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Does Jordan Peterson's carnivore diet work?
Will Maule
Jordan Peterson has spent much of the past few years eloquently torpedoing all that the liberal progressives hold dear, and he's not done yet. Citing a profound health transformation, the bolshy Canadian psychologist is now piling into the opinion-saturated arena of diet, and the vegans aren't happy.
But Peterson's latest revelation is not about culture wars or the eroding of free speech. This is about his own mental health, which has at times been unspeakably grim. Controversial as ever, Peterson is now claiming to have beaten away his regimen of antidepressants through the excessive consumption of a rather more rudimentary substance: meat.
A sworn 'carnivore diet' convert, he was first introduced to the beef-only regime by his daughter, Mikhaila, who spent years suffering from a serious autoimmune disease.
In an interview with Joe Rogan, Prof. Peterson explained how, by the time she'd reached her teens, his daughter's excruciating arthritic condition had corroded 40 of her joints and forced her into a deep depression. So severe was the illness that at just fifteen years of age, she required a hip and ankle replacement. 'She was dying', Jordan lamented.
But Mikhaila didn't die. Instead, she ruthlessly eliminated everything that disagreed with her gut. Whittling down the food groups, she started to experience notable health improvements and was soon gorging on a simple staple of broccoli and chicken. Stunned by her progress, Mikhaila then decided to go the whole hog (or cow) and began consuming only beef, salt and water.
'All my symptoms went into remission', she told the Atlantic. Her autoimmune disease had literally cured itself. The depression, an illness deeply embedded in the Peterson family, had all but vanished. 'She was glowing', Jordan said.
With little evidence base, it is important to interpret these assertions with a pinch of salt. While the blogosphere is awash with cynics, there are also some foreboding words from dieticians concerned by the prospect of such a diet being perpetuated.
'It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous', nutritionist Lisa Sasson told Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt as he slumped into day six of his own all-meat trial. 'The claims that are made are preposterous… Atkins was bad – this is 50 times worse.'
Hyperbole? Not according to microbial ecologist Dr. Jack Gilbert, who warned of cardiac issues and metabolic mayhem. 'If she does not die of colon cancer or some other severe cardiometabolic disease,' he said, 'the life—I can't imagine'.
But perhaps equally galling is the diet's outrageous political incorrectness. Remember, for many environmental activists, meat consumption is akin to cannibalism. The unethical industry, the effects on the climate, the health warnings; safe to say, the diet is treading on a lot of hooves. Many such trotters belong to people who back Barrister Michael Mansfield's call to not only outlaw the product, but rank its consumption 'alongside genocide and other crimes against humanity.' Mad-cow crazy, not least because the goalposts are continually shifting – a recent report found that the carbon footprint of asthma inhalers is 'as bad for the environment as eating meat.' With trepidation, we await the eminent QC's ban on asthmatics, too.
Health critiques of the carnivore diet aside, a quick sweep of twitter shows many detractors to be more energised by their offense taken at Peterson's socio-political positions than they are perturbed by his choice of sustenance. It's no surprise. Peterson has become the conservative bogeyman to many on the left, demonised and misconstrued in equal measure. Just taking a photo with him, as British folk-rockers Mumford and Sons found out last year, can invite a niagara of sharp-tongued calls for cancellation. 'I don't think his psychological work is very controversial', banjo player Winston Marshall quietly asserted, as a CBC interviewer threatened an exodus of LGBT fans from their concerts. The whole thing was absurd.
But the haters cannot argue with the diminishing of a major depressive disorder. Indeed, as anyone who has suffered with severe mental health issues would agree, such relief, albeit unconventionally achieved, should not be questioned but celebrated.
Considering we live in a culture (rightly) determined to shatter the stigma around mental illness, the vitriol directed at the Petersons over their culinary choices, and the relentless scoffing at their personal experience, typifies the rot at the core of our tribal politics. Even if depression is dispelled, rheumatoid arthritis eased and a sense of hope renewed, the liberal woke crowd still won't allow Peterson this personal victory. And that's inherently sad.
Is more research required into the carnivore diet and its health effects? Of course. Anything less would be irresponsible. But in the meantime, we'd be wise to remove political and personal criticism from this debate. Clearly, the diet is not for everyone, but why does it need to be? For Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson, it sparked some sweet relief. And who on earth would be so cruel as to deny them that?
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India vs New Zealand: 'They're the No. 1 team in the world but…' – Ross Taylor on T20I series against Virat Kohli and Co – cricket
Despite being thrashed by Australia just lately, New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is assured of team's probabilities in the upcoming T20I series against India beginning Friday. The two groups are scheduled to play 5 matches with the curtain-raiser set to be performed at Eden Park in Auckland. After the conclusion of T20I series, New Zealand and India will characteristic in three ODIs and two Tests as effectively.
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Ahead of the blockbuster T20I series, Taylor said their familiarisation with the circumstances will hand their the benefit over the primary ranked team in the world.
"We were completely outplayed in all facets of the game throughout the whole series (against Australia), but now we're back on home soil and India will be a totally different opposition," Taylor was quoted as saying by stuff.co.nz.
"They're the No 1 team in the world, but we're obviously in conditions that we know, so let's get through the white-ball phase first before we get on to talking about that."
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Taylor additionally spoke relating to the rise of T20I cricket in the previous few years. However, he talked about the have to maintain all three codecs in tact and not give significance to at least one explicit format.
"Not a lot of people knew what to expect in the first World Cup in South Africa in 2007, but it's grown a lot. Obviously the IPL came along not so long after. Quite often you used to play one, maybe two games, now we've got a five-match series. The game's evolved and the shots that the men and the women are playing make it exciting for people to come along and watch," Taylor mentioned.
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"There's been a lot of talk in recent times about (the future) of Test cricket and one-day cricket and T20. Hopefully there's room for all three and T20 for the next five matches anyway will be exciting and the New Zealand public will be looking forward to a good series."
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Jason Tiatia, né le  à Christchurch, est un joueur néo-zélandais de rugby à XV et de rugby à sept qui évolue au poste d'ailier.

Biographie
Jason Tiatia débute dans le National Provincial Championship en 2001 avec la province du Southland, puis joue pour l'équipe de Bay of Plenty en 2002.
En parallèle, il joue sous le maillot de l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande de rugby à sept.

Il rejoint le Top 16 avec le FC Grenoble lors de la saison 2004-2005 avant de continuer sa carrière au Gran Rugby Parme dans le Super 10.

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By Allie Coyne on Jul 3, 2014 3:00PM
Citizens locked out of lodgements.
The nation's single sign-on portal for access to government services has been plagued with technical issues during its first week in operation as the exclusive thoroughfare for online tax returns.
Earlier this year the Australian Tax Office confirmed Australians would need to sign up for a myGov account in order to lodge tax returns online from July 1, despite previously raised concerns around the system's security.
myGov allows Australians to log into a single account to access information stored on them from a range of government agencies.
The service counted around two million users earlier in the year, a user base that was expected to double in size as citizens register to lodge their tax returns for the 2013 financial year.
The Tax Office today advised of an "error 5077" with the system, which was preventing users from lodging their tax returns and accessing their accounts.
Users have been complaining of intermittent issues with the service since yesterday.
The Tax Office hinted in a Facebook post the technical issues were associated with "errors with the authentication process", meaning users had difficulty verifiying their identity, and advised against repeated attempts.
"After several unsuccessful attempts to verify your identity your account is locked for 24 hours as a security precaution. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused."
The Department of Human Services said a "record" number of new users were signing up for the service.
"We have been working hard to resolve the intermittent issues with myGov and most customers will today notice an improvement in the service," it said in a Facebook post.
"A record number of you are registering for myGov, so we'll be keeping a close eye on the service today and our technical specialists will keep working hard to fix any ongoing problems."
The ATO said it was aware less than one percent of users were experiencing the ongoing technical issues. A spokesperson said 15,705 people had lodged their tax return online since Tuesday.
"We are now working to further reduce the instances of this issue. Those experiencing this problem can call the e-tax IT help desk on 1300 1300 17," the spokesperson said.
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Prior to the first voyage of Columbus in 1492, the original nations of the two continents that are now called North and South America (the "Western Hemisphere") were living completely free and independent. The vast Atlantic Ocean separated those distinct and free nations from Western Christendom (Western Europe). Today, we, as the descendants of our
Prior to the first voyage of Columbus in 1492, the original nations of the two continents that are now called North and South America (the "Western Hemisphere") were living completely free and independent. The vast Atlantic Ocean separated those distinct and free nations from Western Christendom (Western Europe). Today, we, as the descendants of our Native ancestors, are now faced with the task of understanding what our ancestors were subjected to, at the hands of the Christian colonizers. The colonizing political powers of Western Europe established and imposed a Christian European reality system of domination over our part of the planet, and over our respective nations.
Peter L. Berger has pointed out that society "is constituted and maintained by acting human beings." He adds that society has "no being, no reality, apart from this activity." We may sensibly draw the inference that the system of domination that was used against our Native ancestors and our nations was created and maintained by acting human beings who traveled across the ocean from their home in a place they called "Western Christendom" or "the Christian Commonwealth." The system of domination they working to replicate in our part of the planet was a system that had been created by highly intelligent humans. They used their intellectual prowess to design and execute a vision, a long-range plan, the evidence of which is contained in the Latin language of a number of Vatican documents issued by various popes during the fifteenth century.
Those papal documents, and royal charters issued by Portugal and Spain, were the result of the thinking and writing skills of highly intelligent minds. One such document indicates that the Christian explorers were looking to travel in quest of non-Christian places where the system of Christian domination could be constituted, established, and maintained. Their intention becomes evident when we read documents issued by a number of popes, particularly documents issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493. Pope Alexander's documents expressed a vision of Christian lords ("dominorum Christianorum") constituting or establishing ("constitute") their domination ("dominio") over non-Christian nations ("barbarae nationes") and their lands.
Every human reality of domination such as the Christian empire that Pope Alexander VI desired to propagate ("propagationem"), is the result of what Berger calls "meanings externalized in human activity." In other words, humans combine their thoughts, speech, and activity in community with others, to create and maintain a particular configuration of reality. And when the fervently militant representatives of the Christian empire ("imperii Christiani") were working to constitute or build a reality system of domination in whatever place they were invading, they carried with them all of the ideas and equipment necessary to accomplish the bloody work. This pattern is well exemplified in the following account of Hernando de Soto's expedition from Cuba to Florida:
"At length, all preparations were completed; leaving his wife to govern the island [of Cuba], he [Soto] and his company, full of unbounded expectations, embarked for Florida; and in about a fortnight, his fleet anchored in the Bay of Spiritu Santo. The solders went on shore; the horses, between two and three hundred in number, were disembarked; and the men of the expedition stood upon the soil which they had so eagerly desired to tread. . . And now began the nomadic march of the adventurers; a numerous body of horsemen, besides infantry [on foot], completely armed; a force exceeding in numbers and equipments [sic] the famous expeditions against the empires of Mexico and Peru."
In a footnote, Bancroft explains it was likely that there were nearly a thousand men on this expedition. Hernando de Soto and his men were equipped with all the kinds of things they knew they would need in order to establish their domination in Florida based upon what "former invasions and the cruelty of avarice" suggested to them. Accordingly, De Soto and his men carried with them
"chains for captives, and the instruments of a forge; arms of all kinds then in use, and bloodhounds as auxiliaries against the feeble natives; ample stores of food, as a last resort, a drove of hogs, which would soon swarm in the favoring climate, where the forests and the Indian maize [corn] furnished abundant sustenance. It was a roving expedition of gallant freebooters in quest of fortune. It was a romantic stroll of men whom avarice rendered ferocious." (Source: George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States (1853), Vol. I, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, pp. 43-45).
These rapacious patterns of thought and behavior, combined with the technological means of domination and war, provide a telling example of how the meanings and acts of domination found in papal bulls and royal documents were "externalized in human activity" and used against the original nations and peoples of Florida. By analogy, those same patterns were carried to and repeated in every place the Christian world went throughout the entire Western hemisphere. Bancroft describes how Catholic priests, as foot soldiers of the church, ("Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching As To War") supported the invasion, and thereby created a combination of greed, carnage, and religious fervor:
Religious zeal was also united with avarice: there were not only cavalry and foot-soldiers, with all that belongs to warlike array; twelve priests, besides other ecclesiastics, accompanied the expedition. Florida was to become Catholic during scenes of robbery and carnage [committed against the Native people]. Ornaments, such as are used at the service of mass, were carefully provided; every festival was to be kept; every religious practice was to be observed. As the troop marched through the wilderness, the solemn procession, which the usages of the church enjoined, were scrupulously instituted. (Bancroft, p. 45)
The language from the papal document Inter Caetera, dated May 4, 1493, identifies the nature of the "Deity" that the Catholic invaders of the original nations scrupulously worshiped. A sentence from that May 4 papal decree reads: "We trust in Him from whom empires and dominations and all good things proceed." The pronoun "Him" is the only identifier of a "Deity" out of whom empire and domination issued forth or "proceeded."
Bancroft describes the manner in which Hernando De Soto invaded the original nations of Florida. The intrepid Christian invaders made certain that they maintained, by means of proper ritual activity and liturgical conduct, religious devotion to their Deity-of-Domination, consecrated by means of blood, gore, and war. Liturgical ritual, robbery, and bloody carnage would "Christianize" and "Catholicize" Florida. This context would result in the bloody birth of a reality system, or "State of domination," in that region. Today that state is called Florida. Every State has been "birthed" in this manner. This is why anthropologist Stanley Diamond said that "civilization originates in conquest [domination] abroad," meaning externally, and repression [domination] at home," meaning, internally.
Hernando de Soto and the Domination System
The activities of De Soto and his men demonstrate the conceptual model implicit in the language and thought that was later manifested as the society of the United States. It is the model of a dominating authority figure (e.g., De Soto), who rules through the threat of, or direct imposition of, brutal force. We may call this the Domination Model.
We are encouraged to believe that the domination system dominates those it subjects wisely and fairly. Be that as it may, the dominators expect those being subjected to their control an unquestioning obedience to the system of domination called "the State." Dominators such as De Soto fully expected the Native people to obey all of the mandates and commands issued by the domination system they, as dominators, represented. Those patterns of command and obedience formed the origin of the phenomenon called "the modern state."
We find an excellent example of the origin of "the State" in the description of the tools and techniques of domination that De Soto and his men carried with them: e.g., "chains for captives, and the instruments of a forge [for metal work]; arms of all kinds then in use, and bloodhounds as auxiliaries against the feeble natives." That list of items tells us that Native noncompliance with the demands of the invading system of domination was not an option.
Every failure of the Native people to immediately comply with the dominators' demands was seen as an act of defiance against a rightful domination, or, in other words, every act of defiance was deemed a "rebellion" by the Native people against a perfectly justifiable and valid system of domination called "sovereignty."
The domination system is made real and meaningful because the behaviors of domination are externalized and made real by means of social interaction between the dominators and those being dominated. To put it more bluntly, domination is made real whenever the proponents of the domination system act on their belief that they have "the right" to assume and claim a right of domination over the Native nations and peoples.-Steven Newcomb
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$10,000 WIN Waste Innovations Contribution Helps Make Batting Facility a Reality
Baseball and softball players in the Hopewell-Loudon schools take their hitting seriously. But until recently, getting time in the batting cage during the offseason was difficult, as they had to share space in the old gym with other sports teams.
No more. Thanks to the community, a new $30,000 batting facility — with $10,000 donated by WIN Waste Innovations — is giving Hopewell-Loudon kids K-12 (plus the Bascom Baseball and Softball Association) an opportunity to practice year-round.
"We had some things set up in the old gym across the road, but during basketball season, or wrestling season when other sports were using the space, it was difficult to find time for hitting," says Dawn Bour, a past president of the Hopewell-Loudon Athletic Boosters, whom varsity baseball head coach Tony Swanagan asked to lead the fundraising effort.
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Once summer passes the herbs in my garden will, too but instead of mourning their loss, I'm taking action and Freezing Fresh Herbs from my garden today so I can enjoy the fresh taste of summer all winter long in some of my favorite soups, stews, roasts and especially Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes.
I love the flavor fresh herbs add to any dish so I don't mind buying them. What I don't like is not being able to use all the herbs before they go bad. You know what I mean ~ dark green, mushy, smelly. For a while I stopped buying them because I didn't want to waste them but I missed them in my food!
I've tried growing herbs indoors but they just don't do well. Of course there are always dried herbs ~ I use them too ~ so don't think I'm dry-herb bashing, but in my sorta humble opinion, fresh is best.
Freezing Fresh Herbs in olive oil is a great kitchen hack that takes almost no work or time at all, infuses tons of fresh flavor in many dishes and because most recipes start with olive oil anyway, it's the ideal liquid to freeze the herbs in.
First, you'll need ice cube trays and if you don't already have them, the Dollar Store is a great place to buy a few.
Of course, you'll also need your favorite herbs. I don't know the science behind it, but delicate herbs like basil, mint and dill don't stand up to freezing and are best used fresh in dishes like Pesto Pasta, Mojitos and Cucumber Dill Salmon.
Though this advice is probably a little in coming, you don't have to wait until the end of summer to preserve herbs. Anytime your garden is, well. . .bursting at the seams, freeze away.
I grow sage every summer ~ TONS of it ~ but I rarely use it in the summer because I usually add it to winter meals that involve gravy and stuffing and ⇑ Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes.
Gather the herbs you'll be using then wash and dry completely them. It's important the herbs are completely dry so you don't get ice crystals.
Give any larger leaves a rough chop so they fit in the trays. Fill each well of the ice cube tray about ⅔ of the way up with herbs then top with good quality olive oil.
Cover the trays with plastic wrap and freeze several hours up to overnight.
Carefully remove the herb cubes from the trays and transfer them to a zip lock bag or other airtight container. Label the container with the type of herb and store 9-12 months in the freezer.
Chop larger herbs to fit in the wells.
Combine herbs that pair well together like rosemary, sage and thyme (shown here).
I hope you'll freeze your herbs. You won't regret it. It's so easy ~ and fast ~ it's hardly a recipe at all, but you'll still see a little 'recipe' at the bottom.
Just one more reason I love my readers. You make me think and want to do better! Because of recent question from a reader, here's a little more information about these frozen herbs.
Each standard size ice cube tray 'well' holds about 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs (plus the olive oil). This is an approximation as ice cube tray sizes may vary slightly but this gives you an idea when you use the frozen herbs this winter.
Also, you don't have to thaw them ~ you can add them frozen right into your sauces, soups, stews, etc.
Enjoy what's left of summer and your preserved herbs all winter!
Step by step instructions for freezing fresh herbs for use all winter in soups, stews any many other dishes.
Wash and thoroughly dry the herbs. It's very important the herbs are completely dry.
Strip the leaves from the stalks.
Rough chop the herbs so they fit in the trays, filling each well of the ice cube tray about ⅔ of the way up with herbs.
Top with good quality olive oil.
I can't tell you the number of times I've thrown away herbs that have gone bad. This is a timely post. Appreciate the tips you have given. Pinned. Have a good weekend. Chat later.


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GameAccount Re-invents Blackjack
Multiplayer Blackjack Tournaments for the Poker Generation
GameAccount, the world's largest provider of person-to-person (P2P) games this week introduced Multiplayer Blackjack, a unique skill-based version of the casino classic. Players rely on their card-counting skills and mastery of strategic play to outwit their opponents in real-time multiplayer tournaments.
GameAccount, short-listed for two 2006 eGaming Review Awards, has rolled out next-generation tournaments for all multiplayer games including Gin Rummy, Backgammon and Multiplayer Blackjack, a world first for any P2P games service provider. Players in the GameAccount Network can now compete online in professional tournament formats popularised by online poker operators.
GameAccount's browser-based Multiplayer Blackjack allows players to play live and in real-time against up to five online opponents simultaneously, never directly against the 'House'. Starting with an imaginary chip stack of $1,000 the objective is to build a larger chip stack than your opponent over ten rounds of cards dealt to both players and the automated in-game dealer. Using a 4-deck shoe of cards and no auto-shuffler, Multiplayer Blackjack openly encourages optimal strategic play and card-counting unlike conventional casino blackjack. This demonstrates GameAccount's philosophy to empower players with a serious alternative to existing forms of casino blackjack where over time players can never defeat the traditional 'House' edge.
Kevin Dale, CEO of GameAccount commented, "Multiplayer Blackjack marks another leap forward in adapting recognisable casino products to encourage skilful game play without losing the aura or excitement of the original. We also provide the industry-standard guaranteed prize money tournaments that make Poker such an exciting offering. We see this as the future of Skill Gaming: Skill, with a bit of luck."
As the leading provider of person-to-person games to sportsbook, casino and poker operators GameAccount offers a real solution to operators looking to generate incremental extra revenues from new, existing and lapsed customers. The suite of game products have been bolstered by next generation tournament technology: Cash Games; Non-stop 'Sit and Go' tournaments, money-added scheduled tournaments; guaranteed prize money tournaments; feeder tournaments and regular scheduled Freeroll tournaments. Millions of dollars, pounds and euros are paid out to players within the GameAccount Network each and every month.
"Our exciting new lobby-based tournaments go hand-in-hand with our expanding product portfolio – one simply can't exist without the other. Scheduled tournaments are a must-have for both us and our blue-chip partners, allowing branded tailor-made tournaments exclusive to certain operators as well as offline tournaments fed by online satellites. We see serious potential for both Gin Rummy, Backgammon and Blackjack tournaments in the near future. Our Backgammon product is already being featured on TV in the UK on the PokerZone channel.", added Mr. Dale.
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Hollywood Loves Poker
Top Ten Poker Movies of All Time
Hollywood has long known a high stakes poker table is a powder keg of dramatic potential. Aces.com's sexy new poker flick, Aces the Movie, is the latest in a long line of poker classics. The popular online casino is celebrating the DVD release of Aces the Movie -- dubbed "the Charlie's Angels of Poker" at the WSOP this summer -- with a gala star-studded event in Beverly Hills next week. Hundreds of L.A.-area Aces.com players will attend the event – five of them flown in from all over the U.S. on VIP tournament prize packages.
The recently re-designed Aces.com site features a tribute to Hollywood's love for poker. The Top Ten Poker Movies of All Time has concise reviews of the poker classics.
Matt Damon revived the poker movie genre in Rounders (1998), but Hollywood has been fascinated by poker and poker culture since Hopalong Cassidy saved the day by posing as a newbie poker player in Sunset Trail (1939),and Gene Autry starred in the classic poker murder mystery, Loaded Pistols (1948). In Maverick (1994), Mel Gibson and Jody Foster needed $3000 dollars to enter a winner takes all poker tournament. California Split (1974) directed by Robert Altman (M*A*S*H) and starring George Segal & Elliot Gould, showed the day-to-day life of card-playing, sports-betting, sleep-till-noon gamblers. Like the main character in Aces the Movie, the heroine in Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966) had never played poker before she sat down to the big table. Steve McQueen manages to get into the highest stakes game of his life in what most consider to be the ultimate poker classic, The Cincinnati Kid (1965).
"Poker isn't just about rules and strategy," said Aces.com Manager Rene Quesada. "It's a culture. With so many people playing poker online now, it's a lifestyle that millions dream about."
The retro Vegas-style online gambling site has sponsored and promoted 'Aces the Movie' all summer. Thousands of free DVDs have been given to new players and awarded as contest and tournament prizes.
Aces.com's Top Ten Poker Movies
Aces the Movie (2006)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Rounders (1998)
Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
Kaleidoscope (1966), Maverick (1994)
The Gambler (1980), California Split (1974)
High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story (2003).
The complete Top Ten Poker Movie list is at: http://www.aces.com/contest/movies-poker.php.
As they say in the movies…
"If we shoot him, we won't have anyone to play with."
Wyatt Earp in Cheyenne Autumn
"A deck of cards is like a woman -- usually when you pick one up, you wish you hadn't."
Flame of the Barbary Coast
"When your opponent is holding all the aces, there's only one thing to do. Kick over the table."
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
"Is this a game of chance?" "Not the way I play it, no."
W.C. Fields in My Little Chickadee


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Qualcomm Announces the Latest and Smallest Additions in its Family of 5G NR mmWave Antenna Modules
— New 5G NR mmWave Modules are 25 Percent Smaller in Size, Allowing Mobile Device OEMs High Design-in Flexibility for Their 5G Mobile Handset Designs set to Launch in Early 2019 —
Oct 22, 2018HONG KONG
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the smallest additions to the Qualcomm® QTM052 mmWave antenna module family of fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave) modules for smartphones and other mobile devices. 25 percent smaller than the first QTM052 mmWave antenna modules announced in July 2018, the latest mmWave antenna module is engineered to enable mobile device manufacturers to address stringent mobile handset size requirements for 5G NR smartphones and mobile devices expected to launch in 2019. With these smaller antenna modules, OEMs now have more options for antenna placement, providing them with more freedom and flexibility in their 5G mmWave designs.
"At Qualcomm Technologies, we're constantly looking for ways to innovate and revolutionize the mobile experience, and we've done that with the QTM052 mmWave antenna modules, which build on a major milestone that we introduced in July 2018 – the announcement of the first commercial 5G NR mmWave and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices," said Cristiano Amon, President, Qualcomm Incorporated. "We are dedicated to providing OEMs more versatility in their 5G smartphone form factor offerings, and that's made possible through Qualcomm Technologies' groundbreaking innovations in miniaturizing 5G NR mmWave modules. This milestone reinforces leadership of Qualcomm Technologies in enabling the path to 5G commercialization in early 2019."
The QTM052 mmWave antenna modules pair with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem to help address the challenges associated with mmWave. They feature a phased antenna array design in an incredibly small footprint, suitable for integrating up to four modules in a smartphone form factor. The modules support advanced beam forming, beam steering, and beam tracking technologies, designed to drastically improve the range and reliability of mmWave signals. Lastly, they include an integrated 5G NR radio transceiver, power management IC, RF front-end components and phased antenna array as well as support up to 800 MHz of bandwidth in the 26.5-29.5 GHz (n257), 27.5-28.35 (n261), and 37-40 GHz (n260) mmWave bands.
The new, smaller QTM052 mmWave antenna module family is now sampling to customers and is expected to launch in commercial 5G NR devices in early 2019.
QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module (infographic)
QTM052 mmWave antenna modules (photo)
Latest QTM052 mmWave antenna module (photo)
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes and communicates. When we connected the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries. As we lead the world to 5G, we envision this next big change in cellular technology spurring a new era of intelligent, connected devices and enabling new opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care services, and the IoT — including smart cities, smart homes, and wearables. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering, research and development functions, and all of our products and services businesses, including, the QCT semiconductor business. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries.
Qualcomm QTM052 mmWave antenna module family and Qualcomm Snapdragon are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.


SINGAPORE - A 40-year-old mobile phone salesman who cheated foreign walk-in customers at two separate Sim Lim Square shops in 2014 was jailed for six months on Monday (Feb 29).
Tan Wei Ping pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiring with Gadget Terminal boss Chung Choon Cheik, 33, alias Gavin, and with Mobile Apps owner Tee Boon Chien, 29, to commit the offences.
Tan is the second Gadget Terminal employee to be sentenced, and the first from Mobile Apps. Both shops have closed.
He worked for Chung from October 2013 to June 2014, and received a commission on the sales he made at Gadget Terminal.
Chung allegedly taught his staff to offer phones at attractive prices and use dirty tricks to get more money out of customers once they had agreed to the price.
On March 8, 2014, Tan quoted a 31-year-old Bangladeshi electrician working here $150 for a Motorola Moto G.
After the customer handed over his ATM card, Tan covered the Nets terminal screen and told him to key in his PIN. Tan gave the excuse that he needed to hold it in that manner "so that the Nets terminal will be connected".
But the transaction did not go through because Tan had tried to charge him $1,050, when he had only $500 in his bank account.
Tan then asked the electrician to pay in cash and sign a document. After he did this, Tan demanded $900 more, saying it was for the "warranty" which he had signed.
When the customer queried this, Tan shouted an expletive at him and told him to leave.
Even when the victim called the police, Tan said there would be a "cancellation fee" and refunded just $60.
On Oct 6, 2014, six days after Tan starting working at Mobile Apps, he quoted a 23-year-old technician from China working here $1,350 for an iPhone 6 Plus.
After the customer had paid for the phone, Tan made him sign a 12-month "warranty". Tan then told him it cost $1,188, and if he did not pay up, he would get back only $450.
After negotiation, Tan reduced the "warranty" to $650. The technician left with his mobile phone, after paying the additional amount.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhd Faizal Nooraznan asked for three to four months' jail per charge, and for the sentences to run consecutively.
The offences involved vulnerable victims, both of whom were earning only $1,000 a month, he said. The cheating cases had also created a "deep sense of public disquiet", along with those at another errant Sim Lim Square retailer, Mobile Air.
In mitigation, Tan, who did not have a lawyer, told the court he had a degree from the National University of Singapore, but was made a bankrupt in 2010 and found it difficult to find a job. He also said he is supporting his two elderly parents.
Last month, another Gadget Terminal salesman, Justin Chew Chee Kin, 36, was jailed 28 weeks for cheating two customers. Mobile Air's boss and four staff were each jailed between four and 33 months for cheating last year.


Okay, big lead time on this one. Lots of time to prepare yourself.
Blogger and Blog*Spot will be offline for approximately one hour from 7–8PM this coming Monday, February 6th. The little outage indicator will kick in Sunday night to remind you.
This time, we're completing the long–prepared for cutover from an older, flakier piece of network equiptment to a shiny bright new one. (This is how they explain things to software guys like me.) That means fewer planned and "unplanned" outages in the future. Seriously. I wouldn't be too surprised if the ops guys get all Office Space on the thing they're taking out, given the trouble it's caused.
Now get thee back to blogging.


Can Mozart help early babies?
Playing Mozart to premature babies can help them gain weight, according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper said that new research has shown that babies hearing the music used less energy, which might help them gain weight faster.
The study behind this news looked at 20 healthy premature babies and found that exposure to 30 minutes of music composed by Mozart reduced the babies' resting energy expenditure. However, weight gain itself was not measured, and the researchers themselves are cautious about linking their findings to the weight gain seen in other studies on music. They say that "the clinical implications of our findings belong to the field of speculation", and that more research is required. This is a sensible bottom line for this early research, and more work needs to be done before Mozart or musical therapy has a place in the routine care of premature babies.
This study was carried out by Dr Ronit Lubetzky, Dror Mandel and colleagues from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel Aviv University, the Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hebrew University. There is no indication of whether or not this study received external funding. The authors declare that they have no financial relationships relevant to this article. It was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Pediatrics .
Both The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail cover this research in a balanced way, explaining that the study compared the amount of energy babies used while listening to Mozart to the amount of energy they used when they were at rest. However, the newspaper headlines may lead a reader to think that the study assessed the effects of music on weight gain in babies, but this is not the case. The study assessed the effect of music on short-term metabolic efficiency, and did not measure any changes in weight.
This was a randomised crossover trial investigating the hypothesis that music can reduce the resting energy expenditure in growing healthy preterm infants. This trial looked at how the music of Mozart affected 20 healthy preterm babies of an appropriate weight for their gestational age.
In their discussion, the researchers say that other research has found that Mozart's music has improved some aspects of intelligence in adults, lowered heart rates, and reduced salivary cortisol (an indicator of stress levels) and distressed behaviour. They say that Mozart's music has even increased weight gain in premature infants. The potentially beneficial effect of music has been termed 'the Mozart effect'.
In this study the researchers investigated how music affects metabolic efficiency, which they say might then explain the effects on weight gain seen in other research. Their study design, a randomised crossover trial, is an appropriate way to assess the effects of an intervention such as the influence of music. As this was a crossover study, the babies would have acted as their own controls. This means that each baby would have been subject to both treatments, with the researchers deriving their results by comparing the way any particular child responded to music with their metabolism during no music.
The study was conducted at the neonatal intensive care unit at a maternity hospital in Tel Aviv. In total, 20 premature babies were selected to participate. All were healthy in spite of being premature, with no significant complications of prematurity and no congenital problems.
The babies were randomly assigned to experience either exposure to music or no music first, with the alternative treatment being given the next day. During the music exposure phase the children were played music from a 'Baby Mozart' CD played through a CD player with mini speakers placed inside the incubators. These were carefully calibrated not to be too loud and not to drown out background noise. Each baby's use of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide was measured each minute during this 30-minute exposure period. During the music-free assessment phase the children underwent the metabolic measures for 30 minutes.
The researchers note that no other music was heard by the infants during the whole study period, except for the 30 minutes of exposure related to the study. The babies received the same type of food on both study days and were treated the same during their assessments.
Of the 20 babies selected 18 were included in the final analysis. One was excluded because of high heart rate and another due to excessive body movements deemed unrelated to music. Resting energy expenditure (REE) was similar between the groups in the 10 minutes before exposure, but during the next 10-minute period, infants who were exposed to music had a significantly lower REE than when they were not exposed to music (p=0.028). This pattern was also seen during the third 10-minute period (p=0.03). The researchers say that, on average, the effect of music is a reduction of 10-13% of REE from the start of the examination phase, and that this effect was obtained within 10 to 30 minutes.
The researchers conclude that exposure to Mozart's music significantly lowers REE in healthy preterm infants. They speculate that this 'effect of music' might partially explain the improved weight gain that has been attributed to 'the Mozart effect' in other research.
This small crossover study has found that exposure to the music of Mozart seems to reduce the expenditure of energy for healthy premature babies at rest. The researchers speculate that this may be the reason behind the findings from another study that music can lead to weight gain in premature infants, but they have not actually measured weight gain in this group of children. Also, comments in the press suggest that the repetitive melodies in Mozart's music might make it better than Beethoven, Bach or Bartok, but the researchers did not compare Mozart with other composers or other types of music.
Another possible source of error could lie in the fact that this was a crossover trial, which by definition exposes the same individual to both experimental and control conditions. As such, the researchers need to be sure there is enough time between switching to allow the effects of the exposure to wear off. However, the researchers say that music does not appear to have a long-lasting effect, which seems to be supported by the results of this study.
It is difficult to extrapolate the findings of this small study to any application for neonatal care. Important questions remain, for example how long the music therapy should be applied and whether exposure might interfere with aspects such as the babies' sleep. Also, it is not sufficient to conclude that because music led to a reduction in energy expenditure this means an improvement in metabolism. There are other components to metabolic efficiency that are not captured by this one measure.
The researchers themselves note that "the clinical implications of our findings belong to the field of speculation", and that it is unclear whether the observed reduced energy expenditure leads to better metabolic efficiency, and in turn enhanced growth rates. More research is needed before this type of experimental music therapy has a place in the routine care of babies in neonatal intensive care units.


Forest industry leaders from across the province are set to depart for Asia on a trade mission to build the Chinese and Japanese markets.
Yurkovich says they will be spending their time meeting with government officials and industry leaders. They will also tour wood construction and manufacturing facilities and attend the opening of the new BC Wood office and showroom in Japan.
This years trip carries extra significance seeing as the 2006 Canada – USA Softwood Lumber Agreement has lapsed. The BC forest industry is enjoying a one year grace period of free trade, in which the Americans have promised to hold off on trade action.
However, that window will close on October 12th 2016, and discussions to get a new agreement in place have been slow to get started.
The delegation made up of over 30 senior executives and government officials will depart November 27th.


A basic first aid kit should include bandages, gauze pads, tweezers, ointments, disinfectants, and medication for car sickness and minor ailments.
Stay hydrated while on the road by packing reusable plastic bottles filled with clean, drinking water.
Some ideal options for emergency rations include granola bars, high-protein dried fruits, nuts, trail mix, and other non-perishable snacks.
After eating all those emergency rations, you might find yourself in need of an emergency toilet. You can use disposable 4-gallon bags to cleanly contain your bodily waste. For sanitation purposes, be sure to use bags equipped with deodorant chemicals and not just regular plastic bags. You should also have a roll of toilet paper or two.
Good hygiene is very important to prevent the spread of bacteria when you're on the road. Keep your hands clean by packing the necessary personal hygiene items, such as baby wipes, hand soap, and hand sanitizer.
In case your car breaks down, you need to keep yourself visible to make sure rescuers can find you, especially during cases of severe weather. Emergency road flares are a great way to make your presence known.
You can use flashlights to signal for help or make vehicle repairs in the dark. Be sure to have an extra pair of batteries in case your flashlights run out of power.
Your car might have its own radio but you can bring a portable radio with you if you have to walk somewhere on foot. It can be useful for learning about weather updates and local current events.
In case something happens to you, a list of emergency contacts can make it easy for emergency responders to know whom to notify.
You can reduce your chances of getting lost with a trusty compass.
GPS technology requires battery power, but a map does not.
Blankets provide an extra layer of warmth during cold weather.
If you suddenly need to start a fire, having either one of these can save you a lot of trouble.
A decent pocket knife can cut anything open in an emergency.
It is important to check your tire pressure on a regular basis.
This will allow you to make quick repairs, should the need arise.
You might need an emergency change of clothes if you've been on the road for a while. Make sure to pack a pair of comfortable walk shoes in case you have to go somewhere on foot.
It is recommended to have around 50 dollars in small bills for emergency use.
You can write down small notes to remind yourself of things you might otherwise forget.
You never know when you might need to tie your prepping equipment together.


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As Panchkula Brought To Knees By Ram Rahim Sect, Army Called In
Violence in Panchkula: As news of the Ram Rahim Singh's conviction came in, thousands of followers waiting near the court attacked OB vans of news channels, including NDTV, smashing windows of the vehicles and pushing them over. A fire engine and a car have been set on fire.
All India | Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Updated: August 25, 2017 20:28 IST
Violence erupted in Panchkula soon after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was found guilty of rape.
Panchkula, Haryana: Twenty-eight people have died and 250 injured according to latest reports in Haryana's Panchkula in violence that erupted in the city after a court found self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of raping two women followers. The violence has spread to other towns in the state and neighbouring Punjab. Two buses and two train rakes have been set on fire in Delhi, which is on high alert.
Six columns, or about 600 soldiers of the Army have been called in to regain control in Panchkula. Thousands of troops and riot police had been deployed ahead of the verdict which was delivered by a court in Panchkula, but violence broke out as news of his conviction spread among the gathered devotees, whose strength had crossed 100,000 by last night.
Supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh throw stones at security forces during clashes in Panchkula.
Ram Rahim, who has been arrested and will be sentenced on Monday, was flown out by helicopter to a makeshift jail in Rohtak, where he will be jailed.
As news of his conviction spread, his followers waiting near the court broke down police barricades and threw stones, attacking OB vans of news channels, including NDTV. They smashed windows of the van and pushed one over. A fire engine and several cars were set on fire. "All I can see is smoke," reported NDTV's Amitoj Singh at 4 pm.
NDTV crew and broadcast van came under attack after the Guru Ram Rahim Singh verdict.
As the menacing mob advanced near the court house, the police, vastly outnumbered, retreated. An NDTV engineer was held by Ram Rahim followers who attacked him; he was hit on the head.
The police fired tear gas shells and used lathis or sticks and water cannons to control the crowds. There were also reports of the police firing in the air.
Spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of raping two women followers in 2002.
In two Punjab towns, Malout and Balluanna, train stations were set on fire. There is curfew in Bhatinda.
In Haryana's Sirsa, where Ram Rahim's sect is headquartered, Dera followers attacked media vehicles.
Police was outnumbered by violent protesters in Panchkula after a court found Ram Rahim Singh guilty.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has appealed for peace, as has Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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AirPods Pro come with higher repair costs that make AppleCare+ appealing
By William Gallagher | 1 year ago
Alongside the higher purchase price for the new Apple AirPods Pro, the costs of repairing damaged or replacing lost ones is greater.
It's going to cost you more to replace a damaged pair of AirPods Pro than it would the previous models. That's not surprising, but maybe this is — Apple will only charge you $4 to replace one of the tips that come with the new headphones.
Maybe that's because not many people are going to need it. Once you've selected which of the three provided tips is right for your ears, you won't even notice if you lose the other two. And if you manage to lose the tips that are on your AirPods Pro, it's most likely that you'll have lost the AirPods Pro with them.
Other than the $4 tip replacement, though, all other costs of repairing or replacing AirPods Pro are greater than before. It's enough so that AppleCare+ for Headphones is looking like a bargain.
AppleCare+ and what you get
It costs $29 to buy AppleCare for Headphones, which is the one cost that's the same regardless of whether you have AirPods or AirPods Pro.
If you don't buy AppleCare+ for Headphones, you're still covered by a year's warranty in case there's something wrong with your AirPods Pro. However, if you do add AppleCare+ at purchase — or within 60 days of buying — then you get two years with more benefits.
Specifically, you are covered for up to two incidents of accidental damage and, maybe the most attractive element, you get battery service.
AppleCare+ for Headphones is explicitly for repairing your AirPods. In practice, a repair of an AirPod probably means replacement, but it's replacement prompted by accidental damage. You are not covered by AppleCare+ if you lose your AirPods Pro or they are stolen.
Plus, on top of the AppleCare+ for Headphones purchase price, you also have to pay a $29 service charge for each case of damage.
Three items, not one
Something to bear in mind is that AirPods Pro are really three devices, not one. There are two AirPods Pro that go in your ears, and then there's the wireless charging case.
The new AirPods Pro
If you have AppleCare+ then Apple does treat the three as one device and will charge you a single $29 fee for a repair.
However, if you don't have AppleCare+, then you're paying separately for each element. Repairing accidental damage would then cost you $89 per AirPod Pro, and $89 for the wireless charging case.
This is up from the $69 that it costs to repair the previous model of AirPods or their wireless charging case. And it's up from the $59 that the non-wireless charging case cost to fix.
That means if you've had some serious accidental damage and need all three fixed, it's going to cost you $29 under AppleCare+ or $267 without it. It will actually be cheaper to buy new AirPods Pro in that case.
Loss adjustment
It's perhaps more likely that you are going to lose these tiny headphones than it is that you'll damage them. In that case, having AppleCare+ for Headphones makes no difference.
Lose any one of your two AirPods Pro or their charging case, and Apple will replace them at a cost of $89 each. Which again potentially means the replacement cost could add up to more than buying a new pair.
That's a shame, but it's also another unsurprising fact. If Apple didn't arrange it so that replacing your entire AirPods Pro set was more expensive than buying new, you know that people would exploit this.
You can be equally certain that Apple has run the numbers on the costs to it of replacing the batteries in AirPods Pro. However, in this case, it could work out greatly to our advantage.
Under AppleCare+ for Headphones, you will get a free replacement if your battery holds less than 80% of its original capacity. That's in either or both AirPods Pro, plus the wireless charging case.
In that case, Apple will service the battery for free — you won't even get billed the usual $29 service cost.
We really only have anecdotal evidence about the state of batteries in AirPods over time. However, it is certainly true that if you bought the original AirPods at launch, their five-hour battery life was reduced to 90 minutes by the time the second version of AirPods came out two years later.
Detail from Apple's AppleCare+ for Headphones page
This could mean that AirPods Pro don't become quite the disposable devices that we've feared. And if Apple's math is good, if AirPods Pro batteries decline only 9% in two years, then we're hardly going to complain.
They will decline, though, and at some point the hit to your usage is going to be so noticeable that you'll want to replace the battery anyway. If that happens outside of the AppleCare+ two years, it'll cost you $49. Per device.
The odds are high that you're going to use the two AirPods Pro equally. Some people do use one at a time for phone calls, but most of us listen to music in stereo — then that's $49 times two.
If you go for the set and have the battery in the wireless charging case replaced too, that's a further $49 for a total of $147.
That's considerably better than shelling out $249 for another new pair of AirPods Pro. Although, you know that before two years are up, Apple is going to release new models that you'll want to buy.
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philboogie Said:
So, in short, we don't get AC+ but simply buy the new model when it comes out. Got it!
GeorgeBMac Said:
My policy is to ALWAYS get AppleCare -- Always!
StrangeDays Said:
That's not my take away. If you plan to use this pair for 2 years or more, you'll want AC so you have have the batteries replaced at the end for $50 a pod. I'd rather pay $100 for brand new batteries than $250. Wouldn't you?
aimbdd Said:
I read that as they replace the batteries for free if they are under 80%! So even better. I replace my phone almost every year, head phones, not so much. My last pair was three or four years old, and they didn't even need to be replaced, the beats pro were just everything I had hoped for.
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By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on April 2007 John €œJack€ Johnson Jr. has returned to Foamex International, Linwood, Pa., as chief executive officer and a member of the company€™s board of directors. From 1999 to 2001, he served as CEO of the company that makes polyurethane foam for the bedding, furniture, carpet cushion and automotive markets.
Ray Mabus has resigned as CEO and chairman of the board after successfully leading the company through its emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company also announced Monday that Eugene Davis has been named non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Johnson has spent the last few years running his own management consulting business specializing in turnaround initiatives. He has been the lead director of Thermadyne Holdings for three years, but will relinquish the post to focus on Foamex.
€œOn behalf of the board, I would like to welcome Jack back to Foamex,€ said David said. €œJack is a proven leader who brings to Foamex an ideal combination of skills and experience, having led the company at a time when it enjoyed then historic levels of profitability and growth. We are confident that Foamex will greatly benefit from his intimate knowledge of the company and industry experience as we continue to focus on driving shareholder value through growth and de-leveraging.€
In an announcement, Davis thanked Mabus for successfully completing Foamex€™s financing restructuring and a bankruptcy process that resulted in the company€™s creditors being paid in full. He said Mabus stepped down after having commuted to the job from his home in Mississippi for a long period.


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