I've seen lots of stats of how fast a table tennis ball can travel, but many are quite inaccurate because measurements are done at an angle to measuring sensor, and sensors can't take an instantaneous measurement, so they average over time.
So lets collect sources and theories in their discussion, to see if we can come to some consensus.
In the past, I have done estimates using my cam corder film editor, using actual start and finish of ball. Then used online formula for calculation. The distance was estimated based on the table length.
Did you calculate the speed at several intervals, to come up with a speed vs time curve, to estimate the initial speed?
I can't believe this hasn't been done already many, many times in kinesiology labs all over the world by MSc or PhD students in Physical Education departments at Universities. I've personally heard of two studies involving table tennis at universities, with people known personally to me involved. It wouldn't take much more than a movie or video camera off to the side, shooting against a backdrop marked off with a pattern or grid. I'll betcha Butterfly has lots and lots of video. The only thing would be to find the published literature or theses - there's probably dozens done over the years. The papers will be in scientific journals, not in magazines or other sorts of media for public consumption. Butterfly's stuff probably never gets published.
Here's a quick and dirty example of what you can do - there are lot's of other possibilities our there too.
In this video, I've not showed you my first attempt at measuring the speed. The "line of calibration" was marginally off and it made 2-3mph difference in the serve alone. Not much when you look at one video of two shots but if I was testing 100's of rubbers on different blades, playing different shots, against different degrees of spin that 2-3mph would compromise the results significantly. Accuracy is essential if you want credibility along with consistency / continuity over many days shooting - either that or admit your results are comparative only.
Yes they have and yes there are. Usually doppler radar is used in conjunction with high speed cameras. Just look at how baseball coverage can now track incoming ball speed and spin rates and outgoing ball speed and spin rates seamlessly. Trackman are involved with the baseball. I contacted them over a year ago asking them if their hardware could be used to calculate speed and spin rates for the table tennis - the answer was a flat no. There are different algorithms needed due to different ball sizes, weight etc. They also told me they had no intention of moving in the direction of table tennis at that time (probably not enough money in it for them).
but the results to date highlight how difficult it is to do for table tennis and as far as I know it's not cost effective yet for the ITTF to even consider introducing.
And I've contacted other "golf swing analisis providers" but again, their maths is done for golf not table tennis which limits the use of their products and to be blunt, they hadn't even considered table tennis as a sport the application could be adapted for. Zepp do a tennis app (adaptation of their golf swing analyser - they are who I contacted) but their golf app is more for counting how many backhands and forehands you play and giving an idea of your service action rather than calculating actual spin and speed or angle of contact. I'm also not sure how it would cope with having to analysis multiple shot data from a very quick rally of say 6 shots in just a couple of seconds.
I can see how a doppler radar can work out speed quite accurately, although the return signal must be very weak with such a small plastic ball. I'm not sure how they sense spin though...I would expect the additional speed of the surface, and the fact that the surface is so smooth, would make this return signal extremely weak. Using a ball with a pattern, and a very high speed camera, would seem a more appropriate choice.
The problem with using an averaging method for determining speed, would be that the speed drops off so dramatically at high speed due to the drag. The addition of spin would probably make this even worse. However, adding spin takes away from forward force on the ball, so I think it's quite safe to assume that the fastest ball will be one that's hit flat. So if we can measure the speed at many points during it's trajectory, and we know the relationship between drag force and speed, we should be able to estimate initial speed quite accurately.
While the flat-hit ball will have the fastest initial speed, the fastest USABLE balls in table tennis will be the ones with the most topspin, because they balls have to travel over the net and hit the table. The more topspin you can put on the ball the faster you can hit it and still have it hit the table. This is the basis behind the modern fast loop.
The reason why table tennis balls slow down so much is that they weigh so little, and have little momentum. Drag is proportional to the square of the speed, so increasing the force with which you hit the ball might increase the initial velocity but will not increase the velocity off the ball one foot away from the racket by nearly as much. It's a case of diminishing returns. Eventually you hit the ball hard enough to break it, and that's the limit of the initial speed you'll ever achieve. Don't know if anyone's strong enough to do this, but you could build a machine that can. Wonder what that Kuka robot can do..
I guess now I know how they get those instant ball speed displays in tennis matches... I always suspected it had something to do with radar. Tennis balls are a lot larger than table tennis balls, of course, and have much larger radar cross-sections. You could also even build tennis balls with metallic, radar-reflective layers inside if you needed to. Doppler radar is, of course, how radar guns work (I never really thought about it before).
Re measuring the speed of tennis balls, I remember that at one stage they had some trace amount of metal added to them so that the speed could be measured via the radar doppler method. I suspect that with the advent of Hawkeye that it is now done via camera, given the touted accuracy of Hawkeye with respect to line calls, but I cannot confirm this.
Does this mean that in the absence of camera technology that the celluloid / poly material of the ball may need to be adulterated with the same for radar doppler speed determination?
They had a demo booth at one of the US National Championships with a robot and radar gun. Anyone could try their hand at smashing or looping to see the speed they achieved. Most of those I saw trying were the typical basement players with no technique and borrowed rackets and hitting 40 mph or so. I think the top speeds for that day were in the 50 to 60 mph range by some players with technique. I'm guessing 100 mph might be possible over a short distance with a freakishly fast blade and rubber and a person with a live arm.
Coming from a pressurized situation into a vacuum chamber the ball can travel at supersonic speed.


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UC ANR scientists urge citrus farmers and backyard growers to be vigilant in face of new disease find
The tree in Hacienda Heights with HLB disease.
Now that two additional backyard citrus trees in Southern California were found to be infected with the bacterium that causes Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists are encouraging all citrus owners to monitor for disease symptoms and report trees suspected to be infected with HLB to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) hotline, (800) 491-1899.
This month, a lime tree and a kumquat tree with HLB were identified in residential areas of the San Gabriel Valley. In March 2012, an infected multi-grafted citrus was found in a Hacienda Heights backyard.
"So far, the bacterium that causes HLB has been found infecting only three trees, which have all been destroyed," said Beth Grafton-Cardwell, UC ANR Cooperative Extension citrus entomology specialist. "However, it is highly likely there are other infected trees in California. It will be critical for all Californians to assist with efforts to reduce psyllids and detect and remove infected trees to prevent this disease from devastating California citrus."
Leaf blotches on citrus symptomatic of HLB. (Photo: CDFA)
An early symptom of Huanglongbing disease is yellowing of leaves on an individual limb or one sector of the tree's canopy, according to a UC ANR Integrated Pest Management Program Pest Note. Leaves that turn yellow from HLB will show an asymmetrical pattern of blotchy yellowing or mottling of the leaves. The Pest Note includes color pictures and detailed symptom descriptions.
HLB disease is spread from tree to tree by Asian citrus psyllid, an invasive insect first identified in California in 2008. ACP has become established in many Southern California communities and is seen occasionally in the state's San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast commercial citrus production areas. Locations where ACP are found are quarantined by CDFA. No untreated or unprocessed citrus fruit and no citrus trees may be moved from these areas. UC ANR maintains an online map that delineates the quarantined locations. The map also shows the area quarantined because of the recent HLB find.
Once a tree is infected with the bacterium that causes HLB, there is no cure. To prevent HLB infections, citrus owners in areas where Asian citrus psyllids are found may wish to treat their trees with insecticides.
"We believe about 60 percent of Californians have at least one citrus tree in their yard, so HLB could have a devastating effect on the California residential landscape," Grafton-Cardwell said. "There are safe and effective ways to reduce the ACP population, which reduces the chances of losing a tree to HLB."
Grafton-Cardwell developed a website for farmers and residents with detailed information on managing Asian citrus psyllid. In some urban areas, a natural enemy of ACP, Tamarixia radiata, has been released. In those areas, Grafton-Cardwell recommends the use of "soft" insecticides that will reduce the number of psyllids and allow the Tamarixia to control the rest.
A tamarixia wasp attacks an ACP nymph.
If Tamarixia are not in the area, the website gives information on broad spectrum insecticides to reduce the number of psyllids. The website provides the names of the pesticides, their costs, the duration of control and the effectiveness of the pesticides against ACP.
To help California residents and commercial citrus growers deal with the ACP and HLB citrus threats, UC ANR, UC Davis and UC Riverside scientists are conducting research on a number of possible solutions.
For example, Abhaya Dandekar, professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, and his colleagues are studying gene fusion, which fuses two immunosuppressive genes that attack HLB in different ways to make the plant more effective at fighting the disease.
Mikeal Roose, a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, is working with researchers in Florida to sequence a rootstock that has some natural resistance to HLB and locate the gene or genes that cause HLB resistance.
Mark Hoddle, UC ANR Cooperative Extension biocontrol specialist at UC Riverside, has identified a second natural enemy of ACP from the Punjab, Pakistan. (The first one was Tamarixia radiata.) Populations of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis have also been released in urban areas and Hoddle is monitoring the insect's ability to attack ACP.
Because it is important to remove trees infected with HLB as soon as possible to reduce spread, UC scientists are also studying ways to identify trees with the disease before visual symptoms occur.
For example, Hailing Jin, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at UC Riverside, has identified small RNAs that are induced by the bacterium that causes HLB and could be used for early diagnosis.
Carolyn Slupsky, professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis, has identified metabolites that change in concentration when citrus is infected with the bacterium that causes HLB. She is working with the Citrus Research Board (CRB), CDFA, Texas A&M, and USDA to validate her results and determine how quickly the disease may be detected once the tree has been exposed to the pathogen. She is also part of a USDA collaborative grant to study the vector that transmits the disease to help find ways to stop transmission.
Wenbo Ma, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology Microbiology at UC Riverside, has developed antibodies against proteins secreted by the HLB pathogen – revealing whether the plant is infected. These antibodies have been evaluated in California, Florida and Texas for HLB detection.
An initiative to manage endemic and invasive pests and diseases is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
This story is also available in Spanish.
Author: Jeannette Warnert
Tags: Asian citrus psyllid (7), Carolyn Slupsky (2), Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell (1), Hailing Jin (1), huanglongbing disease (1), Mikeal Roose (1), Wenbo Ma (1)
Nutritionist finds clues to saving citrus from dreaded disease
Author: Diane Nelson, (530) 752-1969, denelson@ucdavis.edu
Carolyn Slupsky
A nutrition expert at UC Davis has discovered important clues to the deadly attack strategy of a puzzling plant pathogen that has destroyed hundreds of thousands acres of citrus across the world. The novel research by Carolyn Slupsky, associate professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Food Science and Technology at UC Davis and the Agricultural Experiment Station, and her team may pave the way for safe, effective ways to treat and prevent the spread of huanglongbing disease of citrus or HLB.
"HLB is not just bad for growers and for the economy," said Slupsky. "The loss of fresh oranges and other citrus could seriously impact our health."
HLB is a disease caused by a microbe called Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, a tiny insect that feeds on the leaves and stems of citrus trees. There is no cure yet for HLB, so once a tree is infected, it will slowly die. The disease has decimated citrus groves in Asia, Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Florida has lost one-third of its citrus to the disease. Both HLB and the Asian citrus psyllid have recently been spotted in California.
HLB is a silent killer – an infected tree can live for years without symptoms, allowing the pathogen to spread undetected to other trees. Symptoms emerge over time, as a tree's fruit starts to turn green and misshapen, with a bitter, metallic taste.
Is there a way to spot HLB before visual symptoms occur? The microbe that causes HLB can sometimes be found in a leaf sample, but since the pathogen isn't evenly distributed throughout the tree, results can be misleading.
"Just because the pathogen doesn't show up in one leaf, that doesn't guarantee the tree isn't infected," said MaryLou Polek, vice president of science and technology for the California Citrus Research Board. "So when you sample a leaf, there's a high probability of a false negative result."
Slupsky and Andrew Breksa, research chemist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service based in Albany, Calif., tried a different tack, searching for clues in a tree's chemical fingerprint. They used nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the amino acid composition of juice from three types of citrus: fruit from healthy tress, symptom-free (asymptomatic) fruit from HLB-positive trees, and fruit with symptoms from HLB-positive trees.
"We found major differences in the chemical fingerprint among healthy, asymptomatic and symptomatic fruits," Slupsky said.
With further research, the profiles may prove to be a reliable, rapid, and early indicator of the presence of the HLB pathogen. With early detection, growers and regulators can know which trees might need to be removed before the disease spreads throughout the orchard (and beyond).
"These findings are huge for citrus growers, backyard gardeners and everyone who loves fresh citrus," Polek said.
And there's more. While analyzing the amino acids, Slupsky and Breksa discovered what looks like a mechanism underlying the microbe's mode of attack.
"The pathogen responsible for HLB seems to cause havoc with a tree's ability to defend itself from infection," Slupsky said.
Trees need amino acids for growth, development and defense. From Slupsky and Breksa's studies, it looks like the HLB pathogen affects the trees' ability to create, use and recycle some of those amino acids. For example, a tree can convert the amino acid phenylalanine into cinnamic acid, a precursor to compounds important to the tree's defense systems. But juice from oranges of HLB-positive trees had significantly higher concentrations of phenylalanine. Also, juice from oranges grown on HLB-infected trees contained a lot less of the amino acid proline, which a tree usually synthesizes when it knows something is wrong.
"It could be that the pathogen is outsmarting the tree by undermining its defenses," Slupsky said. "That's a spectacular discovery, because when we understand the mechanisms behind the attack, we have a chance at blocking them. Maybe we can find ways to enhance a tree's natural immunity."
As tough as HLB has been on citrus in Florida, the stakes are even higher in California where so much of the world's fresh citrus is produced.
"Florida's citrus industry produces mostly orange juice, and they can use additives and filtration to adjust for the bitter taste of HLB-affected fruit," Polek said. "It can be reduced to sugar water, essentially, and then built back up to taste like orange juice. We produce fresh citrus here in California, and chemistry is not an option."
Losing fresh citrus is a real possibility if HLB spreads throughout California, and that prospect is the driving force behind Slupsky's research.
"From a nutritional standpoint, it's hard to beat the importance of fresh citrus," Slupsky said. "Oranges provide energy, pectin, and a wide variety of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. They're one of the most consumed fruits in the United States. I can't imagine life without fresh citrus."
Slupsky and Breksa collaborated with Thomas G. McCollum of the ARS Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida, along with Anne Slisz and Darya Mishchuk of Slupsky's lab. A peer-reviewed article on their findings was published in the Journal of Proteome Research in June 2012. You can access the article at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/pr300350x.
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Neurotrophic Factors Aid Laryngeal Reinnervation: Rat study highlights potential new technique for nerve injury
by Thomas R. Collins • June 1, 2011
BVFP Patients Achieve Bilateral Fold Movements with Selective Laryngeal Reinnervation
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Stacey Halum, MD.
CHICAGO — Neurotrophic factors can be introduced using stem cells and, along with the plant alkaloid vincristine, can be used to selectively reinnervate the larynx in rat models, a researcher from Indiana University said here on April 29 at the Annual Meeting of the Triological Society, held as part of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.
The study, which received the society's Fowler Award, introduces a technique that could help patients with recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, according to the author.
Previous studies have shown that recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is followed by a high rate of spontaneous but abnormal reinnervation (Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2007;116(1):57-65); that vincristine, an alkaloid traditionally used to treat leukemia and some other cancers, can be used to prevent these aberrations (Laryngoscope. 2001;111(5):786-791); and that neurotrophic factor, such as IGF-1, can lead to enhanced reinnervation (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;125:274-279). But this plasmid use is hindered by inefficient and unreliable gene transfers, said Stacey Halum, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. "Our concept was, if we could use stem cells as vectors to deliver neurotrophic factor, we could potentially selectively enhance reinnervation to certain muscles," Dr. Halum said, "whereas we could use vincristine, in Paniello's approach, to prevent antagonistic reinnervation. And this may allow us to selectively restore adductor activity."
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The research group chose to use muscle stem cells, Dr. Halum said, because they could obtain therapeutic quantities with just a small muscle biopsy and for their ease of transduction. Researchers used ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) after finding that 90 percent of cells survived in a muscle stem cell survival assay, compared to 50 percent in a saline group. The researchers then developed a lentivirus to encode the CNTF, finding they could do so with 92 percent efficiency, Dr. Halum said. In a pilot study, they established that vincristine could be used next to stem cells with no adverse effects on the stem cells' reinnervation effects.
Finally, rat models were divided into five groups, with six in each group: a saline control group; a group with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-expressing stem cells injected into the thyroarytenoid (TA) muscle and saline into the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle; CNTF-expressing stem cells into the TA and saline into the PCA; EGFP-expressing stem cells into the TA and vincristine into the PCA; and CNTF-expressing stem cells into the TA and vincristine into the PCA.
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The tests come after a long series of taxi tests that always stopped just short of achieving actual flight, but now that threshold has been crossed, and the engineers seem pleased with the results.
While the enormous craft's flight might be impressive enough on its own, the Stratolaunch will surely be more impressive with its intended cargo. The Stratolaunch is designed to, eventually, carry Orbital ATK's "Pegasus XL" rockets which have previous been launched from a more conventionally-designed aircraft called the "Stargazer." But unlike the Stargazer, which maxes out at a load of a single rocket, the Stratolaunch has set its sights on carrying as many as three at a time, though it will almost certainly start with just one. Further off in the future, rumour has it, Stratolaunch is planning its own rocket design and a reusable spaceplane.
For now, however, Stratolaunch is flying high on this major success, though it comes after the untimely death of one of the company's co-founders, Paul Allen. Odds are it will only get more impressions from here on out.


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3.6.1. Recommendations shall in all cases contain: where the applicant is a private individual, that private individual's name in full (per sub-par. 3.6.2. of the present Terms and Conditions), or, where the applicant is a corporate entity, a full name of that corporate entity (per sub-par. 3.6.3. of the present Terms and Conditions), and that applicant's intent to register a given domain name (with reference thereto). Recommendations are required solely within the open registration period. The model draft recommendations are available on the Registry's official web-site.
3.6.2. Personal identification data include:
name in full, including the family name (surname) and given name, as well as patronymic unless it derives otherwise from the lex personalis or any national custom;
national ID details;
residential address
The identifying document for an individual is the national ID or another appropriate proof of identity.
3.6.3. Corporate identification data include:
corporate name in full, including the form of incorporation, per the charter documents;
the federal registration number (for Russian residents, Primary State Registration Number, OGRN)
individual taxpayer number or, for non-Russian residents, an equivalent thereof ;
corporate address per the charter documents.
For legal entities, the charter documents (the charter and/or certificate of incorporation), the government registration document and/or the tax registration certificate and/or an excerpt from the public register for body corporates are considered the proof of identity.
3.6.4. Contacts include:
postal address;
name in full (according to Section 3.6.2 of the present Terms and Conditions) and/or company name (according to Section 3.6.3 of the present Terms and Conditions) of at least one administrative contact and one technical contact;
postal address for administrative and technical contacts;
phone numbers for administrative and technical contacts;
fax numbers, if applicable, for administrative and technical contacts;
registrant, administrative and technical contacts' email addresses.
3.7. The method, schedule, form and means of providing the identification data and proof of identity are determined by the registrar and posted on his web-site.
3.8. All identification and contact information provided by Customer and/or registrant shall be up-to-date, relevant and complete. The Customer and the registrant are fully responsible for identification information being up-to-date, relevant and complete, as well as for risks of negative consequences from providing the registrar with out-of-date, irrelevant and/or incomplete information.
3.9. Entering into the registration agreement under a pseudonym or another person's name is prohibited.
4. Domain name registration
4.1. The domain name is registered upon the Customer's application, for the term between 1 (one) and 10 (ten) years, in 1 (one) year increments.
4.2. During the open registration period, the Customer is entitled to registration of an infinite number of domain names.
4.3. The Customer fully agrees to the fact that neither the Registry Operator, nor the registrar, nor ICANN, but only the Customer himself shall bear full responsibility for choosing a domain name and for possible infringement of any third party's rights in connection with such a domain name; the Customer shall also bear full responsibility for adverse effects and losses in connection with the registration of the domain name selected by the Customer.
4.4. During the open registration period, except for the premium registration period, applications for the domain names registration shall be processed on the first-come, first-served basis basing on the time of their receipt by the Registry Operator.
4.5. During the open registration period, except for the premium registration period, the domain name shall be registered according to the first application that meets all the conditions below, while the application that does not meet at least one of the conditions below shall be rejected, and the reason for the rejection shall be specified:
(a) The domain name is available at the moment of processing of an application by the Registry Operator, which means that:
the Registry does not contain information about such a domain name (the domain name is available for registration), and
the domain name has not been entered in the list of reserved domain names according to the .TATAR Domain Name Reservation Policy;
(b) The domain name complies with the following technical requirements:
does not contain symbols other than letters of the Latin alphabet (a-z), Arabic digits (0-9) and hyphen (domain names are not case-sensitive), and
consists of no less than 3 (three) symbols, and contains the number of symbols not exceeding 63 when translated into Punycode, and
starts and ends with a digit or letter;
does not contain hyphens in the third and fourth positions (e.g. ab--cde.tatar);
(c) All information required for the domain name registration has been submitted;
(d) The description of the purpose of the domain name registration (no more than 150 symbols including spaces) has been submitted and it complies with the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD.
4.6. Registration of domain names which inflict any damage upon third parties shall not be allowed.
4.7. Registration of domain names, that contradict (including, but not limited to, the below) that contain words or phrases contrary to moral standards and morale, as well as obscene words, anti-humanistic calls that offend people or religious sentiments, etc., is strictly prohibited.
4.8. The Registry Operator and any registrar reserve the right to decline any domain name registration application where (i) the description of the purpose of the domain name registration is missing in the application, or the purpose provided is inconsistent with the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD; and/or (ii) the domain name is inconsistent with the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD.
4.9. The Registry Operator reserves the right to conduct, at any moment of time and without any notice to registrant and/or registrar, checks of the registered domain names for compliance with the present Terms and Conditions, and Appendixes hereto and to check, in particular, the following: the usage of the domain name; compliance of the name-part of the domain name or the domain name itself with the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD; accuracy of the registrant's identification information, etc. After each check, the Registry Operator reserves the right to apply measures and sanctions provided for in the .TATAR Domain Anti-Abuse Policy.
5. Operations with domain name
5.1. Domain name delegation. In order for the domain name to be delegated and included into the .TATAR zone file, the registrant is required to provide no less than two DNS servers for the domain name to be delegated; such DNS servers shall have sustainable connectivity and operate on a 24/7 basis.
The delegation can be revoked in the instances including, but not limited to:
An absence of information of at least two DNS servers, or where those DNS servers are out of operation;
where the domain name registration period has expired;
on the registrant's request ;
according to a ruling, or verdict, or determination, or any binding act by a competent public court or by a Dispute Resolution Services Provider's order;
according to a duly performed resolution of the head (or his/her deputy, or any public official holding the same powers) of a law enforcement agency;
where the registrant breaches the present Terms and Conditions, Appendixes hereto and/or ICANN policies, cancellation of the delegation is applicable thereto (e.g. in accordance with the .TATAR Domain Anti-Abuse Policy).
The Registry Operator, the registrar and/or ICANN shall not bear any responsibility for any damage or loss to the registrant or any third parties caused by the cancelled domain name delegation for the aforementioned reasons.
5.2. Renewal. The registrant may renew the domain name registration an unlimited number of times according to the terms and conditions specified in the registration agreement, in 1 (one) year increments. The renewal period, together with the ongoing and not yet expired registration period cannot constitute more than 10 (ten) years.
5.3. Domain name transfer. The registrant shall be able to transfer the domain name to another registrant or registrar. Terms, conditions and procedures of the domain name transfer are defined by registrars in compliance with the present Terms and Conditions, Appendixes hereto and ICANN Policies.
5.4. Registration data update. Where the identification information and/or contact information has been changed, the registrant is bound to notify the sponsoring registrar thereof. Where the identification information has been changed, the registrant shall provide documents in witness thereto.
5.5. Domain name registration cancellation. The domain name registration is subject to cancellation without any refund in the cases, including, but not limited to:
where the registrant breaches the present Terms and Conditions, Appendixes hereto and/or ICANN policies, cancellation of the delegation is applicable thereto (e.g. in compliance with the .TATAR Domain Anti-Abuse Policy).
where being a private individual, recalls his/her consent to personal data processing.
The Registry Operator, the registrar and/or ICANN shall not bear any responsibility for any damage or loss to the registrant or any third parties caused by cancellation of the domain name registration for the aforementioned reasons.
6. Terms of the domain name usage
6.1. The domain name usage shall not contravene the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD.
6.2. The Registry Operator has the right to exercise control and conduct checks with regard to registrants' compliance with the conditions of, and restrictions to, the domain names usage set forth in the present Terms and Conditions and Appendixes hereto.
The procedure of exercise of control and conduct of checks, the Registry Operator's rights upon detection of violation and/or abuse, as well as measures to prevent an undesired or inappropriate domain name usage abuse and sanctions therefor are set forth in the Anti-abuse policy in .TATAR gTLD,
6.3. The Registry Operator reserves the right to modify the existing restrictions of domain name usage and to introduce new ones. Such limitations are applicable to all domain names, even where the latter had been registered before such changes or limitations came into effect.
6.4. The registrant is permitted to register third-level domain names in the second-level domain name registered in his/her name, as well as define terms and conditions of registration and usage of such third-level domains, provided that the aforementioned terms and conditions are compliant with the Mission and values of .TATAR gTLD.
6.5. The registrant fully understands and agrees that neither the Registry Operator, nor the registrar, nor ICANN, but the Customer himself is unconditionally responsible for using the domain name and all third-level domain names therein, as well as for the risk of adverse consequences of such a usage.
7. Lock on operations with domain names under opening of judicial proceeding
7.1. The Registry Operator can impose a pretrial lock on a change of the registrar, transfer or deletion of a domain name solely on the basis of a written application of the holder of exclusive rights to the trademark (service mark) which contains sufficient information about that domain name and that trademark and to which in witness of thereof all the required documents that prove the claimant's rights to the trademark (service mark) have been produced and solely with regard to such a domain name which infringes on the exclusive right to the trademark (service mark).
The pre-trial lock is set for 15 (fifteen) calendar days upon receipt of such a written application.
Where the holder of exclusive rights to the trademark (service mark) has failed to initiate the judicial proceeding regarding that domain name, upon his repeated claim the Registry Operator reserves the right to deny setting a lock without assigning a reason therefor.
7.2. Following institution of legal proceedings, The Registry Operator may establish an injunction on the change of a domain name registrar, its transfer or deletion upon application of the holder of exclusive rights to the trademark (service mark) that contains sufficient information about the domain name and the trademark (service mark) with regard to which a judicial proceedings have been opened and to which an evidence of the opening of judicial proceedings (e.g. determination of the court of law on acceptance of the Statement of Claim and setting litigation). .
Such an injunction due to the opening of legal proceedings is set for 90 (ninety) calendar days upon the date of receipt of the written application from the holder of exclusive rights to the trademark.
Where during the lock validity period the holder of exclusive rights to the trademark (service mark) has failed to obtain an act on injunctive remedies which lock a registrar change, the domain name transfer and/or cancellation, upon his repeated claim the Registry Operator reserves the right to deny setting a lock for the second time without assigning a reason therefor.
7.3. The Registry Operator establishes injunctive remedies upon written application by any entity that has produced an original of a notarized copy of a respective judicial act thereon and/or an original or a notarized copy of a court order
The injunctive remedies are established for the duration of validity of the judicial act and solely with regard to those operations which were specified therein.
7.4. Requirements as to the format, content and means of submission of written application to establish a lock on operations with the domain names and documents attached thereto are posted on the Registry Operator's website.
8.1. The present Terms and Conditions and Appendixes hereto are executed and approved by the Registry Operator in Russian.
Any entity, including the Registry Operator, may translate the present Terms and Conditions and any Appendix hereto to any other language; however, such translations may not be deemed as the official text and thus may not invoke any responsibility other than those stipulated in the Russian-language version of the present Terms and Conditions and Appendixes hereto.
8.2. The present Terms and Conditions may be updated, amended, supplemented, revised or approved in a new wording, etc. at any time according by the Registry Operator's decision. The Registry Operator also reserves the right to develop and introduce at any time a new Appendix to the present Terms and Conditions which will constitute an integral part thereto..
Any Appendix to the present Terms and Conditions may be changed, amended, revised, supplemented or cancelled at any time by the Registry Operator's decision (unless no other procedures of modification, amendment, updating, cancellation, etc. have not otherwise been established by the Appendix and/or in the ICANN Policies).
8.3. The Registry Operator is obligated to notify registrars via email of any change, amendment, update or a new wording of the present Terms and Conditions, and/or Appendixes hereto, or introduction into effect of a new Appendix no later than 20 (twenty) calendar days prior to the effective date for such changes, amendments, updates a new version, or introduction into effect of a new Appendix.
8.4. The registrar is obligated to notify its Customers of any change, amendment or new version of the present Terms and Conditions, and/or Appendixes hereto no later than 10 (ten) calendar days the effective date for such changes, amendments, updates a new version, or commencement of a new Appendix.
8.5. The present Terms and Conditions and all the Appendixes hereto cover all the registrants, registrars and all the domain names, even if the latter had been registered before such changes, amendments, supplements and/or a new wording of the present Terms and Conditions, and/or Appendixes hereto took effect.
8.6. Where any provision of the present Terms and Conditions, or any Appendixes hereto, is considered (in full or in part), illegal or otherwise impossible to be performed, all the other clauses remain fully effective.
© 2014–2023, "The Coordination Center of Regional Domain of Tatarstan Republic", LLC. All rights reserved.


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package org.traccar.api;

import org.traccar.helper.DateUtil;

import javax.ws.rs.ext.ParamConverter;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.ParamConverterProvider;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateParameterConverterProvider implements ParamConverterProvider {

    public static class DateParameterConverter implements ParamConverter<Date> {

        @Override
        public Date fromString(String value) {
            return value != null ? DateUtil.parseDate(value) : null;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString(Date value) {
            return value != null ? DateUtil.formatDate(value) : null;
        }

    }

    @Override
    public <T> ParamConverter<T> getConverter(Class<T> rawType, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations) {
        if (Date.class.equals(rawType)) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            ParamConverter<T> paramConverter = (ParamConverter<T>) new DateParameterConverter();
            return paramConverter;
        }
        return null;
    }

}

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Between the ages of about six months and three years, you watched as your child got all of his primary teeth. Starting around the age of five or six, you get to enjoy the process all over again, as those teeth fall out and the permanent set erupts. Although it only took a few years for your child to get his primary teeth, it can take a decade or more until the final permanent tooth comes in. To help, you can use a permanent teeth chart to keep track of which adult teeth come in and when. When a child's teeth start growing can vary, but they generally erupt in the same order for everyone.
A permanent teeth chart can help you and your child keep track of his progress while having a bit of fun. Print out copies of the chart, published in detail by the American Dental Association (ADA) Mouth Healthy site, and fill in each tooth in a different color as it comes in. Make a game out of the chart by printing several copies and letting your child number each tooth in the order he predicts it'll appear. If your child guesses correctly, reward him with a meal out or a trip to the movies!
One of the biggest differences between primary and permanent teeth is quantity. People tend to have only 20 baby teeth, but can have up to 32 permanent teeth. The latter set consists of four types: incisors, canines, premolars and molars. The incisors – located in the front of the mouth, nicknamed the "front teeth" – typically come in first. The permanent central incisor in the lower jaw is the first to appear, around age six or seven.
The next teeth to appear are usually the first molars. These typically appear by age six or seven as well, and are fittingly called the "six-year molars," according to the Center for Pediatric Dentistry. Two are on the bottom row of teeth and two are on the top. They may be considered "extra" teeth because they aren't replacing a primary tooth.
After the first set of permanent molars appear, your child will most likely lose the front, central incisor in the upper jaw, and eventually see a new tooth come in at that spot. Next to erupt are the incisors right next to the central teeth, called the lateral incisors, usually by age nine.
Many children then get their pointy canine teeth, next to the lateral incisors, on the bottom row. This is followed by their first premolar – or bicuspid – two spaces in front of their six-year molars on both the top and bottom. After the premolars, the canine teeth on the top row erupt, as do the second premolars. By age 13, the 12-year molars have usually erupted on the top and bottom rows on both sides, at the back of the mouth.
Not everyone keeps all 32 permanent teeth. The last four teeth, also called the wisdom teeth, according to the ADA, usually don't appear until people are in their late teens or early 20s. Some people never get them, and many have to have them removed before they erupt if there isn't enough space in the mouth. Your child's dentist will keep a close eye on the progression of this last set of molars, and let you know whether or not it's a good idea to have them removed.
With proper dental care, your kids' permanent teeth will last for the rest of their lives. Encouraging great dental habits, such as brushing twice a day, using a toothpaste such as Colgate® Fresh 'N Protect, and flossing daily, reduces their risk of tooth decay. Similarly, dental treatments such as sealants and fluoride gels can further strengthen the teeth and protect against decay.
Having the permanent teeth come in a is major milestone in your child's life. Monitoring them with a teeth chart gives you something to remember it by.


Welcome to by far the most important page on this website!
Here you will be able to read the writing that viewers of the site have submitted. Click on the drop-down tabs underneath the "Writing" link to browse writing by genre. Inspired to send in your own writing? Check out the Contact and Submit page to learn how!
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Sverige

Jämtland
Grubbtjärnen (Offerdals socken, Jämtland), sjö i Krokoms kommun,  (3,3 ha)
Grubbtjärnen (Frostvikens socken, Jämtland, 715587-143349), sjö i Strömsunds kommun,  (5,48 ha)
Grubbtjärnen (Frostvikens socken, Jämtland, 716889-140315), sjö i Strömsunds kommun,

Ångermanland
Grubbtjärnen (Bjurholms socken, Ångermanland), sjö i Bjurholms kommun,  (13,5 ha)
Grubbtjärnen, Ångermanland, sjö i Örnsköldsviks kommun,

Västerbotten
Grubbtjärnen, Västerbotten, sjö i Skellefteå kommun,  (4,54 ha)

Norrbotten
Grubbtjärnen, Norrbotten, sjö i Bodens kommun,

Lappland
Grubbtjärnen (Arvidsjaurs socken, Lappland), sjö i Arvidsjaurs kommun,  (4,61 ha)
Grubbtjärnarna, sjö i Arvidsjaurs kommun,
Grubbtjärnen (Jokkmokks socken, Lappland), sjö i Jokkmokks kommun,
Grubbtjärnen (Lycksele socken, Lappland), sjö i Lycksele kommun,  (13,1 ha)
Grubbtjärnen (Malå socken, Lappland), sjö i Malå kommun,
Grubbtjärnen (Sorsele socken, Lappland, 729395-155481), sjö i Sorsele kommun,  (8,11 ha)
Grubbtjärnen (Sorsele socken, Lappland, 729881-155830), sjö i Sorsele kommun,
Grubbtjärnen (Stensele socken, Lappland), sjö i Storumans kommun,
Grubbtjärnen (Tärna socken, Lappland), sjö i Storumans kommun,  (31,6 ha)
Grubbtjärnen (Vilhelmina socken, Lappland), sjö i Vilhelmina kommun,

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Q: How to trigger a JavaScript function only when the user scrolls the page I need to add positon: fixed to .box only if the user scrolls the page.
The important point here is that the element with the class .box get generated only after the user scrolls the page.
This is what I came up with:
window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
const myDiv = document.querySelector('.box')
if (myDiv) {
    if (myDiv.style.position !== 'fixed') {
        myDiv.style.position = 'fixed'
    }
}
})

The problem with my code is that the scroll event is now going to fire a million events all the time and kill performance.
What would be the right way to achieve the above without firing scroll event again and again.

A: After the box has been inserted into the DOM, you can query the box and add the fixed position style to it.
If you're doing this often then here is a more general function that will (given a selector, e.g. .box) wait for an element to be inserted into the DOM:
function waitForElement(selector) {
  let element = null;
  let handled = false;
  let nextFrame;
  return (callback) => {
    function tick() {
      element = document.querySelector(selector);
      if (element === null) {
        nextFrame = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
      }
      if (element !== null && !handled) {
        handled = true;
        callback(element);
      }
    }
    cancelAnimationFrame(nextFrame);
    requestAnimationFrame(tick);
  };
}

Usage:
const waitForBox = waitForElement(".box");

waitForBox((box) => {
  box.style.position = "fixed";
});

Demo:

// Demo section, ignore this
const plane = document.querySelector(".plane");
const box = document.createElement("div");
box.className = "box";
box.style.width = "100px";
box.style.height = "100px";
box.style.background = "crimson";

function waitForElement(selector) {
  let element = null;
  let handled = false;
  let nextFrame;
  return (callback) => {
    function tick() {
      element = document.querySelector(selector);
      if (element === null) {
        nextFrame = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
      }
      if (element !== null && !handled) {
        handled = true;
        callback(element);
      }
    }
    cancelAnimationFrame(nextFrame);
    requestAnimationFrame(tick);
  };
}

// A function to call inside scroll callback that will
// wait for the .box element to be found in the DOM
const waitForBox = waitForElement(".box");

let boxAppended = false;
document.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
  // Appending the box to the DOM, ignore this
  if (!boxAppended) {
    boxAppended = true;
    plane.appendChild(box);
  }

  // Callback will be fired once when the .box
  // element is found in the DOM
  waitForBox((box) => {
    box.style.position = "fixed";
  });
});
body {
  padding: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  overflow: auto;
}

.plane {
  height: 200vh;
}

A: You can for example use requestAnimationFrame() or setTimeout() to prevent the scroll event from firing too many times.
Here is an example of how to do this with requestAnimationFrame() from the Mozilla scroll event documentation:
let lastKnownScrollPosition = 0;
let ticking = false;

function doSomething(scrollPos) {
  // Do something with the scroll position
}

document.addEventListener('scroll', function(e) {
  lastKnownScrollPosition = window.scrollY;

  if (!ticking) {
    window.requestAnimationFrame(function() {
      doSomething(lastKnownScrollPosition);
      ticking = false;
    });

    ticking = true;
  }
});

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In Rapid City SD, the citizens place scarves, hats and gloves on the downtown presidential statues for the less fortunate. The custom warms the spirits of all, and I was inspired to paint the sentiment. I placed a scarf on the Lincoln statue as "charity" was central to one of his greatest speeches.


For the first time, a German travel company offered a tour to the Silver of the North Expedition Center located in the Yagodinsky Forest near Togliatti. The Center is the largest professional kennel of sled dogs in the Volga region, and is widely known both in Russia and abroad.
The Center Silver of the North provides tourist services and events since 2013. Among the most exciting events are the first sled dog races in the Samara region, and sports dog-trekking marathon (Volga Dog Trekking), and one of four Russian dog sledding races for long distances, with fans from Russia, Europe and North America (Volga Quest, 2014-2017).
Supporting by the Government of the Samara Region and the Administration of the city of Togliatti the Center Silver of the North oganized a special tour for foreign tourists.


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Joe Roth's 1959 Chevrolet
From Kustomrama
Joe's Impala as it appeared in 1962, after Cudahy Auto Body of Milwaukee had restyled it for him. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Joe's mother bought the Impala brand new in 1959. After being involved in a front end collision, Joe took over the car and had it customized. Up front, it received canted quad headlights and a bumperless design that incorporated a rolled pan. The air intakes in the hood were welded shut before the hood was shaved and received rounded corners. A new grille opening was fabricated and fit with a custom grille that was dressed up with 1959 Edsel dash knobs. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
The rear end was shaved for chrome and fit with a rolled pan. New sunken taillights were constructed, and a profile that matched the shape of the deck lid was grafted onto the area between the taillights. The taillight lenses were two 1956 Packard lenses butted together on each side. The deck lid received two scoops before a sunken antenna was grafted onto the passenger side rear quarter panel.Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
A photo of Joe with the Impala at the 1962 Rod O Rama show in Milwaukee. Joe came second in the "Mild Custom" class at the show, and he is holding the trophy in this photo. The big trophy is the "Most Popular Car" trophy that Jim won at the same show.. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Photo by Bob Dzemske, courtesy of Marcus Edell.
A newspaper clipping from the 1962 Rod O Rama showing the awards Joe won at the show. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
The pinstriped version of the Impala at an indoor car show in Milwaukee in 1963. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
"Wild One" was pinstriped on the right rear quarter panel on the pinstriped version of the Impala. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
The old custom as it sat when Marcus Edell bought it from Alan Morrison in September of 2015.
When Marcus bought the Impala, the interior was basically untouched since 1962. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
A close-up shot of the grille. The knobs are 1959 Edsel dash knobs. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Joe's old Impala as it sat in October of 2015, after Marcus had gotten it back on the road again. Photo courtesy of Jeff Spence.
Photo courtesy of Jeff Spence.
Marcus' Impala at Kustoms by Spence in November of 2015. Photo courtesy of Jeff Spence.
The rear pans on the Impala were damaged by a local tow truck driver, so Marcus brought the car to Jeff Spence at Kustoms by Spence in Willits, California to have them repaired. This photo was taken in January of 2016. Photo courtesy of Jeff Spence.
While repairing the rear pans, Jeff also filled the holes for the spotlights that Alan had installed on the car, and resprayed the front fenders. Photo courtesy of Jeff Spence.
The Impala fresh out of the paint booth January 21, 2016. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
The freshly painted rear end as it sat January 23, 2016. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
The restored version of the Impala made its debut at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Photo by www.customikes.com.
Marcus' Impala at the 2016 Sacramento Autorama. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
Another photo from the 2016 Sacramento Autorama. Photo courtesy of Marcus Edell.
1959 Chevrolet Impala owned by Joe Roth of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Joe's mother bought the Impala brand new in 1959. The car was originally black with a factory 348 engine and a 3-speed manual transmission. After being involved in a front end collision, Joe took over the car and had it customized. In 1960 he brought it to Cudahy Auto Body in Milwaukee, where the car received canted quad headlights and a bumperless design that incorporated rolled pans front and back. The air intakes in the hood were welded shut before the hood was shaved and received rounded corners. A new grille opening was fabricated and fit with a custom grille that was dressed up with 1959 Edsel dash knobs. The chrome trim on top of the fenders were shaved along with the door handles for a cleaner appearance. In addition to the rolled pans, the rear end was shaved for chrome. New sunken taillights were built, and a profile that matched the shape of the deck lid was grafted onto the area between the taillights. The taillight lenses were two 1956 Packard lenses butted together on each side. The deck lid received two scoops before a sunken antenna was grafted onto the passenger side rear quarter panel. Inside, the car was upholstered in Candy Cane tuck and roll by Karl Kasper of Kasper Auto Trim. Under the hood, Joe ran a 6x2 intake manifold. The build was completed in 1961. Joe showed it at a few indoor car shows in Wisconsin and Illinois between 1962 and 1964. In 1962 it came second in the "Mild Custom" class at the Rod O Rama show in Milwaukee. At the same show it also won the "Most Popular Car" award. By 1963 the car had received pinstriping, and the name "Little One" was pinstriped on the rear quarter panel.[1]
Alan Morrison
Joe sold the car in the mid 1960s, before moving to Florida. Alan Morrison of Milwaukee found the car sitting in a wrecking yard around 1968/1969. Alan was 11 years old at the time, and he had his mom purchase the car for him. The car was looking pretty bad when Alan bought it. The engine was missing, the paint was bad and wheels and tires were gone. The interior was still intact, but needed a couple of repairs. Over the next couple of decades Alan brought the car back to life. In the 1980s it was repainted with a two stage paint job. When Alan painted the car, he added another sunken antenna in the passenger side rear quarter panel. In 1996 it went into storage. It stayed in storage for the next 19 years. In September of 2015 Alan sold the old custom to Satan's Angels member Marcus Edell of Castro Valley, California.[1]
Marcus Edell
After buying the car, Marcus decided to bring it back to how it appeared in 1962. He began by doing some mechanical repair, getting the car back on the road again. New wheels and tires were bought and installed. Just like Joe, Marcus installed cheater slicks in the rear. Unfortunately the rear pans on the Impala were damaged by a local tow truck driver, so Marcus brought the car to Jeff Spence at Kustoms by Spence in Willits, California to have them repaired. Jeff repaired the rear pans and resprayed the quarter panels from the doors back. He also filled the holes for the spotlights that Alan had installed on the car, and resprayed the front fenders. New clear coat was then applied on the whole car. During the restoration, some of the interior also needed to be replaced and cleaned up. Marcus also installed an Impala steering wheel and a new shifter. January 29, 2016 the restored version of Joe's old custom was debuted at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. Marcus sold the car shortly after the show.[1]
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For years we've known that a good weight, a good diet and exercise can help men and women keep their hearts healthy. But cancer? That seemed to be a disease over which we had little control.
Now, emerging science is telling us that weight, diet and exercise play a crucial role in protecting us against cancer, too. Indeed, there are lifestyle changes we have the power to make that will improve our odds against this disease, researchers say.
Eat the right foods to reduce your cancer risk.
"We know that we can prevent about a third of all cancers if people would maintain a healthy weight, eat a plant-based diet and be physically active," says Alice Bender, a registered dietitian with the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
If you don't smoke, controlling your weight is the most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of cancer. More than 100,000 cases of cancer a year could be prevented in the United States if people maintained a healthy weight, the AICR estimates.
"Dozens and dozens of studies show that people who are overweight or obese have higher rates of many different cancers," says Walter Willett, M.D., head of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. "It's not just one study or two," he says. There is "a massive amount of evidence."
One groundbreaking study by the National Institutes of Health — following more than half a million AARP volunteers age 50 and older beginning in 1995 — has looked at how diet influences health, especially connections between diet and cancer. Albert Hollenbeck, senior research adviser for AARP, helped coordinate the study's volunteers. He says the long-running NIH-AARP study has given us the strongest evidence to date of links between diet and cancer in older Americans.
In the study, people who ate plenty of vegetables, beans, fruits, nuts, whole grains, olive oil and fish — and less red meat, processed meat and butter — had fewer cases of cancer and heart disease, says Rashmi Sinha, deputy chief of the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch at the National Cancer Institute.
The NIH-AARP study has yielded dozens of important scientific papers. Looking at large groups of people for years, the researchers found associations between the foods the participants ate and their health. In August, for example, they reported that women who drank more than three cups of coffee a day were 35 percent less likely to be diagnosed with endometrial cancer. While the apparent link between coffee and this cancer is intriguing, until scientists understand how coffee works on this disease, they won't have absolute proof of its protection. But what we do have are strong indications that some foods can affect our cancer risk.
The bulk of evidence — from the NIH-AARP study and many others — links red meat to an increased cancer risk, especially colon cancer. And pork is not "the other white meat." It counts as red meat, along with lamb.
Sinha says that components of the meat itself seem to be related to cancer. The trigger may be the carcinogens formed when meat is pan-fried or cooked over an open flame — especially when it's charred.
The cancer risk also could be tied to the naturally high iron content of red meat. Moreover, high concentration of nitrites — added to processed meats as a preservative — may also explain why hot dogs, luncheon meats and bacon are linked to cancer.
To lower your risk, the AICR's Bender recommends no more than 18 ounces of cooked red meat a week — for example, a hamburger, a small steak and two pork chops. She suggests garbanzo and kidney beans, as well as dried peas such as lentils, for healthy, inexpensive sources of protein.
For cancer prevention, Bender recommends that you fill two-thirds of your plate with "plant-based" foods — vegetables, beans, whole grains and nuts — and no more than a third with animal-based foods such as chicken, seafood, lean beef or low-fat dairy products.
Briefly precooking meat (including beef, pork, fish or chicken) either in the microwave or by parboiling before grilling reduces cancer-causing compounds — it limits the time meat is exposed to high heat on the grill, says Bender. Don't worry about grilling vegetables — carcinogens are not formed when veggies are exposed to high heat.
Although cancer prevention groups recommend a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, some researchers contend we've oversold their protective qualities.
"This isn't to say that there's absolutely no benefit to fruits and vegetables for cancer risk, but if there is some benefit, it's pretty small and probably limited to specific cancers," says Willett, the Harvard nutrition expert. Bender says the large study Willett refers to examined whether all fruits and vegetables prevented all cancers and found only a small benefit. However, she says, each cancer has different causes and pathways. "Lumping everything together dilutes the message we have about vegetables and fruits."
Willett agrees that there's good evidence for the benefits of a few nutrients in fruits and veggies, such as lycopene — found in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, cabbage and beets. It seems to help protect against prostate cancer, he says. Cooked tomatoes, such as in tomato sauce, and small amounts of fat improve lycopene absorption and enhance the benefit.
The AICR also recommends crunchy "cruciferous" vegetables, such as broccoli and cabbage, which are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to protect against several cancers; fruits to protect against mouth, neck, lung and stomach cancers; and red-orange fruits and vegetables — cantaloupe, sweet potatoes — for protection against mouth cancers.
While researchers debate the overall benefits of fruits and veggies, there is mounting evidence that a diet rich in fiber from whole grains helps protect against cancer. Yikyung Park, a National Cancer Institute researcher working with the NIH-AARP study, reported on the benefits in a 2011 paper.
"Men and women who consumed the highest amount of dietary fiber were less likely to die from any cause," Park says. That research also found a link between fiber and a reduced risk of cancer death in men. And Park says fiber from whole grains was more protective than fiber from fruits and vegetables.
Foods, experts stress, are the best way to get most nutrients. Studies have found that high levels of vitamins in pill form can sometimes increase cancer risk rather than reduce it. For example, while beta-carotene — found in carrots and sweet potatoes — is thought to help protect against cancer, two studies unexpectedly linked high doses of beta-carotene supplements given to smokers to an increased risk of lung cancer. Another study found high doses of vitamin E supplements actually increased the risk of prostate cancer.
"Our bottom line message on supplements is that there's not enough evidence that they reduce cancer risk," says Colleen Doyle, director of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society.
Coffee appears to lower the risk of endometrial cancer. And when researchers looked at the coffee habits of those in the NIH-AARP study, they found that men and women who drank four or more cups a day had a lower risk of colon cancer compared with non-coffee drinkers. Sinha, of the National Cancer Institute, theorizes that coffee — both regular and decaf — may help protect against colon cancer because it reduces "transit times." The less time food waste spends in the colon, the lower the risk of colon cancer. But the answer is likely more complex, she says: "There are about 1,000 compounds in coffee … We have only begun to skim the surface with these compounds."
When it comes to alcohol, "any level of alcohol increases risk for breast cancer," says Bender.
But high alcohol consumption also increases the risk of several other cancers for both women and men, including colon and liver cancers.
The American Cancer Society recommends that people who drink alcohol limit themselves to no more than two drinks a day for men, one drink a day for women.
Finally, remember to look at the big picture and consider your total diet. The easiest way to do this is to think colors. Your plate of food should have a rainbow of them — deep-coral baked salmon with a mix of dark green lettuces studded with ruby-red cranberries and a scoop of orange mashed sweet potatoes. The more colors, the more nutrients.
AARP has distilled the findings of the NIH-AARP study into a new diet book by John Whyte, M.D. AARP New American Diet is designed to help Americans age 50 and older lose weight and keep it off — with foods that also help reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes.


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Wish list: Guide to Extraterrestrials 2
Filed to: AliensFiled to: Aliens
Wayne Barlowe
In 1979 illustrator and concept artist extraordinaire Wayne Barlowe produced the Hugo-nominated Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials. Within its pages he illustrated fifty alien species from the works of Niven, Asimov, van Vogt, and others.
If Wayne Barlowe were to produce art for a second Guide, which aliens (from written science fiction) would you like to see included?
Here are the aliens I'd like to see him tackle, in no particular order:
1) The Dwellers (of Nasqueron and other gas giants) of Iain M. Banks' The Algebraist.
Dwellers are flatened barbell-shaped floaters found in most gas giants across the galaxy. They live for millions of years and hunt their children for sport.
2) The orthogonal aliens of Greg Egan's Orthogonal series.
These aliens have four eyes – two in the front, two in the rear – and can reshape themselves at will, extruding six or more limbs from their doughy torsos, ossifying their fingers to razor sharp edges, and raising symbols and drawings on their skin.
3) Behemothaurs of Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward.
Continent-sized metaorganisms/ecologies, floating in ballons slowly orbiting the galaxy.
4) Just about any of the non-human species of Brian Aldiss' Hothouse.
Technically they aren't aliens, but these Earth species have evolved over jillions of years in our future. In particular: the traversers (giant vegetable spiders that live on the moon), or Sodal Ye's species (evolved from dolphins, to reclaim the surface of the world).
5) The Tosok of Robert J. Sawyer's Illegal Alien.
They're bipedal like us, and have two arms, but that's where the similarities end: their legs attach at the shoulders, and their arms are front and back.
Include the name and author of the book or series that hosts the alien(s) you'd like to see drawn. Bonus points if you include a desciption of the alien.
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