 prevents space elevators from being possible. I cannot say for sure that by the time they become competitive, there won't be a better or more awesome way to get to space. Hopefully involving warp drives. But what I've shown is that it's nearly economically feasible too.

If I were to hazard a guess for when it would be likely to build one? 15 years to put people on Mars. 5 more to set up a permanent base. 5 more to begin mass migration. 20 more to move half a million people there. At this point continued migration would be cheaper by space elevator, even if people were only going one way. So 2055, which is in my lifetime, hopefully. A space elevator on Mars could be built much more easily due to its reduced gravity.

  1. Nice - so the rough description in Red Mars wasn't too bad then.

    Sometimes I do miss the cool projects in physics and chemistry, though I have my own to get on with, so it's okay :)

  2. Climbing up the ladder will require the elimination of the fear of heights.

  3. carbon nanotubes for space elevator

  4. Busted... looking at patents. How about graphene sheets that you can roll up for tubing when we hit mars?

  5. Tutankhamun said: ..."with exponential Progress³ of Science and Technology, in the Future things will come which now not can even imagine"... 3d bioprinting = Immortality = go to stars

  6. Thanks for the interesting read.

<|endoftext|>“A hundred times I wished to go; and I followed you--I remained.”

“Manures!”

“And I shall remain to-night, to-morrow, all other days, all my life!”

“To Monsieur Caron of Argueil, a gold medal!”

“For I have never in the society of any other person found so complete a
charm.”

“To Monsieur Bain of Givry-Saint-Martin.”

“And I shall carry away with me the remembrance of you.”

“For a merino ram!”

“But you will forget me; I shall pass away like a shadow.”

“To Monsieur Belot of Notre-Dame.”

“Oh, no! I shall be something in your thought, in your life, shall I
not?”

“Porcine race; prizes--equal, to Messrs. Leherisse and Cullembourg,
sixty francs!”

Rodolphe was pressing her hand, and he felt it all warm and quivering
like a captive dove that wants to fly away; but, whether she was trying
to take it away or whether she was answering his pressure; she made a
movement with her fingers. He exclaimed--

“Oh, I thank you! You do not repulse me! You are good! You understand
that I am<|endoftext|>

05/02/2012 03:37 pm ET

A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu, which so far has been highly lethal to humans but has not acquired the ability to spread easily among us, could do so at any time.

The researchers, under the direction of Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, crossed an H5N1 virus with the H1N1 pandemic virus of 2009, which spread like wildfire from one end of the world to another. The 2009 pandemic, you’ll recall, caught public health officials by surprise but luckily turned out to be mild. Kawaoka’s lab-made hybrid virus spreads among ferrets by airborne droplets expelled during the course of respiration–just as human influenza viruses such as the 2009 pandemic strain spread from person to person. Kawaoka’s concoction does not kill ferrets, and probably wouldn’t kill humans, but the feat is troubling because it demonstrates that an H5N1 virus that can spread among humans is most likely possible. (We don’t know for sure because it was tested only on ferrets, not humans, of course.)

Whether an H5N1 virus could acquire the two deadly traits–transmissibility and lethality–at the same time is a burning question. (Kawaoka’s paper does not address it.) If one could, it would be bad news indeed. The 1918 flu virus, an H1N1 type, killed about 2 or 2.5 percent of the people it infected but spread so readily the death toll reached 20 million to 50 million. By contrast, about 60 percent of the 600 or so people who have caught H5N1 in the past few years have died. A highly transmissible H5N1 virus with a 60 percent fatality rate could kill hundreds of millions of people, perhaps billions.

That’s not likely to happen, fortunately. The known H5N1 viruses that currently exist in nature do not attach to the upper respiratory tracts of humans, so most victims caught the virus from close contact with birds. And there is reason to think that a highly lethal but poorly transmissible virus like H5N1 would change in the process of becoming transmissible—that in acquiring the ability to spread, the virus would have to make genetic tradeoffs that compromise its ability to kill. For instance, one reason that the Ebola virus doesn’t spread widely among humans is that it is too efficient—mortality is as high as 90 percent—which means victims die before they can infect many others. We do not know, however, to what extent a human-transmissible H5N1 virus would have to make this tradeoff. Scientists differ widely in their opinions on this point.

The strain that Kawaoka concocted in his lab seems to be mild—it made ferrets sick, but didn’t kill them. Even if his virus is not itself dangerous, however, it demonstrates that an H5N1 strain could one day arise that turns into a worrisome human pathogen. As Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, has pointed out, a human-transmissible virus with a lethality rate 20 times lower than current wild strains of H5N1 would still kill more efficiently than the 1918 flu. The degree to which H5N1 is potentially dangerous to humans is the subject of much speculation.

In part because of all the uncertainty, the biosecurity community has been in an uproar ever since the Kawaoka paper came to their attention last year. (Things really got stirred up when Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam made remarks at a conference in Malta about similar work on H5N1 transmissibility, which he submitted to Science but has been held up by the Dutch government.) Many security experts believe no work on H5N1 transmissibility among mammals should have been conducted in the first place, and that the world would be a safer place if information about the results of the Kawaoka and Fouchier experiments and their methods were never disseminated. (Although the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity voted to green-light the publication of both papers, that vote came only after the results and the methods used to make the viruses had been disseminated to hundreds of people in the course of the standard pre-publication review process; holding up publication at that point, in this age of Wikileaks, probably would have been futile.) Recently the U.S. government has called for risk-benefit assessments of pathogens on its select agent list before research is conducted (H5N1 is on that list), but compliance is left to the funding agencies. Some biosecurity experts are calling for further restrictions in H5N1 research on transmissibility among mammals, such as limiting the work to labs with the highest biosafety standards.

Many scientists believe this would be a mistake. They think that research on what could possibly make H5N1 deadly to humans is too urgent to be put under onerous security constraints. I interviewed Kawaoka in 2010, during the course of research for my book, The Fate Of the Species (which Bloomsbury releases on May 22). At the time, Kawaokoa was deeply worried about the danger of H5N1 bird flu. There had been outbreaks among poultry in 1997 and again in 2004 in Hong Kong, and the virus had shown other signs of restlessness—it had killed wild birds, which usually carry H5N1 without symptoms, and it had shown a propensity to spread outward from east Asia, despite the culling of millions of chickens and other poultry. How long would it be before nature’s roulette wheel produced a human version of H5N1?

Kawaoka got a taste of how nasty bird flu can be when he arrived in the United States in 1983 as a young researcher in the lab of Robert Webster at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Webster was investigating the theory that birds provide a reservoir for human influenza viruses (which has since been confirmed and is now accepted as conventional wisdom). Webster got wind of an outbreak of avian influenza on poultry farms in Pennsylvania and raced to the scene, sending tissue samples back to Kawaoka, who analyzed them in the lab.

The 1983 demonstrated to the young Kawaoka how changeable and dynamic a flu virus can be. The outbreak started out in April 1983 as a mild virus—it make chickens a little wheezy, but didn’t kill

, but to demonstrate feasibility. Jules Verne and Leonardo da Vinci both knew that flight was possible, just not yet technologically available. There is no physical law that prevents space elevators from being possible. I cannot say for sure that by the time they become competitive, there won't be a better or more awesome way to get to space. Hopefully involving warp drives. But what I've shown is that it's nearly economically feasible too.

If I were to hazard a guess for when it would be likely to build one? 15 years to put people on Mars. 5 more to set up a permanent base. 5 more to begin mass migration. 20 more to move half a million people there. At this point continued migration would be cheaper by space elevator, even if people were only going one way. So 2055, which is in my lifetime, hopefully. A space elevator on Mars could be built much more easily due to its reduced gravity.

  1. Nice - so the rough description in Red Mars wasn't too bad then.

    Sometimes I do miss the cool projects in physics and chemistry, though I have my own to get on with, so it's okay :)

  2. Climbing up the ladder will require the elimination of the fear of heights.

  3. carbon nanotubes for space elevator

  4. Busted... looking at patents. How about graphene sheets that you can roll up for tubing when we hit mars?

  5. Tutankhamun said: ..."with exponential Progress³ of Science and Technology, in the Future things will come which now not can even imagine"... 3d bioprinting = Immortality = go to stars

  6. Thanks for the interesting read.

<|endoftext|>

05/02/2012 03:37 pm ET

A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu, which so far has been highly lethal to humans but has not acquired the ability to spread easily among us, could do so at any time.

The researchers, under the direction of Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, crossed an H5N1 virus with the H1N1 pandemic virus of 2009, which spread like wildfire from one end of the world to another. The 2009 pandemic, you’ll recall, caught public health officials by surprise but luckily turned out to be mild. Kawaoka’s lab-made hybrid virus spreads among ferrets by airborne droplets expelled during the course of respiration–just as human influenza viruses such as the 2009 pandemic strain spread from person to person. Kawaoka’s concoction does not kill ferrets, and probably wouldn’t kill humans, but the feat is troubling because it demonstrates that an H5N1 virus that can spread among humans is most likely possible. (We don’t know for sure because it was tested only on ferrets, not humans, of course.)

Whether an H5N1 virus could acquire the two deadly traits–transmissibility and lethality–at the same time is a burning question. (Kawaoka’s paper does not address it.) If one could, it would be bad news indeed. The 1918 flu virus, an H1N1 type, killed about 2 or 2.5 percent of the people it infected but spread so readily the death toll reached 20 million to 50 million. By contrast, about 60 percent of the 600 or so people who have caught H5N1 in the past few years have died. A highly transmissible H5N1 virus with a 60 percent fatality rate could kill hundreds of millions of people, perhaps billions.

That’s not likely to happen, fortunately. The known H5N1 viruses that currently exist in nature do not attach to the upper respiratory tracts of humans, so most victims caught the virus from close contact with birds. And there is reason to think that a highly lethal but poorly transmissible virus like H5N1 would change in the process of becoming transmissible—that in acquiring the ability to spread, the virus would have to make genetic tradeoffs that compromise its ability to kill. For instance, one reason that the Ebola virus doesn’t spread widely among humans is that it is too efficient—mortality is as high as 90 percent—which means victims die before they can infect many others. We do not know, however, to what extent a human-transmissible H5N1 virus would have to make this tradeoff. Scientists differ widely in their opinions on this point.

The strain that Kawaoka concocted in his lab seems to be mild—it made ferrets sick, but didn’t kill them. Even if his virus is not itself dangerous, however, it demonstrates that an H5N1 strain could one day arise that turns into a worrisome human pathogen. As Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, has pointed out, a human-transmissible virus with a lethality rate 20 times lower than current wild strains of H5N1 would still kill more efficiently than the 1918 flu. The degree to which H5N1 is potentially dangerous to humans is the subject of much speculation.

In part because of all the uncertainty, the biosecurity community has been in an uproar ever since the Kawaoka paper came to their attention last year. (Things really got stirred up when Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam made remarks at a conference in Malta about similar work on H5N1 transmissibility, which he submitted to Science but has been held up by the Dutch government.) Many security experts believe no work on H5N1 transmissibility among mammals should have been conducted in the first place, and that the world would be a safer place if information about the results of the Kawaoka and Fouchier experiments and their methods were never disseminated. (Although the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity voted to green-light the publication of both papers, that vote came only after the results and the methods used to make the viruses had been disseminated to hundreds of people in the course of the standard pre-publication review process; holding up publication at that point, in this age of Wikileaks, probably would have been futile.) Recently the U.S. government has called for risk-benefit assessments of pathogens on its select agent list before research is conducted (H5N1 is on that list), but compliance is left to the funding agencies. Some biosecurity experts are calling for further restrictions in H5N1 research on transmissibility among mammals, such as limiting the work to labs with the highest biosafety standards.

Many scientists believe this would be a mistake. They think that research on what could possibly make H5N1 deadly to humans is too urgent to be put under onerous security constraints. I interviewed Kawaoka in 2010, during the course of research for my book, The Fate Of the Species (which Bloomsbury releases on May 22). At the time, Kawaokoa was deeply worried about the danger of H5N1 bird flu. There had been outbreaks among poultry in 1997 and again in 2004 in Hong Kong, and the virus had shown other signs of restlessness—it had killed wild birds, which usually carry H5N1 without symptoms, and it had shown a propensity to spread outward from east Asia, despite the culling of millions of chickens and other poultry. How long would it be before nature’s roulette wheel produced a human version of H5N1?

Kawaoka got a taste of how nasty bird flu can be when he arrived in the United States in 1983 as a young researcher in the lab of Robert Webster at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Webster was investigating the theory that birds provide a reservoir for human influenza viruses (which has since been confirmed and is now accepted as conventional wisdom). Webster got wind of an outbreak of avian influenza on poultry farms in Pennsylvania and raced to the scene, sending tissue samples back to Kawaoka, who analyzed them in the lab.

The 1983 demonstrated to the young Kawaoka how changeable and dynamic a flu virus can be. The outbreak started out in April 1983 as a mild virus—it make chickens a little wheezy, but didn’t kill many of them. By November, the virus (an H5N2 type) had given rise to a sub-strain that was highly lethal. Chickens started keeling over, and farmers worried for their livelihoods. The U.S. Department of Agriculture came in to handle the outbreak, imposing a military-style culling of 17 million birds from Pennsylvania to Virginia. (No people died in the outbreak, just poultry.)

While all this was going on, Kawaoka, back in Memphis, isolated samples of the virus and infected chickens in the lab to see how the virus worked. The mortality rate among his chickens was 100 percent. When he performed autopsies, he found that the virus had ravaged not just the birds’ gastrointestinal tracts, which you’d expect in a bird flu, but almost every organ—the kind of total attack documented in human victims of Ebola.

Later, Kawaoka decided to compare the April strain and the November one to find out what had changed to make the virus suddenly lethal. He found that the two were identical except for a single protein. “What this tells you,” Kawaoka told me in 2010, “is that a highly pathogenic virus was generated from a single mutation. And it tells you there are many sources of highly


 that showed no front openings may have been pulled on over the head. At the end of the fifteenth century, detachable sleeves appeared or tightly fitted sleeves were slit at the elbow and along the forearm to allow movement.

Sixteenth Century

In the sixteenth century, the doublet was a major men’s garment covering the upper torso from neck to waist. It was tightly fitted with low, U- or V-shaped necklines and wide sleeves, and was constructed with panes or slashing of heavy velvet or satin fabrics. Doublets were worn under the man’s jerkin or gown, but no longer served the function of supporting a man’s hose. Instead, breeches and stockings were sewn together; the top of a man’s breeches was held up with silk or linen laces at the doublet waist. Some doublets were cut with short, gored skirts, or worn with the separate military skirt called bases. By mid-century, necklines were higher on the throat, and by century-end doublets had a stiff, standing collar to support the ruff. Doublet waistlines were lowered in front, and the elongated wool, bran, horsehair, or short, waste linen fibers, V-shaped waistline was padded and stuffed with wool, bran, horsehair, or short linen fibers by the end of the century, imitating the exaggerated style called a peascod belly. Layers of stiff linen canvas were stitched together to create the doublet front, and extra layers of stiffened linen strengthened the front button closure. Doublet waistlines were further accentuated with a row of small square flaps called pecadils. Doublet sleeves were padded with felted woolen cloth at the shoulders, and shoulder seams were constructed with a narrow wing or padded roll over the top.

Seventeenth Century

The padding and exaggerated features of the doublet were gradually abandoned in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, but the narrow-waisted silhouette remained. Through the 1630s, ribbon points tied into bows at the waist were used as a decorative feature. In the second quarter, the overlapping pecadils, or short peplum, lengthened to cover the hips, and waistlines were set slightly above the natural waistline. Heavy fabrics richly embellished with silk and metallic embroidery lend a stiff, formal silhouette to portraits in the early to mid-seventeenth century. By 1620, breeches were suspended from the doublet by large metal hooks sewn into their waistband and attached to metal eyelets on a tape sewn into the doublet waist. By the early 1660s, doublets were straight, unfitted, and shortened to above the waist; breeches were no longer tied to the doublet at all. By 1670, the doublet had been replaced by the waistcoat and coat of the three-piece suit introduced by the British monarch Charles II.

Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, c. 1560 – 1620. London: Macmillan, 1985.

Byrde, Penelope. The Male Image: Men’s Fashion in Britain, 1300 – 1970. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1979.

de Marly, Diana. Fashion for Men: An Illustrated History. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1985.

Frick, Carole Collier. Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Herald, Jacqueline. Renaissance Dress in Italy, 1400 – 1500. Edited by Aileen Ribeiro. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1981.

Payne, Blanche, Geitel Winakor, and Jane Farrell-Beck. The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth Century. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1992.

Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. 3rd ed. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1998.

Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Men’s Clothes: 1600 – 1900. New York: Routledge Theatre Arts Books, 1964.

READ ALSO: All articles<|endoftext|>About the Solomon Islands flag

The national flag of the Solomon Islands was adopted officially on November 18, 1977. The five main island groups are represented by the five stars. The blue is supposed to represent the surrounding ocean, while the green represents the land. The yellow stripe is symbolic of the sunshine.

The civil ensign (for merchant ships) and state ensign (for non-military government vessels) are red and blue flags, respectively, with the national flag in the canton. The naval ensign (for police vessels) is based on the British white ensign, a red cross on a white field, also with the national flag in the canton.

This flag is available in an official size option
<|endoftext|>used by the Achæans was made of three thongs of leather, and not
    of one only, like those of other nations. The natives of the
    Balearic isles are said to have attained their skill from the
    circumstance of their mothers, when they were children, obliging
    them to obtain their food by striking it, from a tree, with a
    sling. While other slings were made of leather, theirs were made
    of rushes. Besides stones, plummets of lead, called ‘glandes,’
    (as in the present instance), and μολύβδιδες, of a form between
    acorns and almonds, were cast in moulds, to be thrown from slings.
    They have been frequently dug up in various parts of Greece, and
    particularly on the plains of Marathon. Some have the device of a
    thunderbolt; while others are inscribed with δέξαι, ‘take this.’
    It was a prevalent idea with the ancients that the stone
    discharged from the sling became red hot in its course, from the
    swiftness of its motion.]

    [Footnote 85:<|endoftext|>Star Wars Battlefront II’s Loot Boxes Issue Won’t Change EA’s Strategy; Cosmetics Might Break Canon

Electronic Arts Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen explains that the publisher's overall strategy for live services isn't changing.

on November 28, 2017 1:56 PM

During a presentation for investors at the Credit Suisse 21st Annual Technology conference on Scottsdale, Arizona, Electronic Arts Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about the controversial issue involving microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II.

According to Jorgensen, Electronic Arts saw some issue during the beta test, but developers were rushing to get the game finished, and they were trying to test a lot of things, including server performance. Some testing was done around the microtransaction model, but “not enough to really understand” some of the reactions that they ultimately got.

That being said, he added that for EA this is a “great learning experience,” and the company is listening to its customers. Doing so now and down the line is “very important,” and Jorgensen added that the moment in which they don’t make mistakes and aren’t learning from them, that’s when it’s time to worry about them.

In EA’s view this is a “great opportinity” to continue tuning the game and adjust things. Microtransactions were removed from the game because consumers felt that they were “a pay-to-win mechanic.” The reality of things is that there are different types of gamers, some have more time than money, and others have more money than time. The goal is to have a balance between them. EA plans to continue to work with its consumer base and to look at the data, learning from that to try to “understand the best ways to create a game that is deeply engaging, that people play for a long time, and that everyone can enjoy  whether they grind, they pay, or they do both.”

At the moment EA is observing the gameplay so they don’t yet know how this will evolve. Yet, they’re “learning, listening, reacting” and they’ll continue to try to make Star Wars Battlefront II a great game, while learning on how they might roll out live services going forward.

We also hear that Jorgensen believes that for sixty bucks players are getting two or three years of entertainment, and “that’s a pretty good deal.” He can think of no entertainment medium offering the same. Going to a movie will cost you twenty to forty bucks before you buy the popcorn. That’s a much shorter experience than that offered by a game.

EA has not decided yet on when microtransactions will return. They’re currently watching how people play the game, which has lots of different modes, so they’re also trying to understand if there are certain modes where microtransactions might be more interesting, and what consumers are saying about them, and what the metrics look like.  The most important thing at the moment is “listening to the consumers and designing events and live services that will keep them playing for a long time.”

We also learn that most microtransaction revenue wasn’t even included in the company’s revenue predictions, as they did not know what effects they would have.

Jorgensen was also asked about the

 fifteenth century, the doublet remained a short, waist-length garment with sleeves worn over a linen undershirt and layered under a jacket or outer tunic-like garment. The sleeves and collars were often the only visible portions of the doublet. By mid-century, the silhouette was pared down, more slender and elegant, and the waist-length doublet was expertly constructed and tightly fitted with four seams—down the front, back, and sides. Collars were removed and necklines lowered and squared-off. The center front was often open or slightly unlaced, revealing the edges of the linen shirt underneath, a feature that became more prominent through the end of the fifteenth century. Doublets that showed no front openings may have been pulled on over the head. At the end of the fifteenth century, detachable sleeves appeared or tightly fitted sleeves were slit at the elbow and along the forearm to allow movement.

Sixteenth Century

In the sixteenth century, the doublet was a major men’s garment covering the upper torso from neck to waist. It was tightly fitted with low, U- or V-shaped necklines and wide sleeves, and was constructed with panes or slashing of heavy velvet or satin fabrics. Doublets were worn under the man’s jerkin or gown, but no longer served the function of supporting a man’s hose. Instead, breeches and stockings were sewn together; the top of a man’s breeches was held up with silk or linen laces at the doublet waist. Some doublets were cut with short, gored skirts, or worn with the separate military skirt called bases. By mid-century, necklines were higher on the throat, and by century-end doublets had a stiff, standing collar to support the ruff. Doublet waistlines were lowered in front, and the elongated wool, bran, horsehair, or short, waste linen fibers, V-shaped waistline was padded and stuffed with wool, bran, horsehair, or short linen fibers by the end of the century, imitating the exaggerated style called a peascod belly. Layers of stiff linen canvas were stitched together to create the doublet front, and extra layers of stiffened linen strengthened the front button closure. Doublet waistlines were further accentuated with a row of small square flaps called pecadils. Doublet sleeves were padded with felted woolen cloth at the shoulders, and shoulder seams were constructed with a narrow wing or padded roll over the top.

Seventeenth Century

The padding and exaggerated features of the doublet were gradually abandoned in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, but the narrow-waisted silhouette remained. Through the 1630s, ribbon points tied into bows at the waist were used as a decorative feature. In the second quarter, the overlapping pecadils, or short peplum, lengthened to cover the hips, and waistlines were set slightly above the natural waistline. Heavy fabrics richly embellished with silk and metallic embroidery lend a stiff, formal silhouette to portraits in the early to mid-seventeenth century. By 1620, breeches were suspended from the doublet by large metal hooks sewn into their waistband and attached to metal eyelets on a tape sewn into the doublet waist. By the early 1660s, doublets were straight, unfitted, and shortened to above the waist; breeches were no longer tied to the doublet at all. By 1670, the doublet had been replaced by the waistcoat and coat of the three-piece suit introduced by the British monarch Charles II.

Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, c. 1560 – 1620. London: Macmillan, 1985.

Byrde, Penelope. The Male Image: Men’s Fashion in Britain, 1300 – 1970. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1979.

de Marly, Diana. Fashion for Men: An Illustrated History. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1985.

Frick, Carole Collier. Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Herald, Jacqueline. Renaissance Dress in Italy, 1400 – 1500. Edited by Aileen Ribeiro. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1981.

Payne, Blanche, Geitel Winakor, and Jane Farrell-Beck. The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth Century. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1992.

Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. 3rd ed. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1998.

Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Men’s Clothes: 1600 – 1900. New York: Routledge Theatre Arts Books, 1964.

READ ALSO: All articles<|endoftext|>About the Solomon Islands flag

The national flag of the Solomon Islands was adopted officially on November 18, 1977. The five main island groups are represented by the five stars. The blue is supposed to represent the surrounding ocean, while the green represents the land. The yellow stripe is symbolic of the sunshine.

The civil ensign (for merchant ships) and state ensign (for non-military government vessels) are red and blue flags, respectively, with the national flag in the canton. The naval ensign (for police vessels) is based on the British white ensign, a red cross on a white field, also with the national flag in the canton.

This flag is available in an official size option
<|endoftext|>Star Wars Battlefront II’s Loot Boxes Issue Won’t Change EA’s Strategy; Cosmetics Might Break Canon

Electronic Arts Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen explains that the publisher's overall strategy for live services isn't changing.

on November 28, 2017 1:56 PM

During a presentation for investors at the Credit Suisse 21st Annual Technology conference on Scottsdale, Arizona, Electronic Arts Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen talked about the controversial issue involving microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II.

According to Jorgensen, Electronic Arts saw some issue during the beta test, but developers were rushing to get the game finished, and they were trying to test a lot of things, including server performance. Some testing was done around the microtransaction model, but “not enough to really understand” some of the reactions that they ultimately got.

That being said, he added that for EA this is a “great learning experience,” and the company is listening to its customers. Doing so now and down the line is “very important,” and Jorgensen added that the moment in which they don’t make mistakes and aren’t learning from them, that’s when it’s time to worry about them.

In EA’s view this is a “great opportinity” to continue tuning the game and adjust things. Microtransactions were removed from the game because consumers felt that they were “a pay-to-win mechanic.” The reality of things is that there are different types of gamers, some have more time than money, and others have more money than time. The goal is to have a balance between them. EA plans to continue to work with its consumer base and to look at the data, learning from that to try to “understand the best ways to create a game that is deeply engaging, that people play for a long time, and that everyone can enjoy  whether they grind, they pay, or they do both.”

At the moment EA is observing the gameplay so they don’t yet know how this will evolve. Yet, they’re “learning, listening, reacting” and they’ll continue to try to make Star Wars Battlefront II a great game, while learning on how they might roll out live services going forward.

We also hear that Jorgensen believes that for sixty bucks players are getting two or three years of entertainment, and “that’s a pretty good deal.” He can think of no entertainment medium offering the same. Going to a movie will cost you twenty to forty bucks before you buy the popcorn. That’s a much shorter experience than that offered by a game.

EA has not decided yet on when microtransactions will return. They’re currently watching how people play the game, which has lots of different modes, so they’re also trying to understand if there are certain modes where microtransactions might be more interesting, and what consumers are saying about them, and what the metrics look like.  The most important thing at the moment is “listening to the consumers and designing events and live services that will keep them playing for a long time.”

We also learn that most microtransaction revenue wasn’t even included in the company’s revenue predictions, as they did not know what effects they would have.

Jorgensen was also asked about the possibility of having cosmetic microtransactions,  and he explained that EA works very closely with Disney and Lucasfilm. They are “extremely focused” on not violating the canon of Star Wars, and a bunch of cosmetic microtransactions might start to do that. As an example, he mentioned that Darth Vader in white would probably not make sense, and you probably don’t want him in pink.

That being said, he added that some cosmetic microtransactions are still a possibility, and EA is working with Lucasfilm on that


I saw he regretted his speech as soon as he had uttered it. There is only
one word which I loathe more than I do lunatic and that word is crazy.
But I controlled myself and asked him why he thought _The King in
Yellow_ dangerous.

"Oh, I don't know," he said, hastily. "I only remember the excitement it
created and the denunciations from pulpit and Press. I believe the author
shot himself after bringing forth this monstrosity, didn't he?"

"I understand he is still alive," I answered.

"That's probably true," he muttered; "bullets couldn't kill a fiend like
that."

"It is a book of great truths," I said.

"Yes," he replied, "of 'truths' which send men frantic and blast their
lives. I don't care if the thing is, as they say, the very supreme
essence of art. It's a crime to have written it, and I for one shall
never open its pages."

"Is that what you have come to tell me?" I asked.

"No," he said, "I came to tell you that I am going to be married."

I believe for a moment my heart<|endoftext|> I can't decide if that's an outgrowth of #2, or is a way of recasting mental illness in a positive light, unlike the way the metaphorical use of "lame" puts down people with mobility impairments. Whaddya think, SE?

spotted elephant said...

I see the use of "mad skills" and "crazy painting skills" as being the equivalent to the usage of "asshat" and "teh" for the: just a trendy, super-cool way for kids to speak. ;)

I might be "crazy wrong". I'd like to see it as a positive recasting of mental illness, but I haven't seen any drop-off in immediately labeling people who do horrific things as being mentally ill. That awful = crazy is what offends me most.

The Goldfish said...

Julia Kite wrote a good article about the mad = artistic thing.

I think the funniest misuse of a mental health term I have heard is the use of schizophrenic to mean ambivalent. As in "I'm not sure whether to go to the party; it should be good but that girl I don't like is going to be there. I'm a bit schizophrenic about the whole thing."

I don't know how this misuse has come to pass, but I have heard it.

Christina said...

Crazy is the most frequent. Although I have heard many varied misconceptions and prejudgments on mental illness. My family will not even speak of their conditions because of the treatment my grandfather recieved while his mother was in an institution.

When I worked at an art gallery (the only job where my bipolar was public knowledge), it was a prized condition because of its assumed links to creativity. I am a creative person, yes. But is that simply because I am bipolar?

spotted elephant said...

Golfish-Schizophrenic as ambivalent is a new one for me.

Christina-That's exactly it. Maybe you would have been even more creative if you didn't have to put energy into dealing with bipolar disorder. Maybe you'd have been less creative without it, but that still doesn't mean it would be the same for everyone. I'm betting that the people at the gallery weren't very knowledgeable about the pain involved in bipolar disorder.<|endoftext|>New Zealand markets open in 8 hours 48 minutes
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What is doomscrolling? And more importantly, how can you stop doing it?

·6-min read
Photo credit: SB Arts Media - Getty Images
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When the pandemic hit, coronavirus was pretty much all the world could think and speak about for the best part of two years. Many of us found ourselves consistently reading up on the latest figures and advice on how to stay safe. But, whilst we tried our best to stick to reliable sources of information (like the World Health Organisation), that didn't stop us scrolling through Twitter in the depths of the night, compulsively consuming stories that were downright terrifying...

But it's not just during a global pandemic that we do this. In fact, whenever there's a tragic or scary story or in the news – take the recent overturning of Roe v Wade for example – many of us gravitate towards every piece of information we can get our thumbs on, no matter how bad it makes us feel afterwards. If this sounds familiar, then you too might be a victim of doomscrolling. So what actually is it?

What is doomscrolling?

According to a recent analysis by Bupa, there's been a 247% increase in searches for 'terrible anxiety in the morning', rising significantly since the start of 2022. As for what's causing said anxiety, experts say that doomscrolling – endlessly scrolling through negative news articles – could be having a big impact on our mental health.

"When news topics are particularly negative or provoke strong emotions, it can feel especially tempting to keep up to date with what’s happening," explains Fatmata Kamara, a specialist nurse adviser for mental health at Bupa UK.

"Many of us catch up with the latest news before we’ve even got out of bed – immersing yourself in negativity so early in the morning may set a precedent for the rest of the day," Kamara adds. "Doomscrolling can become a vicious cycle for your wellbeing, particularly if you already have a mental health condition."

What are the impacts of doomscrolling?

"When you hear or read negative news, your body treats it as a threat and goes into 'fight or flight' mode," Kamara tells us. "This means that your body is flooded with the stress hormone cortisol, preparing you to combat the perceived threat (the news), leaving you more likely to experience mood swings or feel irritated, stressed or depressed."

The expert continues: "Over time, heightened cortisol levels can also harm your physical health, leading to issues like tension headaches, poor immune system performance and bodily inflammation."

Why do we doomscroll?

Despite the obvious negative effect of compulsively checking the news, doomscrolling is a common habit. So, what's the psychology behind it?

"We don’t set out with the intention to scare ourselves," Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic, tells us. "Obsessively checking and searching for information is what we call a 'safety behaviour', and it’s driven by the need for reassurance."

Photo credit: YURI ARCURS PRODUCTIONS - Getty Images
Photo credit: YURI ARCURS PRODUCTIONS - Getty Images

This 'safety behaviour' is similar to behaviour that's seen in OCD, notes the psychologist. "Feeling anxious about something and using compulsions as a way of managing that anxiety is common for a lot of anxiety disorders," Dr Touroni adds. But the problem is, "the 'safety behaviour' that was supposed to relieve the anxiety often ends up amplifying it."

On top of that, another reason that we seek to consume a constant stream of negative news, even if it ends up making us feel worse, is a drive to understand what on earth is going on.

"When we’re faced with so much uncertainty, we’re going to be drawn to anything that helps us gain some understanding of what’s happening," says Dr Touroni, specifically referencing our overconsumption of content during the pandemic. "The goal is to gain mastery over something which feels scary and unpredictable, but the strategy itself can end up increasing our anxiety."

When you think about it like that, you can understand a little better why you're logging on to Twitter 65 times a day, or why you're watching live updates on the news like a hawk. But this kind of perspective can also empower you to step away, if it's causing harm.

Photo credit: Sestovic - Getty Images
Photo credit: Sestovic - Getty Images

How to stop doomscrolling

"It can be hard to break out of the habit of doomscrolling," Bupa's Kamara points out before noting that there are some "simple" adjustments to your routine that may help you manage your news intake and feel better.

Review where you get your news from

"Do you get push notifications that cause you

 I can't decide if that's an outgrowth of #2, or is a way of recasting mental illness in a positive light, unlike the way the metaphorical use of "lame" puts down people with mobility impairments. Whaddya think, SE?

spotted elephant said...

I see the use of "mad skills" and "crazy painting skills" as being the equivalent to the usage of "asshat" and "teh" for the: just a trendy, super-cool way for kids to speak. ;)

I might be "crazy wrong". I'd like to see it as a positive recasting of mental illness, but I haven't seen any drop-off in immediately labeling people who do horrific things as being mentally ill. That awful = crazy is what offends me most.

The Goldfish said...

Julia Kite wrote a good article about the mad = artistic thing.

I think the funniest misuse of a mental health term I have heard is the use of schizophrenic to mean ambivalent. As in "I'm not sure whether to go to the party; it should be good but that girl I don't like is going to be there. I'm a bit schizophrenic about the whole thing."

I don't know how this misuse has come to pass, but I have heard it.

Christina said...

Crazy is the most frequent. Although I have heard many varied misconceptions and prejudgments on mental illness. My family will not even speak of their conditions because of the treatment my grandfather recieved while his mother was in an institution.

When I worked at an art gallery (the only job where my bipolar was public knowledge), it was a prized condition because of its assumed links to creativity. I am a creative person, yes. But is that simply because I am bipolar?

spotted elephant said...

Golfish-Schizophrenic as ambivalent is a new one for me.

Christina-That's exactly it. Maybe you would have been even more creative if you didn't have to put energy into dealing with bipolar disorder. Maybe you'd have been less creative without it, but that still doesn't mean it would be the same for everyone. I'm betting that the people at the gallery weren't very knowledgeable about the pain involved in bipolar disorder.<|endoftext|>New Zealand markets open in 8 hours 48 minutes
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What is doomscrolling? And more importantly, how can you stop doing it?

·6-min read
Photo credit: SB Arts Media - Getty Images
Photo credit: SB Arts Media - Getty Images

When the pandemic hit, coronavirus was pretty much all the world could think and speak about for the best part of two years. Many of us found ourselves consistently reading up on the latest figures and advice on how to stay safe. But, whilst we tried our best to stick to reliable sources of information (like the World Health Organisation), that didn't stop us scrolling through Twitter in the depths of the night, compulsively consuming stories that were downright terrifying...

But it's not just during a global pandemic that we do this. In fact, whenever there's a tragic or scary story or in the news – take the recent overturning of Roe v Wade for example – many of us gravitate towards every piece of information we can get our thumbs on, no matter how bad it makes us feel afterwards. If this sounds familiar, then you too might be a victim of doomscrolling. So what actually is it?

What is doomscrolling?

According to a recent analysis by Bupa, there's been a 247% increase in searches for 'terrible anxiety in the morning', rising significantly since the start of 2022. As for what's causing said anxiety, experts say that doomscrolling – endlessly scrolling through negative news articles – could be having a big impact on our mental health.

"When news topics are particularly negative or provoke strong emotions, it can feel especially tempting to keep up to date with what’s happening," explains Fatmata Kamara, a specialist nurse adviser for mental health at Bupa UK.

"Many of us catch up with the latest news before we’ve even got out of bed – immersing yourself in negativity so early in the morning may set a precedent for the rest of the day," Kamara adds. "Doomscrolling can become a vicious cycle for your wellbeing, particularly if you already have a mental health condition."

What are the impacts of doomscrolling?

"When you hear or read negative news, your body treats it as a threat and goes into 'fight or flight' mode," Kamara tells us. "This means that your body is flooded with the stress hormone cortisol, preparing you to combat the perceived threat (the news), leaving you more likely to experience mood swings or feel irritated, stressed or depressed."

The expert continues: "Over time, heightened cortisol levels can also harm your physical health, leading to issues like tension headaches, poor immune system performance and bodily inflammation."

Why do we doomscroll?

Despite the obvious negative effect of compulsively checking the news, doomscrolling is a common habit. So, what's the psychology behind it?

"We don’t set out with the intention to scare ourselves," Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic, tells us. "Obsessively checking and searching for information is what we call a 'safety behaviour', and it’s driven by the need for reassurance."

Photo credit: YURI ARCURS PRODUCTIONS - Getty Images
Photo credit: YURI ARCURS PRODUCTIONS - Getty Images

This 'safety behaviour' is similar to behaviour that's seen in OCD, notes the psychologist. "Feeling anxious about something and using compulsions as a way of managing that anxiety is common for a lot of anxiety disorders," Dr Touroni adds. But the problem is, "the 'safety behaviour' that was supposed to relieve the anxiety often ends up amplifying it."

On top of that, another reason that we seek to consume a constant stream of negative news, even if it ends up making us feel worse, is a drive to understand what on earth is going on.

"When we’re faced with so much uncertainty, we’re going to be drawn to anything that helps us gain some understanding of what’s happening," says Dr Touroni, specifically referencing our overconsumption of content during the pandemic. "The goal is to gain mastery over something which feels scary and unpredictable, but the strategy itself can end up increasing our anxiety."

When you think about it like that, you can understand a little better why you're logging on to Twitter 65 times a day, or why you're watching live updates on the news like a hawk. But this kind of perspective can also empower you to step away, if it's causing harm.

Photo credit: Sestovic - Getty Images
Photo credit: Sestovic - Getty Images

How to stop doomscrolling

"It can be hard to break out of the habit of doomscrolling," Bupa's Kamara points out before noting that there are some "simple" adjustments to your routine that may help you manage your news intake and feel better.

Review where you get your news from

"Do you get push notifications that cause you to spend lots of time aimlessly scrolling through the news? If so, try and switch them off. Likewise, if you find that you’re following certain accounts on social media that make it harder to step away from on your phone, think about how they make you feel, and consider if it’s worth taking a break from them – whether it’s unfollowing them or muting the account."

Set small goals

"Setting a big goal is a sure way to set yourself up for failure, so instead, think about the small ways you can switch up your behaviour that will lead to longer, lasting changes. For example, try setting aside time to keep your phone out of sight during your day. Even 30 minutes during your commute will make a visible change."

Use your phone to limit your time

"Many smartphones now have inbuilt technology that allows you to limit on the amount of time you spend on certain apps each day. Use these options to help reduce your scroll time and encourage you to place your focus elsewhere."

Make time for non-tech activities

"Pairing a tech timeout with a fun activity can be really helpful, encouraging you to keep occupied without needing a phone. For example, you could plan an afternoon with friends or get involved in a team sport that enables you to be present rather than focused on your screen."


With almost maternal solicitude she urged him to let his nature
open to the full: she became his confessor. He told her that for some
time he had assisted at the meetings of an Irish Socialist Party where
he had felt himself a unique figure amidst a score of sober workmen in
a garret lit by an inefficient oil-lamp. When the party had divided
into three sections, each under its own leader and in its own garret,
he had discontinued his attendances. The workmen’s discussions, he
said, were too timorous; the interest they took in the question of
wages was inordinate. He felt that they were hard-featured realists and
that they resented an exactitude which was the produce of a leisure not
within their reach. No social revolution, he told her, would be likely
to strike Dublin for some centuries.

She asked him why did he not write out his thoughts. For what, he asked
her, with careful scorn. To compete with phrasemongers, incapable of
thinking consecutively for sixty seconds? To submit<|endoftext|> banned for using it as I have seen it happen several times.

Do You Really Need It

You will also need to consider that whenever you are going for something like that, you need to see if you really need it or you can actually make do without it, as well. It is just one of those things that you need to keep in mind whenever you are about to make a decision that’s about using a generator. Because these things can be against the rules, as well.

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Things You Must Know About Jimmy John’s

Jimmy John’s is one of the biggest sandwich chains in the United States. The billionaire Jimmy John Founder started the company with just a $25,000 investment from his father, and grew his business considerably in the next 36 years.

You might only know Jimmy John’s from the sandwiches they offer, but here are some other interesting things you should know about Jimmy John’s.

Jimmy John Liautaud Was Not The Brightest Student

As we all expect, restaurant owners usually graduate on the top of their class, go to a culinary school and hone their skills before launching a business. However, this was not the case with Jimmy John’s founder. He graduated from high school on second last.

Additionally, all of those bright owners are proud of becoming corporate owned, Jimmy John’s is mostly franchise owned and not corporate owned.

They Stopped Using Yellow Mustard

The sandwich chain does not use yellow mustard anymore. The only reason why they dropped it out of their menu is backseat it is not fast to work with, and slows down the meal preparation process. Jimmy John’s, on the other hand, is all about fast delivery, so they stopped using yellow mustard.

However, if you must have yellow mustard in your sandwich, they can provide you with separate packets that you can use. For the same reason, they use only one type of cheese in their products.

No Sprouts

Jimmy John’s used to offer optional topping of sprouts on top of their products, but they had to stop doing this because of the various illnesses caused by eating raw sprouts. But they kept growing sprouts in the past two years.

They are currently operating in 47 states, so, there is always a JJ’s within your arm’s reach.

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Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Tree Service

People hire tree services to get many tasks done. Hiring one for some work in your property can be a big decision.

Hiring the wrong service provider can do more damage to your property that it can help. So, here are the mistakes that you will need to avoid when hiring tree services in Madera CA.

Hiring a Novice Company

It is true that every company has it’s starting point, but tree service is a risky task, and you should not take this risk. You should only hire the tree service companies who have been providing their services in the industry for a long time, preferably for over 10 years.

If possible, you should contact and hire the oldest tree service provider in your area. That is because they always know the nitty-gritties for working in your area, and can do the job perfectly.

Not Checking The Insurance

Before hiring a tree service, especially for tree removal, you must check the insurance they have to cover any damage that might be caused to your property during their work. So ask for the proof of insurance before hiring a company to work in your premises.

If you hire a company that does not have insurance, you will have to cover any damage caused to your property by their work. Also, you will have to bear the medical bills of their employees if anyone gets injured during work.

Skipping The References

To check the build claims of tree service providers, you can ask them to provide you with references and you can check them on your own to make sure you will like the quality of their service.

This is how you can hire a good tree service company providing services  in your locality.

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Why Profit & Loss Statements Matter

A common practice in the world of business when it comes to accounting is to just have an account that deals with all of the money that the business is earning and spending and then calling it a day. While this is a good first step, if you want to learn from people like The ACT Group you need to bear in mind that profit and loss statements matter as well. If you just have a bank account that is used for business transactions and you get a statement from this, you would see how much money has gone in and out but you won’t know how to figure out looking into whether or not you earned a profit or sustained a loss.

With all of that having been said and out of the way, it is important to note that if you were to make profit and loss statements then problems like this would no longer end up happening. Most of the time you wouldn’t really have all that many potential benefits to avoiding making these apart from saving a little bit of time that really won’t make all that much of a difference.

An accountant hired for the specific purpose of drawing up these statements would be a good investment. Even if you have sustained a loss your business can keep going, but in a situation like this it becomes even more important to get an idea of how significant of a loss this was as well as how likely it would be that your company can survive. Paperwork like this is so important, and a common reason why so many small businesses fail is due to the reason that they don’t pay attention to this.

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Why Social Media is a Great Tool to Make Money For Students

I still remember the days when I was new to the social media and that time, the only thing I thought was that the entirety of social media is there to just talk to people or meet new people. However, I soon realise that the purpose of social media is a lot more than that as social media is for so much more than that. I started earning money through social media at the age of 16 and have been doing that ever since.

With that said, we would highly suggest that you check out Marc’s 8 tips on make money online and those should help you out a lot especially if you are just starting. What I want to discuss right now is some of the reasons why social media is a great tool for making money for students.

Lots of Opportunities

The best thing here is that there are a lot of opportunities that are available. You honestly do not have to worry about anything because it can make your life a lot easier and simpler, as well. If you are worried something might not work in your favour, you won’t have to stress over that because there is always room to try out different things.

Easy to Understand

Another great thing here is that when we are talking about social media or making money on the internet, in general. It is not just easy to understand but also easy to grasp. Allowing to have a very good control on how you want to make money and how you want to proceed with your career. In all honesty, the path is going to be there for you.

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Why Relying on a Proper Translation Company is a Good Idea

If you have been searching for translation companies, you will come to realise that there is no shortage of amazing translation companies as they are pretty common and abundant in the market. So, the chances of coming across one are always there.

If you are looking for some tips on selecting the right translation company, we have always walked through a number of these things because they are easily available in the market.

Now, in this article, we want to discuss the reasons why relying on proper translation companies is a good idea. This should clear out a lot of confusion for people who

 banned for using it as I have seen it happen several times.

Do You Really Need It

You will also need to consider that whenever you are going for something like that, you need to see if you really need it or you can actually make do without it, as well. It is just one of those things that you need to keep in mind whenever you are about to make a decision that’s about using a generator. Because these things can be against the rules, as well.

questions to ask a car accident lawyer

Documents Needed in a Personal Injury Claim

Witness Statements

Medical Reports

Vehicle Service History

Video Footage of The Event

examples of civil law

Advantages of Hiring a Lawyer For Criminal Defense

These Lawyers Are Experienced in Criminal Law

Their Purpose is to Defend Their Client

jimmy john liautaud house champaign il

Things You Must Know About Jimmy John’s

Jimmy John’s is one of the biggest sandwich chains in the United States. The billionaire Jimmy John Founder started the company with just a $25,000 investment from his father, and grew his business considerably in the next 36 years.

You might only know Jimmy John’s from the sandwiches they offer, but here are some other interesting things you should know about Jimmy John’s.

Jimmy John Liautaud Was Not The Brightest Student

As we all expect, restaurant owners usually graduate on the top of their class, go to a culinary school and hone their skills before launching a business. However, this was not the case with Jimmy John’s founder. He graduated from high school on second last.

Additionally, all of those bright owners are proud of becoming corporate owned, Jimmy John’s is mostly franchise owned and not corporate owned.

They Stopped Using Yellow Mustard

The sandwich chain does not use yellow mustard anymore. The only reason why they dropped it out of their menu is backseat it is not fast to work with, and slows down the meal preparation process. Jimmy John’s, on the other hand, is all about fast delivery, so they stopped using yellow mustard.

However, if you must have yellow mustard in your sandwich, they can provide you with separate packets that you can use. For the same reason, they use only one type of cheese in their products.

No Sprouts

Jimmy John’s used to offer optional topping of sprouts on top of their products, but they had to stop doing this because of the various illnesses caused by eating raw sprouts. But they kept growing sprouts in the past two years.

They are currently operating in 47 states, so, there is always a JJ’s within your arm’s reach.

tree trimming services in my area

Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Tree Service

People hire tree services to get many tasks done. Hiring one for some work in your property can be a big decision.

Hiring the wrong service provider can do more damage to your property that it can help. So, here are the mistakes that you will need to avoid when hiring tree services in Madera CA.

Hiring a Novice Company

It is true that every company has it’s starting point, but tree service is a risky task, and you should not take this risk. You should only hire the tree service companies who have been providing their services in the industry for a long time, preferably for over 10 years.

If possible, you should contact and hire the oldest tree service provider in your area. That is because they always know the nitty-gritties for working in your area, and can do the job perfectly.

Not Checking The Insurance

Before hiring a tree service, especially for tree removal, you must check the insurance they have to cover any damage that might be caused to your property during their work. So ask for the proof of insurance before hiring a company to work in your premises.

If you hire a company that does not have insurance, you will have to cover any damage caused to your property by their work. Also, you will have to bear the medical bills of their employees if anyone gets injured during work.

Skipping The References

To check the build claims of tree service providers, you can ask them to provide you with references and you can check them on your own to make sure you will like the quality of their service.

This is how you can hire a good tree service company providing services  in your locality.

accountant jobs

Why Profit & Loss Statements Matter

A common practice in the world of business when it comes to accounting is to just have an account that deals with all of the money that the business is earning and spending and then calling it a day. While this is a good first step, if you want to learn from people like The ACT Group you need to bear in mind that profit and loss statements matter as well. If you just have a bank account that is used for business transactions and you get a statement from this, you would see how much money has gone in and out but you won’t know how to figure out looking into whether or not you earned a profit or sustained a loss.

With all of that having been said and out of the way, it is important to note that if you were to make profit and loss statements then problems like this would no longer end up happening. Most of the time you wouldn’t really have all that many potential benefits to avoiding making these apart from saving a little bit of time that really won’t make all that much of a difference.

An accountant hired for the specific purpose of drawing up these statements would be a good investment. Even if you have sustained a loss your business can keep going, but in a situation like this it becomes even more important to get an idea of how significant of a loss this was as well as how likely it would be that your company can survive. Paperwork like this is so important, and a common reason why so many small businesses fail is due to the reason that they don’t pay attention to this.

social media strategy example

Why Social Media is a Great Tool to Make Money For Students

I still remember the days when I was new to the social media and that time, the only thing I thought was that the entirety of social media is there to just talk to people or meet new people. However, I soon realise that the purpose of social media is a lot more than that as social media is for so much more than that. I started earning money through social media at the age of 16 and have been doing that ever since.

With that said, we would highly suggest that you check out Marc’s 8 tips on make money online and those should help you out a lot especially if you are just starting. What I want to discuss right now is some of the reasons why social media is a great tool for making money for students.

Lots of Opportunities

The best thing here is that there are a lot of opportunities that are available. You honestly do not have to worry about anything because it can make your life a lot easier and simpler, as well. If you are worried something might not work in your favour, you won’t have to stress over that because there is always room to try out different things.

Easy to Understand

Another great thing here is that when we are talking about social media or making money on the internet, in general. It is not just easy to understand but also easy to grasp. Allowing to have a very good control on how you want to make money and how you want to proceed with your career. In all honesty, the path is going to be there for you.

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Why Relying on a Proper Translation Company is a Good Idea

If you have been searching for translation companies, you will come to realise that there is no shortage of amazing translation companies as they are pretty common and abundant in the market. So, the chances of coming across one are always there.

If you are looking for some tips on selecting the right translation company, we have always walked through a number of these things because they are easily available in the market.

Now, in this article, we want to discuss the reasons why relying on proper translation companies is a good idea. This should clear out a lot of confusion for people who are still not sure.

They Have The Right Experience

The reason why we are suggesting that you should go to a professional translation company is that they are going to bring the right experience. Again, not something that is hard to find but it is better that you are trusting companies who have been doing this work. An experienced company is always going to be better in every regard and should serve you in the right way, as well.

They Are Going to Save a Good Amount of Time

Translating on your own can be a very time-consuming process and we bear witness to that. The right thing would be to just hire these professionals and you will have the guarantee that nothing is going to go wrong. I know it might be a bit difficult to trust these companies but it should not be a difficult ordeal for anyone involved. It is a simple and straightforward process that all of us need to know about whenever we are going for it. The more we focus on this, the better it is going to be.

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 like him.)

I suspected when Solya was first introduced as a listener to the sad tales of men that she was a prostitute. This is confirmed later in the chapter. And I must say, I like the diversity of the prostitutes:

“the tall one with haunches like pumpkins, the pretty midget, the one with three breasts, the tattooed with flowers like a garden in girl form, the one muscled like a mason, the legless one, the one who wore a muzzle that she not rip out the throats of the men she attended to, the children whose breasts had only begun to wobble at their blouses, the obese whores and wraiths, those who swung quirts and hooks, those who brandished feather dusters or soft cords or brass-knobbed walking sticks, purveyors of pain, terror, tenderness” (137).

We learn that one of them, Narya, is writing a novel. (Yay! I always love female novelists in stories.) This happens because Pico is getting starved for books and Solya takes him down to Narya’s den where she writes and has books.

Later the three of them and Zarko visit the Owl and Anvil. They all sing or recite little snippets and Pico recites poetry. The only outstanding part about this is the return of Pico’s artiste attitude. He is now “among those who elevated beauty over moneymaking, who revered what he did, holding the subversive jig and squirm of hand and eye and voice in pursuit of loveliness holy above the liturgy of trade and manners that cohered and stifled ordinary lives” (144).

Okay. A few thoughts:

  • while it’s nice to have people understand and share what you enjoy, people do need money to live. Sometimes having an income is more important than waxing poetic
  • why is the idea of creating art superior to “ordinary lives”? What does that mean?

Soon after this, we learn a little bit about Narya’s history. I really liked it, but I didn’t really have much to say about it, other than it was very striking and distinct.

A few other reactions, mostly about female characters:

  • I miss Adevi. There’s just a mention of her in the text (“Adevi had taught him how to handle a knife” (150)), but it reminded me of how much I liked her.
  • Pico gets a job at a restaurant and the owner is an amazing cook. But,

“That night as they drank, this woman, crushed as the butts she discarded, visage ghastly as a crusted cauldron, confided that she had sold her looks to the devil in exchange for his recipes” (151).

Couldn’t she have been a naturally talented cook? Why did she have to be a beauty before? This whole chapter felt so high-flown and arty. (Why was it so long?)

Although I do have to agree with the way Narya thinks of writing and stories.

“‘All is rumor. It’s why we write, it’s why we sing, it’s why we make love here in the city, enraptured and captivated by fear. For generations we have lived with the knowledge that some must…’

‘But don’t you want to be free?’

‘Why do you think I write?’ She tapped he’d been reading. ‘I travel far from this city’s winding streets in these pages.'” (159).

Her writing is her freedom and I love that.

Pico eventually has sex with Solya. By now, his perspective on sex has change since his time with Adevi. He no longer is as concerned about keeping himself only for Sisi.

One rainy day, they discuss love and what it is. When Solya asks “‘What is love anyway?'”, my first thought was: respect, tenderness, honesty, conversationBut then I realized they meant love, broadly speaking. Though I think all types of love should have honesty and respect (and conversation is always a bonus).

And then later, on another night, Solya asks why he doesn’t publish his poems. Pico says he doesn’t need or want the money. So Solya asks why he writes them then? He answers with “‘Why do women have children?'” (166).

Wow, way to 1. link women with reproductive ability, and thus perpetuate cisnormative bodies, and 2. correlate woman who have the organs to carry children inside themselves to a creative desire to write poetry, as if having children is a special call for women.

Unless he means the ciswoman who want to have children. I suppose that’s okay. But it still seems cisnormative to me.

Here’s a quick summary of the rest of the chapter: it snows, fun outside, Narya refuses to go to Zarko, Solya gives herself over to the funeral march, Pico calls together a remembrance dinner for her, Zarko finds out they were lovers, duel, he dies, Narya decides to leave and go to his city by the sea, she takes his dream (so what has become of him?), he leaves and heads into the mountains to continue his search.

next week Pico continues up the mountains

  • propinquityn. 1. nearness in place; proximity; 2. nearness of relation; kinship; 3. affinity of nature; similarity; 4. nearness in time.
  • lapidary: n. a worker who cuts, polishes,and engraves precious stones.
  • vagariesn. 1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance; 2. a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.
  • erogenousadj. 1. especially sensitive to sexual stimulation, as certain areas of the body; 2. arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire; sexually stimulating.

Narya: “‘Lonely? Sometimes I can hardly sleep my characters chatter so, clamoring to have their voices immortalized'” (159).

Narya: “‘we’re all trying to find a story, like a treasure buried beneath our city'” (165).

Works Cited:

Miller, Keith. The Book of Flying: A Novel. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2004. Print.

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they come to arrest Makaraig?--was his thought, but he dared not give
it utterance. He did not have to wait long, for in a few moments
Makaraig came down, talking pleasantly with the corporal. The two
were preceded by a warrant officer.

"What, you too, Basilio?" he asked.

"I came to see you--"

"Noble conduct!" exclaimed Makaraig laughing. "In time of calm,
you avoid us."

The corporal asked Basilio his name, then scanned a list. "Medical
student, Calle Anloague?" he asked.

Basilio bit his lip.

"You've saved us a trip," added the corporal, placing his hand on
the youth's shoulder. "You're under arrest!"

"What, I also?"

Makaraig burst out into laughter.

"Don't worry, friend. Let's get into the carriage, while I tell you
about the supper last night."

With a graceful gesture, as though he were in his own house, he
invited the warrant officer and the corporal to enter the carriage
that waited at the door.

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Earlier in the week, you told us which apps you thought were the best desktop media servers. We tallied up your nominations and picked out the top five based on the number of votes. The vast majority of you centered on a select few, but there are more options than we could possibly highlight here. Here are your five favorites:

The poll is closed and the votes are counted! To see which desktop media server you voted as the winner, head over to our hive five followup post to read and discuss the winner!

Plex (Windows/Mac/Linux)

We expected Plex to get some love in the nominations, but we didn't expect it to be as overwhelming as it was. It's true, Plex is a stellar media server and media center application, with mobile apps that let you take your music and movies with you on virtually any mobile device or operating system

 own pleasure. (Blargh! I really don’t like him.)

I suspected when Solya was first introduced as a listener to the sad tales of men that she was a prostitute. This is confirmed later in the chapter. And I must say, I like the diversity of the prostitutes:

“the tall one with haunches like pumpkins, the pretty midget, the one with three breasts, the tattooed with flowers like a garden in girl form, the one muscled like a mason, the legless one, the one who wore a muzzle that she not rip out the throats of the men she attended to, the children whose breasts had only begun to wobble at their blouses, the obese whores and wraiths, those who swung quirts and hooks, those who brandished feather dusters or soft cords or brass-knobbed walking sticks, purveyors of pain, terror, tenderness” (137).

We learn that one of them, Narya, is writing a novel. (Yay! I always love female novelists in stories.) This happens because Pico is getting starved for books and Solya takes him down to Narya’s den where she writes and has books.

Later the three of them and Zarko visit the Owl and Anvil. They all sing or recite little snippets and Pico recites poetry. The only outstanding part about this is the return of Pico’s artiste attitude. He is now “among those who elevated beauty over moneymaking, who revered what he did, holding the subversive jig and squirm of hand and eye and voice in pursuit of loveliness holy above the liturgy of trade and manners that cohered and stifled ordinary lives” (144).

Okay. A few thoughts:

  • while it’s nice to have people understand and share what you enjoy, people do need money to live. Sometimes having an income is more important than waxing poetic
  • why is the idea of creating art superior to “ordinary lives”? What does that mean?

Soon after this, we learn a little bit about Narya’s history. I really liked it, but I didn’t really have much to say about it, other than it was very striking and distinct.

A few other reactions, mostly about female characters:

  • I miss Adevi. There’s just a mention of her in the text (“Adevi had taught him how to handle a knife” (150)), but it reminded me of how much I liked her.
  • Pico gets a job at a restaurant and the owner is an amazing cook. But,

“That night as they drank, this woman, crushed as the butts she discarded, visage ghastly as a crusted cauldron, confided that she had sold her looks to the devil in exchange for his recipes” (151).

Couldn’t she have been a naturally talented cook? Why did she have to be a beauty before? This whole chapter felt so high-flown and arty. (Why was it so long?)

Although I do have to agree with the way Narya thinks of writing and stories.

“‘All is rumor. It’s why we write, it’s why we sing, it’s why we make love here in the city, enraptured and captivated by fear. For generations we have lived with the knowledge that some must…’

‘But don’t you want to be free?’

‘Why do you think I write?’ She tapped he’d been reading. ‘I travel far from this city’s winding streets in these pages.'” (159).

Her writing is her freedom and I love that.

Pico eventually has sex with Solya. By now, his perspective on sex has change since his time with Adevi. He no longer is as concerned about keeping himself only for Sisi.

One rainy day, they discuss love and what it is. When Solya asks “‘What is love anyway?'”, my first thought was: respect, tenderness, honesty, conversationBut then I realized they meant love, broadly speaking. Though I think all types of love should have honesty and respect (and conversation is always a bonus).

And then later, on another night, Solya asks why he doesn’t publish his poems. Pico says he doesn’t need or want the money. So Solya asks why he writes them then? He answers with “‘Why do women have children?'” (166).

Wow, way to 1. link women with reproductive ability, and thus perpetuate cisnormative bodies, and 2. correlate woman who have the organs to carry children inside themselves to a creative desire to write poetry, as if having children is a special call for women.

Unless he means the ciswoman who want to have children. I suppose that’s okay. But it still seems cisnormative to me.

Here’s a quick summary of the rest of the chapter: it snows, fun outside, Narya refuses to go to Zarko, Solya gives herself over to the funeral march, Pico calls together a remembrance dinner for her, Zarko finds out they were lovers, duel, he dies, Narya decides to leave and go to his city by the sea, she takes his dream (so what has become of him?), he leaves and heads into the mountains to continue his search.

next week Pico continues up the mountains

  • propinquityn. 1. nearness in place; proximity; 2. nearness of relation; kinship; 3. affinity of nature; similarity; 4. nearness in time.
  • lapidary: n. a worker who cuts, polishes,and engraves precious stones.
  • vagariesn. 1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance; 2. a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action.
  • erogenousadj. 1. especially sensitive to sexual stimulation, as certain areas of the body; 2. arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire; sexually stimulating.

Narya: “‘Lonely? Sometimes I can hardly sleep my characters chatter so, clamoring to have their voices immortalized'” (159).

Narya: “‘we’re all trying to find a story, like a treasure buried beneath our city'” (165).

Works Cited:

Miller, Keith. The Book of Flying: A Novel. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2004. Print.

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Connecting to %s<|endoftext|>Getting your music and movies from one computer to another computer across the house or across the world has never been easier. There are tons of apps designed to make the process simple and painless so you can watch movies on your smartphone when you're out, or just listen to the music on your desktop downstairs in your upstairs bedroom. This week we asked you to name some of those great apps, and here are five of the best based on those nominations.

Earlier in the week, you told us which apps you thought were the best desktop media servers. We tallied up your nominations and picked out the top five based on the number of votes. The vast majority of you centered on a select few, but there are more options than we could possibly highlight here. Here are your five favorites:

The poll is closed and the votes are counted! To see which desktop media server you voted as the winner, head over to our hive five followup post to read and discuss the winner!

Plex (Windows/Mac/Linux)

We expected Plex to get some love in the nominations, but we didn't expect it to be as overwhelming as it was. It's true, Plex is a stellar media server and media center application, with mobile apps that let you take your music and movies with you on virtually any mobile device or operating system without worrying whether that system can play them. Plex transcodes on the fly, automatically adjusts its performance and quality for available bandwidth, and is a snap to set up. It works just as well locally on your home network as it does with your mobile device when you're out and about on 3G or 4G. If you have a supported set-top box, it's even easier. The desktop app is free, the mobile apps are $5, and the MyPlex media center hub gives you control over your files on the go.

PS3 Media Server (Windows/Mac/Linux)

The PS3 Media Server started out as a project to just transcode and stream media from a computer to a PS3 somewhere on your home network, but it's grown to be much more than that. The app is DLNA compliant, so it supports just about any device on your home network that's DLNA or UPNP compatible, and it doesn't take a ton of configuration to do it. You'll need to do some heavy lifting with port forwarding and dynamic addressing to get access to your media outside of your home network with a DLNA-compatible device, but we've shown you how to do that before. While the app is PS3-centric, it also supports a number of Smart TV