education has been a major focus since the beginning, with continual development and review of the Port Moresby Nature Park education program resulting in growth of student participation from 2,200 in 2013 to over 19,000 in 2017 – a 760 per cent increase.
The outcomes achieved through the partnership are having wider benefits. The partnership is officially recognised by WAZA and the park is working towards becoming an accredited member of the regional Zoo and Aquarium Association, hopefully by the end of this year.
Increased exposure to the broader PNG community is delivered through weekly coverage in The National newspaper. This includes a full page Kids Nature Tok section that enables Port Moresby Nature Park to share its educational messages across PNG and is a wonderful step towards building a more actively-engaged community.
The importance of this goal speaks to PNG's global significance as an area of exceptional biodiversity, but with significant challenges for its protection and sustainable management.
Together, we are now looking into how the Nature Park's institutional growth and commitment to conservation can translate into effective participation by the people of Port Moresby in improved welfare for wildlife and pets, in partnership with the RSPCA.
Creation of the park's Green Team, a first for PNG organisations, will enable a transition to better recycling outcomes; it has already produced a 30 per cent annual reduction in the park's water consumption and electricity usage.
Zoos Victoria has a long-term commitment to wildlife conservation in PNG. Our partnership with the Port Moresby Nature Park is a hugely important vehicle in helping to deliver that commitment.
It is also a wonderful platform for building and acknowledging the knowledge, skills and passion of the dedicated people working at both these zoos.
Chris Banks is the Manager of Conservation Partnerships at Zoos Victoria and works to build its links with overseas organisations. Foremost is conservation partnerships that deliver measurable outcomes for wildlife and people. He first worked as a keeper at Melbourne Zoo in 1969 and has served in a series of roles with the organisation, including as Acting Director of Healesville Sanctuary. He was instrumental in the establishing of the sister zoo relationship between Zoos Victoria and Port Moresby Nature Park.


Stylist magazine's front cover recently featured Elizabeth Moss aka Peggy Olsen from Mad Men wearing a really fab kilted tartan shift dress. Just in time for the launch of our own very fab tartan shift dress pictured left. The American drama that is Mad Men has swept us up as much for it's 60s style as anything else. The costume department has chosen the MacDonald of the Isles for Peggy's dress which we love...watch out for our trouser suit in this tartan coming soon! Peggy lights up your screen on a Sunday evening and we will be watching out for more tartan treats. Our next post will be dedicated to the men of Mad Men. Tartan suit heaven!


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Don't ask me why, but this particular stretch of water between St Lucia and St Vincent is notorious for being rough and bouncy and we weren't disappointed!
Once out of the lee of St Lucia we were getting 25 kts gusting to 30kts, with large swells coming straight across the Atlantic from Africa, right on our beam, not the most comfortable ride for a catamaran. Luckily the wind was on our quarter so we were more fortunate than the numerous charter boats we saw coming the other way, pounding their way to windward to get back to their base.
We found that the 3 reefs weren't giving us enough forward momentum, so we went back to 2 reefs and rocked and rolled our way to St Vincent, watching the frigate birds, shearwaters and brown boobies swooping on the flying fish that we flushed out of the waves.
Of course, when you have died-in-the-wool racers aboard there's no such thing as 'cruising', so the challenge was to overhaul the cat that had left the anchorage 20 minutes ahead of us (we did) and keep those numbers high on the speedo. Rob was holding the record at 12.8 kts until Bruce snatched victory from him at the last moment by surfing down the front of a wave at 14.4 kts. And Ron got the record for managing to wet every single person in the cockpit! He also took the prize for briefly turning a catamaran into a monohull as we slid down the side of wave sending everything tumbling off the cockpit table! Despite the challenging conditions, we continue to be impressed with how Toucan handles the rough stuff, although I'm not sure that Penny and Jackie were quite as impressed. It certainly wasn't the pleasant trade wind sailing that most people expect on a Caribbean cruise!
Once we got into the lee of St Vincent things calmed down, but there were still some challenges ahead, namely where to clear in and where to anchor. St Vincent only has 3 ports of entry where you can clear customs. The first, Chateaubelair wasn't open on Sundays and also has a very poor safety record as an anchorage, so we made for Wallilabou where our guide book said clearance was available every day between 5-6pm.
As we entered the small little bay we were approached by the inevitable 'boat boy' who tried to convince us to take a mooring that would have placed us perilously close to other boats and a rickety wharf. We declined and scouted out the next bay but that too looked uninviting.
Further south, Kingstown, the capital, was the remaining port of clearance but again not safe and apparently extremely difficult and laborious to clear into. We'd arranged to meet Geoff and Mia at the Blue Lagoon, just south of Kingstown near the airport so we decided to keep going, take a mooring there and then Bruce would get a taxi back to Kingstown to clear in.
A bit more research in our trusty guide book and we discovered that Sam's Taxi Service was a one-stop yacht service, offering not just taxis but moorings, laundry, gas bottle refills and yacht clearance. At US$80 it wasn't cheap, but between 6 of us it seemed worth it to avoid the hassle of clearing in ourselves. So after coming through the narrow entrance to the lagoon and picking up a mooring, Bruce dinghied over to the marina to meet the delightfully named Hyacinth from Sam's Taxi Service who took all our papers and passports to Kingstown. There was a bit of a hitch because we hadn't received the exit clearance papers from St Lucia that apparently we were supposed to have, so even though our passports had been stamped on departure we came under close scrutiny. The customs officer rang us wanting proof of ownership so after a bit of a frantic dig in our records we found several documents that finally seemed to appease her. Now legally in the country and a bit tired from our passage-making we had an early night and looked forward to welcoming the Shermans aboard Toucan the next day.
Haha – love the squawkometer Linda, we all had a good laugh at that! I think it might be going off a few more times yet!


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Whilst the noodles are softening, begin heating a wok on high temperature and add all sauces as it is heating. You want to coat the bottom of the pan with the sauce before adding the chicken and bacon. Stir fry the chicken and bacon until all of the chicken has cooked and it has all become coated in the sauce, you're gunna be looking for a brown colour from the sauce.
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New Delhi: The Research, Design and Standards Organisation of the Indian Railways will now be revamped to bring in line with the modern research organizations and a Centre for Railway Research would be set up in Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur for research in key areas of technology and to give a thrust to indigensiation in the Railways.
Announcing this while presenting the Railway Budget for the year 2010-11 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee said that the Railways would establish strong research partnerships with premier institutes like IITs, NITs, CSIR and DRDO.
She said that the facilities of the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) would be made available for cooperative research and standardization undertaken through the Asian Railways' Association.
The expansion of Indian Railways and modernization would require a strong emphasis on developing indigenous research and development capabilities, she added.
Kumari Mamata Banerjee also proposed the setting up of four multi-disciplinary training centres at Cuttack, Coochbehar, Malda and Jabalpur. In addition, a state-of-the-art advanced loco pilot training centre would also be set up at Kharagpur.
The Railway Minister also announced that Railways' training institutions would now be opened for the benefit of railway personnel from south and south-east Asian countries.
The Railway Minister also announced the setting up of an advanced Railway Track Training Centre at Beleghata for training of gangmen and gatemen.
117 new train projects are expected to be flagged off by the end of March 2010, 52 long distance express trains and 28 passenger trains to be introduced, Double-decker coaches to be introduced in two trains each from Delhi and Kolkata.


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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta ( 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane. He invented the Voltaic pile in 1799, and reported the results of his experiments in 1800 in a two-part letter to the President of the Royal Society. With this invention Volta proved that electricity could be generated chemically and debunked the prevalent theory that electricity was generated solely by living beings. Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry.
Alessandro Volta also drew admiration from Napoleon Bonaparte for his invention, and was invited to the Institute of France to demonstrate his invention to the members of the Institute. Volta enjoyed a certain amount of closeness with the Emperor throughout his life and he was conferred numerous honours by him. Alessandro Volta held the chair of experimental physics at the University of Pavia for nearly 40 years and was widely idolised by his students.
Despite his professional success, Volta tended to be a person inclined towards domestic life and this was more apparent in his later years. At this time he tended to live secluded from public life and more for the sake of his family until his eventual death in 1827 from a series of illnesses which began in 1823. The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honour as the volt.
Early life and works
Volta was born in Como, a town in present-day northern Italy (near the Swiss border), on 18 February 1745. In 1794, Volta married an aristocratic lady also from Como, Teresa Peregrini, with whom he raised three sons: Zanino, Flaminio, and Luigi. His father, Filippo Volta, was of noble lineage. His mother, Donna Maddalena, came from the family of the Inzaghis.
In 1774, he became a professor of physics at the Royal School in Como. A year later, he improved and popularised the electrophorus, a device that produced static electricity. His promotion of it was so extensive that he is often credited with its invention, even though a machine operating on the same principle was described in 1762 by the Swedish experimenter Johan Wilcke. In 1777, he travelled through Switzerland. There he befriended H. B. de Saussure.
In the years between 1776 and 1778, Volta studied the chemistry of gases. He researched and discovered methane after reading a paper by Benjamin Franklin of the United States on "flammable air". In November 1776, he found methane at Lake Maggiore, and by 1778 he managed to isolate methane. He devised experiments such as the ignition of methane by an electric spark in a closed vessel.
Volta also studied what we now call electrical capacitance, developing separate means to study both electrical potential (V ) and charge (Q ), and discovering that for a given object, they are proportional. This is called Volta's Law of Capacitance, and it was for this work the unit of electrical potential has been named the volt.
In 1779 he became a professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia, a chair that he occupied for almost 40 years.
Volta and Galvani
Luigi Galvani, an Italian physicist, discovered something he named "animal electricity" when two different metals were connected in series with a frog's leg and to one another. Volta realised that the frog's leg served as both a conductor of electricity (what we would now call an electrolyte) and as a detector of electricity. He replaced the frog's leg with brine-soaked paper, and detected the flow of electricity by other means familiar to him from his previous studies.
In this way he discovered the electrochemical series, and the law that the electromotive force (emf) of a galvanic cell, consisting of a pair of metal electrodes separated by electrolyte, is the difference between their two electrode potentials (thus, two identical electrodes and a common electrolyte give zero net emf). This may be called Volta's Law of the electrochemical series.
In 1800, as the result of a professional disagreement over the galvanic response advocated by Galvani, Volta invented the voltaic pile, an early electric battery, which produced a steady electric current. Volta had determined that the most effective pair of dissimilar metals to produce electricity was zinc and copper. Initially he experimented with individual cells in series, each cell being a wine goblet filled with brine into which the two dissimilar electrodes were dipped. The voltaic pile replaced the goblets with cardboard soaked in brine.
Early battery
In announcing his discovery of the voltaic pile, Volta paid tribute to the influences of William Nicholson, Tiberius Cavallo, and Abraham Bennet.
The battery made by Volta is credited as one of the first electrochemical cells. It consists of two electrodes: one made of zinc, the other of copper. The electrolyte is either sulfuric acid mixed with water or a form of saltwater brine. The electrolyte exists in the form 2H+ and SO42?. The zinc, which is higher in the electrochemical series than both copper and hydrogen, reacts with the negatively charged sulfate (SO42?). The positively charged hydrogen ions (protons) capture electrons from the copper, forming bubbles of hydrogen gas, H2. This makes the zinc rod the negative electrode and the copper rod the positive electrode.
Thus, there are two terminals, and an electric current will flow if they are connected. The chemical reactions in this voltaic cell are as follows:
Zinc:
Zn ? Zn2+ + 2e?
Sulfuric acid:
2H+ + 2e? ? H2
The copper does not react, but rather it functions as an electrode for the electric current.
However, this cell also has some disadvantages. It is unsafe to handle, since sulfuric acid, even if diluted, can be hazardous. Also, the power of the cell diminishes over time because the hydrogen gas is not released. Instead, it accumulates on the surface of the copper electrode and forms a barrier between the metal and the electrolyte solution.
Last years and retirement
In 1809 Volta became associated member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands. In honour of his work, Volta was made a count by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1810.
Volta retired in 1819 to his estate in Camnago, a frazione of Como, Italy, now named "Camnago Volta" in his honour. He died there on 5 March 1827, just after his 82nd birthday. Volta's remains were buried in Camnago Volta.
Volta's legacy is celebrated by the Tempio Voltiano memorial located in the public gardens by the lake. There is also a museum which has been built in his honour, which exhibits some of the equipment that Volta used to conduct experiments. Nearby stands the Villa Olmo, which houses the Voltian Foundation, an organization promoting scientific activities. Volta carried out his experimental studies and produced his first inventions near Como.
His image was depicted on the Italian 10,000 lira note (1990-1997) along with a sketch of his voltaic pile.
Volta was raised as a Catholic and for all of his life continued to maintain his belief. Because he was not ordained a clergyman as his family expected, he was sometimes accused of being irreligious and some people have speculated about his possible unbelief, stressing that "he did not join the Church", or that he virtually "ignored the church's call". Nevertheless, he cast out doubts in a declaration of faith in which he said:
I do not understand how anyone can doubt the sincerity and constancy of my attachment to the religion which I profess, the Roman, Catholic and Apostolic religion in which I was born and brought up, and of which I have always made confession, externally and internally. I have, indeed, and only too often, failed in the performance of those good works which are the mark of a Catholic Christian, and I have been guilty of many sins: but through the special mercy of God I have never, as far as I know, wavered in my faith… In this faith I recognise a pure gift of God, a supernatural grace; but I have not neglected those human means which confirm belief, and overthrow the doubts which at times arise. I studied attentively the grounds and basis of religion, the works of apologists and assailants, the reasons for and against, and I can say that the result of such study is to clothe religion with such a degree of probability, even for the merely natural reason, that every spirit unperverted by sin and passion, every naturally noble spirit must love and accept it. May this confession which has been asked from me and which I willingly give, written and subscribed by my own hand, with authority to show it to whomsoever you will, for I am not ashamed of the Gospel, may it produce some good fruit!


Post the article that you've found and would like to discuss during our second to last class. Also bring in a printed, paper copy. It should be something like 1000-3000 words in length, in the style of an investigative journalism piece or an opinion piece that is grounded in facts–from a reputable source (NY Times, Wired, The Atlantic, etc.). Post it to the site before 10pm the night before class (so 10pm on April 19th). As we discussed in class today, you do not need to write the essay mentioned on the syllabus–that way you can spend more time focusing on you final project.
Post the title, publication, and author in addition to pasting in the URL. Don't worry about trying to make your URLs into links–just paste the URL text into your comment.
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Can You Create a Facebook Page for My Business?
Yes, we can optimize your Facebook account for SEO Michigan.
A Facebook business page is an offshoot of your personal page so first we create your personal page, if you don't already have one. We use that to create a business page. It's just the way Facebook does things to control how many Facebook business pages are created, and to attempt to tie them back to a person to take responsibility for content.
Facebook has their proprietary look that we need to keep, unlike the way you can "decorate" your Twitter account, so we just add your logo to the Facebook business page, or an image where the logo goes. But we will want to set it up to optimize for Michigan SEO.
This business page optimization would include getting a Facebook business name such as Facebook.com/your business and showing any of your blog entries onto Facebook automatically, if you have a blog, and we set it up that way. The value of the Facebook business page is twofold – one to interact with your fans, and two, it allows you more links back to your site.
You will also want a LinkedIn account. Again, they have a proprietary design, and on that you normally add your photo. If, for some reason, you wanted to add a logo instead there is nothing stopping us from doing that.
Cost is $40 for each of the three accounts to have me set them up and optimize them.
If you don't have a personal page, we will start by creating one for you. You may change your password after we are done for privacy on your personal account. If you prefer to keep your password private, we suggest changing your password temporarily so we can set up your business page, then changing it back when we are done. Or, we can walk you through these steps.
3. Choose your business type.
6. Write a biography about your services, being sure to use keywords.
9. Use the "Resources" link on the left side in Edit mode to link your facebook page to your Twitter account.
10. Make updates in your Facebook account, show up on Twitter… if you choose. Alternatively, you can use Twitter to set tweets to go to your Facebook page.
11. Careful that you only post business related info.
Can I Improve my Facebook Address for Advertising?
Yes, to make the Facebook address pretty for publishing, and also to improve your Facebook business page chances of showing up on Google searches, you should name your business page.
2. You will either see a message saying your username is already set (which refers to your personal account) or the first thing Facebook will ask you to do is set your personal one, so use your name or whatever you like.
What If I Prefer to Use Twitter, and Have Tweets Show on My Facebook Page?
You can link Twitter to your Facebook account through your Twitter account.


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This article includes several ranked indicators for Spain's 17 autonomous communities, as well as for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

Population and geography

Median Income
The following table shows the difference in median income for each of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain. The data was provided by Adecco and the INE. The wealthiest Spaniards are from the Basque Country, with a median income of €27,174. The poorest Spaniards reside in Extremadura, where median income is €18,662. The data was for 2016.

By GRDP
Spanish autonomies by gross regional domestic product (nominal) and by GRDP per capita in 2017, shown in euros and converted to United States dollars according to annual exchange rates.

See also
 List of Spanish autonomous communities by gross domestic product
 List of Spanish autonomous communities by Human Development Index
 Ranked lists of Spanish provinces
 Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities

References

External links
 National Institute of Statistics (Spain)

Spain
Autonomous communities of Spain
Autonomous communities, ranked

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Aug. 31, 2018 / 12:31 PM
Astronomers say water worlds could support life
Brooks Hays
Some ocean-covered planets could be habitable, models suggests. Photo by Pixabay/CC
Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of Chicago and Pennsylvania State University believe some water worlds could be habitable.
Scientists have identified oceans on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as a prime target for the discovery of alien life, but most assumed water worlds -- planets covered entirely by water -- are inherently unstable.
However, new research suggests water worlds are more stable than previously thought.
"This really pushes back against the idea you need an Earth clone -- that is, a planet with some land and a shallow ocean," Edwin Kite, assistant professor of geophysical sciences at Chicago, said in a news release.
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Because it takes a long time for life to develop and evolve, scientists searching for alien life look for atmospheric stability. Land is essential to Earth's approach to longterm climate stability.
Across large time scales, Earth cools itself by pulling greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and turning them into minerals, and warms itself by releasing carbon into the atmosphere via volcanoes.
Water worlds can't use the Earth method. To see if there was an alternative approach to atmospheric stability, scientists simulated thousands of randomly generated planets. Their model tracked the evolution of the atmosphere on each simulated world.
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"The surprise was that many of them stay stable for more than a billion years, just by luck of the draw," Kite said. "Our best guess is that it's on the order of 10 percent of them."
As their model revealed, some water worlds are born with just the right amount of carbon and are the right distance from their host star. The landless planets simply stabilize their climate by moving carbon back and forth between their oceans and atmosphere.
Kite and his colleagues detailed their work this week in the Astrophysical Journal.
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The benefits of omega-3 fatty acids have been shouted from the rooftops by healthcare professionals. Evidence has shown that they can help your heart, regulate cholesterol, improve diabetes, ease arthritis and help certain mental conditions. It can be difficult to obtain these nutrients when you are on a restricted diet, however. This is the case for veganism. The most common sources of omega-3s are oily fish and fish oil supplements, but for those following a vegan lifestyle, these sources are definitely not on the menu.
Some great plant-based sources of omega-3 include walnuts, flaxseed and algae. All can be easily incorporated into the diet, and one way is with these Vegan Walnut Pancakes. One serve of these bad boys provides nearly 10g of omega-3 in the form alpha-linolenic acid, which is 7 times the adequate intake for adult men and 12 times for adult women. This type of omega-3 is found in plant-based sources, although it hasn't presented the same benefits as marine-based omega-3. To learn more about vegan-friendly omega-3 sources and the importance of omega-3, check out this in-depth article written by Ali here at The Nutrition Press.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flax eggs, milk, vanilla and maple syrup.
Add the walnut flour and baking powder, continue to mix until smooth. Remember to scrape down the bowl with a spatula.
Heat a large skillet over low medium heat and spray with non-stick spray.
Spoon approximately 1/4 cup of the batter on to the skillet and cook until it firms up and a few bubbles appear on the top.
Carefully flip the pancakes and cook for an additional 45 seconds.
In a high speed blender, add dates and water. Blend for 20 seconds or until thick and sticky.
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Neuroscientists identify the neural circuitry of first impressions
By Mike Hanlon
Neuroscientists identify the n...
March 9, 2009 You only get one chance to make a first impression, and it had better be a good one. When encountering someone for the first time, we are often quick to judge whether we like that person, and research shows that people make relatively accurate and persistent evaluations based on rapid observations of even less than half a minute. Now neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard Universityhave identified the neural systems involved in forming first impressions of others.
The findings, which show how we encode social information and then evaluate it in making these initial judgments, are reported in the most recent issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
The Nature Neuroscience study sought to investigate the brain mechanisms that give rise to impressions formed immediately after meeting a new person. Making sense of others in a social interaction is not easy—each new person we meet may be a source of ambiguous and complex information.
It was conducted in the laboratory of Elizabeth Phelps, an NYU professor of psychology and neuroscience and one of the co-authors. The study's lead author was Daniela Schiller, a post-doctoral fellow in NYU's Department of Psychology and its Center for Neural Science.
The other co-authors were: Jonathan Freeman, a former NYU undergraduate who is currently a doctoral candidate at Tufts University; James Mitchell, an assistant professor at Harvard University's Department of Psychology; and James Uleman, a professor in NYU's Department of Psychology.
To explore the process of first impression formation, the researchers designed an experiment in which they examined the brain activity when these participants made initial evaluations of fictional individuals. The participants were given written profiles of 20 individuals implying different personality traits. The profiles, presented along with pictures of these fictional individuals, included scenarios indicating both positive (e.g., intelligent) and negative (e.g., lazy) traits in their depictions.
After reading the profiles, the participants were asked to evaluate how much they liked or disliked each profiled individual. These impressions varied depending on how much each participant valued the different positive and negative traits conveyed. For instance, if a participant liked intelligence more than they disliked laziness, he or she might form a positive impression. During this impression formation period, participants' brain activity was observed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Based on the participants' ratings, the researchers were able to determine the difference in brain activity when they encountered information that was more, as opposed to less, important in forming the first impression.
The neuroimaging results showed significant activity in two regions of the brain during the encoding of impression-relevant information. The first, the amygdala, is a small structure in the medial temporal lobe that previously has been linked to emotional learning about inanimate objects, as well as social evaluations based on trust or race group. The second, the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), has been linked to economic decision-making and assigning subjective value to rewards. In the Nature Neuroscience study, these parts of the brain, which are implicated in value processing in a number of domains, showed increased activity when encoding information that was consistent with the impression.
"Even when we only briefly encounter others, brain regions that are important in forming evaluations are engaged, resulting in a quick first impression," commented NYU's Phelps.
NYU's Schiller, the study's lead author, concluded, "When encoding everyday social information during a social encounter, these regions sort information based on its personal and subjective significance, and summarize it into an ultimate score--a first impression."
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China gold demand to rise, World Gold Council says
Image caption China's demand for gold shows no sign of letting up
China's demand for gold is set to rise by about 20% over the next few years, the World Gold Council has estimated, as the population becomes more wealthy.
The council estimates private sector demand for gold in China will rise to at least 1,350 tonnes by 2017.
Chinese customers bought 1,132 tonnes of gold last year, in jewellery as well as gold bars and coins for investment.
The forecast comes as China becomes the world's largest gold-consuming nation since last year, overtaking India.
The World Gold Council says China is at the "centre of the global gold eco-system", as rapid urbanisation creates a rising middle class.
Albert Cheng, from the World Gold Council, said: "The cultural affinity for gold runs deep in China and when this is combined with an increasingly affluent population and a supportive government, there is significant room for the market to grow even further.
"Whilst China faces important challenges as it seeks to sustain economic growth and liberalise its financial system, growth in personal incomes and the public's pool of savings should support a medium term increase in the demand for gold, in both jewellery and investment."
According to the council, consumers bought a record amount of gold last year, with Asia's economic heavyweights China and India in the top two spots.
In Western markets demand for the precious metal remained strong, particularly in the US, where people bought a lot of gold jewellery as well as gold bars and coins.
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The world is full of fascinating colors, isn't it? I was watching a video about the auroras just a few minutes ago and while being mesmerized by the incredible array of colorful lights, I wondered if I should take a screenshot from the video just to use those colors in a design somewhere. I had the exact same thoughts while walking around in the Mughal gardens of Jammu & Kashmir. Wouldn't it be nice to have a live color picker that could instantly tell you colors? Cone is exactly that.
Cone is a delightful little app by Kushagra Agarwal that works as a live color picker. It uses your iPhone's camera to preview what it sees and instantly tells you what the name and hex value of color is. A small white target on the screen, which can be moved around, picks up the color values. If there's too much movement on screen, a nifty 'freeze' button at the bottom lets you take a still frame and then move the target around. When you like a color you see, you can 'save' it to file using the button at the bottom.
Using Cone is really simple, and quite fascinating. What is "grey" to your naked eyes actually turns out to be something different altogether, while that "white" you see is actually a real shade of yellow.
The colors you save manually show up as cards in the library, so you can create your own color palette. You can tap on each card to view more info about each color. Here, you can see the hex & RGB values of the color, along with the closest Pantone colors. Cone also generates a shareable URL automatically — for example: https://coneapp.io/?color=#e54e53 that you can share with your friends.
Cone's UI is minimally crafted, and the UX is really well done. All interactions in the app are accompanied by subtle animations that delight you with every tap. It is available for $1.99 on the App Store.