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Celebrities Who Opted Out Of Buying Pets And Rescued Their Four-Legged BFFs Instead
Animals October 8, 2018
Having a pet is one of life's treats. They don't require much, and they return your love tenfold. You've probably seen photos of your favorite celebrity out and about with their dog, or read an Instagram post about their cute cat. Animals are the ultimate pleasure, but you can feel even better about having one if you rescue it. While some head to the store or breeder to buy their future best friend, some take the other route and become rescuers. Celebrities such as Olivia Wilde and Chris Evans fall into the latter category. Find out who else did right here!
Cooper To The Rescue
"I lucked out, I got two great rescues…I'm sort of a hybrid of both my dogs," Bradley Cooper told People Pets. "Samson is stoic and makes me earn it, and Charlotte loves me undyingly. They're my kids."
Samson is the name of the German Shorthaired Pointer that he luckily saved. Cooper found him in a kill shelter and took action. When Cooper saw Charlotte at an adoption drive, he fell in love right away. Now he has two doggo kids!
Legend Has It…
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Not only has John Legend achieved the legendary EGOT status, has a beautiful and talented partner in Chrissy Teigen (and the most adorable children), but he also loves to rescue dogs. Teigen and Legend are always posting on social media, so fans can stay in touch with their lives.
We know that he has a mini canine army! This little one's name is Penny, and she's three-legged. How sweet of the couple is that? We're positive Penny is the perfect addition to their cute family.
From Avenger To Rescuer
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"Excuse me, are u busy? Could I interest u in chasing squirrels with me outside? Or perhaps u could toss the frisbee? I have no plans today," Chris Evans caption this photo on his Twitter. Evans was filming a movie and had to do a scene in an animal shelter.
He thought he wouldn't fall for any of the animals, but now here we are. He saw this pup and fell in love. The dog's name is Dodger and Evans says playing with him counts as exercise.
Wilde Loves To Adopt!
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Those who are a fan of Olivia Wilde know she's a celebrity of good character. Her stunning looks are matched by the kind spirit she has. Adopting her pup Elvis is only more proof of that. In July of 2017, she took to Instagram to announce the new addition.
"He's lived a pretty harrowing life so far, and we are so lucky he adopted us as his new family, so we can treat him like the king he was born to be," she started. This is our second adopted furry son, and we cannot recommend it enough." You heard her. Adopt, don't shop.
Chelsea Handler And Her Chows Story
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Chelsea Handler has a history of adopting dogs in need of a home. In the past, she rescued Chunk and Tammy from shelters, but sadly she lost both of them within a year. Once Chunk passed, she vowed to adopt more, and that's exactly what she did.
"2 new babies. Bert and Bernice," Handler captioned a post on Instagram showing off her new rescued Chows. She stuck to her word and is now starting a new family with Bert and Bernice.
These next two make the cutest pair…
Munn Stands With Rescuing
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Olivia Munn is a blossoming star in the acting world. She previously dated Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers, but he wasn't the only guy in her life. The X-Men actress scooped up a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel by the name of Chance.
She always posts photos of her and Chance on her Instagram account and the two of them look adorable together. "To anyone looking to bring a dog into their world, please choose to rescue instead of buying," the actress says. "There are so many amazing dogs that need love and a home and are waiting for someone to rescue them."
The Clooneys Add To The Family
One of Hollywood's cutest couples expanded on their cuteness not too long ago. Amal and George Clooney adopted a four-year-old pup from California's San Gabriel Valley Humane Society and named her Millie. She was struggling to find scraps to eat, but now she's living much better.
"Today her luck changed for the better when she was adopted by George and Amal Clooney," read a message on the shelter's website. "They were searching for a basset hound and saw Millie's picture on Petfinder."
Jon Hamm Has Had Her For Eight Years!
If you know Mad Men, then you know Jon Hamm. The actor who finally won an Emmy after 16 nominations did something entirely heart-melting when he accepted the award. He went up on stage and thanked his dog, who he rescued over eight years ago.
"I want to thank those who have gotten me here," Hamm started his speech. "Cora and Jenn thank you, I would not be standing here without you." Cora is the name of his dog that he's had even before Mad Men. "We went and saw her and fell in love, she's been in our lives for eight years."
Sandra Bullock Has Three Special Need Pups!
Are you not impressed with Miss Congeniality? Sandra Bullock must have a huge and kind heart. She has gone out of her way to rescue three tiny dogs that all have special needs. There is Poppy the Tripod, Ruby the Bipod, and Bebe (who is not pictured) the Chihuahua.
Bullock loves her dogs so much even with their disabilities. She says they are perfect regardless of anything because they give her so much love in a way that people aren't capable of.
This next dog is the cute creature of royalty.
The Royal New Edition
All eyes on the Royals! Once Meghan Markle married Prince Harry, she knew her ordinary life was over and that there would be a huge spotlight on her and her new husband even more than before they wed. That means that even when they adopted a new pup, it classified as breaking news.
Early in the summer of 2018, the couple had rescued a Labrador, and the doggo joined them on their country getaway. This isn't the first pooch Markle has rescued. She was once convinced by Ellen DeGeneres to save her first pup, Bogart before she even knew who Ellen was.
Josh Hutcherson Saved Driver
Back in 2012, Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson went out and rescued a puppy from the Downy Animal Shelter. He was only 19 at the time, so that must have been a big step for him moving into adulthood. But he sure loves Driver.
"He's literally the most well-behaved dog you have ever met," Hutcherson said after he first got Driver. "For a puppy, he doesn't chew things up, he's already almost housebroken, and he's only 8 weeks old. He's incredible. He's doing great."
Adopting Is a Big Deal For Anne Hathaway
The fantastic actress Anne Hathaway is no stranger to rescuing pups. Before adding the most recent addition to her family, she had a chocolate lab by the name of Esmeralda. Eventually, she decided to find a pal for the lab.
Back in 2014, Hathway and her husband Adam Shulman went to the Amanda Foundation and found the perfect dog to rescue and pair with Esmeralda. The president of the Amanda Foundation said the little Spaniel and terrier mix was "a calm, sweet puppy. Which is why he's going to be a good companion for Esmeralda."
Simon Isn't Always Mean
If you know Simon Cowell, then you know he isn't all smiles and giggles. He can be pretty blunt and doesn't care. He showcases that on the talent shows he's been a host of, but we've discovered that he has a soft spot for Yorkshire Terriers.
"I love my dogs so much," Cowell said. "I take them on holidays, I let them sleep in the bed and sometimes one gets in the bath with me." That seems like an entirely different person than what we see on the screen!
Ariana Takes Over For Her Late Ex
Back in 2017 Mac Miller adopted a puppy while he and Ariana Grande were still dating. The dog's name is Myron, and he is a pit bull mix. Miller grabbed the last one of the litter from Wylder's Pets who are strong advocates of adopting and not shopping.
The couple split and a few months after the breakup, Miller passed away of an apparent overdose. Grande took to Instagram and posted a video of her with little Myron, leading many to believe she has adopted the dog. There's no official word yet, but that seems to be the case.
What are friends when you have dogs? The next celebrity can answer that…
Jennifer Aniston Is In Love With Dogs
You know her and probably love her. Jennifer Aniston is an avid dog fan. When one of her dogs passed away, she got a tattoo of his name. Aniston and her ex-husband Justin Theroux adopted together back when they were still a couple. She rescued a German Shepherd, Dolly, and a pit bull.
"We were there (at the shelter) for three hours, and I'm telling you, I…almost [walked] out with three puppies," Aniston said in an interview. "It's so hard. That's why we named her Sophie, because it was Sophie's Choice. I was crying – it was so hard."
The GOAT Gets A Dog
Tom Brady — love him or hate him, you have to respect his talent. Not long ago he and his wifeGisele Bündchen rescued the cutest little black and white puppy named Fluffy. Brady posted a hilarious video of him holding Fluffy, looking like he'd never picked up a dog before.
Thankfully, his wife is more in tune, and she posted a picture with a sweet caption on her Instagram. "Thank you @wagsandwalks for all you do and for letting us rescue this little angel. The kids are over the moon with our new family member. Fluffy is pure joy!"
Nothing To Be Ashamed About Here
"When I met Pepper, she was totally shaved because her fur had been so matted from living on the street," Emmy Rossum says. "But as soon as I picked up this adorable mess of an animal, we had a connection." And like that, the waterworks start up.
Rossum not only has Pepper, but she has a whole family of adopted pets. A cat that's not pictured is named Fiona after her Shameless character, and a teacup Yorkshire Terrier named Cinnamon. Rossum is very passionate about her advocacy for the no-kill movement which led her to adopt such precious gifts.
Give Hilary The Older One
Hilary Duff had a touching statement when her previous rescue dog, Dubois passed away. "Honestly I would take the pain of losing you 10x over to have had you for even a quarter of that time my Dybie," she said. "First of all…thank you…for being my best friend…truly."
Losing a pet is tough for anyone, especially one you've adopted and grown to love. Early in 2018, Duff went out and adopted a senior dog this time around. She's a French Bulldog named Peaches. And it's even sweeter that she's older because the senior dogs usually get overlooked by potential adopters.
Taking On New Responsibilities
Who knew Zac Efron had such a soft spot? The former Disney star is into adopting pets too, he just has to meet them first. When he went to a boutique and saw his future best friend, he couldn't resist.
"Tilly now MACA was being led to the kill room when we stepped in and said we would take her," the boutique's Instagram account reads. "She was turned around and brought to us! This guy named Zac Efron came in (we hear he is an actor, but we think he actually waits tables) came in and fell in love."
New Pooch In Town For Miley!
Not only does Miley Cyrus adopt dogs, but she also brings in cats and even pigs. In 2015, Cyrus made a new addition to the family when she adopted a pit bull named Milky. Milky got his name after her new song at the time, "Milky Milky Milk."
"Meet my newest family member #Milky #adoptdontshop#peaceforpits," the star wrote on her Instagram post. With a hashtag like 'peace for pits,' you can bet Cyrus just wants the negative stigma attached to pit bulls to end.


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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (Paperback)
By David Sedaris
From the hilarious brain of funnyman-next-door David Sedaris, regular contributor to NPR's This American Life and to the New Yorker, comes another book of observations and stories about daily life. Whether he is talking about disciplining children or jet-setting to Australia, Sedaris has a knack for pointing out the humor in all aspects of life, and doing it with perfect comedic timing. If you've never read Sedaris, this new book is a great place to start!
— Katie T.
Even if you're not a previously indoctrinated Sedaris fan, you will love this collection of essays in which Sedaris details seemingly mundane trials from his life in a way that makes you reflect a little differently on your own. With humor, wit, and sometimes painful self-awareness, this had me glued for hours. I couldn't put it down!
— Mikaela
"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist....And based, on this latest collection, he's getting only better." ---Los Angeles Times
A guy walks into a bar car and...
From here the story could take many turns. When the guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved.
Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. The common thread? Sedaris masterfully turns each essay into a love story: how it feels to be in a relationship where one loves and is loved over many years, what it means to be part of a family, and how it's possible, through all of life's absurdities, to grow to love oneself.
With LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, David Sedaris shows once again why he is widely considered the "the funniest writer in America" (O, the Oprah Magazine).
David Sedaris is the author of the books Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio International's This American Life. He lives in England.
PRAISE FOR LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS:
"Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist. He weaves together vivid images and sensations into a coherent whole that packs a serious emotional punch....Yes, David Sedaris is really that good. And, based on this latest collection, he's getting only better."
---Heather Havrilesky, Los Angeles Times
"Sedaris makes coming-of-age seem ever new and ever remarkable, not because his life was so very different from any of our own, but because he brings fresh eyes to common experiences.... It's only natural to laugh at all the comic abundance in Let's Explore, but there's no crime in sticking around for the humanity."
-David Carr, New York Times Book Review
"Artfully milked embarrassing personal incidents for literary laughs...There are plenty of well-cut gems, including one about an ill-fated adoption of some sea turtles that's both hilarious and touching."
---Thom Geier, Entertainment Weekly
"If you are a David Sedaris fan, any new book from the humorist is cause for celebration. His newest offering, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, is no exception. It's quintessential Sedaris....There's always a laugh-out-loud moment just around the corner."
---Craig Wilson, USA Today
"The funniest writer in America....Sedaris is thoughtful and sweet in addition to being slyly hilarious." ---Leigh Haber, Oprah
"This book is hysterical!"
"David Sedaris has become a signifier of taste and intelligence....Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls was the kind of book that I finished and just immediately wanted to start reading again."
---Anna Peele, Esquire
"Fresh....funny, whimsical, unexpected, and never obvious....Who would anticipate that an encounter with an Australian bird could be so damn touching?"
---Sherryl Connelly, New York Daily News
"Ridiculously funny....A find for the reader who appreciates a sense of humor....Sedaris, like the great humorists before him, hits a nerve with his wit, which brings the reader into intimate contact with the human condition."
---John Henry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"An acute observer and master of the quick, excoriating takedown, Sedaris claims new territory in this exceptionally gutsy and unnerving collection."
---Donna Seamn, Booklist
"Hilarious....Winning....Sedaris's experiences are an endless source of good material." ---Danielle Trussoni, People
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2014
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New CT and MR imaging of lung cancer
Yoshiharu Ohno, Munenobu Nogami, Takanori Higashino, Sumiaki Matsumoto, Daisuke Takenaka, Yoshimasa Maniwa, Miyako Satouchi, Chiho Ohbayashi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Masahiro Yoshimura, Kazuro Sugimura
Recent advances in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging such as the multidetector-row CT system, the parallel imaging technique, new sequences and software provide new reconstructed CT images and new MR imaging for diagnosis of TNM staging and assessment of pulmonary function. In this review, we describe recent advances in MR imaging of lung cancer, focusing on (1) characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules and differentiation of subtypes of adenocarcinoma; (2) assessment of T-, N-, M-stage, and (3) pulmonary functional MR imaging.
Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer
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As promised....here it is....I must tell you I did cheat a bit. I placed the stamped suede on a card I'd made previously....it's just laying there. I will make a card or use this on a scrapbook page later. Now for my friends that know about butterflies in my projects....yup....there are two little reasons to use the butterflies! so now you know....stamping on suede....works and it's beautiful!
I played a bit more with the suede paper and tried to heat emboss on it. It was not successful. I could make the embossing powder stick on the pigment ink, however, it also stuck on the suede and didn't make a very clean image. Dry embossing using the Cuttlebug folders, and the Sizzix plates works very well. I've not tried any other machine, I would imagine dry embossing will work on most all machines. Enough playing, have a wonderful Saturday.


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Stuart frames the issue
"All great love ends in death," Stuart said.
"Maybe in literature, but not in real life," I said.
"Yes. All love ends in death. On one hand, sometimes it's love that dies and then you are stuck. But even if love doesn't die, the lovers do."
"You mean like Romeo and Juliet?" I asked.
"Yes, like Romeo and Juliet. Like Tristan and Isolde."
"But can't love end happily?" I put forward that possibility; I've been married 30 years.
"Yes, but even the most successful love ends in death," Stuart said. "Either for one or the other and eventually, both. They may be 80 years old, but eventually, love ends in death."
"Oh. I see what you mean. It's a trick. Like a trick question."
"No, it's not a trick, except that it is a trick the universe plays on all of us. I don't mean it as a trick.
"Romeo didn't have to die the way he did," Stuart went on, "but he had to die eventually. Even if they got married and lived long lives, he would have to die some time, and then, Juliet loses him anyway."
It is the underlying metaphor of all tragic love stories, he thought. His own, for instance. Stuart had never seen a great gulf between literature and his own life. Others, well, they may be banal and ordinary, but his own life had all the electricity of a great book or epic myth.
The one thing that separated Stuart most from the accountants and dentists of the world was that he recognized in himself the hero of his own life — the sense that he was the main character in a story of infinite significance. When something happened to Stuart, it happened to the universe.
The joke was, of course, that this is true. But there was a stinger, too: Although it was true, the universe is so vast that no matter how big it was to Stuart, it added up to zilch in the big picture.
"That is truly depressing," I made a sour face.
"But that is not the real issue," Stuart said. "The real issue is the frame."
"The frame?"
"Yes. This is something I've been wondering about for a while. Every comedy ends in a marriage, it is said. The curtain drops and the audience goes home enjoying the happy ending.
"But, if we followed Beatrice and Benedick after the end of the play, in a few years, at least, there would be divorce — or more likely, murder. Happy endings are always provisional. So, there is an artificiality to comedies that is ineradicable. The happiest comedy, if drawn out to the uttermost, ends in dissolution."
"So, you're saying that the frame — the curtain — reveals any art as an artifice."
"Yes. And not just in theater. Take the photographs of Garry Winogrand. We are meant to see the frame — the edge of the photograph — as an arbitrary border drawn around some episode, but beyond the frame, there are other people doing other things. This has become something of a trope in photography.
"It used to be that we understood the frame in a painting — say a Renaissance crucifixion, or a Madonna — as merely the point at which our interest in the visual matter evaporates. It is the Christ or Virgin that sits in the middle that is meant as an object of contemplation. A frame could be larger or smaller and still contain the essential action.
"In Baroque painting, there is often the growing sense that the frame cannot contain the action, but that there is something worth knowing just beyond the edge. That sense has become central in certain strains of contemporary photography. A photograph may contain an image of someone looking back at the camera, over the photographer's shoulder, at something behind him that we can never see.
"The first kind of frame serves as a kind of fence, or corral in which the important information is contained. The second is more like a cookie cutter, which sticks into the welter of existence and excises this small bit for us to consider.
"That is the frame, the 'beginning, middle and end' that gives us such satisfaction in a play or opera."
My concern at this point is that I could see that Stuart was unwinding his own life from the bobbin, and holding it out in his fingers to examine, and what he was finding was deflating. What set Stuart apart from most people was about to be undone.
I had known Stuart since college, and what made him glow from the inside was not just his energy — or jittery intelligence — but his sense that he was the star in his own movie. Or rather, that he saw in himself a larger, mythological version of himself playing out among the chess pieces of the universe. He was Siegfried voyaging down the Rhine; he was Odysseus; he was stout Cortez.
Don't misunderstand, please. He was never grandiose — in his exterior behavior, he was as normal as you or me. But inside, was something larger, bursting to get out. He saw the world swirling the way Van Gogh did. For Stuart, every bush was the burning bush. Take away that internal furnace, and what would be left of Stuart? He would have grown up. Not something that any of us who knew him would wish for.
"This is the fundamental fallacy of American conservatism," he went on, making another 90-degree turn.
"They seek to enforce a static vision of society, of law, of human behavior. They keep telling us, that if only we would do things their way, everything would finally be peach-hunky, into eternity — the happy ending that we know (and they don't admit) is always provisional. They see a — excuse me for the exaggeration — 'final solution' for something that has no finality to it.
"Politics — real politics — is always the flux of contending interests. You want this, I want that, and we wind up compromising. Conservatives see compromise as surrender, precisely because they see politics with a frame. Get the picture right, and then it is done. Deficits are erased; the wealthy get to keep what is rightfully theirs; order is established. It is the underlying metaphor of all Shakespeare's plays: The establishment of lasting, legitimate order, final harmony.
"Only, we know that after Fortinbras takes over, there will be insurgencies, dynastic plots, other invasions, a claim by mainland Danes over island-dwelling Danes, or questions of where tax money is going. It is never ending. Fortinbras is only a temporary way-station.
"Existence is a seething, roiling cauldron and sometimes this bit of onion and carrot comes to the surface, and sometimes it is something else. It is never finished, there is no frame, no beginning, middle and end."
"So, where does this leave poor Juliet?"
"Juliet?"
"Yes, where does this leave us all, we who are all bits of carrot. We who are married for 30 years, we who entered the field of contention, worked for our required decades and left the battlefield to become Nestors — or Poloniuses. All this washes over us and we see that, in fact, we have a frame. Existence may not have one, but I do. I am getting old. I just turned 67 and I feel it. And I know that my Juliet will die, or I will go before her. We do have, in fact, a frame, a curtain that draws down and leaves us — as Homer says — in darkness."
"Exactly," Stuart said, "and this is my point. Every one of us lives two very different lives. You can call them the external and internal lives. The first is the life in which we share the planet with 7 billion others. We are a tiny, insignificant cog in the giant machine. The second is the mythic life, the life we see ourselves as central to, in which we are the heroes of our own novels or movies, and everyone we know is a supporting actor. If we live only in the first life, we are crushed and spit out. But if we live only in the second life, we are solipsists. Sane people manage to balance the two lives. A beautiful counterpoint.
"We are most engulfed by that second life when we fall in love. We are certain that we invented this condition. No one else has ever felt what we feel. It's comic, of course, but it is also profound. Without this feeling, life is unbearable. We have to have meaning, and meaning is created by how we imagine ourselves.
"Politics hovers oddly in the intersection of these two worlds. We need to sober up and consider the other 7 billion people if we are to create useful policy, but we mythologize those who lead us, and those who lead do so most effectively when they mirror back some version of mythology. The most extreme example I can think of is Nazism in Germany. A whole nation bought into the fantasy. Disaster follows.
"But all ideology is ultimately built on mythology: on a version of the world with one or two simple dimensions, when existence is multi-dimensional. The political myth is always a myth of Utopia, whether right-wing or left-wing. And it is always a static myth: Racism ends and everything is great, or government spending is curtailed and everything is great. That simply isn't the way existence is."
"The world is always bigger and more varied than our understanding of it, and it will always come back to whack us upside the haid."
"Right. The conservative sees the world only with his ego eyes, not from outside himself. That frame — his death — is something he cannot see beyond. There is something egoistic about conservatism. Often selfish, also, but the selfishness isn't the problem, it is the egoism — the frame they put around the world, the static sense of what is finally right — the so-called end of history. In this, the conservative — or at least the tin-foil-hat variety — is no different from the dyed-in-the-wool Communist. Both see the establishment of their Utopia as the endgame of human existence."
"You've been reading Ovid again."
"How did you know?"
"The Pythagoras chapter."
"Right again. Panta Horein, as Heraclitus said: 'Everything is flowing.' As Ovid has it, even landscapes change over time, and Hercules' brawn withers and Helen's breasts sag. Cities grow and are demolished; Mycenae gives way to Athens, to Alexandria, to Rome, to Byzantium and Baghdad, then to London and now to Washington, with Beijing waiting in the hopper. 'Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?' "
"How's that?"
"In saecula saeculorum: World without frame."
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threedoulas said: January 28, 20151:28 am
Brilliant. Scary. True.
Patrick S. said: January 31, 20159:55 pm
Richard, you are a brilliant writer and thinker. Our external existence (reality) is far beyond what any of us tiny inhabitants can comprehend or include in each of our internal, ordered existences, but without a frame drawn by each of us and shared by groups of us, surely we would go mad. My frame is influenced by Erich Fromm's book, The Art of Loving, and the basic belief that all is one. As you correctly point out, conservatives are not the only framers, although they seem to draw them rather tightly, in my liberal opinion.


I tried something a little different this last weekend. I wore a tiara. It didn't last long, but I gave it a shot. Not for me mind you, it was for my daughter. There are many things I've done to see the beautiful smile on my daughter's face that I may not have done otherwise. Setting up a photo booth for a little ladies tea party at the church may be one of those things. Regardless of why I was there though, I had soooo much fun. The girls were having a ton of fun and were all so very cute. I would normally have more photos of the event too, but I took a whole lot of video this time. Anyway, I tried out some different lighting and some of it turned out pretty cool. There's a link at the bottom to the full size photos on my gallery for those that would like to print some.
Beautiful photos of the girls!! Are there more to come?
Thanks Tia. These are all of the photos that I got of the girls. I took video for the rest of the event that I'm still working on and hope to be able to share before too long.
Again thank you, the princesses were captured beautifully, can't wait to see the video!
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I'm trying to create a new project type, based on the simple Java Module type. When this project is created, 2 modules will be created. The first is completely automatic, and takes only a version number as input from the user during creation. It contains a downloaded source package, as specified by the provided version number. The second is created as a standard Java module would be (empty) except for a single template class. A run configuration is also created for the second module. Exactly one of the first type of module should always exist in the project, but multiple modules of the second type may be added, each one generating their own run configuration.
Can anyone give me any hints as to how I might begin to code this?
IntelliJ IDEA does not have a concept of "project type", or a way to restrict which module types can be added to a project. Also, our new project wizard creation infrastructure is heavily tailored towards creating single-module projects.
Possibly the easiest way to implement your requirements would be to provide a separate action, outside of the New Project Wizard framework, that would create the correct project/module structure as files on disk and open it as complete project afterwards.
I'll probably go with that then. Just out of curiosity, how do plugins such as the Android one add module types to the project wizard?
The ProjectTemplatesFactory interface can be used to add module types to the new project wizard. However, the Android wizard creates single-module projects, so, unlike your requirements, it works well with the existing API.
Hello I am really new in plugin development in IntelliJ and I want to learn how to create custom Project & Module types, I have search on google a lot and I am not abble to find anything that helps me to do it. I cant find any book for the plugin development. So please can anyone help me? I mean can anyone give me some start point of where I can find information about it. I will appreciate it!!


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The two cyclooxygenase (COX) isoforms convert arachidonic acid to precursor prostaglandins (PGs). Up-regulation of COX-2 is responsible for increased PG production in inflammation and is antagonized by corticosteriods such as dexamethasone. In human pulmonary A549 cells, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) increases prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis via dexamethasone-sensitive induction of COX-2. Nuclear run-off assays showed that COX-2 transcription rate was repressed 25-40% by dexamethasone, while PGE2 release, COX activity, and COX-2 protein were totally repressed. At the mRNA level, complete repression of COX-2 was only observed at later (6 h) time points. Preinduced COX-2 mRNA was also potently repressed by dexamethasone, yet suppression of transcription by actinomycin D showed little effect. This dexamethasone-dependent repression involved a reduced COX-2 mRNA half-life, was blocked by actinomycin D or cycloheximide, and was antagonized by the steroid antagonist RU38486. Repression of IL-1beta-induced PGE2 release, COX activity, and COX-2 protein by actinomycin D was only effective within the first hour following IL-1beta treatment, while dexamethasone was effective when added up to 10 h later, suggesting a functional role for post-transcriptional mechanisms of repression. Following dexamethasone treatment, shortening of the average length of COX-2 mRNA poly(A) tails was observed. Finally, ligation of the COX-2 3'-UTR to a heterologous reporter failed to confer dexamethasone sensitivity. In conclusion, these data indicate a major role for post-transcriptional mechanisms in the dexamethasone-dependent repression of COX-2 that require de novo glucocorticoid receptor-dependent transcription and translation. This mechanism involves shortening of the COX-2 poly(A) tail and requires determinants other than just the 3'-UTR for specificity.


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John Bishop MD Interview - Act of Murder
6:00 AM Act of Murder (A Medical Thriller), JBN, Jean Book Nerd, John Bishop Author Interview 3 comments
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John Bishop MD practiced orthopedic surgery in Houston, Texas, for 30 years. An avid golfer and accomplished piano player, Bishop is honored to have once served as the keyboard player for the rhythm and blues band Bert Wills and the Crying Shames. The Doc Brady medical thriller series is set in the changing environment of medicine in the 1990s. Drawing on his years of experience as a practicing surgeon, Bishop entertains readers using his unique insights into the medical world with all its challenges, intricacies, and complexities, while at the same time revealing the compassion and dedication of health care professionals. Dr. Bishop and his wife, Joan, reside in the Texas Hill Country.
What inspired you to write ACT OF MURDER?
The inspiration to write came about due to a number of factors. I had been an academic Orthopedic Surgeon for 14 years, and that position entailed teaching medical students, residents, and fellows, and brought with it the obligation to make presentations at national Orthopedic meetings and publish orthopedic articles in the various journals associated with my specialty. When I left academia behind, I still had a very busy clinical practice, but without the teaching and academic responsibilities, I found myself with free time. I had been playing the piano and organ since childhood, and I started playing music on the weekends with Bert Wills and the Crying Shames, an R & B band. The road travel became more than I could handle after a few years, and shortly after leaving the band, I began writing. I would have to term it a "spark" of some sort. I had always been a voracious reader of mystery novels, medical and otherwise, so that was an influence. Also, my marriage to Joan Berry provided me with a loving and supportive partner, and a newfound sense of peace had come over me at that time of my life. And, I had suffered along with my best friend and his wife over the loss of their child, and I wanted to try and put that grief into words.
Who or what has influenced your writing, and in what way?
I have to give credit to the authors I have treasured over the years and who have influenced my life in alphabetical order: Jeffrey Archer, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Robin Cook, Michael Crichton, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Robert B. Parker, Thomas Perry, John Sandford, and Stuart Woods. In addition, my medical school training, and the experience of being a practicing orthopedic surgeon for many years has had significant influence in my being able to write medical thrillers.
Tell us your most rewarding experience since being published.
I think it has to be the day Fauzia Burke emailed me to let me know the website she had created for me was up and running. FSB Associates took me on as a client, in charge of public relations and marketing. She and Anna Sacca have been invaluable in advancing the series of Doc Brady novels, starting with Act of Murder. At any rate, when I opened that web site and saw the info about the book and my biography, it was a feeling like no other.
For those who are unfamiliar with Dr. Jim Bob Brady, how would you introduce him?
Dr. Jim Bob Brady is a fictionalized character, an amalgam of myself and many other people I've come to call friends over the years.
He is a specialty hip and knee orthopedic surgeon in Houston who has a busy practice, plays blues on the weekend on occasion, and has an intense love for his wife, Mary Louise, and an admiration for his son J.J.'s capabilities in gathering information as part of his firm which is in essence a detective agency. Brady is a brilliant, talented surgeon with a large clientele, who is confident yet still humble. He is a genuinely nice and funny guy who happens to have a knack for solving medical mysteries. He is above all the doctor who will cure the reader of their blues and boredom.
What was the most surprising thing you learned while creating J.J. and Mary Louise?
Obviously, writing fiction encompasses writing about people you know to some extent. I found that writing about Mary Louise and J.J. made me admire my real-life wife and son even more than I did before I began writing. I think when I started to put into words how I felt about them in a fictional sense, it allowed me to see them from outside the box, and appreciate them that much more.
If you could introduce one of your characters to any character from another book, who would it be and why?
I have long admired Robert B. Parker. He died too soon. I would enjoy seeing Spenser and Dr. Jim Bob Brady get together for wine and dinner. Spenser is brilliant, and funny, and cares deeply for Susan Silverman, just like Jim Bob.
TEN REASONS TO READ ACT OF MURDER
1. It's a fairly short book...268 pages..with short chapters, and is easy to read.
2. Friends tell me that once they started reading, they couldn't put it down. They had to find out what happened.
3. Dr. Jim Bob Brady is quite a character, smart, funny, likable and fun to read about.
4. Mary Louise Brady is her own character, sexy, voluptuous, and the voice of reason for the often impetuous Doc Brady.
5. J.J. Brady, the son, is a computer genius, who runs B & B Investigations, and is essential to Doc Brady solving mysteries.
6. Reading about physician politics and the inner workings of medical institutions is enlightening.
7. Reading about Houston and Galveston restaurants will make the reader hungry. The Bradys do a lot of eating out.
8. Reading about Doc Brady's patients and his clinics and surgeries will be a learning experience for non-medical personnel.
9. Reading about Dr. Jeff Clarke, renowned pathologist and a Brady friend, is a treat in itself.
10. Lastly, tracing the steps of the murderer is like putting together a puzzle. Can you figure out who did it?
What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
Stand near the first tee of the Links at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach and watch the sun set while the bagpiper plays.
If you had to go back in time and change one thing, if you HAD to, even if you had "no regrets" what would it be?
Probably try and have a better relationship with my deceased mother. She was a narrow-minded religious zealot who was always right about everything. I spent a great part of my life in conflict with her. Looking back, I should have approached the situation differently, but perhaps my own lack of maturity held me back. I will never know.
Where can readers find more information about you and your books?
Please visit my WEBSITE
Doc Brady became an orthopedic surgeon to avoid being surrounded by death. But now it's everywhere around him.
One spring day in 1994 Houston, Dr. Jim Bob Brady witnesses his neighbor's ten-year-old son killed by a hit-and-run driver. An accident, or an act of murder? After the death, Brady enlists the help of his twenty-year-old son J. J. and his wife Mary Louise in chasing down clues that take them deeper and deeper into a Houston he never imagined existed. In the process, they discover a macabre conspiracy stretching from the ivory towers of the largest teaching hospital in Texas, to the upper reaches of Houston's legal community, to the shores of Galveston.
Doc Brady soon realizes that the old adage remains true: The love of money is the root of all evil.
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Thank you JOHN BISHOP MD for making this giveaway possible.
1 Winner will receive a Copy of Act of Murder (A Medical Thriller) by John Bishop.
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Caryl Kane March 16, 2020 at 4:39 PM
I don't remember my dreams.
laurie nykaza March 28, 2020 at 10:43 PM
I had a dream of falling and it felt like I was off a cliff.
Debra Branigan March 29, 2020 at 3:01 PM
I woke up to spiders crawling all over me! It used to be a recurring dream, but it went away. I hope this does not resurrect it!


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Divining China's Energy Future
Reading the "Internet+" Smart Energy Development Guidelines
On February 29th, 2016, the NDRC, NEA, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released Guiding Opinions on "Internet+" Smart Energy Development.
This policy document focuses on the Energy Internet, a concept which has engulfed Chinese energy and grid circles for more than a year.
With the release of this document, we have an official take on the future of China's grid.
The Opinions established a definition for this Energy Internet concept: "a new industry development model based on a deeply integrated network of energy production, transmission, storage, consumption and markets. It is characterized by device intelligence, energy diversity, information symmetry, distributed generation and demand, a flat structure, and open exchange."
Until now, energy storage in China has been perceived as a set of technologies or devices used in certain links in the grid. But the Opinions take a different approach, describing energy storage as a standalone link in the energy chain, alongside production, transmission, and consumption. This is the first time that national government bodies have recognized energy storage as a separate and critical part of the future energy system.
The Energy Internet covers power, heat, oil and gas, and transportation. By highlighting energy storage as an independent link in the energy chain, policymakers are laying a foundation for the beneficial use of energy storage across the board.
The Opinions take a broad look at energy storage, calling for the development of "high-capacity, low-cost, high-efficiency and long-lived energy storage products and systems in electricity, thermal, and clean fuel storage." This inclusive approach places energy storage at the center of the interconnections between power, heat, transportation and gas networks.
Bulk Energy Storage and Renewables Integration
The Opinions argue "suitably-sized energy storage facilities should be located in energy production centers to optimize grid and energy system operation."
At present, energy storage facilities used for renewables integration are generation-side resources, co-located with particular power stations. The Opinions call on years of operational experience and institutional input to suggest that energy storage functions better as a shared resource located in areas with high energy production. This maximizes the value of expensive storage installations by serving multiple stations at once.
Better sited energy storage would also gain value by giving grid operators the ability to tap into other operational benefits of the technology.
Some experts estimate that energy storage installations equaling 5-10% of the generation capacity in a renewable energy producing region would be sufficient to address intermittency issues. With China's 12th Five-Year Plan calling for 200 gigawatts of wind by 2020, the grid would benefit from an additional 10-20 gigawatts of energy storage – an enormous opportunity.
Distributed Energy Storage – the Future of the Industry
The Opinions also promote the deployment of "distributed energy resources in communities, rooftops, and homes through the use of grid-friendly, effective and distributed energy storage."
Distributed energy storage has attracted a lot of attention for its flexibility, low capital requirements, and value to the consumer by supporting on-site solar generation, demand response, and bill management.
The Opinions also bring up networked management of energy storage devices, calling for energy storage device databases, remote operation and control of distributed storage devices, and energy storage cloud platforms. It encourages modular system design, standardization, networked control over second-life batteries, and support for unhindered and flexible energy exchange. The document also promotes energy storage as a provider of backup power, peak shaving, frequency regulation, and other services.
But because China's residential electricity rates are so low, residential energy storage is not yet profitable. However, in some industrial parks and among some high-energy consuming businesses, users are beginning to consider solar-plus-storage as a way to reduce electricity bills.
While the present opportunities for energy storage are limited, China remains committed to revolutionizing its energy system. This means that demand response, time-of-use rates and demand charges are likely to grow. As these policies spread and mature, distributed energy storage may well become an attractive market.
The Opinions also mention electric vehicles: "Promote the use of used EV batteries in stationary energy storage. Build an operational EV cloud platform based on elements of the grid, energy storage and distributed energy consumption. Explore the use of electric vehicles in networked platforms to participate in direct energy trading, demand response, and other models."
According to official targets, China aims to bring five million electric vehicles to the road by 2020. Electric vehicle charging can have a serious impact on the grid, and so having effective control over distributed EV batteries to provide peak shaving, frequency regulation, or engage in demand response could help maximize the value of electric vehicles.
According to the Opinions, the rollout of the Energy Internet model is set to take place in two phases. From 2016 to 2018, the government will support pilot demonstration projects of different types and scales. From 2019-2025, the emphasis will be on diversification and scaled-up development, and establishing the Energy Internet as a driver of GDP growth.
While its clear that China is a long way from achieving these goals, its telling that national decision-making bodies are endorsing such powerful language to describe their vision of the grid to come. What's most uncertain is how China's vested grid interests will adapt to -- or resist -- these changes.
Tagged: cwang, Energy Internet, Internet+, demand response, demand side management, thermal storage, distributed generation, EV
A Look Ahead at 2016: A Message from CNESA Secretary-General Tina Zhang
2015 was a landmark year for energy storage in China.
Season's greetings from the China Energy Storage Alliance.
In March, the government announced long-awaited power sector reforms that promise new opportunities for energy storage in an increasingly market-based power system.
Policymakers prepared the country's next Five-Year Plan, the policy lodestone which will guide China's development through 2020. This carefully crafted document is the key to meeting China's ambitious energy and environmental targets.
And in the Paris COP21 talks, China emerged as a world leader by arguing that clean energy can be a tool to simultaneously address climate change and meet development goals.
Looking ahead, all indicators point to continued strong growth in clean energy and a greater role for markets and innovation in China's transition to a more sustainable economy.
Of course, this transition is already well underway. As of September, China has installed 38 gigawatts of grid-connected solar, and the country reached 100 gigawatts of wind capacity earlier this year.
Now it's our turn.
Energy storage is going to be a big part of China's energy revolution, and policymakers know it. Last month, China's national governing body called for increased deployments of energy storage and smart grids, higher penetrations of distributed generation, a greater share of renewables in China's energy mix, more efficient and low-carbon dispatch, and greater numbers of electric vehicles on the road.
For now, China's energy storage market remains dominated by pumped hydro: only 106 megawatts of China's 21.9 gigawatts of energy storage capacity come from battery storage, according to CNESA's Energy Storage Project Database. Nevertheless, this number still puts China among the top five countries in terms of grid-connected battery capacity, and installations are rising fast. On average, China's battery storage capacity has more than doubled each year since 2010.
But it's not just batteries making the news. In October, China's top energy ministry collected bids for concentrating solar power generation demonstration projects -- most of which included molten salt energy storage. Several more gigawatts of CSP projects are in the pipeline, suggesting that thermal energy storage in China is finally starting to turn the corner.
Where do we see the industry going in 2016 and beyond?
Microgrids and Distributed Generation
About half of China's non-hydro energy storage capacity is paired with microgrids or distributed generation, and we foresee that these will remain strong growth areas in the coming year. Successful demonstration projects have proven that China's islands and remote western regions are prime targets for energy storage deployments, while industrial parks, hospitals, data centers, and other urban buildings are now coming into the spotlight. And last July, the government announced a plan to promote renewable energy-based microgrids nationwide, a great sign for the development of solar-plus-storage in China.
Demand-side Management
There is enormous potential for energy storage in demand side management, thanks to policy commitments from the highest levels of government. Last year, Chairman Xi Jinping announced a campaign to promote efficient energy use in order to meet the country's carbon emissions and air pollution targets. This drive – as well as our industry connections and technical knowledge – is why CNESA was selected by the Beijing municipal government to lead a demand response pilot program in Beijing. This past August, we helped reduce peak load by 70 megawatts just as demand was set to reach a new nationwide record.
We're also excited by the future of electric vehicle grid integration. It's no secret that China's EV market is booming; automakers sold over 130,000 plug-in electric vehicles in the first three quarters of 2015, double the number sold in the same period last year. This is a great step forward in the electrification of China's transportation sector, but it also represents a huge challenge for Chinese grid operators – a challenge that energy storage and smart grid technology companies are well-positioned to solve.
While China's energy storage market is primed for growth, challenges still remain.
China is still an emerging market, with all the risks that can bring. Regulatory changes are forthcoming, but there is still a great deal of uncertainty and a lack of well-defined value streams. That's why our team works hard to keep you informed via our monthly newsletter, annual white paper, and customized market and policy insights.
Strong partnerships are also a must, which is one reason we organize China's premier energy storage conference each year. In June, we held our fourth annual Energy Storage China Conference and Expo, our largest to date with over 700 attendees and 60 presentations from top policymakers, industry leaders, and energy researchers. The event is a great opportunity to learn more about China's energy storage ecosystem and to make lasting partnerships in the world's largest emerging market. I invite you to join us for next year's event, to be held May 10-12th in Beijing.
Since 2010, CNESA has brought you the latest developments and opportunities for partnerships in energy storage. In 2016, I hope you'll join us as we lead the way towards building a cleaner, smarter and stronger world.
Tagged: power sector reform, demand side management, demand response, CSP, microgrids, distributed generation, EV, ESC 2016, tzhang
Beijing Demand Response Pilot Program
CNESA is helping the government achieve lower peak loads. Here's how.
Photo: robert anders
Since the promulgation of the Beijing Demand-side Management Pilot Program Financial Incentive Fund Management Guidelines in 2013, demand response programs have been subsidized by the Beijing Ministry of Finance. By the end of 2015, these programs are expected to bring about a total demand reduction of 150 MW from peak loads. The government has chosen to play a leading role in forming supporting pilot institutions that include both energy services companies and consumers.
The Beijing development commission has entrusted CNESA to implement a demand response pilot program. As the first organization authorized to manage load integration, CNESA is responsible for developing a demand-side management platform and encouraging qualified consumers to participate. The Commission will provide subsidies to participating organizations.
CNESA has made progress towards achieving improved demand response by:
Exploring the peak shifting potential among electricity consumers
Guiding consumers on how to reduce consumption through behavioral changes
Establishing a demand response platform
CNESA is currently in the process of attracting qualified consumers to join this DSM platform and creating a DSM data infrastructure to manage peak loads.
The demand response platform is critical to achieving demand-side management in the Chinese electricity market. It will help promote demand response across the grid and help establish DSM implementation mechanisms throughout the country. The platform will also demonstrate how consumers can benefit from the market by changing their usage behavior.
CNESA has partnered with ENERBOS, an energy software service provider, to design the platform's back-end database and develop web applications to link with existing platforms (grid platforms, the CNESA network, and energy consumer platforms), and test functionality.
The platform aggregates demand reduction goals from the grid dispatcher and publishes a reduction plan for consumers – including key information such as reduction amount, date and time, relevant areas, subsidy payments, etc. – so that consumers can decide how to reduce demand based on their capabilities and needs. The platform will then confirm which electricity providers and consumers will participate. The platform will monitor the load curve during implementation to evaluate participant performance and calculate subsidies. Lastly, the platform will use this data to guide and improve future actions.
CNESA has also developed a series of automated demand reduction packages to meet the needs of different consumers. This framework uses a distributed network to integrate different sub-systems into a single computerized and centralized structure, through which managers can quickly and conveniently monitor and control the network via a comprehensive graphical user interface. This platform improves grid stability and performance, all while bringing profit to participants.
Tagged: demand response, demand side management, jlyu, demonstration project
Xia Qing: What Kind of Policies Does Energy Storage Need?
ESIE Wraps Up Another Year—A Look Back at Three Days of Energy Storage Events
CNESA Global Energy Storage Market Analysis—2019.Q1 (Summary)
The International Market--Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Energy Storage Companies
Energy Storage in 2019: Spring has Arrived
CNESA's 2018 Year in Energy Storage
CNESA Global Energy Storage Market Analysis – 2018.Q4 (Summary)
2018 Market Summary: How China Can Learn from South Korea on Energy Storage Safety
How International Energy Players Enter the Energy Storage Industry
Thoughts on the Present and Future of Energy Storage Development
CNESA Global Energy Storage Market Analysis – 2018 Q3 (Summary)
The Energy Storage Industry's Urgent Need for Detailed Policy Action
Energy Storage Safety Standards and Regulations Must Meet the Pace of Industry Development
SGIP Policy Revisions: How California Provides Incentives for Distributed Energy Storage
Development Trends in Combined Solar PV & Energy Storage
Observing Energy Storage's Power and Energy Applications through the CAISO and PJM Markets
PCS Vendors Begin to Diversify Their Energy Storage Activities
Energy Storage Market Developments in the Middle East
Tracking the Storage Industry: Why Have So Many Energy Giants Entered the Storage Market?


Last night we just ate a variety of leftovers so I thought I would just talk about how the past week went today. My goal was to prepare two poultry meals, two seafood/fish meals, two vegetarian meals, and one red meat meal. What we actually ate were two poultry meals, three vegetarian meals, one meat meal, and one seafood meal. Originally we had not planned on going out to lunch on Sunday so that threw the week off a bit.
I am pretty pleased with what we prepared this week. The new Afghani lentil dish was so good that I am sure it will be in at least a monthly rotation. I think starting the week on a Thursday is too confusing so we are going to free-lance the next three days and start our weekly regimen on Monday.
Since I do not have a food picture for today, here is a nice one from our trip to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon earlier in the month.
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La falacia de la porción de trabajo (en inglés: lump of labour fallacy), también llamada falacia de la escasez de trabajo, es cometida cuando la suposición de que una variable (como el trabajo) es fija resulta ser falsa. Es decir, consiste en tratar una variable como independiente, cuando en realidad está sujeta a cambios endógenos.

El término tiene su origen en uno de los argumentos contra la idea de que reducir el número de horas de trabajo por persona ocasiona una reducción global en el desempleo. Partidarios de restricciones de las horas de trabajo no han aceptado este argumento como verdadero, aunque la mayoría de los economistas actuales lo hace. Hoy se utiliza de manera generalizada para resaltar errores de razonamiento cuando suposiciones de ceteris paribus (aquellas en los cuales una variable cambia mientras que las demás permanecen constantes) son contrafácticas.

Otro nombre para la falacia en cuestión es falacia de suma cero. En la teoría de juegos un juego suma cero es aquel en el cual la suma del bien ganable de todos los jugadores permanece constante. En otras palabras, todo lo que un jugador gana, es perdido por otro u otros jugadores.

Un ejemplo frecuentemente citado es en economía, donde uno podría asumir que el dar cierta cantidad de riqueza a una persona (por ejemplo, a través de impuestos y subsidios) necesariamente resulta en que otros pierdan la misma cantidad de riqueza. De hecho, las actividades económicas pueden aumentar o reducir la riqueza del mundo, haciendo el "juego" económico de suma no cero.

Aplicación a la regulación laboral
Este argumento económico es comúnmente invocado contra los intentos de aliviar el desempleo mediante la restricción de las horas de trabajo. Tales suposiciones asumen que hay una cantidad fija de trabajo a ser realizado y que reduciendo la cantidad de horas de aquellos ya empleados, nuevos trabajadores serán necesarios. Esta política fue adoptada por el gobierno de Herbert Hoover en Estados Unidos y por Lionel Jospin en Francia. Sigue siendo ley en Francia, a pesar de propuestas de retorno por Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Algunos economistas sostienen que las políticas de reducción de horas tienden a ser inefectivas, alegando que hay costos administrativos sustanciales asociados con contratar más trabajadores, como son la contratación, entrenamiento y administración, que incrementarían el costo por unidad de producción, lo cual reduciría la producción y, en última instancia, reduciría el empleo.

Críticas de la aplicación
En el 2000, Tom Walker publicó una crítica y revisión histórica de la "falacia de la porción de trabajo" que afirmaba que la misma es incoherente, inconsistente y espuria. Según Walker, la declaración de que las políticas de reducción del tiempo de trabajo están basadas en una "cantidad fija de tiempo" es una "falacia del hombre de paja"; es decir, un argumento fácil de ser refutado, creado por quienes critican la medida y que se lo atribuyen a los mismos que la apoyan. Walker identificó en la literatura al menos tres explicaciones en conflicto de como supuestamente los defensores de la reducción del tiempo de trabajo cometen la falacia y que lo único que las explicaciones tienen en común es su fallo en identificar una fuente con autoridad que sostenga la falacia.

Walker después rastreó el origen de la frase y sus aplicaciones a las políticas laborales a dos autores de finales del , uno de los cuales, D.F. Schloss, en 1892 negó cualquier conexión entre su "Teoría de la porción de trabajo" y el tema de la duración del día laboral. El otro, John Rae, fue un defensor de la jornada de ocho horas pero sostuvo que la creación de trabajos no era una de sus ventajas. El argumento de Rae de 1894 acerca de las expectativas de creación de trabajo a partir de una cantidad fija de trabajo fue cuidadosamente refutada por Charles Beardsley en 1895.

Véase también
 Lista de prejuicios cognitivos

Enlaces externos
 Paul Krugman essay on the Lump of Labour Fallacy
 The Economist Glossary: Lump of Labour fallacy
 Zero sum fallacy in stock trading
 Tom Walker's critique and historical review of the "Lump-of-Labour fallacy" claim

Teoría de juegos
Trabajo

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Q: Get points enclosed by a 3d polygon I have a polygon that lies on a 3D plane. i want to get all points enclosed by this polygon.can anyone help me ?
 i can make a 3D scan line algorithm by replacing the scan lines by planes and get the intersection of planes with my polygon but i want a faster solution.
Thanks in advance.

A: One approach that I can see right now is to shoot an random arbitrary ray from each point that you want to verify and count how many times it intersects with the surface of your 3d mesh. If it is odd - it is inside, if even - outside.

A: If your polygon is convex, then you can use the following approach:
Each face of the polygon is part of a plane given by the equation ax + by + cz = d. Find this equation for all faces, modify them to < d or > d depending on which relation describes points on the inside of the polygon, then solve this system of linear inequalities. This should give you a set of relations for x, y, and z that only points inside the polygon satisfy.

A: CygnusX1's answer is the standard point-in-a-polygon test, and can be modified for a variety of different systems (eg. I have a version coded for working on a spheroid). The main trick when adapting it is deciding on the ray direction. 'Abitrary' s a much better word than 'random'.  For 2d Euclidean work I would shoot it in a direction parallel to one of the axes (and perpendicular to the other). For a sphere, you use one of the poles.  For a 2d planar polygon in 3d, then I would be tempted to choose a line that is perpendicular to one of the axes.
Or I would transform my coordinates so that all calculations are in the plane. This will greatly simplify the actual point-in-polygon test. I think this will also be faster (significantly so for large polygons and many tests): each polygon corner only needs to be transformed once, but it will be used in two tests per point-in-polygon test.

A: Project your polygon onto the (x,y)-plane. Now it's a 2-D problem. Each point (x,y) inside the 2-D projection represents a point (x,y,z) inside the 3-D polygon.
Note: If your plane is perpendicular to the (x,y)-plane, this won't work; and if it is nearly perpendicluar, you will get a loss of precision. So in practice, you would project onto the coordinate plane that is least perpendicular to your 3-D plane.

A: I have seen something similar implemented using one of matplotlib/scipy/numpy. I can't exactly remember the algorithm however, see whether this helps.

A: "yes it's a convex 3p polygon ,but it all its points lie in the same plane"
In that case - just convert the polygon and all the test points into 2D local coordinates of the plane and use a 2D algorithm:

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*2D ray shooting: You can still use similar algorithm to my 3d suggestion - shoot 2D rays originating from your test point and count how many times you hit the border of your polygon.

*Linear inequalities: If your polygon is convex, you can follow suszterpatt's approach, with your polygon defined as an intersection of halfplanes ax+by<d
Further reading:

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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_in_polygon

*http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/wrf/Research/Short_Notes/pnpoly.html

*http://paulbourke.net/geometry/insidepoly/

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When motorcycling and camping unite, something magical happens.
Each activity alone—whether riding across desolate areas of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego or camping under the Northern Lights—gets emotions flowing in its own way.
But, we'll say it again, when they are combined, something magical happens.
This is especially true when everything goes smoothly. The route to smooth motorcycle camping? Proactive planning.
We've spent years perfecting the art of motorcycle and camping, and we'll continue to explore these topics on our blog.
But let's begin with absolute essentials that all motorcycle campers should immediately implement into their plans: the Top 8 Essential Tips for Trouble-Free Motorcycle Camping.
Begin with knowing your bike, and at the very least the basics of maintenance (though the more you know the better). Start from the tires up, checking tire pressure, oil, brake/clutch fluids, and adjustment of all controls. Just having your clutch/brake levers in the most optimal position for comfort while sitting and standing can make a ride much happier.
Also, learn to work on motorcycles, especially the basics like changing a tire tube, or if you have tubeless rims plugging a tire.
We'll have more in upcoming blogs, but for now research techniques by globetrotting travelers like Helge Pedersen.
Remember, to enjoy camping, you need to get there first. And it all begins with a trouble-free bike, and knowledge to make repairs.
Don't skimp on good riding or camping gear. As for riding gear, the absolute musts for serious adventure rides are good base layers, and protective gear (jacket, pants, boots) that is waterproof and offers optimal ventilation.
In regards to camping, a top-performing tent and sleeping bag are paramount to comfort in nature. The more comfortable you sleep, the better the energy and riding/exploring will be the following day.
We purposely designed two tents for the exact reason of what level of comfort is needed; our MotoTent offers enough space to bring loads of home-style comfort to the trail, and even features a canopy for your motorcycle and vestibule for gear. This tent was built by bikers for bikers, and at 12 lbs. (5.44 kg), the MotoTent is the lightest one on the market that features storage for your motorcycle.
Our other option is the MiniTent, which is for those adventure motorcyclists who like to be placed directly in nature and love to travel light. This solo tent weighs just 2.65 lbs. (1.2 kg), and packs away in a small 16" x 5" (40 x 13 cms) bag.
Again, proactiveness is key to a smooth motorcycle camping experience. When packing, sit back and imagine yourself going throughout a day of waking up, riding, setting up camp, and sleeping.
Think like "I began the day brushing my teeth and washing my face and hands" to "I need to charge my phone at night".
Then make the list, which should include all toiletries, TP, solar chargers, camp shorts, camp shoes, cooking utensils, food, etc. Then think of the utilitarian needs, such as a Swiss Army knife or Leatherman, first-aid kit, headlight lamp, hand sanitizer and a ground cloth for under the tent if needed (simple PV-coated nylon tarp will do!).
Just don't go overboard; people typically overpack instead of underpack. Again, imagine your day from waking up to sleeping, and make a checklist of things. Then go through that list and get rid of stuff you likely won't use, like those four extra t-shirts that always come back home clean and folded.
When packing, regardless of using hard or soft bags, try getting the heaviest items closest to the center of gravity. Make sure the bags are balanced out with weight, and keep similar items together, such as a sleeping bag and clothes, or a tent and tools. We always pack away an extra bungee cargo net. They can hold anything down, and help save time when something needs to quickly be secured.
Sometimes what you see as having a beautiful scenery can make for a horrible night of camping, especially in lower areas where rain or fog can collect. Note that any areas with any type water collection will provide a perfect hosting ground for mosquitoes and other bugs, and heavy morning fog leads to uncomfortable moisture in your tent.
Search for higher grounds that are flat, and lacking rocks, ant hills or high grass—the latter also a perfect hosting ground for pests like ticks and bees.
Before pitching a tent, lay on the ground to see if it's actually comfortable. We've all pitched tents just to realize at bedtime that the surface has us squirming for comfort. Be proactive by laying on the ground and finding the comfort before pitching the tent.
Just like laying on the ground to find optimal comfort for sleep, figure out where to park the bike so that it's out of the way. The reasons for this are security from others in the back country, and not having to scramble around at night if your steed is in the way of the perfect place to set up a fire pit.
Before pitching the tent, we recommend giving the bike a quick once over — checking tire pressures, visible leaks, or anything else that can jeopardize the next day's ride and safety.
Also, when riding, use the bike to your advantage such as a place to hang gear. A good practice is to check the gear for any type of bugs (ticks especially if you're in such areas), and let it dry out before storing it away for the night. This is also one of the reasons we created the MotoTent — the vestibule area is perfect for keeping gear out of the elements at night while you sleep.
Another proactive measure for camping is learning the basics of cooking on the trail with the least amount of cookware available (stay tuned for a future blog post!). Some foods, like pasta, are easy to pack and only require some boiling, and for good flavor only require packets of dressing, which pack away easily.
Also, always remember aluminum foil for cooking fresh foods on a direct heat source (potato, freshly-caught fish, hot dogs... you name it!).
Let's start with those pesky little bugs. They can destroy a night of camping as fast as a flat tire can destroy a great day of riding. The key, once again, is proactiveness.
The first defense is a good bug spray. Water repellent spray is best, especially if moisture is present. If you want natural, there are plenty of essential oil blends that work as good as DEET.
Speaking of water, once again, stay away! You already have received education to not pitch a tent near standing water. The reason is simple—mosquitoes thrive on H2O. But let's get a bit deeper… mosquitoes typically lay eggs in moist settings, and these eggs hatch into larvae that mature in water.
Next, remember to keep your tent's screens zippered shut; one mosquito or ant or any type of pest can quickly wake you out of a deep sleep. Also, try to keep the zippers at the uppermost closing portion of the screen; tiny ground-roaming bugs can creep in even if there's a slight opening.
I saved scent for last of the bug talk, because it brings us into the animal talk. Animals and bugs thrive on fragrance such as deodorant or crazy scents of hand sanitizer. Bugs are attracted to these fragrances, and so are animals, such as bear, that can smell something tasteful miles away. Learn a lesson we did once??- don't bring apple pie-scented hand sanitizer for cleaning your hands. There were more animals present that night than ever.
Use a non-scented hand sanitizer, and, though you don't have to go full hippie, try using the least-fragrant deodorant or soap.
Now onto food. When cooking, it's naturally going to attract animals. Keep your camp clean of all food scraps or anything that can smell of food. A few campers go as far as burying food scraps a few hundred feet away from the camping location to keep the animals away. Also, never sleep with food inside your tent; wild animals will do anything to secure a meal. Remaining food is best kept sealed in Ziplock bags or other containers that don't exume smells, and in sealed panniers.
OK, we'll say it one last time: camping via motorcycle is magical. There is absolutely no better way to enjoy nature than riding and camping.
But sometimes these experiences can turn out miserable due to lack of preparation.
Use these tips to better prepare yourself for a future motorcycle camping trip. And to keep these times magical, remember that whatever you bring into nature, bring out.
It's not only a sign of respect for Mother Nature, but also your fellow motorcyclist.


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Budget 2018: Compliance and enforcement Budget 2018: Compliance and enforcement
Budget 2018: Compliance and enforcement
Out-Law Analysis | 06 Nov 2018 | 11:32 am | 4 min. read
ANALYSIS: There were thankfully few measures in the UK's Budget extending the powers of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), but plenty targeting avoidance and 'unfair outcomes'.
There was no shame about imposing new types of tax on non-UK companies such as the digital services tax and income tax on offshore receipts from intangible assets.
When it comes to making Budget announcements, the UK government is very fond of grouping avoidance and evasion together. Now a third concept seems to have been added to the group: that of 'unfair outcomes'. In total, 21 measures were announced to tackle these three mischiefs,
and they are expected to raise an additional £2.1 billion by 2023/24 – although it is not clear which of the 21 fall under this unfair outcomes head.
The VAT system though has been very clearly targeted – with an additional £1.2bn to be raised from closing 'VAT looping' in the insurance sector; changing the rules on post-supply price adjustments to ensure they are more transparent; and collecting VAT on 'unfulfilled' supplies.
The measures also include tightening the guidance to ensure 'bought in' services are subject to UK VAT, as well as providing clarity on when HMRC will exercise its 'protection of the revenue' powers to exclude a non-UK company with a UK fixed establishment from being part of a UK VAT group. This revised guidance will come into effect from April 2019 and reflects HMRC's current 'crackdown' on perceived unfair exploitation of the UK's generous VAT grouping regime by some in the banking sector.
Furthermore, the response to the consultation on an alternative method of VAT collection – split payment – will be published on 7 November. We are also promised a response at an unspecified date to the consultation on the role of online platforms in ensuring tax compliance by their users.
Larger multinationals
Budget 2018 notably also includes a range of measures tackling large multinational enterprises. The previously proposed royalties withholding tax is now the less snappily named 'offshore receipts in respect of intangible property'. The name change denotes a substantive change to the basis on which this income tax will be applied – namely, directly on the non-UK entity receiving the income and not via a withholding on a UK person paying it. A £10 million de minimis applies in order to make sure it only hits larger operators. The tax will be collected under normal self assessment principles – and any unpaid tax can be visited under 'joint and several liability' provisions on a UK entity in the same control group. As it will be an income tax, it is worth noting that it will be subject to the new 12 year discovery time limit currently working through Parliament as a new s 36A of TMA 1970.
Of course, the most eye-catching announcement was the decision to introduce a 2% digital services tax (DST), albeit only for search engines, social media platforms and online market places. It will not include online sales which do not take place through an intermediator, or on the provision of online content. This is clearly targeted at the FAANGs (technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google). It is consistent with the approach taken by the EU commission to date, but not the European Parliament, which wants to tax the lot. It is not clear what precise form the UK's DST will take, but the Budget 2018 announcement makes it clear that it will not be creditable against corporation tax and will fall outside existing treaty networks.
The UK's permanent establishment (PE) rules are also to be changed. The intention is to stop multinationals avoiding a PE by fragmenting a business between various entities in order for each to try to fall within exempt activities.
Legislation will also be introduced to close some gaps in the diverted profits tax (DPT) legislation, including a 'loophole' which allowed a taxpayer to adjust its corporation tax return after the time limits for HMRC raising a DPT charge has expired. The review period following the issue of a charging notice will be extended from 12 to 15 months.
The government is pressing ahead with the proposals to reform IR35 for private sector engagers, in line with the changes already in place in the public sector. However, it has given industry one year's breathing space, with the new measure coming into effect from 6 April 2020.
It will also only apply to medium and large enterprises. With so many of the latest measures being targeted at larger businesses, which of course don't vote, one would think that the chancellor had one eye to the risk of there being a no-deal Brexit and snap general election...
Broader non-compliance
A consultation has also been announced on giving HMRC preferential creditor status in an insolvency, harking back to pre-2003 days, in respect of taxes held 'in trust' for HMRC, namely VAT, PAYE, NICs and CIS. The government also proposes to introduce personal liability for directors of a company and others who engage in avoidance or evasion where the company deliberately enters insolvency.
The government will issue a call for evidence later in the year on 'electronic sales suppression'; namely, the misuse of till systems to illegally hide or reduce the value of individual transactions. What happened to the call for evidence on 'cash and digital payments in the new economy' announced at the Spring Statement 2018? One has to hope that it will soon become clear where the government is going with this line of thinking. The government will also publish an updated offshore tax compliance strategy, building on the progress made since publishing the last strategy in 2014.
For all the rhetoric on measures to bring in an additional £2.1bn, there were – thankfully – few measures extending HMRC's powers. The House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee has been asking whether the balance of power has tipped too far in HMRC's favour in recent times. I think many would agree that it is perhaps time for HMRC to pause for breath before any more powers are added to its arsenal.
Jason Collins is a tax expert at Pinsent Masons LLP, the law firm behind Out-law.com. This comment first appeared in Tax Journal 2 November 2018.
Partner, Head of Litigation, Regulatory & Tax
Tax representations on ISDA swaps
LEGAL UPDATE: When negotiating an interest rate swap, tax representations are not needed where both parties are UK resident, thanks to a domestic exemption from withholding. On a cross-border transaction, this exemption will protect a UK company payer but representations are still needed, not because of any potential withholding (the usual need for tax representations) but due to a provision which prevents debit deductions where a counterparty is non-UK resident, unless an exemption applies (and for which a representation is required). One such exemption relates to double tax treaties and care is needed to apply the right treaty.
31 Oct 2017 Corporate Tax
SDLT anti-avoidance provision applies even if no avoidance motive, says tribunal
A stamp duty land tax (SDLT) anti avoidance provision applied to a series of transactions which included a sale of units in a Guernsey property unit trust (GPUT) and did not require a tax avoidance motive, the first tier tribunal has decided in a case involving Hannover Leasing. The anti avoidance provision in question, section 75A of Finance Act 2003, can increase the SDLT liability where a number of transactions are involved and less SDLT is payable than if the purchaser had just acquired the property directly from the seller.
3 Jun 2019 Property tax
SDLT sub-sale relief scheme fails
A scheme to avoid UK stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on a house purchase involving a claim for sub-sale relief failed because the conditions for the relief were not satisfied. A rider to the contract signed after anti-avoidance provisions had been introduced had no effect.
10 Dec 2019 Property tax
A decade in HMRC high end tax compliance
Notice to file tax return does not need to be given by identified HMRC officer
'Fluff' layer at landfill site not 'disposed of as waste', Tribunal says
More salaried employees likely to fall within UK National Minimum Wage
UK government to review off-payroll working changes
VAT charges on digital versions of newspapers overturned
DIFC firms face March 2020 economic substance rules deadline
Capital gains tax for individuals on the disposal of shares in the UK
Taxes on high value residential properties in the UK
Irish luxury hotel groups turn to insurance to mitigate acquisition risks
HMRC 'less willing' to offer plea bargains to UK taxpayers
VAT recoverable on shareholder employee tax avoidance scheme says tribunal


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Q: Как заставить объект вращаться по оси? Всем привет. Этот код вращает мой объект по "y" оси. А как я могу поменять на "x"?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Corei7_anim : MonoBehaviour {

public float speed, tilt;
private Vector3 target = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

// Use this for initialization
void Start () {

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {

    transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * tilt);
}}

A: Как-то так:
Transform transform;

void Start()
{
    transform = GameObject.GetComponent<Transform>();
    // Получаем ссылку на компонент Transfrom после первого кадра
    // Start() можно заменить на Awake(), если хочется
    // Тогда будем получать ссылку до старта сцены
}

void Update()
{
    transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward* 4f * Time.deltaTime);
    // Вращаем объект вокруг своей оси
    // Важно понимать какой вектор отвечает за ось
    // Глянем в доки. Vector3.forward- это вектор (1, 0, 0). Отлично, подходит
}

P.S. Со скриптом в GetComponent() мог немного накосячить, давно не пишу на шарпе и не работаю с Unity, но вроде всё верно. Также постоянно в Update() писать transfrom.Rotate() без взятия ссылки на компонент Transfrom - пример плохого кода. Потому что transform в Unity автоматически выполняет функцию взятия ссылки на компонент, но не сохраняет её. То есть вы выполняете лишнюю операцию каждый кадр.
Если у вас модель с неправильно настроенным вращением, то нужно использовать другие вектора. Если вам сложно понять вокруг какого вектора будет двигаться модель,вы можете нарисовать этот вектор с помощью функции Debug.DrawRay()
Например, так:
Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.forward, Color.red);

Таким образом в редакторе будет отображён луч из объекта по направлению Vector3.forward
Документацию к Debug.DrawRay() можно найти тут
Также, чтобы не сильно париться, можно просто удочерить модель к пустому объекту и вешать скрипт уже на пустой объект, либо изначально пытаться получить родителя у объекта в скрипте, а если родителя нет, то за Transform вращения брать сам объект.
Но это тоже не самый лучший вариант. Гораздо лучше починить модель в каком-нибудь 3D редакторе и сделать импорт модели заново.
В любом случае, какой вариант выбирать - решать вам.

A: Решение:
transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward * tilt);

Возможные значение forward, fwd, up, down, left, right. (Так же есть one и zero но ничего не поменялось)


Welcome to this open, sun-filled colonial set on over 2 beautiful acres. You will feel instantly at home in this warm and welcoming space. The first floor boasts a bright, front-to-back, fireplaced living room, hardwood floors, a formal dining room, a spacious, updated kitchen, a full, remodeled bath, and a breezeway that has been heated and insulated for extra living space. On the second floor, there is another full bath and 3 large bedrooms, each with a ceiling fan and ample closet space. The outdoor space is equally inviting. Imagine summer evenings spent on the expansive, new deck overlooking the private backyard and above-ground pool. Everything in this classic colonial has been recently updated, including the roof, windows, doors, driveway, furnace, and hot water heater. Additional features include a generator hook-up and state of the art security system.  Close proximity to I-84 and I-384 offers the peacefulness of country living without sacrificing the convenience of nearby amenities. There is nothing to do but move in and start enjoying this fabulous property.
Direction: Rte. 31 to Dunn Rd.


The water supply to several areas in Colombo would be interrupted for 24 hours starting from 4.00 p.m today till 4.00 p.m tomorrow, due to essential maintenance work. the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.
Accordingly, the water supply to Moragasmulla, Rajagiriya, Ethul Kotte, Obeysekarapura, Bandaranayakepura, Nawala, Koswatta and in all the roads from Rajagiriya to Nawala Open University, would be restricted for 24 hours.


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Buses Turkey-Balkans-Europe
Daily buses connect Istanbul with Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia and Romania.
If you travel via Bulgaria, you may need a Bulgarian visa.
Many of these buses operate from the Emniyet Garajı bus terminal, but tickets are also on sale at Istanbul's Büyük Otogar (Main Bus Terminal) in Esenler.
My friends at Efendi Travel sell tickets for buses and trainsto Bulgaria, Greece and Europe, and can also reserve flights, hotels, transfers, tours and all other travel services. More…
Here's how to buy bus tickets in Turkey.
Here are the Balkan bus companies:
Alpar Turizm
Buses to Plovdiv and Sofia, as well as to Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania (Kosova, Arnavutluk, Sqiperi).
Tel +90 (212) 658 3540, -3541, -2, -3; Fax 658 3956
Agents in Sofia, Tel +359 (2) 525004; in Plovdiv, Tel (2) 631 948
Derya Tur
Tel: +90 (212) 658 0292, -0293, -0298, -0299
Routes from Istanbul to K. Andreevo, Itaskovo, Stara Zagora, Gabrovo and Lovec, Bulgaria; and Tirana, Albania.
Drina Trans
Buses to Macedonia: Gostivar, Kumanovo, Skoplje (Üsküp) and Tetovo.
Tel +90 (212) 658 1851, [email protected]
Huntur Turizm
Daily buses from Istanbul, Bursa and Izmir to Sofia, Plovdiv, Haskovo, Ruse, Kirdzali (Kırcalı) and Silistra.
Tel +90 (212) 658 0061
Daily buses from Istanbul to Sofia via Svilengrad, Haskovo and Plovdiv, depart at 09:00 am, 12:00 noon, 17:30 (5:30 pm), 20:30 (8:30 pm), 21:30 (9:30 pm) and 23:00 (11 pm).
From Sofia to Istanbul, departures are at 07:15 and 09:00 am, 12:00 noon, 17:00 (5 pm), 20:30 (8:30 pm) and 23:00 (11 pm).
Daily buses from Istanbul to Silistra via Svilengrad, Topolovgrad, Elhovo, Yanbol, Peteloçka, Kotel, Omurtak, Targoviste, Sumen, Razgrad, Isperih, Duolvo and Alfatar departing at 09:00 am.
Another daily bus goes from Istanbul to Silistra via Dereköy, Malko Tarnovo, Burgaz, Aytos, Lülekovo, Sumen, Venetz, Kliment, Isperih and Dulovo, departing at 20:00 (8 pm).
Daily buses from Istanbul to Dobriç via Burgaz and Varna departing at 09:30 am.
Tel +90 (212) 658 1050, -1051
In Sofia: Tel +359 (2) 325131, 333281; in Plovdiv, (32) 620063.
Buses from Istanbul daily except Monday and Saturday to Kapıkule border crossing and the northeastern Bulgarian towns of Kotel, Omurtag, Targoviste, Sumen, Razgrad, Isperih, Dulovo, and Silistre. Return trips depart Bulgaria daily except Monday and Thursday. Morava also runs buses from Istanbul to Kosovo, and Tirana, Albania.
Tel +90 (212) 658 0657, -8, -9; Fax 658 0960.
Nisikli Turizm
Buses to the eastern Bulgarian towns of Aytos, Burgas, Dulova, Isperih, Razgrad, Silistra, Sumen, Tervel and Dobriç.
Özlem Tur
Buses to Burgas, Dobriç, Razgrad and Varna, also to Romania (Braila, Constanta, Galati and Tulcea).
Öz Varol Turizm
Three buses daily to Sofia via Haskovo and Plovdiv, departing Istanbul at 10:00 am, 6 and 9 pm (18:00 and 21:00), and each evening to Kırcalı
Agents: Fara Tour, Sofia, Tel +359 (2) 316087 or 315763; Plovdiv, Tel +359 (32) 638065
Materik Tour, Sofia, Tel +359 (2) 831 2107 or 315763; Plovdiv +359 (32) 638065
Vardar Turizm
Istanbul: Tel +90 (212) 658 3350, 658 2034; Fax 658 3062; Vardar has an office near Beyazıt Square: Dibekli Cami Sokak No. 10; and also offices at the Emniyet Garajı near Aksaray Square.
Buses from Istanbul to Macedonia via Gostivar, Kumanovo, Skoplje (Üsküp) and Tetovo daily at 18:00 (6 pm).
Buses from Istanbul to Kosovo (Kosova: Prizren and Pristina) twice weekly, and from Istanbul to Germany on Tuesday at 17:00 (5 pm).
Prizren: Dardania Tours, Tel: 00381 29 22 358 -00381 29 44 968
Ipek: Tel: 00381 39 43 2326
Some of these buses also depart from the Eminyet Garajı at the southern end of Abdullah Çavuş Sokak just southwest of Aksaray Square in Old Istanbul (map).
Train Istanbul – Bulgaria – Europe
What about taking the train instead? I don't recommend it. The train equipment is old and in poor condition. More…
If you decide on the train, the Istanbul-Sofia Expressdeparts nightly for Sofia, Bulgaria and Bucharest, Romania. More…
You may want to read this personal report of a less-than-satisfactory bus journey from Bucharest to Istanbul. More…
Emniyet Garajı Bus Terminal
Main Bus Terminal (Esenler)
Buying Bus Tickets
Bus Travel in Turkey
Istanbul Transport
Maps of Istanbul & Region
Transport in Turkey
Above, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral,
Sofia, Bulgaria.
Below, the Emniyet Garajı is a prime point for buses to Turkey's neighboring countries.