-reader in 2010 or overstated the resolution of the Nook in 2011, suddenly even product specs could no longer be trusted.

Next came news about the National Security Agency and its collection of e-mail correspondence, chat transcripts and other data from Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and others. Those companies admit to complying with the occasional warrant for individuals' data, but they strenuously deny providing the nsa with bigger sets of data. Do you think that makes the news any easier to take?

Of course not. We're human. We look for patterns. Each new headline further shakes our trust in the whole system.

These days tech companies make efforts to respect, or at least to humor, the public's alarm. In the latest iPhone software, for example, Apple has provided an almost hilariously complete set of on/off switches, one for every app that might want access to your location information.

But it may be too late for that. These companies' products are impossibly complex. There's no way for an individual to verify that software does exactly what we think it does. How do we know those iOS 7 switches do anything at all?

Every time a company slips up, we can only assume that it is just the tip of the iceberg. It may take years for these companies to regain our trust.

But this “I don't trust them anymore” thing sounds distinctly familiar. And it isn't specific to tech companies. At one time or another, haven't we also learned not to trust our government? Our police? Our hospitals? Our newspapers? Our medicines? And, goodness knows, our phone companies?

It's too bad. Mistrust means a life of wariness. It means constant psychic energy, insecurity, less happiness. And then, when we finally get what should be terrific news from a tech company, we're deprived of that little burst of unalloyed pleasure.

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B-Hydra™ is a cool drink of water for your thirsty skin. This ultra-hydrating serum replenishes the complexion and improves the look of skin texture and tone.

What it is formulated to do:

Formulated with pro-vitamin B5 and pineapple ceramide, B-Hydra™ delivers steady hydration throughout the day, leaving the skin looking healthy and more illuminated. Blended with a unique lentil-apple-watermelon complex, B-Hydra™ helps diminish drabness, dryness, and the appearance of fine lines. Your complexion will appear brighter and more youthful upon every application. This lightweight, hard-hitting serum is ideal for all skin.

What else you need to know:

Our formulations are biocompatible, which means they're able to easily penetrate your skin without disrupting its balance. Formulated with molecular size in mind, this lightweight, hard-hitting serum has a pH of 5.7, and is ideal for all skin

100% free of essential oils, silicones, and fragrance.

Vegan and cruelty-free.

Consumer testing results:

96% found skin looked healthier and felt nourished

94% found skin had a healthy glow

92% found skin looked radiant, no longer drab or dry

90% found skin was quenched and visibly brighter

86% found skin felt plumped with hydration

Suggested Usage:

Apply B-Hydra™ to face, neck, chest, hands, or any place needing increased hydration. Mix with any Drunk Elephant serum, oil, or cream to lock it in. Pro-vitamin B5 is well known to complement vitamin C, so try mixing it with C-Firma

Tip: Exfoliate regularly to ensure maximum absorption of the product.

1.69 oz

- Pineapple Ceramide: Helps boost luminosity and improve the appearance of skin's texture and tone.

- Pro-vitamin B5: A humectant, pro-vitamin B5 hydration to the skin and holds it there, helping improve skin's barrier function.

- Watermelon Rind/Apple/Lentil Complex: A natural antioxidant complex that provides 24-hour skin hydration, improves moisture retention, and reduces the appearance of fine lines.

Squalane: A natural moisturizing factor (NMF) and highly effective emollient with antioxidant properties, squalene helps prevent water loss from the surface of the skin without a greasy feel.

- Barberry Extract: The primary component of the barberry plant, berberine is an alkaloid that can have soothing and natural antibacterial properties.

What it is formulated without:

The Drunk Elephant Difference

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Subtotal £0.00<|endoftext|>Insurance Agents in Stroudsburg, Brodheadsville, and East Stroudsburg PA

What is an independent agent?

An independent agent is a person or company that is not restricted to representing just one insurance carrier, but instead represents various carriers.  They are still contracted by the insurance companies and must adhere to the rules and policies of all the companies that they represent, however, they are free to choose which companies they sell and service policies for.

Why choose an independent agent?

In today's marketplace, many people choose to shop for virtually everything online or over the phone.  This has many advantages and will continue to grow in popularity.  Even if a person wants to use the internet to shop for insurance, however, they should still consider the value that an independent agent brings.
  1. The Power to Choose -  Since an independent agent represents various companies, it's in their best interest to shop around for the best policy to meet the customer's needs.  A captive agent (an agency that only uses one insurance company) has only one choice and will do its best to sell you that company, irregardless of whether it's the best for you. As an Independent, we will find the coverage that is best for you.
  2. You Make a Difference -  Insurance companies like any other business are in existence to make money.  Rates are constantly adjusted up or down to reflect changes in the economy or to offset large disasters.  A good independent agent searches for the best rates that fit the needs of his customers.  What happens behind the scenes is that if one insurance carrier is not selling any policies, they'll ask its agents why.  If their rates are higher than their competitors, they'll be forced to reduce them or lose money.  So by shopping with an independent agent, you help to keep rates lower and make the industry more competitive.
  3. Personal Plans - Companies that use captive agents usually try to sell package policies and offer discounts to encourage customers to buy everything from them.  In the past, customers who wanted "bundles" had to use a captive agent.  So you may have paid more for your home than was fair, but it saved you money on your car insurance so you went with it. In recent years, companies that use independents have entered this game and it has made the insurance industry much more competitive.  You can now enjoy the savings of a bundle with most companies and some even offer it even if the other policies are not with them.  For example, you could have your car insurance with one company and your home insured with another and still receive a discount.  Once again, this means more choices for the consumer, more competition between the companies, and helps to keep the premiums lower.
  4. Personal Service - By using an independent agent, you are able to speak with an actual person who most likely lives and shops in your community.  They know the neighborhood and your neighbors.  When you have a problem, you're able to speak with an agent face-to-face rather than over the telephone with a person who could be halfway around the world

 We were proud of our technological prowess and of the companies that were at the forefront.

Today it's not so simple. Our tech companies have a trust problem.

Over the years they've brought it on themselves. Google tested privacy tolerance when it introduced Gmail—with ads relating to the content of your messages. (It doesn't seem to matter that software algorithms, not people, scan your mail.)

Then a team of researchers discovered that when you synced your iPhone, your computer downloaded a log of your geographical movements, in a form accessible with simple commands. (Apple quickly revised its software.) When Barnes & Noble understated the weight of its Nook e-reader in 2010 or overstated the resolution of the Nook in 2011, suddenly even product specs could no longer be trusted.

Next came news about the National Security Agency and its collection of e-mail correspondence, chat transcripts and other data from Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and others. Those companies admit to complying with the occasional warrant for individuals' data, but they strenuously deny providing the nsa with bigger sets of data. Do you think that makes the news any easier to take?

Of course not. We're human. We look for patterns. Each new headline further shakes our trust in the whole system.

These days tech companies make efforts to respect, or at least to humor, the public's alarm. In the latest iPhone software, for example, Apple has provided an almost hilariously complete set of on/off switches, one for every app that might want access to your location information.

But it may be too late for that. These companies' products are impossibly complex. There's no way for an individual to verify that software does exactly what we think it does. How do we know those iOS 7 switches do anything at all?

Every time a company slips up, we can only assume that it is just the tip of the iceberg. It may take years for these companies to regain our trust.

But this “I don't trust them anymore” thing sounds distinctly familiar. And it isn't specific to tech companies. At one time or another, haven't we also learned not to trust our government? Our police? Our hospitals? Our newspapers? Our medicines? And, goodness knows, our phone companies?

It's too bad. Mistrust means a life of wariness. It means constant psychic energy, insecurity, less happiness. And then, when we finally get what should be terrific news from a tech company, we're deprived of that little burst of unalloyed pleasure.

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B-Hydra™  Intensive  Hydration Serum
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Companion Products

E-Rase™ Milki Micellar Water

A-Passioni™ Retinol Cream

F-Balm™ Electrolyte Waterfacial

B-Hydra™ Intensive Hydration Serum

What it is:

B-Hydra™ is a cool drink of water for your thirsty skin. This ultra-hydrating serum replenishes the complexion and improves the look of skin texture and tone.

What it is formulated to do:

Formulated with pro-vitamin B5 and pineapple ceramide, B-Hydra™ delivers steady hydration throughout the day, leaving the skin looking healthy and more illuminated. Blended with a unique lentil-apple-watermelon complex, B-Hydra™ helps diminish drabness, dryness, and the appearance of fine lines. Your complexion will appear brighter and more youthful upon every application. This lightweight, hard-hitting serum is ideal for all skin.

What else you need to know:

Our formulations are biocompatible, which means they're able to easily penetrate your skin without disrupting its balance. Formulated with molecular size in mind, this lightweight, hard-hitting serum has a pH of 5.7, and is ideal for all skin

100% free of essential oils, silicones, and fragrance.

Vegan and cruelty-free.

Consumer testing results:

96% found skin looked healthier and felt nourished

94% found skin had a healthy glow

92% found skin looked radiant, no longer drab or dry

90% found skin was quenched and visibly brighter

86% found skin felt plumped with hydration

Suggested Usage:

Apply B-Hydra™ to face, neck, chest, hands, or any place needing increased hydration. Mix with any Drunk Elephant serum, oil, or cream to lock it in. Pro-vitamin B5 is well known to complement vitamin C, so try mixing it with C-Firma

Tip: Exfoliate regularly to ensure maximum absorption of the product.

1.69 oz

- Pineapple Ceramide: Helps boost luminosity and improve the appearance of skin's texture and tone.

- Pro-vitamin B5: A humectant, pro-vitamin B5 hydration to the skin and holds it there, helping improve skin's barrier function.

- Watermelon Rind/Apple/Lentil Complex: A natural antioxidant complex that provides 24-hour skin hydration, improves moisture retention, and reduces the appearance of fine lines.

Squalane: A natural moisturizing factor (NMF) and highly effective emollient with antioxidant properties, squalene helps prevent water loss from the surface of the skin without a greasy feel.

- Barberry Extract: The primary component of the barberry plant, berberine is an alkaloid that can have soothing and natural antibacterial properties.

What it is formulated without:

The Drunk Elephant Difference

Shopping bag

Subtotal £0.00<|endoftext|>Insurance Agents in Stroudsburg, Brodheadsville, and East Stroudsburg PA

What is an independent agent?

An independent agent is a person or company that is not restricted to representing just one insurance carrier, but instead represents various carriers.  They are still contracted by the insurance companies and must adhere to the rules and policies of all the companies that they represent, however, they are free to choose which companies they sell and service policies for.

Why choose an independent agent?

In today's marketplace, many people choose to shop for virtually everything online or over the phone.  This has many advantages and will continue to grow in popularity.  Even if a person wants to use the internet to shop for insurance, however, they should still consider the value that an independent agent brings.
  1. The Power to Choose -  Since an independent agent represents various companies, it's in their best interest to shop around for the best policy to meet the customer's needs.  A captive agent (an agency that only uses one insurance company) has only one choice and will do its best to sell you that company, irregardless of whether it's the best for you. As an Independent, we will find the coverage that is best for you.
  2. You Make a Difference -  Insurance companies like any other business are in existence to make money.  Rates are constantly adjusted up or down to reflect changes in the economy or to offset large disasters.  A good independent agent searches for the best rates that fit the needs of his customers.  What happens behind the scenes is that if one insurance carrier is not selling any policies, they'll ask its agents why.  If their rates are higher than their competitors, they'll be forced to reduce them or lose money.  So by shopping with an independent agent, you help to keep rates lower and make the industry more competitive.
  3. Personal Plans - Companies that use captive agents usually try to sell package policies and offer discounts to encourage customers to buy everything from them.  In the past, customers who wanted "bundles" had to use a captive agent.  So you may have paid more for your home than was fair, but it saved you money on your car insurance so you went with it. In recent years, companies that use independents have entered this game and it has made the insurance industry much more competitive.  You can now enjoy the savings of a bundle with most companies and some even offer it even if the other policies are not with them.  For example, you could have your car insurance with one company and your home insured with another and still receive a discount.  Once again, this means more choices for the consumer, more competition between the companies, and helps to keep the premiums lower.
  4. Personal Service - By using an independent agent, you are able to speak with an actual person who most likely lives and shops in your community.  They know the neighborhood and your neighbors.  When you have a problem, you're able to speak with an agent face-to-face rather than over the telephone with a person who could be halfway around the world.
  5. More Informed -  No two companies are the same and there is no insurance company that is "the best."  If this was the case, they'd be the only insurance company.  A captive


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    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Article  Google Scholar

  123. 123.

    Stevenson B, Bono JL, Schwan TG, Rosa P. Borrelia burgdorferi erp proteins are immunogenic in mammals infected by tick bite, and their synthesis is inducible in cultured bacteria. Infect Immun. 1998;66:2648–54.

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar

  124. 124.

    Fikrig E, Narasimhan S. Borrelia burgdorferi-traveling incognito? Microbes Infect. 2006;8:1390–9.

    PubMed  Article  Google Scholar

  125. 125.

    Brooks CS, Vuppala SR, Jett AM, Alitalo A, Meri S, Akins DR. Complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 imparts resistance to human serum in Borrelia burgdorferi. J Immunol. 2005;175:3299–308.

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    van Dam AP, Oei A, Jaspars R, Fijen C, Wilske B, Spanjaard L, et al. Complement-mediated serum sensitivity among spirochetes that cause Lyme disease. Infect Immun. 1997;65:1228–36.

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    Sun J, Duffy KE, Ranjith-Kumar CT, Xiong J, Lamb RJ, Santos J, et al. Structural and functional analyses of the human Toll-like receptor 3. Role of glycosylation. J Biol Chem. 2006;281:11144–51.

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lorry crashes into their convoy at the North–South Expressway, near Yong Peng, Batu Pahat.
March 27 – An Israeli national identified as Shalom Avitan is arrested by police and found with six pistols and 200 rounds of ammunition at a hotel on Jalan Ampang. The suspect is believed to be associated with a criminal group.

=== April ===
April 14 – One man is severely injured after another man shoots at his wife at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
April 23 – Ten people including military personnel, are killed after two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters collide during rehearsals for a parade near Lumut, Perak.

=== May ===
May 5 –  Malaysian football player Faisal Halim was  attacked with acid at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya.
May 7 – A tree collapses along Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, killing one and injuring two others.
May 11 – 2024 Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election: Pang Sock Tao of Pakatan Harapan (PH) wins the seat after defeating Khairul Azhari Saut of<|endoftext|>'s I've opened with the different support teams in an attempt to progress the troubleshooting efforts. Microsoft Support is a **bleep**ing disgrace.
This has just started to happen to our fleet of Azure Devices/Users this past week and into this week. The change that we made was moving from Azure AD Connect to the cloud provisioning agent. The only account not affected is the azure global admin account. Our only fix has been to reset the PC
Incredible. The issue self-healed on one laptop and caused another azure ad joined endpoint to experience the same thing. This is the worse than any virus. Microsoft has not been able to produce any results.

MS is still troubleshooting a problematic station we have off to the side.  Thankfully after reimaging the ~14 other devices, the issue hasn't returned to those or anywehre else in the enterprise, but we still don't know what/why it occurred.<|endoftext|>Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Puerh exhibition - Gaiwan practice

Brewing tea is central to any class about tea. On the second day of the Puerh exhibition event at Penn State, a whole class was dedicated to brewing methods for puerh. Teaparker distinguised between young sheng, young shu and old puerh. Each requires some adjustments to be brewed well.

But the general tea brewing rules apply to these teas as well:
1. Use a porcelain gaiwan in order to obtain a neutral taste.
2. Preheat the gaiwan and cups.
3. A layer of leaves on the bottom of the cup is enough, because tea needs space to open up, expand in the gaiwan.
4. Pour good water that has just boiled.
5. And brew as long as you like.

It sounds easy and it's something everybody can learn quickly. But each step also contains much skill that takes a lot of practice to master.

Holding and handling a gaiwan properly may seem like a detail, but it's actually a fundamental skill when brewing tea. If you are not comfortable holding it, then you'll probably be anxious, nervous at the tea table and this may reduce your pleasure (and the quality of the tea you brew).

So, Teaparker asked every student to practice pouring from one gaiwan into another. First we used cold water, then boiling water. The goal was to pour comfortably without letting water splash or dribble on the table cloth.

The more often you practice this exercise, the better you'll become. You'll realize that the best place to hold the gaiwan with your fingers is the rim of the gaiwan's mouth. Also, you need to first move the lid in order to create an opening for the water to flow.

This pouring skill can have a direct impact on the temperature of the tea: once you know how to pour well and precisely, you won't need any cha hai (pitcher) anymore. You can pour directly from the gaiwan in the cups. This isn't just more elegant and skillful, but this also results in a warmer tea.

There might still be a tea drop here or there, if you have 10 years of practice. If these drops happen on a hard surface, this may end up looking messy. But if you use an absorbing tea cloth (Cha Bu) under your teaware, then these few drops are absorbed by the fabric and won't bother your peace of mind. Because the mind is another important prerequisite to a successful cup. And how can a student be relaxed during his finals? When he's confident that he has studied thoroughly and practiced the moves until he knows them by heart.
Practice your gaiwan skills!

No comments:<|endoftext|>Tagged: barbara ellen

Why ‘Chav’ is a Feminist Issue.

Chav, n. British slang (derogatory). “In the United Kingdom (originally the south of England): a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status.”
– Oxford English Dictionary

1. The C word

If ‘cunt’ is reportedly losing its power to shock or offend, don’t worry, other c-words are available. ‘Class’, for instance, appears to have become unsuitable for use in polite society these days, while ‘Chav’ has never been so commonplace in the respectable parlance of those who would never dream of using any other c-word so blithely. Owen Jones’ book Chavs, a welcome and necessary analysis of the latter phenomenon, identifies it as a culture ‘created and then mercilessly lampooned by the middle-class, rightwing media and its more combative columnists’, and examines the word’s place in current political and cultural discourse in the context of a simultaneous narrowing of socio-economic opportunity. Continue reading<|endoftext|>Hobby Lobby, Assisted Suicide, and Slippery Slopes...

The distinction between what the law permits and what the law enjoins is often blurred. An absence of proscription is sometimes mistaken for prescription. The more the law interferes in our lives, the more it becomes the arbiter of our morality. When someone behaves badly, therefore, he is nowadays likely to defend himself by saying that there is no law against what he has done, as if that were a sufficient justification.

The recent Supreme Court decision in the cases of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell illustrates the difficulties when two or more rights clash irreconcilably. The complex issues involved were the subject of an article in a recent edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The matter is still far from settled. It seems to me likely that the Supreme Court will one day reverse itself when its philosophical (or ideological) composition has changed.

The two corporations were owned by strongly religious people. Corporations of their size were enjoined by the government to provide their staff with health insurance which would cover contraceptive services. However, some contraceptive methods violated the religious beliefs of the owners of the companies. Did the companies have the right to except these methods from the policies that they offered to their staff (who, incidentally, numbered thousands, many of whom would not be of the same religious belief)?

Let us take a less contentious example. Suppose the owners of the corporations had a religious objection not to abortifacient contraception but to blood transfusion, and wanted to exclude all procedures that required blood transfusion from their employees’ insurance policies. It seems to me likely that 90 percent of the population at least would regard the objection to blood transfusion as cranky, and therefore that it should not be made the grounds for exclusion.

However, this argument makes the question a psephological rather than a philosophical one. It is not easy to say with any certainty at what point an opinion becomes a cranky one; the borders between the cranky and the accepted change rapidly, and what was laughable only a few years ago becomes a moral orthodoxy in the intervening period.

There are those who would say that the problem arises only when the government mandates anything. If it hadn’t decreed that every woman has the right to contraception, not in the sense that contraception in all its forms is legally permissible but, de facto, that every woman who wants it must be provided with it, the cases would not have come before the Supreme Court. Without the mandate, women who wanted the kind of contraception that the companies opposed would have had the choice between finding employment elsewhere with more liberal health insurance, and finding another means of obtaining contraception, for example by paying for it.

Rights to tangible goods and services tend to create corresponding duties upon someone to provide them. For example, if I have the right to assisted suicide, and if the right is not to become a dead letter, someone has to assist me. But who, if all the doctors around me disagree with assisted suicide? Will I then have grounds to sue them for infringement of my rights, and if so which of them? Any of them? All of them? The right to assisted suicide will rapidly become a duty to perform it.

That is, unless we understand that a right does not include its fulfillment. I have a right to buy a mansion, but I can’t exercise it because I don’t have enough money

's I've opened with the different support teams in an attempt to progress the troubleshooting efforts. Microsoft Support is a **bleep**ing disgrace.
This has just started to happen to our fleet of Azure Devices/Users this past week and into this week. The change that we made was moving from Azure AD Connect to the cloud provisioning agent. The only account not affected is the azure global admin account. Our only fix has been to reset the PC
Incredible. The issue self-healed on one laptop and caused another azure ad joined endpoint to experience the same thing. This is the worse than any virus. Microsoft has not been able to produce any results.

MS is still troubleshooting a problematic station we have off to the side.  Thankfully after reimaging the ~14 other devices, the issue hasn't returned to those or anywehre else in the enterprise, but we still don't know what/why it occurred.<|endoftext|>Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Puerh exhibition - Gaiwan practice

Brewing tea is central to any class about tea. On the second day of the Puerh exhibition event at Penn State, a whole class was dedicated to brewing methods for puerh. Teaparker distinguised between young sheng, young shu and old puerh. Each requires some adjustments to be brewed well.

But the general tea brewing rules apply to these teas as well:
1. Use a porcelain gaiwan in order to obtain a neutral taste.
2. Preheat the gaiwan and cups.
3. A layer of leaves on the bottom of the cup is enough, because tea needs space to open up, expand in the gaiwan.
4. Pour good water that has just boiled.
5. And brew as long as you like.

It sounds easy and it's something everybody can learn quickly. But each step also contains much skill that takes a lot of practice to master.

Holding and handling a gaiwan properly may seem like a detail, but it's actually a fundamental skill when brewing tea. If you are not comfortable holding it, then you'll probably be anxious, nervous at the tea table and this may reduce your pleasure (and the quality of the tea you brew).

So, Teaparker asked every student to practice pouring from one gaiwan into another. First we used cold water, then boiling water. The goal was to pour comfortably without letting water splash or dribble on the table cloth.

The more often you practice this exercise, the better you'll become. You'll realize that the best place to hold the gaiwan with your fingers is the rim of the gaiwan's mouth. Also, you need to first move the lid in order to create an opening for the water to flow.

This pouring skill can have a direct impact on the temperature of the tea: once you know how to pour well and precisely, you won't need any cha hai (pitcher) anymore. You can pour directly from the gaiwan in the cups. This isn't just more elegant and skillful, but this also results in a warmer tea.

There might still be a tea drop here or there, if you have 10 years of practice. If these drops happen on a hard surface, this may end up looking messy. But if you use an absorbing tea cloth (Cha Bu) under your teaware, then these few drops are absorbed by the fabric and won't bother your peace of mind. Because the mind is another important prerequisite to a successful cup. And how can a student be relaxed during his finals? When he's confident that he has studied thoroughly and practiced the moves until he knows them by heart.
Practice your gaiwan skills!

No comments:<|endoftext|>Tagged: barbara ellen

Why ‘Chav’ is a Feminist Issue.

Chav, n. British slang (derogatory). “In the United Kingdom (originally the south of England): a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status.”
– Oxford English Dictionary

1. The C word

If ‘cunt’ is reportedly losing its power to shock or offend, don’t worry, other c-words are available. ‘Class’, for instance, appears to have become unsuitable for use in polite society these days, while ‘Chav’ has never been so commonplace in the respectable parlance of those who would never dream of using any other c-word so blithely. Owen Jones’ book Chavs, a welcome and necessary analysis of the latter phenomenon, identifies it as a culture ‘created and then mercilessly lampooned by the middle-class, rightwing media and its more combative columnists’, and examines the word’s place in current political and cultural discourse in the context of a simultaneous narrowing of socio-economic opportunity. Continue reading<|endoftext|>Hobby Lobby, Assisted Suicide, and Slippery Slopes...

The distinction between what the law permits and what the law enjoins is often blurred. An absence of proscription is sometimes mistaken for prescription. The more the law interferes in our lives, the more it becomes the arbiter of our morality. When someone behaves badly, therefore, he is nowadays likely to defend himself by saying that there is no law against what he has done, as if that were a sufficient justification.

The recent Supreme Court decision in the cases of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell illustrates the difficulties when two or more rights clash irreconcilably. The complex issues involved were the subject of an article in a recent edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The matter is still far from settled. It seems to me likely that the Supreme Court will one day reverse itself when its philosophical (or ideological) composition has changed.

The two corporations were owned by strongly religious people. Corporations of their size were enjoined by the government to provide their staff with health insurance which would cover contraceptive services. However, some contraceptive methods violated the religious beliefs of the owners of the companies. Did the companies have the right to except these methods from the policies that they offered to their staff (who, incidentally, numbered thousands, many of whom would not be of the same religious belief)?

Let us take a less contentious example. Suppose the owners of the corporations had a religious objection not to abortifacient contraception but to blood transfusion, and wanted to exclude all procedures that required blood transfusion from their employees’ insurance policies. It seems to me likely that 90 percent of the population at least would regard the objection to blood transfusion as cranky, and therefore that it should not be made the grounds for exclusion.

However, this argument makes the question a psephological rather than a philosophical one. It is not easy to say with any certainty at what point an opinion becomes a cranky one; the borders between the cranky and the accepted change rapidly, and what was laughable only a few years ago becomes a moral orthodoxy in the intervening period.

There are those who would say that the problem arises only when the government mandates anything. If it hadn’t decreed that every woman has the right to contraception, not in the sense that contraception in all its forms is legally permissible but, de facto, that every woman who wants it must be provided with it, the cases would not have come before the Supreme Court. Without the mandate, women who wanted the kind of contraception that the companies opposed would have had the choice between finding employment elsewhere with more liberal health insurance, and finding another means of obtaining contraception, for example by paying for it.

Rights to tangible goods and services tend to create corresponding duties upon someone to provide them. For example, if I have the right to assisted suicide, and if the right is not to become a dead letter, someone has to assist me. But who, if all the doctors around me disagree with assisted suicide? Will I then have grounds to sue them for infringement of my rights, and if so which of them? Any of them? All of them? The right to assisted suicide will rapidly become a duty to perform it.

That is, unless we understand that a right does not include its fulfillment. I have a right to buy a mansion, but I can’t exercise it because I don’t have enough money. I do not consider my right infringed by this unfortunate limitation; but unfortunately, this is not how most people understand rights.

images via shutterstock /  PavleMarjanovic /  Brandon Bourdages<|endoftext|>Monday, September 28, 2009

Joel Spolsky Has an Interesting Idea of Duct Tape

Joel's recent post reveals a strange notion of what a "duct tape programmer" is.

His first description is of someone who uses C++ templates and multiple inheritance to describe has-a or does-a relationships--someone who knows just enough about inheritance to see how type inheritance can save time, but not enough about contracts to foresee the brokenness of this design. He then goes to a design patterns meeting. I am glad he is going to a design patterns meeting to learn about object composition, and all that's wrong with this lazy, hacky implement-via-inheritance antipattern. I say this template-abuser is a duct tape programmer. Mr. Spolsky calls this kind of programmer an astronaught, and says the duct tape programmer does _not_ hack in this way.

Next, Mr. Spolsky says, "You see


 mix makes the biggest difference to performance. Hypermarkets and department store anchors play an equally significant role, followed by multiplexes. The footfall generating benefits of F&B and hypermarket anchors are reflected in attractive lease terms. Food court tenants pay 60-70% lower rents compared to the mall average after considering access to the shared food court area which they enjoy.

As the retail trade faces increasing competition from e-commerce, shopping centres in Mumbai can significantly boost their performance by improving tenant mix, a factor within the control of centre owners.

[1] Qualitative assessment based on population and supply of retail space in the vicinity.
[2] Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, New Link-Linking Road, SV Road, LBS Road.
[3] Plot having public access roads abutting two adjacent sides.

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The announcement sparked significant protests from universities, student organizations and labor unions. In November 2024, the General Education Union (AOb) and Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (FNV) organized demonstrations against the cuts in Utrecht, and after these were cancelled due to security concerns, in The Hague on November 25th. University administrators argued the cuts would damage the Netherlands' position as a knowledge economy and research hub.
A particular point of contention was the policy to reduce international student numbers through stricter language requirements and higher tuition fees. Critics, including the Province of Limburg, argued this would disproportionately affect universities in border regions that rely heavily on international cooperation. The PVV party advocated for even deeper cuts, particularly targeting university support staff and English-language programs.

== Cabinet type ==
The coalition parties agreed to form an<|endoftext|>Improvement in son's disability a lift to McGehee

Improvement in son's disability a lift to McGehee

Improvement in son's disability a lift to McGehee
MILWAUKEE -- Casey McGehee sits holding his 15-month-old daughter in one arm and a Starbucks coffee in his right hand. Cooper is mesmerized by the chain dangling from dad's neck and giggles as she tries to wrap her tiny hands around the shiny medallion.

"We got to keep you awake until you get home," he said, his voice drawing softer as Cooper squirms.

Here, the Brewers' third baseman is just one of many parents biding time in the waiting room at New Berlin Therapy. As children head toward the physical and occupational therapy center with walkers and bulky lower-leg braces helping guide their every step, McGehee remembers the sound of the walker's wheels rolling along the floor all too well. It wasn't long ago McGehee's 4-year-old son, Mack, needed a walker to help him balance after he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

"This is pretty much the typical Tuesday morning," McGehee said as he speaks with Mack's therapists who have worked with the boy for the past three years. "Sometimes we'll all come over here with Mack and then grab lunch before I head to the park."

In a season McGehee has gone through some of the toughest times of his professional career, off the field, his family has helped keep him upbeat.

The strides Mack is making in therapy help McGehee see the simple pleasures in life. Mack is improving his balance and core strength, has replaced his walker with leg braces and can even swing a baseball bat and make contact without falling over.

"He used to be a lot more wobbly," Mack's physical therapist said. "We try to improve his hip strength and core, and he's come a long way."

At home it's easy for McGehee to step away from the game as his children expect the same dad to come walking through the front door. The moments father and son share on the field before games, when Mack runs around in the outfield, remind Casey that like most parents, he can't let a bad day at work carry over to his personal life.

"What's going on at the park I have to leave at the park," he said. "My drive in, I use to get myself ready and the drive home to decompress or whatever. I don't always do the greatest job of it, but the kids and [wife] Sarah, they shouldn't have to suffer if I had a bad day. Just like any parent who's had a bad day at their job."

A little thoughtfulness goes a long way
It's easy to see why Mack's become a fan favorite. After throwing out the first pitch during a Brewers game two years ago, his story struck a chord with the fans. The fan base has embraced the McGehees and their involvement with United Cerebral Palsy, and McGehee said he still receives more questions from fans about Mack than anything else.

It probably helped that the boy has an infectious smile and can rattle off the results of the sixth-inning sausage race with unparalleled enthusiasm.

On this day, Sarah is home sick, so McGehee watches Cooper pull herself up on to any imaginable surface, while Mack works in another room to complete his hour of occupational therapy.

The boy walks into the waiting room and gives his sister a kiss on the cheek before telling his dad about the letters he wrote. Making a karate chop motion with his hands, Mack explains how he enjoys writing the letter "K" and waits for his physical therapist.

His blue eyes widen as he claps with Cooper, who fusses over her brother giving her so much attention. Even Mack's thoughts are well composed for a boy his age as he likes to take his time and think before giving any answer.

"Thoughtful, I guess, would be the word for him," McGehee said. "He's a very thoughtful boy. And he always wants to know why. The stuff he picks up on sometimes amazes us."

Mack understands that his dad is a big league ballplayer and can also sense when something isn't right. Before the All-Star break, McGehee was pressing to try to find his swing and was benched for a few days during the Minnesota series. Mack knew something was up when his dad wasn't on the field and wanted to comfort him.

"The little guy comes up to me one day with his teddy bear and wants me to hold it because it makes him feel better," McGehee said. "For that, it makes it tough."

"What about my teddy bear?" the boy asks while McGehee stands next to a trampoline in the physical-therapy room and retells the story.

"Remember when you gave me your teddy bear to hold and it was very thoughtful of you?" McGehee said.

And then Mack, in typical 4-year-old fashion, has already moved on to wonder about more pressing issues.

"Yeah, I remember," Mack said. "But Dad, can we go to lunch after this?"

McGehee chuckles and nods his head. It's easy to see why baseball is the furthest thing from his mind when Mack is around.

Sometimes you just forget
The brightly colored walls inside the physical-therapy room used to be a place where the realities of Mack's disability hit home for McGehee.

Seeing his son struggle to complete ordinary tasks, like walking and balancing, were initially hard for McGehee to come to grips with. Watching other children with disabilities enter the center and get frustrated when they were having a bad day took a while for McGehee to adjust to.

"They'd be yelling and crying, and they'd think it's the end of the world just because they couldn't do something," he recalled. "That was tough for me to get used to at first."

On this day, things are fairly calm at New Berlin. Mack proceeds through his exercises in a room that is complete with mats and ramps, balls and ropes, a slide and a trampoline. Aside from the occasional dart toward the ball pit, he's reminded that every exercise has a purpose and that he's here for work and not play.

"Sometimes you forget that he has brain damage," McGehee said as Mack holds onto a green rope and walks on a treadmill. "It's tough for us to see the big developments he makes because we're with him all the time. But for his therapists here who don't see him for a few months at a time in the offseason, they notice it."

New Berlin was the first place the family tried, and having the same team of therapists with Mack for the past three years has helped the boy grow independent, too. McGehee said he and Sarah aren't sure when it happened, but Mack now strolls from room to room listening to his therapists while his mother and father can either wait in the lobby or run errands.

"I don't want to hear any squeaky mice, Mack. You can do it, pick those feet up," his therapist said as he lifts his braced legs up off the belt and marches forward.

McGehee watches from the side and after the treadmill, Mack is led to his next exercise, where he tells his dad he lifts weights just like him.

"Wow, Mack, you're so strong," McGehee said while the boy tugs at the rope for an extra rep.

"No, I'm not," Mack said as he smiles. "You're stronger."

This is our

 vacancy rates based on anchor tenant characteristics
Source: REIS

F&B product mix makes the biggest difference to performance. Hypermarkets and department store anchors play an equally significant role, followed by multiplexes. The footfall generating benefits of F&B and hypermarket anchors are reflected in attractive lease terms. Food court tenants pay 60-70% lower rents compared to the mall average after considering access to the shared food court area which they enjoy.

As the retail trade faces increasing competition from e-commerce, shopping centres in Mumbai can significantly boost their performance by improving tenant mix, a factor within the control of centre owners.

[1] Qualitative assessment based on population and supply of retail space in the vicinity.
[2] Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, New Link-Linking Road, SV Road, LBS Road.
[3] Plot having public access roads abutting two adjacent sides.

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Improvement in son's disability a lift to McGehee

Improvement in son's disability a lift to McGehee
MILWAUKEE -- Casey McGehee sits holding his 15-month-old daughter in one arm and a Starbucks coffee in his right hand. Cooper is mesmerized by the chain dangling from dad's neck and giggles as she tries to wrap her tiny hands around the shiny medallion.

"We got to keep you awake until you get home," he said, his voice drawing softer as Cooper squirms.

Here, the Brewers' third baseman is just one of many parents biding time in the waiting room at New Berlin Therapy. As children head toward the physical and occupational therapy center with walkers and bulky lower-leg braces helping guide their every step, McGehee remembers the sound of the walker's wheels rolling along the floor all too well. It wasn't long ago McGehee's 4-year-old son, Mack, needed a walker to help him balance after he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

"This is pretty much the typical Tuesday morning," McGehee said as he speaks with Mack's therapists who have worked with the boy for the past three years. "Sometimes we'll all come over here with Mack and then grab lunch before I head to the park."

In a season McGehee has gone through some of the toughest times of his professional career, off the field, his family has helped keep him upbeat.

The strides Mack is making in therapy help McGehee see the simple pleasures in life. Mack is improving his balance and core strength, has replaced his walker with leg braces and can even swing a baseball bat and make contact without falling over.

"He used to be a lot more wobbly," Mack's physical therapist said. "We try to improve his hip strength and core, and he's come a long way."

At home it's easy for McGehee to step away from the game as his children expect the same dad to come walking through the front door. The moments father and son share on the field before games, when Mack runs around in the outfield, remind Casey that like most parents, he can't let a bad day at work carry over to his personal life.

"What's going on at the park I have to leave at the park," he said. "My drive in, I use to get myself ready and the drive home to decompress or whatever. I don't always do the greatest job of it, but the kids and [wife] Sarah, they shouldn't have to suffer if I had a bad day. Just like any parent who's had a bad day at their job."

A little thoughtfulness goes a long way
It's easy to see why Mack's become a fan favorite. After throwing out the first pitch during a Brewers game two years ago, his story struck a chord with the fans. The fan base has embraced the McGehees and their involvement with United Cerebral Palsy, and McGehee said he still receives more questions from fans about Mack than anything else.

It probably helped that the boy has an infectious smile and can rattle off the results of the sixth-inning sausage race with unparalleled enthusiasm.

On this day, Sarah is home sick, so McGehee watches Cooper pull herself up on to any imaginable surface, while Mack works in another room to complete his hour of occupational therapy.

The boy walks into the waiting room and gives his sister a kiss on the cheek before telling his dad about the letters he wrote. Making a karate chop motion with his hands, Mack explains how he enjoys writing the letter "K" and waits for his physical therapist.

His blue eyes widen as he claps with Cooper, who fusses over her brother giving her so much attention. Even Mack's thoughts are well composed for a boy his age as he likes to take his time and think before giving any answer.

"Thoughtful, I guess, would be the word for him," McGehee said. "He's a very thoughtful boy. And he always wants to know why. The stuff he picks up on sometimes amazes us."

Mack understands that his dad is a big league ballplayer and can also sense when something isn't right. Before the All-Star break, McGehee was pressing to try to find his swing and was benched for a few days during the Minnesota series. Mack knew something was up when his dad wasn't on the field and wanted to comfort him.

"The little guy comes up to me one day with his teddy bear and wants me to hold it because it makes him feel better," McGehee said. "For that, it makes it tough."

"What about my teddy bear?" the boy asks while McGehee stands next to a trampoline in the physical-therapy room and retells the story.

"Remember when you gave me your teddy bear to hold and it was very thoughtful of you?" McGehee said.

And then Mack, in typical 4-year-old fashion, has already moved on to wonder about more pressing issues.

"Yeah, I remember," Mack said. "But Dad, can we go to lunch after this?"

McGehee chuckles and nods his head. It's easy to see why baseball is the furthest thing from his mind when Mack is around.

Sometimes you just forget
The brightly colored walls inside the physical-therapy room used to be a place where the realities of Mack's disability hit home for McGehee.

Seeing his son struggle to complete ordinary tasks, like walking and balancing, were initially hard for McGehee to come to grips with. Watching other children with disabilities enter the center and get frustrated when they were having a bad day took a while for McGehee to adjust to.

"They'd be yelling and crying, and they'd think it's the end of the world just because they couldn't do something," he recalled. "That was tough for me to get used to at first."

On this day, things are fairly calm at New Berlin. Mack proceeds through his exercises in a room that is complete with mats and ramps, balls and ropes, a slide and a trampoline. Aside from the occasional dart toward the ball pit, he's reminded that every exercise has a purpose and that he's here for work and not play.

"Sometimes you forget that he has brain damage," McGehee said as Mack holds onto a green rope and walks on a treadmill. "It's tough for us to see the big developments he makes because we're with him all the time. But for his therapists here who don't see him for a few months at a time in the offseason, they notice it."

New Berlin was the first place the family tried, and having the same team of therapists with Mack for the past three years has helped the boy grow independent, too. McGehee said he and Sarah aren't sure when it happened, but Mack now strolls from room to room listening to his therapists while his mother and father can either wait in the lobby or run errands.

"I don't want to hear any squeaky mice, Mack. You can do it, pick those feet up," his therapist said as he lifts his braced legs up off the belt and marches forward.

McGehee watches from the side and after the treadmill, Mack is led to his next exercise, where he tells his dad he lifts weights just like him.

"Wow, Mack, you're so strong," McGehee said while the boy tugs at the rope for an extra rep.

"No, I'm not," Mack said as he smiles. "You're stronger."

This is our obstacle
Inside the clubhouse, Mack is just like every other player's child. He wears his dad's No. 14 jersey, enjoys going out on the field before games to play catch and talks with his dad's teammates.

"Hey, dude, I saw you out there in the sausage race the other day. Did you have fun?" All-Star left fielder Ryan Braun asks Mack as the boy shows Braun his baseball glove.

"I was Bratwurst and I beat my dad," Mack said as he talks about his experience in the junior sausage relay race where McGehee held his hand and ran with him.

Braun tries the glove on and shows Mack how he needs to break it in before the boy heads out to the field.


at the end of the Olympic Games, Macron invited party leaders and presidents of parliamentary groups from both chambers to the Palais de l'Élysée on 23 August to try to form a government. After the President met the party leaders and the presidents of parliamentary groups, Macron's office announced in a press release on 26 August that Castets would not be appointed prime minister.
On 2 September, Emmanuel Macron met with Bernard Cazeneuve, former Socialist Prime Minister from 2016 to 2017, and Xavier Bertrand, current Hauts-de-France region president, as they were touted as top contenders for the premiership. Faced with the risk of a successful vote of no confidence, the appointment of Michel Barnier was considered on 4 September. On 5 September, almost two months after the second round of legislative elections, Macron appointed him as PM. While the NFP announced it would move a motion of no confidence against any government not led by them, the National Rally announced that it will<|endoftext|> rightly expect. Grumpy himself had nothing to say about all of this and simply made a noise. "Hmphf, well you heard him. The rest of ya' get in gear. We're off to work!" he said the door to the small cottage opened and out came pouring out, some five other dwarfs with various obvious problems. Doc took up at the start of the line, and since Yuri had already headed off, Kairos did as well. The dwarfs singing as they moved carrying pickaxes, shovels and other manner of equipment with them. "Hai ho, hai ho, it's off to work we go~" whistles also abounded making Kairos flip along until such a time as she caught up with Yuri. "You tell him, Yuri!~" she teased the young man gently. Though she understood his reaction she was content not to comment further. As they moved along the mine itself came into view and Kairos' eyes enlarged once more. The darkness teeming in this place became obvious as well. "Hm, seems like it's gonna be pretty tough, maybe. Let's clear it out before they catch up~" she said her Keyblade coming to her hand. The small darkness was piling out of the opening of the mine, even before they reached it properly. The mine shaft itself would be one which required both of them to work fairly hard to clear it completely. Half of the ones that escaped immediately aimed to swarm this pair of individuals, while Kairos herself understood there had to be a much greater cause of the darkness within this place. Instead of relying on magic for this swarm, Kairos' body spun around in a circle her Keyblade, cleaving through the masses around her, dispelling the weakest of them with nothing but a single stroke. It'd been quite a while since she'd allowed herself to rely on her skill with this weapon, so she thought to enjoy it, and she did. The entire time she slashed away at this darkness the girl had a huge and genuine smile upon her face.

  7. #27
    Nothing was said by Yuri as he entered the mine. He was very alert, honing in on dark creatures as they materialized and keeping track of those which weren't struck down by Kairos. His own Keyblade appeared once more. Instead of attacking directly with it or casting a spell at range, he threw it into the shadows. Yuri's Keyblade spun as it cut through the air, coating itself in additional poison magic before striking the first target. Following this first moment of impact, it continued bouncing around and striking multiple foes one after another. After the Keyblade made contact with about seven enemies, it made its way back to Yuri, who was becoming surrounded. Now though, he had his weapon in hand to defend himself... with a strong offensive maneuver. Yuri slammed his Keyblade into the ground while it retained its poison coating, producing a burst of poison around him to affect his potential attackers. The moment the first wave struck, a second followed, and the surrounding creatures of Darkness faded. "Huff... I'm blaming you for all of this when we're done," he said in passing to Kairos. Still, he continued moving forward to whatever obstacles were in the Dwarfs' way.

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    "I think you're mispronouncing thanking~" Kairos chimed as she continued to move about. Her first slashes seemed to make contact well enough she mowed down several enemies even as Yuri's Keyblade flew past her. She turned her body easily past the swipe of a creatures claws only to flip over her hand against the ground for a second. "Gravity!" this magic cast directly from her, seemed to bind everything to the ground around her as she flipped away, as she righted herself in time to throw her Keyblade out, covered in darkness to combat several others. This room would be cleared with great ease and everything around her dissipated by the time it was officially good to move on. "So what? More ice cream? I'm cool with that... I missed out yesterday anyways~" she chimed as they moved forward. Their clearance here, would take them to the back. This was obviously where the dwarfs normally worked. The tunnel itself seemed to just end, but after the horde of darkness they'd faced to get here all that was left was a big body. But it was way bigger than any they'd encountered before this point. A gentle whistle would leave Kairos' mouth as she laid eyes on this one. "That's a biggun'~" she mused happily. It was a lot to take on, she wondered if it was even properly damagable by normal means.

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    "I said what I meant. All the flavors in the shop couldn't save you from what you're gonna get!" the boy proclaimed. Whenever they made it back home, Kairos was certain to receive a stern complaining from the lad with dual-colored hair about the annoyance of this experience, and no amount of brain freeze could stop him from delivering. Speaking of delivering, it seemed someone had dropped off a very large... or rather, a very massive package to the mines this day. Yuri had seen his fair share of Darkness, even in this form. However, he'd never been warned that they came in such proportions as this hulking tub of lard. Following the observation of Kairos, Yuri also whistled and gawked at the creature. "Great big ol' biggun. Big ol' round, great big planetary, great big ol'..." His statement trailed on along a list of repeated claims that shifted only slightly from one to the next, until he settled on a singular thing which described this monstrosity with perfect accuracy. "That guy's really fat. He looks like that one master's butt," he said. Apparently, the young Keyblade wielder Yuri had some fascination with posteriors of varying types, but he was quick to move on to the next clause. "Up-smash?" he asked of the girl next to him in reference to a combination assault.

  10. #30
    "Oooh~ I'm shaking in my boots~" said Kairos about what was apparently to be a verbal thrashing she'd receive regardless of the bribe she presented. If such a thing were going to happen irrespective of her potential actions, she supposed there was no need to be overindulgent with her ice cream purchase. Meanwhile her own observation of this great darkness, was one which paled in comparison to one such as Yuri. His explanation of the darkness was something for the ages, and Kairos was absolutely dying of laughter before he went on to compare it to some butt she hadn't witnessed. She had no idea what this lad's fascination with bottoms was but it caused her to sigh just a bit. "Still don't think I'm old enough to know the sorts of things you think about in your own head..." she mused moving right along though, there was the comment about the 'Up-smash' which was something they'd done before with these sorts of darkness but never one of this massive proportion. "Fine fine, might need a Wombo-combo too~" she said with almost song like quality, still retaining the smile on her face as she produced her Keyblade within her hand once more. The girl's body began to move once again, with incredible speed around this creature before she launched herself spinning and twisting into the air above it. "Magnega!" this created a vortex of strong magenetic force in Keyblade pulling even this large creature up towards herself as she aimed her Keyblade down upon his head. This would clear the ground beneath the creature leaving it's weak spot open to the second half of this attack.

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Name: Yvonne
Status: Student
Grade:  9-12
Location: DE
Country: United States
Date: October 2006

Why are anaerobes unable to reproduce in the presence of oxygen? Why will they die?

Oxygen breaks down into what are known as free radicals which are toxic to all cells. Organisms that live in an oxygen atmosphere have enzymes that can turn the free radicals into something less toxic. Anaerobes don't have these enzymes and are killed by the free radicals.

Excellent question!

One theory is that anaerobes

 rightly expect. Grumpy himself had nothing to say about all of this and simply made a noise. "Hmphf, well you heard him. The rest of ya' get in gear. We're off to work!" he said the door to the small cottage opened and out came pouring out, some five other dwarfs with various obvious problems. Doc took up at the start of the line, and since Yuri had already headed off, Kairos did as well. The dwarfs singing as they moved carrying pickaxes, shovels and other manner of equipment with them. "Hai ho, hai ho, it's off to work we go~" whistles also abounded making Kairos flip along until such a time as she caught up with Yuri. "You tell him, Yuri!~" she teased the young man gently. Though she understood his reaction she was content not to comment further. As they moved along the mine itself came into view and Kairos' eyes enlarged once more. The darkness teeming in this place became obvious as well. "Hm, seems like it's gonna be pretty tough, maybe. Let's clear it out before they catch up~" she said her Keyblade coming to her hand. The small darkness was piling out of the opening of the mine, even before they reached it properly. The mine shaft itself would be one which required both of them to work fairly hard to clear it completely. Half of the ones that escaped immediately aimed to swarm this pair of individuals, while Kairos herself understood there had to be a much greater cause of the darkness within this place. Instead of relying on magic for this swarm, Kairos' body spun around in a circle her Keyblade, cleaving through the masses around her, dispelling the weakest of them with nothing but a single stroke. It'd been quite a while since she'd allowed herself to rely on her skill with this weapon, so she thought to enjoy it, and she did. The entire time she slashed away at this darkness the girl had a huge and genuine smile upon her face.

  7. #27
    Nothing was said by Yuri as he entered the mine. He was very alert, honing in on dark creatures as they materialized and keeping track of those which weren't struck down by Kairos. His own Keyblade appeared once more. Instead of attacking directly with it or casting a spell at range, he threw it into the shadows. Yuri's Keyblade spun as it cut through the air, coating itself in additional poison magic before striking the first target. Following this first moment of impact, it continued bouncing around and striking multiple foes one after another. After the Keyblade made contact with about seven enemies, it made its way back to Yuri, who was becoming surrounded. Now though, he had his weapon in hand to defend himself... with a strong offensive maneuver. Yuri slammed his Keyblade into the ground while it retained its poison coating, producing a burst of poison around him to affect his potential attackers. The moment the first wave struck, a second followed, and the surrounding creatures of Darkness faded. "Huff... I'm blaming you for all of this when we're done," he said in passing to Kairos. Still, he continued moving forward to whatever obstacles were in the Dwarfs' way.

  8. #28
    "I think you're mispronouncing thanking~" Kairos chimed as she continued to move about. Her first slashes seemed to make contact well enough she mowed down several enemies even as Yuri's Keyblade flew past her. She turned her body easily past the swipe of a creatures claws only to flip over her hand against the ground for a second. "Gravity!" this magic cast directly from her, seemed to bind everything to the ground around her as she flipped away, as she righted herself in time to throw her Keyblade out, covered in darkness to combat several others. This room would be cleared with great ease and everything around her dissipated by the time it was officially good to move on. "So what? More ice cream? I'm cool with that... I missed out yesterday anyways~" she chimed as they moved forward. Their clearance here, would take them to the back. This was obviously where the dwarfs normally worked. The tunnel itself seemed to just end, but after the horde of darkness they'd faced to get here all that was left was a big body. But it was way bigger than any they'd encountered before this point. A gentle whistle would leave Kairos' mouth as she laid eyes on this one. "That's a biggun'~" she mused happily. It was a lot to take on, she wondered if it was even properly damagable by normal means.

  9. #29
    "I said what I meant. All the flavors in the shop couldn't save you from what you're gonna get!" the boy proclaimed. Whenever they made it back home, Kairos was certain to receive a stern complaining from the lad with dual-colored hair about the annoyance of this experience, and no amount of brain freeze could stop him from delivering. Speaking of delivering, it seemed someone had dropped off a very large... or rather, a very massive package to the mines this day. Yuri had seen his fair share of Darkness, even in this form. However, he'd never been warned that they came in such proportions as this hulking tub of lard. Following the observation of Kairos, Yuri also whistled and gawked at the creature. "Great big ol' biggun. Big ol' round, great big planetary, great big ol'..." His statement trailed on along a list of repeated claims that shifted only slightly from one to the next, until he settled on a singular thing which described this monstrosity with perfect accuracy. "That guy's really fat. He looks like that one master's butt," he said. Apparently, the young Keyblade wielder Yuri had some fascination with posteriors of varying types, but he was quick to move on to the next clause. "Up-smash?" he asked of the girl next to him in reference to a combination assault.

  10. #30
    "Oooh~ I'm shaking in my boots~" said Kairos about what was apparently to be a verbal thrashing she'd receive regardless of the bribe she presented. If such a thing were going to happen irrespective of her potential actions, she supposed there was no need to be overindulgent with her ice cream purchase. Meanwhile her own observation of this great darkness, was one which paled in comparison to one such as Yuri. His explanation of the darkness was something for the ages, and Kairos was absolutely dying of laughter before he went on to compare it to some butt she hadn't witnessed. She had no idea what this lad's fascination with bottoms was but it caused her to sigh just a bit. "Still don't think I'm old enough to know the sorts of things you think about in your own head..." she mused moving right along though, there was the comment about the 'Up-smash' which was something they'd done before with these sorts of darkness but never one of this massive proportion. "Fine fine, might need a Wombo-combo too~" she said with almost song like quality, still retaining the smile on her face as she produced her Keyblade within her hand once more. The girl's body began to move once again, with incredible speed around this creature before she launched herself spinning and twisting into the air above it. "Magnega!" this created a vortex of strong magenetic force in Keyblade pulling even this large creature up towards herself as she aimed her Keyblade down upon his head. This would clear the ground beneath the creature leaving it's weak spot open to the second half of this attack.

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NEWTON, Ask A Scientist!
Name: Yvonne
Status: Student
Grade:  9-12
Location: DE
Country: United States
Date: October 2006

Why are anaerobes unable to reproduce in the presence of oxygen? Why will they die?

Oxygen breaks down into what are known as free radicals which are toxic to all cells. Organisms that live in an oxygen atmosphere have enzymes that can turn the free radicals into something less toxic. Anaerobes don't have these enzymes and are killed by the free radicals.

Excellent question!

One theory is that anaerobes lack enzymes like catalase and super-oxide dismutase which can break down hydrogen peroxide and other toxic oxygen compounds which form during cell metabolism in an aerobic environment.

Ron Baker, PhD.

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Oh, I was impetuous. I saw this chessboard by @mightyman and I thought to myself that chess players prefer to play on a board that's less stark, especially if they're going to spend ours looking at that board. The convention since the '40s has been to either have a wooden board, a plastic or cardboard board made to look like a wooden board or a plastic or cardboard board with green