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LISTING OF THE DAY
Huge Windows and Modern Amenities Set This Marrakesh Villa Apart
The 17,000-square-foot Moroccan home was built in 2019
By Jonelle Mannion
| Originally Published On June 17, 2020 | Mansion Global
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Location: Marrakesh, Morocco
Price: €3.9 million (US$4.4 million)
Stark contemporary lines and traditional textures, local materials, top-of-the-line amenities and eclectic modernist furniture come together seamlessly in this charming Marrakesh villa. Built in 2019 as one of a small development of nine villas in the Bab Atlas area on the northern edge of the city, the home's agent, Alex Peto, highlights its "unparalleled quality of construction."
Mr. Peto added that so many villas in the area were built 10 to 20 years ago and need to be completely redone, while this home is fully equipped with everything today's buyers expect—styled to contemporary tastes. "Huge windows everywhere flood the house with natural light. This is not the way villas were built 10 to 20 years ago. They traditionally had small windows to keep heat in or out, depending on the time of year."
The 17,136-square-foot home has seven bedrooms and nine full bathrooms, and sits on 2.5 acres of land.
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This home's amenities are a perfect balance of traditional features and modern conveniences. The spa has a traditional stone hammam, or Turkish bath, as well as a massage room. The wellness facilities also include a gym and an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi. Three terraces provide extensive indoor/outdoor living options, including a large, well-furnished covered patio perfect for long evenings of entertaining. Mr. Peto noted that life can be lived largely outdoors at least six months of the year in Morocco. Beautiful landscaped gardens are maintained by a sprinkler system and feature a private well.
Inside, the home is equipped with underfloor heating for cold Moroccan winters, and those who work from home will benefit from both a library and an office. Entertainment options include a home cinema, as well as a 443-square-foot basement-level games room with a bar and pool table.
Neighborhood Notes
Located in the popular Bab Atlas neighborhood of Marrakech city, the villa is only 15 minutes from the bustling city center. While it's within the city bounds, Bab Atlas benefits from also being in the heart of the Palmeraie, a 54 square mile oasis of several hundred thousand palm trees at the city's northern edge, with views of the iconic Atlas Mountains to the north. "You can pop into the hustle and bustle of the city and be back in 15 minutes to the tranquility and open spaces that the Palmeraie offers," Mr. Peto said. He mentioned as well that the area is home to notable residents, such as the Emir of Qatar.
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As well as being an area of astounding natural beauty, the sought-after neighborhood is also known for its world class museums—including Museum Palmeraie and High Atlas—and its luxury resorts and attractions, such as the Palmeraie Rotana Resort and Nikki Beach Hotel, as well as the PalmGolf Marrakech Golf Club.
The villa itself is right next door to the five-star Tigmiza hotel and spa, perfect for strolling over for dinner and a drink, Mr. Peto suggested.
Agent: Alex Peto, Kensington Luxury Properties, affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate
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Q: function field of $zy^2 - x^3$ in the plane I am interested in understanding the connection between abstract curves and smooth projective curves. So I looked at a simple example $zy^2 - x^3$ in $\mathbb{P}^2$. The function field can be computed on affine opens and it doesn't matter which one you pick:
$z=1$ gives $k(x,\sqrt{x^3})$ while $y=1$ gives $k(x)$ and finally $x=1$ gives $k(y)$. Clearly $k(x)$ and $k(y)$ are the same or isomorphic but $k(x,\sqrt{x^3})$ bothers me. When I take all the dvr's in $k(x,\sqrt{x^3})$ and $k(x)$ and put a topology on them, do I really get the same smooth curve? Thanks!

A: Maybe it's comforting to write down a way in which this first field is isomorphic to the second. The root notation makes me nervous so let's write $K = k(x)[y]/(y^2-x^3)$ and then $\bar{y}$ for the image of $y$ here. Using the relation one finds $(\bar{y}/x)^2 = x$; it then follows that $K = k(\bar{y}/x)$ and that this element $\bar{y}/x$ is transcendental over $k$.
Of course there should be a way of identifying these fields "along" the cuspidal cubic and in fact that's what I've done algebraically; moreover there's a geometric reason for why $\bar{y}/x$ "works" and one ought to be able to "see" the birational map between this curve and $\mathbb{P}^1$. It should also be made clear why you get a field that isn't so funky when looking at $\{x\neq0\}$. I might update this later but it's good for you to play around with it.
It might also be interesting to know Lüroth's theorem.

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On My Way Out
The key objective of this blog is to help gay Mormons/Christians with their current situation or their decision to come out. The experiences are my own, unless otherwise specifically mentioned. Please feel free to share your comments or ask questions.
Gay in Sydney
I found a great book that I want to share
The coming out process for anyone is a challenge, but at the same time it's a personal challenge. It's different for everyone. In a recent discussion with a gay friend he said "I don't get this "coming out" thing, I've always just been who I am". He's in his 60's and has been "out" all his life. That's awesome for him and I couldn't be happier.
But that's not the case for everyone. For those of us who come to a realisation of our sexuality from a religious background, there's often a whole other level of "issues" we need to face. The reconciliation of our faith and our sexual preference are often at competing ends of a spectrum.
Anthony Venn-Brown is a gentleman I've got to know here in Sydney. You can visit his blog here. Anthony was a minister for many years, has children and is now a life coach, author and has a foundation ABBI - Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International.
Click Here to visit the foundation.
The Hon Michael Kirby.
The Honourable Michael Kirby, a retired Australian High Court Judge wrote the following foreward to the book:
"Human stories, like the one in these pages, play a part in advancing understanding and acceptance. It is the story of a quest to find not only self-acceptance but one of the most powerful forces in nature—human love.."
You can read Kirby's full foreward here.
The following is an excerpt from the book:
"We are all living a life of unlearning: unlearning things we accepted as truth but created a persona so unlike who we really are. Eventually cracks appear and beliefs challenged.
On the surface everything looked perfect. Anthony Venn-Brown was a happily married father-of-two and a popular preacher in Australia's growing mega-churches such as Hillsong. Behind the scenes he fought a constant battle to conform, believing his homosexuality made him unacceptable to God and others.
After twenty-two years of struggle and torment, a chance meeting forced Anthony to make the toughest decision of his life; maintain the façade he had created or, be true to himself and lose it all. Tired of feeling torn and fragmented, he confessed and came out. The results of that confession took him on a lonely journey that made him who he is today.
This sometimes brutally honest account highlights not only the costs of being true to yourself but that the rewards of resolution and integrity are worth the struggle.
As Anthony's story is ultimately about being true to one's self, gay, straight, Christian and non-faith people have found relevance in this triumphant autobiography."
If you're struggling to reconcile your faith with your sexuality, firstly know that you're not alone. The good news is that many of us have done just that, we've reached a point where we're at peace with who we are and still have faith in Christ or whomever we worship.
Anthony's journey is beautifully shared in this amazing book.
Posted by The Blogger at 10:35 AM
Labels: ALifeOfUnlearning
I feel like 2014 has just slipped away and 2015 is here before I realised!
It's been more than 12 months since I blogged here. My time is buried in blogging for work here and at my personal work related blog here.
It's time I paid some attention to this blog :-)
2014 has been a great year. My Partner and I bought ourselves an apartment and we finally move in, February 2015. It's brand new three bedroom apartment in Arncliffe, about 10 minutes further south from where are now in Mascot, Sydney.
We've just had a wonderful Christmas with my mum visiting. On Christmas eve we had a beautiful Christmas Eve dinner with very good friends Brett & Marcus in the Blue Mountains. They had 30 close friends and family for the most amazing dinner. One huge long table with an amazing dinner.
Being Gay in Australia in 2014
Well, nothing much has changed. Still no or limited possibility of ever getting married with our conservative federal government. Our Prime Minister, Tony Abbott continues to embarress us on the domestic and international stage. In late 2013 his government overturned a gay marriage law in the ACT, read further here.
Photo from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30584120
The recent Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney has raised some discussion around gay relationship as one of the people killed in that siege was gay. The outpouring of grief for Tori Johnson (Right) and Katrina Dawson (Left) has been amazing. Tori, was the store manager at the Lindt Cafe, he and his partner had been together for many years.
The media and others have, in the process of reporting the siege, been respectful and inclusive in the way they talk about Tori, his partner and their relationship. Perhaps through the tragedy of the event, people's hearts will be softened and they will begin to realise that two loving people, regardless of their gender, can be in a loving and supportive relationship.
So what's up for 2015?
That's a great question. I've not really thought about it, the end of the year has snuck up on my so quickly that I'm not really sure. Moving home will be a big move. My sister turns 50 and work is looking great. So, with my partner I'm sure the year will be awesome. Here's hoping yours will be a great year too.
Posted by The Blogger at 9:03 AM
Labels: gay marriage, Lindt Cafe, Martin Place, Sydney Siege
Three Years of Conservative Rule
It Looks Like Australia Has Taken A Step Backwards
The federal election has been and gone and the conservative Australian Liberal Party (yeah I know, it doesn't make sense) is in power. Prime Minister Abbott has created his new cabinet containing one women. We have no Minister (Secretary) for Science and the make up of Ministers is more Catholic than at any time in Australian political history.
When you add all these things together, it has pushed marriage equality back 10 years. I also feel sorry for the science community. Abbott has abolished the government climate change board, they've since decided to remain active and are now surviving on public donations instead of tax payer funds.
The upside with politics in Australia is that the whole exercise took place without any violence, the changing of the government is a peaceful process. The Honourable Quentin Bryce - Governor General of Australia swore in the new government
As Australia's 28th prime minister, Tony Abbott has promised not to pull out any crazy moves,
so it was fitting he wore his customary blue tie and his regulation suit.
Well, I think that's anyone's guess. Life appears to be much the same, I'd argue that it rarely changes when government change because in reality they're so hard to differentiate from a policy point of view.
Given the Prime Minister's sister is gay, we at least have a "friend" on the inside who has the ear of the Prime Minister. Will that help? Well I suppose it can't hurt.
Labels: gay marriage, Marriage Equality, Tony Abbott
It's Election Time in Australia
I haven't blogged since March! That's not entirely true, I blog at my personal work related blog www.derekbell.com.au and I also blog for work! The past few months have been eventful, my partner and I are looking to buy an apartment, we found a really nice one on the south side of Sydney about three stops from the airport. It's still under construction and we can't move in until the first quarter of 2015. While that feels like forever away, it's not really.
I changed jobs in June, I'm now working for an Oracle reseller - we sell and implement Eloqua a marketing automation platform. I'm loving it, I'm consulting with clients and building our own digital marketing campaigns. I geek out when ever I get to look at the campaign stats, it's fun.
Australia heads to the polls this time next week. The battle is essentially between the conservative Liberal Party (Republicans) and the more left leaning Labour Party (Democrats). However compared to both US parties, the Australian parties are both left leaning.
The marriage equality debate has come up and there are groups doing their best to ensure it stays on the agenda, but I don't see it playing a big issue in this election. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has come out saying he's supportive of marriage equality, the first sitting Prime Minister to take that position.
How Will I Vote?
While I might say I'm really not sure, I think I've made my mind up. I should confess I've voted Liberal most of my life, however that's changed over the past few years. About five years ago I lived in Dayton, OH for six months. While living there I would catch up with the VP of sales of the company I was consulting to.
We had great conversations, always about the things you should never discuss - religion, politics and sport. The VP was Jewish, a great guy and very open minded, so the conversations were excellent.
The night of our last dinner/catch up he told me that while I may have presented myself as a Republican (in US terms), he felt that I was more so a fiscally conservative social democrat. I liked that, it made sense. I could wear that badge.
So in Australia, that would translate to me voting Labour. Although some may disagree with the dots I've joined to reach that conclusion. The main issue for me is that the Australian Liberal Party's social polices are so draconian and offensive, it leaves me no choice but to vote Labour.
I'm reasonably certain the Liberal Party will win this election, current polling suggests as much. Will this throw Australian back 20 years from a social policy point of view? Perhaps. There is a glimpse of hope that in the marriage equality area the Liberal Party will allow a conscious vote, however to date they've said they will not.
Tony Abbott's (possibly new Prime Minister next week) sister is gay, Christine Forster. Forster was reported* as saying:
"Tony Abbott's sister has revealed that the Opposition Leader felt "conflicted" about voting in Parliament against marriage equality last year.
Speaking on the ABC's , Christine Forster, who is gay, said her brother's view that marriage is only between a man and a woman is slowly "shifting".
"There's been a significant shift in how he approaches this whole question," she said."
So, we'll see what happens.
*SOURCE: Yahoo7 News
Labels: 2013 Election, gay marriage, Kevin Rudd, Marriage Equality, Tony Abbott
Sport, Bullying and the Gay Community
Bendigo City Councillor Leach
This past week, Local Government Councillor Leach from Bendigo in Victoria caused a stir when she wrote a letter to the Editor of the Herald Sun (Melbourne) newspaper.
In the letter, Cr Leach says "we don't want issues such as homosexuality, or any sexuality, thrusted in our faces in the name of anti-bullying"."We won't be attending any more games. Gay pride! What rubbish!", it says.*
It seemed to me that she probably doesn't have any gay friends, but the article goes onto quote her as saying "I am not homophobic. I know lots of gay people." In my usual zeal, I thought I need to email this women and let her now how I feel. I decided to temper my remarks and perhaps share with her some ideas that perhaps she hadn't considered or perhaps wasn't aware of.
My email to her is below.
Good Morning Councillor Leach,
It seems your letter to the editor of the Herald Sun has stirred a bit of a "cufuffle" (never sure how to spell that).
I appreciate and understand your point and I can't help but feel perhaps it's been taken out context as tends to happen, especially around the issue of anything "gay". I think your point is valid, politics doesn't belong in sport nor should it be used as a platform to forward any political view.
At the same time, I appreciate and understand why some in the AFL feel the way they do. Football, by its nature, is a very 'blokey' domain and one that has had a homophobic undertone for many years. Ben Cohen, the great UK footballer has a a charity he started called "Stand Up Against Bullying". Click Here to visit his facebook page.
Ben is a great advocate for the underdog, the persecuted and the down trodden. He, his wife and their gorgeous kids are very involved in getting a very positive message out there that bullying in any form is a bad thing. Is this a political message? I don't think so. Ben is also very involved with the gay community and goes to great lengths to support various gay community events and to raise awareness in the community as a whole.
I think there is space for Australian football bodies to do the same thing. It seems difficult to detach politics from the "gay" issue, possibly because of the gay marriage debate which some would argue is not political, but a basic human right.
I'm also sensitive to young people who may be questioning their own sexuality, especially when they see negative news items about the gay community. They're young and inexperienced about things of the world and it can contribute to them feeling that they're being attacked personally. I'm sure you're aware of the rates of teenage suicide and the increased levels of such in the gay community, a tragedy for sure.
Councillor Leach, you were quoted as saying that you have "many gay friends". This puts you in a unique position where you hold a local government political post and are in touch with a group within the community who can feel marginalised because of who they are.
All the best to you, I hope the press doesn't go to hard at misrepresenting your comments.
So, you might think I went a bit soft on her, I think I did too. However, sending her an email with me ranting would probably have been deleted long before she got past my greeting. I'm hoping that perhaps something I said here will help her see that there is a role, a really positive role for sports people to play in the anti-bullying, anti-homophobic debate.
Have You Engaged Local Politicians on the Anti-Bullying topic?
*SOURCE: The Weekly City Review
Labels: AFL, Ben Cohen, Bendigo City Council, Gay Bullying, gay marriage, Helen Leach
Facebook Groups and Gay Mormons
Finding a Safe Place
There's much in the news and spoken of in communities about the dangers of social media, especially when it comes to youth. I've come across a few facebook Groups focussed on gay LDS/Mormons as well as Groups focussed on bringing different parties together.
One such group is Mormon's Building Bridges on facebook. When I joined the group I didn't take the time to read their version of Apple's Terms & Conditions, it went on for pages. They probably could have summed it all up by listing their Terms & Conditions as "Be Christ Like".
I found the group a little dry and very Utah centric, even very Salt Lake City focussed. I found most of the posts confusing, confusing in the sense that gay folks were talking about Church meetings they'd attended, firesides they'd been to and family home evenings they'd be participated in.
On the surface, they seem confused to me. I get that they still have their faith, as do I, but I don't understand what is to be gained by participating in Church activities where people essentially believe you're a sinful creature and that there is room to repent and change.
Governor Romney
The recent US election saw some pretty dirty politics and division among people around a number of issues. I have some wealthy LDS friends from the North West of the US who shared with me their voting choice after they'd cast their vote on election day.
They voted for Romney and for gay marriage but against marijuana. :-) So it seems there are plenty of active LDS people who have a conscious and perhaps don't believe it's the Church's role to push a view on issues that are essentially secular in nature.
"Group" Discussion
There was much election discussion in the facebook groups that I participate, but not in the Mormon's Building Bridges group. Their 'charter' calls for no political discussion. How that's possible, I really don't know. Especially in the context of the LDS Church's political involvement in California's Prop 8 vote.
One group I do find myself spending a lot of time is "Breakthough Branch". I think it's meant to be "Breakthrough Branch" but facebook don't let you fix typo's is my understanding :-) This is a great group, far more open and the discussion is excellent and supportive. There's is a mix of gay and str8, LDS and others, active and less active in the group.
The group is facilitated by a wonderful str8 LDS women, Carol. She does a great job, she's not heavy handed in her moderation of the group and she's created a safe place for discussion.
Why Sexism Still Exists
There is a mix of gay men and women in the group. Some of the girls have told stories of their participation in Mormon's Building Bridges and the sexism they've experienced which has driven them from that group. They've shared stories of comments they've made, similar to those made by gay men but they've then been shot down by str8 members, usually men, for their comments.
There seems to be a double standard at play. It appears that gay men are more accepted than gay women. I don't understand that, it's just plain odd.
I think overall the groups serve a great purpose, they enable people to come together in what should be a safe place, some are safer than others. The agenda behind the groups differs and that's cool, but I've learnt that reading the "small print" of these groups is a good idea in order to participate in a meaningful way.
Labels: Breakthough Branch, Breakthrough Branch, LDS, LDS Church, LDS gay Facebook groups, Lesbians, Mormon, Mormon's Building Bridges
Feminism Debate - Julia Gillard
Would The Real Julia Gillard Please Stand Up?
Well, it's been an interesting week in Australian politics? Our Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the opposition leader, Tony Abbott a serious verbal beating and called him a misogynist. Just to be clear, a definition is below:
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. According to feminist theory, misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women.
If you're interested, you may want to read what the PM actually said. Click Here to read the official Australian Government transcript or Hansard from the session of parliament. Since coming to office, the PM has been berated by many about almost every aspect of who she is.
As far as I'm concerned if it's about her job, that's one thing and is open to as much interrogation as possible. However, derogatory comments based on gender have no place in a civilised society.
There was an article in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper today from the journalist Miranda Devine. While the paper has a right leaning agenda, it's no where near as far to the right as the US Republican voter.
I'm not sure what this discourse really did for the average Australian, schools still need work done, hospitals needs additional funding and the bush needs doctors more than ever before. However, the PM managed to berate the opposition leader and make it clear to him and the world she feels insulted by his comments. I just don't think this was the best possible use of tax payer funded time. There are other ways for the PM to have her say on this topic.
I think Devine made some very pertinent points, however her closing comment I thought was the best:
"But to what end?
With unemployment rising, the non-resources economy flatlining, the mining industry having peaked, carbon tax biting and superannuation under threat, the electorate views dimly the people who are supposed to be running the country running around playing gender politics instead. Especially on the 10th anniversary of the first Bali bombing.
We don't care if the prime minister is a woman or a man. We just want rational, prudent, even boring government. We want to be "relaxed and comfortable" again."
Don't get me wrong, good on the PM for saying what she said. It just seems like a "storm in a teacup" that probably really won't go anywhere and I'm not sure what electoral benefits there is for her.
Posted by The Blogger at 6:13 PM
Labels: Feminism, Julia Gillard, Miranda Devine
Journey of a Gay Mormon Boy
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I read over this profile and realised it was almost three years old. I have two blogs here, one about being gay and LDS (Mormon) and the other about proposed polices - my political platform. Which ever causes you to engage, please comment and ask questions, I'm happy to respond and discuss your thoughts and views. Thank's for taking the time to read my blog.
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Most Expensive Materials on Earth Per Gram Cheat Sheet.
April 28, 2016 Cheat Sheets, Infographicyesteryear
The most expensive materials in the world are priced based on their rarity verses demand, difficulty of production or the criminal risk involved in obtaining, buying or selling them.
Rhodium – Chemical element Rh, atomic number 45
Rhodium a hard, silvery, durable precious metal that's resistant to corrosion. It is the rarest of all non-radioactive metals. It can be found as a free metal in river sands in North and South America, or as a chemical in the copper-nickel sulfide ores of Ontario, Canada.
The cost or Rhodium fluctuates significantly. As roughly 80% of Rhodium principal application is in automotive catalytic converters, the sharp decline of the global automobile industry sent rhodium prices tumbling. After reaching a high of over $320 per gram, Rhodium prices collapsed more than 90% to a low of $24 per gram.
Source: infomine.com.
Platinum – Chemical element Pt, atomic number 78
Platinum is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, gray-white transition precious metal. It occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits, mostly in South Africa, which accounts for 80% of the world production.
Like all heavy metals, Platinum demonstrates toxic effects on living organisms via metabolic interference, but due to its corrosion resistance, it is not as toxic as some of the other heavy metals.
Platinum is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry. Platinum is priced high due to it's shortage in the earth's crust on one hand and it's abundant and important usage on the other hand.
Price fluctuates considerably over time and between markets and is currently at $33 per gram.
Source: platinumpriceoz.com.
Gold – Chemical element Au, atomic number 79
Gold is a bright, reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Gold is a non-toxic transition metal and one of the least reactive of all chemical elements (though will dissolve in aqua regia), it is a great conductor and does not corrode.
Gold occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver, as well as naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds. 75% of the worlds Gold comes from South Africa and the rest mostly from Russia.
The price of gold fluctuates in time and between markets and is currently around $40 per gram.
Source: goldprice.org.
Unfounded claims regarding it being a cure for cancer and hangovers have driven the large demand of Rhino Horn in some Asian countries – primarily Vietnam.
Most of the Rhinoceros population is in South Africa, thus most of the poaching is done there.
With Rhino Horn poaching being illegal and the rhinoceros population being terrifyingly low, at the same time as demand from Vietnam and other Asian countries is on the the rise, the price for this material has sky rocketed to as high as $133 per gram, though averaging at about $65.
Learn more: savetherhino.org.
Heroin is a highly addictive, opiate, pain killing, primarily recreational drug. Heroin acts as a GABA agonist by binding to opiate receptors, thus reducing the inhibitory effect of GABA on dopaminergic neurons. Activation of the dopaminergic reward pathway leads to a feelings of euphoria.
Heroin is processed from morphine – a naturally occurring substance extracted from poppy seeds. Heroin is produced world wide but over 80% of heroin is produced in Afghanistan. Heroin usage on it's own can be quite deadly, but when factoring in the life-loss associated with heroin trafficking and heroin funded terrorism the world wide death rate from the drug gets shockingly high.
The criminal element of the production and trafficking of heroin on one hand, and the high demand for the drug on the other hand, accounts for it's high price. The price of heroin fluctuates between markets and over time and can cost as much as $400.
Source: unodc.org.
Methamphetamine is mainly used as a recreational drug, though does have some medical uses. Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant, it causes dopamine to be released in large quantities, leading to a feelings of euphoria.
Production of methamphetamine for recreation is illegal. It involves a lengthy multi-step cook process. The primary ingredient in the meth recipe is ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are chemicals found in over-the-counter congestion reducing medicines. Even though those medications are over-the-counter, they are strictly regulated – buyers must present a photo id and are limited to the amount they may buy. Cooking meth is a hazardous process due to toxin production and the changes of explosion.
The difficulty in obtaining the ingredient, the complexity of the process and of course the criminal element all contribute to the high price of methamphetamine. Methamphetamine cost varies significantly between markets, with cost per gram of as little as $60 in the United States, $80 in China and up to $500 in Australia.
Source: crimecommission.gov.au.
Cocaine is a stimulant, mostly recreational drug. Cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, it binds to and blocks the dopamine transporters, causing dopamine to buildup in the synapse, leading to a feelings of euphoria. Cocaine also blocks the reuptake of serotonin – leading to a feeling of happiness, and blocks norepinephrine – increasing heart rate, blood flow, blood pressure and blood sugar, which in turn increases the amount of oxygen going to the brain, and assists in thinking clearer and faster.
Cocaine is derived from the coca leaf. Coca plants are mostly grown in South America. Demand for the drug is very high – cocaine is the second most frequently used illegal drug after cannabis. The price of cocaine varies significantly between markets, and can cost as little as $9 or as much as $290 per gram.
Source: globaldrugsurvey.com.
LSD – Lysergic acid diethylamide
LSD is a psychedelic drug that is most commonly used as a recreational drug. LSD was first made by Albert Hofmann in Switzerland in 1938 from a chemical found in ergot fungus that grows on rye and other grains. Scientists are unclear on exactly how LSD effects the central nervous system, but it's believed to interferes with serotonin receptors in the brain, thus effecting alertness, apatite, and muscle control. LSD in considered not addictive because tolerance develops quickly, preventing daily use.
LSD is produced in crystal form in illegal laboratories, mainly in the United States. A single dose of LSD is about 0.0001 gram and the price per gram is about $3000.
Plutonium – Chemical element Pu, atomic number 94
Plutonium is a radioactive, silver actinide metal, that takes on a dull gray, yellow, or olive green tarnish when oxidized. It has a high-heat production rate and a long half-life – 88 years.
Trace elements of plutonium are found in naturally occurring uranium ores, but plutonium is mostly synthetically produced. Plutonium is used as the explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons, though also used as a source of nuclear energy. The production cost is very high, leading to a cost per gram that's greater than $4000.
Source: hypertextbook.com.
Painite
Painite is one of the rarest gem material on Earth. It is pink to red to brown in color and fluoresces green under short wave UV.
Painite was first found in Myanmar. Up till 2005 there were only eighteen known specimens of this rare gem, since then however more specimens have been discovered. Still, this mineral is rare enough to cost $9000 per gram.
Taaffeite
Taaffeite is one of the rarest gemstone minerals in the world. It is purple and red and is made up of magnesium, beryllium and aluminum.
Taaffeite is almost exclusively found in Sri Lanka in alluvial deposits, however has also surfaced in Tanzania and Burma.
The red variant of Taaffeite is extremely rare, only about a dozen specimens currently exist. Price per gram can run between $10,000 to $20,000.
Source: gemstonesadvisor.com.
Tritium
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The radioactive decay product of tritium cannot penetrate the human dermis, the main hazard is internal exposure from inhalation or ingestion, but with a short biological half life only large amounts pose a significant health risk.
Tritium is used in research, fusion reactors and neutron generators. Mixing tritium with a phosphor creates a continuous light source. This phenomenon is commonly used in emergency exit signs as well as firearm night sights, watches and other devices. Commercial demand for tritium is 400 grams per year, the cost of production and the rapid decay rate puts the cost at about $30,000 per gram.
Source: Tritium Supply Considerations, Scott Willms, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon. It is the best known thermal conductor and the hardest natural material among naturally occurring substances. Due to it's hard property diamonds are used for industrial cutting and polishing, however they are most commonly used in jewelry.
Diamonds form naturally over billions of years under intense heat and pressure and are brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions. Most of the Earth's natural diamond deposits are found in Africa and some have been a source of conflict. Diamonds mined in unstable areas and sold to finance war are known as blood diamonds. Learn more about the issue at amnesty international.
Diamonds are the world's most popular gemstone, they are valued according to their cut, color, carat and clarity. A 1 gram diamond can range from $46,750 to $737,000.
Source: Diamond registry.
Californium – Chemical element Cf, atomic number 98
Californium is a silvery white, malleable , radioactive actinide metal. It was first produced by Stanley G. Thompson, Glenn T. Seaborg, Kenneth Street, Jr. and Albert Ghiorso at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950. 0.000001 grams of californium-252 produces 170,000,000 neutrons per minute. It's used as a neutron source for neutron activation to identify gold and silver ores and in neutron moisture gauges to find water and oil bearing layers in oil wells.
Californium is not produced in large quantities, only 8 grams of Californium-252 have been made in the west and sold for $27 million per gram.
Source: umich.edu.
Endohedral Fullerenes
Endohedral fullerenes was discovered in 1985 and is a cage of carbon atoms with a nitrogen atom inside. It has an extra long electron spin lifetime so current application of endohedral fullerenes are as tiny atomic clocks.
Endohedral fullerenes is the most expensive materiel commercially available for sale and it is priced at $145-$167 million.
Source: sciencealert.com.
Antimatter is a material composed of antiparticles – anti-electrons (positrons) that behave like electrons but have a positive charge and anti-protons that behave like protons but with a negative charge.
When antimatter particles interact with matter particles, they annihilate each other and produce energy. Speculation that antimatter-powered spacecraft might be an efficient way to explore the universe is what lead NASA to research antimatter. Antimatter particles are created in ultra high-speed collisions. The energy generated to create antimatter is far greater than can be extracted from antimatter reaction, rendering antimatter impractical given current technology.
NASA estimated that the cost to make antihydrogen is $62.5 trillion per gram.
Source: nasa.gov.
2016 Supreme Court Justices Cheat Sheet, Bios and Position on the Issues
February 19, 2016 Cheat Sheets, Infographic, Legislationyesteryear
Anthony McLeod Kennedy, Associate Justice
Born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took office on February 18, 1988. Kennedy was preceded by Lewis Powell appointed by Richard Nixon. Kennedy is a Roman Catholic, Republican, married (since 1963) to Mary Davis and has 3 children.
Kennedy, who was appointed by a Republican president is expected, in theory, to be one of the conservative justices. However in practice, he has long been the most enigmatic of the swing voters on many of the Court's 5–4 decisions.
Potions on the issues
In Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Kennedy voted to uphold Roe v. Wade (1973), which extended the 14th Amendment to a woman's decision to have an abortion.
In the case of Hill v. Colorado (2000) Kennedy, citing the First amendment, disagreed with the Court's rejection of pro-life activists' challenge to a Colorado statute limiting their ability to engage in leafleting and counseling outside abortion clinics.
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005) Kennedy agreed that the execution of the mentally ill and those under 18 at the time of the crime was unconstitutional.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Kennedy delivered the majority opinion which ruled unconstitutional the death penalty for a man convicted of rape, based on the prohibition in the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment. Kennedy wrote that "the death penalty should not be expanded to instances where the victim's life was not taken.".
In Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000) Kennedy joined the majority in ruling that past polluters can be sued.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Kennedy joined the majority to force the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants.
In Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Kennedy joined the majority to permit the discharge of fill material into isolated waters observed as a habitat for migratory birds.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Kennedy concurred with the Court's ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction to regulate isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Kennedy joined the majority to uphold the EPA's decision to allow cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Kennedy voted in favor of an Alaskan mining company, to uphold a USACE permit to dump waste into a lake.
In Romer v. Evans (1996) Kennedy delivered the majority ruling to recognize the GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class.
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) Kennedy delivered the majority ruling to disallow all sodomy laws against same-sex activity.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Kennedy delivered the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Kennedy delivered the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) Kennedy joined the majority ruling that the Boy Scouts of America had a First Amendment right to ban homosexuals from being scoutmasters.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Kennedy joined the majority to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Kennedy joined the Plurality, ruling that enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens must have the rights of due process, and the ability to challenge their status before an impartial authority.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Kennedy delivered the majority ruling that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
Born in Pin Point, Georgia, June 23, 1948. Nominated by George H. W. Bush on July 1, 1991, narrowly confirmed and took office on October 23, 1991. Thomas was preceded by Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court, appointed by Lyndon Johnson. Thomas is a Roman Catholic, Republican, on his second marriage to Virginia Lamp and has one child.
Thomas is the second African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court. Thomas is a quintessential conservative justice.
In Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Thomas join the dissented from the plurality's decision to uphold Roe v. Wade (1973), and strike down the spousal notification law, contending that Roe was incorrectly decided questioning the fundamental right to an abortion, the "right to privacy," and the strict scrutiny application in Roe.
In the case of Hill v. Colorado (2000) Thomas disagreed with the Court's rejection of pro-life activists' challenge to a Colorado statute limiting their ability to engage in leafleting and counseling outside abortion clinics.
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005) Thomas disagreed with the Court's ruling that the execution of the mentally ill and those under 18 at the time of the crime was unconstitutional, stating that the Eighth Amendment provided no measures to determine what is "cruel and unusual".
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Thomas joined the dissent arguing that child rape is a capital offense and can carry the death penalty.
In Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000) Thomas was against the majority ruling that past polluters can be sued.
In Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Thomas joined the majority to permit the discharge of fill material into isolated waters observed as a habitat for migratory birds.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Thomas joined the plurality ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction to regulate isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Thomas joined Roberts in the dissent, voting against forcing the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants, arguing that Massachusetts' alleged injury was too speculative due to insufficient scientific evidence that greenhouse gases contribute to global warming, and that there is no traceable causal connection between the EPA's refusal to enforce emission standards and petitioners' injuries.
In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Thomas joined the majority to uphold the EPA's decision to allow cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Thomas joined the majority, voting in favor of an Alaskan mining company, to uphold a USACE permit to dump waste into a lake.
In Romer v. Evans (1996) Thomas joined the dissent arguing that if it is constitutionally permissible for a state to make homosexual conduct criminal, surely it is constitutionally permissible for a State to enact laws disfavoring homosexual conduct.
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) Thomas joined the majority ruling that the Boy Scouts of America had a First Amendment right to ban homosexuals from being scoutmasters.
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) Thomas dissented the majority ruling joining the argument that disallowing sodomy laws against same-sex activity dismantles the structure of constitutional law that has permitted a distinction between heterosexual and homosexual unions.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Thomas dissented the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Thomas dissented the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Thomas joined the majority to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Thomas dissented from the Plurality ruling, he was the only justice who sided entirely with the Executive branch. In Thomas's view, based on the security interests at stake enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens may not have the right of due process.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Thomas joined the dissent against the majority ruling that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice
Born in New York City, New York, March 15 1933. Nominated by Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993 and took office August 10, 1993. Ginsburg was preceded by Byron White appointed by John F. Kennedy. Ginsburg is a Jewish, Democrat, widowed since 2010 and has 2 children.
Ginsberg is the second female justice to serve in the Supreme Court. Before becoming a judge, she served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Ginsburg is generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Court.
In the case of Hill v. Colorado (2000) Ginsburg joined the Court's rejection of pro-life activists' challenge to a Colorado statute limiting their ability to engage in leafleting and counseling outside abortion clinics.
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005) Ginsburg agreed that the execution of the mentally ill and those under 18 at the time of the crime was unconstitutional.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Ginsburg joined the majority opinion which ruled unconstitutional the death penalty for a man convicted of rape, based on the prohibition in the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment.
In Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000) Ginsburg and the majority ruled that past polluters can be sued.
In Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Ginsburg joined the dissent, voting against permitting the discharge of fill material into isolated waters observed as a habitat for migratory birds.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Ginsburg joined the dissent and voted against the Court's ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction from regulating isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Ginsburg joined the majority to force the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants.
In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Ginsburg joined the dissent, voting against allowing the EPA to use cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards,siding with the argument that Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act prohibits the use of cost–benefit analysis.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Ginsburg disagreed with the majority ruling to uphold a USACE permit granted to an Alaskan mining company to dump waste into a lake.
In Romer v. Evans (1996) Ginsburg joined the majority ruling to recognize the GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class.
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) Ginsburg joined the dissent, objecting to the majority ruling to uphold the Boy Scouts of America's organizational right to ban homosexuals from being scoutmasters, based on the fact that in "the Boy Scouts' Law and Oath" there is no term expressing any position on sexual matters.
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) Ginsburg joined the majority ruling to disallow all sodomy laws against same-sex activity.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Ginsburg joined the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Ginsburg joined the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Ginsburg dissented from the majority ruling to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Ginsburg joined the Plurality, ruling that enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens must have the rights of due process, and the ability to challenge their status before an impartial authority. However, she dissented from the plurality's ruling that "Authorization for Use of Military Force" established Congressional authorization for the detention of enemy combatants.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Ginsburg joined the majority ruling that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
Stephen Gerald Breyer, Associate Justice
Born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. Nominated by Bill Clinton May 13, 1994 and took office August 3, 1994. Breyer was preceded by Harry Blackmun who was nominated by Richard Nixon. Breyer is a Jewish, Democrat, married to Joanna Freda Hare (since 1967) and has 3 children.
Breyer is considered one of the best writers in the federal court system, he has authored several books about federal regulation. Breyer occasionally sides with the conservative wing, however more often allies with the Court's liberal wing.
In the case of Hill v. Colorado (2000) Breyer joined the Court's rejection of pro-life activists' challenge to a Colorado statute limiting their ability to engage in leafleting and counseling outside abortion clinics.
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005) Breyer agreed that the execution of the mentally ill and those under 18 at the time of the crime was unconstitutional.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Breyer joined the majority opinion which ruled unconstitutional the death penalty for a man convicted of rape, based on the prohibition in the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment.
In Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000) Breyer joined the majority in ruling that past polluters can be sued.
In Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Army Corps of Engineers (2001) Breyer joined the dissent, voting against permitting the discharge of fill material into isolated waters observed as a habitat for migratory birds.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Breyer voted against the Court's ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction from regulating isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Breyer joined the majority to force the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants.
?In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Breyer concurred in part with the Court's decision to allow the EPA's use of cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards, but reprimanded the EPA and would have remanded them to explain the reason for the change.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Breyer joined the majority, voting in favor of an Alaskan mining company, to uphold a USACE permit to dump waste into a lake.
In Romer v. Evans (1996) Breyer joined the majority ruling to recognize the GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class.
In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) Breyer joined the dissent, objecting to the majority ruling to uphold the Boy Scouts of America's organizational right to ban homosexuals from being scoutmasters, based on the fact that in "the Boy Scouts' Law and Oath" there is no term expressing any position on sexual matters.
In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) Breyer joined the majority ruling to disallow all sodomy laws against same-sex activity.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Breyer joined the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Breyer joined the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Breyer dissented from the majority ruling to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Breyer joined the Plurality, ruling that enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens must have the rights of due process, and the ability to challenge their status before an impartial authority.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Breyer joined the majority ruling that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States
Born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. Nominated by George W. Bush July 19, 2005 and took office September 29, 2005. Roberts was preceded by James Buckley who was appointed by Ronald Reagan. Roberts is Roman Catholic, Republican, married to Jane Sullivan (since 1996) and has 2 children.
Roberts belongs to the conservative wing of the Court, though he did side with the liberal wing when reaffirming the legality of Obamacare.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Roberts joined the dissent arguing that child rape is a capital offense and can carry the death penalty.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Roberts concurred with the Court's ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction to regulate isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Roberts went against the majority ruling to force the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants, arguing that Massachusetts' alleged injury was too speculative due to insufficient scientific evidence that greenhouse gases contribute to global warming, and that there is no traceable causal connection between the EPA's refusal to enforce emission standards and petitioners' injuries.
In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Roberts joined the majority to uphold the EPA's decision to allow cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Roberts joined the majority, voting in favor of an Alaskan mining company, to uphold a USACE permit to dump waste into a lake.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Roberts dissented the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples, arguing the "Defense of Marriage Act" was unconstitutional because the federal government was interfering with state control of marriage.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Roberts dissented the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry, criticizing the Court for expanding fundamental rights without caution or regard for history – namely the historic definition of marriage the "the union of a man and a woman".
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Roberts joined the majority to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Roberts dissented from the majority ruling and argued against Guantanamo Bay prisoners having a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 1, 1950. Nominated by George W. Bush on November 10, 2005 and took office January 31, 2006. Alito was preceded by Sandra Day O'Connor who was appointed by Ronald Reagan. Alito is a Roman Catholic, Republican, married to Martha Bomgardner and has 2 children.
Alito belongs to the conservative wing of the Court.
In Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) Alito led the dissent arguing that child rape is a capital offense and can carry the death penalty.
In Rapanos v. United States (2006) Alito joined the plurality ruling to prevent federal jurisdiction to regulate isolated wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
In Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Alito joined Roberts in the dissent, voting against forcing the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants, arguing that Massachusetts' alleged injury was too speculative due to insufficient scientific evidence that greenhouse gases contribute to global warming, and that there is no traceable causal connection between the EPA's refusal to enforce emission standards and petitioners' injuries.
In Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. (2009) Alito joined the majority to uphold the EPA's decision to allow cost–benefit analysis when determining best technology available to maintain national environmental standards.
In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (2009) Alito joined the majority, voting in favor of an Alaskan mining company, to uphold a USACE permit to dump waste into a lake.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Alito dissented the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples, arguing the "Defense of Marriage Act" was unconstitutional because the federal government was interfering with state control of marriage.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Alito dissented the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Alito joined the majority to overturn the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia, as the ban violates the Second Amendment.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Alito joined the dissent against the majority ruling that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their continued detention.
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
Born in New York City, New York, June 25, 1954. Nomintaed in May 2009 by Barack Obama and took office on August 8, 2009. Sotomayor was preceded by David Souter who was nominated by George H. W. Bush. Sotomayor is a Roman catholic, Democrat, married to Kevin Noonan (since 1976) and has no children.
Sotomayor's desire to become a judge was inspired by the TV show Perry Mason. She is the third woman chosen to serve in the Supreme Court and the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Sotomayor joined the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Sotomayor joined the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
Born in New York City, New York, April 28 ,1960. Nominated by Barack Obama May 10, 2010 and took office August 7, 2010. Kagan was preceded by John Paul Stevens who was nominated by Gerald Ford. Kagan is a Jewish, Democrat, unmarried and has no children.
Kagen is the forth woman chosen to serve in the Supreme Court.
In United States v. Windsor (2013) Kagan joined the majority ruling to strike down a federal law denying benefits to married same-sex couples.
In Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Kagan joined the majority ruling to guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry.
SQL (Structured Query Language) Cheat Sheet
February 17, 2016 Cheat Sheets, Techyesteryear
Not equal
Less than.
Greater than or equal.
Less than or equal.
Between an inclusive range.
Search for exact value in a list.
Search for a pattern.
Wildcard/s in a pattern.
Used between arguments in WHERE statement.
Used between arguments in WHERE statement
Alphabetical and numerical order – default for ORDER BY statement
Reverse alphabetical and numerical order
integer(size)
Integers only. Maximum number of digits specified in parenthesis.
int(size)
smallint(size)
tinyint(size)
decimal(size,d)
Hold numbers with fractions. Maximum number of digits specified in "size". Maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal is specified in "d".
numeric(size,d)
char(size)
Holds a fixed length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The fixed size is specified in parenthesis.
varchar(size)
Holds a variable length string (can contain letters, numbers, and special characters). The maximum size is specified in parenthesis.
date(yyyymmdd)
Holds a date
SUM(column)
Return the total sum of columns' values
AVG(column)
Return the average value of a column
COUNT(column)
Return the number of rows (excluding NULL) of a column
MAX(column)
Return the highest value of a column
MIN(column)
Return the lowest value of a column
Database Manipulation
CREATE DATABASE database_name
Delete database
DROP DATABASE database_name
Table Manipulation
CREATE TABLE "table_name"
("column_1" "data_type_for_column_1",
"column_2" "data_type_for_column_2",
… )
Add column to a table
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
Delete column from a table
DROP column_name datatype
DROP TABLE table_name
Index Manipulation
CREATE INDEX index_name
ON table_name (column_name_1, column_name_2, …)
Create a unique index
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
DROP INDEX table_name.index_name
Insert new rows into a table
INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (value_1, value_2,….)
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2,…)
VALUES (value_1, value_2,….)
Update column/s
UPDATE table_name
SET column_name_1 = new_value_1, column_name_2 = new_value_2
WHERE column_name = some_value
Delete row/s
DELETE FROM table_name
Delete the data from a table
TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
Select all data from a table
FROM table_name
Select all data from specified columns
SELECT column_name(s)
Select using alias
SELECT table_alias.column_name AS column_alias
FROM table_name AS table_alias
Select only distinct (different) data from a table.
SELECT DISTINCT column_name(s)
Limit selection
Select data using WHERE, AND, OR
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name
WHERE column operator value
AND column operator value
OR column operator value
Select data using IN.
WHERE column_name IN (value1, value2, …)
Order selection
Order results buy column value ascending or descending.
ORDER BY column_1 DESC/ASC
Join selection
Select all matching rows from 2 tables.
SELECT column_1_name, column_2_name, …
FROM first_table_name
INNER JOIN second_table_name
Select all rows from the first table, even if there are no matches in the second table.
LEFT JOIN second_table_name
ON first_table_name.key = second_table_name.foreign_key
Select all rows from the second table, even if there are no matches in the first table.
RIGHT JOIN second_table_name
Add up selections
Select all the values from multiple SQL statements.
SQL_Statement_1
Select all the different values from multiple SQL statements.
SQL_Statement_2 Select
Populate with selection
Select and insert into another table.
INTO new_table_name
FROM source_table_name
WHERE …
Select and insert into another database.
IN external_database_name
Populate a virtual table with the result-set of a SELECT statement.
CREATE VIEW view_name AS
Coffee Cheat Sheet Infographic
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ASCII control characters (character code 0-31)
The first 32 characters in the ASCII-table are unprintable control codes and are used to control peripherals such as printers.
HTML Number
HTML Name
0 000 00 00000000 NUL � Null char
1 001 01 00000001 SOH  Start of Heading
2 002 02 00000010 STX  Start of Text
3 003 03 00000011 ETX  End of Text
4 004 04 00000100 EOT  End of Transmission
5 005 05 00000101 ENQ  Enquiry
6 006 06 00000110 ACK  Acknowledgment
7 007 07 00000111 BEL  Bell
8 010 08 00001000 BS  Back Space
9 011 09 00001001 HT 	 Horizontal Tab
10 012 0A 00001010 LF
 Line Feed
11 013 0B 00001011 VT  Vertical Tab
12 014 0C 00001100 FF  Form Feed
13 015 0D 00001101 CR
 Carriage Return
14 016 0E 00001110 SO  Shift Out / X-On
15 017 0F 00001111 SI  Shift In / X-Off
16 020 10 00010000 DLE  Data Line Escape
17 021 11 00010001 DC1  Device Control 1 (oft. XON)
18 022 12 00010010 DC2  Device Control 2
19 023 13 00010011 DC3  Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF)
21 025 15 00010101 NAK  Negative Acknowledgement
22 026 16 00010110 SYN  Synchronous Idle
23 027 17 00010111 ETB  End of Transmit Block
24 030 18 00011000 CAN  Cancel
25 031 19 00011001 EM  End of Medium
26 032 1A 00011010 SUB  Substitute
27 033 1B 00011011 ESC  Escape
28 034 1C 00011100 FS  File Separator
29 035 1D 00011101 GS  Group Separator
30 036 1E 00011110 RS  Record Separator
31 037 1F 00011111 US  Unit Separator
ASCII printable characters (character code 32-127)
Codes 32-127 are common for all the different variations of the ASCII table, they are called printable characters, represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and a few miscellaneous symbols. You will find almost every character on your keyboard. Character 127 represents the command DEL.
32 040 20 00100000   Space
33 041 21 00100001 ! ! Exclamation mark
34 042 22 00100010 " " " Double quotes (or speech marks)
35 043 23 00100011 # # Number
36 044 24 00100100 $ $ Dollar
37 045 25 00100101 % % Procenttecken
38 046 26 00100110 & & & Ampersand
39 047 27 00100111 ' ' Single quote
40 050 28 00101000 ( ( Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
41 051 29 00101001 ) ) Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
42 052 2A 00101010 * * Asterisk
43 053 2B 00101011 + + Plus
44 054 2C 00101100 , , Comma
45 055 2D 00101101 – - Hyphen
46 056 2E 00101110 . . Period, dot or full stop
47 057 2F 00101111 / / Slash or divide
48 060 30 00110000 0 0 Zero
49 061 31 00110001 1 1 One
50 062 32 00110010 2 2 Two
51 063 33 00110011 3 3 Three
52 064 34 00110100 4 4 Four
53 065 35 00110101 5 5 Five
54 066 36 00110110 6 6 Six
55 067 37 00110111 7 7 Seven
56 070 38 00111000 8 8 Eight
57 071 39 00111001 9 9 Nine
58 072 3A 00111010 : : Colon
59 073 3B 00111011 ; ; Semicolon
60 074 3C 00111100 < < < Less than (or open angled bracket)
61 075 3D 00111101 = = Equals
62 076 3E 00111110 > > > Greater than (or close angled bracket)
63 077 3F 00111111 ? ? Question mark
64 100 40 01000000 @ @ At symbol
65 101 41 01000001 A A Uppercase A
66 102 42 01000010 B B Uppercase B
67 103 43 01000011 C C Uppercase C
68 104 44 01000100 D D Uppercase D
69 105 45 01000101 E E Uppercase E
70 106 46 01000110 F F Uppercase F
71 107 47 01000111 G G Uppercase G
72 110 48 01001000 H H Uppercase H
73 111 49 01001001 I I Uppercase I
74 112 4A 01001010 J J Uppercase J
75 113 4B 01001011 K K Uppercase K
76 114 4C 01001100 L L Uppercase L
77 115 4D 01001101 M M Uppercase M
78 116 4E 01001110 N N Uppercase N
79 117 4F 01001111 O O Uppercase O
80 120 50 01010000 P P Uppercase P
81 121 51 01010001 Q Q Uppercase Q
82 122 52 01010010 R R Uppercase R
83 123 53 01010011 S S Uppercase S
84 124 54 01010100 T T Uppercase T
85 125 55 01010101 U U Uppercase U
86 126 56 01010110 V V Uppercase V
87 127 57 01010111 W W Uppercase W
88 130 58 01011000 X X Uppercase X
89 131 59 01011001 Y Y Uppercase Y
90 132 5A 01011010 Z Z Uppercase Z
91 133 5B 01011011 [ [ Opening bracket
92 134 5C 01011100 \ \ Backslash
93 135 5D 01011101 ] ] Closing bracket
94 136 5E 01011110 ^ ^ Caret – circumflex
95 137 5F 01011111 _ _ Underscore
96 140 60 01100000 ` ` Grave accent
97 141 61 01100001 a a Lowercase a
98 142 62 01100010 b b Lowercase b
99 143 63 01100011 c c Lowercase c
100 144 64 01100100 d d Lowercase d
101 145 65 01100101 e e Lowercase e
102 146 66 01100110 f f Lowercase f
103 147 67 01100111 g g Lowercase g
104 150 68 01101000 h h Lowercase h
105 151 69 01101001 i i Lowercase i
106 152 6A 01101010 j j Lowercase j
107 153 6B 01101011 k k Lowercase k
108 154 6C 01101100 l l Lowercase l
109 155 6D 01101101 m m Lowercase m
110 156 6E 01101110 n n Lowercase n
111 157 6F 01101111 o o Lowercase o
112 160 70 01110000 p p Lowercase p
113 161 71 01110001 q q Lowercase q
114 162 72 01110010 r r Lowercase r
115 163 73 01110011 s s Lowercase s
116 164 74 01110100 t t Lowercase t
117 165 75 01110101 u u Lowercase u
118 166 76 01110110 v v Lowercase v
119 167 77 01110111 w w Lowercase w
120 170 78 01111000 x x Lowercase x
121 171 79 01111001 y y Lowercase y
122 172 7A 01111010 z z Lowercase z
123 173 7B 01111011 { { Opening brace
124 174 7C 01111100 | | Vertical bar
125 175 7D 01111101 } } Closing brace
126 176 7E 01111110 ~ ~ Equivalency sign – tilde
127 177 7F 01111111  Delete
The extended ASCII codes (character code 128-255)
There are several different variations of the 8-bit ASCII table. The table below is according to ISO 8859-1, also called ISO Latin-1. Codes 128-159 contain the Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 extended characters.
128 200 80 10000000 € € € Euro sign
129 201 81 10000001
130 202 82 10000010 ' ‚ ‚ Single low-9 quotation mark
131 203 83 10000011 ƒ ƒ ƒ Latin small letter f with hook
132 204 84 10000100 " „ „ Double low-9 quotation mark
133 205 85 10000101 … … … Horizontal ellipsis
134 206 86 10000110 † † † Dagger
135 207 87 10000111 ‡ ‡ ‡ Double dagger
136 210 88 10001000 ˆ ˆ ˆ Modifier letter circumflex accent
137 211 89 10001001 ‰ ‰ ‰ Per mille sign
138 212 8A 10001010 Š Š Š Latin capital letter S with caron
139 213 8B 10001011 ‹ ‹ ‹ Single left-pointing angle quotation
140 214 8C 10001100 ΠŒ Œ Latin capital ligature OE
141 215 8D 10001101
142 216 8E 10001110 Ž Ž Latin captial letter Z with caron
143 217 8F 10001111
145 221 91 10010001 ' ‘ ‘ Left single quotation mark
146 222 92 10010010 ' ’ ’ Right single quotation mark
147 223 93 10010011 " “ “ Left double quotation mark
148 224 94 10010100 " ” ” Right double quotation mark
149 225 95 10010101 • • • Bullet
150 226 96 10010110 – – – En dash
151 227 97 10010111 — — — Em dash
152 230 98 10011000 ˜ ˜ ˜ Small tilde
153 231 99 10011001 ™ ™ ™ Trade mark sign
154 232 9A 10011010 š š š Latin small letter S with caron
155 233 9B 10011011 › › › Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
156 234 9C 10011100 œ œ œ Latin small ligature oe
158 236 9E 10011110 ž ž Latin small letter z with caron
159 237 9F 10011111 Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis
160 240 A0 10100000     Non-breaking space
161 241 A1 10100001 ¡ ¡ ¡ Inverted exclamation mark
162 242 A2 10100010 ¢ ¢ ¢ Cent sign
163 243 A3 10100011 £ £ £ Pound sign
164 244 A4 10100100 ¤ ¤ ¤ Currency sign
165 245 A5 10100101 ¥ ¥ ¥ Yen sign
166 246 A6 10100110 ¦ ¦ ¦ Pipe, Broken vertical bar
167 247 A7 10100111 § § § Section sign
168 250 A8 10101000 ¨ ¨ ¨ Spacing diaeresis – umlaut
169 251 A9 10101001 © © © Copyright sign
170 252 AA 10101010 ª ª ª Feminine ordinal indicator
171 253 AB 10101011 « « « Left double angle quotes
172 254 AC 10101100 ¬ ¬ ¬ Not sign
173 255 AD 10101101   Soft hyphen
174 256 AE 10101110 ® ® ® Registered trade mark sign
175 257 AF 10101111 ¯ ¯ ¯ Spacing macron – overline
176 260 B0 10110000 ° ° ° Degree sign
177 261 B1 10110001 ± ± ± Plus-or-minus sign
178 262 B2 10110010 ² ² ² Superscript two – squared
179 263 B3 10110011 ³ ³ ³ Superscript three – cubed
180 264 B4 10110100 ´ ´ ´ Acute accent – spacing acute
181 265 B5 10110101 µ µ µ Micro sign
182 266 B6 10110110 ¶ ¶ ¶ Pilcrow sign – paragraph sign
183 267 B7 10110111 · · · Middle dot – Georgian comma
184 270 B8 10111000 ¸ ¸ ¸ Spacing cedilla
185 271 B9 10111001 ¹ ¹ ¹ Superscript one
186 272 BA 10111010 º º º Masculine ordinal indicator
187 273 BB 10111011 » » » Right double angle quotes
188 274 BC 10111100 ¼ ¼ ¼ Fraction one quarter
189 275 BD 10111101 ½ ½ ½ Fraction one half
190 276 BE 10111110 ¾ ¾ ¾ Fraction three quarters
191 277 BF 10111111 ¿ ¿ ¿ Inverted question mark
192 300 C0 11000000 À À À Latin capital letter A with grave
193 301 C1 11000001 Á Á Á Latin capital letter A with acute
194 302 C2 11000010 Â Â Â Latin capital letter A with circumflex
195 303 C3 11000011 Ã Ã Ã Latin capital letter A with tilde
196 304 C4 11000100 Ä Ä Ä Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
197 305 C5 11000101 Å Å Å Latin capital letter A with ring above
198 306 C6 11000110 Æ Æ Æ Latin capital letter AE
199 307 C7 11000111 Ç Ç Ç Latin capital letter C with cedilla
200 310 C8 11001000 È È È Latin capital letter E with grave
201 311 C9 11001001 É É É Latin capital letter E with acute
202 312 CA 11001010 Ê Ê Ê Latin capital letter E with circumflex
203 313 CB 11001011 Ë Ë Ë Latin capital letter E with diaeresis
204 314 CC 11001100 Ì Ì Ì Latin capital letter I with grave
205 315 CD 11001101 Í Í Í Latin capital letter I with acute
206 316 CE 11001110 Î Î Î Latin capital letter I with circumflex
207 317 CF 11001111 Ï Ï Ï Latin capital letter I with diaeresis
208 320 D0 11010000 Ð Ð Ð Latin capital letter ETH
209 321 D1 11010001 Ñ Ñ Ñ Latin capital letter N with tilde
210 322 D2 11010010 Ò Ò Ò Latin capital letter O with grave
211 323 D3 11010011 Ó Ó Ó Latin capital letter O with acute
212 324 D4 11010100 Ô Ô Ô Latin capital letter O with circumflex
213 325 D5 11010101 Õ Õ Õ Latin capital letter O with tilde
214 326 D6 11010110 Ö Ö Ö Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
215 327 D7 11010111 × × × Multiplication sign
216 330 D8 11011000 Ø Ø Ø Latin capital letter O with slash
217 331 D9 11011001 Ù Ù Ù Latin capital letter U with grave
218 332 DA 11011010 Ú Ú Ú Latin capital letter U with acute
219 333 DB 11011011 Û Û Û Latin capital letter U with circumflex
220 334 DC 11011100 Ü Ü Ü Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
221 335 DD 11011101 Ý Ý Ý Latin capital letter Y with acute
222 336 DE 11011110 Þ Þ Þ Latin capital letter THORN
223 337 DF 11011111 ß ß ß Latin small letter sharp s – ess-zed
224 340 E0 11100000 à à à Latin small letter a with grave
225 341 E1 11100001 á á á Latin small letter a with acute
226 342 E2 11100010 â â â Latin small letter a with circumflex
227 343 E3 11100011 ã ã ã Latin small letter a with tilde
228 344 E4 11100100 ä ä ä Latin small letter a with diaeresis
229 345 E5 11100101 å å å Latin small letter a with ring above
230 346 E6 11100110 æ æ æ Latin small letter ae
231 347 E7 11100111 ç ç ç Latin small letter c with cedilla
232 350 E8 11101000 è è è Latin small letter e with grave
233 351 E9 11101001 é é é Latin small letter e with acute
234 352 EA 11101010 ê ê ê Latin small letter e with circumflex
235 353 EB 11101011 ë ë ë Latin small letter e with diaeresis
236 354 EC 11101100 ì ì ì Latin small letter i with grave
237 355 ED 11101101 í í í Latin small letter i with acute
238 356 EE 11101110 î î î Latin small letter i with circumflex
239 357 EF 11101111 ï ï ï Latin small letter i with diaeresis
240 360 F0 11110000 ð ð ð Latin small letter eth
241 361 F1 11110001 ñ ñ ñ Latin small letter n with tilde
242 362 F2 11110010 ò ò ò Latin small letter o with grave
243 363 F3 11110011 ó ó ó Latin small letter o with acute
244 364 F4 11110100 ô ô ô Latin small letter o with circumflex
245 365 F5 11110101 õ õ õ Latin small letter o with tilde
246 366 F6 11110110 ö ö ö Latin small letter o with diaeresis
247 367 F7 11110111 ÷ ÷ ÷ Division sign
248 370 F8 11111000 ø ø ø Latin small letter o with slash
249 371 F9 11111001 ù ù ù Latin small letter u with grave
250 372 FA 11111010 ú ú ú Latin small letter u with acute
251 373 FB 11111011 û û û Latin small letter u with circumflex
252 374 FC 11111100 ü ü ü Latin small letter u with diaeresis
253 375 FD 11111101 ý ý ý Latin small letter y with acute
254 376 FE 11111110 þ þ þ Latin small letter thorn
255 377 FF 11111111 ÿ ÿ ÿ Latin small letter y with diaeresis


Stay in the heart of Paris Located a 5-minute walk from the Champs Elysées, this 19th-century boutique hotel features original works of arts in each room. It provides a 24-hour reception and an airport shuttle service. Each design guest room is equipped with a CD player, minibar and a flat-screen TV with DVD player. The marble bathrooms include bathrobes. Free Wi-Fi access is available in each room at Le A. The 19th-century bar at Le A features a glass roof. A continental breakfast is served every morning. Afternoon tea is provided every day after 16:30. Laptop computers are available to borrow upon request, and there is also a ticket service at reception. Saint-Phillipe-du-Roule Metro Station is just 80 metres away, providing access to the famous department store, Galeries Lafayette. The Arc de Triomphe is a 15-minute walk from the hotel. 8th arr. is a great choice for travellers interested in Luxury Brand Shopping, Shopping and Romantic.


I ran across this article from Business 2 Community and I find it very interesting! Check this out!
I've worked remotely for Salesforce for almost two years — and most of that time from my home. Working from home is fantastic for my concentration, and it saves me from LA traffic. Yet I had to adjust my routine to stay healthy when I adopted a home office-centric lifestyle.
You see, back when I worked in our office in Indianapolis, I walked to and from work every day, did workout classes in the office gym, and packed healthy lunches most (not all!) of the time.
Now the only walking I do is from my bedroom to my guest bedroom, where my office is. I'm surrounded by tasty snacks in my kitchen, and it's tempting to sit at my desk late into the evening.
But two years in, I've learned that home-office pitfalls aren't insurmountable; they just require mindfulness. Whether you're working from home all or some of the time, here are a few of my solutions for staying healthy.
1. Keep a healthy kitchen and save treats for going out.
The good news: At home, you're not tempted by the office's catered meals, birthday cakes, and free snacks. On the other hand, you're surrounded by the food in your own kitchen all day.
In general, I try to make sure the food in my kitchen is not food I'll feel bad about eating. I recommend going grocery shopping when you're not hungry and when you've been eating healthier throughout the day. You'll buy much healthier food if you just ate a fresh salad as opposed to a big plate of pasta.
2. Prep energizing foods and eat every couple hours.
Make sure not to starve yourself until you can't take it anymore. I've learned from experience that I must avoid waking up, drinking two cups of coffee, and working ceaselessly until 2 p.m. before a "hangry" me thinks about eating. My blood sugar isn't thrilled — and I can't do my most focused and creative work.
Instead, prep small containers of snacks and easy-to-assemble meals that will keep you energized and full. The key is preparation.
In the middle of a busy workday, if you open the fridge and see pre-cut vegetables and a container of hummus, you'll be much more likely to go for that over a bag of chips. Other great options are almonds, bite-size fruit, and pure dark chocolate for an afternoon treat.
3. Make exercise a habit.
You've heard that habits are key to getting fit and healthy. In my experience, habits are ten times more important when you work from home. Why? Because you don't have those visual office cues telling you it's time to come into work, leave for lunch, or go home for the day.
Qualified scientists have written extensively about how to make lasting habits, so I won't tell you how. The goal is to make exercise an everyday thing. It's important for everyone, but even more so for those who work from home.
Work out whenever works for you. I prefer to spend an hour or so going through my inbox and making a to-do list each morning before taking a gym break. Maybe you're more of a lunchtime exerciser, or you enjoy a late-afternoon energy boost from a run. Whatever you do, the only thing that matters is that you do it.
4. Sleep enough, every day.
If you're serious about your career, you know sleeping until noon isn't an option while working from home any more than it is while working in an office. But for home-office workers, it helps to set a schedule for sleep.
Make it a goal to go to bed at the same reasonable hour every night, and set your alarm for the same time every morning. This will keep your health and fitness goals stay on track and give your life a daily rhythm.
5. Use downtime to log a few extra steps.
No one should work for eight hours straight without a single break. In fact, our brains really need breaks. In an office, you may spend downtime catching up with co-workers, grabbing coffee and networking, or walking to a nearby lunch spot. In your home office, it can be tempting to use downtime to turn on the TV, fold the laundry, or browse Amazon.
I challenge you to use downtime for something more productive: a walk. Even a short walk boosts productivity, creativity, and overall mood. Have fifteen minutes before your next call? Feeling stressed about a project and lacking fresh ideas? Take a walk. I enjoy quick walks all the time when I begin to feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or even a little lonely about missing something in the office. Believe me — it really helps.
How do you stay healthy while working from home? I'd love to hear your advice.


"Zamboanga del Sur is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Pagadian. Grouped with Zamboanga del Sur is the highly urbanized city of Zamboanga, which is governed independently from the province. The province borders Zamboanga del Norte to the north, Zamboanga Sibugay to the west, Misamis Occidental to the northeast, and Lanao del Norte to the east. To the south is the Moro Gulf. Zamboanga del Sur has marble, clay, sand, gravel and gold."__About Zamboanga del Sur, from Wikipedia.
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While jOOQ generated code cannot really be used as full-fledged entities (use e.g. Hibernate or EclipseLink to generate such entities), this meta information can still be useful as documentation on your generated code. Some of the annotations (e.g. @Column) can be used by the org.jooq.impl.DefaultRecordMapper for mapping records to POJOs.
jOOQ does implement the validation spec, nor does it validate your data, but you can use third-party tools to read the jOOQ-generated validation annotations.


When we first started working with PassivSystems, one the leading providers of intelligent energy software solutions, we saw a B2B company which, for all intents and purposes, looked very much like a B2C. Luckily at ICE, we know that the difference between B2B and B2C is more than just one letter. And, we know it's critical to understand this difference when branding a B2B company versus a B2C. Bottom line, it can be the difference between success and failure. Armed with our considerable B2B know-how, we set about on a comprehensive brand repositioning which would see PassivSystems, actively reimagined.
While a consumer's purchase is based largely on emotion, a B2B purchase is driven by logic. Knowing this, we repositioned the company so that its messages resonated with the intermediary looking for facts, rather than the end user. With a visual emphasis on statistical data, we were able to join up the dots of this networked product offering and appeal to its number-hungry target audience.
We developed new sales messaging based around key mission statements and company-wide brand pillars; gave guidance as to typography, colour palette and logo usage; and designed all visual elements, from the website, both deskop and mobile, to the stationery.
Armed with our considerable B2B know-how, we set about on a comprehensive brand repositioning which would see PassivSystems, actively reimagined.


I have fielded this question a few times from people once I mention that I treat patients using movement. The difference lies mainly in the fact that I treat patients using a specific movement or two based on the patient's individual issue. Yoga, on the other hand, includes many different movements. Yoga, additionally, is not meant to be medical intervention.
Do some people's aches and pains go away with yoga? Of course. However, many people's do not. And some people's get worse. Certain movements within the course of a yoga class may be beneficial, some may be harmful, some may be inconsequential. When many movements are thrown one's way, it is often difficult, if there is a change, to know what produced the change.
I appreciate yoga for getting people to adopt different postures and movements, apart from its other attributes. It is quite obvious that our daily movement lacks the variability found in a yoga class. I advocate any initiative that gets people to move more, especially in diverse patterns. I therefore believe yoga offers a wonderful form of exercise or self-care. In contrast, I do not believe it offers a wonderful form of therapy for a musculoskeletal problem.
I find the large majority of patients' problems come from joints being slightly misaligned. These problems are commonly misdiagnosed, however, since out-of-whack joints can send signals along nerves to soft tissue. The soft tissue is then frequently deemed to be the culprit when it is not. I treat faulty joints by using movement to help them sit right again. This requires a movement with a specific direction, force, and time. I determine those variables as I assess the patient. That movement is then tweaked based on the patient's response. Generally, within 5 visits, the headache, shoulder pain, sciatica, leg tightness, foot numbness, or low back pain is relieved.
Lastly, what I do is different from yoga simply because I am trained to diagnose and treat musculoskeletal disorders (also known as orthopedic disorders). That means I know how much joints should move, how much strength is normal, how bodies should move, and so on. Importantly, I understand when pain is a temporary necessity for therapeutic purposes and when pain is a warning sign and needs to be avoided. A large part of my job is teaching patients what is normal so they can self-monitor and prevent symptoms from returning in the future.