3 The Evolution of Our Guts: Where Did The Carnivore Diet Come From?
Many pieces about the carnivore diet start with a declaration by the author that they are no doctor or scientist. In our case that's irrelevant, because both agree that there is no conclusive cure for IBS or IBD, such as Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, and pancolitis. This website is about discovering safe alternative methods to reduce symptoms when standard methods are so ineffective or problematic that even professionals admit there are no answers. The carnivore diet may not be any better than any other diet, whether that diet includes no meat, some meat, or all meat. There are no answers or assertions here, only suggestions and observations in search of a healing solution in the face of lifelong or life threatening pain.
Modern society has always been obsessed with fad workouts and diets. The ketogenic and paleolithic diets have recently become two of the trendiest, and many who suffer with IBS or IBD have found some solace with them. Recently many dieters and professionals have put them together to obtain the advantages of both. What research and experience has found, however, is that combining the two can provide even more benefits, particularly to those with Crohn's and ulcerative colitis. This diet focuses on animals and animal byproducts and is formally called the paleolithic ketogenic diet, when adhered to strictly it's also called the zero carb diet, or, more colorfully, The Carnivore Diet.
The Evolution of Our Guts: Where Did The Carnivore Diet Come From?
About 250 million years before we became concerned in removing gluten, carbs, meat, animal byproducts, pork, shellfish, fat, lactose, processed foods, peanuts, anything that our ancestors ostensibly didn't eat, and fried food from our diets, the Earth went through the Permian–Triassic extinction event, which began the dying off of our ancestors at the time, the carnivorous therapsids.
Regisaurus, an extinct Genus of small carnivorous therocephalian (a type of Therapsid).
The first mammals appeared a little later, 225 million years BP (before present). And we, Australopithecus at the time, separated from the chimpanzee somewhere between twelve and five, but probably around six or seven, million years before the invention of the deep fryer.
What we consider human first showed up with Homo habilis between 2.1 and 1.5 million years BP. H. habilis is the first to be associated with proper carved stone tools, although they had been around in some form for a million years or so, give or take a few 100,000. Homo habilis begat Homo erectus, who famously created fire and later cooking. They in turn begat Homo heidelbergensis, who may have invented clothing. Homo sapiens – that's us – first showed up about 100 to 300,000 years BP and learned to speak.
It's hard to say when talking about evolution where exactly to mark when we had the best diet or the most influential moment of evolution for our modern guts. We're unsure exactly when our ancestors ate meat, but we do know that chimpanzees, our closest living relatives which are 94-99% genetically identical to us, are eager hunters, in contrast to earlier observations (a group of chimpanzees can consume up to a ton of meat annually given the chance).1 How much meat we ate in the course of our evolution, how we acquired it, and how frequently we ate it are all interesting questions open to conjecture and debate among scientists.
Our gut microbes have been shown to shift rapidly after certain events, such as the invention of tools, major shifts in our eating patterns, like settled agriculture, or a change in climate, and our guts have proven to be remarkably flexible and adaptable to what was available or practical at the time. In the modern day, we just eat whatever is trendy like jello salads2 or fondue3 If you have IBS or an IBD, you should probably stay away from glitter coffee anyway.
As the Paleo diet points out, all of these trends, including wheat, are recent. Until 10,000 BP, around the time we started farming, we had been in an ice age for 2.6 million years. Access to plants dropped drastically while research has shown that animal density was quite high. The amount of meat in our diet skyrocketed while the earth was engulfed in cold and we began to use tools to hunt. It is very possible, maybe probable, that our guts adjusted to being more carnivore than omnivore or herbivore from eating mostly meat in the cold for nearly all of the most recent two-point-six million years.
About 25,000 years ago the ancestors of the Native Americans, or First Nations if your flag's a maple, crossed the Bering strait on a land bridge called Beringia. While braving the coldest part of an already freezing planet they were forced to develop a diet of utility that still remained 25,000 years later when the Europeans arrived.4 They were largely carnivorous and famously stressed the consumption of the entire animal. It was a diet high in fat and organs5, and is most directly represented in modern day by the Inuit, who have some summer vegetation but rarely touch it, save the occasional bit for seasoning. Although they do sometimes consume large amounts of berries, in a seasonal way similar to how we sometimes consume large amounts of pumpkin spice.
Weston A. Price, dentist extraordinaire, performed quite a bit of fieldwork in the 1920's and 30's for his book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," during which he interviewed Romig and wrote the quote above. His most interesting observations were, likewise, about the Native American diet.6 He claimed that he had even witnessed Native Americans contract influenza and survive by returning to their homes to follow their traditional lifestyle and consume traditional foods.
There have been more recent studies, several in the last ten years. A 1972 study on Point Hope, Alaska found that average total caloric content was 3,000 kcal per person. 50% of those calories were fat, 30-35% were from protein, and 15-20% were carbohydrates, but those carbs were mostly from glycogen (animal starch) in meat. Glucose was largely limited to tea or coffee sweetener, something that did not exist in their traditional diet.
The results of this research found that heart disease among residents of Point Hope was ten times lower than the US average. The levels of fat in their bloodstream were measured as 85 mg/dl, down from an average of 100 mg/dl. This was from a diet that consumed 50% fat. They were found to rapidly gain weight and cholesterol while moving towards a more western diet.
There has also been recent research on the Masai of East Africa, where only one male had a heart attack out of the 600 that were studied. They had a diet of 66% pure animal fat, that's 300 grams of fat and 600mg of cholesterol every day. For reference, Americans are advised to keep cholesterol under 300mg, 20-35% of calories.
Other total or near-total meat-eating cultures include the Eurasian Steppe Nomads, the Gauchos of Brazil, Russian Arctic Chukchi, and the Sioux of South Dakota.
Paleomedicina has been researching Carnivore since long before it was cool.
Over 20 years ago, Robert Atkins put forward the Atkins diet, in the family of diet known as low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) (LCHF). Doctors and scientists were naturally skeptical of something that was generally described by their community as something that will kill you.
Even though many medical professionals practiced it themselves, they were wary to prescribe. The research wasn't there and the perceived risk was too great. At that time, we really knew very little about the diet or how our bodies digested and absorbed what they needed. Today, physicians readily prescribe a low carb diet to their patients as a temporary diet or a lifestyle change, having observed or experienced the sustained effects themselves. Many IBD sufferers have gone on and off of it with success, not only with pronounced weight loss, but relief from IBS.
Here's the thing. Despite a mountain of success stories, research, and acceptance from the medical community, in the nearly 50 years (since 1972) of its existence, what we call the Atkins diet has never been fully confirmed by science, particularly in the long-term. For weight loss, The Lancet questioned its central claim, that burning fat offers a metabolic advantage over burning carbohydrates, concluding that the weight loss was a result of a reduction in caloric intake due to to the monotony of the diet.7 Weight loss, however, is incidental to our aims.
As for mortality, if a patient on Atkins dies tomorrow or at 90 we will never know if their diet was the cause.
Another LCHF diet, specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) has been in use since the 1950's and because of that, has extensively more evidence on its results for those with Crohn's and UC.
The carnivore diet is a combination of the ketogenic and paleolithic diets and shares a lot of their characteristics and benefits, but works in many different ways. It also shares similarities and overlaps with the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) and low FODMAP (Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides and Polyols) diet which have been well researched for their relief of IBS and IBD. Eating meat alone actually overlaps with quite a few diets, but those are the most relevant and familiar to those of us with IBS and IBD.
FODMAP works by limiting high FODMAP foods that would otherwise be difficult for some of us to digest until they are fermented by the gut bacteria at the end of the intestines that produce hydrogen and lead to gas, bloating, cramps, general pain, constipation, and many psychological issues such as anxiety and depression. It's useful because it can isolate and discover particular foods that may be causing problems. As with many gut issues, different foods are offenders for different people. The removal of all potentially FODMAP producing foods is the most restrictive, but then they can be reintegrated slowly so that each individual can discover their own personal demons.
Carnivore is a much more serious reduction, and it's suggested you start by removing everything but meat. Then slowly add things like dairy, coffee, and perhaps alcohol. In some schools of carnivore thought you can even experiment with adding limited vegetables.
Carnivore has the most in common with keto, and shares a similar goal of reaching ketosis in order to switch from a carb-based metabolism to a fat-based metabolism. There has also been research that the state of ketosis causes enhanced mental clarity and focus8. It shares with paleo the prevention and cure for problems caused by carbohydrates and additives. When the two are combined as carnivore, there are even more interesting changes to our bodies, as well as our IBS and IBD.
Paleomedicina suggests that, while the paleolithic diet removes excessive carbohydrates and additives and the ketogenic diet puts the body into ketosis, neither address the very thing that truly makes the paleolithic ketogenic diet unique and why it has massive application if you have an IBD or IBS: intestinal permeability.
Our intestines are meant to be permeable. Intercellular tight junctions are supposed to allow nutrients to be absorbed while keeping antigens out. Today, those junctions are generally open too wide, enough that disease is able to stay within our body rather than being forced out as intended.
Increased intestinal permeability leads to more disease and more harmful diseases, and those are a big problem, but of more concern to IBS, UC and pancolitis. The body responds to the invaders by triggering the immune system and increasing inflammation. As we keep seeing on Guthack, it's generally agreed that IBD could be caused by a genetic predisposition to unusual immune responses while reacting to certain bacteria.
That alteration leads to inflammation. For those visitors who might not be familiar with IBD, the I stands for inflammatory.
Although the link is not clear, increased intestinal permeability is also known to be a cause of Crohn's, UC, IBS, and pancolitis. For the rest of you, increased intestinal permeability is also linked to diabetes, arthritis, fatty liver, joint diseases, obesity, liver problems, allergies, schizophrenia, and even cancer.
The Paleomedicina Clinic offers extensive resources on the subject, but beware, the site is only partially in English and does not always play well with Google translate.
Nutrition is often a personal discovery, while there is an abundance of work about how nutrition should affect humanity as a whole, ultimately, each of our bodies work differently of our genetics, environment, lifestyle, upbringing, health history, and a biochemistry that identifies us all as uniquely as a fingerprint. Those of us who suffer from diseases such as IBS, Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, or pancolitis have our own factors that make us different. In an absence of greater research, we can feel better trying it on our own to see how it applies to our own personal biology. Luckily, Sean Baker, one of the most notorious proponents of going carnivore, is working on just that and we hope to do the same for IBD and IBS, or anyone who wants to share their experience.
If you're on prescription drugs, have a doctor monitor your situation. Particularly with blood pressure, your body will be going through changes and that may make your prescription put you at dangerous levels.
If you have some sort of problem that precludes it, you have trouble adhering to things strictly, or staunchly object to consumption of animals and animal products, a perfectly valid objection, this diet is not for you.
We find many diets seem to be complete opposites in appearance, but ultimately what is important is to match essential nutrients, not foods. If we know what we are eating and how that affects our bodies we don't have to look for diversity in the food we consume. We only have to meet the body's requirements.
Another great thing about eating carnivore is that you don't have to worry if you don't want to micromanage. There is no fake broccoli, mushroom, or soy product made entirely of meat. When you invest yourself in being carnivorous, you only eat one thing: meat. You can learn new techniques, cuts, sources, and seasonings as you go along, essentially picking up a new hobby.
Even if it isn't for you, the Carnivore diet is safe to try and many Crohn's and UC patients are experiencing full remission of problems that were considered permanent conditions. One of the most famous testimonies on the internet, Crohn's Carnivore, reported that after six years of the diet, and three years since his last colonoscopy, his doctor found him to be indistinguishable from someone without Crohn's.
The Carnivore diet is one of the most promising, safe, and surprisingly simple methods to relieve Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis, and Pancolitis. Eat meat. Eat when hungry. Eat until pain-free.
There's a fantastic visualization of these early human migration patterns at the Bradshaw Foundation. Requires Flash and doesn't work on mobile, so here's a link to a video version.
There is a fascinating and much debated piece on the topic, Guts and Grease: The Diet of Native Americans.
Detailed writeup previoulsy linked above.
The first sentence "The Carnivore Diet is a member of the Low Fat High Carb (LFHC) diet family…" should be LOW CARB, HIGH FAT (LCHF), no?
Interesting article otherwise. I've been almost completely free from IBS, chronic muscle pain/fibromyalgia, arthritis pain for almost 2 years and have lost over 90lbs by following a ketogenic diet, but I'm looking into carnivore as a next step in gut healing. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the comment and great catch. It should be "low-carb, high-fat (LCHF)" – correct in the article itself. If you do start the diet, we'd love to hear how it goes vs. keto.


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HHSAA Countdown: Hawaii High School Boys Track & Field Top 50 Times/Marks of the 2012 Outdoor Season Bob Martin May 6, 2012
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Hawaii High School Girls Track and Field Top 20 Times/Marks of 2011 Outdoor Season Bob Martin Mar 29, 2011
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Colorado University (Boulder, CO) recruit and Island School (Lihue, Kauai, HI) SR Pierce Murphy records HI#1 All-Time 8:52.41 3000 Meter Run at 2011 KIF Track and Field Qualifying Meet #1 at Vidinha Stadium, Lihue, Kauai 2/24/2011
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import com.ycsoft.beans.prod.PProdTariffCounty;
import com.ycsoft.daos.abstracts.BaseEntityDao;
import com.ycsoft.daos.core.JDBCException;
import com.ycsoft.sysmanager.dto.tree.TreeDto;

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by Kevin Thorson (cmaddict.com) on 2011-06-16 16:06:43
Popular rock group Falling Up is back with their new album "Your Sparkling Death Cometh". While not much of a fan of their last album, this album musically picks up where they left off, but with one difference, it's way better.
Ten tracks that pretty much take you all over without straying too far. I love the more catchy lyrics and "singable" melodies of this album compared with their last.
Track one, "Circadian" comes at you slowly then hits hard with opening guitar and orchestra pieces. I love how the end of the song fades away as it began right into the next track.
"Wonder" is a really good track with a great chorus. The subtle guitar elements along with the commanding drums are excellent, in fact many of the songs on this album can be put in that category like the next track "Blue Ghost" which has a really beautiful ending.
"Diamnds" one of the tracks that Falling Up released early is one of my favorites. "Diamnds" and "The Light Beam Rider" both have loads of presence and have me repeating those first on my playlist.
The slower track 6 "Oceans" has a great pace to it. Some slight synths can be heard along with great guitar rhythms. Another really good track.
Songs "Mscron" and "Vates" are just so-so. The first led with heavier guitar and the second with piano. Still solid songs. Be sure not to skip ahead though because there's some great musical gems hidden throughout like towards the end of "Forms & Shapes".
"Slow Waves" is an amazing ending track. As it builds up it starts to sound like it's coming from a movie. This is one awesome track.
The more I absorb this album the more I enjoy it. There's a lot to it musically including almost movie-ready soundtracks. Really superb. "Your Sparkling Death Cometh" is one of the best from Falling Up's already stellar line of releases. Falling Up fans won't be let down.
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1. Circadian
2. The Wonder
3. Blue Ghost
4. Diamnds
5. The Light Beam Rider
6. Oceans
7. Mscron
8. Vates
9. Forms And Shapes
10. Slow Waves
More reviews by Kevin Thorson
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Suddenly (or The Nuclear Sunburst of the Truth Revealed)
Young Oceans
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(Mar 28, 2014) In an event that gathered the main regional authorities, Angel Cabrera, president of Chilean port company Empresa Portuaria Iquique (EPI) -Iquique's port authority-, and Alfredo Leiton, general manager, launched the terminal 1 tender process officially.
The regional governmental representative, Luz Ebensperger, was also present, along with other local authorities, such as the mayor of Iquique, Jorge Soria, the regional ministry secretary of transport and telecommunications Carlos Navarrete, the main chiefs of services linked to port operations –SAG, Customs and PDI- and representatives of operating companies.
"We are very excited about this process that we have just begun. This is a great challenge and we are confident that it will be a successful venture. We have worked a lot these past four years to project this port into the future and we know that this tender will contribute to the development of the entire region," said Angel Cabrera, president of EPI.
The tender, which will have its first open call on Sunday March 9, has the goal to attract a new concessionaire to operate Port Iquique, adding to the services offer in the region and providing new work opportunities.
"Port Iquique has characteristics that make it unique. Aside from being in a natural island, that allows continuous growth within the port facility, we have managed to transform into the point of entry and exit of the cargo that comes from the Andean macro-region, an area that gathers South America's main producers with the Asia Pacific markets," Alfredo Leiton explained, general manager of the port administrator.
Also, the international tender of the Port Iquique terminal considers important expansion works, such as the construction of a third berthing facility or the amplification of the current one, projects that require investments between 350 and 120 million dollars, respectively, and will allow Port Iquique to serve the upcoming generation of NewPanamax vessels, able to transport up to 12,000 TEUs.
Iquique is located in Tarapaca's region, in the north of Chile, some 1,800 kilometers from capital Santiago. Iquique is known by the mining projects that operate in the area and for its proximity to the inland countries of South America such as Bolivia and Paraguay that choose this port to export goods like soy, meat and minerals. Also, Iquique has one of the largest commercial free trade zones of the south of the continent, Zofri.


Scenario-based planning allows planners to assess combinations of factors that can assess future travel, which can better prepare communities for the influx of transportation technologies.
A new HNTB Corporation white paper discusses how transportation planners can prepare for the future impacts of connected and automated vehicles, citing the importance of scenario-based planning. The white paper, "How will emerging mobility technologies steer future planning?" is authored by Jim Barbaresso, HNTB intelligent transportation systems practice leader, and Greg Krueger, PE, program director for emerging technologies in transportation.
To see more HNTB intelligent transportation systems thought leadership and media content, visit the firm's Connected and Automated Vehicles media kit.
HNTB has been or is currently involved in numerous high-profile ITS projects, including the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority's Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot, Florida Turnpike Enterprise's SunTrax ITS research facility, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's Traffic Management Center, among others.


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Q: Matrix Multiplication (Same dimension) How do you multiply two of the same matrix with same dimension like example below? Do I need to transverse the second matrix or dot product?
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A: It is strictly speaking not defined.
The definition of matrix multiplication of two matrices $AB$ requires $A$ is of size $m$ by $p$ and $B$ is of size $p$ by $n$ and the produce is of size $m$ by $n$.
In some programming language such as Python, it might be defined as the dot product when you deal with $2$ vectors.

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I don't want to be the #1 Realtor in the Fort Wayne Real Estate market! You are probably asking yourself, "Did I read that right? Was that a typo?". Trust me, you read it correctly. It is true. I don't strive to be the Fort Wayne Realtor who brags about listing 100+ homes each year (to probably sell 30 or 40 of them). That's not my business plan. My business plan is to sell each and every home that I list, and to sell a home to each and every buyer that I work with.
The way I look at things, a person can't be everything to everyone. If I had too many listing at one time(more than 20 at one time would be too many in my mind), I couldn't offer each of my clients the same great service that they deserve, and have come to expect from me. I, also, could not work with 20 buyers at the same time and be able to offer each of them the same great service, or even enough availability to service their best interests.
Don't be mistaken on one thing: Not wanting to be the #1 Realtor in the Fort Wayne Real Estate Market does not mean that I am not competitive or aggressive. As a former HS wrestler and HS wresting coach, being aggressive and competitive is right up my alley! I will aggressively market your home to see that it gets the most listing exposure that it possibly can. My competitiveness will come out in negotiations on the sale of your home, or in negotiations over the purchase of your new home. No Fort Wayne Realtor fights harder for his clients than I do!
If you are looking for a mega-team of agents to work with, then I am not your Fort Wayne Realtor. But if you are looking for an experienced Fort Wayne Realtor, who will put your needs first, and be there for you when you need assistance, then you've come to the right place!
I invite you to give me a call, or send me an email, so that we can discuss your current Fort Wayne Real Estate needs. It will be a no pressure conversation. We might even determine at the end of that conversation that it's not a good time for you to buy or sell, and if that is the case, then that is just fine. It won't mean that I still won't be there for you when you have questions between now and when the time is right for you. While I am not looking to be the #1 Realtor in the Fort Wayne Real Estate market, I am looking to be #1 with my clients!


Are you trying to start a software apprenticeship program at your company? Do you struggle with onboarding new technical talent? Do you want your senior developers more involved with junior talent? Did you ask yourself, "what's a software apprenticeship? or are you considering becoming a software apprentice but don't know where to begin?


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A ski suit is a suit made to be worn over the rest of the clothes when skiing or snowboarding. A ski suit made for more casual winter wear outdoors may also be called a snowsuit [ˈsnoʊˌsut] and are often used by children as everyday outerwear in the winter season. Some suits are specifically made for snowboarders but most are used by either skiers or snowboarders regardless of the style.

Design
A ski suit can either be one-piece, in the form of a jumpsuit, or two-piece, in the form of a ski jacket and matching trousers, called salopettes or ski pants. A ski suit is made from wind- and water-resistant or waterproof fabric, and has a non-removable liner made of nylon, silk, cotton or taffeta. Its main function is to keep a person warm while participating in winter sports, especially Nordic (cross-country) or Alpine (down-hill) skiing. It is generally a unisex garment. A ski suit is meant to be worn with a base layer, which consists of long johns and a warm shirt, usually designed for skiing. Ski suits are often made of Gore-Tex or similar materials. They are often in the form of a shell suit, to which the skier adds more or less warm underwear depending on the weather. Pockets are usually made to be waterproof, so items put in them can stay dry.

One-piece ski suits
A one-piece ski suit is sometimes called a "freedom suit". It covers the whole torso, arms and legs. They usually have one or sometimes two zippers down the front of the suit, sometimes additionally closed by a flap with velcro or buttons, and often have a belt at the waist. Sometimes, the suit has built-in suspenders on the inside for added support.

One-piece ski suits are often just made as a shell layer, with the skier adding warm underwear of own choice adapted to the current weather situation. Other suits may be padded for warmth, but when intended for skiing they are still not as insulated as a snowmobile suit. A new style of soft-shell ski suit has become popular in the 2000s. Considered a smarter and more stylish option, with more stretch, warmth and comfort than hardshell fabrics offer whilst maintaining a high level of water resistance, wind resistance and breathability, these new suits are insulated with a fleece backing, avoiding the bulk of down filled snow suits, but still allowing room for layering. They also tend to be more affordable than hardshell GORE-TEX® suits.

The first one-piece ski suit is said to have been designed by Italian Olympic skier and fashion designer Emilio Pucci in the late 1940s.

Ski jacket
A ski jacket covers the arms and torso, sometimes just to the waist while other times reaching down over the buttocks. It can be a separate item or part of a two-piece ski suit together with matching ski pants.

From the introduction of ski jackets in the middle to late 1950s through the early 1980s, the dominant style was for a ski jacket to resemble a safari jacket in having a similar belt and shirt-like collar. A similar jacket, especially one with a hood, may also be called a parka, anorak, down jacket or winter shell.

Ski pants
Ski pants, also called salopettes, when part of a two-piece ski suit, are usually made in the same fabric and color as the corresponding ski jacket. It is sometimes in the form of bib-and-brace and the jacket is worn over it.

Race suits

Often referred to as race suits or speed suits, these are the suits worn by professional and junior racers at competitions to improve their speed. They are mostly made as one-piece suits. Made mostly of Polyurethane (85-90%) and Polyester (15-10%), these suits can reduce wind resistance by as much as fifty percent. Since wind resistance accounts for ninety five percent of the force stopping skiers from going faster, wearing one of these suits can potentially give you nearly double the speed. They are very tight and form hugging and can take a while to adapt to the body. Olympic athletes can reach over 160 km/h in a race suit, while even a junior racer may struggle to get past 80 km/h without one. Suit costs range from $210 for a beginners suit to $1,200 for the suits generally worn by Olympic athletes.

Ski suits of this kind are not unisex garments due to the need to be skin tight and must be sized properly to be effective. Most athletes wear a base layer beneath their suit, but some may wear only the suit on race days, as the base layer will decrease the efficiency of the suit slightly.

Snowsuit events
In North America, there are many charity networks providing less fortunate children with snowsuits for the winter.

Ski suits and snow suits are a natural part of some sporting events. There are also some events which emphasize the use of the snowsuit as such. At the annual winter outdoor music festival Igloofest in Montreal in Canada, there is a contest for wearers of one-piece suits.

See also

Sportswear (activewear)

References

External links

Coats (clothing)
Environmental suits
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%$!# The Pain: Latest Research On The Benefit Of Foul Language
Swearing can help you better tolerate physical pain, provided you don't do much of it in your ordinary daily life.
That conclusion comes from a British research team reporting its latest findings on the analgesic benefit of cussing in The Journal of Pain, the official publication of the American Pain Society.
Back in 2009, Dr. Richard Stephens of the psychology school at Keele University in England experimented with volunteers whose hands were submerged in ice-cold water. He found that those who swore aloud could tolerate the painful discomfort longer than those who spoke "neutral" words.
Now with Claudia Umland he has repeated and refined that research. This time they had 71 volunteers, ranging in age from 18 to 46, fill out questionnaires on how frequently they swear in everyday life before being put through the icy-water test.
Results: Nearly 75% of participants were able to keep their hands in the water longer if they repeated a swear word. However, people who do not swear much during a typical day (not at all or "just a few times") were able to endure the water challenge for twice as long when they repeated swear words than when they shouted out neutral words. Yet those who swear frequently (up to 60 times) every day "derived no greater benefit from swearing" during the test.
"The higher was the daily swearing frequency, the less was the benefit for pain tolerance when swearing," the researchers report. "Our hypothesis is that by swearing, the speaker experiences an emotional response due to breaking a taboo, and the emotional response is sufficient to set off…an adrenaline surge…and increased pain tolerance…. Swearing seems to activate deeper parts of the brain more associated with emotions" than normal speech.
But habitual cursing tends to blunt and neutralize the pain-easing effect. Frequent swearers simply don't feel the same emotional response from cussing. "If you swear too often in everyday situations, the power of swearing won't be there when you really need it," Stephens explains. For infrequent cursers, however, "swearing can be an effective and readily available short-term pain reliever if you are in a situation where there is no access to medical care or painkillers."
Stephens and Umland offer no "recommended daily swearing allowance" and say it "remains unclear" whether certain swear words are more effective pain-relievers than others. "We are just scratching the surface" about the effects of swearing, Stephens says.
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NEH Announces $30.9 Million for 188 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 14, 2020) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $30.9 million in grants to support 188 humanities projects in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
We congratulate the following projects in Middle East studies:
Mona Damluji [Awards for Faculty] University of California, Santa Barbara
Outright $60,000
Project Title: A History of Oil, Culture, and Infrastructure in Iraq
Project Description: Research and writing leading to a book on the relationship between the oil industry and cinema culture in Iraq between 1920 and 1958.
Amir Moosavi [Awards for Faculty] Rutgers University, Newark
Outright: $60,000
Project Title: Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War in Arabic and Persian Literatures
Project Description: Research and writing leading to a book on Arabic and Persian literature written in response to the Iran-Iraq War, from 1980 to 2018.
Michela Andreatta [Fellowships] University of Rochester
Project Title: An Edition and Translation of Toffeh 'Arukh (Hell Arrayed) by Moses Zacuto
Project Description: Research and writing the first English translation-edition of the 17th-century Hebrew poem Tofteh 'Arukh (Hell Arrayed) by rabbi-scholar Moses Zacuto (1620–1697).
Leor Halevi [Fellowships] Vanderbilt University
Project Title: Everyday Salafism in an Entangled World: The Saudi Spirit of Global Exchange in the Age of Bin Baz
Project Description: Research and writing a book on the effects of economic pressures on religious principles, specifically how Salafist Islam has adapted to economic growth and globalization.
Nora Barakat [Fellowships] New York University Abu Dhabi
Project Title: Capitalism, Islamic Law and the Ottoman Legacy from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, 1870–1970
Project Description: Research and writing leading to a book on the development of credit and mortgage markets in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries.
St. John's University, Collegeville, MN [Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (P&A)]
Outright: $1,208,474 Match: $200,000
Project Director: Columba Stewart
Project Title: Developing Resources for Description of Manuscripts from Understudied Christian and Islamic Traditions
Project Description: The creation and enhancement of descriptive metadata for over 53,000 digitized manuscripts from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, along with work to expand recognized cataloging authorities for personal names, titles, and geographic locations in order to build out the international scholarly infrastructure for research on the history and culture of the Christian and Islamic world from the medieval period to the modern era.
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR [Scholarly Editions and Translations Grant]
Outright: $132, 266
Project Director: David Hollenberg, University of Oregon
Project Co-Director: Mushegh Asatryan, University of Calgary
Project Title: Recovering Early Nusayri Shiism: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manhaj al-'ilm (The Method of Knowledge)
Project Desciption: The grant is for a critical edition and translation of Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Ismat al-Dawla's (d. ca. 450/1058) Manhaj al-'ilm wa l-bayan wanuzhat al-sama' wal-'iyan (The Method of Knowledge and Clarification and the Pleasure of Auditing and Witnessing). The Nusayri doctrinal source, once thought lost, survives in a nineteenth-century manuscript copied in Latakia, and held by the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library. The 418 page treatise transmits the legacy of over a century of thought and communal memory. When published, the Manhaj will be the longest and most substantial source available for early Nusayri history and thought.


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RA can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms are similar to those of other conditions. The only way to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis is through testing, including blood tests and X-rays, plus a physical history. Talk with your doctor about symptoms that concern you.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease of the joints and organs, in which the immune system attacks the body's tissues by mistake. There are two types of RA. Type 1 is generally less severe and lasts only a few months. Type 2 is a chronic illness, which can last for years or a lifetime. Symptoms come and go, sometimes disappearing for extended periods before returning.
More than 2 million American adults have RA. The condition can affect anyone, but women are 3 times more likely to develop the disease. Onset is typically between ages 25 and 50, but children and young adults can also be affected.
When the disease is active, patients first report joint stiffness, which typically decreases during the day, only to return the next morning. Other symptoms include pain, swelling, fatigue, loss of appetite, feeling feverish and inflammation of bodily organs. Lumps under the skin known as rheumatoid nodules may also develop.
RA usually affects both sides of the body in the same way. The small joints of the hands, wrists, feet and knees are especially vulnerable.
Although the cause of RA is not known, a variety of factors are believed to contribute. These include infection, the environment, heredity and hormones.
Bones meet at the joints and each joint is surrounded by a protective joint capsule lined with a covering known as the synovium. The joint capsule is filled with lubricating synovial fluid, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the cartilage that covers and protects the ends of bones.
With RA, the immune system attacks the synovium. The tissue responds by becoming inflamed, causing the synovium to thicken and swell and eventually form a destructive tissue called pannus. In turn, pannus harms the joint's cartilage and bone. Over time, this process can result in the breakdown of joints and deformity.
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In his 1891 address before the Yale Philosophical Club William James pondered the origins of our "moral perceptions" and concluded that some are likely "brain-born" and that their violation elicits an autonomic sense of revulsion in us. He uses as an illustration the scheme above in which one "certain lost soul" is forced to suffer so that, somehow, the rest of humanity might live lives of unimagined happiness.
Of course the notion of the scapegoat, traditionally one punished to purchase the redemption of a community of believers, was not new with James. The scapegoat ritual described in Leviticus has been our prototype for centuries, but the practice of animal and human sacrifice in any one of a number of ancient cultures could serve just as well as an example. What James has done in his taut rendition is to both universalize the scapegoat bargain and simultaneously magnify its moral dimension. The benefits are not restricted to the members of a particular religious group, but extend to all mankind. And the price paid by the victim is not a quick and certain death but a life of unending torture.
James was not the first modern writer to confront the essential moral questions raised by the scapegoat bargain. In his novel, The Brothers Karamazov, published 10 years before James's Yale address, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores a similar arrangement in a passage concerning the parable of the Grand Inquisitor.
Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature ... and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears, would you consent to be the architect on those conditions?
Although these ancient and contemporary conceptions of the scapegoat bargain differ in many respects, they are similar in that they are all metaphysical in nature. In other words, there is no physical mechanism that connects the suffering of the selected victim with the benefits others derive. In the Old Testament the connection is presumed to originate as part of the covenant between God and his chosen people. In Karamazov it emerges, by fiat, from the very "fabric of human destiny".
Nonetheless, the question could be posed: Might it be possible to reformulate this metaphysical arrangement in plausibly realistic terms? With his science fiction film, Moon, writer-director Duncan Jones has done just this.
The utopia of the near-future world that Jones imagines in Moon is, unlike its 19th-century forerunners, not one predicated on the possibility of human moral perfectibility. Instead it is founded concretely upon the availability of an inexhaustible source of clean energy, an isotope of the element helium, He3, which is used to fuel thermonuclear reactors across the face of the globe. In Moon, limitless, inexpensive, carbon-free electrical power has, it appears, eliminated the contention for resources that has historically been the root of human conflict and, in turn, ushered in a golden age of plenty, for rich and poor nations alike.
Troubling moral complications arise in this brave new energy-rich world because, it turns out, precious He3 must be scraped from the surface of the far-side of the Moon - James's "far-off edge of things" - by means of a vast mining operation which, in spite of advances in technology, is not entirely automated. This exquisitely engineered, thoroughly computerized He3 factory has one flaw, and that flaw is that it requires the services of a single human being to keep the extraction bulldozers running smoothly and thus insure an uninterrupted flow of utopia-sustaining fuel to planet Earth, a quarter of a million miles away.
For Moon this lone individual - James's "certain lost soul" - is astronaut Sam Bell, who, when he is introduced to us, is desperate to soon conclude his 3-year tour of duty on this lonely lunar outpost. At first glance Sam, dispirited and disheveled, strikes us more like a beaten-down refugee than a right-stuff-bearing spaceman. Separation from his wife and young daughter, not to mention utter isolation from other members of his species has taken an enormous emotional toll on Sam. We pause to wonder how any "modern" corporation could be so morally bankrupt as to contract for the kind of labor that would result, inevitably, in such severe psychological decline. Little do we know that the crimes inflicted by his employer on Sam - and, shall we say, others very much like him - are far worse than we even dare to imagine.
As the startling moral transgressions that underlie the scapegoat bargain in Moon are revealed, we come to appreciate how masterfully Jones and screenwriter Nathan Parker have taken the metaphysical problem outlined by James and Dostoyevsky and created a convincingly naturalist realization. Not only does Moon succeed in its own right - as a character study and as a suspense-thriller - it also succeeds as an exemplary work of science fiction in that it grabs hold of a profound, but abstract, philosophical question and recasts it as a flesh-and-blood human tale, brought to life by plausible speculation that ventures just beyond the limits defined by our current scientific capabilities.
* See this blog post, The Scapegoat in Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William James?, by Horace Jeffery Hodges for an insightful discussion of the treatments by these three authors.
I sure had a thought arise whilst reading this: The thought of animals used in laboratories for medical (or even cosmetic) testing; the thought of animals leading lives of great suffering for the benefit of the food industry. Eating the tortured flesh of these poor souls brings lots of pleasure to many (most) humans who don't even give it a second thought.
Or do non-human sentient beings not count?
I agree entirely: non-human sentient beings count! They are tortured and killed gratuitously for our minor pleasures, as you said, without most of us giving them a second thought - or a first thought, for that matter.
Thanks for sharing your insight. It serves to even further universalize the concept of the scapegoat bargain and show how readily we shelter ourselves from the suffering of others.
The irony is that one can pose such a tale as a moral dilemma. We each make such decisions in an immoral manner dozens of time a day without any qualms. But there is such a cascade of circuitous links and chance outcomes between our each action and the "distant" consequence that we can take comfort in never knowing the specific outcome of each choice.
Consider: would you allocate $500k to save a single suffering child who you know...or would you allocate it to build a blood bank, which you statistically knew would save 5 children over the next 5 years...none of whom you would ever be able to identify.
In Moon, does the astronaut volunteer for the job? In the movie is sounds like his bosses were deceiving him but what if they were not and the choice was totally up to the astronaut. This seems like it would be an even more vexing moral dilemma, both for the astronaut and those who benefit from his sacrifice.
Without answering your question in detail - so as not to spoil the movie - the astronaut in Moon, Sam Bell, is the victim of a rather remarkable deception.
I agree, the difference between willing and unwilling sacrifice is an important one. Scapegoats have no choice with regard to their suffering. Martyrs (for lack of a better word) offer their suffering willingly.
In this taxonomy, Jesus would be considered a martyr, but not a scapegoat.
The fact that benefit might be derived from either type of sacrifice is morally troubling, but I'm not sure that one is *obviously* more vexing than the other.
Many believers, far from being outraged by Jesus' sacrifice, not only accept it, but, indeed, celebrate it. Others find such martyrdom repugnant. Christopher Hitchens ("God is Not Great") writes about what he feels to be the benighted notion that anyone, even willingly, could take responsibility for the sins of others.
Suffice it to say, for this essay, my aim was to admire how good science fiction could create a plausible realization of the metaphysical scapegoat bargain, and not so much compare it with similar moral conundrums.
I found your essay very insightful. Though, I wonder to what degree the director was aware his story fit the scapegoat archetype. In other words, did he start with this plot construct and then shape the story around it, or did it come about by accident (or perhaps it was ``in the air'', subconscious)? Having looked at some interviews with the director on the internet (few of which asked probing questions about the plot -- most questions concerned technical details like special effects), I would think perhaps the latter is closer to the truth.
There is a really great quote I came across once by Mark Twain, which unfortunately I couldn't track down, and which is relevant here. Roughly, the quote is about Twain's surprise upon reading a literary critic write about a story of his, in which the critic discusses all sorts of hidden meanings and influences, none of which Twain said he was aware of.
Although I do research when I write these things, I try to not to venture too far in the direction of finding confirmation for the central ideas that I hope to call my own. It's the best I can do to maintain an intellectual "cleanroom" of sorts and not worry so much about borrowing from others unintentionally.
Immediately upon finishing, though, I tried to track down an address for Mr. Jones and, failing in that, I wrote an email to one of his production companies, Liberty Films, sharing my gratitude for his movie, as well as a link to my blog post about it, and asking them to kindly pass them along to the director. I haven't heard a word back from Liberty Films or from Duncan.
Now it doesn't surprise me in the least that the press coverage of Moon and the interviews with Mr. Jones don't discuss scapegoat bargains and such. I suspect that references to William James and to The Brothers Karamazov are high on this list of things for directors not to mention when on tour promoting newly-released science-fiction movies.
Yet I agree with you, the chances are at best modest that Jones had the moral question of the scapegoat explicitly in mind when he wrote Moon. What is more likely, as you suggested, is that it was a widely available motif which he chose to exploit, without knowledge of its history or literary antecedents.
That said, the formal similarity between the premise of the movie and the William James quote that opens my essay is uncanny, or at least I find it so. Likewise with the moral conundrum posed in Karamazov.
Suffice it to say that Jones with Moon has concocted a scenario in which the existence a globe-spanning utopia is predicated on the unending torture of one isolated and unsung human being, and that he has done so without recourse to metaphysical causation, but using a plausibly realistic explanation.
Even though Duncan Jones might not have intended his movie to be a non-metaphysical realization of the scapegoat bargain, that is, in fact, what it is. I'd like to see whether he would argue with that claim.
As always, thanks for your comments and ongoing encouragement.
actually, this movie made me think immediately of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the endless tours of duty that service men and women have been asked to do in the name of 'energy security'. it's not a hypothetical situation, it is a reality. in order to maintain our current standard of living, people must suffer on the other side of the world. perhaps even more so, military personnel often perceive themselves, like Sam, as just doing a job in order to support their family and protect their country - perhaps without fully grasping the layers of political intrigue which place them in mortal danger for the purpose of enriching large corporations such as Halliburton.


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This is a little outside of my usual clientele, but my parents got a 7-week old bullmastiff puppy this past weekend that they named Zelda. She was so darn cute that I knew I had to take some photos of her, but let's just say I might have gotten a little carried away with all of my baby props.
I'll admit, capturing her attention and coaxing her to hold still was a bit challenging (note- puppies love to attack expensive lenses and flokati rugs), and I was just about to suggest we take a break when she suddenly went from super feisty to ultra sleepy in about 10 seconds flat. She fell into such a deep sleep that I wondered if she would let me wrap her like a newborn (I have seen other photographers successfully do this, which gave me the idea). To my surprise, she never made a peep (and I think she was really cozy too). The great thing about bullmastiff puppies is that they are pretty much the size of newborn babies, with lankier limbs, so most of my props worked well.
Doesn't she look sweet? I love her pretty brindle markings.
Below is a popular newborn pose right now, and Zelda rocked it! She even stuck out her little tongue for me.
Sweetly dreaming in a sea of white fluff. Doesn't she look peaceful?
In the end, it was a super fun and unpredictable session (seriously, you forget that puppies only have two settings– wild and sleeping!). I'm glad that we managed to get some cute memories of Zelda as a young pup, even if some of the poses were just plain silly (hey, I'll take the newborn wrapping practice where I can get it!). I joked to my mom that I'm looking forward to receiving Zelda's birth announcement in the mail! Now that would be a first!
Last month, I attended the ultra-talented Melissa J. Photography's newborn workshop in Colorado Springs. I have always admired her work and was so grateful to grab a last-minute seat for her 2-day class. Fortunately, I didn't have to buy an airline ticket to attend (as most of the other attendees did), and it was a quick hour-and-a-half drive to her quaint studio in downtown Colorado Springs. To make it even better, my mom decided to come along to keep me company, and even treated us to a room at the world-famous Broadmoor Hotel.
We had an intensive weekend with learning and shooting a variety of maternity, newborn, sibling, and parent poses. Melissa was truly a down-to-earth person and such a fantastic teacher, and I learned many new techniques that I can't wait to try during future newborn sessions. I also met a great group of photographers, and it was so much fun to connect with other women in my field.
This little guy below was one of our babies that I personally posed with Melissa's help. I just adored him, as he reminded me of my second born son as an infant. The "taco" pose, has always been a favorite of mine, and Melissa took me step-by-step through it so that I could achieve it on my own. While most workshops consist strictly of the instructor posing the babies and the attendees photographing them, I really appreciated the hand-on mentoring portion of this class.
Melissa uses studio lighting for her newborn sessions, which is new to me. I loved the simplicity and consistency of her lighting. As an on-location natural light photographer, I never quite know what quality of light and color casts I will be confronted with at other people's homes, and the thought of more consistency in my images is really attractive. Hopefully one day I can have a studio space and will be able to invest in a similar lighting setup.
Aren't these babies divine? I love the lighting, shadows and gorgeous colors in these images.
Every time I attend a workshop, I am so grateful for all that I learned, the contacts I made, and the overall investment in my business. Thank you Melissa, for a wonderful two days!
Their property is pretty magical– I kept thinking what an amazing childhood these two little boys will have and all of the adventures they will go on together without even having to leave their own backyard!
And in the end, the goat stole the show!
(mis) adventures of this amazing family!
Last month, I had the honor of photographing the most adorable pair of newborn twins, Avery & Parker. Just 10 days old, they were each around 5 lbs of pure sweetness. My mom came along as my assistant and we had so much fun cuddling with them in between poses. They were absolutely perfect for us, and we were able to get a variety of poses and backdrops. The little girl had such tiny features, and the little boy gave us quite a few smiles! It was so much fun to spend the morning with them.
Congrats to this gorgeous family of four!
Last week, I was lucky enough to photograph this little lady! She had unbelievably gorgeous skin and a full head of dark hair. We were able to get a few shots of her with her mama and big brother as well! Congrats to this beautiful family of four!


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Women Leaders Podcast, Episode 90: Jennifer Strawley
In this podcast, Patti Phillips is joined by Jennifer Strawley, Deputy Director of Athletics, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Miami.
Jenn started her career as an NCAA intern back when it was located in Kansas City, which is where our paths first crossed, and then spent 3 years in administration at Columbia before returning to the NCAA.
It is Jenn's passion for working directly with student-athletes that led her to her current position at the University of Miami in 2012, where she capitalized on a great opportunity in a changing, and at the time, challenging environment.
In our conversation, Jenn talks about her role overseeing football at a Power 5 institution, and she provides realistic advice for women looking to get into football oversight – I'll give you a hint – who you work for matters.
She also talks about her passion around building a culture of support for women's athletics at Miami! And we of course touch on leading during a crisis. Jenn has been in the unique position to lead through both Hurricane Irma and the COVID-19 pandemic. She has great insights and emphasizes the importance of patience and listening!


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International Business & Economy Chan Chun Sing advises businesses to invest in local workers, diversify foreign...
Chan Chun Sing advises businesses to invest in local workers, diversify foreign workforce
The minister talked about striking the right balance between protecting Singapore's social fabric, while simultaneously opening its doors to people who contribute to the country's good, no matter where they are from
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Singapore—Speaking at a bicentennial commemoration dinner organised by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore on Tuesday, December 3, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing encouraged businesses to develop their local workforce and at the same time prevent over-reliance on foreign workers from just one place.
Mr Chan emphasized the necessity of diversifying businesses' foreign workforces as well as giving local workers chances to advance and upskill.
To an audience of more than 700 business leaders, government officials and diplomats, the Trade and Industry Minister said that while it may seem easier to recruit workers from a well-known source, "Businesses should also diversify your foreign workforce as an important step in managing your concentration risks… Diversification is an important part of business continuity, the Straits Times (ST) reports.
However, Mr Chan added that more efforts could be made in assisting foreign workers to adjust to life in the country, saying that "Businesses have an important part to play in continuing to engender the social acceptance necessary for our manpower needs to be met in a sustainable way.
As our multicultural social norms can be rather unfamiliar to foreign employees, it is important that we go beyond integrating them into our companies, but to also help them understand and connect with the broader society."
Mr Chan's message seemed to echo a recent call from Josephine Teo, the country's Manpower Minister, who said that workplaces in Singapore and other countries are currently experiencing heightened sensitivity to fair treatment and for local customs to be observed, as fear of being overrun by outsiders has been felt by many.
What employers need to do to fight this, Ms Teo said, is to practice fair treatment and advancement.
Likewise, the Trade and Industry Minister said that business should commit to practices that are progressive and fair.
He talked about striking the right balance between protecting Singapore's social fabric, while simultaneously opening its doors to people who contribute to the country's good, no matter where they are from.
"While we may not have a sufficiently long shared history or common ancestry to define our national identity, we can instead take pride and believe that we can all have a forward-looking identity based on a set of common values," he said.
Mr Chan also stressed the need to tread carefully as "the winds of globalisation weaken".
He added, "To create good jobs for Singaporeans, we will need to continue to diversify, stay open to trade and investments and play our part to uphold a rules-based and integrated global trading system.
Our interests are best served by remaining open to economic relations with all countries and not advocating for policies favouring any particular country.
Our value to the world is to be a principled partner to all, someone the rest of the world can trust because we mean what we say, and we say what we mean."
According to the president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Roland Ng, the multicultural, multiracial, and multi-religious nature of Singapore is one of is strengths. The SCCI was established in 1906, and has over 160 trade association members and 5,000 corporate members. -/TISG
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Q: Journal of Latex class files what is journal of latex class files? is it a journal or something else? I have found that it is a document preparation format but i am looking for a journal. Even i have found few papers those claiming that they are published in journal of latex in class files (Link of research article: http://publilgep.geeps.centralesupelec.fr/papers/001416.pdf ) can anybody help me.

A: This "journal" is just what it says on every page when you use the standard IEEE LaTeX template for writing a paper. Authors should change that - some don't notice. Like Mark said in the comments, see this link for how to change it if you're an author.


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Q: For loop in VBA My current code:
Sub test()
    aaa = InputBox("which objects do you want to keep, ie some on the screen:")

    Dim myrange As Range
    Set myrange = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Tabell").UsedRange

    For Each cell In myrange.Cells
        If Not (cell.Value Like aaa & "*") Then
            cell.Value = ""
        End If
    Next
End Sub

But the problem with it is that you can write in once what it should keep. That is, the user can only enter once and then it will delete everything except what it writes.
But I want the user to be able to type in several times before removing everything else. That is, I want the user to write, for example: Objects, Coler, Längd (AND SEN if it writes the word END then the program should end up asking him), If he wants to write several things.
So I want the user to be able to write several things and then when he is finished writing END and then it stops asking him. Can you help me to do one (For loop) that will enable the user to enter several things. And then (For the loop) ends when the user enters END


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Q: Yii 1.1 RegEx match validation is not working I need to validate that a customer is using a valid subdomain name as well as making sure some other required fields are present. I have created the following rule in my model class:
public function rules()
    {
        return array(
            array(',c_customerSubdomain, c_custAdminUser,c_adminPassword,c_adminContact', 'required', 'message' => "{attribute} is TEST required."),
            array('c_customerSubdomain', 'match', 'pattern' => '/^[a-z0-9_]*$/', 'message' => "Customer Subdomain should contain only alphanumeric and underscore.", "allowEmpty" => false),
        );
    }

I am testing whether or not the rule is firing by changing the message for required values to: {attribute} is TEST required.
When I submit the form with all of the field blank, the result is as expected.
However, when I populate the field for subdomain with an illegal value, such as "ASD# a", I am expecting to get a validation error. However, instead, the rules bypass all of the other validation errors and attempt to save the model.


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Have you ever applied for RDBG funding?
If you haven't, this is the year to start! Our partners have released details about the FY2023 grant cycle for the Rural Development Business Grant (RDBG) program.
This is a fantastic way for eligible entities (non-profits, Indian Tribes, or Public Bodies/Government Entities) to give a leg up to their business-supporting programs in rural area.
It's administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development division, who are spreading the word that there are some significant differences in the forms and instructions. If you've applied for RDBG in previous cycles, don't use the same forms you used last time!
Applications for the FY2023 cycle are due next February. We've included some commentary from Lad Barney, USDA's Business & Cooperative Programs Director for the state of Montana:
"Montana typically receives a limited allocation of RBDG funds on an annual basis to fund Montana projects which means usually there is insufficient funding to award every application submitted for funding consideration. To maximize the impact of limited funds and to stretch funds as far as possible Montana has historically reached projects that have the following parameters:
Montana's average size RBDG grant was just under $35,000 last year, nationally, it's $75,000; a firm commitment of cash matching funds from non-federal sources was included. The more leverage funds, the greater the scoring award; job creation/retention was supported by letters from the business(es) assisted.
To be competitive when applying for RBDG funds, proposed projects should approximate these levels. Thank you for your interest in Rural Development's programs. Of course, the Montana RBCS Team is ready to serve you but please also contact me should you have any questions."
Spread the following resources far and wide with your business development project partners in the Treasure State!
RBDG Fact Sheet.
RBDG Web Site Link.
This [information] provides additional information on the application window for this year. In accordance with Federal Register Vol. 87, No. 225, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, the application window closes February 28, 2023.
RBDG applications are being accepted now. Applications may be submitted in paper or electronic format (email) to the appropriate Rural Development State Office and must be received by 4:30p.m. local time on February 28, 2023. Postmark dates will not be acceptable this funding cycle. Applicants are encouraged to contact their respective Rural Development State Office for a Specialist's contact information to submit an electronic application prior to the submission deadline date. All applications received after the deadline, or are determined incomplete, will not be eligible for scoring and competition.
RBDG Application Guide & Checklist – This is a template that may be used to develop an application for RBDG funds. It is a fillable Word doc. This email also has additional forms attached which will be needed for the application to be considered complete. When proposing the budget, please use whole dollar amounts, no cents (such as $5.00).
All applicants must have a SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). You may obtain them for free by going to the official website.
USDA RDBG FY2023
Check out these RFPs in Choteau!
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Quick Video Documentation of new piece at New York Hall of Science.
A data representation of Immigration to NYC based on census data, using mechanically actuated piano wires to represent different paths of immigration. It maps distance to pitch and # of people to duration. A snare drum represents missing data points.


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MLB Breaking News
Red Sox sign Rusney Castillo to 6-year, $72M deal
By Sung-Min Kim@sung_minkim Aug 22, 2014, 11:21am EDT
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The Boston Red Sox have signed Cuban phenom outfielder Rusney Castillo to a 6-year, $72 million deal per Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.
Castillo, 27, is the latest Cuban free agent to make a splashy signing. At the bat, he's known as a hitter with a line drive approach and while he put up solid numbers in the Cuban league (.315/.383/.512 from 2011 to 2013), it's not up to the level of fellow recent defectors Yoenis Cespedes and Jose Abreu.
What do we know about Rusney Castillo?
At 5'9'' and 205 pounds, he reportedly added 20 pounds of muscle after defecting. While he's still not considered a power hitter, many see him as a 15-homer guy in ML with solid glove and great speed. According to Ben Badler of Baseball America:
Several scouts have questions about Castillo's hitting mechanics, which isn't uncommon for Cuban players. He has plenty of bat speed, but the swing does get long and there were times when he collapsed on his back side on Saturday.
Players are often a product of their environment. Cuban hitters frequently have long swings because they don't have to be quick and direct to the ball in Serie Nacional, where it's rare to see anyone throwing 95 mph and most pitchers can't even crack 90 mph.
There's more margin for error to gear up with some extra length in your swing when the pitcher is throwing 86 instead of 96. Castillo's short arms help him though, and if he can make the proper adjustments, he has a chance to be a solid hitter, even if he's not a premium threat at the plate.
The outfielder reportedly defected from Cuba earlier this year. Castillo was declared as a free agent back in June and has been represented by Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports since then.
In the past few months, the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, Giants, and Phillies all attended showcases for the Cuban talent. Yesterday, Joon Lee of Over The Monster first reported the $72.5 million figure.
As recently as last night, the Red Sox were competing with the Tigers to sign Castillo.
Also worthy of mention is that Jackie Bradley Jr., while still young, has struggled this season (.216/.288/.290 line in 387 PA's) while Mookie Betts is a bigtime prospect who is only 21 years old. By signing Castillo, the Red Sox have another outfielder candidate for the 2015 season to compete in AL East.
What does this mean for the Red Sox?
The Red Sox traded for Yoenis Cespedes at the deadline to hold down left field, and he's under contract through the end of the 2015 season. And while Jackie Bradley Jr. looks outmatched by the Major League pitching, the team recently called up the 21-years old top outfielder prospect Mookie Betts. Does this mean this is the end of the Jackie Bradley Jr. experiment in Boston? We shall see.
Looking forward: Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston speculates that collecting talents like Castillo will fuel speculation of a possible Giancarlo Stanton mega-trade over the winter.
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