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UGA law school hosts book discussion on Dennis' Rap on Trial
The School of Law will host a discussion of the recently published book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America, which was co-authored by Andrea L. Dennis, the holder of the law school's John Byrd Martin Chair of Law. The discussion will be held Jan. 30 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. Published by The New Press, Rap on Trial examines the use of "rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color" based on hundreds of court cases from across the country.
UGA law scholarship established in memory of legal trailblazer Phyllis Kravitch, former judicial clerks band together to create lasting tribute for the late jurist
By many accounts Phyllis A. Kravitch was a trailblazer. She entered the practice of law in 1944 when female attorneys were few and far between. She built her reputation at her father's law firm, becoming the first woman Savannah Bar Association president in the mid-1970s, the first woman elected as a Georgia Superior Court judge in 1976 and the third woman to serve our nation as a U.S. Circuit Court judge in 1979. Her service on the U.S. Courts of Appeals lasted almost four decades. As a permanent tribute, more than 40 of her former judicial clerks created the Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch Scholarship Fund at the University of Georgia School of Law.
Veterans Legal Clinic helps veteran prove VA administrative error
Two students participating in the law school's Veterans Legal Clinic, L. Andrew "Andy" Bastone and Michael R. "Mike" O'Brien, have helped a veteran recover over $8,600 in incorrectly withheld U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The veteran, John Rivers, retired from the service in 2014 and started receiving disability compensation. In 2016, the VA reduced these benefits, stating that he could not receive both compensation and military drill pay at the same time. Bastone and O'Brien, both veterans themselves, successfully persuaded the VA that this decision constituted administrative error. Working under the supervision of clinic attorney Kelly A. Parker, they got the VA to repay Rivers the full amount of benefits it had mistakenly withheld.
Five students conduct research through Georgia Sea Grant Legal Fellowships
In 2019, five law students – Christopher J. Bertrand, Maria Mercedes Carruthers Ferrero, Ashley L. Henson, C. Joshua "Josh" Rewis and Amelia C. Stevens – participated in the Georgia Sea Grant Legal Fellowship Program conducting research to address critical environmental, economic and social concerns primarily affecting coastal Georgia. Bertrand and Rewis completed their fellowships this past summer along with Ferrero who continued her work through the fall semester. Stevens and Henson completed their projects this fall.
'Sweet 16' Moot Court Teams Will Compete for National Championship
The University of Georgia School of Law will once again be represented in the 12th Annual Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, a competition which includes the "best of the best" moot court teams from law schools across the country based on performances in the previous academic year. UGA won this competition last year.
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Oh my! I've been out straight this week, with work, and life, and all the madness we march to on this crazy planet. But as I sit relaxing for a moment in front of a welcome fire, I realize, suddenly, it's Thursday and time to post a blog; so, I scroll back through the years to discover an oldie but hopefully goody for you all tonight. Originally titled, "Savage Beauty" and posted in March of 2012, you will find a winning recipe of Irish Soda bread to bake for your St. Patrick's celebration next week. Enjoy my lovelies. I promise to have some 'new words' next time!


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Everyone At Cisco Is Proud Of What This Tactical Operations Team Does In The Middle Of Disasters (CSCO)
Julie Bort
Cisco has a special team called Tactical Operations that swoops in after natural disasters to get Internet and telephone service back up, so that rescue workers can do their jobs.
The work is emotionally challenging. For example, the team went to the Philippines just after Typhoon Haiyan killed 4,000 people, injured another 18,000 and displaced four million. They saw mass destruction and suffering, team member Tim Woods, told Business Insider.
"There's extreme sadness and devastation. You know it's very dire situation, so you have to have an A-game on. You are there to help," Woods explains.
But it's also extremely gratifying, network engineer Rakesh Bharania says. After arriving in the Philippines, the team was driving a military truck through a rural area between cities, areas that a few days earlier were filled with villages. Rescue workers hadn't gotten to this part of the country, so survivors were walking or hitchhiking to the nearest city to get help, 60 miles away.
The truck stopped to pick up four women who had lost their homes and were looking for missing family members.
"It was very clear that we were foreigners," Bharania said. "One of us was from China, two from the States. This woman grabbed my hand and said, 'You are such a blessing.'"
Although the women didn't understand the technical nature of the work, they knew that "People from the outside world were caring about them and they were really thankful," he said.
Cisco donates all equipment, supplies, transportation, covers all the costs. The team consists of 10 full time workers and another 300 or so employees who volunteer as needed, Bharania tells Business Insider.
Cisco TacOps helps with disasters in the U.S. and abroad. This was the scene they saw in 2011 after an E4 Tornado hit in Alabama.
A recent disaster for the team was the Philippines typhoon in November. They do a lot of planning before heading out to the disaster zone areas.
Because these folks are going into disaster zones, where there is no food, water, sanitation facilities, they bring everything with them. It fills a big airplane.
This is the scene of devastation they saw arriving in the Philippines.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Can Liberty Media Fuel Formula One's American Dreams?
John Malone's media empire has put the finishing touches on a takeover of Formula One, a move that could bolster the sport's TV and sponsorship opportunities around the world.
Liberty Media (NYSE:LMCA) will acquire Formula One from private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners and other firms in a deal that values the sport at $8 billion. Liberty Media has purchased an 18.7% minority stake in Formula One, and the company expects to acquire full control of the voting shares by the first quarter of 2017. Once the complex deal is completed, Liberty Media Group—to be renamed Formula One Group—will hold a 35% ownership stake, while the existing owners will own the remaining 65%.
The transaction will need the approval of the European Commission and the FIA, the governing body that oversees Formula One.
Liberty Media's interest has long been the subject of rumors circling Formula One and longtime CEO Bernie Ecclestone, who also owns a minority stake in the open-wheel racing league.
Ecclestone will remain CEO under the ownership of Liberty Media, and media veteran Chase Carey will join Formula One as its new chairman, replacing Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the chairman of Nestle. Carey is on the board of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA), the parent company of FOXBusiness.com, and U.K. telecom giant Sky. Carey formerly served as 21st Century Fox's chief operating officer.
Liberty Media's entry into motorsports brings more TV savvy to Formula One, which has an estimated global audience of at least 400 million viewers. But the sport has been mired by lower ratings, and by Ecclestone's own admission, Formula One hasn't been able to make money from social media, he told Eurosport. Liberty Media, along with Carey's leadership as chairman, has the ability to maximize Formula One's value to broadcasters and corporate sponsors, according to analysts at Macquarie Capital.
Malone's companies have deep ties to cable TV. Liberty Broadband is the largest shareholder of Charter Communications, the second-largest U.S. cable company. Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) has 22.5 million video subscribers.
Liberty Media also has a 34% stake in Ticketmaster parent Live Nation (NYSE:LYV), the event promotion company.
"I think we can take them to another level by adding new dimensions," he added.
With Liberty Media at the helm, Formula One will certainly pursue growth in the U.S. racing market. Yong said Formula One has yet to fulfill its viewership potential in America, where it's overshadowed by the nation's dominant form of racing, NASCAR. Also, Formula One has been hampered by early-morning start times for American fans watching live on Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBC Sports.
Formula One will have a tough hill to climb in the U.S., where it runs just one race each year in Austin, Texas. The only American-based F1 team, Haas F1, made its debut on the track this year.
Neal Pilson, the founder and president of Pilson Communications, said Liberty Media may find a path to small gains in Formula One's U.S. media rights, but the buyout is mostly an international play. Formula One's schedule of 21 races is spread across 21 different countries on five continents.
Formula One's contract with NBC expires this year, but there's an option to extend the deal through 2017.
Malone previously made a bid for Formula One in 2014 in hopes of combining the venerable sports brand with Liberty's international properties. At the time, he was looking to take over Formula One through a partnership between Liberty Global and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ:DISCA). Malone, who owns a sizable stake in Discovery, serves on the media company's board. One of Discovery's holdings is Eurosport, a sports network it acquired in 2015. In the U.S., Discovery has invested heavily in automotive programming, including the hit show "Fast N' Loud" and the Velocity cable network.
Liberty Media is divided under three tracking stocks representing the company's ownership of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves, its 65% controlling stake in SiriusXM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and interests in other companies, such as Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Live Nation and now Formula One.


Loosely based on a race held every October, this route does a beautiful climb before looping through cute villages with great views. It's fast and furious to descend. You'll have fun, we promise.
From the highest point you can easily add another 1,000 metres of climbing by following signs for Alpe Schermendone. It's worth it when you get up past the tree line. It isn't a particularly tough climb either, just follows the ridge line with views all down the valley from under a canopy of trees.
There's a great bakery in Ardenno to round off your run – they take a long lunch break though, so time your effort.


Hello all - first time poster here, but I don't think this question is overly naive.
When I upload my images to VPHOT, the WCS is not recognized. The WCS exists - Astroimagej has no trouble telling me where my pointer is, and I've verified (at least by eye) that the WCS is correct.
The images were taken with the T21 telescope at iTelescope, although I didn't send them directly to the sever, I downloaded them and uploaded them to VPHOT.
Anyone have any thoughts why VPHOT isn't recognizing the WCS?
Please share this image with SGEO.
Must be some issue with the FITS header keywords.
I fixed it by uploading the image to astrometry.net, and then resubmitting to VPHOT. So it's probably some bad FITS keywords from T21, which isn't great.
If I can figure out how to share the fits file with you, I will.
BTW, there is a VPhot forum that would be a better place to post such questions about VPhot issues.
To share, on your image list, click the box to the left of one of the images and then click the "share" link at the top. Then place "SGEO, MZK" in the next box. This will share the image with George and I.
Did you select the plate solve checkbox for your plan in iTelescope? I assume so? Or did you use AIJ to plate solve the images you downloaded from iTelescope?
There should be lots of TR and CR headers in the fits header?


Earlier this month, we launched 3D Flyovers, a cool new feature for ViewRanger explorers to preview and replay routes and tracks in amazing 3D. This feature has been on our must-do list, and a top feature request by ViewRanger explorers. It's finally here--and available to all our PREMIUM and PREMIUM + Maps subscribers.
1. Preview any route guide in ViewRanger, including the routes you build yourself. With 3D Flyovers, you can visualize every mile of your planned route before you leave home, every switchback, every climb, every vista. You can also pan and zoom around on the 3D Maps to better understand the terrain.
2. Replay any activity track recorded in ViewRanger. Climbed a peak? Cycled a new trail or road? There's no better way to relive your outdoor adventures than on 3D maps. It's good for daydreaming at the office too.
Routes: Download a route in the ViewRanger app. Tap the Menu icon in the upper right corner. Select View in 3D.
Tracks: To replay a track, go to your Profile page in the ViewRanger app. Select Tracks then open the track you want. Scroll down and select View in 3D.
Important note: 3D Flyovers require a data or WiFi connection. They are not designed for offline navigation.
No doubt your outdoor friends will love this new feature too. You can share a 3D Flyover routes and tracks with them too.


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The role of a high school, in concert with families and the community, is to provide an educational environment that enables each student to achieve high levels of academic proficiency and to become a well rounded, involved, and responsible citizen.
The 2019-20 Fayetteville-Manlius Course Catalog presents you with a wide range of courses. It also provides essential information regarding graduation requirements, the grading system, the counseling program, and educational opportunities offered by the school to meet individual student needs. The administration and faculty urge you to read the catalog carefully and choose your educational program wisely. Please evaluate your abilities, goals and interests when selecting courses. Our hope is that you will make choices that will result in a challenging and rewarding educational program for you.
Students should seek parental guidance as well as advice from counselors and teachers. Counselors will ask students to make course selections in small group settings, beginning in mid-January. By February break, students should reach their final decisions regarding their educational programs for 2019-20.
Do not hesitate to call our Counseling Center at 315-692-1801 for assistance during the course selection process. We want your program and related course selections to be right for you.


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Punk Becomes Poet
Joanne Latham makes a BIG impact in the world of "reader's letters" digest publications, particularly for "Response," a periodical featuring b/w photographs and illustrations throughout rainbow pages (many pages a different color).
As fresh a face as Joanne's, who is now teaching yoga in India (as was as recently as mid 2000s), was just what the men's magazine market needed very late 1970s, thus changing the attitude of the industry forever. The look of a woman when she's pissed-off has a certain appeal to those looking for it, and pair that with a bust rivaling those on ancient Chinese fertility stones and the result is a powerful statement of womanhood, to start.
It seems Joanne was pissed from the beginning, as an erratic full-figured punk model who probably irked the rest of them not getting near the airtime as she, never really taking a strong advocative stance on what she did as a model. Her attitude towards nude and semi-nude modeling was apparent from the start, but was blatant to her hungry, drooling fans only four years into her career as a cover and poster girl. By 1983, editors were featuring layouts of the English gal, arguably the most prolific after June Wilkinson, admitting that she'd already reached the peak of her career. Obviously her golden era was early in the 1980s, as evidenced by the digests represented here, but her impact is one that can no longer be held, lasting throughout anything that came in her wake.
Each of her appearances have the heir of irony, begging the viewer to wonder on what side of the bed she awoke the day of the shoot. Some of her sessions bespeak a downright angry bitch. Some of her sessions bespeak only the sweetest of girls-next-door eager to show you her recently discovered feminine form. Joanne is the brightest aura and the darkest enigma of eroticism in print. In and out of the biz as quickly as any, she began a website devoted to her modeling career, but it isn't currently maintained, and took her love of spiritual oneness to a level paramount to her previous endeavors, becoming a Buddhist and traveling to the countries of origin, a poet of spiritual transformation. After this, or maybe because of this, she lost much of the weight so admired in the pages of Penthouse, Response, Mayfair, Partner, Game, and the like, and we can only presume the same weight came away from that rivaling rack.
What the shit are you doing now, Joanne? Do you teach the ways of Buddha, the ways of ancient yogi to eager respondents, in lands so far from your uprising? Only those closest know the difficulties of your plight in the often thankless land of nude posing, but those of us who take in your sight with something more than basic ball-grabbing, Cro-Magnon impulse hurt in our hearts for your justification.
If she ever poses again for any reason other than travelogue candids, I hope to be the man with the camera. She will be snapped with admiration. She will be photo'd in pure easiness and will not be misused. Posing anyway she wishes, no spreading, no arching of the back (save that of the Down Dog or the panca of Namaskara A/B), no delicious presentation of her tan ass (an uncommon pose for Joanne), no colliding of 40+ tits, just the angelic English visage of a woman so pissed she laughs and we finally get Joanne to smile with life's happiness that SHE birthed, her own happiness.
A stunning woman ready to punch someone.
All images presented created solely by the author of this blog, not copied from other sources.
Labels: Big Boobs, British, Brunettes, Curvy, Joanne Latham, Topless, What the Shit Happened to...
Not so Psychedelic Fur...
Even the most successful people have their good days and their bad days, and this rings especially true in the world of adult entertainment, be it in the toned, wiry dancers at a strip club, the exaggerated figures of the porn industry, or simply a pinup-turned-pornstar with a knack for "showing off."
Julia Parton was Joyce Patrick and somewhere in between was Nina Alexander (did photog Ed Alexander have interest in Julia beyond their photo sessions?), and her career is textbook, or so it would seem, rise-and-fall. But in light of her prolific output, and once prolific perkiness, does the climb to prime and descent to "Consenting Adults" even matter? She burst like the young cherry she was onto the men's magazine scene in the early 1980s, and held a high position in the list of models who found it easy to appear younger, sometimes significantly younger, than their true age. Unfortunately, and even though she was posing topless and bottomless from the start, her short transformation from covergirl to pornstar was not exactly beneficial. Her measurements were 38-24-36, but this is suspected to have been early in her career, probably when making a frequent appearance in Parliament magazines, and even in German publications devoted to large bosoms.
Even as a consenting adult, the mystery of her gaze remained. Her body morphed into a thin frame from a cherubic powder-puff, and to some of her fans the change was apparent, however unsettling. What the shit happened to Julia Parton? Once a top-rated model of the adult industry, with particular attention paid by fetishes like large busts or youthful looks. Julia made it more than fashionable to sport a serious garden, remaining honest in an era where Less Was More, and her infamous muff in pictures may have helped in her early days to avoid any legal situations. When she got into hardcore porn, she quickly adapted many of the practices of the 1980s and early 1990s pornstars, including looks more of a disheveled nature than before, maybe even drugs, and an ever-fluctuating body weight (which seems to happen even more these days....not much has changed). Julia was not a crazy recluse though, and managed to be social despite working incessantly and publishing (early years of) High Society magazine, perhaps the first of the forward-looking adult magazines of it's time.
Any observer of the once-rounded and full-figured Kentucky sweetheart will notice a pureness that waned with blatant speed and recourse. Motivation that arose in eagerness and, honestly, in earnestness, fell by pink satin like a still-burning cigarette. Parton is still one of the all-time greats, successful as both model and mogul, just as hard-working despite a clear distinction of oncoming maturity in a business where youth is the driven snow, and always pretty in pink.
From top to bottom:
a. Star Distributors paperback, 1988. Is Julia, with lolly, showing off or being a brat? Both, purposefully. Likely an image from her early days as a pinup used for the cover, to present a younger allure.
b. "Consenting Adults," by Tanya Springs, Beeline paperback, 1992. Was cocaine still around?
c. "Pretty in Pink," calendar top circa 1985-1989. Endless curves and instant appeal.
Labels: Babes on Books, Big Boobs, Brunettes, Julia Parton, What the Shit Happened to...
BUF O.G.
A) Mr. [Magazine] - v15n7, May, 1971. Frankie does a body good! Layout, with a great centerfold.
B) Gent - v10n2, Apr., 1969. Frankie cover-plus, including amazing centerfold. Also, Ann Austin.
C) Gem - v10n5, Jan., 1968. Frankie cover-plus, Gem-of-the-Month centerfold.
D) layout from previous
E) Folies de Paris et de Hollywood - n435, c. 1967. Frankie cover. >>>
Frankie Hires is the perfect love-in participant and one you could tell a naughty joke while you smoke a joint on the wrought iron in Greenwich Village, or Los Angeles (she found work on both coasts, even across the pond). Early photo sessions of the bubbly girl-next-door seem to have made a statement overseas (Folies de Paris et de Hollywood), even top billing as a cover-girl. By 1968 she is in US newsstands, in New York (Gem), and a year later (Gent) she's a painter living in Massachusetts Hill and just as...bountifully. One of a handful of models who kept a single moniker over a career, Frankie would bring the boys to the yard as late as 1971 (Mr.), milking the cash cow of the smut-farming industry. Frankie Hires (sometimes Hines) burned into and out of her audience like a cattle brand, spun the Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request," and knew exactly how to wear hand-knit clothing. Frankie was the BUF O.G., striking visually with a gust of pride. Her image is lasting and to this day is a part of our consumer culture, sharing layout space with Bettie Page (oddly) and Roberta Pedon (less odd) in the ambitious contemporary comic, "Betty Page in Danger" (No. 8, 2013, Shh! Productions).
Labels: Big Boobs, Blondes, Curvy, Topless, What the Shit Happened to...
Shirley Houser and the After-Hours Shakedown
Just a hint at the methods used by paperback and magazine artists of the 1950s and 1960s. This is but one example, and more will follow as they are found. It's no surprise that many pinup/glamour models were in-demand for artists of the era (if they make a hit in a photo, then they should in a painting, right?), with babes like Diane Webber, Betty Brosmer, and the unknown but prolific Barbara Nichols, all lending their dimensions for adoption by the painter's palette. Here, Shirley Houser makes her mark. Houser was by no means a popular model, but clearly had the right stuff for the job. The art on the paperback looks like it could be the work of Chiriaka, but it's an often imitated style, so an exact detail is fraught with possible inaccuracy, but I'll stab. Photos of Houser were taken by Bernard (presumed "Bernard of Hollywood") for VUE. *Pickup a copy of the VUE - you'll be surprised by Candy Barr.
Shakedown Strip - Louis Malley
Avon Books T-394, c. 1958
Vue: America's Photo Digest - v11n5, Sept. 1958
Shirley Houser (front cover model)
- likeness used for cover of "Shakedown Strip"
by Louis Malley (Avon Books T-394)
Images generated by the author, using items from the author's personal library.
Labels: Babes on Books, Big Boobs, Blondes, Curvy
Miss Angelo's Nose
Whether compact hourglass dimensions, a formidable bust that, when bereft of silky support, appears to the viewer as two powerful beacons, hypnotic and only the prominence that supports the whole idea, an exact nose perfectly perky, or the brief and handcrafted lower limbs, Michelle Angelo is pleasant to admire from thousands of miles and several decades away. She took to nude figure modeling and eventually topless dancing supposedly to support a man through higher education...I admire that. Michelle made a handful of nude film appearances, some not always tame or innocent, and appeared in the raw in several hundred magazines (French Follies, Tip Top, Kingsize International, and more), on the covers of a few published novels (like Henry Sackerman's "The Crowded Bed"), and in countless photographs and their negatives...I admire that, too. Her ample breasts with built-in mocha lattes to quench our ocular thirst, and 40-25-35 measurements encapsulating a rather fit body, kept her cover-girl status in full effect for guess how long....only 2 years...abrupt, but admirable.
It's assumed that she modeled as a professional from 1966 to 1968, a period when it seems she painted the newsstand scene as her personal Sistine Chapel, but her likeness can be seen in published form as late as 1976 (on the cover of the Greenleaf book, "Ann's Boy Hunger," by Brian Laver). Miss Angelo was an immediate hit amongst breast men, and her openness to boy/girl, girl/girl photo shoots afforded her the chance to dominate other niche markets, like the leg-centric scene and the 'X'-rated film.
For years Michelle Angelo was disappeared from the world as what she flew into it, maybe raising a family, keeping a warm home, whatever, but she returned sometime in the 1990s to reconnect with fans (and there are plenty) but after some digging, I found that my only digging of the sweet munchkin was of her magazine appearances, briefly in slightly BDSM movies, and her various and sporadic book covers. If she has an official website, it's now extinct or incredibly difficult to find. No bother: her chapter in the biography of human sexuality is one of few pages, but of the purest and strongest impact.
Items pictured are owned exclusively by the author, being:
French Follies - v4n2, May-July 1967. Features 6pp and color cf of Michelle.
Ann's Boy Hunger - Brian Laver, Companion Book #4048, Mar 1967. Front cover solo, on lovely floral bedspread, mochas whipped.
The Passion Pit - Mel Howard, Brandon House #1135, 1967. Front cover with mysterious dude.
Dr. Make Love - Danny Land, Brandon House #1145, 1968. Front cover with a "Mad"man.
Tip Top - v6n4, May-July 1967. Front and rear covers and 6pp, from same shoot as Brandon House Books #1135 and #1145. Sweet, dig the garters.
The Crowded Bed - Henry Sackerman, Sherbourne Press, 1967. Front panel of the dust jacket, with two dudes.
Labels: Babes on Books, Big Boobs, Brunettes, Curvy, Garters, Heels, Legs, Michelle Angelo, Thigh-Highs, Topless
The Great Wall of Revelle
She began her career posing for nude figure classes in 1954, won local beauty pageants, and two years later skyrocketed to cover girl. Male-targeted magazines, fetish magazines, even international publications (like the bawdy Continental [Magazine of the World] from Canada), would all bare her rosy, Disney-island looks and propel her status to "most wanted," with endless comparisons to France's Brigitte Bardot.
For three years her popularity soared, until 1959 (according to some sources), when her parents persuade her to leave the business of glamor modeling. The impact of her powerful bust and hazy, Tierney-esque gaze was instant and forever.
From the mid 1960s to the late 1970s, and the advent of bewitching models like Joanne Latham, the slick magazine market steamed along. Rosina rose from a hip-pocket beauty in magazines like The Fabulous Rosina (1957, full-color and an unspeakable fold-out centerfold), to queen of the newsstands in just a short time. But in light of her dusky appearance she was continuously exploited as a French woman, and maybe her parents at home in Warwickshire wanted their daughter to be seen as a daughter from Warwickshire.
Magazines represented all feature Rosina Revelle, all under legal ownership of the author (images generated by):
Champagne - v1n2, 1961. With photos reproduced from The Fabulous Rosina (1957), including a beautiful centerfold from the same session(s), and stunning lingerie poses.
Continental [Magazine of the World] - v3, 1959. A Canadian imprint, with Rosina on front and back covers, the interior is bawdy classic lit and jokes with cartoons.
The Fabulous Rosina - circa 1957. One-shot series, all Rosina, and likely one of her first big appearances. Photos were later used in Champagne (1961), but with a centerfold all its own.
Labels: Big Boobs, British, Brunettes, Rosina Revelle


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Spectral Analysis
Snapshot of the front panel of the simulator:
What is needed to run the the simulator? Read to get most recent information!
Tips for using the simulator.
The simulator: spectral_analysis.zip (unzip, and open spectral_analysis.exe)
Description of the simulated system
There are several functions or algorithms for calculation of spectral information. One widely used function is the power spectral density (PSD), which is the square of the mean absolute value of the discrete-time Fourier transform (DFT) of the signal:
PSDx(f) = (|DFTx|/N)2
where f is the frequency in Hz. f is actually a discrete frequency given by
fk = df*k
where k is a frequency index: k = 0,..,N-1, where N is the number of samples of the time series (signal) x. The frequency resolution or frequency increment df is
df = fs/N
where fs is the sampling frequency [Hz] given by
fs = 1/Ts
where Ts is the sampling interval.
PSD (and DFT) gives spectral information only for the frequency range from 0 up to the Nyquist frequency fN defined as half the sampling frequency:
fN = fs/2
PSD also gives spectral information in the frequency range larger than fN, i.e. from fN to fs, but this information is equal to the spectral information for the frequency range from 0 to fN - but mirrored.
Since DFT, and hence the PSD, is calculated from a number of samples of the signal x random noise in the signal is averaged, and hence the effect of such noise on the calculation of PSD is averaged (out). This implies that the PSD is able to show the spectral contents of very noisy signals.
In the simulator the signal x for which the PSD is calculated, is a sum of the following four signals: Two sinusoids, x1 and x2, a uniformly distributed random signal r, and a bias (constant signal) of value B:
x = x1 + x2 + r + B
The random component may represent measurement noise.
What is the PSD of a sinusoid and of a constant signal (both are components of the signal x used in the simulator)? It can be shown that a sinusoid of amplitude A and frequency f1 have PSD of value
at the frequency f1 (and the same value at the mirrored frequency fs - f1), and zero PSD at other frequencies. This can be used to calculate the amplitude and the frequency of an assumed sinusoid. Thus, a sinusoid appears as a spike at frequency f1 in a PSD plot).
It can also be shown that a constant signal of value B has PSD value B2 at frequency 0 and PSD value 0 at other frequencies.
In the simulator PSD is calculated using the LabVIEW function Power Spectrum PtByPt (Point-by-point).
Spectral analysis is used to show the frequency - or spectral - contents of a signal. One important appliaction is detection of vibrations of machine bearings.
Run the simulator. Unless otherwise stated the random signal r can be suppressed (by setting the maximum amplitude R equal to 0). Also the bias can be suppressed (with B = 0).
Detection of freuqncy components: Choose by yourself the amplitude and the frequency of each of the two sinusoidal signal components. Are these two components indicated clearly by the PSD plot? What are the frequecies and amplitudes as seen from the PSD plot? Are the PSD results correct?
Detection of a bias (constant signal): Select a value of B different from zero, e.g. B = 0.5. Is the bias indicated by the PSD plot? Does the PSD plot give correct information about the B value?
The impact of random noise: As Task 1, but add a significant (large) noise component, r. For example, you can set R equal to the largest amplitude of the two sinusoids (you can choose these amplitudes yourself). Is the PSD plot able to detect the two sinusoids? How does the ability of the PSD for expressing the frequency components depend on the number of samples, N?
Note: Aliasing! As you probably know, cf. the aliasing simulator a signal of frequency fsignal larger than the Nyquist frequency is aliased to a frequency falias which is equal to the difference between the signal frequency fsignal and the sampling frequency fs, i.e.
falias = fs - fsignal
If the PSD is calculated from the resulting (aliased) signal the PSD will of course indicate the frequency of this signal, and not the frequency of the original signal.
Let the signal x1 have frequency 8Hz (you can suppress the signals x2 and r and also the bias). Set the sampling frequency to 10Hz (i.e. the sampling interval is 0.1s). According to the facts presented above (in this subtask), what is the falias? Is this result confirmed by the PSD plot?
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package dev.failsafe;

import dev.failsafe.spi.*;
import dev.failsafe.testing.Testing;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.function.Function;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
import static org.testng.Assert.*;

@Test
public class AsyncExecutionTest extends Testing {
  Function<AsyncExecutionInternal<Object>, CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult<Object>>> innerFn = Functions.getPromise(
    ctx -> null, null);
  ConnectException e = new ConnectException();
  AsyncExecutionInternal<Object> exec;
  FailsafeFuture<Object> future;
  Callable<Object> callable;
  Scheduler scheduler;

  @BeforeMethod
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  void beforeMethod() {
    scheduler = mock(Scheduler.class);
    when(scheduler.schedule(any(Callable.class), anyLong(), any(TimeUnit.class))).thenReturn(
      new DefaultScheduledFuture<>());
    future = mock(FailsafeFuture.class);
    callable = mock(Callable.class);
  }

  public void testCompleteForNoResult() {
    // Given
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.ofDefaults()), scheduler, future, true, innerFn);

    // When
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.complete();

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 1);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 1);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());
    assertNull(exec.getLastResult());
    assertNull(exec.getLastException());
    verify(future).completeResult(ExecutionResult.none());
  }

  public void testRetryForResult() {
    // Given retry for null
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.builder().handleResult(null).build()), scheduler, future,
      true, innerFn);

    // When / Then
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordResult(null);
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordResult(null);
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordResult(1);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 3);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 3);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());
    assertEquals(exec.getLastResult(), 1);
    assertNull(exec.getLastException());
    verifyScheduler(2);
    verify(future).completeResult(ExecutionResult.success(1));
  }

  public void testRetryForThrowable() {
    // Given retry on IllegalArgumentException
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.builder().handle(IllegalArgumentException.class).build()),
      scheduler, future, true, innerFn);

    // When / Then
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordException(new IllegalArgumentException());
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordException(e);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 2);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 2);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());
    assertNull(exec.getLastResult());
    assertEquals(exec.getLastException(), e);
    verifyScheduler(1);
    verify(future).completeResult(ExecutionResult.exception(e));
  }

  public void testRetryForResultAndThrowable() {
    // Given retry for null
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.builder().withMaxAttempts(10).handleResult(null).build()),
      scheduler, future, true, innerFn);

    // When / Then
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordResult(null);
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.record(null, null);
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.record(1, new IllegalArgumentException());
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.record(1, null);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 4);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 4);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());
    assertEquals(exec.getLastResult(), 1);
    assertNull(exec.getLastException());
    verifyScheduler(3);
    verify(future).completeResult(ExecutionResult.success(1));
  }

  public void testGetAttemptCount() {
    // Given
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.ofDefaults()), scheduler, future, true, innerFn);

    // When
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordException(e);
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordException(e);

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 2);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 2);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
  public void shouldThrowOnRetryWhenAlreadyComplete() {
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.ofDefaults()), scheduler, future, true, innerFn);
    exec.complete();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.recordException(e);
  }

  public void testCompleteOrRetry() {
    // Given retry on IllegalArgumentException
    exec = new AsyncExecutionImpl<>(Arrays.asList(RetryPolicy.ofDefaults()), scheduler, future, true, innerFn);

    // When / Then
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.record(null, e);
    assertFalse(exec.isComplete());
    exec = exec.copy();
    exec.preExecute();
    exec.record(null, null);

    // Then
    assertEquals(exec.getAttemptCount(), 2);
    assertEquals(exec.getExecutionCount(), 2);
    assertTrue(exec.isComplete());
    assertNull(exec.getLastResult());
    assertNull(exec.getLastException());
    verifyScheduler(1);
    verify(future).completeResult(ExecutionResult.none());
  }

  private void verifyScheduler(int executions) {
    verify(scheduler, times(executions)).schedule(any(Callable.class), any(Long.class), any(TimeUnit.class));
  }
}

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Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt's Dear Zindagi Copied? Director Says She's 'Not So Dumb'
Dear Zindagi is a deeply personal film, says Gauri Shinde
Vikram Thapa | December 13, 2016 14:56 IST (Mumbai)
Shah Rukh Khan and Ali Bhatt in a still from Dear Zindagi
Dear Zindagi accused of plagiarism by Canadian TV show
There is only one thing it borrows from, that's my life, says Gauri
Dharma Productions CEO denies getting legal notice
Shah Rukh Khan's new film Dear Zindagi is making headlines again some weeks after it released because it has been accused of plagiarism by a Canadian TV show. Dear Zindagi's director Gauri Shinde, however, has strongly denied that her film is copied. In a statement to NDTV, Ms Shinde insists that her script is original and that she hasn't watched the TV show in question. Dear Zindagi, which released on November 25, starred Shah Rukh Khan, 51, as a psychologist who counsels actress Alia Bhatt's character through insomnia and romantic distress. The makers of Canadian show Being Erica have reportedly sent Dharma Productions, which made Dear Zindagi, a copyright infringement notice.
In her statement, Gauri Shinde said: "Dear Zindagi is a deeply personal film. There is only one thing it borrows from, that's my life. There are a million films and serials with therapists like there are with doctors. Just because there is a doctor in a film does not mean it borrows from another film with a doctor." Being Erica first aired on CBC in 2009. It does involve a young woman and a shrink but is that enough to accuse Dharma Productions and Ms Shinde of borrowing without asking?
Ms Shinde said she would never be 'dumb' enough to borrow without giving credit.: "Am deeply disturbed by irresponsible comments from people who have no clue what it is that they are referring to. I have not seen this series that they refer to and I cannot comment on what is in it. In today's world where everybody sees everything, I am not so dumb that I believe I can get away by deliberate plagiarism nor am I so insensitive to borrow without giving credit from anybody who has created anything for such a sensitive and important cause."
Dharma Productions, owned by Karan Johar, has legally remade Hollywood films like Stepmom and Warrior in the past. The accusation of plagiarism is a first for the company and Dharma CEO Apoorva Mehta told DNA that they had not, in fact, received a legal notice. "It's not true. We haven't received anything at all," he told DNA.
Dear Zindagi, which also co-starred Kunal Kapoor, Ira Dubey, Angad Bedi and Ali Zafar, was well-received by critics.
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I remember as a child, I was so excited to get my first period. I couldn't wait to be one of the grown-ups; to be finally be considered a woman instead of a girl (and get to eat as much chocolate as I wanted!) I read books on the subject and asked my mom hundreds of questions, anticipating the incredible feminine experience I'd be receiving. I waited and waited, until the fateful day arrived. It was one I'll never forget.
I was in the 6th grade at the time. I had just taken a flight to North Carolina to visit my best friend and was so excited for a week of fun and sunshine. But as soon as I plopped down on her couch, I was greeted with the opposite of the enjoyment I expected: the most excruciating back and kidney pain I could have ever imagined.
What on earth was going on? I was only 11, so why was I having back pain? Surely I couldn't have been getting old already?!
In the middle of the night while getting up to pee, I found my answer loud and clear. At first, I was positive that I was hemorrhaging slash dying… until something clicked. This was it – this was my moment!…. Except for one little thing. Why did it have to hurt so bad?!
Menstruation is an amazing cycle that allows you to be in tune and connected with nature. Unfortunately, at the time of my first (and what I hoped was my last) period, I couldn't see that. After years of trying to understand what my body was telling me, I finally appreciate the message in the pain, and I hope that after reading this you will too.
Bringing up 'that time of the month' to 95% of my girlfriends is met with groans and complaints, and that's something I want to change. The only I know how is through knowledge and understanding, and thanks to Traditional Chinese Medicine, I can explain exactly why so many women experience such severe pain. I can also tell you, with certainty, that it shouldn't be that way. There is a problem here – but there's also a solution!
PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) is just what the name implies – a syndrome. It's a disorder, meaning out of order/out of the ordinary. So why does everyone seem to have it? I know maybe one woman that enjoys her period. And yes, we should be enjoying it! We are perfect, symmetrical, incredible creatures designed by an intelligent force that knew exactly what they were doing. Somehow our lungs know just how to use oxygen to supply life-giving blood to the heart. And somewhere in the mix of all our bodily functions, our small intestine knows how to transform nutrients in food into energy that can power us through a marathon. There are no mistakes here. We wouldn't have a period in the first place if it was meant to hurt us. After all, periods are the reason women live longer than men! We lose old, stagnant blood every month so that our incredible bodies can replace it with fresh, clean blood to nourish our organs. It's a time of renewal where we're connected to the feminine energy of the moon, where we shed what we no longer need and start fresh. In fact, we actually menstruate according to the moon – some women cycle the new moon, and others with the full. My cycle comes every single month right on the full moon. There are no coincidences! Everything is connected: as above, so below.
So why should we have to suffer through this amazing moon cycle that connects us to nature and the earth? Why should we have to feel pain because we have the ability to give life? The answer is: we shouldn't. And we don't. Every symptom that your body produces is a signal. Every ache and pain is a trail of clues that leads you to a root cause if you figure out how to follow the patterns. Symptoms are not meant to be muffled with pain relievers and Midol. Symptoms are meant to be observed and thanked, because your body is telling you exactly what you need to do in order to get well. Embrace your pain as a lesson and use it to figure out how to heal.
Chinese Medicine offers such amazing explanations for every single illness because it does exactly what I mentioned: it uses your symptoms as clues to a bigger issue. Let's think about PMS. What's the first symptom that comes to mind? The emotional roller coaster, of course! Everyone knows the classic symptoms in women who are about to get their period: we get moody and unpredictable.
Although this is true for so many of us, it by no means makes it normal. Remember, there are no coincidences and everything is a clue!
Anything that relates to emotion, whether it's depression, anxiety, sadness, PMS, PMDD, bipolar disorder, etc., is related to the liver. The liver is the seat of emotion (and irritability/anger) in TCM.
When the liver is healthy, the liver meridian naturally balances your mental state and releases suppressed emotions via your flow of Qi/energy/life force.
The fact that depression, frustration, irritability and anger are major symptoms of PMS leaves us the clue that disharmony in the liver is to blame.
Each and every one of these symptoms can be explained by Chinese medicine, and can also be traced back to the liver!
The basic energetic imbalance that causes PMS is Liver Qi Stagnation. In Chinese medicine, the liver (which has the word LIVE in it) is responsible for "spreading the Qi" (also known as LIFE force) throughout the body and maintaining its smooth and unobstructed flow. This unobstructed flow of Qi implies that the right energy arrives at the right place at the right time.
Remember the Chinese body clock that I talked about a few months ago?
At 2 hour intervals all day and night, our Qi moves into different organs/meridians of the body to do its active work. This cyclic, uninterrupted flow of Qi through every organ at the right time represents the Western view of the endocrine system and the rise and fall of hormones in the body. We secrete different hormones at different parts of the day for very specific reasons.
Anything that harms the liver obstructs the flow of Qi (since I mentioned that the liver is solely responsible for "spreading the Qi.") Because Qi mirrors the Western concept of the endocrine system, this can be translated as: anything that harms the liver obstructs the flow of hormones. This makes perfect sense since, after all, hormones are indeed metabolized by the liver!
In TCM, the Liver is said to "treasure" or store the Blood. The Uterus is also referred to as the Chamber of Blood. The uterus in females is basically an extension of the liver's function, since it joins in the task of blood storage. Since they are so connected in function, Liver Qi stagnation will immediately cause stagnation in the pelvis/uterus as well, leading to cramps and blood clotting (cysts, etc).
always causes congestion of Qi (energy) in the lower abdomen.
Over time, congested or 'stuck' blood will lead to ovarian cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, myomas, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, and painful menstrual periods because the body is cramping/seizing up to expel your period. There is a lack of Qi to assist in moving the blood out. In such cases, the menstrual discharge is often dark or clotty.
The Chong Mai, or "Thrusting Channel," is an energy pathway that runs up the core of our body. It is also known as the "Sea of Blood." When there is Liver Qi Stagnation (which stagnates the lower abdomen) the Thrusting Channel is also affected (which you can tell from the photo is where your menstrual flow would exit).
The second area of the body that can manifest symptoms of Liver Qi Stagnation is the chest. This can manifest as tightness or pressure in the chest below the diaphragm (those times when wearing a bra REALLY hurts). It also explains the chest symptoms we see with PMS: breast swelling, pain, tenderness, and lumpiness.
Liver Qi Stagnation also manifests as stagnation in the throat. This can lead to hypertrophy of the thyroid gland and goiter, along with all types of thyroid imbalance! In Western terms, this can damage metabolic rate and lower body temperature (cold hands and feet, weight gain, etc).
Sometimes, Liver Qi Stagnation can manifest as constriction of the throat or the sensation of something being stuck in the throat. After healing my intense liver issues a few years ago, I haven't had any PMS symptoms or menstrual cramping. However, last month I went up to New Hampshire for a weekend getaway. It was absolutely freezing cold and I laid in the snow for hours enjoying the silence of the woods. This made my body extremely cold/yin (cold = stagnation and seizing up, think of how frigidity feels) and definitely affected the warmth and flow of Qi in my kidneys/liver. On top of that, I was fasting the week before (in the winter time – big mistake, it made me even colder!), AND I decided to break my fast with fresh home-made scones. I never, ever eat gluten or white flour but I treated myself on vacation and it was a big mistake. After being out in the snow I should have stuck to soup and stew only, not a cooling white/sugary treat. The scones sat in my stomach like rocks and I knew it was a mistake to shock my body like that after eating clean for so long. I could feel a fullness in my liver and stomach that wouldn't quit. Needless to say, I interrupted the flow of Qi in my liver and stomach, and the next morning I woke up to the worst cramps I had ever experienced my entire life. Although the cramps passed as the day went on, at night I couldn't sleep a wink because it felt like I was choking on something! I had this constriction in my throat like something was stuck and I couldn't breathe. I didn't have my liver herbs (Xiao Yao Wan – coming soon to my shop!) or dandelion root tea . Instead I grabbed the only thing I had, some fermented cabbage (strange, haha I know) and ate it so that the sulfur in the cabbage would open up my liver pathways. It did the trick and I finally got some shut eye.
In TCM, the "Spleen" stands for the entire process of digestion. Think of the "spleen" as the stomach whenever I mention it. When the Liver Qi becomes congested, it directly effects the stomach or "spleen." Energetically, Liver Qi Stagnation is a fullness of energy in the liver. And unfortunately, this fullness gets vented onto the Spleen. In this case, the liver invades the spleen, or the "liver attacks the stomach" as I've mentioned in previous blog posts.
The liver is the main organ that can "attack" stomach. The real cause of IBS and stomach pain is actually the liver's attack, because it's 'overcharged' with heat due to being stagnant and full. The liver will vent its fullness/overcharging on the stomach whenever it gets the chance. This is why you shouldn't eat while watching TV: Your eyes are connected to your liver. When you're eating, you're supposed to be focused on the food so that your spleen is charged and focused on digesting. If you are using your eyes to watch TV, you are charging your liver while your stomach is in motion. This gives your riled up liver a chance to attack!
Result: When the liver becomes full (stagnant), the spleen becomes empty.
This is because, like I said, the liver is venting its fullness on the spleen leaving no room for the spleen to do its digestive work. This is why your digestion is funny around your menstrual cycle. "Spleen Emptiness" can manifest as loose stools if the spleen's transformative function is affected, or as constipation if the transportive function is affected. If both are affected, you will have alternating constipation with loose stools.
Since the flavor that "tonifies" (aka strengthens) the spleen is sweet, people with Spleen Emptiness due to Liver Qi Stagnation will crave sweets. Unfortunately, too many or too concentrated sweets will only further weaken the spleen. Avoid candy and high sugar fruits due to their concentration of sweetness, and stick to warming/mildly sweet foods like sweet potato, sweet rice, pumpkin, butternut squash, and corn (organic of course).
The Spleen is also in charge of transforming and transporting water in the body. If the spleen is impaired (i.e. empty due to Liver Qi Stagnation), there will be water retention in body tissues: facial edema, swelling of the hands and feet, or stagnation of water in the stomach (bloating).
In addition, the Spleen is responsible for transforming food into usable energy (Qi) that builds the blood. When the Spleen becomes weak and empty due to an overbearing clogged liver, insufficient Qi is the result, which leads to fatigue. Since we learned that Qi moves the blood, without sufficient Qi one will not have sufficient blood. This leads to anemia, insomnia, headaches, and a drained, empty feeling that some also experience with menstruation.
The first thing I talked about was how depression, frustration and irritability come with PMS and Liver Qi Stagnation. However, Liver Qi Stagnation is responsible for any emotional troubles that come with or without PMS! The liver stores the "Hun." In TCM, the Hun represents the psyche. When the liver becomes congested (and therefore stagnant with heat) the Hun becomes agitated due to the abundance of heat with no way to disperse it. Heat and stagnation in the liver are the main cause of all emotional problems, including anger and depression.
If this stagnant heat 'wafts' up to disturb the heart, it causes restlessness and anxiety. This is why it's so important to constantly keep your Qi flowing. You don't want heat or stagnation to get stuck and invade any organ due to the physical and emotional consequences.
Yang deficiency (a deficiency of heat) in the uterus is another huge contributor to the stagnation of your blood. Over-eating raw fruits and vegetables, chilled, iced, and frozen foods and drinks, and drinking too many cold juices, are all contemporary Western causes for blood vacuity. This can cause blood stasis in the uterus due to cold congelation and be harmful to healthy menstruation if they are eaten just before or at the onset of menstruation (when they are often craved). This includes sugar, which is very yin and cooling energetically. Cold food, cold beverages, cold weather, and being in cold water can "invade" the uterus and cause cramping and spasms that can be quite severe.
She did two parasite cleanses two months in a row (which is usually very necessary because we've never parasite cleansed before – even though other cultures do since birth!) I am very passionate about parasite cleansing because of how much it helped my IBS, acne, and so much more. You can read about my first experiences here. That post talks about a tincture I used, which unfortunately tastes horrible! If you can handle the taste – go for it – but since so many people were complaining about the bitter tincture, Lily (my TCM doctor) and I came up with our own parasite kit that really gets the bugs out. We hand make each kit and release 400 each month on a first come first serve basis. You can read all about parasites and our cleansing kit in our free e-book. In this e-book we also have a link to sign up for the e-mail notification list when the kits are ready: PARASITE EBOOK.
Phew! That was long, but I hope it gave you the answers you've been waiting for. Tomorrow I'll be filming a YouTube video with all of this information since some people like to read, and others are visual/audio learners and enjoy my videos. The video will include Part 1 (this post, the cause) and Part 2 (why we get Liver Qi Stagnation and how to fix it), which I'll release in blog form tomorrow as well.
Stay tuned for Part 2, which explains what exactly causes Liver Qi Stagnation and how to fix/prevent it. Don't forget to subscribe to keep updated!
I suffer from what doctors can only label as Borderline Personality disorder, Emdometriosis and Fibromyalgia. I am 26 years old and have never heard of a lot of this and I wonder what advice you have for someone who has been suffering for 10 years and seen more doctors with no answers than anyone should have to see in a lifetime! I am currently trying to avoid medications and it is extremely painful and debilitating, mentally and physically. Would just really appreciate any advice you had come across !
Where can I get that parasite kit, I NEED this. That article is me.. all what I have. I've doing test and doctors are telling me everything is fine according to results… Wow I thing I might have found the solution to so many problems with my body. I want to buy the parasite kit thing. Thank you Olivia, you are a true blessing!!
I have been waiting for this post! I get severe PMS and menstrual syndromes and I wanted to know how to change that. I am literally bent over, crying because of the pain my period causes. I will be doing a parasite cleanse soon because of your post on parasites. Now one more reason for me to do a parasite cleanse!
Hello , so I've started the parasite cleanse with the tincture that you recommended and I agree it is a very nasty taste! How can I order one of your parasite kits ? I tried downloading the rebook but I couldn't click on any links. They didn't seem to work. I want to continue this cleanse by the taste is so bad. Thank you!!
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Wow! What a great post. Probably the best I've read on here in relation to my own personal symptoms. How would you comment on someone who hasn't got there period in a while? I got off the birth control pill in September and still haven't received my period. I pretty much have all the symptoms mentioned except the overweight issues. I have however lost 20 lbs and am finding it hard keeping weight on. I would love you hear your thoughts on this if you could be so kind.
hello! found your page on intagram and have been following for a while. this recent post hits close to home because it describes exactly who I am. I'm 27, 100 pounds over weight and diagnosed with pcos and endometriosis. I also have a fatty liver and suffer from depression . do you have any suggestions on where I might start a journey like yours? everything you write touches my heart and i would really like some advice on where to start. any help you can offer would be appreciated.


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On the one hand, Fairfax is the gateway to West Marin, a final stop that offers a chance to gas up, grab a sand- wich and drink a cup of coffee before heading out. On the other, Fairfax is one of the most distinctive and self-contained towns in Marin. The unincorporated area has a history of doing things its own way, reflected in the unique shops and restaurants, the passionate townspeople and, of course, the rich music scene where you can listen to a different band every night. It's these charms that entice many who are passing through to decide, instead, to hang out awhile.
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A globally integrated carbon observation and analysis system is needed to improve the fundamental understanding of the global carbon cycle, to improve our ability to project future changes, and to verify the effectiveness of policies aiming to reduce greenhouse gas…
A globally integrated carbon observation and analysis system is needed to improve the fundamental understanding of the global carbon cycle, to improve our ability to project future changes, and to verify the effectiveness of policies aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration. Building an integrated carbon observation system requires transformational advances from the existing sparse, exploratory framework towards a dense, robust, and sustained system in all components: anthropogenic emissions, the atmosphere, the ocean, and the terrestrial biosphere. The paper is addressed to scientists, policymakers, and funding agencies who need to have a global picture of the current state of the (diverse) carbon observations.
We identify the current state of carbon observations, and the needs and notional requirements for a global integrated carbon observation system that can be built in the next decade. A key conclusion is the substantial expansion of the ground-based observation networks required to reach the high spatial resolution for CO2 and CH4 fluxes, and for carbon stocks for addressing policy-relevant objectives, and attributing flux changes to underlying processes in each region. In order to establish flux and stock diagnostics over areas such as the southern oceans, tropical forests, and the Arctic, in situ observations will have to be complemented with remote-sensing measurements. Remote sensing offers the advantage of dense spatial coverage and frequent revisit. A key challenge is to bring remote-sensing measurements to a level of long-term consistency and accuracy so that they can be efficiently combined in models to reduce uncertainties, in synergy with ground-based data.
Bringing tight observational constraints on fossil fuel and land use change emissions will be the biggest challenge for deployment of a policy-relevant integrated carbon observation system. This will require in situ and remotely sensed data at much higher resolution and density than currently achieved for natural fluxes, although over a small land area (cities, industrial sites, power plants), as well as the inclusion of fossil fuel CO2 proxy measurements such as radiocarbon in CO2 and carbon-fuel combustion tracers. Additionally, a policy-relevant carbon monitoring system should also provide mechanisms for reconciling regional top-down (atmosphere-based) and bottom-up (surface-based) flux estimates across the range of spatial and temporal scales relevant to mitigation policies. In addition, uncertainties for each observation data-stream should be assessed. The success of the system will rely on long-term commitments to monitoring, on improved international collaboration to fill gaps in the current observations, on sustained efforts to improve access to the different data streams and make databases interoperable, and on the calibration of each component of the system to agreed-upon international scales.
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'How to' Make This Ham Dog / Hot Burger Monstrosity!
So is it a ham dog? A hot burger? Or just a monstrosity? How 'bout all of the above?
The how to? Slice a grilled hot dog in half lengthwise and lay it across a grilled hamburger, resting on a bun. Dress to taste. Done.
Redeeming value? Umm, well … it's low carb! And it's delicious — kinda resembles a bacon burger.
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I notice that Cisco has released 2.1.0 for the Cisco ACE today. A quick read of the release notes show lots of fun goodies packed inside. These features are starting to 'catch up' with the F5.
I have installed the ANM 1.2 management platform in the last couple of weeks and will post a review soon.
A client I work for just purchased Cisco GSS and ACE 6500 bundles along with the ANM software. Can you point me to some good examples of how to document a server load balancing environment? Thanks!


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If you replace the CPU in a known-good system with your problem child temporarily, you'll know if your processor is messed up. Sounds like you can't do that, unfortunately.
Strip your own box down to only the CPU, Vidcard and one stick of RAM. As you've tested the RAM(I think), only the Vidcard or the CPU can be bad. If the box won't boot at all, the CPU is a prime suspect. If the CPU was good, but the Vidcard bad, you'd see nothing on the screen--but you'd hear the BIOS beeps that indicate "no Vidcard installed." I think, anyway.
Are you sure it's plugged in? We've all left it unplugged before.
Are you sure the cord between the PSU and AC outlet is good? I've actually had one of 'em go bad on me so check that out.
Unless AMD needs better relations with a country or individual, there's not much hope that they'll RMA a processor that isn't a Retail Box version. All is not lost, you can give it a try!
The beauty is that the RB'd versions of AMD's CPU's cost only a few bucks more than the OEM versions. There's a rumor that AMD will only sell RB'd versions of their processors in the near future. Unless you ARE an OEM.
Are you sure its not your main board?
Does anything power at all? Do you hear drives spin up etc?
If this is the case, when you get lights and fans, but no signal to the monitor, no beeps and no post, then your CPU's dead.
If you get nothing, either your power switch, your PSU, your fuse or some contact on the mobo's died.
I've had a dead CPU... Just as Kaitain mentioned... Fans, lites for hdd, power, cdrom, all power up.. but no beeps.
If you are getting absolutely nothing, make sure your Case connections to your mobo are correct. Also make sure your mobo isn't shorting out in the case somewhere. Try removing it from the case, and power up.
Ditto to Steve, I had cracked the core when I installed a HSF! It was hardly noticeable, but when I cleaned all the Arctic Silver off of it, I could see it. I got a single message on the screen "NO SYNC" All I could say was NO S@#$T! A friend had an older Duron that we put in and sure enough , it posted. Sorry to hear of your problems, one thing about crapped out CPU's: they make great keyrings.
well i get no juice @ all running through the system... no fans running ... no nothing.. so that means its either the power supply or the switch... i've tested two different power supplies in the case and i get the same problem... so the solution is my case?? i've tried jumping my system with a screw driver also and still no luck... but the thing is i've tried jumping a brand new motherboard also and it still didn't work either... i'm going crazy guys!!!
Have you tried running your computer out of the case? Maybe something in your case is shorting something.
what would i have to do to safely run my mobo outside of my case?
just to clarify everything... nothing runs at all when i hit the switch... i can't jump the motherboard... the power supply doesn't turn on .. nothing turns on ... now just to add to the info... i was having memory problems right before my computer died on me.. i was getting the consecutive beep warning .... my processor was also running hot ... just to remind every one .. only thing left to test are the processor and the case... i've changed PSUs and motherboards and memorys , and i still get the same problem... i've even changed video cards but i highly doubt that was the problem.. and as for all of those suggesting taking the motherboard outside of the case... how can a case short out a motherboard??
Perhaps some metal part of the case is in contact with a part of the mobo that doesn't want to be contacted. As Spyder said, you take the mobo, connect the HD, the PSU, and video card. Power it up by touching the power contacts with a screwdriver or something else that conducts electricity. If the setup boots up, then you know there's something wrong with your case.
Building a temporary table-top "PC" seems to be the only remaining troubleshooting method in this case. Keep small children and pets with too much curiousity away from the temporary rig. Good luck!


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Helloooo (or "Hallo!") from Germany!
If you're wondering, "Erica, you're on vacation. Why are you writing a blog post?" It's because I am so very, very jet-lagged and can't get my act together! Oy.
The last few weeks have absolutely crawled as we inched closer to leaving for Germany, but Friday night eventually rolled around and we were wheels up to cross the pond!
We dressed the girls in comfy, but presentable clothes and caught at 7 p.m. flight to Atlanta.
From there, we booked it across the airport to the international terminal and nearly walked onto our flight to Amsterdam. We bought Hadley this little rolling owl suitcase a couple of years ago, and she had no problem rolling it around all four airports we ducked in and out of on our way here. Kitty in one arm and suitcase in the other!
Our 7.5 hr flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam was on KLM airlines, and we were really impressed with them. They were exceptional with the kids, very clean, had decent food, etc.
In each of the girls' carry-on bags, I packed a spare change of clothes, toothbrush/paste, their Kindles, headphones, a few snacks, a water bottle, and some coloring books/crayons/markers. Our sweet neighbors brought the girls some additional coloring pages before we left, which the girls absolutely loved doing while we traveled!
I received a pair of LilGadgets headphones for each of the girls a few weeks ago as a PR item, and I'd highly recommend them for little ones. They're very comfortable and padded, affordable ($17!), foldable, and cute.
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You can see that they're wired, which was perfect for plugging into the airplane's headrests to watch their movies when they preferred to over their Kindles.
The girls and Jamie both slept almost the whole flight, but Sadie's constant wiggling and readjusting kept me up. I was running on a good bit of adrenaline anyway, so I watched movies and played games on the headrest in front of me for most of the flight.
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Sunday morning was full of lounging. Even little things like sitting on the floor with the kids while doing our makeup made me so happy. Reunited and it feels so good!
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All four kids plus me (ha!) crashed hard once we left Playmobil, but we were all woken up suddenly when we spontaneously stopped at a dairy farm. Jennifer has been wanting to visit this specific one and buy some fresh milk, so that's exactly what we did! The girls were obsessed with all the cows, and I enjoyed seeing the honor-system process of paying a Euro and helping yourself to a liter of milk.
If you can't tell, I'm smiling from ear to ear writing this post because I'm so stinkin' grateful to be here all together. I shared a couple of months ago about why we decided to make the trip over here as a family, and so far it's been the best decision. I would have wished so badly that they were here with me if I came by myself. I am soaking up every moment of this!
Thanks for following along! It's fun to share and document a bit of how things are going.


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Apr 5th, 2007 | By Ophelia Benson
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And, not for the first time, there's Howard Gardner.
'In his new book Five Minds for the Future, he argues that the 21st century will belong to people who can think in certain ways.' One of the five is 'the respectful mind, which shows an appreciation of different cultures.' Why is that called the respectful mind? Why isn't it called the appreciative mind? Or why isn't the explanatory phrase 'which shows respect for different cultures'? (Because minds can't show things, for one reason. Okay but besides that.) I don't know for sure, but my guess is that it's because unconditional respect for (undefined, unspecified) different cultures is slowly but steadily being made mandatory. Which is stupid, in a way – if it's mandatory, it's not really respect, is it, it's just obedience or obeisance or slavishness. Extorted or required respect isn't respect. It's also not a kind of mind. It may be an idea or a way of behaving, but it's not a mind.
Gardner believes that the education policies of today, which still revere rote-learning, are preparing children for the world of yesterday. He points to my digital recorder, the size of a cigarette lighter: "Something that small can contain every fact that you ever need to know. So what a waste of time it is to sit around learning facts! All the premium in the future is for people who can do things that machines can't do yet. So, the capacity to ask a good question, rather than getting the right answer from a machine, becomes so much more important."
Really. How can people ask good questions if they don't know anything? What can their good questions be about? How can they even dig facts out of 'machines' if they don't know anything?
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pablum. Complete and utter pablum.
Especially since "the machines" are often full of bunk-if you don't know anything, how can you discriminate between the "facts" found on a Breatharian website and a nutritionists' encyclopedia entry?
"if it's mandatory, it's not really respect, is it, it's just obedience or obeisance or slavishness."
This is not obviously true to me. Kantian respect for each and every human is demanded of us – I don't think it follows that it's not really respect.
That being said, I see good reasons to respect individuals in this way, but no reasons at all to give such a priori respect to cultures. Culture is the kind of thing that needs to deserve respect – it doesn't get it simply by being a culture.
Well, tea, and if you're ordered to give cultures respect, do you think that whatever attitude you come up with in response is respect? Even assuming you do your best to obey – is the resulting attitude really respect? I can see that it could be something like tolerance or forebearance or a firm intention to behave in a respectful way – but will the attitude itself be genuine respect? That seems unlikely to me. Why? Because it's internal, I suppose; because it's subjective; that's part of the meaning of the word. All attitudinal words are like that, aren't they? They're not amenable to command. We can't hate or like or admire or respect or love people just on commmand. We can play at it, but we can't really do it.
KB Player
It comes up again and again, this thinking without facts. What do you think about? It's like telling people they can eat without food. They can make chewing movements but they won't get any nourishment from it.
Allen Esterson
It seems to me that Gardner's position is incoherent (or, at least, self-contradictory). He says with reference to a digital recorder: "So what a waste of time it is to sit around learning facts!" Let's leave aside the straw man element here (where is there anyone who advocates "sitting around learning facts"?), and deal with the implied lesser importance of facts compared with "the capacity to ask a good question".
One of his crucial "minds" is the "disciplined mind", described by the interviewer as one schooled in basic subjects such as history, science and art but, crucially, a master of one profession, vocation or craft. Perhaps Gardner would like to explain how he thinks someone can become schooled in basic subjects in history, science and art, let alone a *master* of one profession, without accumulating a solid body of factual information.
I suspect that Gardner doesn't, in his heart of hearts, really believe that stuff he said in relation to the digital recorder. It's just that it is bien pensant conventional wisdom, so he utters this kind of thing with his brain in automatic mode.
OB, I absolutely agree with you when it comes to explicit orders to respect something (and I especially agree when the talk is about cultures, not individuals). The attitude of respect is simply not something you can produce by demand.
That being said, I don't think it's obviously misguided to think of certain attitudes as being demanded of us in a moral sense. "Spouses ought to care about each other" comes to mind. Or "You ought not to think of women as inferior to men."
Excellent point about the disciplined mind. I genuinely wonder how Gardner reconciles the two thoughts. I could ask him – but I doubt he would answer…
tea, yes, but my point was to distinguish between demand and ought – which you run together there. I agree that the two oughts you give are reasonable, but saying 'you ought to' is not quite demanding. My point in the post was that respect 'is slowly but steadily being made mandatory.' That's somewhat polemical, and could be wrong, but the idea is precisely about closing that gap between ought and must.
Another aspect (this interests me; I'm not sure if it will anyone else) is that I might say 'You ought not to think of women as inferior to men' but I would never say 'You ought to respect women' – for just this kind of reason; it seems to me an absurd kind of demand or even ought. So I think minimal demands or oughts are less demanding or coercive than maximal ones. One attitudinal demand that I think is reasonable, or not unreasonable, is 'You must love your children.' That can be seen as a plain responsibility, I think. But beyond that – making strong affirmative emotions a requirement seems to me to be a requirement too many.
I'm kind of allergic to it – that's what it is. It's just way too intrusive. People ordering us to love or respect everyone sight unseen – it's as if the whole world is trying to move into our heads and set up housekeeping there. Our actions and behavior are one thing, but our emotions and attitudes belong to us. Maybe that's where I turn into an absolutist libertarian.
Merlijn de Smit
I think the question of either respecting or not respecting cultures is a bit ill-put. Cultures are way too complex to be subject to "respect". "Respecting" different cultures of course all too easily becomes a reason to downplay less-than-savoury individual cultural practices (which is what respect or disrespect is properly directed to). However, to state, as the late Pim Fortuyn did, that "Islam is an inferior culture" is hideously confused on its own count (and quite amazing, coming from a sociology Ph.D.).
I can see good reasons for respecting other people (within certain parameters) and other ideas (within certain parameters) but I don't think it amounts to a moral issue. Being boorish is not a question of morality. As for the "respecting ideas" issue, which perennially props up here, it is important, rationally, to allow for the possibility that a reasonable and intelligent person can hold a belief opposite to ours. Without that attitude, one risks falling into a "truth vs. ridiculous nonsense" dichotomy which is inimical to critical reflection. But again, within certain parameters. There are ideas so "basic" to "decent" people (i.e. the undesirability of genocide, the basic equality between races) that their negation need not be respected.
OB: I'm not sure whether "You must love your children" can be regarded as a moral requirement – especially if it demands an internal state, rather than certain behaviour. There are parents, I believe, who simply do not love their children and cannot bring themselves to do so and are in quite a lot of distress because of that. Awful as this is for the children, I do not think one can morally demand love where there is none.
BJN
unless my currently drunken mind is mistaken, Kantian respect only demands that we accept people as ends in themselves, not as means. It does not demand that we respect everything and anything a person says or does.
Mr Stalin? Mr P. Pot? The kid who used to beat me up regularly at school? Sorry, no respect there.
"it is important, rationally, to allow for the possibility that a reasonable and intelligent person can hold a belief opposite to ours"
Of course it is, but that's not respect. Respect means a great deal more than that; that's why demanding it is coercive.
BJN,
Kantian idea of respect is notoriously complicated, since by respect it actually seems to apply more to actions than to attitudes (really, it applies to a combination of both). The point, it seems to me, is that we should think of people as valuable in a certain sense (i.e., not as mere means) even when they seem unworthy of what we usually mean by respect. Stalin is thus unworthy of what we standardly mean by respect, but we should still respect him in certain ways (not torture him for fun, not use him for research in the same ways we use some animals, etc.) simply because he's a rational, reflective being.
My point was that I think this applies to people, but not to cultures. Which is why I agree with OB's general point in this post, but also wanted to point out that it's not that obvious that certain forms of respect shouldn't be demanded of us. And it seems to boil down to clarifying what we mean by respect in different contexts.
This might help make my point clearer: I believe that people are intrinsically valuable, while cultures are not. An intrinsic value demands certain types of conduct, and also morally "demands" (i.e., creates oughts with respect to) certain types of attitudes.
Which is why we ought to respect people (in a Kantian sense), but not cultures.
Hi Tea,
even now sober it wasn't clear to me in your original post the point you were trying to make. Thanks for the clarification. I'm pretty much in agreement.
I really need to take a class in articulating more clearly what's in my head :(
Glad you did understand what I'm trying to say in the end, though.
You do articulate clearly!
I see what you mean now; it's just that I wouldn't call that 'respect' – maybe, actually, simply because the word has been hijacked lately for various suspect purposes. A minimal understanding of the word fits perfectly well what you're saying, but I think I wouldn't use it because of the risk that people would understand it in a maximal sense. The word has been rendered useless or tricky lately because of all this inflationary rhetoric around it.