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Q: Making a 3D book responsive I've been making a 3D book with CSS based on this example, and I've been struggling with making it responsive. The height is the biggest issue. I've tried the following:
a) making width 100% and using vh for the height, but that doesn't look good
b) using this jQuery example, which is
window.addEventListener("resize", function(e) {
    var mapElement = document.getElementById("map");
    mapElement.style.height = mapElement.offsetWidth * 1.72;
});

but because I have a several divs with set height, it doesn't seem like it's working
c) using padding-bottom with percentages, but while that seemed like a good idea, I couldn't make that work for the life of me because I'd have to set padding-bottom on several divs:
.bk-left, .bk-back, .bk-front, .bk-cover {
  /* and they also can't be the same padding-bottom
  because it doesn't seem to work like that */
}

But none of those really worked. Either I used them incorrectly, or there's something else I can do. Here's the codepen with my 3D book as it is currently. I'm using Bootstrap 4, but only for the grid, so I'm not really looking to implement Bootstrap solutions to the actual book. But can someone please take a look and let me know how I can do this? I'm open for both CSS and JS/jQuery approaches, as long as it scales properly. Thanks a bunch!

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Durham University offers a wide range of subjects available for Combined Honours (CH) students, such as Anthropology and International Politics and Relations, which I am very interested in - last year I specifically chose similar modules. Aside from being curious about the CH options, I wanted to explore the way Durham's CH programme operates as I have found the support I've been receiving at Newcastle University incredibly helpful.
As I am leading German Intermediate Conversation Groups at Newcastle University's Language Resource Centre and attending the French Advanced Conversation Group, I wanted to gain insight into Durham's Modern Language Department. I felt that seeing methods from another institution and its teachers would be beneficial to my own teaching style and my understanding of different ways of learning a language.
I was also keen on exploring Durham University, as I am interested in the International Law and Governance master's course. Speaking to staff there and experiencing the way lectures are taught was very important to me.
On our first day Megan Bruce, the CHSS Director welcomed Helen, Mark and I in her office and explained to us our individual PICNIC Project timetable. She also gave us information on the self access campus tour and the crime walk in Durham. We then had a short break during which we decided to look around the University campus.
At midday we met Megan, Jennifer Cooper, the CH programme director, and two CH students; Lilia Manova and Meerav Shah. Over lunch we were able to find out more about the CH degree and the way the programme is structured at Durham University. While Mark and Helen went to a Microeconomics lecture with Lilia, I joined Meerav at an Ideas and Ideologies lecture. This was very interesting as it was a revision lecture and therefore gave an overview of the course and how it was organised.
At 3pm Helen and I met up with Mark Critchley, the Director of the Centre for Foreign Language Study in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. As Helen and I are both leading German Conversation Groups at Newcastle University's Language Resource Centre, it was interesting to compare the two departments and their range of classes. Mark gave us a detailed overview of the way Durham University organises and teaches languages to its students, arranging for us to partake in two language classes.
Due to the strikes, it proved difficult to arrange visits for certain lectures and seminars. As a result of the exchange taking place quite late into the academic year, it was also only possible to attend revision lectures. If the PICNIC Scheme were organised earlier in the year, it might have a positive impact on the range of appointments and lectures students could attend.
The day started with meeting Meerav in front of Durham Castle at 12:30 for a tour, during which Meerav explained to us the system of colleges and the daily student life. At 2pm we met up with Ben Taylorson, who gave us a detailed tour of the Bill Bryson library.
Due to my interest in studying the International Law and Governance master's course at Durham University, I had the opportunity to meet with Mike Adcock, the admissions officer of the Law department. Mike helped me develop a better understanding of the course, giving me advice regarding my application.
Mark, Helen and I then met at the Durham Student's Union to meet with Richard Bruce and Rebecca Henderson who coordinate the SU's activities. We were able to exchange experiences and views on how the respective Student's Unions work. We then joined Meerav for lunch in the Great Hall, which showed us another facet of University life at Durham.
At 2:30, Helen and I met with Mark Critchley, who introduced us to Laura Wichmann, the DAAD Lektorin in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Laura gave us the opportunity to sit in her German Advanced Oral Class and interact with her students.
At 11am Helen and I met Craig Barclay, head of museums, who gave us a detailed tour of the Oriental Museum. At 1pm Helen and I met Christopher da Silva, an Assistant Teaching Fellow at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, we were then able to sit in a French Grammar class.
Overall, I found this exchange incredibly useful towards my future endeavours and I believe that this experience contributed greatly to my desire to pursue a master's degree. The PICNIC Scheme allowed me to meet academic staff and fellow Combined Honours students, showing me how different but equally efficient other Universities operate. I would most definitely recommend the PICNIC Scheme.


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Q: data not get in select section more times when i click update button without any change in editing form..the fields of product category and product brand become empty... and in database the record at that place also become empty.please help me what i should do for this problem.
<?php
include("include/db.php");
if(isset($_GET['edit_pro'])){
    $get_id=$_GET['edit_pro'];
    $get_pro="select * from products where product_id='$get_id'";
    $run_pro=mysqli_query($db, $get_pro);

    $row_pro=mysqli_fetch_array($run_pro);
    $pro_id=$row_pro['product_id'];
    $pro_title=$row_pro['product_title'];
    $pro_image1=$row_pro['product_img1'];
    $pro_image2=$row_pro['product_img2'];
    $pro_image3=$row_pro['product_img3'];
    $pro_price=$row_pro['product_price'];
    $pro_desc=$row_pro['product_desc'];
    $pro_keywords=$row_pro['product_keywords'];
    $pro_cat=$row_pro['cat_id'];
    $pro_brand=$row_pro['brand_id'];

    $get_cat="select * from categories where cat_id='$pro_cat'";
    $run_cat=mysqli_query($db,$get_cat);
    $row_cat=mysqli_fetch_array($run_cat);
    $cat_title=$row_cat['cat_title'];

    $get_brand="select * from brands where brand_id='$pro_brand'";
    $run_brand=mysqli_query($db,$get_brand);
    $row_brand=mysqli_fetch_array($run_brand);
    $brand_title=$row_brand['brand_title'];
}

?>
<!DOCTYPE>

<title>update product</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/stylesheet.css" media="all">

<form method="post" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data" align="center">

edit product

product title
<input type="text" name="product_title" value="<?php echo $pro_title; ?>" size="40" placeholder="enter title" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black;">

product category

<select name="product_cat" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black; opacity:0.6;">
<option value=""><?php echo $cat_title; ?></option>
<?php
    $get_cats="select * from categories";
    $run_cats=mysqli_query($db,$get_cats);
    while($row_cats=mysqli_fetch_array($run_cats)){
        $cat_id=$row_cats['cat_id'];
        $cat_title=$row_cats['cat_title'];
    echo "<option value='$cat_id'>$cat_title</option>";
    }
    ?>
    </select>

product brand

<select name="product_brand" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black; opacity:0.6;">
<option value=""><?php echo $brand_title; ?></option>
<?php
    $get_brands="select * from brands";
    $run_brands=mysqli_query($db,$get_brands);
    while($row_brands=mysqli_fetch_array($run_brands)){
        $brand_id=$row_brands['brand_id'];
        $brand_title=$row_brands['brand_title'];
    echo "<option value='$brand_id'>$brand_title</option>";
    }
    ?>
</select>

product image 1
<input type="file" name="product_img1" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; opacity:0.7;"><img src="product_images/<?php echo $pro_image1; ?>" width="60" height="40">

product image 2
<input type="file" name="product_img2" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; opacity:0.7;"><img src="product_images/<?php echo $pro_image2; ?>" width="60" height="40">

product image 3
<input type="file" name="product_img3" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; opacity:0.7;"><img src="product_images/<?php echo $pro_image3; ?>" width="60" height="40">

product price
<input type="text" name="product_price" value="<?php echo $pro_price; ?>" placeholder="enter price" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black;">

product description
<textarea name="product_desc" cols="30" rows="1" placeholder="enter description" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black; outline: none;"><?php echo $pro_desc; ?></textarea>

product keywords
<input type="text" name="product_keywords" size="40" value="<?php echo $pro_keywords; ?>" placeholder="enter keywords" style="background-color:transparent; color:gray; border:1px solid black;">

<input type="submit" name="update" value="update product" style="background-color:transparent; width:120px; height:25px; font-size:15px; color:black; padding-bottom:10px; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center;">

</form>

<?php
if(isset($_POST['update'])){
    $update_id=$pro_id;
    $product_title=$_POST['product_title'];
    $product_cat=$_POST['product_cat'];
    $product_brand=$_POST['product_brand'];
    $product_price=$_POST['product_price'];
    $product_desc=$_POST['product_desc'];
    $status='on';
    $product_keywords=$_POST['product_keywords'];

    //image names
    $product_img1 = $_FILES['product_img1']['name'];
    $product_img2 = $_FILES['product_img2']['name'];
    $product_img3 = $_FILES['product_img3']['name'];

    //image temo names
    $temp_name1 = $_FILES['product_img1']['tmp_name'];
    $temp_name2 = $_FILES['product_img2']['tmp_name'];
    $temp_name3 = $_FILES['product_img3']['tmp_name'];

    move_uploaded_file($temp_name1,"product_images/$product_img1");
    move_uploaded_file($temp_name2,"product_images/$product_img2");
    move_uploaded_file($temp_name3,"product_images/$product_img3");

    if(!empty($_FILES['product_img1']['name']) AND
       !empty($_FILES['product_img2']['name']) AND
       !empty($_FILES['product_img3']['name']))
    {

        $update_product="update products set cat_id='$product_cat',
                                brand_id='$product_brand',
                                product_title='$product_title',
                                product_price='$product_price',
                                product_img1='$product_img1',
                                product_img2='$product_img2',
                                product_img3='$product_img3',
                                product_desc='$product_desc',
                                product_keywords='$product_keywords'
                         where product_id='$update_id'";

    } else {
        $update_product="update products set cat_id='$product_cat',
                                brand_id='$product_brand',
                                product_title='$product_title',
                                product_price='$product_price',
                                product_desc='$product_desc',
                                product_keywords='$product_keywords'
                         where product_id='$update_id'";

    }

    $run_update=mysqli_query($db, $update_product);
    if($run_update){
        echo "";
        echo "";
    }
}

?>


The Value of Google+ for SEO - SEO Eblog by SEO Advantage, Inc.
If you've been around search engine optimization much, you'll know that the Google Search algorithms are always changing and adjusting to the newest technology and tools, especially when it comes to social media.
DoFollow links are trustworthy links to external content that promote good SEO rankings, and Google+ is a pot of gold when it comes to DoFollow links. Minus the About tab, Google+ links are DoFollow links that help to promote SEO rankings, where as Facebook and Twitter links to external content are NoFollow links and essentially invisible to search engine rankings. NoFollow links aren't always a bad thing, but as linking is such an important part of SEO, be sure you're using Google+ to the fullest as a social media and SEO tool to build link equity.
Half the battle in search engine optimization is research. The more data you collect, the better you know how to reach your audience and increase your rankings. Using Google Analytics to track your Google+ content will allow you to keep tabs on every piece of content you post and compare your SEO ranking losses and gains. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, you can tag each piece of content with a custom URL and track specific statistics to find out what works best for your company and fine-tune how you're reaching your audience.
Google Authorship is another interesting feature for SEO that integrates well with Google+. Google Authorship attributes each piece of content back to you or your company, informs Google that you created the content, and links your content by author. This authorship also makes your listing stand out among the rest of the search engine as it will have an "author rank." While Google Authorship does not have a direct affect on your rankings, having your content linked by author may be helpful in the future as Google algorithms grow and change.
If used correctly, Google+ can be a valuable tool to increase your SEO rankings and add to the success of your company or small business. For more information on improving your SEO practices, visit our online blog and knowledge center.


We are taking the month of February 2017 to recognize four University of Findlay students who are dealing with a physical condition or disability. As one student said, "This is something I have. It does not define me. Never has. Never will." As we present an article each week, you'll come to learn what these students have in common. . . confidence, optimism, empathy and big plans for the future.
Casey Shannon, junior business management major, had just finished her freshman year at the University of Findlay and was spending Memorial Day of 2014 with family when an unknown birth defect came to light.
While assisting with her brother's home renovations in her hometown of Bryant, Indiana, Shannon came down with a headache and nausea. Shannon took her family's four-wheeler back to her house nearby to rest, but called her mom to come home when symptoms worsened.
Shannon awoke to a disturbing view of a hospital ceiling and an alarming discovery. All of her basic motor skills including walking, talking, vision, and swallowing were gone. She soon learned that during two weeks of unconsciousness and several CAT scans, a birth defect was discovered: arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
Shannon's parents chose the third option which involved a surgical procedure to cut out the "tumbleweed" section of arteries and allow them to grow back correctly. The benefit to this procedure is that Shannon does not have to worry about this happening ever again. However, the cost was losing all motor skills which required her to spend the next year and a half re-learning how to do many everyday tasks.
With little time to process everything that happened, Shannon immediately began her 18-month journey with numerous therapies to re-learn her motor skills including physical therapy, swallow therapy, speech therapy, vision therapy and occupational therapy.
After about a month and a half in the hospital, Shannon was able to finally go home.
She recalled the frustration of relying on her parents for many everyday tasks such as getting a drink from the kitchen. Shannon used this for motivation and to work as hard as she could with one goal in mind.
Shannon returned to Findlay in January 2016, eager to regain her independence, but was a little nervous in regards to her western equestrian minor.
Shannon occasionally utilizes note-takers and the testing center offered by the Office of Disability Services, which she considers her second home.
Now at almost three years after the initial trip to the hospital, Shannon can fully rely on herself. She continues to strengthen her speech, writing speed, and vision, but wishes others would feel comfortable talking to her.
Although Shannon has made great strides in a short amount of time, her ability to be confident and feel 'comfortable in her own skin' may be her biggest feat. She encourages others with disabilities to be open to sharing their stories as well.


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The Sierra Club has launched a television spot in major cities in Ohio, Colorado and New Hampshire supporting Barack Obama's plan to address the high oil price which includes a $1,000 relief payout to working families. The environmentalist organization slammed the energy and gas policies of republican candidate John McCain. The Sierra Club, which tends to support democrats but has also occasionally supported GOP candidates in the past, is the first environmental group to publicly take a stand in the energy security dominated electoral race. Ironically, the ad was aired one day before Obama changed his stance on offshore drilling in Florida.
We support the policies of Barack Obama," Teresa McHugh of the Ohio Sierra Club was quoted as saying in one Ohio newspaper.
The environmental group also took to the streets of Columbus (OH), saying that they are aiming their ad and placard campaign to undermine John McCain's proposal to cut corporate taxes.
A press release, published on Sierra Club's website, outlines that one motive behind the club's move was week's news that big oil companies posted profits of a quarter of a billion – a record.
"[This] underscores why America cannot afford another president who sides with Big Oil instead of consumers," the press release explains.
Despite his shift in stance concerning offshore drilling the day after airing of the Sierra Club ad, Obama explained to reporters in The Palm Beach Post why he might be willing to open the state of Florida to offshore drilling.
If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage – I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done," Obama said.
The move would be part of an attempt to develop a "comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," according to Obama. In the past, the Democrat has been opposed to exposing more coastline to drilling. The Sierra Club did not comment on this issue on its website last Saturday but the group has historically taken a strong opposition to offshore drilling.
While soaring gas prices have crippled our economy and hardworking families are hurting, the big oil companies are rolling in some $40,000,000,000 in profits in just the past three months alone," said Cathy Duvall, Sierra Club Political Director.
Shell just days ago announced a record of $11,560,000,000. ExxonMobil's quarterly profit is expected to come in around $13,000,000,000 — the largest ever posted by a corporation, anytime, anywhere.
A recent Rice University analysis shows major oil companies are investing only a small percentage of their profits in exploration – a mid-single digits figure unchanged since the 1990s. The same analysis highlights that the industry's spending on stock buybacks and dividends has increased from 1 percent of profits in 1993 to 55 percent today. That's a telling sign.
Outlining the stark contrast between the Democrat and Republican energy plans, the Sierra Club pitched the main issues on which the two are diverging; John McCain wants to slash the corporate tax rate. "This would not only permanently bust the budget with its $1.7 TRILLION price tag, but it would tremendously benefit Big Oil," the Sierra Club believes, pointing out that John McCain already refused to cut off more than $13,000,000,000 in government giveaways to Big Oil in the past. According to the organization's calculations, this new plan would benefit just the five largest American oil companies alone $3,800,000,000 each year.
The environmentalists say that over 230 leading economists confirmed that John McCain wouldn't do anything to help ordinary US citizens and would instead just add to the oil companies' record profits.
In addition to promising families $1,000 in immediate tax relief, Barack Obama says he wants to create over 5 million new jobs to build the clean energy economy. He also intends to invest $150 billion in renewable energy. Obama wants to pay for the immediate relief to citizens faced with the hardship of high petrol prices by ending the government tax breaks to big oil corporations.


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by editor | Jun 29, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
MISSISSIPPI: Lawmakers Surrender Confederate Symbol From State Flag
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.
A broad coalition of lawmakers — Black and white, Democrat and Republican — voted Sunday for change as the state faced increasing pressure amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.
Mississippi state flag.
Mississippi has a 38% Black population, and critics have said for generations that it's wrong to have a flag that prominently features an emblem many condemn as racist.
Democratic Sen. David Jordan told his colleagues just before the vote that Mississippi needs a flag that unifies rather than divides.
"Let's do this because it's the right thing to do," Jordan said.
The Senate voted 37-14 to retire the flag, hours after the House voted 91-23.
Cheers rang out in the state Capitol after the Senate vote. Some spectators wept. Legislators embraced each other, many hugging colleagues who were on the opposing side of an issue that has long divided the tradition-bound state.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is expected to sign the bill into law in the next few days.
Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson of Natchez choked back tears as he told reporters that he has seen white colleagues develop more empathy about how the Confederate symbol is painful to him and other African Americans.
"They began to understand and feel the same thing that I've been feeling for 61 years of my life," Johnson said.
A commission will design a new flag that cannot include the Confederate symbol and that must have the words "In God We Trust." Voters will be asked to approve the new design in the Nov. 3 election. If they reject it, the commission will set a different design using the same guidelines, and that would be sent to voters later.
Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn, who is white, has pushed for five years to change the flag, saying the Confederate symbol is offensive.
"How sweet it is to celebrate this on the Lord's day," Gunn said.
Legislators put the Confederate emblem on the upper left corner of Mississippi flag in 1894, as white people were squelching political power that African Americans had gained after the Civil War.
In a 2001 statewide election, voters chose to keep the flag. An increasing number of cities and all Mississippi's public universities have taken down the state flag in recent years. But until now, efforts to redesign the flag sputtered in the Republican-dominated Legislature.
That dynamic shifted as an extraordinary and diverse coalition of political, business, religious groups and sports leaders pushed for change.
At a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Mississippi Governor's Mansion in early June, thousands cheered as an organizer said the state needs to divorce itself from all Confederate symbols.
Religious groups said erasing the rebel emblem from the state flag is a moral imperative. Notable among them was the state's largest church group, the 500,000-member Mississippi Baptist Convention, which called for change last week after not pushing for it before the 2001 election.
Business groups said the banner hinders economic development in one of the poorest states in the nation.
In a sports-crazy culture, the biggest blow might have happened when college sports leagues said Mississippi could lose postseason events if it continued flying the Confederate-themed flag. Nearly four dozen of Mississippi's university athletic directors and coaches came to the Capitol to lobby for change.
Many people who wanted to keep the emblem on the Mississippi flag said they see it as a symbol of heritage.
The battle emblem is a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. The Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups have waved the rebel flag for decades.
The Mississippi Supreme Court found in 2000 that when the state updated its laws in 1906, portions dealing with the flag were not included. That meant the banner lacked official status. The Democratic governor in 2000, Ronnie Musgrove, appointed a commission to decide the flag's future. It held hearings across the state that grew ugly as people shouted at each other about the flag.
Legislators then opted not to set a flag design themselves, and put the issue on the 2001 statewide ballot.
Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who is now 97, served on then-President Bill Clinton's national advisory board on race in the 1990s and was chairman of the Mississippi flag commission in 2000. Winter said Sunday that removing the Confederate symbol from the banner is "long overdue."
"The battle for a better Mississippi does not end with the removal of the flag, and we should work in concert to make other positive changes in the interest of all of our people," said Winter, a Democrat who was governor from 1980 until 1984.
Democratic state Sen. Derrick Simmons of Greenville, who is African American, said the state deserves a flag to make all people proud.
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Dismantling the "group position" paper opposing porn and sex addiction (November, 2017)
In early November, 2017 three non-profit kink organizations (Center for Positive Sexuality, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, and The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance) released a group position paper "opposing the addiction model in relation to frequent sexual behavior and pornography viewing." The groups' press release, Position statement opposing sex/porn addiction model, explained their motivations:
"These organizations cite AASECT's statement as one of the reasons for their joint statement, as well as citing many scientific studies that reject the addiction model in relation to these sexual behaviors."
Contrary to this PR statement, there are no "scientific studies that reject the addiction model," and ASSECT's proclamation provided no studies to support its own assertions. As for the 3 kink organizations' proclamation, all their "evidence" (which we examine below) is packed into this handy PDF: Addiction to Porn/Sex Position Statement.
We suspect the primary reason for yet another public relations push (as it was with AASECT) is that the World Health Organization's upcoming edition of its diagnostic manual, the ICD-11, includes a diagnosis for "Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder." Due out in 2018, "Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder" (CSB) will function as an umbrella to diagnose both sex addiction and pornography addiction. And some sexual communities incorrectly perceive this as an attack on their behavior. It isn't.
Like the other items now being pushed out as part of this campaign to manufacture "astroturf" resistance to porn/sex addiction, the current proclamation relies primarily on a single flawed study by Nicole Prause to support its bald assertions, while simultaneously disregarding 3 dozen neurological studies that support the addiction model. For more, see this article: How to Recognize Biased Articles: They Cite Prause et al., 2015 (falsely claiming it debunks porn addiction), While Omitting Over 3 Dozen Neurological Studies Supporting Porn Addiction.
The opening paragraph of the proclamation
Let's start with the proclamation's opening paragraph, which omitted some 60 relevant neurological studies and reviews of the literature, while misrepresenting many of the studies it did cite.
"Although some academic and professional reports have supported the application of an addiction model to frequent sexual behavior and/or pornography viewing (i.e., Hilton & Watts, 2011; Kafka, 2010), others point out serious potential or actual problems with applying an addiction model to sexual behavior and pornography viewing (Ley, 2012; Ley, Prause, & Finn, 2014; Reid & Kafka, 2014; Giugliano, 2009; Hall, 2014; Karila et al., 2014; Moser, 2013; Kor, Fogel, Reid, & Potenza, 2013; Ley et al., 2014; Prause & Fong, 2015; Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, & Hajcak, 2015)."
What this proclamation purposely omitted:
40 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neurospychological, hormonal, genetic) providing strong support for the addiction model.
20 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the addiction model.
33 studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and even withdrawal symptoms. Escalation, tolerance and withdrawal are strong indicators of an addiction process.
28 studies linking porn use/sex addiction to sexual problems and lower arousal to sexual stimuli. The first 5 case studies in the list demonstrate causation, as participants eliminated porn use and healed chronic sexual dysfunctions.
Over 60 studies linking porn use to less sexual and relationship satisfaction.
Over 60 studies linking porn use to poorer mental-emotional health and poorer cognitive outcomes.
Over 25 studies linking porn use to "un-egalitarian attitudes" toward women.
25 studies falsifying the claim that sex & porn addicts "just have high sexual desire"
Next, let's look at the proclamation's scientific support for its statement that "others point out serious potential or actual problems with applying an addiction model to sexual behavior and pornography viewing":
1) Ley, 2012: Not peer-reviewed. It's a book: The Myth of Sex Addiction by David Ley.
2) Ley, Prause, & Finn, 2014: An opinion piece commissioned by a minor journal (Current Sexual Health Reports). The lead author has never published any original research, yet was asked to give his opinion of pornography addiction and addiction in general. Virtually nothing in the opinion piece is backed up by the studies it cited. This extensive critique dismantles Ley et al., 2014 – claim by claim and documents dozens of misrepresentations of the research the authors cited. The most shocking aspect of the Ley paper is that it omitted ALL the many studies that reported negative effects related to porn use or found porn addiction. Also know that Current Sexual Health Reports has a short and rocky history. It started publishing in 2004, and then went on hiatus in 2008, only to be resurrected in 2014, just in time to feature Ley et al.'s "review."
3) Reid & Kafka, 2014: This paper hypothesizes why hypersexuality didn't make it into the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual). However, both Reid & Kafka favored hypersexuality for inclusion in the DSM. See this 2012 UCLA press release by Rory Reid: Science supports sex addiction as a legitimate disorder.
4) Giugliano, 2009: This older paper, by a past president of SASH, set out to question sex addiction, but results didn't support the author's hypothesis. Nowhere does it suggest that sex addiction doesn't exist. See the SASH position paper on sex and porn addiction.
5) Hall, 2014: This article by UK therapist Paula Hall supports the existence of sex addiction. See this TEDx talk by Paula Hall – We Need To Talk About Sex Addiction.
6) Karila et al., 2014: This paper supports the existence of sex addiction. From the abstract: "Sexual addiction, which is also known as hypersexual disorder, has largely been ignored by psychiatrists, even though the condition causes serious psychosocial problems for many people."
7) Moser, 2013: Charles Moser is a known "sex addiction" skeptic. In fact, as the Section Editor of Current Sexual Health Reports, he is the one who invited Ley, Prause and Finn to do their pseudo-review discussed above, Ley et al., 2014.
8) Kor, Fogel, Reid, & Potenza, 2013: This paper supports the existence of sex addiction. From the conclusion: "Although many gaps exist in knowledge in our understanding of HD, available data suggest that considering hypersexuality disorder within an addiction framework may be appropriate and helpful."
9) Ley et al., 2014: Same citation as #2.
10) Prause & Fong, 2015: This item was not peer-reviewed. It's a short opinion piece in a lay volume, much of which is devoted to chronicling the mythology of Prause's victimization.
11) Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, & Hajcak, 2015: A single EEG study. No less than 8 peer-reviewed papers say that this paper, Prause et al., 2015, lends support to the addition model: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The neuroscientists on these 8 papers state that Prause et al. actually found desensitization/habituation (consistent with the development of addiction), as less brain activation to vanilla porn (pictures) was related to greater porn use.
So, let's summarize the evidence for the campaign by these 3 organizations: Five of the eleven references explicitly support the addiction model, two references aren't peer-reviewed, and one is a repeat of an earlier reference.
The three remaining references arise from 3 individuals who have often teamed up to "debunk" porn and sex addiction: David Ley, Nicole Prause and Charles Moser. Ley and Prause wrote Ley et al., 2014 (which Moser commissioned), and at least two Psychology Today blog posts. Charles Moser also teamed up with Ley and Prause to "debunk" porn addiction at the February 2015 ISSWSH conference. They presented a 2-hour symposium: "Porn Addiction, Sex Addiction, or just another OCD?" The lone neurological study out of the remaining three (Prause et al., 2015) is regarded by six peer-reviewed papers as consistent with the addiction model.
Why didn't the proclamation cite any of the 20 recent reviews of the literature and commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists working at Yale University, Cambridge University, University of Duisburg-Essen or the Max Planck Institute? Because the reviews lend support to the addiction model, contradicting the claims of these organizations.
The proclamation divides the rest of its claims into five sections: A, B, C, D, E.
The proclamation's first main assertion (A)
A) The American Psychiatric Association (APA) does not identify sex/porn addiction as mental disorders. Similarly, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) does not recognize sex/porn addiction as mental disorders and has concluded that an addiction model "cannot be advanced as a standard of practice for sexuality education delivery, counseling, or therapy".
Re AASECT: First, AASECT is not a scientific organization and cited nothing to support the assertions in its own press release – rendering its support meaningless.
Most importantly AASECT's proclamation was pushed through by Michael Aaron and a few other AASECT members using unethical "guerrilla tactics" as Aaron admitted in this Psychology Today blog post: Analysis: How the AASECT Sex Addiction Statement Was Created. An excerpt from this analysis Decoding AASECT's "Position on Sex Addiction, summarized Aaron's blog post:
Finding AASECT's tolerance of the "sex addiction model" to be "deeply hypocritical", in 2014 Dr. Aaron set out to eradicate support for the concept of "sex addiction" from AASECT's ranks. To accomplish his goal, Dr. Aaron claims to have deliberately sowed controversy among AASECT members in order to expose those with viewpoints that disagreed with his own, and then to have explicitly silenced those viewpoints while steering the organization toward its rejection of the "sex addiction model." Dr. Aaron justified using these "renegade, guerilla [sic] tactics" by reasoning that he was up against a "lucrative industry" of adherents to the "sex addiction model" whose financial incentives would prevent him from bringing them over to his side with logic and reason. Instead, to effect a "quick change" in AASECT's "messaging," he sought to ensure that pro-sex addiction voices were not materially included in the discussion of AASECT's course change.
Dr. Aaron's boast comes across as a little unseemly. People rarely take pride in, much less publicize, suppressing academic and scientific debate. And it seems odd that Dr. Aaron spent the time and money to become CST certified by an organization he deemed "deeply hypocritical" barely a year after joining it (if not before). If anything, it is Dr. Aaron who appears hypocritical when he criticizes pro-"sex addiction" therapists for having a financial investment in the "sex addiction model", when, quite obviously, he has a similar investment in promoting his opposing viewpoint.
Several commentaries and critiques expose AASECT's proclamation for what it truly is:
Alternative Facts: AASECT and the Anti Sex Addiction Rant
The Revealing Backstory to the AASECT Position Statement on Sex/Porn Addiction
Response to AASECT Position Statement
Denial of Sex Addiction Hurts Our Clients
Here's to Hope for a Change
How does the AASECT discounting of Sex & Porn Addiction affect the 12-step community?
The sex addiction debate
Re DSM-5 and ICD-11: Second, when the APA last updated its diagnostic manual in 2013 (DSM-5), it didn't formally consider "internet porn addiction," opting instead to debate "hypersexual disorder." The latter umbrella term for problematic sexual behavior was recommended for inclusion by the DSM-5's own Sexuality Work Group after years of review. However, in an eleventh-hour "star chamber" session (according to a Work Group member), other DSM-5 officials unilaterally rejected hypersexuality, citing reasons that have been described as illogical.
Moreover, just prior to the DSM-5's publication in 2013, Thomas Insel, then Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, warned that it was time for the mental health field to stop relying on the DSM. Its "weakness is its lack of validity," he explained, and "we cannot succeed if we use DSM categories as the "gold standard." He added, "That is why NIMH will be re-orienting its research away from DSM categories." In other words, the NIMH planned to stop funding research based on DSM labels (and their absence).
Major medical organizations are moving ahead of the APA. The medical doctors and addiction researchers of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) hammered what should have been the final nail in the porn-addiction debate coffin in August, 2011 based on decades of addiction research. Top addiction experts at ASAM released their carefully crafted definition of addiction. Foremost, behavioral addictions affect the brain in the same fundamental ways as drugs do. In other words, addiction is essentially one disease (condition), not many. ASAM explicitly stated that "sexual behavior addiction" exists and must necessarily be caused by the same fundamental brain changes found in substance addictions.
In any event, the World Health Organization appears poised to set right the APA's excessive caution. The next edition of its diagnostic manual, the ICD, is due out in 2018. The beta draft of the new ICD-11 includes a diagnosis for "Compulsive sexual behavior disorder," as well as one for "Disorders due to addictive behaviors." Why aren't the 3 organizations mentioning this important development?
The proclamation's second main assertion (B)
B) "Existing studies supporting an addiction model lack precise definitions and methodological rigor, and rely on correlational data. Pre-existing psychological issues that could account for changes in sexual behavior and/or pornography viewing have not been considered. Studies are needed that utilize experimental designs and account for a range of potential extraneous variables (Ley et al., 2014). Although some people may incorrectly assume that increased dopaminergic activity during sex or pornography viewing (which is to be expected) is evidence for addiction, Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, and Hajcak (2015) found in their controlled study that participants reporting hypersexual problems did not show the same neural response patterns consistent with other known addictions. There are many diverse reasons why people may engage in pornography viewing, and frequent and diverse sexual activities, which must be considered when assessing behavior (Ley, 2012; Ley et al., 2014)."
The neurological studies on sex and porn addiction are very rigorous, and many of them are done by some of the top addiction neuroscientists in the world. Here they are: 41 neuroscience-based studies.
The proclamation's suggestion that "correlation" renders research useless, reveals remarkable ignorance (or spin), as it would be unethical to induce addiction of any type in human subjects. Besides, it is silly to suggest that porn addicts were all born with all the major addiction-caused brain changes that are showing up in rigorous brain research on porn/sex-addicted subjects. What are the odds? Zero. For example, the core addiction-caused brain change is sensitization, which can only occur with continuous and prolonged use.
The proclamation statement's mischaracterizing the neurological research as investigations of "dopaminergic activity during sex or pornography viewing" reveal that the authors of this proclamation haven't read any of the studies in question. None of the neurological studies assessed dopamine activity! Instead, the 3 dozen studies assessed the presence of one or more of the four major brain changes involved with both drug and behavioral addictions: 1) Sensitization, 2) Desensitization, 3) Dysfunctional prefrontal circuits (poorer exceutive functioning), and 4) Dysfunctional stress circuits. All 4 of these brain changes have been identified among the 40 neuroscience-based studies on frequent porn users & sex addicts:
Studies reporting sensitization (cue-reactivity & cravings) in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Studies reporting desensitization or habituation (resulting in tolerance) in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Studies reporting poorer executive functioning (hypofrontality) or altered prefrontal activity in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Studies indicating a dysfunctional stress system in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3.
What about the proclamation's claim concerning Prause et al., 2015?
"Prause, Steele, Staley, Sabatinelli, and Hajcak (2015) found in their controlled study that participants reporting hypersexual problems did not show the same neural response patterns consistent with other known addictions."
"Neural response patterns" means "cue-reactivity," which reveals the core addiction brain change – sensitization. As you can see above, there are now 21 studies on porn users/sex addicts reporting findings consistent with cue-reactivity, attentional bias, or cravings. Even if the proclamation were correct that Prause et al., 2015's findings actually contradicted the existence of cue-reactivity (it doesn't), it would take more than one anomalous (and flawed) study to "debunk" decades of behavioral addiction research!
And what were the actual results of Prause et al., 2015? Compared to controls "individuals experiencing problems regulating their porn viewing" had lower brain responses to one-second exposure to photos of vanilla porn. The authors claim these results "debunk porn addiction." Yet, in reality, the findings of Prause et al. 2015 align perfectly with Kühn & Gallinat (2014), which found that more porn use correlated with less brain activation in response to pictures of vanilla porn – an addiction-related brain change.
Prause et al. findings also align with Banca et al. 2015. Lower EEG readings mean that subjects are paying less attention to the pictures. Put simply, frequent porn users were desensitized to static images of vanilla porn, compared to a control group. They were bored (habituated or desensitized), which can be evidence of an addiction process at work. See this extensive YBOP critique. Eight peer-reviewed papers agree that this study actually found desensitization/habituation in frequent porn users (consistent with addiction): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
The proclamation's third main assertion (C)
C) "The sex/porn addiction model reflects significant sociocultural biases (Klein, 2002; Williams, 2016), including specific measures of clinical assessment Joannides, 2012). Socio-cultural biases include assumptions concerning normal sex drive, relationship styles, and erotic interests and practices. Thus, people with alternative sexual identities are likely to face further marginalization and discrimination by those who support a sex/porn addiction model."
Only one of the above citations is peer-reviewed: Williams, 2016. It is in a minor social work journal that is not PubMed indexed. The only neurological study Williams cited was, you guessed it, Prause et al. 2015. Williams, 2016 is a biased opinion piece that depends on Prause et al. 2015 and David Ley's books and articles for its empirical support. It ignores the 40 other neurological studies on porn users, 20 recent reviews & commentaries, and 90 studies linking porn to sexual problems and less sexual & relationship satisfaction. Wiiliams, 2016 is nothing more than empty rhetoric.
The proclamation's fourth main assertion (D)
D) "Research has shown that religiosity and moral disapproval have a strong influence on perceived sex/porn addiction. For example, Grubbs and colleagues (2010, 2015) found that religiosity and moral disapproval were strong predictors of perceived pornography addiction, even when actual pornography use was controlled. Other researchers have reported similar findings (Abell, Steenbergh, & Boivin, 2006; Kwee, Dominguez, & Ferrell, 2007; Leonhardt, Willoughby, & Young-Petersen, 2017). Regarding pornography use, Thomas (2013, 2016) applied archival analysis to trace the creation and deployment of the addiction framework among evangelical Christians. Other scholars have reported that the concept of sex addiction emerged in the 1980s as a socially conservative response to cultural anxieties, and has gained acceptance through its reliance on medicalization and popular culture visibility (Reay, Attwood, & Gooder, 2013;Voros, 2009)."
Actually sex/porn addiction is not related to religiosity in men. First, the preponderance of studies report lower rates of compulsive sexual behavior and porn use in religious individuals (study 1, study 2, study 3, study 4, study 5, study 6, study 7, study 8, study 9, study 10, study 11, study 12, study 13, study 14, study 15, study 16, study 17, study 18, study 19).
Second, two studies that assessed treatment-seeking male sex addicts found no relationship with religiosity. For example, this 2016 study on treatment-seeking porn addicts found that religiosity did not correlate with negative symptoms or scores on a sex addiction questionnaire. This 2016 study on treatment-seeking hypersexuals found no relationship between religious commitment and self-reported levels of hypersexual behavior and related consequences.
As for the claims concerning morality and "perceived addiction" (almost all the studies listed in the proclamation's excerpt), a new study suggests they are unsupported: Do Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 Scores Reflect Actual Compulsivity in Internet Pornography Use? Exploring the Role of Abstinence Effort. This new study says that the instrument Grubbs uses in all his studies, CPUI-9, is flawed.
The CPUI-9 includes 3 extraneous questions assessing guilt and shame, such that religious porn users' CPUI-9 scores tend to be skewed upward. The existence of higher CPUI-9 scores for religious porn users was then fed to the media as the claim that, "religious people falsely believe they are addicted to porn." This was followed by several studies correlating moral disapproval with CPUI-9 scores. Since religious people as a group score higher on moral disapproval, and (thus) the total CPUI-9, it was pronounced (without actual support) that religious-based moral disapproval is the true cause of pornography addiction. That's quite a leap, and unjustified as a matter of science.
In addition, the conclusions and claims spawned by the CPUI-9 are simply invalid. Grubbs created a questionnaire that cannot, and was never validated for, sorting "perceived" from actual addiction: the CPUI-9. With zero scientific justification he re-labeled his CPUI-9 as a "perceived pornography addiction" questionnaire. For much, much more see "New study invalidates the Grubbs CPUI-9 as an instrument to assess either "perceived pornography addiction" or actual pornography addiction (2017)."
Finally, religious shame doesn't induce brain changes that mirror those found in drug addicts. Thus groups pushing the "sex/porn addiction is just religious shame" assertion still need to explain more than 3 dozen neurological studies reporting addiction-related brain changes in compulsive porn users/sex addicts. In light of 24 studies linking porn use/addiction to sexual problems and lower arousal, they also need to explain a nearly 1000% rise in youthful erectile dysfunction since the advent of porn tube sites.
The proclamation's fifth main assertion (E)
Finally, this proclamation assertion combines 2 specious "straw man" arguments:
E) The sex/porn addiction model assumes that sexual behaviors as a coping mechanism are an indicator of addiction, but it does not consider the possibility that sex may be a positive coping mechanism.
The sex/porn addiction model makes no such assumption. It is concerned with people who cannot control their behavior despite serious negative consequences. This is the very opposite of "coping."
Sticking To The Content: Response To "Red Herring: Hook, Line, and Stinker",... Critique of "Is Pornography Really about "Making Hate to Women"?...


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TGI Friday's (1965); "Thank God It's Friday" or "TGIF" (1934)
T.G.I. Friday's started in the 1960s in New York City and, with Maxwell's Plum, was one of the nation's first "singles bars." ("Singles bar" has been cited in print since at least 1968.)
The phrase "Thank God It's Friday" or "TGIF" appears to have begun at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1934.
T.G.I. Friday's® Forty Years of Fun Facts
In 1965, Alan Stillman founded the first Friday's® restaurant in New York City.
According to Newsweek and The Saturday Evening Post, the opening of the first Friday's restaurant heralded the dawn of the singles age.
Friday's restaurants have been the employer of several well-known celebrities - Kathy Mattea, Sean Patrick Flannery of "Young Indiana Jones" and Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond".
Friday's restaurants have a long history of innovation, including being credited with:
Naming 'happy hour'.
Inventing the Long Island Iced Tea and Loaded Potato Skins.
Popularizing frozen and ice cream drinks.
Pioneering non-alcoholic Smoothies and Flings in honor of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
(Some of these claimed firsts are not correct -- ed.)
16 December 1937, Lima (Ohio) News, pg. 23, col. 5:
The "Thank-God-It's Friday" club, organized by students at the University of Missouri three years ago, has spread to other colleges and shows signs of becoming a national collegiate organization.
The club was organized to provide week-end relaxation from studies. Its organizer was George Hilton, of Dearborn, Mich., a student in the Missouri school of journalism. It all began when Hilton walked into a delicatessen near the school, sat down in a chair called for a glass of beer and exclaimed: "Thank God it's Friday."
A group of students thereupon decided to celebrate the release from weekly class routine. They have met regularly since for an informal evening of beer drinking and singing.
12 November 1939, Los Angeles Times, pg. 6:
COLUMBIA (Mo.) Nov. 11 (U.P.) The Thank God It's Friday Club of the University of Missouri has started its sixth year. Organized by George Hilton, a Detroit student in the school of journalism, the club meets Friday nights to celebrate the end of another school week.
13 November 1941, Marion (Ohio) Star, pg. 19, col. 4:
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Whether you need a gift for the host/hostess of the party you're going to this weekend or a Christmas gift for the Martha Stewart in your life, we've got you covered with some awesome gift ideas. Being the Martha Stewart in my friend group, I am constantly planning my next party and looking for the gadgets to make it go more smoothly and accessories to take it to the next level. Below you'll find some of my favorite things that I've purchased recently or have made it onto my wish list!
Three Tier Plate Stand – No matter how large your kitchen or dining room is you are always going to be short on space when throwing a large party which makes tier plate stands a great gift. They are perfect for appetizers and desserts. You can buy ones that have built in plates, but personally I like just the stand since then you can put in your own dishes and lift them off to pass around the table when you're having a sit down meal!
Savannah Bee Products – Savannah Bee Company is one of Tori's and my favorite stores. We love just about everything they make. If your entertainer enjoys tea then you might want to try out their Tea Gift Set. Other great gift ideas are a 12oz jar of honey and pump (we recommend Tupelo or Honey for Cheese!). If you have a larger budget you might want to get their Handcrafted Wine Barrel Honeycomb Platter!
Rack Pack Wine Storage – I love that this wine rack can hold anywhere from 1 to 12 bottles of wine. If you have a bit more room in your budget, throw in a bottle of wine to really complete the gift.
Wine & Brix Chocolate – This is a great host/hostess gift. You just pick out a bottle of either red or white wine and then buy the correctly paired Brix Chocolate 3 oz Hang Tag. If you want to give the present a little extra holiday flare, pick up a Christmas wine sweater. Also be sure to check out Brix's gift sets and variety packs if you have a larger budget!
Brie Baker – We love brie and a brie baker makes serving brie hot a breeze. There are tons of versions some of which even come with a topping mix and recipes. Just make sure you get one that is microwave safe so on the off chance there are leftovers you can reheat them the next day!
Cocktail Swiss Army Knife – I just got this cocktail/bartender swiss army knife for St. Nicholas Day and I can't wait to use it! It has all the tools for your bartender needs from a muddler to a bottle opener. While online they are about $40, keep an eye out at HomeGoods where I've seen them for about $20!
Himilayan Salt Mortar & Pestle – A mortar & pestle has been on my list of things to buy for a while, but to be honest I never really had a real need for one. Once I learned about Himilayan Salt mortar & pestles though that all changed. I love that you can use them to not only make guacamole and dips but also take them to the next level.
Wine Aerator – I learned how to drink wine while studying abroad in Paris and the one thing the wine club stressed was aerating the wine. It is absolutely amazing the difference it can make. The Vinturi wine aerators are great. They make them for both red and white wine so you can buy both or just one and pair it with a bottle of wine!
Cheese Tray & Knife Set – There are a ton of options for cheese tray sets which means you can really personalize this gift. I like ones that have a marble or slate center of a wooden tray that has room for crackers. This is definitely something you should look for at HomeGoods or TJ Maxx since they have the best deals!
Wooden Tea Chest– I'm a pretty big tea drinker, and so is most of my immediate family. While we usually make tea by the pot, I love the idea of having a tea chest to bring out at holidays and dinner parties. I really like the offerings that Bigelow has especially since you can personalize them.
Drink Dispenser – Drink dispensers are great for parties since you can make up a big batch of anything from iced tea to sangria and not have to worry about constantly refilling a pitcher. There are a lot of designs out there, but I really like this one since its base turns into a beverage tub.
Mariposa Platters, Bowls, & Trays – Mariposa is great because not only is it high quality and pretty, it is also a neutral color, silver. That makes it go well with anything from everyday dishes to fine china. While you can find pieces of Mariposa occasionally at HomeGoods, if you want a particular piece you'll have to pay a bit more.
Wine Refrigerator – Wine refrigerators are great gift options for the entertainer or wine lover in your life. I like the ones with two zones so you can keep both your reds and whites at the right temperature. Just be sure to keep in mind the cost to run the wine refrigerator when deciding which one to buy.
Christmas China – Growing up the Christmas season always felt a bit more special with our Spode Christmas Tree China. While Christmas Tree is my favorite pattern, there are tons of options by both Spode and Lenox. A few place settings will easily set you over $100, but the great thing is once you have the basic pieces you can pick up serving pieces and accessories for years to come!
Are your favorite entertaining gifts on our list? If not let us know! Also be sure to check out our other #HolidayGiftGuide posts!
Love these gifts!! I might buy a few for my mother-in-law this year. Thanks for sharing!


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About | Press Room | Press Releases | Sharecare and BlackBerry Launch New BBM Channel
Sharecare and BlackBerry Launch New BBM Channel
Partnership to provide actionable health information to millions of BBM users
Barcelona, Spain/Waterloo, Ontario – Feb. 24, 2016 – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Sharecare, a leading digital health and wellness engagement platform, to provide consumers with better and more secure insights into their health.
Together, the companies have launched the Sharecare BBM channel, which hosts information from experts, including health organizations and medical professionals. Experts ranging from the American Cancer Society to licensed physicians and nurses, and luminaries from Deepak Chopra to Dr. Oz can be connected to users to help them find the health answers, advice and resources that are right for them. The Sharecare BBM channel lives on a user's smartphone right in BBM for access anywhere at any time; and with notifications built into BBM, users can receive important health updates on the Sharecare channel or when someone interacts with a post on the channel.
"Beyond BlackBerry's best-in-class privacy standards, their expansive reach gets us closer to realizing our vision of becoming the de-facto digital health destination for anyone, anytime, anywhere and on any device," said Jeff Arnold, founder and CEO of Sharecare. "In particular, the Sharecare BBM channel provides us with a unique and secure avenue to provide hundreds of millions more consumers with the tips and tools they need to help them live their healthiest lives."
"Leveraging Sharecare's rich background and pedigree in the healthcare industry, we're able to provide an opportunity for consumers to access important health-related information in a safe and secure manner via BBM Protected," said Marty Beard, COO, BlackBerry. "We are addressing the privacy concerns consumers may have regarding personal health data and ensuring we're providing the solutions necessary to thwart anything that could compromise sensitive information."
BBM works on iOS®, Android™, and BlackBerry smartphones and is free to download. The Sharecare healthcare channel is available now via BBM Channels. Find out more about BBM at www.bbm.com.
About Blackberry
BlackBerry is securing a connected world, delivering innovative solutions across the entire mobile ecosystem and beyond. We secure the world's most sensitive data across all end points – from cars to smartphones – making the mobile-first enterprise vision a reality. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The Company trades under the ticker symbols "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange and "BBRY" on the NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.BlackBerry.com
Sharecare is a digital health and wellness engagement platform that provides people with personalized resources to help them live their healthiest lives. Nearly 45 million people have shared more than 6 billion data points about their health status and habits with Sharecare, which uses that information to create a comprehensive health profile allowing users to access all of their health resources in one place, and dynamically connect to the knowledge, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need. Created by Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz in 2010, Sharecare's predictive and personalized platform is accessed daily by millions of consumers, including viewers of The Dr. Oz Show, patient populations of the country's leading hospital systems and every Soldier in the United States Army.


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KINECT WITH EDDIE
Microsoft knows that Kinect is a big deal for robotics enthusiasts of all kinds, so they've announced the availability of a new beta release of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (RDS) that incorporates the full Kinect SDK that was released back in June. This includes skeleton tracking, speech, and the raw Kinect data stream for creating 3D maps of your house (or anything else).
Besides the full-fledged Kinect integration, the other big news about RDS 4 is that for the first time, Microsoft has their own hardware reference platform designed to make it fast and easy (sort of) for consumers to get straight to programming without having to actually build a robot. Eddie (pictured here) features a round multi-level design that incorporates a Kinect sensor and laptop. Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta is available for download for free, and includes a simulation environment to get you started without needing to buy any hardware at all. When you're ready to take the plunge, Eddie is also now available, directly from Parallax.com.
HOT CHICKS
In one of the latest studies in the growing field of animal-robot interaction, researchers have found that young quail chicks that interact with autonomous mobile robots have improved spatial abilities later in life — at least up to a point. The results not only show the potential impact of robots on animal development, but also provide insight into the factors that play important roles in that development Although previous research has shown the importance of the mother hen in the development of quail chicks, using a mobile robot in place of the hen allowed the researchers to assess the impact with greater control. In their experiments, they divided 24 Japanese quail chicks into six groups of four. When the chicks were 36 hours old, the researchers began putting three of the groups in a cage with a heated mobile robot and the other three groups in a cage with the same heated robot, but with the locomotion feature disabled. Both of the cube-shaped robots had corridors between the wheels where the chicks could go to keep warm. The results showed that (five days after separation from the robots) the mobile robot improved the spatial learning and exploration skills of the chicks. However, the impact was probably transitory, as the other chicks seemed to catch up with their peers after another five days.
Although the effect was short-lived, the experiment shows how an autonomous robot can influence the behavioral development of animals. The researchers predict that more refined robots and prolonged meeting sessions may have stronger and more long-lasting effects on young animals.
Image credit: E. de Margerie, et al.
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SMARBO CLEANING UP
Toshiba has joined in the robot vacuum arena with the Smarbo. The VC- BR100 has 38 gyro and infrared sensors, a camera, and accelerometers to map out where it has been so it doesn't clean the same space. Cleaning is accomplished in parallel lines, and it can handle 1,076 sq ft in a 90 minute cycle. When finished or stopped, it returns to its starting point.All that technology will cost you, though. Sales started in Japan in October with a price of $1,175.


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Aug. 26, 2018 6:00 p.m.
The Cowichan Valley Regional District is seeking input from the community on its new solid-waste management plan.
The plan sets out new waste-reduction targets for the region and proposes strategies for managing municipal solid waste over the next 10 years, with a long-term vision of 25 years.
Residents will have opportunities to provide input at a series of community open houses, an online survey and on PlaceSpeak.
CVRD staff will also be attending community events in coming weeks to raise awareness and receive feedback on the draft plan.
A Plan Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from the public, industry, businesses, the non-profit sector, Cowichan Tribes and government, has met numerous times since March to discuss gaps within the current waste management system and ways to improve the region's waste diversion.
Strategies recommended by the PAC look at ways to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill focusing on key areas such as reducing food waste, and important initiatives like combating illegal dumping.
"We can be proud that the Cowichan Valley has one of the lowest waste per capita ratios in British Columbia, and we will continue efforts to lessen our environmental footprint whenever possible," said Jon Lefebure, chairman of the CVRD.
Open houses will be held at the Cowichan Lake Recreation Centre Multi-Purpose Hall on Aug. 29. from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Cobble Hill Farmer's Institute Hall on Sept. 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and at the Saltair Community Centre on Sept. 12 from noon to 3 p.m.


i would like to know a straight forward melee rogue spec for leveling. i dont want marksman or ranger in it. i dont care to much for aoe leveling. just want to level questing and enjoy the story. any suggestions?
* points are really up to you but the 8 in bard and 3 in ranger are required so that cadence has a heal effect and so that you get the pet heal. This guild has little to no downtime as long as you pay attention to your pet. It is very easy to deal with multiple mobs assuming you heal your pet as well. It is also an extremely easy build to play.
I personally choose to level with a pvp spec because I am on a pvp server. Pvp specs are often good for leveling as well cause they often focus on utility and survivability. I really like this spec mostly because of how quickly I can take stuff down which I get from the assassin soul along with the invaluable slip away, combined with the mobility and utility of riftstalker teleports. The teleports give you a lot of bonuses for several seconds after you use them and they are great for mobility when you are roaming around in stealth. Saboteur is nice even with 0 points in it as it gives you a ranged finisher and an aoe snare for if things get hairy and you need to run away.
Looking back I have to say that above all play something with stealth it is unbelievably useful seeing as how using your incapacitate abilities you can turn a multi mob fight in to a 1v1, you can incapacitate mobs next to objectives and never have to fight them, you can stealth all the way to the back of a cave to loot something and then stealth all the way out. The list of benefits goes on and on but the main point is that the amount of time that stealth saves you when leveling is invaluable.
for the 34 Sin/32 RS/0 Sab build ... your main goal is to pick up slip away from assassin. Most of the talents in assassin are fairly obvious, just don't get double cross, everything else is either obvious or your choice.
In riftstalker pick up everything in the tree "EXCEPT" Toughened soul, phantom blow, boosted recovery, rift guard, and imp. guardian phase and guarded steel. Everything else in riftstalker is worth getting with one exception: you will not have enough points to get 2/2 death from the shadows and planar refuge. IMO you should go with Planar refuge and 1/2 death from the shadows. the damage of shadow assault is crappy even with 2/2 and you are mostly just using it for the crit buff it and mobility anyway. The reason I say that the choice for that last point is between those two is that I feel freedom of movement and rift prison are must haves for both world pvp and escaping. Lastly, Planar switch is completely useless for both leveling and world pvp just don't get it.
I found it to be a solid leveling/questing spec. It will not put out the dps of some of the other specs but, since you are only killing what you need and healing to full every fight, you can pound through quests super fast.
Just take Bladedancer x / Riftstalker 13 / xxxx. You pretty much will be able to run along and kill stuff quickly and as long as you let each item die with 5 combo points on it you can move on to the next creature. You can exchange bladedancer with nightblade or assassin freely.
Just because its broke for blizzard doent mean its going to be broken on Rift.
I did a lot of experimenting as I levelled my toon. I agree that ranger can't be beat up until you can get slip away, imp stealth, and silent footsteps in assassin. You also need the 13 in riftstalker for the combo point heal. I then dumped up to 15 points in nightstalker omw to 50. the 13 in riftstalker is mandatory for melee solo questing. when you kill a mob you go right back to full health if you left some combo points on them. The reason to spend points in NB is for it's incapacitate from stealth move. With assasin you get an incapacitate as well. What that means is you can stealth, go to a group of 3, incapacitate 2 of them and take them out easily one at a time. Assasin has great single target dps so it's just as quick as an aoe build aoe'ing them down all at the same time. If you get into trouble "slip away" is a get out of jail free card.
Also imp stealth really allows you to easily bypass repititious killing mob content and get right to areas you need to collect this item or interact with that item.
I really recommend this for high level questing.
You dont have the heal from riftstalker, but if you can attch charges from stealth, you can open with a really big opener (jagged/assasin strike + 5charges detonate). With the healing greater essence + healing poison (and Slpi Away for trouble) you shoudnt need RS heal.
Have been following the below spec. done by Vox. You have to change the BD points due to 1.2 as they moved the hit up,but apart from that its the same and it's fun and easy and 0 downtime.


As more and more Congress leaders aspire to contest the Lok Sabha election from Bangalore North, a section of the party has begun to ask the need for holding primaries or internal polls to select candidates when aspirants are willing to buy out voters.
Like Dakshina Kannada constituency, aspirants in Bangalore North have also started to influence voters through money power. A businessman, who is said to be leaving no stone unturned to become the candidate, has been spending anywhere between Rs 10,000 and Rs one lakh for a vote, according to sources.
Ever since the date for primaries was announced, the number of ticket aspirants for Bangalore North has grown to 10. Arathi Krishna, daughter of former minister Begane Ramaiah, T Sripad Renu, grandson of former chief minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah, former minister V Muniyappa and former MLA N L Narendra Babu have come forward to contest the primaries. There are already six candidates in the fray, including C Narayanaswamy, B L Shankar and K C Ramamurthy.
In the internal elections, elected representatives and members of the Congress' frontal organisations are the voters. About 650-700 Congress members are eligible to vote on March 13 — the date for polling. March 7 is the last date for filing nomination papers. But given the horsetrading, some senior leaders have already given up their intention to file the nomination papers. Even some senior ministers have sided with the businessman in question, although he has neither been in the Congress for long nor attended any of the party functions or rallies. Some other aspirants are also trying to woo the voters.
Shankar further said that if inducements and lobbying by powerful aspirants swayed the voters, the very purpose of holding the primaries would be "defeated". "Winning the primaries is not important but winning the general elections is," he said.
"The party should ensure that contenders are selected in a transparent manner." He also said that he was in two minds about contesting.


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