Personal Care and Style: How to get into the retro fashions. Try wearing dresses with big and bold patterns. For example, go for polka dots. People of those ages really wore dresses with big and bold patterns and it makes you look chic. You can wear small patterns such as small flowers etc. Or big patterns such as geometrical shapes, polka dots, etc.<|endoftext|> provide relief, but it can also make things worse in the long run. Try the compression thing (see above), it may help keep that re-accumulation down.

There is a concern about infection when they do the needle aspiration. You can't do much about the germs that the needle might introduce into those pockets, but you can try to keep the injection area from becoming an open gateway for bacteria. Be sure to protect the area from germs - another good time to use that antiseptic.

9. During surgery, they mess with your muscles (even if the surgeon doesn't cut into them, they still are traumatized by the change in weight and etc.). Depending on the size and density of your breasts, the loss of tissue can affect your center of balance and how the muscles are pulled on. You also may have lymph glands excised. That is a lot of insult to your underarm/axillary areas, and they can react in lots of uncomfortable ways, including 'cording'. Cording is when the muscles in and/or under your arms and in your chest spasm. If you've ever woken up in the middle of the night with one of those excruciating muscle pulls in your shin ('shin splints' or 'charlie horses'), you have some idea... except that 'cording' doesn't go away in a few minutes.

Sometimes your physical therapist can help massage these cords and relax them a bit, sometimes antibiotics help, sometimes hot and/or cold packs can help a bit. Mostly we're talking pain meds and time, unfortunately.

10. They also cut through a lot of nerves. For many this causes numbness, but it can also cause nerves to fire off randomly in various areas. For me it was a feeling of intense burning under my arms and a feeling as though I had been kicked in the center of my chest by a very large and enthusiastic horse. This may go away on its own, but if it doesn't, something you can do is to vigorously-but-gently rub the area with a nubby (clean) washcloth several times a day. This gives those freaked-out nerves something to focus on, I guess, and desensitizes them. This really, really helped me. Thank goodness.

That's all the stuff I can think of for now - I'm sure there's more, but I'm tired out. That's another thing to keep in mind; make sure you pay attention to your body's messages. Too much hand/arm work - lifting, pulling, etc. - means more fluid for those seromas, and less energy for healing.

I hope this all helps someone out there. I wish you all the luck in the world, my sisters, and all the best.

Time for a nap!!

Daria said...

Excellent post ... it will help someone ... if not many.

mrspao said...

Hug x Thank you for sharing with us.

Delighted Hands said...

You need to get this printed up in a pamphlet and arrange to have it in every women's health center. For real.

Meredith & Mike said...

That is amazing information. More people should write down things like this! I will give it to anyone I come into contact with that may need the surgergy!

Carrie K said...

That's the information I'd want to know. Forewarned is forearmed and I'd rather anticipate the worst than live in some happy land where reality smacks you in the face - hard. Which is what that list sounds like. Yikes. I hope you feel much better soon.

trashalou said...

this is the information women need to share - Real world experince in real world language.<|endoftext|>Apple iOS 6 and BlackBerry 10 to use same maps partner TomTom

iOS 6 Maps
By Adam Zeis on 12 Jun 2012 11:57 am EDT

One of the big inclusions in Apple's iOS 6 software announced yesterday is an entirely revamped Maps application. No longer will Apple be using Google Maps, but instead running their own application that includes plenty of new features including turn-by-turn directions. Digging a little deeper, it appears that Apple has partnered with none other than TomTom who will supply the mapping and traffic data for the application. TomTom seems to be winning out all around - back in May they announced a partnership with RIM and their plans to bring new mapping features to the BlackBerry 10 platform. iOS 6 is only available to developers as a beta until the fall, so it will be interesting to see which mapping application wins out when both officially release later this year. In the past we've really only had Google Maps or BlackBerry Maps to work with -- do you think TomTom will win you over and be awesome on BlackBerry 10? Hit up the forums and let us know your thoughts!

Discuss more in the CrackBerry forums

Reader comments

Apple iOS 6 and BlackBerry 10 to use same maps partner TomTom

Just a note :

Acura, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daewoo, GM, Hynudai, Land Rover, Porsche, Saab and Renault are all customers of QNX.

Doesn't really mean much until BB10 gets to market and RIM start making money through Its QNX chains. Only thing that has me scratching my head why car companies like Aston martin doesn't drop that trash mapping service and fully integrate QNX into they cars...its already in there. "Money in the Shade" RIM.-

Not much of these things are know by me. I seems to like the 3d area view of tom tom. I do hope it will be part of the BB 10.

I just spent an hour checking feedback on imore. They are seriously not happy with updates. Come on RIM. If you get this right, the apple customers are ripe and ready for picking..... I am so excited about BB10....

TomTom ... really ... ugh, Garmin is by far the better product, but then again everything I own is powered by Garmin from my dodge truck to running watch to my handheld gps so I don't see TomTom as the best option at least BB10 is not going to use Magellan.

They won't be using the TomTom software really, just the data. Garmin gets the map data from Navteq, which is owned by Nokia. TomTom/TeleAtlas data makes the most sense for both RIM and Apple because TomTom isn't in the smartphone market, so they have no incentive to restrict features like a Google or Nokia would.

Apple maybe the one buying RIM in the end and access all its business side this way, get all RIM's patents and get the QNX business too (cars, etc.). They have the money to do it.
What do you think Blackberries?

I think less competition is a horrible thing. There is room for multiple phone OS options. We don't want go the route of the PC with phones.

You hit the nail on the head! The question is how many members of the current board (in)directly act in the Apple's interest. None other than Thorsten Heins should answer the question.

Agree on Garmin. But the relationship soured when Garmin decided they could no longer develop for BB. Last Garmin update I think was for BB5.

Google has been retracting service and support for BB OS in the last year, no Google+ app, no Gmail support. I can't imagine that BB10 development is on their roadmap :(

What goes around, comes around

Apple dropped Google Map just like how Google dropped Google apps support on Blackberry. I really love Google Sync :(

I wish it would be Garmin that will support BB10. However, as some pointed out that Garmin and RIM relationship grew sour Garmin stopped developing maps for BB. It also backfires Garmin because Apple also chose Tom Tom to be its iOS map. Too bad for Garmin though, that means they have to sell more GPS units to have more revenues. No?

With TOM TOM also partnering with Apple, we all know that they will be generating most of their revenue from iOS devices and not BB10. Let's just hope RIM signed a contract with them so they don't decide to dump us and focus their efforts on Apple products.

Maybe now Google might reconsider supporting BB10 as they've just lost out with Apple dumping them.

I've got to hand it to you guys, you're loyal. Everyone else has left RIM and Blackberry for dead, but you guys REFUSE to do it. I left the Blackberry world about two years ago - and I've never looked back. The only reason I even still give a give a rat's patootie what happens to RIM is because my job refuses to switch over to Apple or Android.

I must admit that I like your loyalty though. I'll come back in a few months to see if this website is still up.

"I'll come back in a few months to see if this website is still up."

Please don't bother....we're happy

 provide relief, but it can also make things worse in the long run. Try the compression thing (see above), it may help keep that re-accumulation down.

There is a concern about infection when they do the needle aspiration. You can't do much about the germs that the needle might introduce into those pockets, but you can try to keep the injection area from becoming an open gateway for bacteria. Be sure to protect the area from germs - another good time to use that antiseptic.

9. During surgery, they mess with your muscles (even if the surgeon doesn't cut into them, they still are traumatized by the change in weight and etc.). Depending on the size and density of your breasts, the loss of tissue can affect your center of balance and how the muscles are pulled on. You also may have lymph glands excised. That is a lot of insult to your underarm/axillary areas, and they can react in lots of uncomfortable ways, including 'cording'. Cording is when the muscles in and/or under your arms and in your chest spasm. If you've ever woken up in the middle of the night with one of those excruciating muscle pulls in your shin ('shin splints' or 'charlie horses'), you have some idea... except that 'cording' doesn't go away in a few minutes.

Sometimes your physical therapist can help massage these cords and relax them a bit, sometimes antibiotics help, sometimes hot and/or cold packs can help a bit. Mostly we're talking pain meds and time, unfortunately.

10. They also cut through a lot of nerves. For many this causes numbness, but it can also cause nerves to fire off randomly in various areas. For me it was a feeling of intense burning under my arms and a feeling as though I had been kicked in the center of my chest by a very large and enthusiastic horse. This may go away on its own, but if it doesn't, something you can do is to vigorously-but-gently rub the area with a nubby (clean) washcloth several times a day. This gives those freaked-out nerves something to focus on, I guess, and desensitizes them. This really, really helped me. Thank goodness.

That's all the stuff I can think of for now - I'm sure there's more, but I'm tired out. That's another thing to keep in mind; make sure you pay attention to your body's messages. Too much hand/arm work - lifting, pulling, etc. - means more fluid for those seromas, and less energy for healing.

I hope this all helps someone out there. I wish you all the luck in the world, my sisters, and all the best.

Time for a nap!!

Daria said...

Excellent post ... it will help someone ... if not many.

mrspao said...

Hug x Thank you for sharing with us.

Delighted Hands said...

You need to get this printed up in a pamphlet and arrange to have it in every women's health center. For real.

Meredith & Mike said...

That is amazing information. More people should write down things like this! I will give it to anyone I come into contact with that may need the surgergy!

Carrie K said...

That's the information I'd want to know. Forewarned is forearmed and I'd rather anticipate the worst than live in some happy land where reality smacks you in the face - hard. Which is what that list sounds like. Yikes. I hope you feel much better soon.

trashalou said...

this is the information women need to share - Real world experince in real world language.<|endoftext|>Apple iOS 6 and BlackBerry 10 to use same maps partner TomTom

iOS 6 Maps
By Adam Zeis on 12 Jun 2012 11:57 am EDT

One of the big inclusions in Apple's iOS 6 software announced yesterday is an entirely revamped Maps application. No longer will Apple be using Google Maps, but instead running their own application that includes plenty of new features including turn-by-turn directions. Digging a little deeper, it appears that Apple has partnered with none other than TomTom who will supply the mapping and traffic data for the application. TomTom seems to be winning out all around - back in May they announced a partnership with RIM and their plans to bring new mapping features to the BlackBerry 10 platform. iOS 6 is only available to developers as a beta until the fall, so it will be interesting to see which mapping application wins out when both officially release later this year. In the past we've really only had Google Maps or BlackBerry Maps to work with -- do you think TomTom will win you over and be awesome on BlackBerry 10? Hit up the forums and let us know your thoughts!

Discuss more in the CrackBerry forums

Reader comments

Apple iOS 6 and BlackBerry 10 to use same maps partner TomTom

Just a note :

Acura, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daewoo, GM, Hynudai, Land Rover, Porsche, Saab and Renault are all customers of QNX.

Doesn't really mean much until BB10 gets to market and RIM start making money through Its QNX chains. Only thing that has me scratching my head why car companies like Aston martin doesn't drop that trash mapping service and fully integrate QNX into they cars...its already in there. "Money in the Shade" RIM.-

Not much of these things are know by me. I seems to like the 3d area view of tom tom. I do hope it will be part of the BB 10.

I just spent an hour checking feedback on imore. They are seriously not happy with updates. Come on RIM. If you get this right, the apple customers are ripe and ready for picking..... I am so excited about BB10....

TomTom ... really ... ugh, Garmin is by far the better product, but then again everything I own is powered by Garmin from my dodge truck to running watch to my handheld gps so I don't see TomTom as the best option at least BB10 is not going to use Magellan.

They won't be using the TomTom software really, just the data. Garmin gets the map data from Navteq, which is owned by Nokia. TomTom/TeleAtlas data makes the most sense for both RIM and Apple because TomTom isn't in the smartphone market, so they have no incentive to restrict features like a Google or Nokia would.

Apple maybe the one buying RIM in the end and access all its business side this way, get all RIM's patents and get the QNX business too (cars, etc.). They have the money to do it.
What do you think Blackberries?

I think less competition is a horrible thing. There is room for multiple phone OS options. We don't want go the route of the PC with phones.

You hit the nail on the head! The question is how many members of the current board (in)directly act in the Apple's interest. None other than Thorsten Heins should answer the question.

Agree on Garmin. But the relationship soured when Garmin decided they could no longer develop for BB. Last Garmin update I think was for BB5.

Google has been retracting service and support for BB OS in the last year, no Google+ app, no Gmail support. I can't imagine that BB10 development is on their roadmap :(

What goes around, comes around

Apple dropped Google Map just like how Google dropped Google apps support on Blackberry. I really love Google Sync :(

I wish it would be Garmin that will support BB10. However, as some pointed out that Garmin and RIM relationship grew sour Garmin stopped developing maps for BB. It also backfires Garmin because Apple also chose Tom Tom to be its iOS map. Too bad for Garmin though, that means they have to sell more GPS units to have more revenues. No?

With TOM TOM also partnering with Apple, we all know that they will be generating most of their revenue from iOS devices and not BB10. Let's just hope RIM signed a contract with them so they don't decide to dump us and focus their efforts on Apple products.

Maybe now Google might reconsider supporting BB10 as they've just lost out with Apple dumping them.

I've got to hand it to you guys, you're loyal. Everyone else has left RIM and Blackberry for dead, but you guys REFUSE to do it. I left the Blackberry world about two years ago - and I've never looked back. The only reason I even still give a give a rat's patootie what happens to RIM is because my job refuses to switch over to Apple or Android.

I must admit that I like your loyalty though. I'll come back in a few months to see if this website is still up.

"I'll come back in a few months to see if this website is still up."

Please don't bother....we're happy without you here.

Please do so. If BB10 turns out the way it seems it will, it will have the apps that people complain are missing, however it will have the functionality/messaging/phone/enterprise usability that people are looking for.

not to mention a fresh UI and new hardware.

can definitely understand why you have "never looked back"


 verifiable scientific evidence for ANY of the essential stages of the evolutionary continuum. None!

        So, to prove me wrong all you have to do is supply us all with “verifiable” experimental and observational evidence that will enable us all to bring dead matter to life, produce a DNA
        double helix from scratch; consciousness from unconscious material, mind from mindless matter, reason from no reason, intelligence from no intelligence, and conscience
        from no conscience. So, we would all be interested in the “testable” “repeatable” and “verifiable” empirical scientific for all the above. And every other attribute possessed by humans and other forms of life. So, lets see what you really have.
        Off you go!

        I should warn you the Nobel Committee does not regard
        evolutionary “historical theories” as “prize-worthy”
        science. And if they are not regarded as prize-worthy science, they can hardly be regarded as a “scientific fact”. This is why the Oxford dictionary equates theories based on subjective inferences and assumptions as Theory Sense 2: Namely, “A hypothesis proposed as an explanation; hence, a mere hypothesis, speculation, conjecture; an idea or set of ideas about something; an individual view or notion.”

        And while your at it, Eric, could you also provide testable,
        repeatable, and verifiable empirical scientific evidence to proves that the assumptions of naturalism, on which you operate, are TRUE. This will show us all that you are not just operating on the basis of “blind faith”. So, if you can do this the scientific community would be very interested. As they are still desperately searching for testable, repeatable and verifiable scientific evidence for the godless “theory of Everything”.

  • Brian Lauer

    Why honor somebody who believed:
<|endoftext|>Rockets bench comes up large. The question, however, is not how well they play, but how often

Most of the NBA can do something extraordinarily well. They don’t get there based on their powers of persuasion. On this level, it’s not about what a player can do, but what he can do regularly.

The same goes for teams, and more specifically, for the guys that come off the bench, usually bringing ability and hopes to be a starter, but often without the consistency for the job.

You can look at rosters of a lot of bad teams and they look pretty good, filled with lottery picks and guys that have had the sort of nights that make it seem as if they fulfill all that promise. But they offer glimpses. Most teams have at least pretty good starting fives. They fall short when the roster is filled with guys that cannot do the job night after night through an 82-game (or even 66-game) season.

For the Rockets, that’s the next step. They’ve got a solid five. They have potential off the bench. The bench, however, has been wildly unpredictable with Courtney Lee out for eight games and Patrick Patterson so slowly regaining last season’s form.

The bench was supposed to be a strength this season. Depth is key on a team with the whole no stars thing. Patterson is still not back to last season’s form, but he showed signs of it on Saturday, making 6 of his 7 shots for 12 points, half in the fourth quarter. Goran Dragic had 14 points with four assists. Lee followed his 17 points on Thursday, when he was the only player off the bench to score, with nine.

Jordan Hill remains incredibly inconsistent. Chase Budinger has slipped out of the rotation entirely, joining Terrence Williams who has not played since Jan. 7, Jeff Adrien and Jonny Flynn. (Hasheem Thabeet is setting up housekeeping on the inactive list.)

This could be a good bench, however. Patterson will get it back and will likely end up a better player than he was at the end of last season when he showed so much progress. Lee and Dragic are a reliable backcourt.

Against the Spurs on Saturday, the Rockets bench showed what they can do and how much of a difference they can make. The key, however, will not be what they can do, but how often.<|endoftext|>Having an ice cream: Woman is walking wearing a bikini and eating a chocolate is snowy day. People are in sidewalk watching the girl walks.<|endoftext|>An Interview with Ron Howard

"This movie has been a sort of uniquely joyous experience from beginning to end. It was hard work, but it was just sort of blessed right down the line," says director Ron Howard, speaking recently at a roundtable interview in Los Angeles in anticipation of the IMAX rerelease of his 1995 film Apollo 13. "I almost like to think that it¿s the karma of the Apollo 13 crew &#Array; their story was kind of swept under the carpet, and in fact it was such a noble triumph. Their story lives on and on and on, and now there's this IMAX version which is going to reintroduce their story to another generation."

The film &#Array; a massive box-office hit and multiple Academy Award nominee &#Array; was chosen to undergo the IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) process, which allow 35 mm theatrical films to be shown in the true "IMAX Experience" format.

"I was instantly excited about it, but then &#Array; literally a few moments later &#Array; I kind of sagged, because I thought ¿I bet they¿re not ready with this technology,¿ and I'm going to have to be the one to say ¿It sounds great on paper, but it¿s just not right for our movie,¿" admits Howard, a longtime IMAX enthusiast. "I knew I¿d shot the movie with a lot of close-ups; it¿s very contained and I shot it as a human interest story. Of course the action in space would be more exciting and more involving, but I was just really worried that the movie would not adapt well. I was wrong. And I was thrilled to be wrong."

Part of the process that convinced the director that Apollo 13 could work on the giant IMAX screen were several test sequences IMAX undertook: "They showed us sections of four different scenes: Launch, the explosion in space, the moon reverie where Jim Lovell imagines himself on the moon, and re-entry. So they went for all the spectacle. But what really convinced me were the details in the close-ups."

Producer Brian Grazer and Ron Howard on the set of Apollo 13

Howard elaborates on that, explaining: "I was really blown away by how much more we seem to be able to look inside them with this format. I didn¿t expect that &#Array; I didn¿t expect it to be better human drama in this format. I expected it to be a better adventure and a better action movie &#Array; and it is those things as well &#Array; but I never thought that watching Tom Hanks decide to give up the dream of the moon and decide the mission was now to get home would be more compelling as well."

One limitation of the IMAX system is that, at this point in time, the films can't run over 120 minutes, due to the size of the IMAX reels; in its original theatrical cut, Apollo 13 ran just under two hours and fifteen minutes. "We had to cut about 12-to-13-minutes of actual picture out of it. There¿s a few scenes we had to live without," says Howard. "I thought it was going to be much, much worse than that but because of the scale of the format, you get so much more detail that we were able do without some of the repetition in certain areas. We were able to trim scenes down from within, in ways that gained us a lot of time. I think that all in all the movie flows better now, even though there are a few pet moments and bits of humor that I miss from the theatrical version. But I really stand behind this cut."

If the IMAX Apollo 13 proves to be a hit, it could pave the way for other features being given the treatment. Are there any other films of Howard's that he'd like to see on the enormous screen? "The Grinch might be kind of fun at holiday time, but it hasn¿t been discussed," he says. "I think they¿d like to expand it &#Array; I know that they¿d like to release more theatrical films in IMAX. I'm just really proud that Apollo 13 was chosen, and I hope that it gets into that IMAX play cycle and is around for years and years."

As talk of Apollo 13 ends, the topic of Howard's involvement with a long-in-development film about the Alamo comes up. He was intitially looking to direct, but now he's "one of the producers. I did a lot of research on it, and thought about directing it. There was a lot written that it was all about money and budget, but those issues could have been sorted out. Ultimately, I realized that there was sort of a disconnect between the studio and me as to how the film should be approached. They felt like if they were spending that much money, they really needed to make it accessible to audience members of all ages, and they really thought it had to be &#Array; at most &#Array; a PG-13. I felt at this point in my career, if I did anything that sanitized or watered down the reality, I¿d be hurting the subject and not doing myself any favors. My sense of what I wanted to do with it was tougher, more graphic &#Array; a

 evolutionary “historical theories” as to what “supposedly” in the unobserved distant past there is NO testable, repeatable or empirically verifiable scientific evidence for ANY of the essential stages of the evolutionary continuum. None!

        So, to prove me wrong all you have to do is supply us all with “verifiable” experimental and observational evidence that will enable us all to bring dead matter to life, produce a DNA
        double helix from scratch; consciousness from unconscious material, mind from mindless matter, reason from no reason, intelligence from no intelligence, and conscience
        from no conscience. So, we would all be interested in the “testable” “repeatable” and “verifiable” empirical scientific for all the above. And every other attribute possessed by humans and other forms of life. So, lets see what you really have.
        Off you go!

        I should warn you the Nobel Committee does not regard
        evolutionary “historical theories” as “prize-worthy”
        science. And if they are not regarded as prize-worthy science, they can hardly be regarded as a “scientific fact”. This is why the Oxford dictionary equates theories based on subjective inferences and assumptions as Theory Sense 2: Namely, “A hypothesis proposed as an explanation; hence, a mere hypothesis, speculation, conjecture; an idea or set of ideas about something; an individual view or notion.”

        And while your at it, Eric, could you also provide testable,
        repeatable, and verifiable empirical scientific evidence to proves that the assumptions of naturalism, on which you operate, are TRUE. This will show us all that you are not just operating on the basis of “blind faith”. So, if you can do this the scientific community would be very interested. As they are still desperately searching for testable, repeatable and verifiable scientific evidence for the godless “theory of Everything”.

  • Brian Lauer

    Why honor somebody who believed:
<|endoftext|>Rockets bench comes up large. The question, however, is not how well they play, but how often

Most of the NBA can do something extraordinarily well. They don’t get there based on their powers of persuasion. On this level, it’s not about what a player can do, but what he can do regularly.

The same goes for teams, and more specifically, for the guys that come off the bench, usually bringing ability and hopes to be a starter, but often without the consistency for the job.

You can look at rosters of a lot of bad teams and they look pretty good, filled with lottery picks and guys that have had the sort of nights that make it seem as if they fulfill all that promise. But they offer glimpses. Most teams have at least pretty good starting fives. They fall short when the roster is filled with guys that cannot do the job night after night through an 82-game (or even 66-game) season.

For the Rockets, that’s the next step. They’ve got a solid five. They have potential off the bench. The bench, however, has been wildly unpredictable with Courtney Lee out for eight games and Patrick Patterson so slowly regaining last season’s form.

The bench was supposed to be a strength this season. Depth is key on a team with the whole no stars thing. Patterson is still not back to last season’s form, but he showed signs of it on Saturday, making 6 of his 7 shots for 12 points, half in the fourth quarter. Goran Dragic had 14 points with four assists. Lee followed his 17 points on Thursday, when he was the only player off the bench to score, with nine.

Jordan Hill remains incredibly inconsistent. Chase Budinger has slipped out of the rotation entirely, joining Terrence Williams who has not played since Jan. 7, Jeff Adrien and Jonny Flynn. (Hasheem Thabeet is setting up housekeeping on the inactive list.)

This could be a good bench, however. Patterson will get it back and will likely end up a better player than he was at the end of last season when he showed so much progress. Lee and Dragic are a reliable backcourt.

Against the Spurs on Saturday, the Rockets bench showed what they can do and how much of a difference they can make. The key, however, will not be what they can do, but how often.<|endoftext|>An Interview with Ron Howard

"This movie has been a sort of uniquely joyous experience from beginning to end. It was hard work, but it was just sort of blessed right down the line," says director Ron Howard, speaking recently at a roundtable interview in Los Angeles in anticipation of the IMAX rerelease of his 1995 film Apollo 13. "I almost like to think that it¿s the karma of the Apollo 13 crew &#Array; their story was kind of swept under the carpet, and in fact it was such a noble triumph. Their story lives on and on and on, and now there's this IMAX version which is going to reintroduce their story to another generation."

The film &#Array; a massive box-office hit and multiple Academy Award nominee &#Array; was chosen to undergo the IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) process, which allow 35 mm theatrical films to be shown in the true "IMAX Experience" format.

"I was instantly excited about it, but then &#Array; literally a few moments later &#Array; I kind of sagged, because I thought ¿I bet they¿re not ready with this technology,¿ and I'm going to have to be the one to say ¿It sounds great on paper, but it¿s just not right for our movie,¿" admits Howard, a longtime IMAX enthusiast. "I knew I¿d shot the movie with a lot of close-ups; it¿s very contained and I shot it as a human interest story. Of course the action in space would be more exciting and more involving, but I was just really worried that the movie would not adapt well. I was wrong. And I was thrilled to be wrong."

Part of the process that convinced the director that Apollo 13 could work on the giant IMAX screen were several test sequences IMAX undertook: "They showed us sections of four different scenes: Launch, the explosion in space, the moon reverie where Jim Lovell imagines himself on the moon, and re-entry. So they went for all the spectacle. But what really convinced me were the details in the close-ups."

Producer Brian Grazer and Ron Howard on the set of Apollo 13

Howard elaborates on that, explaining: "I was really blown away by how much more we seem to be able to look inside them with this format. I didn¿t expect that &#Array; I didn¿t expect it to be better human drama in this format. I expected it to be a better adventure and a better action movie &#Array; and it is those things as well &#Array; but I never thought that watching Tom Hanks decide to give up the dream of the moon and decide the mission was now to get home would be more compelling as well."

One limitation of the IMAX system is that, at this point in time, the films can't run over 120 minutes, due to the size of the IMAX reels; in its original theatrical cut, Apollo 13 ran just under two hours and fifteen minutes. "We had to cut about 12-to-13-minutes of actual picture out of it. There¿s a few scenes we had to live without," says Howard. "I thought it was going to be much, much worse than that but because of the scale of the format, you get so much more detail that we were able do without some of the repetition in certain areas. We were able to trim scenes down from within, in ways that gained us a lot of time. I think that all in all the movie flows better now, even though there are a few pet moments and bits of humor that I miss from the theatrical version. But I really stand behind this cut."

If the IMAX Apollo 13 proves to be a hit, it could pave the way for other features being given the treatment. Are there any other films of Howard's that he'd like to see on the enormous screen? "The Grinch might be kind of fun at holiday time, but it hasn¿t been discussed," he says. "I think they¿d like to expand it &#Array; I know that they¿d like to release more theatrical films in IMAX. I'm just really proud that Apollo 13 was chosen, and I hope that it gets into that IMAX play cycle and is around for years and years."

As talk of Apollo 13 ends, the topic of Howard's involvement with a long-in-development film about the Alamo comes up. He was intitially looking to direct, but now he's "one of the producers. I did a lot of research on it, and thought about directing it. There was a lot written that it was all about money and budget, but those issues could have been sorted out. Ultimately, I realized that there was sort of a disconnect between the studio and me as to how the film should be approached. They felt like if they were spending that much money, they really needed to make it accessible to audience members of all ages, and they really thought it had to be &#Array; at most &#Array; a PG-13. I felt at this point in my career, if I did anything that sanitized or watered down the reality, I¿d be hurting the subject and not doing myself any favors. My sense of what I wanted to do with it was tougher, more graphic &#Array; a closer cousin


Computers and Electronics: How to take action for violation of an injunction. Make sure you're safe. Before you take action for violation of an injunction, take care that the incident is over and the threat to your safety or the safety of others has ended. If you fear for the immediate safety of yourself or your loved ones, call 911.  If you call 911, make sure you have a copy of the order when police arrive. You should keep a copy of the injunction on your person at all times.<|endoftext|> rocks composed predominantly of phosphate are rare. Nevertheless, three principal types exist: (1) regionally extensive, crystalline nodular, and bedded phosphorites, (2) localized concentrations of phosphate-rich clastic deposits (bone beds), and (3) guano deposits.

Evaporites (evaporite)
      Evaporites are layered crystalline sedimentary rocks that form from brines generated in areas where the amount of water lost by evaporation (vaporization) exceeds the total amount of water from rainfall and influx via rivers and streams. The mineralogy of evaporite rocks is complex, with almost 100 varieties possible, but less than a dozen species are volumetrically important. Minerals in evaporite rocks include carbonates (especially calcite, dolomite, magnesite, and aragonite), sulfates (anhydrite and gypsum), and chlorides (particularly halite, sylvite, and carnallite), as well as various borates, silicates, nitrates, and sulfocarbonates. Evaporite deposits occur in both marine and nonmarine sedimentary successions.

      Though restricted in area, modern evaporites contribute to genetic models for explaining ancient evaporite deposits. Modern evaporites are limited to arid regions (those of high temperature and low rates of precipitation), for example, on the floors of semidry ephemeral playa lakes in the Great Basin of Nevada and California, across the coastal salt flats (sabkhas) of the Middle East, and in salt pans, estuaries, and lagoons around the Gulf of Suez. Ancient evaporates occur widely in the Phanerozoic geologic record, particularly in those of Cambrian (from 570 to 505 million years ago), Permian (from 286 to 245 million years ago), and Triassic (from 245 to 208 million years ago) age, but are rare in sedimentary sequences of Precambrian age. They tend to be closely associated with shallow marine shelf carbonates and fine (typically rich in iron oxide) mudrocks. Because evaporite sedimentation requires a specific climate and basin setting, their presence in time and space clearly constrains inferences of paleoclimatology and paleogeography. Evaporite beds tend to concentrate and facilitate major thrust fault horizons, so their presence is of particular interest to structural geologists. Evaporites also have economic significance as a source of salts and fertilizer.

      All evaporite deposits result from the precipitation of brines (brine) generated by evaporation. Laboratory experiments can accurately trace the evolution of brines as various evaporite minerals crystallize. Normal seawater has a salinity of 3.5 percent (or 35,000 parts per million), with the most important dissolved constituents being sodium and chlorine. When seawater volume is reduced to one-fifth of the original, evaporite precipitation commences in an orderly fashion, with the more insoluble components (gypsum and anhydrite) forming first. When the solution reaches one-tenth the volume of the original, more soluble minerals like sylvite and halite form. Natural evaporite sequences show vertical changes in mineralogy that crudely correspond to the orderly appearance of mineralogy as a function of solubility but are less systematic.

Nonmarine environment
      Evaporite deposition in the nonmarine environment occurs in closed lakes—i.e., those without outlet—in arid and semiarid regions. Such lakes form in closed interior basins or shallow depressions on land where drainage is internal and runoff does not reach the sea. If water depths are shallow or, more typically, somewhat ephemeral, the term playa or playa lake is commonly used.

      Water inflow into closed lakes consists principally of precipitation and surface runoff, both of which are small in amount and variable in occurrence in arid regions. Groundwater flow and discharge from springs may provide additional water input, but evaporation rates are always in excess of precipitation and surface runoff. Sporadic or seasonal storms may give rise to a sudden surge of water inflow. Because closed lakes lack outlets, they can respond to such circumstances only by deepening and expanding. Subsequent evaporation will reduce the volume of water present to prestorm or normal amount; fluctuation of closed lake levels therefore characterizes the environment.

      Such changing lake levels and water volumes lead to fluctuating salinity values. Variations in salinity effect equilibrium relations between the resulting brines and lead to much solution and subsequent reprecipitation of evaporites in the nonmarine environment. As a result of these complexities as well as the distinctive nature of dissolved constituents in closed lake settings, nonmarine evaporite deposits contain many minerals that are uncommon in marine evaporites—e.g., borax, epsomite, trona, and mirabilite.

Shallow marine environment
      Evaporite deposition in the shallow marine environment (sometimes termed the salina (alkali flat)) occurs in desert coastal areas, particularly along the margins of such semi-restricted water bodies as the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of California. Restriction is, in general, one of the critical requirements for evaporite deposition, because free and unlimited mixing with the open sea would allow the bodies of water to easily overcome the high evaporation rates of arid areas and dilute these waters to near-normal salinity. This semi-restriction cannot, in fact, prevent a large amount of dilution by mixing; coastal physiography is the principal factor involved in brine production. Shallow-water evaporites, almost exclusively gypsum, anhydrite, and halite, typically interfinger with tidal flat limestone and dolomite and fine-grained mudrock.

Deep-basin environment
      Most of the thick, laterally extensive evaporite deposits appear to have been produced in deep, isolated basins that developed during episodes of global aridity. The most crucial requirement for evaporite production is aridity; water must be evaporated more rapidly than it can be replenished by precipitation and inflow. In addition, the evaporite basin must somehow be isolated or at least partially isolated from the open ocean so that brines produced through evaporation are prevented from returning there. Restricting brines to such an isolated basin over a period of time enables them to be concentrated to the point where evaporite mineral precipitation occurs. Periodic breaching of the barrier, due either to crustal downwarping or to global sea-level changes, refills the basin from time to time, thereby replenishing the volume of seawater to be evaporated and making possible the inordinately thick, regionally extensive evaporite sequences visible in the geologic record.

 Debate continues over the exact mechanisms for generating thick evaporite deposits. Three possible models for restricting “barred” evaporite basins are shown in Figure 5—>. They differ in detail, and none has garnered a consensus of support. The deep-water, deep-basin model accounts for replenishment of the basin across the barrier or sill, with slow, continual buildup of thick evaporites made possible by the seaward escape of brine that allows a constant brine concentration to be maintained. The shallow-water, shallow-basin model produces thick evaporites by continual subsidence of the basin floor. The shallow-water, deep-basin model shows the brine level in the basin beneath the level of the sea as a result of evaporation; brines are replenished by groundwater recharge from the open ocean.

Iron-rich (iron) sedimentary rocks
      Almost all sedimentary rocks are iron-bearing in the sense that mudrocks, sandstones, and carbonates typically have an iron content of several percent. Nevertheless, sedimentary rocks in which the proportion of iron exceeds 15 percent are separately categorized as iron-rich. Two major types of iron-rich sedimentary rocks are recognized: (1) iron formation, or banded iron formation (BIF (banded-iron formation))—regionally extensive, locally thick sequences composed of alternating thin (millimetre to centimetre thick) layers of mainly crystalline-textured iron-rich minerals and chert—and (2) ironstone—noncherty, essentially clastic-textured, iron-rich minerals of local extent.

      Banded iron formations are predominantly Precambrian in age; most are 1.8 to 2.2 billion years old; none are younger than Cambrian age. The most important iron-bearing minerals in iron formations are hematite, magnetite, and greenalite. These deposits constitute the world's major source of iron ore. Classic examples are found in the Mesabi Range of Minnesota, U.S., and the Kiruna ores of Sweden.

      Ironstones are principally of Phanerozoic age, mainly Early Paleozoic (roughly 440 to 570 million years old) and Jurassic (about 144 to 208 million years old), but can be as old as Middle Precambrian age (about 1.6 to 3 billion years old). They appear to be restricted to basins no larger than 150 kilometres in any direction. Major iron minerals are goethite, hematite, and chamosite.

Origin of banded iron formation
      The origin of banded iron formation is

 rocks composed predominantly of phosphate are rare. Nevertheless, three principal types exist: (1) regionally extensive, crystalline nodular, and bedded phosphorites, (2) localized concentrations of phosphate-rich clastic deposits (bone beds), and (3) guano deposits.

Evaporites (evaporite)
      Evaporites are layered crystalline sedimentary rocks that form from brines generated in areas where the amount of water lost by evaporation (vaporization) exceeds the total amount of water from rainfall and influx via rivers and streams. The mineralogy of evaporite rocks is complex, with almost 100 varieties possible, but less than a dozen species are volumetrically important. Minerals in evaporite rocks include carbonates (especially calcite, dolomite, magnesite, and aragonite), sulfates (anhydrite and gypsum), and chlorides (particularly halite, sylvite, and carnallite), as well as various borates, silicates, nitrates, and sulfocarbonates. Evaporite deposits occur in both marine and nonmarine sedimentary successions.

      Though restricted in area, modern evaporites contribute to genetic models for explaining ancient evaporite deposits. Modern evaporites are limited to arid regions (those of high temperature and low rates of precipitation), for example, on the floors of semidry ephemeral playa lakes in the Great Basin of Nevada and California, across the coastal salt flats (sabkhas) of the Middle East, and in salt pans, estuaries, and lagoons around the Gulf of Suez. Ancient evaporates occur widely in the Phanerozoic geologic record, particularly in those of Cambrian (from 570 to 505 million years ago), Permian (from 286 to 245 million years ago), and Triassic (from 245 to 208 million years ago) age, but are rare in sedimentary sequences of Precambrian age. They tend to be closely associated with shallow marine shelf carbonates and fine (typically rich in iron oxide) mudrocks. Because evaporite sedimentation requires a specific climate and basin setting, their presence in time and space clearly constrains inferences of paleoclimatology and paleogeography. Evaporite beds tend to concentrate and facilitate major thrust fault horizons, so their presence is of particular interest to structural geologists. Evaporites also have economic significance as a source of salts and fertilizer.

      All evaporite deposits result from the precipitation of brines (brine) generated by evaporation. Laboratory experiments can accurately trace the evolution of brines as various evaporite minerals crystallize. Normal seawater has a salinity of 3.5 percent (or 35,000 parts per million), with the most important dissolved constituents being sodium and chlorine. When seawater volume is reduced to one-fifth of the original, evaporite precipitation commences in an orderly fashion, with the more insoluble components (gypsum and anhydrite) forming first. When the solution reaches one-tenth the volume of the original, more soluble minerals like sylvite and halite form. Natural evaporite sequences show vertical changes in mineralogy that crudely correspond to the orderly appearance of mineralogy as a function of solubility but are less systematic.

Nonmarine environment
      Evaporite deposition in the nonmarine environment occurs in closed lakes—i.e., those without outlet—in arid and semiarid regions. Such lakes form in closed interior basins or shallow depressions on land where drainage is internal and runoff does not reach the sea. If water depths are shallow or, more typically, somewhat ephemeral, the term playa or playa lake is commonly used.

      Water inflow into closed lakes consists principally of precipitation and surface runoff, both of which are small in amount and variable in occurrence in arid regions. Groundwater flow and discharge from springs may provide additional water input, but evaporation rates are always in excess of precipitation and surface runoff. Sporadic or seasonal storms may give rise to a sudden surge of water inflow. Because closed lakes lack outlets, they can respond to such circumstances only by deepening and expanding. Subsequent evaporation will reduce the volume of water present to prestorm or normal amount; fluctuation of closed lake levels therefore characterizes the environment.

      Such changing lake levels and water volumes lead to fluctuating salinity values. Variations in salinity effect equilibrium relations between the resulting brines and lead to much solution and subsequent reprecipitation of evaporites in the nonmarine environment. As a result of these complexities as well as the distinctive nature of dissolved constituents in closed lake settings, nonmarine evaporite deposits contain many minerals that are uncommon in marine evaporites—e.g., borax, epsomite, trona, and mirabilite.

Shallow marine environment
      Evaporite deposition in the shallow marine environment (sometimes termed the salina (alkali flat)) occurs in desert coastal areas, particularly along the margins of such semi-restricted water bodies as the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of California. Restriction is, in general, one of the critical requirements for evaporite deposition, because free and unlimited mixing with the open sea would allow the bodies of water to easily overcome the high evaporation rates of arid areas and dilute these waters to near-normal salinity. This semi-restriction cannot, in fact, prevent a large amount of dilution by mixing; coastal physiography is the principal factor involved in brine production. Shallow-water evaporites, almost exclusively gypsum, anhydrite, and halite, typically interfinger with tidal flat limestone and dolomite and fine-grained mudrock.

Deep-basin environment
      Most of the thick, laterally extensive evaporite deposits appear to have been produced in deep, isolated basins that developed during episodes of global aridity. The most crucial requirement for evaporite production is aridity; water must be evaporated more rapidly than it can be replenished by precipitation and inflow. In addition, the evaporite basin must somehow be isolated or at least partially isolated from the open ocean so that brines produced through evaporation are prevented from returning there. Restricting brines to such an isolated basin over a period of time enables them to be concentrated to the point where evaporite mineral precipitation occurs. Periodic breaching of the barrier, due either to crustal downwarping or to global sea-level changes, refills the basin from time to time, thereby replenishing the volume of seawater to be evaporated and making possible the inordinately thick, regionally extensive evaporite sequences visible in the geologic record.

 Debate continues over the exact mechanisms for generating thick evaporite deposits. Three possible models for restricting “barred” evaporite basins are shown in Figure 5—>. They differ in detail, and none has garnered a consensus of support. The deep-water, deep-basin model accounts for replenishment of the basin across the barrier or sill, with slow, continual buildup of thick evaporites made possible by the seaward escape of brine that allows a constant brine concentration to be maintained. The shallow-water, shallow-basin model produces thick evaporites by continual subsidence of the basin floor. The shallow-water, deep-basin model shows the brine level in the basin beneath the level of the sea as a result of evaporation; brines are replenished by groundwater recharge from the open ocean.

Iron-rich (iron) sedimentary rocks
      Almost all sedimentary rocks are iron-bearing in the sense that mudrocks, sandstones, and carbonates typically have an iron content of several percent. Nevertheless, sedimentary rocks in which the proportion of iron exceeds 15 percent are separately categorized as iron-rich. Two major types of iron-rich sedimentary rocks are recognized: (1) iron formation, or banded iron formation (BIF (banded-iron formation))—regionally extensive, locally thick sequences composed of alternating thin (millimetre to centimetre thick) layers of mainly crystalline-textured iron-rich minerals and chert—and (2) ironstone—noncherty, essentially clastic-textured, iron-rich minerals of local extent.

      Banded iron formations are predominantly Precambrian in age; most are 1.8 to 2.2 billion years old; none are younger than Cambrian age. The most important iron-bearing minerals in iron formations are hematite, magnetite, and greenalite. These deposits constitute the world's major source of iron ore. Classic examples are found in the Mesabi Range of Minnesota, U.S., and the Kiruna ores of Sweden.

      Ironstones are principally of Phanerozoic age, mainly Early Paleozoic (roughly 440 to 570 million years old) and Jurassic (about 144 to 208 million years old), but can be as old as Middle Precambrian age (about 1.6 to 3 billion years old). They appear to be restricted to basins no larger than 150 kilometres in any direction. Major iron minerals are goethite, hematite, and chamosite.

Origin of banded iron formation
      The origin of banded iron formation is not clearly understood. Banded iron formation units are typically 50 to 600 metres thick. Their complex mineralogy includes various iron oxides, iron carbonates, iron silicates, and iron sulfides. The essentially crystalline texture of these minerals together with the definitive crystalline texture of the laminated chert bands with which the iron mineral layers alternate is perplexing. At present, iron is not easily dissolved, nor can it be readily transported in solution and subsequently precipitated as crystalline-textured, iron-rich minerals, because of the


agogues, mosques, and other “houses of worship” or cloistered faith communities with religious objections to the Rule: These were generally exempted and will not have to comply.

2. Religious organizations acting in the world with religious objections to the Rule: The government’s exemption to the FBCR was very narrowly drawn, most religious organizations, such as Catholic universities, charities, and benevolent groups, must comply regardless of their faiths’ dogmas opposing contraception or abortion. Forcing religious organizations to pay for procedures or drugs that they consider sinful created such an uproar that the rule was postponed as it applies to such non-profit organizations until August 1, 2013—allegedly to allow the government to find a reasonable accommodation.

3. Private Business Owners with Personal Religious Objections to the Rule: Businesses became obligated to provide free birth control and sterilizations on August 1, 2012. But owners of businesses with religious objections have filed scores of lawsuits claiming that the Rule violates their statutory rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act—a law requiring the government to prove it has a “compelling interest” in forcing individuals to substantially violate their faith in order to comply with the law. The Obama Administration, in turn, argues that those who operate for-profit enterprises have no religious freedom rights at stake because for-profit enterprises are “secular activities” and because corporations can never be said to have a religious belief.

With the above admittedly bare-boned summary in mind, I predict:

1. The Obama Administration will not give significant relief from the Free Birth Control Rule to non-church religious organizations: I am convinced that the Obama Administration seeks to constrain freedom of religion to a far more restricted “freedom of worship.” Thus, since religious institutions such as universities and charities are acting among the wider public—not just on behalf of the institutions’ own religious co-believers—the Obama Administration will take the position that they must comply with terms of the FBCR, with only limited window dressing changes made to the Rule as it applies to religious organizations.

2. Many dissenting religious organizations will sue the government seeking relief from the rule based on the First Amendment.

3. The U.S. Supreme Court will accept an appeal to determine whether private business owners are protected under the terms of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: The decision in that case will determine whether a corporation or other private business entities can be said to have a religious belief under some circumstances, and indeed, whether business owners have any religious rights at all in the context of operating their businesses. The mists are thick here, so I don’t think the final decision will be made until 2014.

Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

This will be a very active year in assisted suicide/euthanasia news internationally. Here’s what I predict will happen:

1. The practice of Belgian euthanasia will grow increasingly extreme, sparking international headlines that will be quickly forgotten in the media’s biased reporting of the assisted suicide issue.

2. The Netherlands will permit euthanasia for the elderly “tired of life,” and doctors will increasingly be willing to euthanize those with mental illnesses (which is already legal there).

3. The United Kingdom’s Parliament will not legalize assisted suicide, despite widespread agitation to permit it. Neither will Australia.

4. Several U.S. state legislatures will see intense assisted suicide legalization efforts. All will fail, with the possible exception of Vermont. Assisted suicide advocates will file litigation in at least one state claiming that assisted suicide is a state right.

5. The highest court in British Columbia will rule that there is a constitutional right to assisted suicide, forcing Canada’s Supreme Court to take up the case. The ultimate decision will not come until 2014.

Other Issues

1. A concerted effort will be mounted in at least one state to outlaw human cloning. It will fail because of heated opposition by scientists, universities, biotech business lobbying groups, and the media.

2. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research will continue to move forward at a very fast pace.

3. Geron’s defunct embryonic stem cell program will be purchased by another company and the human trials it started recommenced.

4. Another breakthrough toward learning how to engage in full human somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning will be announced.

5. Adult stem cell successes will continue in human trials, and still be generally underreported in the media.

6. State attempts to restrict funding of Planned Parenthood will ultimately fail in the courts.

7. Gestational surrogacy for pay will continue to be a growth industry, especially in developing countries.

And now for my final prediction. An issue will arise in 2013 in bioethics that no one expected. Even I, your humble expert prognosticator will be surprised.

I’ll report in December, as I always do, on how I did. But it is never wise to doubt me. You can take most of these predictions to the bank.

CBC Special Consultant Wesley J. Smith, J.D., is also a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant for the Patient’s Rights Council.

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Next post:<|endoftext|>The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about high school world history.

This question refers to the following information.
New York! I say New York, let black blood flow into your blood.
Let it wash the rust from your steel joints, like an oil of life
Let it give your bridges the curve of hips and supple vines…
See your rivers stirring with musk alligators
And sea cows with mirage eyes…
Just open your eyes to the April rainbow
And your eyes, especially your ears, to God
Who in one burst of saxophone laughter
Created heaven and earth in six days,
And on the seventh slept a deep Negro sleep.
Senegalese poet Léopold Sédar Senghor, "To New York," 1956
Which of the following best explains the phenomenon of an African poet writing so lyrically about New York?
A. Outmigration from Africa due to political violence
B. Stronger transatlantic influences linking art in Afro-Eurasia with that in the Americas
C. Preference on the part of African intellectuals for Western cultural advancements
D. Lack of a rich indigenous artistic tradition in Africa
Answer: B<|endoftext|>‘A still like no other…’

Whilst most Scottish and Irish distilleries use a conventional two or three-pot still system, the technology developed at Penderyn allows an extremely clean ‘flavourful’ spirit to be produced from a single still.

However, in 2014 we commissioned a pair of Scottish-style ‘lantern’ stills which allow us to experiment with new whiskies.

Each morning our unique copper-pot still is charged with our own malted barley wash. As the steam heats the liquid it starts to bubble and the vapour rises into a copper column above the still. The column has a number of perforated plates and the vapour condenses on the first plate before returning to the still.

All the elements of the distillation process are closely controlled by our distilling team, enabling the consistent production of high quality spirit. Even slight variations in climatic conditions will produce subtle changes of character in the finished product. Unusually amongst malt whisky producers, all our bottlings are dated and connoisseurs will be able to pick up the slight nuances in flavour from month to month.

‘Pure mineral water and the finest bourbon casks…’

Penderyn Distillery is located in the Brecon Beacons National Park and our water is drawn from our own pure source in the carboniferous limestone deep below the distillery. This is the only water used in the distilling and blending process and is a key ingredient in our malt whisky. The distillery sits above a cavernous aquifer that contains rock formations laid down around 340 million years ago. aquifer that contains rock formations laid down around 340 million years ago.

This aquifer holds water that filters down through the overlying basal grit into the limestone. The whole formation is described as thick-bedded and of fine to course-grained material. It was originally deposited in a shallow marine environment.

Ancient weathered surfaces exist in parts of the formation, covered with thin, primordial soil in places where the rock was briefly higher than sea level before being submerged again.

Above ground, during the Ice Age, ice floes covering Northern Europe had reached the latitude at which Penderyn Distillery lies c. 2.6 million years ago. On retreating back to the Arctic today’s landscape began to emerge.

<|endoftext|>9021-Uh Oh! Bad news for television critics accustomed to reviewing fall TV shows early: according to Variety, the CW will not be sending out any advance screeners of its highly anticipated 90210 pilot. "We're not hiding anything," says the network in a statement, "simply keeping a lid on 90210 until 9.02 [ed. note: see what they did there?], riding the curiosity and anticipation into premiere night, and letting all our constituents see it at the same time." Is the CW covering something up, or are they just following an increasingly critic-hostile trend? We'll give them a pass today, if only because they've finally released a photo of Jessica Walter (holding a drink!) as Lucille Bluth...we mean, "Tabitha." [Variety]<|endoftext|>Orlandocity, seat (1856) of

 all employers with 50 or more full time workers, to provide health insurance providing free access to contraception, sterilization surgeries, and “morning after pills” (a suspected abortifacient). That sparked a huge controversy because the government refused to permit general exemptions for opponents of contraception, sterilization, and abortion, based on religion. This conscience controversy will be the biggest story in bioethics for 2013, with the outcome determining the parameters of religious freedom and the limits of government power.

The FBCR impacts three distinct categories of employers:

1. Churches, synagogues, mosques, and other “houses of worship” or cloistered faith communities with religious objections to the Rule: These were generally exempted and will not have to comply.

2. Religious organizations acting in the world with religious objections to the Rule: The government’s exemption to the FBCR was very narrowly drawn, most religious organizations, such as Catholic universities, charities, and benevolent groups, must comply regardless of their faiths’ dogmas opposing contraception or abortion. Forcing religious organizations to pay for procedures or drugs that they consider sinful created such an uproar that the rule was postponed as it applies to such non-profit organizations until August 1, 2013—allegedly to allow the government to find a reasonable accommodation.

3. Private Business Owners with Personal Religious Objections to the Rule: Businesses became obligated to provide free birth control and sterilizations on August 1, 2012. But owners of businesses with religious objections have filed scores of lawsuits claiming that the Rule violates their statutory rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act—a law requiring the government to prove it has a “compelling interest” in forcing individuals to substantially violate their faith in order to comply with the law. The Obama Administration, in turn, argues that those who operate for-profit enterprises have no religious freedom rights at stake because for-profit enterprises are “secular activities” and because corporations can never be said to have a religious belief.

With the above admittedly bare-boned summary in mind, I predict:

1. The Obama Administration will not give significant relief from the Free Birth Control Rule to non-church religious organizations: I am convinced that the Obama Administration seeks to constrain freedom of religion to a far more restricted “freedom of worship.” Thus, since religious institutions such as universities and charities are acting among the wider public—not just on behalf of the institutions’ own religious co-believers—the Obama Administration will take the position that they must comply with terms of the FBCR, with only limited window dressing changes made to the Rule as it applies to religious organizations.

2. Many dissenting religious organizations will sue the government seeking relief from the rule based on the First Amendment.

3. The U.S. Supreme Court will accept an appeal to determine whether private business owners are protected under the terms of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act: The decision in that case will determine whether a corporation or other private business entities can be said to have a religious belief under some circumstances, and indeed, whether business owners have any religious rights at all in the context of operating their businesses. The mists are thick here, so I don’t think the final decision will be made until 2014.

Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia

This will be a very active year in assisted suicide/euthanasia news internationally. Here’s what I predict will happen:

1. The practice of Belgian euthanasia will grow increasingly extreme, sparking international headlines that will be quickly forgotten in the media’s biased reporting of the assisted suicide issue.

2. The Netherlands will permit euthanasia for the elderly “tired of life,” and doctors will increasingly be willing to euthanize those with mental illnesses (which is already legal there).

3. The United Kingdom’s Parliament will not legalize assisted suicide, despite widespread agitation to permit it. Neither will Australia.

4. Several U.S. state legislatures will see intense assisted suicide legalization efforts. All will fail, with the possible exception of Vermont. Assisted suicide advocates will file litigation in at least one state claiming that assisted suicide is a state right.

5. The highest court in British Columbia will rule that there is a constitutional right to assisted suicide, forcing Canada’s Supreme Court to take up the case. The ultimate decision will not come until 2014.

Other Issues

1. A concerted effort will be mounted in at least one state to outlaw human cloning. It will fail because of heated opposition by scientists, universities, biotech business lobbying groups, and the media.

2. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research will continue to move forward at a very fast pace.

3. Geron’s defunct embryonic stem cell program will be purchased by another company and the human trials it started recommenced.

4. Another breakthrough toward learning how to engage in full human somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning will be announced.

5. Adult stem cell successes will continue in human trials, and still be generally underreported in the media.

6. State attempts to restrict funding of Planned Parenthood will ultimately fail in the courts.

7. Gestational surrogacy for pay will continue to be a growth industry, especially in developing countries.

And now for my final prediction. An issue will arise in 2013 in bioethics that no one expected. Even I, your humble expert prognosticator will be surprised.

I’ll report in December, as I always do, on how I did. But it is never wise to doubt me. You can take most of these predictions to the bank.

CBC Special Consultant Wesley J. Smith, J.D., is also a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant for the Patient’s Rights Council.

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Next post:<|endoftext|>‘A still like no other…’

Whilst most Scottish and Irish distilleries use a conventional two or three-pot still system, the technology developed at Penderyn allows an extremely clean ‘flavourful’ spirit to be produced from a single still.

However, in 2014 we commissioned a pair of Scottish-style ‘lantern’ stills which allow us to experiment with new whiskies.

Each morning our unique copper-pot still is charged with our own malted barley wash. As the steam heats the liquid it starts to bubble and the vapour rises into a copper column above the still. The column has a number of perforated plates and the vapour condenses on the first plate before returning to the still.

All the elements of the distillation process are closely controlled by our distilling team, enabling the consistent production of high quality spirit. Even slight variations in climatic conditions will produce subtle changes of character in the finished product. Unusually amongst malt whisky producers, all our bottlings are dated and connoisseurs will be able to pick up the slight nuances in flavour from month to month.

‘Pure mineral water and the finest bourbon casks…’

Penderyn Distillery is located in the Brecon Beacons National Park and our water is drawn from our own pure source in the carboniferous limestone deep below the distillery. This is the only water used in the distilling and blending process and is a key ingredient in our malt whisky. The distillery sits above a cavernous aquifer that contains rock formations laid down around 340 million years ago. aquifer that contains rock formations laid down around 340 million years ago.

This aquifer holds water that filters down through the overlying basal grit into the limestone. The whole formation is described as thick-bedded and of fine to course-grained material. It was originally deposited in a shallow marine environment.

Ancient weathered surfaces exist in parts of the formation, covered with thin, primordial soil in places where the rock was briefly higher than sea level before being submerged again.

Above ground, during the Ice Age, ice floes covering Northern Europe had reached the latitude at which Penderyn Distillery lies c. 2.6 million years ago. On retreating back to the Arctic today’s landscape began to emerge.

<|endoftext|>9021-Uh Oh! Bad news for television critics accustomed to reviewing fall TV shows early: according to Variety, the CW will not be sending out any advance screeners of its highly anticipated 90210 pilot. "We're not hiding anything," says the network in a statement, "simply keeping a lid on 90210 until 9.02 [ed. note: see what they did there?], riding the curiosity and anticipation into premiere night, and letting all our constituents see it at the same time." Is the CW covering something up, or are they just following an increasingly critic-hostile trend? We'll give them a pass today, if only because they've finally released a photo of Jessica Walter (holding a drink!) as Lucille Bluth...we mean, "Tabitha." [Variety]<|endoftext|>Orlandocity, seat (1856) of Orange county, central Florida, U.S. It is situated in a region dotted by lakes, about 60 miles (95 km) northwest of Melbourne and 85 miles (135 km) northeast of Tampa. The city is the focus for one of the state’s most populous metropolitan areas.

The region was originally inhabited by Timucua and later Seminole peoples. Settlement began about 1843 around Fort Gatlin, a U.S. Army post. First called Jernigan for Aaron Jernigan, an early settler, the town was renamed in 1857 to honour Orlando Reeves, an army sentry killed during the Seminole Wars. Prior


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Find the median in the set of data $79.88, $21.88, $29.88, $19.88, $17.88.
A. $17.88
B. $19.88
C. $21.88
D. $29.88
Answer: C<|endoftext|>as and complementary product-line available to the world.

Elevator Etiquette

Women should precede men when entering and exiting elevators. And there are no exceptions to this rule. Not even the pope of the Holy Roman Catholic Church or the president of the world’s most powerful country—whether or not on official duty—should enter an elevator ahead of a lady in his company or one in his immediate vicinity.

When entering and exiting an elevator in which there are other riders—even in public buildings—it is a much-appreciated courtesy to extend a general greeting appropriate for the time of day, whether “Good morning” or “Good evening,” for example, to the other riders. Some people will respond in-kind, others will not. Most, however, will appreciate the gentle courtesy, for such manners soften the harshness of the world.

Very few elevators today—whether in public or residential buildings—are staffed with operators whose job it is to obtain floor requests as well as to open and close the elevator door at the designated floors. But on the rare occasions when elevators are staffed, special greetings should be extended to the operators; and in the case of public elevators, it is considered a polite gesture to give a small, symbolic tip, similar to what would be awarded to a bathroom attendant at a men’s club or a doorman of a hotel. Elevator operators, despite their oftentimes stoical demeanor, must contend with the ups and downs of life like the rest of humanity, and it is especially kind of a gentleman to direct a little of his generosity to such persons, many of whom are honest, hard-working immigrants with immediate and extended families to support.

A much-studied social phenomenon, people, even close friends and family members, tend to position themselves on opposite sides of an elevator whenever space permits. And in crowded elevators, many people tend to feel threatened by the encroachment upon their otherwise-personal space. A gentleman, therefore, must be hyper-conscious of committing further invasions of space. For example, rather than reaching across or between people in order to depress the button of his desired floor, he should politely ask the person situated nearest the floor-selection panel to register his request: “Floor 14, please. Thank you.” (The person situated nearest the floor-selection panel should also be mindful to locate the “door-open/door-close” buttons so as to utilize them when necessary).

When exiting an elevator, a gentleman, to the extent reasonable, should (provided that he does not significantly impede the flow of others exiting on the same floor) yield to ladies and the elderly. And just prior to stepping off the elevator, he should extend departure courtesies consistent with the time of day to those remaining on the elevator: A simple “Have a good day,” or “Enjoy the rest of your evening” should be extended—with no expectation of a response.

The History of the Shirt–from First Dynasty Egypt to Today

The Shirt

Shirts have existed for thousands of years. One of the world’s oldest preserved garments is a shirt found in a First Dynasty Egyptian tomb at Tarkan, dating from five thousand years ago. And judging from the garment’s degree of sophistication, with its elaborately pleated shoulders to allow for movement, and its form-fitting silhouette, it is clear that the ancient shirt was the result of centuries of design evolution, not the first shirt ever made—after all, it is highly unlikely that man went from animal skins to intricately pleated, fitted shirts of fine linen in one fell swoop.

For much of the history of the shirt, it was used as an undergarment to protect regular garments, such as jackets, from perspiration and body soilure. Shirts were also used as sleepwear. They were collarless and cuffless and, for the most part, pulled on over the head since they did not feature buttoned fronts. They were either white or made of undyed fabric, usually linen, cotton, or silk. In those days, glimpsing a man’s shirt was the equivalent of seeing his briefs today.

By the 12th century, the shirt had emerged from underneath other garments to become a full-fledged item of apparel in its own right. Collars and cuffs—sometimes detachable—of different prominence and proportions were added as fashions changed through the decades and centuries. Traditionally a simple garment, in the middle of the 19th century, the shirt became more tailored to complement the shape of the male torso. The first buttoned-up-the-front shirt was registered by Brown, Davies & Co., as early as 1871, but it was only after World War I that the shirt as it is known today became widely popular. In the 1930s, the shirt with a fixed collar became standard, remaining so to this day.

To a large degree, the “casualization” of the shirt was inspired by the short-sleeved, colorful Aloha shirts created by Waikiki-based Chinese merchant Ellery Chun during the 1930s. By the 1950s, short-sleeve shirts—once inconceivable on grounds of immodesty—had become popular, as well as shirts in colors other than stark white, the Garibaldi “Redshirts” of 1843 in Uruguay and 1860 in Italy notwithstanding. It was also in the 1950s that manufacturers started producing shirts in synthetic fabrics such as nylon.

Chest pockets on shirts is a recent invention: As suit vests (also called “waistcoats”) became less popular with the rise of temperature-controlled professional offices, shirts in the 1960s started featuring chest pockets, typically on the left side.

Long gone is the day when no decent man would be seen in public with his torso covered with only a shirt. Today, a shirt is accepted as an outermost garment everywhere except in venues where jackets are required. And in many countries, a shirt with a tie (without a jacket) is considered business attire.<|endoftext|>Reflecting on the State of the Union

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By Congressman Bob Goodlatte

Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the president to come before Congress to provide a report on the State of the Union. Just days ago, Members of Congress gathered in the House chambers to hear the president’s address. I had hoped this address would lay out a specific agenda that leads to economic growth and job creation. However, it was clear that President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address was more of the same: another politically charged speech filled with empty promises.

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<|endoftext|>A WAR of the Roses game between Otley and Preston Grasshopper served up a surprise with a no-score draw for only the second time in the history of the National leagues.

The first 0-0 draw occurred 29 years ago on November 17, 1990, in National Four South game between Maidenhead and North Walsham.

However, the scoreline of Otley match's at Cross Green on Saturday does not reflect what was a hammer and tongs game, in difficult conditions for both sides.

Otley had an opportunity in the first five minutes, Alex Beaumont going over in the corner but the try was disallowed for a forward pass.

The Yorkshiremen had most of the territory in the first quarter, and the Lancastrians were only able to get out of their half once.

The next quarter followed a similar path, Otley again coming close but were bundled into touch.

With progress slow over the heavy ground, both sides started kicking for territory.

The half ended with a five metre line-out after a penalty, although Otley knocked on in the line-out.

Otley returned Preston’s restart with interest, but the game reverted to type with neither side making the definitive move.

Otley had an opportunity when Preston knocked on in their dead ball area and had another five-metre scrum, but Otley gave away a penalty.

Preston played the final quarter with 14 men, a yellow card followed a tackle on Paul Petchey just outside the visitor’s 22.

The second yellow came after an intervention from the assistant referee, a penalty to Preston being overturned for foul play. The penalty went wide.

The game ended with Preston mounting a sustained attack on the Otley line, an initial drop goal was charged down and a second went wide of the posts. Given the territory and chances Otley had during the game it would have been an unfortunate ending had one of those kicks gone over, but it was a close-run game.

Otley travel to Huddersfield this Saturday. Kick-off is at 3pm.

Otley RUFC will then host the fourth annual Prince Henry’s Barbarians v Otley Invitational game at Cross Green on Boxing Day.

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Elevator Etiquette

Women should precede men when entering and exiting elevators. And there are no exceptions to this rule. Not even the pope of the Holy Roman Catholic Church or the president of the world’s most powerful country—whether or not on official duty—should enter an elevator ahead of a lady in his company or one in his immediate vicinity.

When entering and exiting an elevator in which there are other riders—even in public buildings—it is a much-appreciated courtesy to extend a general greeting appropriate for the time of day, whether “Good morning” or “Good evening,” for example, to the other riders. Some people will respond in-kind, others will not. Most, however, will appreciate the gentle courtesy, for such manners soften the harshness of the world.

Very few elevators today—whether in public or residential buildings—are staffed with operators whose job it is to obtain floor requests as well as to open and close the elevator door at the designated floors. But on the rare occasions when elevators are staffed, special greetings should be extended to the operators; and in the case of public elevators, it is considered a polite gesture to give a small, symbolic tip, similar to what would be awarded to a bathroom attendant at a men’s club or a doorman of a hotel. Elevator operators, despite their oftentimes stoical demeanor, must contend with the ups and downs of life like the rest of humanity, and it is especially kind of a gentleman to direct a little of his generosity to such persons, many of whom are honest, hard-working immigrants with immediate and extended families to support.

A much-studied social phenomenon, people, even close friends and family members, tend to position themselves on opposite sides of an elevator whenever space permits. And in crowded elevators, many people tend to feel threatened by the encroachment upon their otherwise-personal space. A gentleman, therefore, must be hyper-conscious of committing further invasions of space. For example, rather than reaching across or between people in order to depress the button of his desired floor, he should politely ask the person situated nearest the floor-selection panel to register his request: “Floor 14, please. Thank you.” (The person situated nearest the floor-selection panel should also be mindful to locate the “door-open/door-close” buttons so as to utilize them when necessary).

When exiting an elevator, a gentleman, to the extent reasonable, should (provided that he does not significantly impede the flow of others exiting on the same floor) yield to ladies and the elderly. And just prior to stepping off the elevator, he should extend departure courtesies consistent with the time of day to those remaining on the elevator: A simple “Have a good day,” or “Enjoy the rest of your evening” should be extended—with no expectation of a response.

The History of the Shirt–from First Dynasty Egypt to Today

The Shirt

Shirts have existed for thousands of years. One of the world’s oldest preserved garments is a shirt found in a First Dynasty Egyptian tomb at Tarkan, dating from five thousand years ago. And judging from the garment’s degree of sophistication, with its elaborately pleated shoulders to allow for movement, and its form-fitting silhouette, it is clear that the ancient shirt was the result of centuries of design evolution, not the first shirt ever made—after all, it is highly unlikely that man went from animal skins to intricately pleated, fitted shirts of fine linen in one fell swoop.

For much of the history of the shirt, it was used as an undergarment to protect regular garments, such as jackets, from perspiration and body soilure. Shirts were also used as sleepwear. They were collarless and cuffless and, for the most part, pulled on over the head since they did not feature buttoned fronts. They were either white or made of undyed fabric, usually linen, cotton, or silk. In those days, glimpsing a man’s shirt was the equivalent of seeing his briefs today.

By the 12th century, the shirt had emerged from underneath other garments to become a full-fledged item of apparel in its own right. Collars and cuffs—sometimes detachable—of different prominence and proportions were added as fashions changed through the decades and centuries. Traditionally a simple garment, in the middle of the 19th century, the shirt became more tailored to complement the shape of the male torso. The first buttoned-up-the-front shirt was registered by Brown, Davies & Co., as early as 1871, but it was only after World War I that the shirt as it is known today became widely popular. In the 1930s, the shirt with a fixed collar became standard, remaining so to this day.

To a large degree, the “casualization” of the shirt was inspired by the short-sleeved, colorful Aloha shirts created by Waikiki-based Chinese merchant Ellery Chun during the 1930s. By the 1950s, short-sleeve shirts—once inconceivable on grounds of immodesty—had become popular, as well as shirts in colors other than stark white, the Garibaldi “Redshirts” of 1843 in Uruguay and 1860 in Italy notwithstanding. It was also in the 1950s that manufacturers started producing shirts in synthetic fabrics such as nylon.

Chest pockets on shirts is a recent invention: As suit vests (also called “waistcoats”) became less popular with the rise of temperature-controlled professional offices, shirts in the 1960s started featuring chest pockets, typically on the left side.

Long gone is the day when no decent man would be seen in public with his torso covered with only a shirt. Today, a shirt is accepted as an outermost garment everywhere except in venues where jackets are required. And in many countries, a shirt with a tie (without a jacket) is considered business attire.<|endoftext|>Reflecting on the State of the Union

-A A +A
By Congressman Bob Goodlatte

Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the president to come before Congress to provide a report on the State of the Union. Just days ago, Members of Congress gathered in the House chambers to hear the president’s address. I had hoped this address would lay out a specific agenda that leads to economic growth and job creation. However, it was clear that President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address was more of the same: another politically charged speech filled with empty promises.

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<|endoftext|>A WAR of the Roses game between Otley and Preston Grasshopper served up a surprise with a no-score draw for only the second time in the history of the National leagues.

The first 0-0 draw occurred 29 years ago on November 17, 1990, in National Four South game between Maidenhead and North Walsham.

However, the scoreline of Otley match's at Cross Green on Saturday does not reflect what was a hammer and tongs game, in difficult conditions for both sides.

Otley had an opportunity in the first five minutes, Alex Beaumont going over in the corner but the try was disallowed for a forward pass.

The Yorkshiremen had most of the territory in the first quarter, and the Lancastrians were only able to get out of their half once.

The next quarter followed a similar path, Otley again coming close but were bundled into touch.

With progress slow over the heavy ground, both sides started kicking for territory.

The half ended with a five metre line-out after a penalty, although Otley knocked on in the line-out.

Otley returned Preston’s restart with interest, but the game reverted to type with neither side making the definitive move.

Otley had an opportunity when Preston knocked on in their dead ball area and had another five-metre scrum, but Otley gave away a penalty.

Preston played the final quarter with 14 men, a yellow card followed a tackle on Paul Petchey just outside the visitor’s 22.

The second yellow came after an intervention from the assistant referee, a penalty to Preston being overturned for foul play. The penalty went wide.

The game ended with Preston mounting a sustained attack on the Otley line, an initial drop goal was charged down and a second went wide of the posts. Given the territory and chances Otley had during the game it would have been an unfortunate ending had one of those kicks gone over, but it was a close-run game.

Otley travel to Huddersfield this Saturday. Kick-off is at 3pm.

Otley RUFC will then host the fourth annual Prince Henry’s Barbarians v Otley Invitational game at Cross Green on Boxing Day.<|endoftext|>1. Skip to navigation
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