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Why Is Your Pet Rabbit Of European Descent? Researchers Have A Possible Explanation.

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Wild bunnies in the Americas have the same long ears and fluffy tails as pet rabbits, but the two types of rabbits are not closely related.

Although different species of rabbits and hares are plentiful throughout the world, the background of domesticated rabbits is less diverse. Nearly all rabbits kept as pets or bred for fur are the descendants of European rabbits.

“Every single rabbit you see that is domesticated, including your fluffy pet... are all of the European species,” said Nawa Sugiyama, an anthropologist at UC Riverside.

Why weren’t American rabbits domesticated?

A new article published in Animal Frontiers suggests that rabbits were kept in captivity for food in the Americas, but were never fully domesticated. This may be because most American rabbits are solitary animals, and therefore less suitable for domestication than their more social European counterparts, according to the paper.

Sugiyama, who is an author on the paper, has spent many years researching animal use in the ancient city of Teotihuacán, which is located in present-day Mexico. This includes looking at the stomach contents of animals used in sacrificial rituals including eagles, pumas and jaguars. She noticed that many of these predators had been fed rabbits before they died.  Archaeologists have also uncovered a number of rabbit remains at an apartment complex in Teotihuacán, where it has been speculated that rabbits were being kept for food.

The presence of these rabbits sparked new questions for Sugiyama. She wanted to know whether residents of Teotihuacán were keeping rabbits in captivity, and if so, why those rabbit species are no longer domesticated today.

Sugiyama worked with first author Andrew Somerville, an archeologist at Iowa State University, to analyze stable carbon isotopes in the bones of hundreds of rabbits found at Teotihuacán.

“Animal bones are basically made of the food they eat,” explained Somerville.

Corn, a common food source for people living in Teotihuacán, is chemically distinct from other plants since it uses a different photosynthetic pathway, explained Somerville. This means that scientists can look at the isotopes in rabbit bones and determine whether they come from corn, which suggests humans were feeding the animals, or wild forbs and shrubs.

The bones of rabbits that were in Teotihuacánian from 350-550 AD indicated that they were being fed corn, and thus likely kept by humans in captivity. Rabbit bones from 550-1100 AD had lower stable carbon isotope values, indicating less corn in their diet, said Somerville. That species of rabbit is not domesticated today.

Somerville and Sugiyama argue that American rabbits never reached full domestication because they are not social animals, which makes them harder to domesticate. The European rabbit lives in groups in the wild. The eastern cottontail, the most common rabbit in the Americas, is a solitary animal. Both males and females live most of their lives alone. This makes the rabbits more difficult to tame or breed.

Somerville said it is important that people keeping rabbits as pets or using them in labs remember that they are social creatures. If they aren’t kept with other rabbits, their mental and physical health could suffer.

Emily Jones, an anthropologist at the University of New Mexico who studies human-animal interactions, said she frequently gets questions about why cottontails weren't domesticated from both archaeologists and the public. She said it is good to see someone tackling the topic.

“Somerville and Sugiyama do a great job here of pulling together some of the diverse literature that explores the evolutionary and behavioral differences between these two taxa - and provides a much-needed resource for non-experts who are curious about why the human-cottontail and human-European rabbit relationships developed quite so differently,” she said.

But Leif Andersson, an animal geneticist at Uppsala University who has conducted research on rabbit domestication, was not convinced by the notion that sociability explains the domestication differences. He said European rabbits were likely quite difficult to domesticate too because they have strong flight response, which makes them hard to keep in cages.

The difference across continents might simply be a product of chance, he said.

“I think it is impossible to tell if the difference in social behavior can explain why European rabbits were domesticated while North-American rabbits were not,” he said. “It may just be due to chance that human-rabbit interaction led to domestication in Europe, maybe because of a high dedication from a group of humans or a group of rabbits with a favorable genetic constitution that facilitated domestication.”

Melinda Zeder, an archaeologist with the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution who studies animal domestication, said the new study is “great” and makes compelling arguments about the behavioral differences between the rabbits impacting domestication.

Zeder said colonization might also be a factor in American rabbits not being fully domesticated. Human relationships with other animals that were domesticated in the Americas were disrupted by the arrival of Europeans, she said. Since Spanish colonizers already had domesticated rabbits, they may not have seen the value in continuing to domesticate the American rabbits.

Beyond determining why American rabbits weren’t fully domesticated, Sugiyama said getting people to see value in American rabbits is an important takeaway from the study.

“We are reliant on a small number of domesticated species,” she said. “It is very dangerous to rely on this handful of species for all our food and entertainment.”

Biodiversity is a safety net in the face of extreme change, said Sugiyama. If people rely on a narrow group of animals for food, they will have little protection if viruses or climate disruptions impact those species. She said it is important to understand how animals that aren’t commonly used now contributed to different societies.

Rabbits were likely a convenient source of meat for people in Teotihuacán, who didn’t have access to livestock like cows.  It is possible they could be important again in the future.

"Diversity is our backup," said Sugiyama. "The more you have, the more we can be more resilient against change."

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Spears and other tactics curb lionfish invasion

Harris, diving in the Gulf of Mexico off Destin-Fort Walton Beach, scopes out a lionfish. (Credit: Alex Fogg)

A new study from the team outlines the do’s and don’ts of responding to a lionfish invasion.

Invasive lionfish have spread through the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico over the last few decades.

More recently, lionfish have also invaded the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal, leading to concerns about their possible impact on ecosystems.

A team of scientists hopes to apply lessons learned from managing lionfish in the western Atlantic to the Mediterranean invasion.

“This collaboration came out of an international lionfish summit where it became clear that the concerns and questions about lionfish in the Mediterranean were the same ones that managers in the Atlantic invasion have addressed,” says Holden Harris, one of the study’s lead authors and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, which is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Cedar Key, Florida.

Reviewing previous lionfish research and management approaches, the researchers identified six strategies to implement and two to avoid when tackling a lionfish invasion.

Ways to fight a lionfish invasion

Organized removal efforts such as lionfish tournaments can dramatically lower lionfish numbers in an area, according to the review. These events also help raise awareness about the invasive species in the communities where the events are held.

The study found that spearfishing using scuba diving and a pole spear is the most efficient means of removing lionfish. However, managers in both hemispheres face the issue that spearfishing is often prohibited on reefs where lionfish congregate. This is often needed to protect native species, but it also prevents divers from culling invasive lionfish. To prevent divers from spearfishing protected species, the study shows how managers can limit divers to use small spears, which are only effective against lionfish. Additionally, working with local stakeholders, including dive organizations, has shown to be widely successful.

“One of the big take-aways of this study is the importance of participatory management, which is when stakeholders and wildlife managers work collaboratively to implement effective strategies for the lionfish problem,” Harris says.

The researchers’ analysis suggests that encouraging a commercial lionfish market could have long-term positive effects.

“Restaurants and retailers have begun marketing lionfish to consumers. Lionfish are really tasty and appeal to the environmentally conscious consumer. A commercial lionfish market can also help diversify fishers’ catch portfolio,” says Harris.

Finally, the research team highlights the importance of encouraging regional and multinational cooperation.

“Like all major biological invasions, lionfish are unconstrained by political borders and their control will require rapid and strategic management approaches, multinational coordination, and broad cooperation among and between governments and stakeholders,” says Harris. “It’s neat that this research reflects this. Our paper resulted from a global collaboration of 25 researchers from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean.”

Things that won’t stop the invasive species

The study notes two lionfish control strategies shown to have unintended negative consequences.

Bounty programs where people earn money for removing lionfish can quickly exhaust their funding. “It’s unlikely that lionfish will ever be fully eradicated in areas where they have invaded, so bounty programs would need unending funds,” Harris says.

“On the other hand, lionfish tournaments or commercial fishing can remove lots of lionfish but are more sustainable because they can make profits that cover their own costs. Moreover, this promotes invasive species management because it helps controlling the invader and mitigate their impacts on native fishes, and not just as an economic incentive,” Harris says.

Finally, the study documents the dangers of feeding lionfish to predators like sharks or eels, as an attempt to train predators to hunt the lionfish themselves. This practice can teach predators to associate divers with food and causes them to be aggressive around divers. “I’ve seen firsthand in many places how this has caused changes to predator behavior. They weren’t pleasant experiences! In some areas where this was tried, diver teams now have to dedicate one or more divers just to be predator look out,” Harris says.

The study appears in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.

Source: University of Florida


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Homeopathic Medicine Review

Homeopathic medicine or homeopathy is a form of complementary and alternative medicine that uses very small amounts of natural substances that, in large amounts, can cause a disease or symptom. This branch of medicine originated in the 19th century and was used frequently at that time. Interestingly, the first studies of homeopathic remedies were carried out in healthy volunteers, similar to many clinical trials that are carried out today. Although the use of homeopathy has decreased with the advent of new traditional therapies, there are more than 2,000 substances that have been used as homeopathic remedies.

What is homeopathic medicine and how does it work? Here's what the research suggests about its effectiveness, how it compares to conventional medical options, and the potential side effects and risks of these treatments.

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Theory of homeopathic medicine

The theory behind homeopathic medicine is that " similar cures similar " and that a substance that causes disease in a healthy person can cure those symptoms in someone who is sick. Homeopathic practitioners believe that a small amount of a substance that causes illness will stimulate the body to heal itself. While this may seem far-fetched, the theory is somewhat similar to the basics of vaccination in modern medicine: When immunized, exposure to a small amount of a killed or inactivated microbe can result in protection against disease progression. .

Homeopathic medicine is based on the theory of "the similar cures the similar". An example of homeopathy is the use of a very dilute coffee solution to treat insomnia.

Another theory underlying homeopathy is the potentiation theory. Homeopathic practitioners believe that the more diluted an ingredient is, the stronger it becomes. The idea is that diluting and mixing an ingredient will activate the medicinal properties of the ingredient, thus enhancing its effect. The effectiveness of homeopathic solutions is indicated by an X or C.

  • X: For each dilution, one part of the ingredient is mixed with two parts of water. For example, a 1X potency would be a solution consisting of 1 part of an ingredient and 9 parts of water.
  • C: Efficacy can also be described by C. Solution 1C refers to a solution consisting of one part of an ingredient and 99 parts of water.

Looking at potentiation scientifically, many homeopathic remedies may contain very few or no ingredient molecules (for example, in a 30 ° C solution). Skeptics have described this as the equivalent of dissolving an Advil tablet in the ocean and then drinking a few drops. In response, some supporters of homeopathy claim that it is not the amount of the ingredient that matters, but its energy, which is activated through the dilution process to cause a therapeutic effect in the body. In fact, the more diluted a homeopathic remedy is, the more powerful it is.

Principles of homeopathy

The practice of homeopathic medicine is based on three fundamental principles.

  • Law of Similarity: The Law of Similarity refers to the "similar cure as" theory mentioned above.
  • Single cure principle: this principle states that a single cure must cover all the physical, emotional and mental symptoms of a disease.
  • The minimum dose principle: first, a small amount of a substance is used in several doses, and then an infinitesimal amount is used over time.

Homeopathy was developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1807. He treated himself with a small amount of tree bark (cinchona bark) containing quinine, which is used to treat malaria. When he developed the symptoms of malaria, he came up with the law "as cures as"; believe that medicines that cause certain symptoms can be used to treat diseases that cause those symptoms.

Who Prescribes Homeopathic Remedies and Where Are They Available?

Some homeopathic medicines are available in health food stores, while others are only available through qualified homeopaths or practitioners of whole medicine, such as naturopathic health professionals .

Scientific research on homeopathic remedies

Results on the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies have been conflicting, mainly due to the lack of widely accepted practice guidelines. This makes the "dose" or amount of a homeopathic medicine present in any remedy variable.

A 2016 research literature review evaluated the study design and research results using homeopathic remedies to date. It was concluded that individualized homeopathy may have small specific therapeutic effects. Additional "evidence-based" research is likely to provide more details on the safety and efficacy of homeopathic remedies in the future. In contrast, a meta-analysis from 2017 showed that there is not a single clinical condition for which there is strong evidence for the efficacy of homeopathy .

A large review of articles published in the 2018 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews looked at one of the most common claims about homeopathic medicines: they can play a role in preventing or treating acute respiratory infections in children. Based on this review, there was no evidence of the effectiveness of these treatments. Due to the quality of the reports of possible side effects of homeopathic treatments in the reviewed studies, the researchers were unable to draw any conclusions about the safety of these treatments .

Homeopathic medicine and cancer

As with other diseases, the role of homeopathic remedies for people with cancer is largely unknown. Animal studies have shown that homeopathic remedies, when used in conjunction with traditional therapies, can have a cancer suppressing effect, as well as reduce symptoms and improve quality of life. However , we do not know at this time if these animal studies can be applied to humans and more research is needed to address this problem.

Frequency of use of homeopathic remedies among cancer patients

Whether effective or not, homeopathy is widely used among people with cancer. A 2019 study looked at the use of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients at the same institution. Of the various forms used (including osteopathy, homeopathy, acupuncture, healing touch, magnetism, Chinese medicine, etc.), homeopathy was the second most used technique by 39% of respondents.

For most people, these treatments were used primarily to prevent or treat the side effects of conventional cancer treatments. However, a small number of people have used homeopathic remedies to boost their immune systems or directly treat cancer .

Possible benefits of homeopathy

A 2018 study examined the potential for homeopathy to help manage symptoms in a comprehensive cancer treatment program. Of the 124 patients, 75 percent found the benefits of homeopathic remedies. Women with breast cancer and people dealing with chemotherapy-related peripheral neuropathy or hot flashes reported benefits more often .

Side Effects and Safety of Homeopathic Medicines

Homeopathic remedies generally have a reasonable safety profile as only a small amount of the active ingredient is used in a large dilution. People who are pregnant or undergoing treatment for a serious medical condition should speak with their healthcare provider before using these products or any other form of alternative healthcare.

The dangers of homeopathic medicine

It is extremely important to note that homeopathic remedies do not replace the need for traditional medicine for most diseases. For example, when it comes to cancer treatments, there is no evidence that these substances have any effect.

When homeopathic remedies are used in place of traditional therapies that have been shown to be effective in well-designed clinical trials, these remedies can increase, rather than reduce, pain and suffering.

While many of these treatments are unlikely to be harmful when combined with traditional therapies, it is important to discuss any homeopathic or nutritional supplements you wish to use with your doctor. We know that certain vitamin and mineral supplements can interfere with cancer treatments , such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Contrast with traditional medicine

Homeopathic medicine is different from allopathic medicine (also known as traditional medicine), which uses agents (drugs, chemotherapy, surgery, etc.) that produce a different effect than the disease.

A relatively new approach to medicine is to use a combination of conventional therapies to treat disease and alternative therapies to help control symptoms. This is now called integrative medicine.

What traditional medicine can learn from homeopathy

Although homeopathic remedies are not definitely recognized as beneficial for any disease, doctors offer a service that is currently lacking in traditional medical care: time and attention.

A visit to a homeopathic doctor can last an hour or more, compared to the short visits that many allopathic doctors offer. The possibility of someone listening sympathetically to concerns should not be underestimated.

While any improvement in symptoms is often overlooked as simply a placebo effect, we learn that the placebo effect can sometimes have a physiological basis with chemical changes such as the release of endorphins (the body's natural pain relievers) and even brain scans. showing objective changes. Homeopathy providers can also spend more time talking about healthy lifestyle practices.

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Pindrop co-founder and CEO, Vijay Balasubramaniyan invented phoneprinting in 2010, while he was working on his PhD at Georgia Tech. Vijay noticed that there were subtle differences in audio characteristics of phone calls coming from different countries. In his thesis, “Using Single-Ended Audio Features to Determine Call Provenance,” Vijay created an algorithm to analyze call audio and identify anomalies in Caller-ID information.
Five years later, Vijay’s thesis has become the core of Pindrop’s Phoneprinting technology. Today, phoneprints analyze 147 audio characteristics to determine the risk level associated with each call. Phoneprinting has gotten more sophisticated as we’ve integrated voice biometrics and caller reputation information to create the Fraud Detection System (FDS).
Many of the largest banks, insurers, brokerages, and retailers in the US are using FDS phoneprinting to protect their call centers. They’re using Pindrop’s solution because it is the only one on the market that flags fraudulent callers on the first call, and functions regardless of call type or quality. Phoneprinting is the only technology that can detect and track voice distortion, Caller ID spoofing, gateway hijacking, and other fraud techniques.
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Model story

XK 120 period picture

Jaguar XK120

Model: Jaguar XK120
Body style: OTS
Production period: 1948.-1954.
Produced tot.: 7614 units
Produced: 1954.
VIN: 676412
Body: 2-seater roadster
Colour: Old English White
Engine: 3,4 l XK, R6
Engine capacity: 3442 cm³
Power: 162 hp at 5000 rev.
Compression: 8.0/1
Valves: 2 DOHC
Transmission: 4-gear manual
Driven wheels: rear
Max. speed: 200 km/h
Dynamics: 0-100 km/h – 10 s
Average fuel consumption: 14,3 l/100 km
Fuel: gasoline
Dead weight: 1320 kg
Notes: First registration commenced in USA.

The XK120 was launched in open two-seater or (US) roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine. The display car was the first prototype, chassis number 670001. It looked almost identical to the production cars except that the straight outer pillars of its windscreen would be curved on the production version. The roadster caused a sensation, which persuaded Jaguar founder and design boss William Lyons to put it into production.

Beginning in 1948, the first 242 cars wore wood-framed open 2-seater bodies with aluminium panels. Production switched to the 112 lb (51 kg) heavier all-steel in early 1950. The "120" in the name referred to the aluminium car's 120 mph (193 km/h) top speed (faster with the windscreen removed), which made it the world's fastest production car at the time of its launch. In 1949 the first production roadster, chassis number 670003, was delivered to Clark Gable.

The XK120 was ultimately available in two open versions, first as an open 2-seater described in the US market as the roadster (and designated OTS, for open two-seater, in America), then also as a drophead coupé (DHC) from 1953; and also as a closed, or fixed head coupé (FHC) from 1951.

A smaller-engined version 2-litres, 4 cylinders, intended for the UK market was cancelled prior to production.

On 30 May 1949, on the empty Ostend-Jabbeke motorway in Belgium, a prototype XK120 timed by the officials of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium achieved an average of runs in opposing directions of 132.6 mph with the windscreen replaced by just one small aeroscreen and a catalogued alternative top gear ratio, and 135 mph with a passenger-side tonneau cover in place. In 1950 and 1951, at a banked oval track in France, XK120 roadsters averaged over 100 mph for 24 hours and over 130 mph for an hour, and in 1952 a fixed-head coupé took numerous world records for speed and distance when it averaged 100 mph for a week.

Roadsters were also successful in racing and rallying.

The first roadsters, hand-built with aluminium bodies on ash frames mounted on modified Jaguar Mark V chassis, were constructed between late 1948 and early 1950. To meet demand, and beginning with the 1950 model year, all subsequent XK120s were mass-produced with pressed-steel bodies. They retained aluminium doors, bonnet, and boot lid. The DHC and FHC versions, more luxuriously appointed than the roadsters, had wind-up windows and also wood veneers on the dashboard and interior door caps.

With alloy cylinder head, hemi-spherical combustion chambers, inclined valves and twin side-draft SU carburetors, the dual overhead-cam 3.4 L straight-6 XK engine was comparatively advanced for a mass-produced unit of the time. With standard 8:1 compression ratio it developed 160 bhp (119 kW), using 80 octane fuel. Most of the early cars were exported; a 7:1 low-compression version, with consequently reduced performance, was reserved for the UK market, where the post-war austerity measures then in force restricted buyers to 70 octane "Pool petrol". The Jaguar factory, with access to 80 octane fuel, provided roadsters with the higher compression ratio to the press. Journalists could then test the model's optimum performance in Belgium, on a long, straight stretch of road between Jabbeke and Ostend. The XK engine's basic design, later modified into 3.8 and 4.2 litre versions, survived into the late 1980s.

All XK120s had independent torsion bar front suspension, semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear, recirculating ball steering, telescopically adjustable steering column, and all-round 12 inch drum brakes that were prone to fade. Some cars were fitted with Alfin (ALuminium FINned) brake drums to help overcome the fade.

The roadster's lightweight canvas top and detachable sidescreens stowed out of sight behind the seats, and its barchetta-style doors had no external handles; instead there was an interior pull-cord which was accessible through a flap in the sidescreens when the weather equipment was in place. The windscreen could be removed for aeroscreens to be fitted.

The drophead coupé (DHC) had a padded, lined canvas top, which folded onto the rear deck behind the seats when retracted, and roll-up windows with opening quarter lights. The flat glass two-piece windscreen was set in a steel frame that was integrated with the body and painted the same colour.

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Een ver afgelegen huis

From 5 February to 6 March 2022, the exhibition A far-away house was shown in the Vishal in Haarlem. Years ago curator Luuk Wilmering heard the story of a fellow artist, who at a certain point decided to retreat to a remote island to start a sheep farm in the desolation of that place. Away from everything, a new life. That story really appealed to him. It touched upon a vague longing in himself.

Many artists, writers and philosophers are familiar with the desire to isolate themselves from the world, temporarily or otherwise. In this age of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, this need seems greater than ever. It is almost impossible to escape the fleeting communication on social media. Whereas silence and isolation are prerequisites for free thinking and artistic research. A remote house sounds tempting. It can be a place where you can come to yourself and to new insights. But it can also be a place where you are confronted with yourself, with deep doubts, fears and imperfections. And it can be a place where you are not really welcome.

The exhibition can be seen as a search for the house where you naturally feel at home. For a place that mirrors yourself. For a sense of security that comes from your memory. A distant house can be seen as a last refuge, to be found in time as well as space. But it can also be a house where you don’t feel welcome. Where you are excluded. That is literally beyond your reach.

With Elise ‘t Hart, Wim Bosch, frank mandersloot, Luuk Wilmering and Ronald Cornelissen.


Nintendo Switch

Shigeru Miyamoto On The Switch’s HD Rumble And Iwata’s Involvement

Nintendo’s launch of the Switch is just around the corner, and Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down for an interview with TIME to talk a bit about the upcoming console. In the interview, Miyamoto mentioned the late Satoru Iwata’s involvement with the system, his thoughts on the HD Rumble feature, as well as his thoughts on the role of stories in videogames.

First off, after mentioning that Iwata had provided feedback during the Switch’s development, Miyamoto went on to further describe Iwata’s involvement with the console:

“I mentioned that Mr. Iwata, Mr. Takeda and myself provided feedback and made decisions, but ultimately Mr. Iwata was the head of development, so he put a lot of thought and time into Switch. I think that the idea of Nintendo Switch being a device you can take out and anywhere, and the idea of it being a system that really allows networking and communicating with people, I think that’s something Mr. Iwata put a lot of emphasis on.

Because Mr. Iwata was tech-savvy, a lot of our discussion involved trying to figure out how to make the technical things like network capabilities or servers or whatever fun. For example, think about when we added the ability to use a browser on the DS [Nintendo’s two-screen gaming handheld—the browser was added to North American systems in 2007]. As time goes on, all of these services become more and more advanced, and so we need to think about “How do we incorporate mobile devices or new browser features that come up?” That’s something Mr. Iwata and I discussed a lot, really trying to decide what to do and what not to do in our hardware.”

Next, Miyamoto shared his thoughts on the Switch’s HD Rumble feature:

“First of all, I can’t say for certain that HD Rumble is going to create something completely original, but I can say that the sensation HD Rumble provides is completely new. When we first created the Rumble Pak [released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64], at that time we were trying to just think about cost and performance. What could we make that was cost-efficient to create a rumble sensation?

Within Nintendo, there’s a group of people who just focus on researching rumble features and capabilities. For many years, they’ve been bringing different kinds of rumble and vibration features and putting them into games and testing them. What’s incredible is that it’s not just this monotone vibration, but you can feel the taps. So when you put your pen on the screen, it’s not just this dull vibration, you can feel the tap that the tip of the pen makes on the screen. Right now there’s this idea that 60 frames-per-second graphics is the standard [speed for modern video games]. If you were, for example, to make something that ran at 20 frames-per-second, someone would get mad at you.

For anything interactive, the response time is very important. So like with virtual reality, the latency makes a big difference in the experience. And with HD Rumble, the latency is different, so it provides a unique experience, and with that unique experience, I think new ideas can come about.”

Miyamoto then went on to explain the role of story in Breath of the Wild and how important he feels story is to a game:

“Let me start off by saying that Mr. Aonuma [Eiji Aonuma, the game’s producer] and his team, instead of creating a game where you’re playing the story, you yourself are embarking on an adventure, and I think they’ve found a unique way to strike a balance between the story and the fact that you’re on an adventure. It’s not that I don’t like story, that I’m denying the importance of story. I think after someone has played a game, it’s important that a story lingers in their mind. But what I do think is a challenge, is to cut down on playtime to set up and explain a story that’s already been set.

I think what’s important, especially for the Zelda series, is for the person to be able to think it through for themselves, and to really live the story. I think that’s the challenge we’ve been working on through the many iterations of The Legend of Zelda. And so in this game, while you’re playing, you start to kind of dig the narrative out and see the overarching story that lies in the background.

And so I think the story in Breath of the Wild still doesn’t break the balance that’s been established in previous Zelda games. But we also wanted to make a game where, after someone is done playing, their own experience in that game is what the story is, and I think we’ve been able to accomplish that with this title. And really in this game, everybody can take very, very different routes and approaches. How long it takes to beat the game has a huge range.”

To read the rest of Miyamoto’s interview with TIME, you can visit their official website.

The Nintendo Switch will release on March 3rd, 2017.


How Many Americans Are On A Diet? (Solution found)

In the United States, an estimated 45 million people go on a diet each year, and Americans spend $33 billion on weight-loss goods each year.

What percent of America is on a diet?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 percent of Americans reported they were on a diet during the 2017-2018 survey period, an increase from 14 percent a decade earlier. Over the same era, obesity rates in the United States increased from 34 percent to 42 percent, representing a significant increase.

How many people are on a diet 2020?

The information was compiled by Statista using data from the United States Census Bureau and the Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS). It is estimated that 184.83 million Americans will be watching their diet in 2020, according to this figure.

What percentage of the population is dieting?

The most important discoveries In the years 2013–2016, 49.1 percent of adults in the United States attempted to reduce weight in the previous 12 months. More women (56.4 percent) than males (41.7 percent) attempted to lose weight, according to the survey results.

Does the average American have a healthy diet 2020?

75 percent of Americans claim to eat healthfully, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary: the Salt One-third of individuals in the United States are obese, and 80 percent consume insufficient amounts of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Despite this, according to our research conducted in partnership with Truven Health Analytics, we as a country eat with our eyes closed.

What percentage diets work?

I feel that 95% of diets are a failure for most individuals. When it comes to determining the origins of that 95 percent figure, the medical literature isn’t much assistance. While there have been a few tiny studies that have shown remarkable recovery rates in the range of 95 percent or higher, the source of that figure has not been identified or proven.

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How many Americans are overweight?

36.5 percent of adults in the United States are classified as obese. Another 32.5 percent of adults in the United States are overweight. More than two-thirds of individuals in the United States are overweight or obese, according to the National Institutes of Health.

How many diets does the average person try?

According to a recent poll, the average person will experiment with 126 different fad diets over their lifetime. Based on results of a survey with 2,000 participants, it was shown that the average individual will start on at least two fad diets every year, with the majority of them being abandoned after six days.

What percentage of people are successful at weight loss?

There is a widespread belief that nearly no one is successful in maintaining weight loss over an extended period of time. Researchers have discovered that around 20% of overweight adults are effective at long-term weight loss, which is defined as reducing at least 10% of their starting body weight and maintaining the decrease for at least one year.1

Why do diets often fail?

It is due to the fact that diets are focused on restriction that they fail. They frequently take the enjoyment out of eating and can make it impossible to lead a regular life. Diets are only meant to be temporary. People embark on a diet with the expectation that they would ultimately abandon it. It is not a question of if, but when.

What is the percentage of men on a diet in the US?

It may be extrapolated from these statistics that 23 percent of women (36,260,190) in the United States claimed that they were on a diet in 2012, while around 16.7 percent of males (25,505,210) reported the same.

See also:  How Fast Do You Lose Weight On Low Carb Diet?

How many US citizens are there?

According to United Nations figures, the population of the United States in 2020 is expected to be 331,002,651 people at the mid-year point. The population of the United States is 4.25 percent of the entire world population, which is comparable to 4.25 million people. The United States of America is ranked third on the list of nations (including dependent territories) based on population.

Why is the American diet so bad?

Poor diets and sedentary lifestyles among the general public in the United States have resulted in high rates of obesity and overweight, as well as diet-related chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer (HHS/USDA, 2005b).

Do Americans eat a lot of processed food?

By the end of the trial, researchers revealed that ultra-processed food intake had increased from 53 percent of total calories at the start of the study (2001-02) to 57 percent at the conclusion (2017-18). The following are some of the study’s most important findings: Meals that were ready to eat or ready to heat had the greatest rise in consumption (e.g., frozen dinners).

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HTML hidden Attribute

The hidden attribute is a boolean that specifies that an element is not relevant and should not be displayed by the browser.

Applicable Elements

hidden is a Global Attribute, meaning it can be used with all HTML Elements.

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This spectacular raven was carved from a single piece of black onyx and rests on a raw gemstone base. In mythology, ravens are known as the Keeper of Secrets and the messenger between heaven and earth, the dead and the living, and man and gods. The raven stands for magic, self-knowledge, and healing. They are often seen as a symbol of transformation. Hand carved by master artisans in Peru. One of a kind, approximately 14" high.

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Potential Roof Repairs Your Home May Have To Undergo

9 March 2022
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When your roof needs repairs, it is vital for a homeowner to avoid delaying undertaking this work. Otherwise, they could find that the damages to their home will be far more severe than what was expected.

Rotting Shingles Or Supports

Rot is one of the more serious problems that your roof can suffer. When the shingles or supports start to rot, the protection that the roof is providing will be severely degraded. This can increase the chances that water damage or other issues are able to occur. Depending on the scale of the damage to the shingles, it is often possible to repair this by simply replacing the damaged shingles. However, rot to the supports of the roof can be far more serious, and will often involve either a total or partial roof replacement to correct.

Ice Damage

Ice can be a threat to the roof that people will often dramatically underestimate. However, it is possible for ice to damage the roof in a number of ways. One of the most obvious is the weight of the ice potentially collapsing sections of the roof. However, large ice deposits on the roof can also expose the roofing materials to substantial amounts of water for long periods of time. Ice dams are a common issue during the winter months, and they can often form as a result of heat escaping through the roof. This can lead to portions of the ice on the roof melting until it gets far enough away from the heat to freeze. Over time, this can contribute to very large and damaging ice dams forming on the roof, and they can be difficult to break up or remove. If your roof is regularly developing ice dams, having a professional repair service inspect it for gaps or other areas where hot air can escape from the home can potentially correct these problems.

Leaks Around Skylights

There are many homes that will use skylights to provide a natural source of light to the interior. While skylights are normally fairly dependable features, they can develop leaks that may need to be repaired. Unfortunately, it is possible for these leaks to damage portions of the roof by rotting them. Due to this potential issue, any skylight leaks should be inspected by a roofing contractor to help determine whether the surrounding roof was compromised as a result of the leaks.

For more info, contact a roofing repair company near you.

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Blockchain innovation has actually unlocked a digital, autonomous, dispersed ledger that anyone from around the world can negotiate on. Transacting on the blockchain includes interacting with wallet addresses. Each cryptocurrency has a wallet and each wallet has an address.

Sometimes a wallet will have more than one getting address. These addresses are lengthy and intricate strings including both letters and numbers. More than typically, it is difficult to verify that you have actually gone into the appropriate address prior to sending because of the length and complexity of blockchain addresses. Also, if you inadvertently send out one to a wallet address that belongs to a different cryptocurrency, for example, send out Bitcoin to an Ethereum address, then the funds you send will be lost forever. If only there was a method to link a readable domain to a wallet address. This must make it easier to transact on blockchain networks considering that there would no longer be a requirement to communicate with raw wallet addresses.

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In numerous ways, a blockchain wallet resembles a savings account in the real world. Each wallet has a “savings account number” and a “password”. What makes a blockchain wallet different from a bank account is that there is no main institution that protects and maintains your bank account. A blockchain wallet is completely your own duty. Since there is no central organization, such as a bank, securing your wallet on the blockchain, people on a blockchain network rely on file encryption to secure their funds in the network. With this being the case, the savings account number and password of each blockchain wallet are a bit more complex.

When getting funds from somebody, you would produce a get address and share that with them. A receiving address is generated using your wallet’s public secret. Some centralized cryptocurrency wallet suppliers provide you the choice to produce numerous get addresses and add notes or payment references for record-keeping. There is no limit to how many receive addresses you can create for a blockchain wallet.

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Disadvantages of Double Taxation Agreements

For international companies, a double taxation agreement helps reduce additional tax burdens. Without this type of agreement, income could be taxed both in the country of income and after its return to the country of origin. Without a double taxation agreement, international transactions would also potentially be unprofitable. As a result, most countries have signed agreements to prevent double taxation and rationalize taxable trade. There is also a double taxation treaty in the UK to prevent companies from paying income tax in more than one country. A well-structured integration of corporate and personal income taxes would eliminate double taxation of corporate income, eliminate the different tax treatment of debt and equity financing, and eliminate the difference in tax rates between ordinary “C corporations” and intermediary corporations. [REF. NEEDED] The current tax system already includes elements of an integrated tax system. Capital gains tax is another example of double taxation. Income can be taxed twice, once at the personal level and once at the company level. Indeed, companies are considered as separate entities from shareholders. A business must pay tax on its annual income. When dividends are paid to shareholders, they must also pay capital gains tax on the same profits on a personal level.

Some investments with a flow-through or pass-through structure, such as . B main limited partnerships, are popular because they avoid the double taxation syndrome. In the case of international workers or residents of two countries, double taxation treaties can often be complicated. In some cases, income must be reported both in the country of origin and in the country of residence, and all countries have their own contracts. For example, despite the double taxation treaty in the UK, US expats still have to report taxes in both countries. For this reason, it is always important to keep accurate records, especially for international tax returns. The Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Orrin Hatch (R-UT), has often discussed the integration of corporate and personal income tax. At a hearing in May 2016, he said, “A better and more efficient system would be one that integrates corporate and personal income taxation.” [REF. NEEDED] In January 2017, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called for the abolition of corporate income tax and the taxation of capital gains and dividends as ordinary income. [REF.

NEEDED] Economists from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute have published a proposal for integration. [REF. NEEDED] In 2014, Michael Graetz, a former Treasury official and Columbia law professor, and Harvard law professor Alvin C. Warrant Jr. published their 1998 book on integration. [REF. NEEDED] Many foreign countries have fully or partially integrated tax systems. [REF. NECESSARY] We have seen a fascinating new report on Switzerland`s double taxation agreements (DTAs) with developing countries. Interestingly, although the report was prepared by researchers from the renowned World Trade Institute at the University of Bern, the underlying study was commissioned by the Development Agency of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, as the results criticize Switzerland`s current international tax policy, the report was hidden in an obscure corner of the ministry`s website; We believe its results deserve a broader impact.

It is also possible, in certain cases, to benefit from tax relief under the double taxation convention, depending on the country concerned. However, when two different countries have different tax rates, it can get complicated. Normally, the employee is not responsible for more than the higher maximum tax rate of the two countries. Similarly, UK residents abroad should determine in which country they are considered a treaty resident for tax purposes. The company itself doesn`t pay taxes twice, but the mere noise of “double taxation” can make potential entrepreneurs shudder. However, there is another option. Select the “S Corporation” tax status of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to avoid double taxation. Double taxation is a tax principle that refers to income tax paid twice on the same source of income. This can happen when income is taxed at both the business and personal level. Double taxation also occurs in international trade or investment when the same income is taxed in two different countries. This can happen with a 401k loan.

John Christensen ■ Swiss double taxation treaties disadvantage poorer countries The current tax system taxes corporate income twice: it is taxed once at company level, usually at a rate of 35%; [REF. NEEDED] It is then taxed again when the income is paid in the form of a dividend to shareholders or a capital gain on the sale of the company`s shares. [REF. NEEDED] This double taxation of corporate income has a pronounced negative economic impact, particularly on wages. It distorts the economy and hurts productivity. 3. Exemption and deduction of dividends. Corporate taxation, combined with the exemption of dividends from personal tax or the granting of a deduction for dividends paid by corporations, significantly reduces the double taxation of corporate income. To the extent that a company withholds profits instead of paying all profits in the form of dividends, a certain level of double taxation would remain. The current law provides for a reduced level of taxation for “eligible dividends” and therefore partially adopts this approach.

[REF. NEEDED] Similarly, under applicable law, certain intercorporative dividends are eligible for a total or partial deduction of dividends (DRD), which is functionally equivalent to an exclusion or exemption of shareholders. [REF. NEEDED] As a general rule, real estate is property and property, so this section would cover the treatment of rental income. In virtually all contracts, the country of origin (where the property is located) is granted the right to tax the rental income of the property with the country of residence. As there is no exemption in the contract, tax relief is usually granted for each foreign tax paid. If you are travelling abroad with a posting, you should also check the corresponding double taxation agreement to see if it can bring any tax benefits. However, the potential benefits of double taxation treaties go far beyond this simple example. Therefore, in order to avoid double taxation and tax evasion, it seemed necessary to conclude an agreement on double tax evasion (DBAA), and such an agreement also allowed both countries to be well informed about the company`s activities in the country of origin. .


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METAVERSE 101 - A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Metaverse

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What is the Metaverse? Since Facebook CEO Zuckerberg changed the name of the social media company to Meta back in October 2021, the term quickly became a buzzword among tech enthusiasts.

But what exactly is it? Can it deliver on its promises? And why are big businesses investing in it? If you’re interested in knowing the answers to these questions but want to spare yourself from the technical jargons and boring explanations, you’re in luck: here’s an easy-to-understand guide on the basic facts and most recent updates about the Metaverse.

Who came up with the term Metaverse?

“Metaverse” is a term coined by author Neal Stephenson and which first appeared in his 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash”. It combines the word “meta” (which means beyond) and “universe”, and was used in the novel to describe a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

Are there other moments in pop culture history that predicted or imagined the Metaverse?

Yes. Many films, including Avatar, Ready Player One, and The Matrix, make reference to the Metaverse. Second Life, an online game launched in 2003 by Linden Lab, is also credited with being the first metaverse.

What is the modern-day definition of the Metaverse?

Today, the term Metaverse is used to describe “a simulated digital environment that uses augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and blockchain, along with concepts from social media, to create spaces for rich user interaction mimicking the real world.”

However, during an interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained that “A lot of people think that the Metaverse is about a place, but one definition of this is it's about a time when basically immersive digital worlds become the primary way that we live our lives and spend our time".

What’s the connection between Web3 and the Metaverse?

A simple definition of Web3 is that it is the third generation of the evolution of web technologies –– so to say, an evolutionary next step of the internet we know today. Certainly, the Metaverse is a result of that evolution, and it's a new technology that focuses on how users will experience Web3.

Is there only one Metaverse or many?

There are many Metaverses (platforms) and different types of Metaverse:

  1. Traditional Centralized Metaverse: these are Web2 metaverses that do not integrate blockchain technology and are centralized. As such, it is simply a virtual space that is controlled by a central organization. Some examples are Roblox and Minecraft.
  2. Centralized Blockchain Metaverse: these metaverses integrate blockchain and allow users to interact and monetize their creations or acquisitions creations. However, it is still controlled by a centralized organization. An example is Meta’s Horizon Worlds.
  3. Decentralized Blockchain Metaverse: these metaverses are based on a system called DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and where users have decision-making power and administrational roles. Some examples are Decentraland and Axie Infinity.

What promises does the Metaverse hold?

Experts and proponents argue that the Metaverse could transform the way we work,  socialize and conduct business as it holds promise for the next generation of digital experience, immersion and connectivity.

As for the specific benefits that the Metaverse offers, data company Statista created a list in 2021 of how it can benefit the world, which includes overcoming obstacles to daily living (such as disabilities), enhancing creativity and imagination, and increasing technological literacy and skills.

What does the future hold for the Metaverse?

In a recent study, economic consulting firm Analysis Group predicted that if the Metaverse takes off like mobile technology has, it could contribute $3 trillion (€2.8 trillion) to the global economy within a decade.

The study also said that “the metaverse is expected to have far-reaching applications to society: transforming economic sectors such as education, health care, manufacturing, job training, communications, entertainment, and retail.”

As a result, companies continue to invest in the Metaverse. In the same way, many countries have expressed excitement over its development.

Cake DeFi’s Metaverse ambitions

As a company that prides itself as being highly-innovative, forward-looking and at the forefront of shaping the future of the crypto space, we at Cake DeFi recognize the potential benefit of the Metaverse to the world and the amazing opportunities that it presents to forward-thinking individuals and institutions.

As such, we announced earlier this year the launch of Cake DeFi Ventures –– our venture capital arm, with US$100 million, earmarked for metaverse projects and other tech startups to support Cake DeFi’s mission to bring DeFi services to the masses.

Cake DeFi Ventures is also looking to invest in startups that are involved in Web3, gaming, fintech, NFT, blockchain, e-sports and relevant industries that will bring synergistic value to Cake DeFi’s core business.

So, if you have a cool project to recommend or have enquiries about Cake DeFi Ventures, please visit We look forward to hearing from you and seeing everyone soon in the Metaverse!

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Jacob’s Family 2-1-16

Genesis:  The Beginning

Jacob’s Family 2-1–16

READ:  Genesis 34-35

Yesterday, we read about Jacob’s return to Canaan and how he reconciled with Esau.  Today, we will look at Jacob’s senior years of life, as well as his family.

Jacob and Leah had a daughter, named Dinah.  She was very beautiful and desirable. One day while Dinah was visiting friends, Shechem—a local prince—raped her.  He committed a heinous crime against her.  But, after raping her he began to fall in love with her and wanted to make things right by winning her affection and marrying her.  Shechem’s father, Hamor, approaches Jacob and his sons with the proposal to intermix their cultures and offspring; to merge their people.   Hamor asks Jacob to allow Dinah to marry Shechem, as well as arrange the marriages for other sons and daughters.  This might have been a good thing for Hamor, because Jacob’s family was very, very, very wealthy.  Would Jacob’s sons allow such negotiations?

Shechem comes to speak with Jacob and his sons.  He asks for mercy and offers to pay any price for the hand of Dinah in marriage.  Jacob’s sons tell him, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised.” (Remember, deception is the fall back from faith and this is a stretch of the truth.) The brothers then come with a solution: If every man in Hamor’s kingdom is circumcised, they will give their blessing.  Hamor and Shechem speak to their people and encourage the single men to agree to circumcision; a little physical pain for a lot of material gain.  They all agree to greed.

But, while they are vulnerable and healing from circumcision, Jacob’s sons—Simeon and Levi—go into the city and kill all the males including Hamor and Shechem.  Dinah is rescued from Shechem’s house and brought back to the camp.  When the rest of Jacob’s sons arrive in the city, they notice the slaughter and seize the flocks, herds, loot the wealth and plunder the houses.  They take their children and wives away as captives.  The crimes committed by Jacob’s sons far outweigh the crime committed by Shechem.  When Jacob realizes what his sons have done; he is terribly grieved and begins to fear for all of their lives.

Jacob calls for repentance; he orders his family to get rid of every pagan idol, purify themselves, and change their clothes. This is an outward symbol of a renewed consecration to the LORD. ( NOTE:  This is a picture of what the blood of Jesus does for us as sinners, isn’t it?  We lay down our sin, allow his grace to cleanse us, and put on his righteous robe!  Praise God!)  Then Jacob decides to move his family back to Bethel where he has another encounter with God.  We all need that next encounter with God, don’t we?  Jacob has a redeeming moment with God that would have to sustain him, because life was going to continue being difficult.

Jacob and his camp leave there and head toward Ephrath (Bethlehem).  Rachel is pregnant and on the way to Bethlehem she gives birth to another son—Benjamin—but Rachel has complications and dies shortly after the birth.  She is buried there.  While Jacob is grieving the loss of Rachel, Reuben—his son—defiles Jacob’s marriage bed; Reuben has sex with Jacob’s wife Bilhah. This act costs Reuben his birthright.

Anger and a lack of respect can cause us to make very bad decisions. Retaliation is never a good response even if things are terribly unjust.  God asks to be His children’s Vindicator and if we don’t allow Him that place, we will take matters into our own hands and make a mess that continues to leave lasting effects.  Let’s learn from Jacob’s family and choose to leave justice with God.

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Top Dem Clyburn compares GOP majority to Nazi Germany, insults intelligence of voters

It has become as predictable as it is tiresome for Democrats to slander their Republican opponents with ahistorical comparisons to Nazi Germany, and as if on cue, House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) just did so again for the umpteenth time just days before the midterm elections.

In a blatantly demonizing smear against the probable incoming GOP majority in Congress, Clyburn asserted that the United States was “on track to repeat what happened in Germany” in the 1930s, Townhall reported.

And, no, the Democratic congressman from South Carolina was not referencing the hyperinflation that crippled the pre-Nazi era democratic Weimar Republic and set the stage for the totalitarian regime that followed it.

Republicans are Nazis, of course, again

In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Clyburn said, “This is what happens in a country that follows what happened in Germany in the early 30s, and I said this in 2018 and caught a lot of hell from a lot of people for having said it, but it was true then and it’s true now.”

“This country is on track to repeat what happened in Germany when it was the greatest democracy going, elected a chancellor that then co-opted the media,” he added. “This past president called the press the enemy of the people. That is a bunch of crap. And we know it. And that is what’s going on in this country.”

It’s (D)ifferent when we do it

Rep. Clyburn went on in that interview to repeatedly insult the intelligence of the American people by downplaying or dismissing as “different” various actions by Democrats that are, for all intents and purposes, the same things they now rail against Republicans for doing.

The congressman echoed President Joe Biden’s assertion that the Republican “demonization” of top Democratic leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had led to acts of political violence but dismissed Biden’s own vilification of “ultra-MAGA Republicans” as fascists and racists — or his own repeated comparisons of his GOP colleagues to evil Nazis — as not being equivalent.

He also argued that multiple Democratic attempts to challenge and question and undermine the legitimacy of prior electoral victories by Republicans — which he himself has participated in — were not the same thing as the current “election denialism” of the GOP following Biden’s victory in 2020.

Economic concerns not in voters’ “self-interest”

Perhaps most insulting of all, though, was Clyburn’s abject dismissal of the very real economic concerns expressed by a substantial majority of voters and his assertion that people voting on those concerns were voting against “their own self-interest,” according to the New York Post.

“I think that the people should be voting in their own self-interest. And their self-interest is much more than what you may or may not be paying for the price of gas or what you may or may not be paying for a loaf of bread,” he said. “The question is, are we going to have a society that everybody can participate in? Or are we going to have an autocracy that is run by one person?”

What Clyburn and others like him fail to realize, or blatantly ignore, is that when people struggle to afford or must choose between gas and bread and other necessities for their family’s very survival, that becomes preeminent among their “self-interest” above all else, and no amount of vilifying their partisan opponents as Nazis is going to change that.


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Course of the Somme

Course of the Somme

Water code FRE6 --- 140 , FRE6--009-
location France , Hauts-de-France region
River system Somme
source in the municipality of Fonsomme
49 ° 54 ′ 23 ″  N , 3 ° 24 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height approx.  86  m
muzzle near Saint-Valery-sur-Somme in the English Channel Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 34 "  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 57"  E 50 ° 11 ′ 34 "  N , 1 ° 36 ′ 57"  E
Mouth height m
Height difference approx. 86 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.35 ‰
length 245 km
Big cities Amiens
Medium-sized cities Saint-Quentin , Abbeville
Small towns Ham , Péronne , Corbie
The Somme

The Somme

The Somme is a river in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France . It rises in Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin and flows into the English Channel after 245 kilometers in an estuary called the Somme Bay (French Baie de Somme ) between Le Crotoy and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme . On its way it flows first through the Aisne department and then through the Somme department named after it .

The name Somme goes back to Celtic origins. The Romans named the river Samara .

First World War

The Somme became known worldwide through the Battle of the Somme ; One of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, with at least one million dead and wounded .

Second World War

At the beginning of June 1940, the French armed forces opposed the advance of the Wehrmacht during the western campaign on the Weygand Line (south of the Somme, the Crozat Canal , the Ailette and the Aisne ). But they had hardly any armored forces and could only hold the line for a few days; after that the campaign in the west was practically decided. On June 22, 1940, the Armistice of Compiègne , which was similar to surrender for France .

After building several canals , the Canal Maritime d'Abbeville à Saint-Valery and Canal de la Somme , the Somme is navigable from its mouth to Saint-Simon . There is a connection to the Canal du Nord and the Canal de Saint-Quentin .

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Partially melting droplets strongly enhance lidar backscatter

Sun, W., Y. Hu, R. R. Baize, and A. H. Omar (2022), Partially melting droplets strongly enhance lidar backscatter, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 281, 108107, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108107.

There has been a long-standing problem in discrepancy between theoretical and observed backscatter by water clouds. Lidar ratios from water clouds are often much lower than what calculated out by Mie theory. In this study, we find the low lidar ratios of water clouds in CALIPSO lidar observations can be explained if we assume some large droplets with liquid spherical shells and ice cores. Using a light scattering model for layered spherical particles, we can produce lidar ratios similar to those from the CALIPSO data while assuming large droplets with ice cores in clouds. This study explains the reason of low lidar ratios for water clouds and provides a method for remotely sensing partially melting droplets.

Lidar can be used for measuring cloud thermodynamic phase [1,2]. Backscattered lidar signal from cloud particles is also used for understanding cloud microphysical properties, such as the particle size, extinction coefficient, liquid water content, and droplet number concentration, etc. [3,4]. However, there has been a long-standing problem in discrepancy between theoretical and observed backscatter by water clouds.

NASA’s CALIPSO [1] mission was developed to provide global profiling measurements of cloud and aerosol distribution and properties. CALIOP, the primary instrument carried by CALIPSO, is a lidar operating at the wavelengths of 1064 nm and 532 nm that can measure atmospheric particles’ extinction to laser beam and the backscatter of the laser beam from the particles. Traditionally, the ratio of lidar returns at different wavelengths is called lidar color ratio, and the ratio of the particles’ extinction cross-section and the particles backscatter cross-section is defined as lidar ratio. In analyzing the CALIPSO lidar data from clouds, as shown in Fig. 1, it is found that lidar backscatter from water clouds with large droplets are significantly larger than what the Mie theory [5] predicts for pure water droplets or ice particles, and this means much lower lidar ratios from measurements than from Mie theory results. Fig. 1 shows the lidar ratio (i.e. the ratio of extinction cross section and backscatter cross section of cloud particles) for water clouds at a wavelength of 532 nm. For cloud particles with large effective radius Re , lidar ratios from the CALIPSO satellite data are significantly smaller than the ones calculated from Mie theory. Changing size distributions of particles does not significantly

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One of the best innovation stories I’ve ever heard came to me from a senior executive at a leading tech firm. Apparently, his company had won a million-dollar contract to design a sensor that could detect pollutants at very small concentrations underwater. It was an unusually complex problem, so the firm set up a team of crack microchip designers, and they started putting their heads together.

That, in essence, is the value of open innovation. When you have a really tough problem, it often helps to expand skill domains beyond specialists in a single field. Many believe it is just these kinds of unlikely combinations that are key to coming up with breakthroughs. In fact, a study analyzing 17.9 million scientific papers found that the most highly cited work tended to be mostly rooted within a traditional field, with just a smidgen of insight taken from some unconventional place.

But what if the task had been simply to make a chip that was 30% more efficient? In that case, a marine biologist dropping clams on the table would have been nothing more than a distraction. Or, what if the company needed to identify a new business model? Or what if — as is the case today — current chip technology is nearing its theoretical limits, and a completely new architecture needs to be dreamed up?

In researching my book, Mapping Innovation, I found that every innovation strategy fails eventually, because innovation is, at its core, about solving problems — and there are as many ways to innovate as there are types of problems to solve. There is no one “true” path to innovation.

Yet all too often, organizations act as if there is. They lock themselves into one type of strategy and say, “This is how we innovate.” It works for a while, but eventually it catches up with them. They find themselves locked into a set of solutions that don’t fit the problems they need to solve. Essentially, they become square-peg companies in a round-hole world and lose relevance.

We need to start treating innovation like other business disciplines — as a set of tools that are designed to accomplish specific objectives. Just as we wouldn’t rely on a single marketing tactic or a single source of financing for the entire life of an organization, we need to build up a portfolio of innovation strategies designed for specific tasks.

It was with this in mind that I created the Innovation Matrix to help leaders identify the right type of strategy to solve a problem, by asking two questions: How well can we define the problem? and How well can we define the skill domain(s) needed to solve it?

Sustaining innovation. Most innovation happens here, because most of the time we are seeking to get better at what we’re already doing. We want to improve existing capabilities in existing markets, and we have a pretty clear idea of what problems need to be solved and what skill domains are required to solve them.

For these types of problems, conventional strategies like strategic roadmapping, traditional R&D labs, and using acquisitions to bring new resources and skill sets into the organization are usually effective. Design thinking methods, such as those championed by David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO and Stanford’s, can also be enormously helpful if both the problem and the skills needed to solve it are well understood.

Breakthrough innovation. Sometimes, as was the case with the example of detecting pollutants underwater, we run into a well-defined problem that’s just devilishly hard to solve. In cases like these, we need to explore unconventional skill domains, such as adding a marine biologist to a team of chip designers. Open innovation strategies can be highly effective in this regard, because they help to expose the problem to diverse skill domains.

As Thomas Kuhn explained in the The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, we advance in specific fields by creating paradigms, which sometimes can make it very difficult to solve a problem within the domain in which it arose — but the problem may be resolved fairly easily within the paradigm of an adjacent domain.

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Disruptive innovation. When HBS professor Clayton Christensen introduced the concept of disruptive innovation in his book The Innovator’s Dilemma, it was a revelation. In his study of why good firms fail, he found that what is normally considered best practice — listening to customers, investing in continuous improvement, and focusing on the bottom line — can be lethal in some situations.

More recently, Steve Blank has developed lean startup methods and Alex Osterwalder has created tools like the business model canvas and value proposition canvas. These are all essential assets for anyone who finds themselves in the situation Christensen described, and they are proving to be effective in a wide variety of contexts.

Basic research. Pathbreaking innovations never arrive fully formed. They always begin with the discovery of some new phenomenon. No one could guess how Einstein’s discoveries would shape the world, or that Alan Turing’s universal computer would someday become a real thing. As Neil deGrasse Tyson said when asked about the impact of a major discovery, “I don’t know, but we’ll probably tax it.” To his point, Einstein’s discoveries now play essential roles in technologies ranging from nuclear energy to computer technologies and GPS satellites.

Some large enterprises, like IBM and Procter & Gamble, have the resources to invest in labs to pursue basic research. Others, like Experian’s DataLabs, encourage researchers and engineers to go to conferences and hold internal seminars on what they learn. Google invites about 30 top researchers to spend a sabbatical year at the company and funds 250 academic projects annually.

Yet one of the best-kept secrets is how even small and medium-size enterprises can access world-class research. The federal government funds a variety of programs, such as the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a series of manufacturing hubs to help develop advanced technologies, and Argonne Design Works. Local universities, which have a wealth of scientific talent, can also be a valuable resource.

Taking steps to participate in these types of programs can help small business compete in competitive markets. For example, Mike Wixom of Navitas, a four-year-old battery company that joined the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) as an affiliate, told me, “As a small company, we’re fighting for our survival on a daily basis. Becoming a JCESR affiliate gives us an early peek at technology, and you get to give feedback about what kinds manufacturing issues are likely to come up with any particular chemistry.”

So, clearly, being able to reach out to scientists on the cutting edge can help a business plan for the future, just as the other approaches, such as design thinking, open innovation, business model innovation, and others, can help propel a business forward if applied in the right context. But no one solution fits all problems.

If your innovation strategy is struggling or failing, consider whether it’s because you’ve locked yourself into a single approach. There are always new problems to solve; learn to apply the solution that best fits your current problem.


Can You Sew A Down Jacket?

Down jackets are one of the most popular types of jackets on the market today. They are made with a variety of different materials, but the most popular type is made with down feathers. These feathers come from ducks or geese and provide an excellent source of insulation for your body.

Down jackets are typically filled with anywhere from 80 to 90 percent down feathers, which makes them extremely warm and comfortable to wear.

How To Sewing A Down Jacket Full Sewing Process Video

  • Measure yourself and choose a pattern based on your measurements
  • Choose the type and amount of down filling you would like for your jacket
  • Cut out the pattern pieces for your jacket from fabric and lining material
  • Sew the fabric and lining together at the seams, leaving an opening at the bottom of the jacket for turning it right side out later
  • Fill the jacket with dow filling, using a down proof fabric to contain the fill if necessary, and sew up the opening at the bottom of the jacket
  • Hem or add other finishing touches to your jacket as desired

Puffer Jacket Repair

If you have a puffer jacket that needs repair, there are a few things you can do to fix it. First, check the seams and stitching to see if there are any areas that need to be resewn. You can also patch up any holes or rips with fabric tape or patches.

If your jacket has down filling, check for leaks and tears in the fabric. You may need to replace the down filling if it is damaged. Finally, clean your jacket as needed and store it in a cool, dry place until next winter.

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Can You Sew A Down Jacket?

How Do You Fix a Hole in a down Jacket?

If you have a hole in your down jacket, there are a few ways to fix it. One way is to sew the hole shut with a needle and thread. Another way is to use a patch to cover the hole.

You can also buy special down jacket repair kits that come with everything you need to fix your jacket.

Can You Superglue a down Jacket?

It’s not uncommon for people to ask if they can superglue a down jacket. The quick answer is no, you cannot superglue a down jacket. Superglue is not designed to adhere to fabric, and even if it did, the glue would likely damage the fabric.

In addition, superglue is not waterproof, so it would not be effective in repairing a rip or hole in a down jacket.

How Do You Reupholster a down Jacket?

Assuming you would like a step by step guide on how to reupholster a down jacket: Tools and Materials Needed: -Pair of sharp scissors

-Tape measure or ruler -Pencil or fabric marker -Chalk

-Seam ripper -Heavy duty thread and needle or sewing machine -Pins

-Fabric of your choice (enough to cover the entire jacket) Step One: Preparing the Jacket. Begin by flipping your jacket inside out.

If there are any loose threads, snip them off as close to the fabric as possible. Use a seam ripper to take out any stitches that are holding the old fabric in place. Once all of the old fabric is removed, give the jacket a good press with an iron set on low heat.

This will help remove any wrinkles in the fabric so that you have a nice, smooth surface to work with. Step Two: Measuring and Cutting the New Fabric. Measure the length and width of each piece of fabric needed to cover the front, back and sleeves of the jacket.

Add an extra inch or two to each measurement to allow for seam allowances. Cut out each piece of fabric using sharp scissors. Step Three: Sewing on the New Fabric. Pin each piece of new fabric into place on the wrong side of the jacket (the side that will be facing inward when you wear it). Start with either the front or back panel, then move on to one sleeve at a time before finishing up with the other side panel. Sew each piece of new fabric into place using either a heavy duty thread and needle or a sewing machine set on medium stitch length..

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Can You Replace down in a Jacket?

If your favorite down jacket is starting to lose its loft, or if it’s been damaged and you can see through to the quilted lining, it might be time for a replacement. But instead of ditching your old jacket, you might be able to give it new life with a little bit of work. Here’s what you need to know about replacing down in a jacket.

Down is the soft layer of feathers that sits under the tougher outer feathers of birds like geese and ducks. It’s these down feathers that provide insulation in jackets and other cold weather gear. When down gets wet, it loses its ability to insulate, so it’s important to keep your down gear dry.

Over time, down can also lose its loft, which is the result of the individual fibers flattening out. This makes the material less effective as an insulator. You might notice this happening if your jacket starts to feel thinner or less puffy than it used to be.

If your jacket needs a little bit of TLC in the form of some new down, you have a few options. You can buy pre-packaged down from outdoor retailers, or you can harvest some from an old pillow or comforter (just make sure it’s clean first). Once you have your newdown, gently hand-wash your jacket following the care instructions on the label.

If you’re looking for a winter jacket that will keep you warm and toasty, you may be wondering if you can sew a down jacket. The answer is yes! Sewing a down jacket is not as difficult as you might think, and the finished product will be worth the effort.

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Down jackets are made with a layer of down feathers sandwiched between two layers of fabric. The down feathers provide insulation, while the outer layers of fabric protect against wind and water. When sewing a down jacket, it’s important to use a water-resistant or waterproof fabric for the outer layer.

This will help keep the down feathers dry and prevent them from clumping together. Sewing a down jacket is fairly straightforward. Start by cutting two pieces of fabric for the front and back of the jacket.

Then, cut two sleeves and join them to the main body pieces. Finally, add a lining to the inside of the jacket and attach all of the pieces together. If you take your time and sew carefully, you’ll end up with a cozy and stylish down jacket that will keep you warm all winter long!