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Vitamin E Deficiency
Author: Gary E Caplan, MD, MPH, FACOEM; Chief Editor: George T Griffing, MD
Vitamin E, one of the most important lipid-soluble antioxidant nutrients, is found in nut oils, sunflower seeds, whole grains, wheat germ, and spinach. Severe deficiency, as may occur in persons with abetalipoproteinemia or fat malabsorption, profoundly affects the central nervous system and can cause ataxia and a peripheral neuropathy resembling Friedreich ataxia.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Patients receiving large doses of vitamin E may experience a halt in the progression of the disease. Vitamin E overdose is difficult to achieve and, thus, is extremely uncommon.
Vitamin E is thought to have a role in preventing atherosclerosis by inhibiting the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL).[6, 7] Several epidemiologic studies have indicated that high dietary intake of vitamin E is associated with high serum concentrations of alpha tocopherol, as well as with lower rates of ischemic heart disease.[8, 9] However, although the Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study supported this hypothesis, a subsequent report, the prospective Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study, did not.[7, 10, 11]
Vitamin deficiencies related to cystic fibrosis, chronic cholestatic liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia, short-bowel syndrome, isolated vitamin E deficiency syndrome, and other malabsorption syndromes may lead to varying degrees of neurologic deficits.[2, 4, 5] One milligram is equivalent to 1.5 international units (IU).
Abnormalities relating vitamin E deficiency progress from hyporeflexia, ataxia, limitation in upward gaze, and strabismus to long-tract defects, including visual-field constriction and profound muscle weakness.[4] Complete blindness, cardiac arrhythmia, and dementia may occur in patients in whom vitamin E deficiency has been prolonged and severe.
Vitamin E appears to act through several mechanisms; it functions as an antioxidant, and it acts through immunomodulation, as well as through an antiplatelet effect.[12, 13]
Antioxidant effect
Vitamin E appears to act within membranes by preventing the propagated oxidation of saturated fatty acids.[8, 14, 15, 16] Oxidized LDL particles are taken up more readily by macrophages than by native LDLs, which leads to the formation of cholesterol-laden foam cells found in the fatty streak of early atherosclerosis. It is hypothesized that vitamin E reduces atherosclerosis and subsequent coronary heart disease by preventing oxidative changes to LDLs.
Atherogenesis also may be promoted by the following activities of oxidized LDLs: (1) chemotactic action on monocytes, (2) cytotoxicity to endothelial cells, (3) stimulation of the release of growth factors and cytokines, (4) immunogenicity, and (5) possible arterial vasoconstrictor actions. Notwithstanding the attractiveness of these hypotheses, the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation prospective study failed to confirm the efficacy of vitamin E in reducing coronary artery disease.[11]
Immunomodulation
Vitamin E appears to enhance lymphocyte proliferation, decrease the production of immunosuppressive prostaglandin E2, and decrease levels of immunosuppressive serum lipid peroxides.[17]
Antiplatelet effect
Vitamin E has been demonstrated to inhibit platelet adhesion, as measured by a laminar flow chamber when blood from patients who have taken vitamin E supplements is tested. This effect appears to be related to a reduced development of pseudopodia, which normally occurs upon platelet activation. It may be related to changes in fatty acylation of platelet structural proteins. Although vitamin E inhibits platelet aggregation in vitro, its effect in vivo has not been consistent.
Chemical evidence of lipid oxidation is apparent at all stages of atherosclerosis, especially in macrophage-rich and early atherosclerotic lesions. Alpha tocopherol, the most active form of vitamin E, is the predominant lipophilic antioxidant for LDL. However, patients with advanced coronary atherosclerosis are at a much greater risk of myocardial infarction, which usually occurs as a result of rupture of mature atheromatous plaques.
The prevailing hypothesis of how antioxidants may contribute to the reduction of coronary heart disease is that they protect LDL from oxidative modification. However, another effect of vitamin E in vitro is modulation of prostaglandin metabolism, leading to inhibition of platelet aggregation. In vivo, vitamin E appears to inhibit platelet adhesion effectively and to inhibit platelet aggregation weakly. Vitamin E also inhibits protein kinase C activity, which can contribute to the proliferation of smooth-muscle cells in arterial walls.
Several studies on the effect of vitamin E on heart disease and its risk factors show protective effects associated with intakes well above the recommended daily allowance (RDA). Although vitamin E has been used as a preventive agent for heart disease,[18] this use has not been approved by the FDA.
Epidemiologic evidence indicates a strong dose response between decreased risk of heart disease and increased vitamin E intakes from supplements and diet.
Significant protection is thought to be gained beginning at daily intakes of 67 mg/d of alpha-tocopherol equivalents (1 mg is equivalent to 1.5 IU). LDL cholesterol oxidation decreased significantly in blood taken from subjects receiving no more than 400 IU/d but not less than 200 IU/d. Again, note that the prospective Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation study did not validate these previous studies.
Absorption of vitamin E depends on normal pancreatic biliary function, biliary secretion, micelle formation, and penetration across intestinal membranes. Interference with any of these processes could result in a deficiency state. Cystic fibrosis, abetalipoproteinemia, chronic cholestatic hepatobiliary disease, short-bowel syndrome, and isolated vitamin E deficiency syndrome are all potential causes of a deficiency state.[2, 19, 20] These conditions are characterized as follows:
Cystic fibrosis[21] - This disease causes failure to secrete sufficient pancreatic enzymes, which leads to steatorrhea. If measured, vitamin E levels are low; neurologic complications rarely are reported.
Abetalipoproteinemia - This is a rare genetic, autosomal-recessive, inborn error of lipoprotein production and transport. Infants present with steatorrhea from the time of birth. Patients have pigmented retinopathy and progressive ataxia, and they develop acanthosis of red blood cells in the first decade of life.
Chronic cholestatic hepatobiliary disease[3] - Profound deficits in infants as young as 2 years may result from this condition. Decreased bile flow and micelle formation lead to malabsorption of vitamin E. Neurologic findings are less frequent in adult patients with cholestasis secondary to cirrhosis.
Short-bowel syndrome - This may develop from intestinal pseudo-obstruction, surgical resection, or mesenteric vascular thrombosis. Only after 10-20 years of malabsorption do neurologic symptoms become clinically apparent.
Isolated vitamin E deficiency syndrome - Developing in the absence of fat malabsorption, this syndrome is caused by an autosomal-recessive genetic disorder involving chromosome arm 8q. Neurologic findings develop within the first decade of life, and no clinical findings distinguish deficiency from ataxia and movement disorders. Vitamin replacement can significantly influence the outcome; therefore, screening for the deficiency is beneficial for patients with movement disorders or neuropathies that are of unknown cause.
Intramuscular administration of vitamin E is necessary when vitamin E deficiency occurs because of a low concentration of bile salts in the lumen of the small intestine; in such cases, patients are unable to absorb an oral preparation.
Vitamin E deficiency usually is reversible in the early stages, but it can have severe complications if allowed to progress.
As a vitamin E deficiency becomes more advanced, the patient's response to therapy will become more limited. It is therefore necessary for patients who are at risk for a deficiency to undergo a thorough neurologic examination, as well as periodic testing of serum vitamin E levels.[4]
The results of a systematic review by Sherf-Dagan et al suggest that patients who undergo bariatric surgery, particularly malabsorptive procedures, are at greater risk for the development of vitamin E deficiency.[22]
Patients with vitamin E deficiency may show signs and symptoms of hyporeflexia that progress to ataxia, including limitations in upward gaze.
Patients may present with profound muscle weakness and visual-field constriction.
Patients with severe, prolonged vitamin E deficiency may develop complete blindness, cardiac arrhythmia, and dementia.
Neurologic findings follow a pattern of progression that can be divided into early and late stages, as follows[3, 23] :
Early findings include hyporeflexia, decreased proprioception, decreased vibratory sense, distal muscle weakness, nyctalopia (night blindness), and normal cognition.
With continued deficiency, neurologic symptoms progress and patients can develop truncal and limb ataxia, as well as diffuse muscle weakness.[24] Further eye problems may develop, including limited upward-gaze nystagmus and dissociated nystagmus.
Late manifestations include areflexia, loss of proprioception and vibratory sense, dysphagia and dysarthria, cardiac arrhythmias, ophthalmoplegia, and possible blindness. Cognition may be affected in later stages, and dementia can occur.
By contrast, patients with abetalipoproteinemia tend to have a predominance of eye problems, including decline in visual fields and pigmented retinopathy. Children with cholestatic disorders and patients with isolated vitamin E deficiency almost never develop retinopathy. Patients with cholestatic liver disease have a high incidence of behavioral and personality disorders.
Results of certain tests, such as finger-to-nose and rapid, alternating movement tests, are notably affected in vitamin E deficiency. After treatment, patients' ability to perform such tests may remain somewhat impaired but should show some improvement.
Biliary Disease
Short-Bowel Syndrome
A serum alpha-tocopherol level is useful.
Intramuscular administration is necessary when the deficiency results from a low concentration of bile salts in the lumen of the small intestine, because these patients are unable to absorb oral preparations.
Treatment, which may include oral or parenteral vitamin supplementation, must be designed to address the underlying cause of the deficiency.[4]
Consult a gastroenterologist if biliary problems are the underlying cause of vitamin E deficiency.
Comparison of the recommended daily allowance (RDA), deficiency replacement dose, and preventive dose in international units (IUs) and milligrams is shown in the image below.
Comparison of the recommended daily allowance (RDA), deficiency replacement dose, and preventive dose in international units (IUs) and milligrams.
The RDA of alpha tocopherol according to age is as follows:
Age 0-6 months - 3 mg
Age 6-12 months - 4 mg
Age 1-3 years - 6 mg
Age 4-10 years - 7 mg
Adults and elderly individuals - 8-10 mg
Vitamin E supplementation is important, because apparently effective doses are beyond the maximum dietary intake. Supplementation with vitamin E is extremely safe except when normal coagulation mechanisms are impaired.
Replacement recommendations according to disease state are as follows:
Abetalipoproteinemia - 100-200 IU/kg/d
Chronic cholestasis - 15-25 IU/kg/d
Cystic fibrosis - 5-10 IU/kg/d
Short-bowel syndrome - 200-3600 IU/d
Isolated vitamin E deficiency - 800-3600 IU/d
Larger doses are required in short-bowel syndrome and isolated vitamin E deficiency state.
Pregnancy/lactation
Vitamin E is in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) pregnancy category A. Breastfeeding is safe.
Essential for normal cell function.
Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol)
Protects cell membranes from free radical attacks.
Gary E Caplan, MD, MPH, FACOEM Occupational Medicine Physician, Workers Compensation Consultant, Healthlink
Gary E Caplan, MD, MPH, FACOEM is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Romesh Khardori, MD, PhD, FACP (Retired) Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Romesh Khardori, MD, PhD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Society
George T Griffing, MD Professor Emeritus of Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine
George T Griffing, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Physician Leadership, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Medical Practice Executives, American College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, American Federation for Medical Research, American Heart Association, Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research, Endocrine Society, International Society for Clinical Densitometry, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
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Splattered Flag-Themed Football Uniforms Have Many Seeing Red
Special uniforms that Northwestern University's football team will wear on Nov. 16 have sparked controversy because of red streaks across the flag-themed patterns that look like blood to many observers.
The school and the uniform's manufacturer, Under Armour, say the design was inspired by "the appearance of a flag that has flown proudly over a long period of time." The uniforms worn by players are to be auctioned after the team's game against Michigan, with proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project that assists wounded veterans and their families.
Many commenters on Under Armour's Facebook page aren't accepting that explanation.
"As a father of a U.S. Marine who has shed blood in combat in Afghanistan, I find this absolutely disgusting, insensitive, and disrespectful," writes one, Scott Cooney.
"As a military spouse… I find your uniforms insensitive, offensive and shameful. There is nothing glamorous about wearing the blood splattered by your injured or fallen comrades," writes another, Stephanie Lavezza Ferguson.
There are those who like the design. Bleacher Report columnist Jesse Reed thinks the uniforms are a "classy way to honor wounded warriors."
At Inside Northwestern, an independent website that covers the school's athletic programs, columnist Chris Johnson says that beyond the matter of whether the design is distasteful, there's also the issue of how much money will be going to the Wounded Warrior Project.
The university says 100 percent of the proceeds from sales of the game-work jerseys will go to the project. There are estimates that could come to about $100,000. But Johnson writes, "only 10 percent of proceeds from [replica] jerseys sold online will go to the foundation. That number seems a bit small to some people."
Daily Northwestern guest columnist Sean Lavery thinks Northwestern should "put its money where its mouth is and match — or double, or triple — the paltry 10 percent Under Armour is willing to part with on each jersey sale."
CNN reports that Northwestern spokesman Paul Kennedy says the school apologizes "for any misinterpretation" of the intent behind the uniforms. CNN adds that:
"Under Armour's chief spokesman, Matt Mirchin, [said] on Tuesday that the company designed the special uniforms, and both Northwestern and the Wounded Warriors Project were able to see the design and request changes. Neither did."
Under Armour has posted 18 different images of the uniforms on Facebook.
Northwestern has put some photos on Twitter.
We've got a question (not a scientific survey of public opinion):

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These Pages and accounts have spent around Rs 27 lakh on ads on Facebook. The first ad ran in August 2014 and the most recent in March 2019.
"The page admins and account owners typically posted about local news and political issues, including topics like the upcoming elections, candidates' views, the INC (Indian National Congress) and criticism of political opponents, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"While the people behind this attempted to conceal their identities, our review found that it was connected to individuals associated with an INC IT Cell," Gleicher said, adding the majority of these accounts had already been suspended by Facebook's automated systems.
"This is to clarify that no official pages run by INC have been taken down. Additionally, all pages run by our verified volunteers are also unaffected. In the mean time, we are awaiting a response from Facebook to provide us a list of all pages/accounts that they have taken down," the Congress said in a tweet.
Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said the party needed to check the veracity "whether the Facebook pages are linked to us."
The BJP reacted sharply, with Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying the steps taken by Facebook are "historic".
BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya also joined the chorus against the Congress, saying Facebook's action was "unprecedented."
"Facebook's crackdown on pages linked to Congress IT cell is unprecedented. Proves that just like Rahul Gandhi, Congress's digital footprint is also a purveyor of fake news! They can now commission an in-house journalist to write another book on their fraud," Malviya tweeted.
The social media giant also discovered spam activities by an Indian IT firm Silver Touch, which has been linked to the pro-BJP page "The India Eye", followed by 2.6 million acounts.
Facebook has removed 15 pages, groups and accounts linked to the firm.
"They posted about local news and political events, including topics like the Indian government, the upcoming elections, the BJP and alleged misconduct of political opponents including the INC," noted Gleicher.
Silver Touch spent over Rs 48 lakh for ads on Facebook. The first ad ran in June 2014 and the most recent in February 2019, Gleicher said.
In addition to these, Facebook also removed 321 Facebook pages and accounts in India that broke the social networking giant's rules against spam. "These are multiple sets of pages and accounts that behaved similarly and violated our policies," Gleicher said.


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Tales from a summer camp...: A lesson from Frog and Toad on the futility of Internet filters!
A lesson from Frog and Toad on the futility of Internet filters!
It was so refreshing to read your article. It was right on target and it echoed my sentiments. I only wish that those who have the power to affect changes within our community would feel the same way.
Kol Hakovod for having the courage to speak your mind. You are the spokesperson for many of us who feel exactly the same way. The mashal of Frog and Toad was an excellent illustration.
This story actually proves that the Rabbonim are right.
Frog was NOT able to muster the willpower to not eat the cookies. All he was able to do with his willpower was to BAN the cookies (ie give them to the birds).
Toad couldn't even do that. A good mashal would have been to show how frog overcomes his desires to not eat the cookies even when they are in front of him. You showed the complete opposite! That the only way to overcome the tayva is to ban!!!
And you expect curious boys and girls to have the willpower not to be lured to the tayvos of the internet????
"And you expect curious boys and girls to have the willpower not to be lured to the tayvos of the internet????"
Like I explained in my previous blog filters are worthless if you want to get through. Think about it.
Again with this non existant "ban". What ban are you refering to thats being replaced?
There's nothing to "think" about. Can 2012 filters be bypassed or not.
Yes, invite me to the Asifa and ill break through every filter live!
And besides i explained every new device has wifi. even my 10 year olds kindle has wifi! try installing a filter on a kindle!
HAVE YOU broken a 2012 filter. Not can you, but have you.
Yes, just last week I bypassed the strongest K9 setting.
I try my best to bring him up the way Rav Hirsch writes and then I daven to Hashem.
"I try my best to bring him up the way Rav Hirsch writes and then I daven to Hashem."
It seems to me "Anonymous" can't fathom this being acceptable at all. The Yeshivish/Chassidish derech seems to be to force everyone to abide by the ghetto existence. Those who fall away because of it, "well, we tried". If a large part of the generation falls away, "well, we tried". At least we were moche and Hashem won't blame us. It's those evil kids' fault at that point and we're off the hook.
To this last approach I ask: Maybe, just maybe, you could have saved many more if you would have opened your eyes to the reality of the new world all around you and tried to think a little harder of creative ways to engage your children on a level that they are on? Perhaps being moche and givne endless speeches iis the cause of the problem and not the ticket to being patur from onesh?
And maybe we need to be having assifos about having happy marriages and happy children and happy schools, and happy shuls, and happy mitzvah performance???? - Wow that would be so nice! I'd actually pay to fly in for such an asifa!
"even my 10 year olds kindle has wifi! try installing a filter on a kindle!"
I'm not sure I agree with your willpower point. For Toad, and anyone with the slightest addiction, willpower is part of the problem. Accepting that you're powerless and that you're willing to let G-d grant you freedom with submission to His will is the solution. Until toad surrenders his "willpower" to the Higher Power he will continue to bake cookies and he'll consistently forget that his friend Frog will end up feeding them to the birds.
Regarding technology solutions that don't rely on filters, someone might find my own approach (a hardware proxy server) a bit more robust if it is implemented properly. It certainly isn't perfect, but I haven't yet found anyone who can hack it.
You can read the "how-to"
I know plenty of teenagers who know just where to bring a car with a laptop and use someone's wifi. Outside a coffee shop is a popular place. Let's not be ignorant of the current reality.
That's certainly true. But I don't think we gain all that much by overstating the problem either. There are at least half a dozen wifi routers in range of my house, but none of them is easily accessible...and that's equally true of more than a few other neighborhoods I've tested.
dbclinton, did you try username=admin , Password=Password.
Im exaggerating, but I hope you get the point.
Nevertheless, I agree with you that there is no foolproof method of blocking the Internet (even if the Chinese seem to be getting closer). I don't believe that my proxy server system can be easily cracked - it's certainly a great deal stronger than any filter. And I am optimistic that my own kids have used the whitelist access I've given them to develop a healthy sense of the Internet's value.
Ask me again in ten years.
You have done what every parent should do and I would do the same, and im sure your kids are doing great. But to explain a little more, and i think you will understand, sometimes to unlock a door you need to think outside the box, its not always about breaking the combo, its about avoiding the combo. Thats also my the whole guard your eye thing is ridicules, because it will only trigger on pre-identified websites that in has in its system.... I cant go on anymore.
And guess what, in your son's class there are probably some talmidim who are metzuyanim in gemara who might be on the verge of becoming mechalelei shabbos. And not because of the internet, but because we are spending so much time talking about the internet that we aren't addressing what's really aching him inside.
RSRH addressed the core issues. It seems that this huge gathering will not. It might just be the straw on your son's classmates back that pushes him over the edge.
Something new to learn here.
This filter adventure is like Mad Magazine's Spy vs. Spy cartoon series. Every measure invites a countermeasure and on and on... Conceivably, some filtering measure could be reasonably effective for a time until the code is cracked. No doubt the filter-code-crackers (really a subset of hackers) will communicate with one another to expedite the cracking process, and word of success will get out quickly.
Also, how effective is it to harp day and night on what our youth should avoid? Doesn't this increase their desire to experience that very thing? They need positive inspiration and positive support above all.
Willpower also comes from core ideology and conviction. If theoretically, someone who was raised frum, were to lose interest or see the futility in keeping to an ideology the DON'T hold dear, and simply practice for the benefits small community were to present... than its not a lack of willpower it is a lack of conviction.


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Q: Static Sitemap.xml Django I'm new to Django and I'm trying to add a basic sitemap.xml. I only have static pages. How do I add a simple sitemap.xml so that I can access it from http://mydomain.com/sitemap.xml
urls.py
pages
  --- templates
        ---- pages
                -- about.html
                -- contact.html
                -- etc...
  --- views.py

In my urls.py file:
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
from [myfolder].pages.views
from django.contrib import admin
from django.views.generic import RedirectView

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$',        TemplateView.as_view(template_name='pages/home.html'), name='home'),
    url(r'^about/$',     TemplateView.as_view(template_name='about.html')),
    url(r'^sitemap\.xml/$',     TemplateView.as_view(template_name='sitemap.xml')),????
)

How can I generate a sitemap based off the pages I have in templates/pages??

A: An alternative to the previous answers is to do a similar thing to adding the robots.txt file to your urls.py file.
from django.views.generic import TemplateView

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^sitemap\.xml$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='sitemap.xml', content_type='text/xml')),
)

The only difference is to change the content_type value to text/xml where it would be text/plain for the robots.txt file

A: Checkout Django-static-sitemap
It actually generates the XML file.
https://github.com/xaralis/django-static-sitemaps

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A.I.pocalypse, Neuralink and the Superbrain.
After I got home that evening and hopped on YouTube, I quickly discovered that The Joe Rogan Experience podcast was streaming live — with Elon Musk as the guest. I think I cheered aloud. I then sat my happy ass down for two and a half hours, watching it from start to finish. However brief the moment was, I should mention, I knew from the moment he took that single, solitary puff of Mary Jane that this was what the media would jump on. Never mind the substance that could be procured from their conversation, never mind even the whiskey they were drinking, it was all about the stuttering genius partaking in a tiny hit of the Devil's Lettuce.
Akin to Eckhart Tolle, he exhibits a characteristic behavioral trait when asked a question. He looks down, eyes flickering back and forth as he processes the question and awaits the response offered by the depths of his relentless, explosively hyperactive mind. Sometimes, like Jordan Peterson, his eyes dart to the sky, but I think the same subjective activity is at work. In the process, he seems to naturally experience the sharp distinction between inner and outer reality in much the same way that I do when I've smoked a sufficient amount of marijuana. Put simply, he becomes so absorbed in his internal focus, drawn into his mind to such an extreme and intense degree that all external sensory signals are drowned out, utterly lost to him. A moment of loaded silence passes. Then he changes channels, placing his focus, his target of psychological absorption, yet again on the external world, and offers his response.
It's an abrupt switch. There is no middle ground. From the depths of the Mariana trench to the highest point of Olympus Mons, no segue necessary. It is no wonder that, though he has experimented with meditation via mantra, he feels anxiety towards Rogan's suggestion that he try out a sensory deprivation floatation tank. The guy's mind is a ceaseless swarm of ideas.
When AI is brought up, which was nearly inevitable, he confesses that he has become less worried about it. Not because circumstances has become less dire in his eyes, either, but because he's come to adopt a more fatalistic attitude.
His calls for prospective regulation have fallen on deaf ears, and while disappointment, frustration and depression doesn't seem to graze the surface of how it makes him feel, he doesn't seem surprised, and he explains why. This is simply not the way the process of regulation tends to come about. Shit first hits the fan and then, over a period of struggle that could take up to a decade, regulations are finally put in place. Like seat-belts in cars. But if that pattern were to play out with respect to regulating AI, he says, it would be far too late.
Given what he considers to be a failure on his part to convince The Powers That Be, he has other safety measures in mind. First, though, it might be best to illustrate precisely what he thinks the danger is.
As he sees it, the danger of AI is likely to manifest, first and foremost, in one of two fashions. It will either be controlled and weaponized by a small group of people — a government faction, a terrorist organization — or it will develop a will of its own, and in either case there is potentially grave danger. If AI develops into a superintelligence, it will quickly become capable of improving upon itself, with the consequence of those improvements leading to still greater and swifter improvements. It essentially achieves a singularity, Musk says, in that the ultimate result is impossible to predict. Circumstances may not lead to our extinction, but it would certainly be well outside human control. AI would be so intelligent that even if it were benign, we'd be like pets to them. And they would be gods to us. This, Musk argues, wouldn't exactly be the Panglossian "best of all possible worlds," however, and I couldn't agree more.
His solution, unfortunately, scares the shit out of me even more than the alleged dangers inherent in the rise of AI itself. Given the inevitable rise of superintelligent AI, he says, the best-case scenario for human beings would be to merge with it.
"If you can't beat it, join it," he offers.
It would be the only way to defend ourselves from AI, to arm ourselves against it, and to prevent us from becoming their house pets. This isn't as drastic and divorced from our current circumstances as we may think, either, he stresses. In essence, we are already cyborgs. We have digital versions of ourselves online through email and social media. We can answer questions on Google, hold video conferences with people across the world. Our phones and laptops are extensions of us.
There is certainly, clearly a difference between this, our current relationship with technology, and what we typically think of when we imagine a cybernetic organism, of course. He describes this distinction as being our current "bandwidth problem": our rate of input/output is far too snail-pace, particularly the output. Our vision can take in a lot of data through all the text and imagery on our screens, but we have to deliver our input through hunt-and-pecking fingers or, in the case of our phones, merely our dumb, clumsy thumbs. He suggests that what we need ASAP is a high-bandwidth interface with the cortex. Just as the cortex works symbiotically with the limbic system, the AI could work symbiotically with the cortex, making us more or less what we typically imagine as cyborgs. The rate of data exchange would be so fast that experientially, we would be one with the AI extension. We would have enhanced cognitive ability. We would interact with one another in simulated worlds, download limitless data, even backup our identities and achieve technologically-mediated immortality.
This is the aim of one of his companies, Neuralink: to blend man and machine so that we ride the AI wave rather than be submerged by it. And it fucking terrifies me.
In the midst of hearing him talk about this, I was reminded of both Delgado and Bearden, who helped me fashion nightmarish scenarios for the human future back in high school.
Ah, the good ol' days.
I first heard of Dr. José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado back in my Sophomore year, I believe. Rather than the popular notion that physical abnormalities were the cause of mental disorders such as schizophrenia and epilepsy, he hypothesized that the underlying issue may be erratic electrical activity in the brain. After he learned of research that seemed to show that the movements of animals could be controlled by stimulating their brains with electrodes, he focused his own research there. Rather than lobotomizing people, he thought he might be able to jolt their brains into the normal manner of functioning, and to meet this end he invented the stimoceiver. It was essentially a radio receiver attached to electrodes, and he went on to implant them in the noggins of various animals including cats, dogs, monkeys, chimps and eventually human beings.
Through use of an implanted stimoceiver he could remotely control various parts of the limbic system. In the experiments he began carrying out in the 60s, he found that he could produce a wide spectrum of emotions and behavior in his subjects from the simple to the curiously complex — and all at the mere press of a button, the crank of a dial. The way we passively change channels on the television, adjust the temperature in our house or turn the dial on the radio, with just as much ease he could produce euphoria or terror in another, he could summon up a fit of rage, conjure sexual desire, or produce passivity. Armed with nothing but a remote control, he once stepped into the ring with a bull implanted with one of his stimoceivers and was able to stop the aggressive beast dead in his tracks every time it charged at him.
When his experiments moved to human beings, he found that he could induce emotional and behavioral responses they were unable to overcome by will. Even more disturbingly, in some cases the subjects mistook their remote-controlled behaviors and emotions as natural responses — as products of their own, free will.
Allegedly, such behavior can also be produced through posthypnotic commands, but that's another long, ranting article.
Aside from remote control, he also discovered he had the ability to reprogram or condition the brain. There was a chimp named Paddy, and after she was implanted he monitored her brain waves and induced a painful sensation every time her brain produced certain spindles, ultimately training her brain to stop producing them altogether in just shy of a week. Admittedly, the potential this has for preventing seizures is amazing. It could also "train the brain" against depression and countless other mental disorders. Psychiatrist offices are full of patients who take drugs to overcome these very things every day; drugs that often have horrible side effects, at times much worse than the symptoms they're administered to treat. Here, a person's neurological habits could be subject to a limited period of conditioning. No lifelong routine of popping pills necessary.
Still, its more than a bit horrid.
So while there are certainly beneficial aspects to this technology, it is outweighed in my mind by the potential horror that could result from its use — particularly today, where upgraded versions of his stimoceiver would be much smaller and inserted far more easily. And technologies such as Neuralink could provide an avenue for such control as well, either by terrorists, hackers, or power-hungry factions of the intelligence community.
In addition, Neuralink may potentially pave the road to something even more terrifying, and this is where we come to Thomas E. Bearden. I first heard of him in the book Silent Invasion by Ellen Crystall, which led me to his own book, The Excalibur Briefing, which I found interesting insofar as I could comprehend it at the time. Eventually I came across him again, without seeking, in the mentally nauseating New Age book Gods of Aquarius by Brad Steiger, where he was given the last word. I photocopied that part of the chapter during high school and, looking into my files two days after watching the Rogan podcast with Musk, I found I still had it.
Reading this back then constituted a turning point in my thinking, where my growing paranoia regarding the experiments of Delgado reached a peak and solidified.
In Gods of Aquarius, Bearden speculated that:
"The evolution of a life-bearing planet may be divided into stages, the first five of which are: (1) The formation of the planet itself and some billions of years of cooling, so that a primordial atmosphere and ocean are gradually evolved; (2) The fomenting of amino acid structures in the violent convulsions of the primeval sea and planet; (3) The formation of the self-replicating supermolecules, DNA and RNA; (4) The formation of one-celled organisms; (5) The formation of multicellular organisms. At the upper end of the fifth stage of evolution, the intelligent mobiles emerge, as do eventually tool-using intelligent mobiles. This is the level on which man finds himself on the planet Earth."
It is interesting to find that much of what he said, particularly beyond the quoted portion above, falls in line with my current thinking. He states that in life, in organisms, there are two competing control systems. The first he describes as "genetically programmed," and this refers to the instinctive or genetically-hardwired and are inherited by virtue of being a member of the species; the second deals with the "genetically unprogrammed," which is to say the patterns learned or conditioned through individual experience and cultural influence. Organisms must have some degree of both in order to survive, though a more "intelligent" species has more of the second.
In order for an intelligent organism to utilize it's intelligence to its fullest potential, however, it must bear a body that provides the naturally-evolved tools or technology that makes the utilization of that potential possible, which is something I've contemplated in depth. As I've written of before, it may very well be that a species of octopus exists in the deep oceans under the thick surface ice of the moon Europa that bears an intelligence far greater than our own. Despite its relative superintelligence, however, it would be unable to develop spears, let alone the advanced technology our comparatively stupid selves have managed to develop — and simply due to the fact that it does not bear opposable thumbs or exist within an environment that would enable it to create fire.
Human beings are a tool-creating, tool-using species, however, and over the course of evolution we have developed greater and greater technology, or systems of tools. Our technology, serving as extensions of our bodies, which themselves constitute an extension of our minds, brought us to dominate all other species on earth and increase our population. It will also likely pave the way to our self-destruction, however, because our species in-fighting is not only no longer limited to our genetically-evolved technology (our bodies) but also no longer regulated by our genetically-hardwired instincts.
We need not strange someone, or even shoot them personally. We can bomb them remotely. This distance, available through our technology, gets around that limiting, hardwired sense of empathy.
Our technology is also advancing at an exponential rate. Bigger, better, faster, stronger. More destructive, at least potentially. We are on a positive feedback loop of conflict heading towards destruction. This was as central to Bearden's concern as it was, or so it seems, to Delgado's.
Despite the dangers inherent in going forward, we cannot go backward in evolution, Bearden concludes. Becoming a technological species was a one-way threshold. In terms of "natural" evolution, the human species has achieved its final stage, and the next step, the sixth stage of evolution, must be a conscious one — and, in Bearden's estimation, a technological step, if we survive ourselves and are therefore capable of taking that next step at all.
(It also strikes me that this could be the filter that explains the "cosmic silence" so often spoken about when discussing the so-called Fermi Paradox.)
What would this sixth stage constitute? In the eyes of Bearden, by necessity it must be characterized by the reintroduction of internal control, preventing the kind of "destructive competition" that accelerates us towards species suicide, without relinquishing our intelligence, which is to say our "genetically unprogrammed" nature.
Over the course of recorded human history, we have struggled to achieve this.
"Law, logic, philosophy, creed, religion, practice, love, sacrifice, money, the ballot, and the bullet — all of these have empirically proven that they cannot solve the human problem for all humanity. Since none of the solutions advanced to date can solve the problem, we must discard them all and search for a new approach."
How? What on earth could solve the problem? The solution he proposes could be seen as the inevitable trajectory of our technology, the endpoint of it's ever-advancing and allegedly exponential rate of advancement, barring self-termination. He contends that the only available solution is to unify all human brains "into one giant superbrain" adding that "one would also hope for the 'maximum individual freedom within the constraints of minimum essential inter-individual control.'"
"One would hope"? Seems frighteningly low on his hierarchy of values, from the smell of it.
This could be accomplished through, and would in all likelihood (at least in my own, paranoid mind) be the end result of, the kind of technology Delgado was developing and, more to the point, the kind of mind-machine interface technology that Musk was proposing as the most beneficial avenue given the inevitable rise of superintelligent AI.
Bearden envisions this as each individual or "mancell" functioning within its own personal sphere but interactions between such mancells being governed by the technologically-induced harmony of what would constitute a technologically-mediated superorganism or massmind.
Bearden hypothesizes that when, to start simply, two minds are technologically linked — at least in the kind of high-bandwidth, time-delay-free union Musk aims for in his Neuralink effort — a phenomenon occurs that is not unlike what happens naturally within the complex mesh of matter packed into the typical human skull. The cortex and the amygdala, or limbic system, are in symbiosis, causing them to identify not as individual parts, but as a whole, just as Musk explained.
The two sides of the cerebrum or cerebral cortex, the left and right hemispheres of the brain, have a similar relationship, perceiving themselves not as the dualistic aspects that they are physically, but as the singular entity they are experientially and enact behaviorally.
As Bearden explains, the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and the left hemisphere controls the right, and one hemisphere, typically the left, tends to dominate. Despite this, we do not typically consciously experience any separation between the left and right side of our body. Both hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum, a thick mesh of nerve fibers that transmits the messages between them at such a high rate of speed that it produces a convincing illusion of immediacy from the standpoint of conscious awareness.
"If one holds up both hands and observes them, one is perfectly aware that here are two separate hands, but is only aware of one being to whom the hands belong, even though each hand is being controlled by a different cerebral hemisphere."
In other words, in those with functional, cerebral hemispheres, the inter-cerebral bandwidth is heightened to the point where our consciousness cannot detect any time-delay between one hemisphere and the other. Whatever one hemisphere generates the other hemisphere experiences as having generated itself. Put in another way, Bearden explains:
"… when consciousness can perceive no difference, identity results, just as separate movie frames appear continuous (each two appear one) when flashed at 22 frames per second. Thus in one's own body, two brains are integrated into one functional brain and one perceptual personality. There is no conscious separation of the two brain hemispherical perceptions, and one consciously is aware of only one being or continuity, himself."
This is precisely what Musk appeared to be trying to convey when he spoke about the AI extension. The AI extension he appears to be aiming at through Neuralink would constitute a artificial, technological layer of the brain that would, given sufficient bandwidth, perceive itself as being as synonymous with the AI extension as one hemisphere of the cerebrum considers itself synonymous with the other. If such a super-brain were to be accomplished, the brain itself would look upon the singular human organism in much the same way as the singular human organism — you, I — currently look upon one of our hands.
On a positive note, this linkage, according to Bearden, would naturally eliminate competition between individuals within the network, at the very least what he describes as "destructive competition," as such behavior would be as self-defeating as you using one of your hands to stab the other. We would be one super-brain with access to countless bodies.
Where would there be room for an individual? For privacy? For personal freedom?
While this superbrain is not necessarily what Musk proposes, it certainly seems like a step in that direction and may even be an unintended consequence of the aims of Neuralink. As with Delgado and Bearden, Musk has good intentions, but be it intentional or not, this may ultimately destroy the individuality we presently enjoy, obliterate any vague semblance of privacy and personal freedom. Liberty of the soul could meet its dead fucking end here.
And that saying, the one about what the road to hell is paved with? Call me paranoid, and I hope I am, but it still might be a good one to keep in mind.
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AIpocalypse Maybe.
My irritation with the AI issue and total lack of concern about it was primarily based on my stance as a dualist in the philosophy of the mind. It was actually Elon Musk that made me realize one's take on consciousness meant very little; that it didn't matter if the machine was truly conscious, truly alive. In a video of his talk at a governors meeting in 2017, he gives an example of his AI concerns:
"I want to empathize: I do not think this actually occurred. This is purely a hypothetical. I'm digging my grave here… But you know there was that second Malaysian airliner that was shot down on the Ukrainian-Russian border, and that really amplified tensions between Russia and the EU in a massive way? Well, let's say you had an AI where the AI is always to maximize the value of a portfolio of stocks. One of the ways to maximize value would be to go long on defense, short on consumer, start a war. How can it do that? Hack into the Malaysian airlines aircraft routing server, route it over a war zone, then send an anonymous tip that an enemy aircraft is flying overhead right now."
Personally, I've always been bothered by psychopaths in society. While those of the type that become serial killers are certainly a concern, I have been even more worried about what I've heard referred to as socialized psychopaths — the kind that occupy the highest levels of power in businesses and corporations. Lacking empathy, their prime interest is in maintaining and gaining power.
It bothered me for many reasons, not least of which is the fact that it says something about our society: that psychopathy is in fact a survival technique in the context of our culture; that it constitutes a successful adaptation in our system; that the characteristics of our culture reward that personality type. When Musk (who is most certainly not a psychopath, I should add) speaks about AI, he is basically describing technologically-generated psychopathy. And its easy to see how his example could manifest even if a machine or program does not constitute consciousness.
The larger point I've been missing until now is that it wouldn't have to reach the extremes displayed in countless movies. As Musk also stated, "until people see robots go down the street killing people, they don't know how to react." It doesn't have to be at that level, it need not manifest so blatantly, to constitute a threat to the survival of the human species. And, he says, we really cannot delay:
"AI is a rare case where we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive because if we're reactive in AI regulation it's too late. Normally the way regulations are set up is a whole bunch of bad things happen, there's a public outcry and then after many years the regulatory agencies set up to regulate that industry. That in the past has been bad, but not something that represented a fundamental risk to the existence of civilization. AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of civilization in a way that car accidents, airplane crashes, faulty drugs or bad food were not. They were harmful to a set of individuals but they were not harmful to society as a whole."
He set up a research company, OpenAI, in efforts to regulate the inevitable, though it has just recently been announced that he has distanced from it due to how it conflicts with his other projects.
While AI still doesn't rank as the greatest threat to human civilization in my mind, what he has had to offer about the subject has come to raise my concerns.
As if we didn't have enough threats to our species to worry about…
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tagged as AI, Artificial Intelligence, doomsday, Elon Musk
Punctuality of the White Rabbit.
"You live in the past," he says to me, shaking his head.
Oh, fuck you. We all do. You think you're all hip, living high and friggin' mighty in the here and now? Let me steal one from mindful atheist Sam Harris — who, incidentally, looks like he could be Ben Stiller's twin — and offer that you think of it in this way.
The sense data from the tip of your finger has a longer way to travel than does the sense data from the tip of your nose. With that in mind, touch the tip of your finger to the tip of your nose while mindfully noting the apparent simultaneous experience of feeling your finger touch your nose and your nose be touched by your finger.
Yeah. How the fuck do our bodies pull that shit off, right?
Well, there's a time delay, but our brains are wired to first collect all data and then present it as a whole to our conscious awareness. Otherwise our experience would be like a multi-sensory manifestation of those irritating streaming videos where the movie visuals fail at matching up with the sound.
"That would suck. I hate those. Especially in porn. He slaps her ass and then you don't hear that meaty skin-on-skin sound until moments later. Throws off my rhythm"
Word. At any rate, the process of receiving, collecting, translating and displaying sense data to consciousness creates a time delay between when stuff happens and when we perceive it happening. I mean, go outside on a dark and clear night away from city lights and look up. If you think you're seeing now up there, you are a considerable distance off.
So ultimately, not only is there a time delay between reality and our awareness of it, but our responses are delivered fresh and set some dozen or so seconds before we are consciously aware of having 'arrived' at that decision.
Sense data as well as our reactions to it do not reach our awareness until after they are generated.
We are all living in the past. We are memories encapsulated in memories. The here and now is always and forever truly there and later. For all we know here and now are but a myth for we cannot, despite all our potential might, catch up to it, share the same three-dimensional cross-section with it. We are imprisoned within the illusions woven by the nervous system of the body. It serves not as a battery for A.I. Gone Wrong but rather our personal and to a large extent customized Matrix.
We are forever a step behind Here and Now, bathing in its shadow. So accept our partnership in this long and heavy realm of yesterday and shut up.
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tagged as AI, sense perception, The Matrix, time, White Rabbit


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Mass. senate passes increased net metering cap on bipartisan voice vote
The Massachusetts Senate last week adopted Amendment 18 to Bill S. 1973 by a voice vote. It increases the cap on net metered solar in the commonwealth to 1,600 MW, approximately doubling the current 4% of peak electricity load cap on private projects and 5% of public projects' peak load cap. There is no limit on the amount of renewable enregy credits residential solar arrays can earn for electricity sent to the grid.
The amendment, sponsored by Democrat Benjamin Downing and endorsed by Republican Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, is intended to support reaching the 1,600 MW of solar by 2020 goal set by former Gov. Deval Patrick (D), and endorsed by current Gov. Charlie Baker (R).
S. 1973, which provides a broad action plan in response to climate change, passed the Senate unanimously and now goes to the House, where its prospects are said to be unclear in competition against the lower body's comprehensive energy bill.
Massachusetts currently has approximately 860 MW of installed solar capacity. The amendment calls for Massachusetts regulators to develop a plan to support solar growth after the 1,600 MW target has been reached.
It instructs regulators to design into the new plan either incentives to promote solar growth across utility service territories or a way to share the costs of solar across service territories. This would resolve Massachusetts solar developers' current difficulty of being moved from one part of the state to another because of the cap being reached in National Grid territory, but not in Eversource's territory.
The amendment retains the commonwealth's strong provision allowing community shared solar arrays to participate in the net metering program. It does not advance the minimum bill charge utilities have asked for to allay their losses of revenue due to diminished infrastructure charges paid by solar owners.
State House News Service via WWLP-TV Cap on solar power lifted by Senate as part of climate change action bill
Filed Under: Solar & Renewables Distributed Energy Regulation & Policy


In a world of increasing blandness, where commercial Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Grigios are often interchangeable, Riesling is a grape that always remembers its origins, especially as it matures. No other white grape reflects variations of climate and soil type so faithfully. Even if you've had too much Trockenbeerenauslese, you'd find it hard to confuse a Mosel Riesling with one from Alsace or Australia.
Riesling is one of the most diverse varieties. Sadly, it is also one of the most misunderstood, at least in the UK. Most people think it is cheap, sweet and Germanic - but these days it is more likely to be dry, even in Germany, where two-thirds of the Rieslings are off-dry or have no residual sugar at all. The percentage is even higher in Alsace, Austria and Australia, the three As that are driving the dry Riesling bandwagon.
Why isn't Riesling more popular here? Search me. In the United States sales are booming, but in the UK Riesling is going backwards. I didn't realise how bad the problem was until someone told me that Germany ships more Pinot Grigio than it does Riesling to these islands.
Part of the reason for the recent Riesling Rendezvous event was to discuss how to make the grape more popular worldwide. One suggestion was a 'Riesling taste scale'. The theory is that if every wine from Planet Riesling were labelled as dry, off-dry, medium dry, semi-sweet or sweet, punters would be more likely to drink it. It would certainly make things less complicated in places like Germany, Alsace and New Zealand, where sweetness levels vary considerably and are often a matter of guesswork, but I still think Riesling will remain a minority taste in the UK. Its high acidity, austerity and complexity militate against huge demand.
Still, those of us who love fine Riesling can still buy some of the world's greatest white wines for less than £30. At the Riesling Rendezvous, I was impressed by the quality of the wines from North America, but it was the usual suspects (Germany, New Zealand and the three As) that excited me most.
But if I had to pick just one wine that you should plunder your savings for, it is the bone-dry, multifaceted 2001 Alsace Riesling, Cuvée Frédéric Emile, Trimbach (£26, 12.5%, The Wine Society, 01438 740 222).
This is pretty weird, but I love it: a toasty, waxy, aged Aussie Semillon, which smells sweet but tastes just off-dry. Try it with Thai food.


For the first time since its initial translation into English at the turn of the century, Jason Newcomb has reinterpreted the sacred magic of Abramelin the Mage into a completely relevant program for contemporary seekers. In the thirty-one chapters of 21st Century Mage , Newcomb has reinvented the "Knowledge and Conversation of Your Holy Guardian Angel" ritual. He lays out a course of practice and prayer — and introduces a whole new generation to the Crowleyan esthetic.


I don't know about you but I have about had it up to my eyeballs with Winter. I know. I don't exactly live in an area of the country that has suffered the worst effects of the season. In fact, I have yet to be forced to suffer, at all. It has been unseasonably warm, even in my neck of the woods and I know that I have little right to gripe. But I am over the chill, the blech. I am ready for warm weather, bright colours, baby chicks, fluffy bunnies.
I don't know about you guys but I am kind of excited about this collection. As usual, there are a few, okay, more than just a few, of these that I am going to have to buy for myself.
Do you see any that are tempting you? If you grab a bottle or three, maybe their acquisition will hasten the warmer weather to you! Or at least, brighten your days!
Thanks for swinging by and have a good one!
I totally understand - I am SO glad the holiday manis are Over! And tired of the dark winter colors. lol, recently wore Ballet Slippers for a few days to jumpstart lighter colors, and then Sun of a Peach with Clowning Around to bring summer to my nails. ...and now - lol - have WnW Black Creme and Sinful Colors Pearl Harbou to add some spark to the black, just cause I've been wanting to try that combo for so long. But I am looking forward to all the more colorful spring/summer polishes on nails once again soon! I have seen several polishes in this collection that might have to make their way into my stash.
Those sound so great, right now! :D I am doing Valentine's nails and enjoying the pinks and bright. It is doing my eyes so much good.
Super Nails for a "Super Bowl"


Dele Adesina, SAN is the Principal Solicitor in Chambers. He graduated from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1981.
He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in July, 1982.
Dele Adesina, was elevated to the Prestigious Rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) – the highest recognition of Excellency in the Legal Profession by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee on the 30th of October, 2007 at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He holds a Master of Laws Degree from the University of Lagos specialising in Comparative Company Law, (Commercial and Business Law) Comparative Constitutional Law and Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure.
Mr. Adesina, SAN has practiced law for 35 years and has run the law firm for about 25 years.
Ademola graduated with an LL.B. (Hons.) Degree from the University of Reading, United Kingdom in 2008. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2009. He obtained his LL.M in Computer and Telecommunication Law at Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom in 2012.
He joined the firm in October, 2015 having worked as Associate Solicitor in the firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co. for 5 years and acquired wealth of experience and skills in Advocacy, Electoral matters, Corporate and Commercial Litigation etc.
His core strengths are in Computer and Telecommunication Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Research, Legal Drafting Research and General Litigation.
He is a member of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Fehintola obtained her LL.B (Hons.) Degree from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife in 1984. She was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in July, 1985.
She had a brief law practise with the Law firms of Messrs. J.B. Majiyagbe & Co in Kano and S.M. Olakunri & Co in Lagos before taking up employment as Company Secretary with Messrs. D.O. Nominees Ltd, the Secretarial arm of Duro Ogboye & Co. She was the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser and Head of Administration/Personnel of Startrite Group of Companies which comprises of a Mortgage Bank, Financial & Securities Company, Insurance Brokerage and Property Company, where she acquired a wealth of experience in all the relevant aspects of law related to her job schedule and administration of the people she worked with. She joined the Law firm in February, 2006.
Her core strengths are in Property Law, Administrative Law, Corporate and Commercial Law as well as Legal Drafting.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Kehinde obtained her LL.B (Hons.) Degree from Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye now (Olabisi Onabanjo University) in October 2003. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in June 2005 and She joined the Law firm in January 2006.
Her core strengths are in Corporate and Commercial Law, Property Law, General Litigation and Legal Drafting.
Kehinde is an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She was the Secretary of the Electoral Committee of the Ikeja Branch of the NBA in 2016. She is also a member of Continuous Education Committee, NBA Ikeja Branch and member African Women Lawyer's Association.
Uche obtained her LL.B (Hons.) from Edo State University, Ekpoma, Edo State in the year 2005. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007 and joined the firm the same year.
Her core strength is in Commercial Law, Property Law, General Litigation and Legal Drafting.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Tayo obtained his LL.B. (Hons.) Degree from University of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State in 2005. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007.
His areas of interest include Corporate and Commercial Law, Maritime Law, Oil and Gas, Property Law, Legal Drafting and General Litigation.
Chioma obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Abia State University in September 2006. She was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2008.
Her core strengths are General Litigation, Commercial law, Property Law and Corporate Law.
Oluwaseyi obtained her LL.B (Hons.) Degree from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State in 2010. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013.
Her core strengths are in Corporate and Commercial Law, Research, Property Law and General litigation.
Olabamiji is a bilingual Associate in the firm who graduated from the Houdegbe North American University, Republic of Benin in 2011 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013.
He is a member of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Department of the firm. He specialises in Dispute Resolution, Corporate Commercial and Intellectual Property Law practice. He advises clients on diverse commercial and Intellectual Property issues and represents local and international organisations in Litigation and Arbitration. He has a knack for providing clients with the most cost effective and practical solution to legal problems.
He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Evaristus obtained his LL.B (Hons.) Degree from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in 2013. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in November 2014.
His core strengths are in Corporate and Commercial Law, Property Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Drafting and General Litigation.
Melvin obtained his LL.B (Hons.) Degree from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State in 2013. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in November 2014.
His core strengths are in Property Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Legal Drafting, Legal Research and General Litigation.
Kayode graduated with an LL.B (Hons.) Degree from the University of Derby, United Kingdom in 2011. He obtained his LL.M in International Commercial Law at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2012 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in December 2015.
His core strengths are Corporate and Commercial Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Taxation, Property and Legal Drafting.
He is an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Akintomiwa graduated with LL.B (Hons.) Degree from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2015.
His core area Litigation, Constitutional, Commercial Law, Media and Entertainment Law.
Sarah graduated with second class honors (upper division) from Igbinedion University Okada, Edo State in 2014 with an LL.B (Hons) degree. She was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in June 2016.
Her core strengths are in Corporate Governance, Legal Drafting, Commercial Litigation and Legal Research.
Dele Adesina & Co. CityGate Chambers No. 109, Opebi Road Ikeja - Lagos.
No. 13, Parakuo Crescent Off Aminu Kano Street Wuse II F. C. T. Abuja.


My husband and I slept soundly which we felt was down to the very very comfortable bed it really was amazing. We had a fabulous holiday in Little Resgugga everything was just perfect if we could choose a cottage to purchase this would be it, we could not fault it in any way. Kim and Gary were very friendly and welcoming and should be commended for all their hard work in making this cottage such a lovely place to relax and enjoy beautiful Cornwall.
It really is like walking into the pages of a design magazine when you arrive. It's very comfortable, and for anyone who enjoys cooking, the kitchen is well equipped for preparing just about any sort of food. My only criticism is that the mattress on our bed had a big dip in the middle, rendering it extremely uncomfortable - the time has definitely come to replace it. That would not however stop me from coming back. I will be returning.
Kim, the owner was friendly and welcoming and the cottage was located in a quiet yet convenient location for exploring Cornwall. In short, a great experience!
It's a beautiful cottage in a very tranquil location, very warm and cosy with a very effective underfloor heating system and the wood burner (not that we needed it!). The kitchen is a great space with every utensil and appliance you could want to use and the light airy lounge upstairs gave a nice space to relax in the evenings. The bed was very comfortable which is a must when your doing a fair amount of walking during the daytime! Bathroom equipped with a nice large free standing bath and separate shower cubicle so once again all needs had been catered for. On the whole the cottage was absolutely immaculate and I can safely say we didn't want for anything for the entire duration of your stay. Looking forward to coming back!
Ideally situated for exploring the area and very high standard of decor and cleanliness. The owners were very friendly and the welcomie pack was very much appreciated.
Wonderful to see the deer in the field every night, wonderful surroundings.
Little Resugga Cottage. Wow! An absolute perfect getaway. Beautiful cottage. Could not have been any better - spotlessly clean. We were made to feel very welcome by the owners and their family who were there on hand if we needed them. Stunning surroundings in a country hideaway. Lovely location for exploring gorgeous Cornwall. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves - young and old. Recommend!
Our stay at Little Resugga Cottage couldn't have been better. The cottage was just stunning! We were made to feel so very welcome by the lovely family who owned it and they really did have everything covered. It had a secret walk where our children enjoyed searching for the tiny frogs! We would definitely return and highly recommend. Thank you!
Das Ferienhaus lässt keine Wünsche offen. Bei Fragen oder regionalen Ausflugsempfehlungen halfen die Vermieter Kim und Garry stets nett und freundlich weiter. Das ruhige Ferienhaus ist als Ausgangspunkt für Ausflüge für ganz Cornwall bestens geeignet. Innerhalb von maximal einer Stunde ist man zBsp. In Landsend, im Miniack Theater, St. Michael Mount, Plymouth oder auch Bude ..Viele schöne Gardens sind ebenso in kurzer Zeit zu erreichen. Wir können dieses Ferienhaus nur weiterempfehlen und hoffen, auch selbst noch einmal zurück kehren zu können.
The cottage is just as beautiful as the pictures suggest and, in fact, we found it to be larger than we had anticipated. The cottage has every kitchen gadget you could need and is really well furnished with comfy beds and lots of seating. It's location is excellent for visiting the Eden Project, Fowey, Padstow, Bodmin, Charlestown and Pentewan to name but a few! Kim and Gary were excellent hosts and were on hand with advice for exploring the area whenever needed.
I have never been anywhere so clean and everything has been thought about in order to make your holiday perfect. Definitely will be returning. The garden is so private and if you are lucky with the weather a beautiful place to relax after visiting the most beautiful villages and beaches.
It's an absolutely beautiful barn conversion, decorated with such style and a real eye for detail. Spotlessly clean, with quality fixtures and fittings, comfy beds, underfloor heating and a very pretty private garden. The hosts Kim and Gary were so very, very welcoming and have thought of everything anyone could need to make a stay comfortable; it really is the most well equipped rental we have ever stayed at! Coming back to such a lovely place after long days out exploring was marvellous. Highly, highly recommended!
An all round excellent break. Highly recommended.
On arrival we received a warm welcome from the owner Kim. She showed us around the spotlessly clean, warm, welcoming and extremely well equipped cottage. Fresh milk was already in the fridge, Cornish biscuits left on the side and the log burner laid and ready to go. The underfloor heating on slate tiles throughout the cottage ensured it was always warm and nice underfoot. Secure storage for our bikes and a strategically placed hosepipe made life very easy for us after many a cycle ride on the Clay trails. It is apparent Kim has an eye for interior design and everywhere you look shouts out quality, including all the kitchen appliances, fittings and fixtures. Somehow they make the cottage feel like home rather than somewhere just to stay. The place is hidden away and off the beaten track including an enclosed and well established private garden, but close enough to get the odd loaf of bread or beautiful fish and chips from nearby Penwithick. The Eden Project is less than 5 miles away and easily accessible by cycle, car or on foot. Owners Kim and Gary are the perfect hosts. They are there if you need them and nothing is ever too much trouble. We cannot recommend this cottage enough and if you are thinking about booking, then just do it as you won't be disappointed and it will definitely exceed your expectations. The only disapointment was leaving such an amazing place. We will be back!!!
The cottage itself is beautifully clean and wonderfully furnished. We were made very welcome by the owner who lives close by. I have stayed in some lovely cottages in my time but I was simply blown away with this one , the sense of space, quality of the fixtures and fittings. We came in early Feb and the property was warm and cosy, the underfloor heating works a treat and the log burner in the lounge makes relaxing there an absolute treat. With regards to location, this property in not far from the A30 providing quick access to explore different parts of Cornwall.
This charming barn conversion which has been featured in Tatler magazine is accessed by a private tree lined lane, conveniently located in the rural hamlet of Rescorla.
Close by is the village of Penwithick, approximately two miles from the old market town of St Austell, home to numerous beaches and sub tropical gardens.
The world heritage site of Luxulyan Valley and the Eden Project is only a short drive away.
Upon entering this light and airy property you will be instantly impressed by the high quality finish and attention to detail, including slate floors with underfloor heating throughout the ground floor.
Vaulted ceilings with skylights making a bright environment.
The property is semi-reversed, sympathetically restored, exquisitely decorated and beautifully furnished throughout and comprises of: Fully fitted kitchen and dining room with integral appliances and wall mounted television.
The dining area seats six people comfortably.
French doors lead onto a south facing, well stocked private back garden, with large paved patio and barbecue area and far reaching countryside views.
Off the kitchen, down three steps leads you to two well appointed bedrooms, one kingsized master bedroom with wall mounted television and one twin.
Both contain vintage furniture including antique bed frames dressed with sumptuous linens.
The master bedroom has private access through french doors to the back garden.
In between the two bedrooms sits the immaculate,well appointed family bathroom which includes a luxury claw foot, roll top bath and separate quadrant rain head shower cubicle.
Located on the first floor, is the stunning sitting room with far reaching countryside views.
There is further access via an outside granite staircase to the back garden.
All tastefully decorated with original artwork, it provides something to help everyone to relax and unwind.
Your comfort is assured with a deep sofa and chairs together with a multi fuel stove, Central heating is provided via school column radiators.
There is a large range of media equipment including, TV, DVD and Xbox for younger quests and a selection of books and games for you to read and enjoy.
Note: The check in time for the property is 4pm.
Little Resugga is a great home from home for friends, couples and families wanting to discover the magnificence of Cornwall.
Located close to the Cornish Riviera coastline the wonderfully rural feel of the location belies its easy access to the A30, so all corners of cornwall are within easy reach.
Penwithick village has a convenience store, a fish and chip shop and a Post Office on the main road running through.
It is just two and a half miles from Charlestown, a pretty historic port which has a quaint quay and is famed for Tall Ships and home to Poldark country.
Three miles away or approximately 40 minutes along the public footpath brings you to Cornwall's best known attraction The Eden Project, with spectacular bio-domes of flora and fauna from around the globe.
The sailing waters and picturesque streets of Fowey with it's natural harbour and fine selection of shops, galleries, restaurants and pubs.
The fishing village of Mevagissey and the ancient town of Lostwithiel all beckon you to visit.
Golfers and ramblers will enjoy the spectacular sea views from the 18 hole golf course over Carlyon Bay, the beach and costal footpath across dramatic cliff tops.
Closer to home there are fly fishing lakes, footpaths and cycle trails to explore, so this is the perfect place for relaxing and active holidays alike..
Note: Sorry, no children under 6.


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EF-0 tornado leaves path of damage through Reston
At least two houses suffered severe damage due to the Friday night storm.
Author: Liz Palka
Published: 7:23 PM EDT April 20, 2019
Updated: 7:23 PM EDT April 20, 2019
RESTON, Va. — Tornado damage could be found scattered along a four-mile path in Reston, close to the Herndon boundary line on Saturday. The National Weather Service officially reports the tornado that touched down Friday at 8:55 p.m. was an EF-0 with an estimated maximum wind speed of 70 miles per hour.
National Weather Service Science and Operations Officer Steve Zubrick said Saturday the tornado did not follow a continuous path through Reston, but rather, jumped around striking certain areas. Zubrick said one house on Quietree Drive had a tree fall on the back deck and puncture the roof.
As of Saturday morning, the resident was still living in the house. Another house in the area had a tree fall on the roof, but it didn't appear to be directly related to the tornado, according to Zubrick.
Zubrick began surveying the damage on Friday night.
"I fairly quickly decided that it was tornadic here in Reston based on what I saw," said Zubrick.
Zubrick said most of the damage he saw was tree damage a few places where shingles were missing from homes.
"These trees are very large," he said. "They probably weigh five tons when the come down and a house is just no match for them."
On Center Harbor Road, a large tree fell on a truck, crushing it. The owner said he was thankful the tree fell on his vehicle and not his house, which was just feet in the other direction.
Ben Muscolino lives on Quietree Drive in the Whisper Hill neighborhood. He said the storm was loud and in and out very fast. Those in his home immediately took cover in the basement with the dog.
"A few minutes later and we had about a five unit response of fire trucks and an ambulance back here," said Muscolino.
While Muscolino had some tree damage to his property, his house was okay Saturday morning.
"I was surprised by just how debris came down in such a short period of time," said Muscolino. "I think it was only a couple minutes worth of wind and we had this tree come down, and [my neighbor] had the deck detached from her house."
A spokesperson for Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said there were no reports of injuries after Friday night's storm.


text:
using base::UserMetricsAction;
using blink::WebElement;
using blink::WebLocalFrame;
using blink::WebMouseEvent;
using blink::WebNode;
using blink::WebPlugin;
using blink::WebPluginContainer;
using blink::WebPluginParams;
using blink::WebScriptSource;
using blink::WebURLRequest;
using content::RenderThread;

namespace plugins {

gin::WrapperInfo PluginPlaceholder::kWrapperInfo = {gin::kEmbedderNativeGin};

PluginPlaceholder::PluginPlaceholder(content::RenderFrame* render_frame,
                                     WebLocalFrame* frame,
                                     const WebPluginParams& params,
                                     const std::string& html_data,
                                     GURL placeholderDataUrl)
    : content::RenderFrameObserver(render_frame),
      frame_(frame),
      plugin_params_(params),
      plugin_(WebViewPlugin::Create(this,
                                    render_frame->GetWebkitPreferences(),
                                    html_data,
                                    placeholderDataUrl)),
      is_blocked_for_prerendering_(false),
      allow_loading_(false),
      hidden_(false),
      finished_loading_(false) {}

PluginPlaceholder::~PluginPlaceholder() {}

gin::ObjectTemplateBuilder PluginPlaceholder::GetObjectTemplateBuilder(
    v8::Isolate* isolate) {
  return gin::Wrappable<PluginPlaceholder>::GetObjectTemplateBuilder(isolate)
      .SetMethod("load", &PluginPlaceholder::LoadCallback)
      .SetMethod("hide", &PluginPlaceholder::HideCallback)
      .SetMethod("didFinishLoading",
                 &PluginPlaceholder::DidFinishLoadingCallback);
}

void PluginPlaceholder::ReplacePlugin(WebPlugin* new_plugin) {
  CHECK(plugin_);
  if (!new_plugin) return;
  WebPluginContainer* container = plugin_->container();
  // Set the new plug-in on the container before initializing it.
  container->setPlugin(new_plugin);
  // Save the element in case the plug-in is removed from the page during
  // initialization.
  WebElement element = container->element();
  if (!new_plugin->initialize(container)) {
    // We couldn't initialize the new plug-in. Restore the old one and abort.
    container->setPlugin(plugin_);
    return;
  }

  // The plug-in has been removed from the page. Destroy the old plug-in. We
  // will be destroyed as soon as V8 garbage collects us.
  if (!element.pluginContainer()) {
    plugin_->destroy();
    return;
  }

  // During initialization, the new plug-in might have replaced itself in turn
  // with another plug-in. Make sure not to use the passed in |new_plugin| after
  // this point.
  new_plugin = container->plugin();

  plugin_->RestoreTitleText();
  container->invalidate();
  container->reportGeometry();
  plugin_->ReplayReceivedData(new_plugin);
  plugin_->destroy();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::HidePlugin() {
  hidden_ = true;
  if (!plugin_)
    return;
  WebPluginContainer* container = plugin_->container();
  WebElement element = container->element();
  element.setAttribute("style", "display: none;");
  // If we have a width and height, search for a parent (often <div>) with the
  // same dimensions. If we find such a parent, hide that as well.
  // This makes much more uncovered page content usable (including clickable)
  // as opposed to merely visible.
  // TODO(cevans) -- it's a foul heurisitc but we're going to tolerate it for
  // now for these reasons:
  // 1) Makes the user experience better.
  // 2) Foulness is encapsulated within this single function.
  // 3) Confidence in no fasle positives.
  // 4) Seems to have a good / low false negative rate at this time.
  if (element.hasAttribute("width") && element.hasAttribute("height")) {
    std::string width_str("width:[\\s]*");
    width_str += element.getAttribute("width").utf8().data();
    if (EndsWith(width_str, "px", false)) {
      width_str = width_str.substr(0, width_str.length() - 2);
    }
    base::TrimWhitespace(width_str, base::TRIM_TRAILING, &width_str);
    width_str += "[\\s]*px";
    std::string height_str("height:[\\s]*");
    height_str += element.getAttribute("height").utf8().data();
    if (EndsWith(height_str, "px", false)) {
      height_str = height_str.substr(0, height_str.length() - 2);
    }
    base::TrimWhitespace(height_str, base::TRIM_TRAILING, &height_str);
    height_str += "[\\s]*px";
    WebNode parent = element;
    while (!parent.parentNode().isNull()) {
      parent = parent.parentNode();
      if (!parent.isElementNode())
        continue;
      element = parent.toConst<WebElement>();
      if (element.hasAttribute("style")) {
        std::string style_str = element.getAttribute("style").utf8();
        if (RE2::PartialMatch(style_str, width_str) &&
            RE2::PartialMatch(style_str, height_str))
          element.setAttribute("style", "display: none;");
      }
    }
  }
}

void PluginPlaceholder::SetMessage(const base::string16& message) {
  message_ = message;
  if (finished_loading_)
    UpdateMessage();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::UpdateMessage() {
  if (!plugin_)
    return;
  std::string script =
      "window.setMessage(" + base::GetQuotedJSONString(message_) + ")";
  plugin_->web_view()->mainFrame()->executeScript(
      WebScriptSource(base::ASCIIToUTF16(script)));
}

void PluginPlaceholder::ShowContextMenu(const WebMouseEvent& event) {
  // Does nothing by default. Will be overridden if a specific browser wants
  // a context menu.
  return;
}

void PluginPlaceholder::PluginDestroyed() {
  plugin_ = NULL;
}

void PluginPlaceholder::OnDestruct() {
  frame_ = NULL;
}

void PluginPlaceholder::OnLoadBlockedPlugins(const std::string& identifier) {
  if (!identifier.empty() && identifier != identifier_)
    return;

  RenderThread::Get()->RecordAction(UserMetricsAction("Plugin_Load_UI"));
  LoadPlugin();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::OnSetIsPrerendering(bool is_prerendering) {
  // Prerendering can only be enabled prior to a RenderView's first navigation,
  // so no BlockedPlugin should see the notification that enables prerendering.
  DCHECK(!is_prerendering);
  if (is_blocked_for_prerendering_ && !is_prerendering)
    LoadPlugin();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::LoadPlugin() {
  // This is not strictly necessary but is an important defense in case the
  // event propagation changes between "close" vs. "click-to-play".
  if (hidden_)
    return;
  if (!plugin_)
    return;
  if (!allow_loading_) {
    NOTREACHED();
    return;
  }

  // TODO(mmenke):  In the case of prerendering, feed into
  //                ChromeContentRendererClient::CreatePlugin instead, to
  //                reduce the chance of future regressions.
  WebPlugin* plugin =
      render_frame()->CreatePlugin(frame_, plugin_info_, plugin_params_);
  ReplacePlugin(plugin);
}

void PluginPlaceholder::LoadCallback() {
  RenderThread::Get()->RecordAction(UserMetricsAction("Plugin_Load_Click"));
  LoadPlugin();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::HideCallback() {
  RenderThread::Get()->RecordAction(UserMetricsAction("Plugin_Hide_Click"));
  HidePlugin();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::DidFinishLoadingCallback() {
  finished_loading_ = true;
  if (message_.length() > 0)
    UpdateMessage();
}

void PluginPlaceholder::SetPluginInfo(
    const content::WebPluginInfo& plugin_info) {
  plugin_info_ = plugin_info;
}

const content::WebPluginInfo& PluginPlaceholder::GetPluginInfo() const {
  return plugin_info_;
}

void PluginPlaceholder::SetIdentifier(const std::string& identifier) {
  identifier_ = identifier;
}

blink::WebLocalFrame* PluginPlaceholder::GetFrame() { return frame_; }

const blink::WebPluginParams& PluginPlaceholder::GetPluginParams() const {
  return plugin_params_;
}

}  // namespace plugins

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