For the extreme-right movements in Europe and the U.K., see New Right (Europe). No, they're not the same.
The New Right (aka Reagan Conservatism) refers to a conservative movement which brought key elements of the American Right under the banner of red-baiting anti-communism. The movement was so named because it set itself apart from the isolationist and laissez-faire "Old" Right.
The New Right had its roots in the post-WWII era, beginning with the McCarthyite scare of the early 50s and the death of Ohio Senator Robert Taft. Its origins are often traced to William F. Buckley and his National Review magazine, founded in 1955. The term "New" Right was coined in 1962 in an article for "Young Americans for Freedom," and became a popular descriptor for them in '75. Other writers also cite such New Deal opponents of the 1950s as Clarence Manion and L. Brent Bozell, Jr. (who first attempted what later became the Southern strategy), Peter Viereck, who may have been one of the immediate intellectual forebears of the New Right (but would soon denounce what it became), and Friedrich Hayek.
Some commentators have called the "Three Legged Stool": big biz, the Christian Right, and foreign policy hawks.
Modern conservative thought began in the '50s, as a reaction to what many considered the consensus liberalism of post-WWII America and the onset of the Cold War. F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom (1944), William F. Buckley's God & Man at Yale (1951), an early critique of liberal academia, and Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind (1953) were important texts, along with the founding of National Review. Throughout the mid to late 1950s, this new-model conservatism gained momentum among college students and twenty-somethings; M. Stanton Evans documented this trend in his 1961 book Revolt on the Campus, which prematurely proclaimed the '60s a conservative decade.
Manion and Bozell first attempted to build a coalition fusing anti-New Deal fiscal conservatism with an inherently anti-civil rights "states rights" platform, and talked of forming a third political party during the late 1950s. The 1956 independent presidential campaign of T. Coleman Andrews running on such a platform went nowhere, carrying only one county each in Virginia and Tennessee, and 0.17% of the nationwide popular vote. Under the influence of Buckley they soon dropped the third party talk, and set out to draft Barry Goldwater to run as a Republican. Another meeting was sponsored in 1959 by Kent Courtney and endorsed by several others on the right (Utah governor J. Bracken Lee, Dan Smoot, Thomas J. Anderson) also calling for a new conservative party; Courtney would also soon get on the Goldwater bandwagon but continue advocating for a new third party on the far-right.
1960 proved a banner year for the New Right. In September, Buckley, Bozell, Evans and several other conservatives issued the Sharon Statement, setting down a series of principles for the conservative movement. These conservatives also founded Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a student organization which remained a powerful national organization through the mid-'70s. The same year saw the publication of Barry Goldwater's book, The Conscience of a Conservative. Actually ghostwritten by Bozell, it became a best-seller and introduced conservative ideology to a broader audience.
“”Apparently, the rich had had it. They weren't going to take the likes of us anymore. They also were in no mood to respect their former president, Eisenhower, who was nearly booed down until the crowd finally got a look at his scarlet face and raging eyes. One furious look from the ancient lion shut them all up. He said something and then turned his back on a people he'd never much cared for.
The movement got a big boost when a tax revolt movement in the 1970s culminated in the passage of California Proposition 13 in 1978, rolling back property taxes. Viguerie asserted that the biggest boost, even more than the late 1970s tax revolt, was public opposition to the Panama Canal treaties and the New Right's ability to mobilize that opposition. He also cited as another big boost the influence of the Religious Right in flipping evangelical voters, a key constituency, from voting overwhelmingly for Jimmy Carter in 1976 to overwhelmingly for Reagan just four years later. The New Right soon had its biggest success when one of its own was elected president in 1980.
“”Gingrich assumed that when he became speaker, he could co-opt the radical outsiders he brought with him to Washington. It never happened. Their disdain for Washington, government, and Congress continued, even during their majority status. And, as Sean Theriault writes in The Gingrich Senators, many of them migrated to the Senate, making its culture more partisan and combative.
The break with Reagan-Bushism has been in the offing for a long time. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effective end of the Cold War, the New Right coalition turned on each other. The Old Right was revived (under the paleoconservatism label) by people such as Pat Buchanan; a new populism fed into movements such as the Reform Party, whose members included a young Donald Trump; the Goldwater Republicans were effectively supplanted by a newer, some would say nastier, brand of conservatism typified by conservative talk radio, Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, and in 1994 by the Newt Gingrich-led Republican takeover of the United States House of Representatives. This brand of conservatism influenced the George W. Bush administration.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Perlstein, Rick. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. 2001, Hill and Wang.
↑ There was a major split in YAF in the late '60s, due to the rise of the libertarian movement within its ranks and disillusionment over Vietnam and Watergate. YAF still exists today, but in a much-diminished capacity.
↑ "What Is The Alt Right?"
↑ "The Fight for the Alt-Right: The Rising Tide of Ideological Autism Against Big Tent-Supremacy"
↑ "Vox Popoli: What the Alt Right is - Vox Day"
↑ "The Alt Right and the Impossibility of Conservatism"
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Introduction: Weight discrimination (WD) is a well-documented phenomenon; as the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW/O) increases, so does the stigma attached to this condition. WD may lead to psychological trauma, decreased employment opportunities, lower wages and other disparities. Because other gender-based disparities in social and economic determinants of health are known to exist, it is important to determine how WD affects women compared to men. The present study investigated the relationship between WD and gender.
Methods: Existing data was collected from secondary sources and analyzed using a variety of methods. Types and consequences of WD as well as legal precedents were analyzed in terms of gender.
Results: Women are disproportionately affected by many manifestations of WD, including negative stereotypes about their personalities and capabilities as employees. For women, WD leads to disparities in wages, employment, and social opportunities affecting financial stability. Race may be a protective factor against WD in some instances. There have been several major cases involving WD, the majority of which have been brought by female plaintiffs; however, few have been successful and current U.S. law still offers little legal protection against WD. Conclusions: Because women are more susceptible to WD than men, WD is a social justice issue for women. Women face economic and social disparities affecting health regardless of weight; WD can both contribute to and compound these issues. Therefore, in order to create effect programs, public health interventions targeting health disparities in women and/or OW/O should consider WD during the program planning process.
1. Define weight discrimination. 2. Describe how weight discrimination can be both a consequence and determinant of health. 3. Describe gender disparities in weight discrimination and in its effects.
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Why are Britons keeping over £1 billion in piggy banks, glass jars and sock drawers at home?
Based on the findings of a survey conducted by Virgin Money, over seven million Britons are keeping an estimated £1.3 billion worth of cash in their homes due to the dwindling interest rates on savings and the convenience of having cash to hand.
Out of the 2,000 respondents who participated in the survey, 30 percent were unhappy with the interest they were making on other savings, 17 percent said their savings were generating no interest at all while only 27 percent said they were happy with their current interest rate from the bank.
The survey revealed that British men keep more money at home than women, averaging around £53.80 and £31 respectively. The most common reasons provided by the respondents for keeping cash at home instead of bank accounts and Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) include being able to see and use the money for everyday spending.
What would make Britons move their moneys to the banks? It would require at least an average of £120 in additional interest a year to change their mind.
Read the original article written by Jane Denton published on This is Money here.


Sylvester Stallone Is Back For Escape Plan 2, But What About Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Since Escape Plan was a modest box office success upon its release back in 2013, grossing $137 million worldwide from just a $50 million budget, it's little surprise that plans are afoot for a sequel. Those involved have also convinced Sylvester Stallone to reprise his role as Ray Breslin. However, this time around he will just be present in a supporting role rather than leading the way, while Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided not to return.
Deadline were the first to reveal that Sylvester Stallone will feature in Escape Plan 2, but they failed to reveal who will be along for the ride with him. Since it's only in a supporting role, there's a good chance that this time around Sylvester Stallone will be playing a mentor to a younger character that is maybe incarcerated in the same prison that he managed to escape from in the original.
Escape Plan was the first time that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone starred in a film together. It saw Stallone portray Ray Breslin, a structural engineer that's incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison. With the help of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Emil Rottmayer, he manages to escape, while the film's impressive cast was rounded out by Jim Caviezel, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones, Amy Ryan, Vincent D'Onofrio and Curtis Jackson. You can check out its trailer below.
It's now full steam ahead with Escape Plan 2, as Miles Chapman, who wrote the original, is already working on the script for the sequel, while Randall Emmett, George Furla and Zack Schiller are returning as producers, too. Their next task will be to find a director to helm Escape Plan 2, as the original's Mikael Hafstrom wasn't mentioned in the announcement regarding the follow-up, which suggests he won't be involved.
They don't have too long to find someone, too, because they've already earmarked January 15, 2017 as the day when they'll start pre-production, while they'll shoot in Ohio and China from March 15. The powers that be that are financing Escape Plan 2 have decided to include a "major Chinese component" in the film, which was key to financing the sequel.
That's because while Escape Plan was a bit of a box office bomb domestically, where it only grossed $25 million from a $50 million budget, it was hugely popular internationally, especially in Asia. In China alone, it grossed $40.9 million, while in Japan it brought in $5.8 million, and in Hong Kong it made $1.7 million.
Obviously these audiences found the allure of both Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the same movie too good to turn down, so they flocked to see it. It will be interesting to see if the sequel can have the same impact, though, now that only Sly is returning, especially since it's a bit-part role, too.


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What are things I need to consider when designing around the HMC?
User defined address mapping can increase performance. For example, accessing a vault from a local quadrant will have lower latency accessing that vault from a link outside the quadrant. Making small adjustments to ensure these efficiencies can increase performance results.
The main point is that the basic mechanics of memory use will be the same, but now you have multiple banks in each vault, plus you can use the HMC to stir the address bits around however you want (i.e. you can do all the banks first and then the vaults or all the vaults first and then the banks). In this way, you have a lot of flexibility in how to order the address so that you can do what you are currently doing, but with greater flexibility.
If you are using large packets (i.e. 128 byte packets, 64 byte packets) you should see close to the theoretical numbers for HMC bandwidth. This is especially true if you are not using all four links on the part. If you start doing small scatter-gather traffic patterns, you may see that drop if you are using all four ports, but again if you are just using 1 to 2 ports, you may still see max bandwidth even with smaller packet sizes.
Due to the internal 32-byte granularity of the DRAM data bus within each vault in the HMC, inefficient utilization of this bus occurs when starting or ending on a 16-byte boundary rather than a 32-byte boundary. An extreme example of this would be the host issuing a series of 16-byte read requests. Each read request would fetch 32 bytes from the DRAM and return half of the data in the response packet, throwing away the other 16 bytes of data. For bandwidth optimization it is advantages to issue request with 32-byte granularity. See page 118 of attached specification document.
The address mode is selected such that sequential request are generally mapped to different vaults and then different banks within a vault, thus avoiding bank conflicts. This is enforced if the maximum block size chosen is the same size as the requested block size, then a request streams addressing pattern, which is generally incremental in nature, but when a maximum block size is chosen that is larger than the largest packet size used by the host, that results in the possibility of having multiple packets addressing the same MAX clock, thus the same bank within a vault. For example, if the host issues multiple 32B requests, it would issue a request stream that increments bits 5 and above. This may result in trying to access four 32B blocks within the same 128B MAX block. The bank conflict management within each vault controller can re-order certain number of requests to avoid bank conflicts, but if the requests stream floods a vault controller with many request trying to access the same bank, desired bandwidth will drop. Therefore, it is important for the system architect to configure the maximum block size based upon the most frequently requested data size.
The HMC controller is a fully pipelined block designed to maximize throughput. While both read and write operations require multiple clock cycles to complete, the controller allows users to issue many read and/or write requests to the controller before the first response is returned by the HMC. This pipelining of read and write requests greatly improves the throughput of the memory for user applications.
What kind of addressing scheme should I use for my workload!
If I want to use HMC Chaining, what are the most optimal configurations in terms of performance and latency?


One of the waste products from Bitcoin mining is the heat that is given off by the GPUs. On cold days could this excess heat be used to warm a home, essentially creating a data furnace? When it gets warmer then the rig can be optionally shut down.
As I understand it, the income generated from mining bitcoins at least pays for the electricity so long as you have a rig that is capable of meeting the difficulty. This would therefore imply that so long as you have already got a suitable rig lying around the house (e.g. for gaming) then running it up during the day would be useful. If the house also had solar panels then that would also benefit the earning potential.
Are there any calculations available to support/refute this?
Yes, you can use a Bitcoin mining rig to heat your home.
Your technical ability to maintain the equipment, and your time available to do so. If it has a problem and you don't have time to fix it, you stop earning mining income.
There's no guarantee that mining earnings will pay for the electricity to run them, let alone pay for the cost of the equipment and the labour incurred maintaining it - this is dependent on the demand for Bitcoins, and your costs. There's always a risk that the exchange rate will drop to the point where it's not worth mining at all, or that new technology (eg ASICs) will make your hardware obsolete before it's paid for itself.
Any web-based profitability calculators that exist won't necessarily take into account all the factors above, and none can predict the Bitcoin exchange rate, so their usefulness will be minimal. I recommend just creating a spreadsheet to do the calculations. To include the value of the heat output in your calculations, consider what you would need to otherwise spend to obtain the same heat output, and include that figure as profit on top of the mining profit (but also of course account for the cost of electricity to run the rig).
To predict the electricity usage of a particular setup, see this hardware comparison - a carefully built rig can run 4 graphics cards which might output 600-800W (or more) of heat. Using a desk fan (or similar) to keep strong air flow on the rig should reduce the potential of a convective flow of air taking the rig's heat straight up to the ceiling, where it won't be felt in cold weather.
I live in Florida so it's not very cold but when it does dip down I just start mining :D and tuck myself into bed!
By the way, most people have to pay for electricity to heat their homes anyway so the fact you get Bitcoins is just an added bonus to the mining-for-heating!
ASICs might make a data furnace idea easier since they take up much less space to generate high hash rates per watt. The Block Erupter USB project puts an ASIC in a powered USB stick package. Imagine a series of these ASICs coupled to a standard home baseboard radiator heat sink and controlled by a low power Rasberry Pi computer with Wifi to the net.
As long as you are buying a device that breaks even on power, the primary cost factor is upfront cost to buy the hardware. Right now, they cost about $200 per Block Erupter for 300 Mhash/sec at around 3 Watts of power.
At that price, getting to the 1200 Watts typical for a room heater would cost $80K for 400 units. However, you could recoup this investment by selling the bitcoins generated. After deducting power costs, you could recoup the cost in only a year at current difficulty levels. Break even could take much longer than a year though as many ASICs are now hitting the market and will increase difficulty levels. But the point remains that after recouping your hardware cost the heat becomes free.
For those of you living in California this is not a big deal, but free heat to anyone living in Scandinavia would certainly be appreciated.
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The angel Gabriel – who is he?
The Bible mentions three appearances of the messenger angel, Gabriel. Some angels, like Michael, function as warriors, protecting people from Satan's evil forces (Daniel 10:13, 21; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7). However, Gabriel is exclusively presented as a bearer of God's messages to man. First, he appears to the prophet Daniel (Daniel 8) and then to Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5–26). Lastly, he appears to Mary, the virgin mother of Christ (Luke 1:26–38). Gabriel was the one to tell Mary to name the baby Jesus, and he also gave her the news that Jesus would reign over a kingdom without end.
The angel Gabriel came to Mary and said: "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" (Luke 1:28). The Bible does not say where the angel met Mary, or what Gabriel looked like. We imagine him appearing suddenly in Mary's bedroom in the dead of night, with huge feathery wings and an ethereal glow. But none of these details are from the Bible. It is quite possible that Gabriel approached Mary in the market or on the road near her home, and he perhaps looked like a man. Mary was not frightened by Gabriel's appearance, though "she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be" (Luke 1:29). The angel Gabriel perceived her concern and told her not to be afraid. Then, he delivered his message. When Mary asked how the conception and birth would happen—because she was a virgin—Gabriel explained that the child would be conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35).
A few months earlier, the angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah, the husband of Elizabeth, a relative of Mary's. He told Zechariah that despite their advanced years he and Elizabeth would have a son, and that child would be filled with the Holy Spirit "even from his mother's womb" (Luke 1:15). This was, of course, the news about the birth of Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist. The appearance of Gabriel had a different effect on Zechariah. The angel appeared suddenly next to the altar of incense while Zechariah was serving in the temple. "And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him" (Luke 1:12). Also in this passage we learn that the angel Gabriel stands in the presence of God and is sometimes sent by God to deliver messages (Luke 1:19). This is apparently his function, though we do not know if it is his only function. The Bible doesn't say if there are any other messenger angels, or if this job is exclusively Gabriel's.
The appearance of the angel Gabriel to Daniel is very different from his appearance to Mary and Zechariah (Daniel 8:16; 9:21). First, Daniel heard the instruction to the angel Gabriel. In this case, Gabriel was not told to deliver a message, per se, but to "make Daniel understand" a vision. When Gabriel approached, Daniel was so terrified and overwhelmed by the angel's presence that he fell on his face and went into a deep sleep (Daniel 8:17–18)! Gabriel did not comfort Daniel as he did Mary or Zechariah, but instead he woke him from his sleep and made him stand, and then said: "Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation, for it refers to the appointed time of the end" (Daniel 8:19). After the angel Gabriel finished showing Daniel the vision, Daniel was "appalled" and lay sick for days (Daniel 8:27). Later, Gabriel appeared to Daniel again, this time to give him "insight and understanding" and to show him another end-times vision. Gabriel also told Daniel he was greatly loved (Daniel 9:21–23).
It seems from these accounts that the angel Gabriel's appearance may in some way correspond to the nature of his message, and may be tempered to his audience. A joyful tiding about the birth of the Messiah brings little fear to a young virgin, while a grown man is overwhelmed and sickened by a vision of the end times. The angel's job was perhaps not only to relay information but to relay God's emotions as well. In any case, the angel's changing appearance reflects well the depth of God's character, who can be as a Lion or as a Lamb, as a refreshing spring of pure water, or as a consuming fire (Revelation 5:5; John 1:29; Jeremiah 17:13; Hebrews 12:29).
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Treasure Sign or Big Ugly Rock?
Is this a treasure sign or big, ugly rock? A self proclaimed professional treasure hunter may look at it and say that it's nothing more than a big, ugly rock. It would be foolish on his or her part without first asking a few questions. The first question I would ask myself, when deciding if something I find in the field is a sign or not, would be is it in context with others signs found in the area? Such as drill holes, carvings, shadow symbols, etc.
Second question would be does it have instructions? In the case of this bird head pointer it is saying go left.
Third question is does it lead to something? If it's a sign it should lead you to something obvious. In the case of the one pictured above it pointed to another directional marker.
One stone mason who viewed the picture claimed it couldn't be a sign because it didn't have any tool or chisel marks. Several centuries of Oklahoma wind and rain tend to leave rocks weathered and it's highly doubtful and chisel marks would've remained. There's also the possibility that the rock was natural and only needed slight modification to make it look like a bird's head.
Not all signs you come across point to treasure. Some are just marking a trail or lead to a campsite or water source. They are still fun to find and photograph. Please don't remove them from the location you find them in.


The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn about dinosaurs.
A scientist from the American Museum of Natural History in Chicago will take a video showing and describing different dinosaurs and then stream it to Qik.
Having them color and portray a picture of their favorite dinosaur.
They should include pictures that demonstrate the characteristics of their favorite dinosaur.
- The teacher will use the textbook to teach the students about different kinds of dinosaurs.
- Following the textbook lesson, the students will be able to view a video of dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History in Chicago with the use of Qik.
- The scientist will talk about and show different dinosaurs and share with the students the different characteristics they have.
- This is a step-by-step process that will help the students get the best understanding about different dinosaurs.
- Since Chicago would be a long planned, expensive field trip for the school, the teacher will utilize the technology of Qik to teach the students a lesson about dinosaurs.
- With the application of Qik, a scientist from the museum will make a video explaining and showing different dinosaurs. He will then stream the video to the internet for the students to view and discuss.
- The purpose of the video is to give the students a better understanding of dinosaurs and the ability to see what the structure of a dinosaur look like. The teacher could use the "live chat" that Qik offers, with this application the students could direct questions to the scientist and he could answer them accordingly.
- The students should learn the names of a few different dinosaurs and be able to recognize the different characteristics of each.
- The students will be given a worksheet to test what they have learned.
- After the lesson, and the viewing of the Qik video, the student will be given a piece of paper with pictures of dinosaurs and their names scrambled.
- The students will have to match the picture with the correct name of the dinosaur.
- They should be able to complete this correctly. If there is confusion, the class will review and discuss the questions together.
- The purpose of this lesson will be for elementary students to understand the difference between the four seasons.
- The students should learn how each season effects the environment in different ways.
- The teacher will measure what the students have learned by giving them a picture of four blank trees.
- The students' job will be to portray what a tree would look like in each season.
- Example: In the season of summer, the student could make the tree full of green leaves.
- First, the teacher will educate the students about each individual season.
- The teacher will talk to them about different activities people could take part in during that time and ask them questions about what comes to their mind when they think about a specific season.
- After the lesson, the teacher could use Qik videos that portray different themes that relate to each season. The teacher could show parts of these videos and relate it back to class discussion.
- The teacher could also take a video and stream it to the internet using Qik. The teacher could take a video of the current season and direct it to her class.
- The teacher could talk about the effects the season has on nature and even ask questions in the video for the students to answer.
- The students will each be given a "multiple choice" worksheet.
- They will have to read each question and pick the season they believe is correct.
- The purpose of this lesson is for student to learn about mammals.
- The students should be familiar with characteristics of mammals at the end of the lesson.
- The teacher will measure what the students have learned by giving them a worksheet with pictures and having them circle which animals are mammals.
- The teacher will instruct the students from the textbook first.
- Students' will learn the characteristics of mammals (what makes an animal a mammal?).
- Teacher will cover what trait an animal has to have to be classified as a mammal.
- The teacher incorporates a Qik video to help his/her students learn.
- The teacher can show the students a Qik video from his/her trip to the zoo.
- The teacher can show the video he/she streamed to Qik of a kangaroo and a monkey.
- The teacher could interview a zoologist about the characteristics of mammals and stream it to Qik.
- The class can participate in a discussion and if there are any questions they could have a "live chat" with the zoologist the teacher interviewed.
- The teacher will have each student choose an animal and describe the characteristic it has that makes it classified as a mammal.
Provide some background information about the effectiveness of reporting.
Divide students into small groups and set them the task of creating a short news broadcast about a topic which is relevant within the school or local community.


What does the menu option: Debug -> Memory/Register Operations -> Flash Memory Control allow me to do in RVD?
What does the menu option: Debug -> Memory/Register Operations -> Flash Memory Control allow me to do in RVD?
The Debug -> Memory/Register Operations -> Flash Memory Control option in RVD will open the Flash Control pane, but will not connect to any particular Flash device on the system. All buttons in this pane will (correctly) fail with a "No Flash Selected" type error. Therefore, accessing this pane from the menu has no particular function other than to peruse the Flash activity log in this window.
However, it is possible to open this pane indirectly to program your flash device using a Flash MEthod (FME) file. For more information please see the FAQ: How do I program flash memory with RealView Debugger?


WHAT DOES THE DATA SHOW ABOUT FATAL ACCIDENTS?
Automobile travel is the preferred method of transportation for tens of millions of people throughout the country. Every day in Ponca City and other similar places across the U.S., people get in their motor vehicles and travel to work, school and a wide variety of other places. Whether a person is driving a car, SUV or truck, they have some risk of injury or even death from a motor vehicle accident.
What does the most recent data show about fatal accidents? According to data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), estimated figures show that 2015 may not go down as a good year when it comes to fatal motor vehicle accidents. The projected statistics for the first half of the year show that auto accidents killed 16,225 people in the U.S. That number represents a big jump of 8.1 percent relative to the 15,014 motor vehicle fatalities for the same period in 2014.
Not all regions of the country fared the same for the 2015 accident estimates. For example, Oklahoma's region, which also includes New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, had an increase in fatal accidents of just about one percent compared to the first half of last year. By contrast, another five-state region of the country had an increase of 16 percent in fatal accidents between the first half of 2014 and same period this year.
While the projected fatality increase in the first six months of 2015 is alarming, it is slightly mitigated by the fact that vehicle miles traveled also increased 3.5 percent between the 2014 and 2015 periods. Thus, some of the rise in fatalities can likely be attributed to that increase in miles traveled.
Drivers in Oklahoma should do all that they can to drive safely and help reverse the increasing number of fatal accidents. All drivers have a responsibility to each other to help make the roads as safe as possible.
When the negligence of another driver leads to a fatality, the surviving family members of the victim may be able to pursue a wrongful death cause of action against that driver. No amount of legal compensation can replace the loss of a loved one, but it can help the surviving family members try to move on with their lives.


Recently got a new MacBook Pro and I really don't like the fact that it powers on by a simple touch on the trackpad.
I'd like for it to power on only if I press the top right corner that corresponds to the finger print reader.
I should check again at home, but I've had my new MBP for more than a month now and unless I am missing something completely --- or I have been crazy for the last month --- clicking "Shutdown...", waiting for my computer to shutdown, and then clicking on the touchpad (or on any other key) actually turns the computer back on.
Now, maybe what happened is I never actually turned my computer off? Is there any setting that would make the computer not turn completely off when clicking "Shutdown..." ?
I guess what I would like is for my new MBP to behave more like my old Macbook air, i.e., 1) Actually fully shutdown when I click "Shutdown...", and 2) Only turn back on when I hit the "power one" button, which on the new MBP I always assumed was the "touch ID" button.
Ok, following Sam's recommendation, I have tried to force shut it down using the touch id button.
In that case, the MBP behaved as expected, i.e., it would only turn back on using the touch id button again, and would not turn back on by a simple touch on the trackpad or by pressing a key on the keyboard.
EDIT: after a couple more tries, it appears I was mistaken, in the sense that even force shutting down the latpop does not actually solve the problem (see the discussion in the follow up question Why won't my new MBP actually shutdown when I click "Shutdown..." in the "apple" menu).
Unfortunately, the issues remains that when I click on "Shutdown..." in the "apple" menu, the laptop does not seem to fully shut down. It looks as if it does (turns black). But then a simple touch on the trackpad or a hit on any of the keys "wakes it up", as if it had been turned off and was powering on again (it goes through the black background screen with the white apple in the middle and the progress bar).
This unfortunately has nothing to do with how long I wait between clicking "Shutdown..." and pressing a key or the trackpad: This has happened many time after waiting the whole night between between clicking "Shutdown..." and pressing on the trackpad. In fact, I have clicked "Shutdown..." many times in the last month without ever having to press the touch id to power my laptop on: I always simply pressed on the trackpad, which made me believe this was the new normal with MBP and triggered my asking of this question.
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Keyboard and Trackpad stop working on brand new Macbook Pro with Mavericks?


What did man eat first – the chicken or the egg?
A major research project that will examine the history of people and chickens has been awarded £1,940,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Because no single discipline or explanation seems adequate to understandthis practice, the search draws data from biology, anthropology, ancient history, mythology, religion, and ecology. Some have dismissed religious explanations as ar- bitrary and tautological, but the information provided in this article shows that religious beliefs are important.
The answer I propose is: (1) only at a certain point in human cognitive evolution did it become possible for Homo sapiens to transcend certain biological limitations of the human brain by cultural means; and (2) this increased mental facility was made necessary by the reliance on larger and more cohesive social groups, itself a product of hominin evolution.
In this dissertation, I examine the magical practices of Roman farmers, primarily through the Latin farming manuals.


SHIJIAO, China -- A single strand of burnt-out Christmas lights weighs almost nothing in the hand. But a bale of burnt-out Christmas tree lights the size of a love seat? That weighs around 2200 pounds, according to Raymond Li, the general manager of Yong Chang Processing, a scrap metal processor in the southern Chinese town of Shijiao. He would know: on a recent Saturday morning I stood between him and three such bales, or 6600 pounds of Christmas tree lights that Americans had tossed into recycling bins, dropped off at the Salvation Army, or sold to a roving junk man. He had bought that 6600 pounds for my benefit, to show me how his company's Christmas tree light recycling system works.
Shijiao, like most of China's recycling zones, began to thrive 20 years ago in part because of its cheap labor and low environmental standards. Even two years ago, visitors to the fields around town would see clouds of black smoke churning off giant piles of burning wire (not just Christmas tree wire), the fastest -- though by no means the cleanest -- way to extract copper from plastic and rubber. But something interesting happened on the road to globalization: China's manufacturers, hungry for cheap raw materials, developed an appetite for the recovered insulation that wraps around insulated copper wire, and devised a way to make into a range of products including, Li tells me, slipper soles.
Getting from Christmas tree lights to slipper soles, isn't simple. It requires a bit of innovation and tinkering. Yong Chang's system, for example, took a full year to perfect (one of Li's relatives, a college-educated engineer who now runs their business operations, designed it). The secret, in many ways, is simplicity. Workers untangle the lights and toss them into small shredders, where they are chopped into millimeter-sized fragments and mixed with water into a sticky mud-like substance. Next, they're shoveled onto a large, downward-angled, vibrating table, covered in a thin sheen of flowing water.
As the table shakes, the heavier flecks of copper (from the wire) and brass (from the light bulb sockets) flow in one direction, and the lighter plastic and glass (from the insulation and bulbs) flows in another. It's the same concept that miners use when panning for gold, and the results of this updated, age-old technology can be found at the far end of the water tables: baskets of roughly 95% pure copper and brass alongside baskets of insulation and glass. The contaminated water, meanwhile, flows into a recovery system, where it's re-circulated, over and over, through the recycling system.
To be sure, it's possible to shred wire in the United States. But unlike China, where there are plenty of manufacturers eager to buy large volumes of rubber and plastic insulation, the United States lacks such industrial demand, forcing U.S. recyclers to either landfill insulation or sell it to power plants as fuel. But the lack of a U.S. market for chopped plastic and mixed chopped copper and brass creates a counter-intuitive (for American environmentalists, at least) result: not only do Chinese recyclers recover more material from Christmas tree lights than Americans, they make more money, too. After all, they can sell the insulation, not pay for its interment.
Randy Goodman, an American scrap metal industry veteran, and the Vice-president of Non-ferrous Metals at Freedom Metals, a Louisville, Kentucky, scrap metal processor that buys and sells Christmas tree wire, put it in stark terms. "If Americans put Christmas tree wire in their choppers, it's either by accident," he told me over the phone. "Or they're delusional." As Goodman explained it, the U.S. not only lacks domestic markets for the insulation, it also lacks markets for the mixed brass and copper "chops" peculiar to Christmas tree lights. In Shijiao, however, there are several refineries within driving distance. Alas, due to environmental issues, the last of the U.S. refineries specializing in wire closed down a decade ago, leaving U.S. wire choppers with almost nowhere to send the same material -- except to China and India. "It all depends on what people are making," Goodman said. "And right now, in the U.S., they really aren't making much with that kind of mix. So Christmas wire goes to China."


Ronald Taylor, a black sociologist at the University of Connecticut, went back to the old neighborhood in Hartford the other day for the first time in years and was jolted by the sight of young men hanging out and selling drugs on once-familiar streets.
Recent studies show that the situation is even bleaker than the one that shook Professor Taylor. It is a situation that inner-city residents know all too well: the United States is rapidly losing much of a generation of young black men to drugs, homicide and prison.
Black men are several times more likely to be victims of homicide than any other demographic group, and they finish last in virtually every socioeconomic category, from the high school dropout rate to unemployment. A study in February found that more college-age black men - nearly one in four -are in prison or on parole than are in college.
Alarmed by numbers like that, Professor Taylor and about 200 other scholars, ministers and community workers from across the country gathered here this week for a conference to exchange research and ideas on the problems of black men in America and to lay the groundwork for an organization dedicated to research and advocacy work for black men.
Black scholars, many of whom have spent their careers studying the topic individually, said they found themselves frustrated and overwhelmed as they discussed the twin plagues of crack dealing and black-on-black crime that have ravaged so many inner-city neighborhoods.
A principal reason for the conference was to create a clearinghouse for the study of the nation's 14 million black males. Conferees, envisioning an advocacy and research organization that would shape public policy and sponsor annual symposiums like this one, named the group the National Coalition of African American Men and chose as its provisional chairman Dr. Richard Majors, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School and one of the conference organizers.
Discussions that started out addressing a socioeconomic problem often turned into personal testimonies as participants shared stories of the countless small insults that come with being black men in largely white America.
In dealings with the police and the criminal justice system, the scholars said they felt a sense of oneness with the black men who occupy a disproportionate share of the nation's prison cells.
Marc Mauer, author of the study that found that a fourth of black males between the ages of 20 and 29 are in prison or on parole, gave one explanation of how they get there.
During one crowded session, about 150 scholars in suits and ties and cardigans shook their heads and whispered knowingly to one another as Don Jackson, a black former sergeant in the Hawthorne, Calif., police department, described what he said were the perceptions of many white police officers.
Dr. Mukenge is executive director of the school's Morehouse Research Institute, which was established in 1988 to focus on problems facing black males and to analyze Government policies and programs directed at black men. The institute, which held its first conference in March, is intended to help black organizations and others take better advantage of the current attention on the problems of black males, she said.
Out of the meetings here came several possible routes to reversing the grim statistics, and few of them were revolutionary. Many in attendance called for pressure on the Federal Government to make dealing with the plight of poor blacks a priority and to change welfare and economic policies that they said undermine the black family. Others urged changes in the criminal justice system like alternative sentences to avoid sending nonviolent offenders to crowded prisons.
If there was a consensus, it was one of self-help. In hallway conversations and in seminars, people called for alternative, African-oriented schools to give black boys a sense of black history and self-esteem before they get pulled into an abyss of drugs and crime.
Other recommendations included parent-training programs for young blacks, mentor programs to pair middle-class professional blacks with inner-city youth and changing attitudes in lower-class black neighborhoods.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Three times she tried out for the Metropolitan Opera. Three times she came oh-so-close. As she readied herself for a fourth and final audition for America's premier opera company, Angela Brown decided to adopt a cavalier attitude toward the whole, nerve-racking process.
"I was just like 'whatever,'" the Indiana University School of Music voice alumna said. "I'd tried out three other times. I'd get to the regionals and always get stopped. I was over it. I told myself, 'The only thing they can tell me is no.' I didn't have any expectations."
What Brown did have was a little voice in her head, that of her beloved IU teacher and internationally-renowned soprano Virginia Zeani, telling her to keep trying and that her time would soon arrive. "Miss Zeani told me to follow my destiny, that everybody's destiny is different," Brown said. "She also taught me to persevere, to always present yourself well and to be a good finisher."
Today, Brown, the 1997 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winner, can appreciate just what it takes to finish -- at the very same time her career is about to take off.
Brown will make her debut at New York City's legendary Carnegie Hall on June 16 as Cassandra in the U.S. premiere of Agamemnon, an opera by Russian composer Sergey Taneyev. The opera, which will be conducted by Peter Tiboris of the Manhattan Philharmonic, boasts a world-class cast of performers that includes Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis. Agamemnon is based on the first great play of the Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus.
Brown will make her Metropolitan Opera debut in October in the title role of Verdi's Aida. It's a familiar role for her. She portrayed the beautiful Ethiopian princess with the Indianapolis Opera in 2001 and will reprise the role in February with the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Between her Carnegie Hall and Met Opera debuts, Brown will travel across the country to join an international roster of opera singers for Opera Pacific's "Opera Under the Stars" concert. The free community concert will take place on June 26 at the Pacific Amphitheatre on the Orange County Fairgrounds.
Brown compares herself to one of the race car drivers who descended on her hometown last week for the Indianapolis 500.
"I feel like I've been doing a lot of practice laps for a lot of years," Brown said with an opera-sized laugh. "I see myself as a slow burn. I've been kindling for a while. But now it's time to be a log. It's time to be a fire.
"The engines are revved and I'm ready to go."
One might argue that Brown's career has been moving at a rapid pace. She has emerged in recent years as one of opera's leading Verdi sopranos, moving audiences and critics alike with a rare combination of vocal power and finesse. She has performed with several of the nation's leading opera companies and major metropolitan orchestras. She also has recorded a solo CD of opera arias, art songs and African American spirituals with pianist and IU School of Music Dean Emeritus Charles Webb, and a CD of selections from Porgy and Bess with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
"A singer of this great talent only comes along once in a generation," said IU Professor of Music and renowned conductor David Effron.
Though Brown calls her Carnegie debut a "starting point," her career really began as a young girl in Indianapolis, where she sang in church and in talent and variety shows held at places like the Indianapolis Civic Theatre. She continued to develop her voice in classes with Ginger Beazley at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala. Beazley guided her to Bloomington and the legendary Zeani, whose students have gone on to perform all over the world. In the 1997 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions alone, 16 of the finalists were Zeani's students.
Among Zeani's many teachings were making the most of an opportunity when it arises. Brown heeded this advice last year, when she made two critically-acclaimed, last-minute role debuts with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. First, she stepped into the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos, which she had covered for the Metropolitan Opera. Next, she took over the role of Leonora in Il trovatore, which she had covered in San Francisco. Her performance as Ariadne earned her a starry review in Opera Now, which wrote that "(Brown) has a powerhouse of an instrument, shimmering with colour and imaginatively used, and she knows how to take centre-stage."
Embracing the limelight comes with being an opera "diva," Brown said. It's a description she doesn't shy away from. "It helps to be a beast of the stage," she said. "That's my job. People don't go to opera expecting to see an average Joe. Now when you're out of the limelight it helps to be real and sincere. But when you're on that stage, you'd better bring it."
Out of the limelight -- at least for a few more days -- Brown is humble when discussing the opportunity to play New York City's grandest stages.
"It's what every singer who studies so hard and spends years in the practice rooms strives for," she said. "It's like a culmination. It's very exciting."
To speak with Brown, contact Ryan Piurek, IU Media Relations, at 812-855-5393 or rpiurek@indiana.edu.


Eggs now good for heart health?
First, eggs were vilified as bad for heart health because, but now they're touted as preventing heart disease - at least according to one new study.
First, eggs were vilified as bad for heart health because of their cholesterol content.
Then, they were deemed to be not as bad as originally thought.
Now, eggs are now being touted as preventing cardiovascular disease - at least according to one new study.
Published today in the BMJ journal Heart, the research concludes that eating an egg a day could reduce cardiovascular risk compared with eating no eggs at all.
In fact, the authors say, it could reduce the risk of stroke by 26 percent.
The researchers looked at the egg consumption habits of more than 410,000 Chinese adults to find how many had cardiovascular events. They concluded that those who ate some egg every day had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease overall.
But Alice H. Lichtenstein, director of the Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory at Tufts University and volunteer spokeswoman for the American Heart Association, said the conclusions are not as clear as they might appear.
First of all, she said, the largest amount of eggs consumed daily by the study participants - three quarters of an egg - is much smaller than what Americans typically eat.
Lichtenstein also said the study shows a possible association between eating eggs and heart disease, not causation.
In addition, there could be other variables that affected the results, such as genetics, income and education.
To read the full study, go to http://heart.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312651.


The following is an excerpt from an interview a couple of years ago.
An environmental campaign Spike has recently been involved with is The Right to Peace and Quiet (now The Noise Network).
He regards noise as a form of pollution which is reducing the quality of many people's lives.
"Noise addresses you wherever you go: there's noise on the train, the plane, in the supermarket, even when you go into one of those new toilets in London.
One day I thought, who are the composers? What kind of respect can you have for composers who play their music for people to defecate to?"
Spike moved to his current home in rural Sussex to escape the noise in London.
He sympathizes totally with people who feel they are being driven over the edge by blaring televisions, hi-fi's, and barking dogs.
"We have had thousands of letters from people forced to leave their homes because of noise. And there seems to be little that can be done about it."
Spike believes it should be made law that those who make other people's lives misery by making excessive noise should be sent to prison for a year.
Noise does not appear to be a problem where Spike lives now and has been living for the last three years. His house is located just a few miles outside of the south east coastal town of Rye.
No trains or buses go past his door.
His living room window commands an inspiring view of quiet, still flat fields, and the only sounds to be heard are our own voices.


"Jag behöver ett snöre" preferentially translated as "I need a piece of string", but for this sentence "The piece of string is long" was rejected. Should it be accepted? If not, why not? Thanks.
Interestingly as a native English speaker, I would only use "piece of string" in reference to a relatively short cut-off piece from a longer source. On the other hand, if I bought a spool of string at the store, I wouldn't call it "a piece" even if technically it is a smaller division of a longer manufactured string. Once I cut the string, I would refer to them as "pieces" and only then if they were relatively short. To me, "piece" implies something relatively small in comparison to the whole. Other English speakers may use the terms differently, but that is what seems natural to me.
In that sense, the distinction between "string" and "piece of string" is useful in English, and possibly in Swedish as well. "I need a string" sounds weird though, I would only say that if I wanted a guitar string or something, otherwise "some string" or "a piece of string" is a better fit.
The guitar string thing is en sträng in Swedish.
My dictionary says snöskore is shoelace. I was wondering the same thing.
yes, skosnöre is a shoestring. So snöre is a general word for that kind of string, not guitar strings.
The word 'snör' reminds me of the Dutch word 'snoer', which is mainly used when talking about electricity cables. Would you use snör when talking about the cable from, say, a phone adapter?
Not relating to this question but, is there a difference between "ett snöre" and "en bit störe"?
Yes, en bit snöre is a cut off bit but ett snöre doesn't have to be. You can't really make the same difference in English for string, but if you'd speak about shoestrings, you could make the same kind of distinction: a shoestring vs a piece of shoestring.
The difference is in how you view it of course, technically you could claim strings are probably usually cut off from longer lengths of string.
Is rope wrong? Sznur in polish.
Yes, a rope is a rep in Swedish.


Apple has applied for a patent that some will think is highly beneficial, and others will think that it takes snooping to a whole new level.
1 . A method for identifying an unauthorized user of an electronic device, the method comprising: determining that a current user of the electronic device is an unauthorized user; gathering information related to the unauthorized user's operation of the electronic device in response to determining, wherein the unauthorized user's operation comprises operations not related to the authentication; and transmitting an alert notification to a responsible party in response to gathering.
2 . The method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises: determining the identity of the current user; comparing the determined identity to the identity of one or more authorized users of the electronic device; and detecting that the determined identity does not match the identity of at least one of the one or more authorized users.
3 . The method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises: identifying a particular activity performed by the current user that indicates suspicious behavior.
4 . The method of claim 3, wherein the particular activity comprises one or more of hacking the electronic device, jailbreaking the electronic device, unlocking the electronic device, removing a SIM card from the electronic device, and moving at least a predetermined distance away from a synced device.
5 . The method of claim 1, wherein gathering further comprises gathering one or more of screenshots, keylogs, communications packets served to the electronic device, and information related to a host device coupled to the electronic device.
6 . The method of claim 1, wherein the alert notification comprises a general message indicating that an unauthorized user has been detected.
7 . The method of claim 1, wherein the alert notification comprises at least a portion of the gathered information.
8 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: gathering information related to the identity of the unauthorized user in response to determining; and gathering information related to the location of the electronic device in response to determining.
9 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: restricting at least one function of the electronic device in response to determining.
10 . The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting sensitive data from the electronic device to a remote storage; and erasing the sensitive data from the electronic device.
11 . An electronic device operable to detect an unauthorized user of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a processor operable to: receive an input from a current user of the electronic device; determine the input is not associated with an authorized user of the electronic device; and record usage information of the electronic device in response to determining; and communications circuitry operable to transmit the usage information to a remote device.
12 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a microphone operable to record the voice of the current user; and wherein the processor is further operable to: compare the recorded voice with voice prints of authorized user of the electronic device; and determine that the recorded voice does not match the voice print of any authorized user of the electronic device.
13 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a heartbeat sensor operable to detect the heartbeat of the current user; and wherein the processor is further operable to: compare the detected heartbeat with heart signatures of each authorized user of the electronic device; and determine that detected the heartbeat does not match the heart signature of any authorized user of the electronic device.
14 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: an input device operable to receive an authenticating input for authenticating a user of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: determine that a predetermined number of successive incorrect authenticating inputs have been received.
15 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: a camera operable to take a photograph of the vicinity of the electronic device; and positioning circuitry operable to determine current location information of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: geotag the photograph by associating the photograph with the current location information.
16 . The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising: an accelerometer operable to record a vibration profile of the electronic device; and a signal processor operable to compare the recorded vibration profile with a library of vibration profiles to determine a current mode of transportation of the electronic device.
17 . A system comprising: an electronic device comprising; an input device operable to receive a password provided by a user; a camera operable to take a photograph of the user; a processor operable to: determine that a predetermined number of incorrect passwords have been successively received; direct the camera to take a photograph of the user; and generate an alert notification in response to the processor determining, wherein the alert notification comprises information related to the identity of the user and the photograph of the user; and communications circuitry operable to transmit the alert notification to a remote device.
18 . The system of claim 17, wherein: the camera is operable to take a plurality of photographs of the surroundings of the electronic device; and wherein the processor is further operable to: analyze each of the plurality of photographs to identify distinguishing landmarks in the photographs; and determine the location of each photograph based on the identified distinguishing landmarks.
19 . The system of claim 17, wherein the alert notification is transmitted via one of text message, facsimile, VoIP application, instant messaging application, on-line profile application, on-line blog application, and a cloud server.
20 . Machine-readable media for identifying unauthorized users of an electronic device, comprising machine-readable instructions recorded thereon for: determining that a current user of the electronic device is an unauthorized user; gathering information related to the unauthorized user's operation of the electronic device in response to determining, wherein the unauthorized user's operation comprises operations not related to authentication; and transmitting an alert notification to a responsible party in response to gathering.
21 . The machine-readable media of claim 20, further comprising machine-readable instructions recorded thereon for: determining the identity of the current user; comparing the determined identity to the identity of one or more authorized users of the electronic device; and detecting that the determined identity does not match the identity of at least one of the one or more authorized users.
When an unauthorized user is detected, various types of information can be gathered (e.g., information related to the identity of the current user, information related to the current user's operation of the electronic device, information related to the electronic device's location, or any combination of the above) and a responsible party can be notified with an “alert notification”. In some embodiments, the alert notification can be a general message conveying that the electronic device is not in the possession of an authorized user. For example, a message such as, “Warning, your cellular phone may have been stolen” or “Your electronic device may be in the possession of an unauthorized user” can be sent to the responsible party. In some embodiments, the alert notification can include any of the information gathered when an unauthorized user is detected (e.g., photographs of the “thief,” voice recordings, screenshots of the electronic device, keylogs, a listing of communication packets (e.g., Internet packets) served to the device, the electronic device's location, geotagged photographs, photographs of the surrounding area, or mode of transportation of the electronic device).
This could be far more useful than the current security mechanisms and remote wipe offered to iPhone/iPad owners currently.


What kind of life insurance should my husband get?
We are looking to get a life insurance policy for my 25 year old husband.
We have three young children so we're trying to figure out what would best provide for the family if God forbid something were to happen to him.
If you are looking for the most affordable plan providing the largest amount of life insurance protection for your money, you may want to consider term life insurance for a duration (term) of 20 or 30 years, depending on how long you need life insurance protection for your family.
Since permanent life insurance provides lifetime protection, and builds up cash value inside the policy, it costs a lot more than term life insurance.
Term life insurance is temporary for a set period of time and provides only life insurance, not an investment, so it offers a lot more life insurance for your money.
You have young children, so in order to provide protection until they are grown, you may want to choose a 20, 25 or 30 year level term life insurance policy for both you and your husband. That way, if something happens to either of you, the family will not suffer financial hardship having to pay for the loss of your efforts, or your husband's income.
Here's how you can request a free term life insurance quote online from an "A+" rated life insurance carrier that has been insuring families for over 100 years.


A guarantee when planting with puddling. A sentence summing up the article (appears on the image): planting is an important, delicate step, it stresses the plant, and it should therefore be carefully handled, as it will determine the plant’s growth over the months and years to follow.
It entails soaking the entire root system of a plant before planting it in a thick mud consisting of a planting medium that has been diluted in water beforehand.
Traditionally, this planting medium was made using cow pats, clay and water. Today many ready-to-use planting mediums are commercially-available, and all you need to do is add water until it gets to pouring consistency.
This coating is intended to ensure good recovery of trees and shrubs after planting, especially in the case of late planting.
The growing medium is not intended only for plants sold with exposed roots, it is also recommended for container-bought vegetables.
The root growing medium is a kind of coating that will facilitate root growth by allowing homogeneous contact with the earth, thus avoiding any risk of drying out.
When planting plants, you need to activate their root system to encourage it to quickly develop in the soil in which they are planted.
Don’t forget to cut slightly damaged roots with sharp shears to make a clean cut from which new roots will shoot.
To encourage rooting and regrowth, it is recommended to add some fertiliser and root growth stimulator into the planting hole.


Home Business Can My Business Survive After Bankruptcy?
Can My Business Survive After Bankruptcy?
For small business owners particularly, bankruptcy is one of the most frightening and distasteful words in the English language. When you or your business are staring down the barrel of bankruptcy, it can seem like the end of the world. But bankruptcy is not necessarily the end of your business, and it is certainly not the end of your career; it is a financial tool designed to help you get your business and your finances back on the right track.
Depending on the type of business you own, the type of bankruptcy you plan to file, and several other aspects, you may be able to turn things around and rebuild a successful company. In fact, a study conducted by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) found that many small businesses with fewer than 500 employees were able to rebound into thriving companies within seven years of filing bankruptcy.
Even though it may feel as though the situation is hopeless when you are initially faced with the possibility of bankruptcy, it is important to take a breath, take a step back, evaluate your options realistically, and understand that the world is not coming to an end. The following text relates different types of bankruptcy and what they can mean for the future of your business.
If the debts of your company are so overwhelming that restructuring is not possible, or the company does not have significant assets left, Chapter 7– or liquidation— may be the only option. In this case, your business is unfortunately over.
However, while this venture may have failed, many entrepreneurs have successfully built new companies within a few years of Chapter 7. Finding financing and willing vendors will be more difficult after you have liquidated a company, but that does not mean it is impossible. Strong relationships with vendors and partners in the industry will be invaluable in these cases, and you may be able to find financing in alternative options.
If your company still has a realistic future, you could file Chapter 11 and remain operational. While this is the most complex and expensive type of bankruptcy that a business may undergo, ensuring the future of your company may make it worth the trouble. Whereas Chapter 7 forces you to liquidate your company to pay off overwhelming debts, Chapter 11 is a plan that restructures your company so it can pay creditors and rebuild into a successful company eventually.
With this type of bankruptcy, the court allows a company to be reorganized under the control of a court-appointed trustee, and in some cases, the court may even allow the owner of the company to be the trustee. Chapter 11 bankruptcies consist of very complicated, intricate plans, and you should always consult closely with attorneys to decide if this is the right path.
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is typically reserved for personal consumers, but it can be a helpful tool if you are the sole proprietor of your business. This is usually considered personal bankruptcy, but it may be the right option if your personal and business finances are closely intermingled. In these cases, you would build and submit a repayment plan through the bankruptcy court, detailing how your debts can be repaid.
If you file Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you may be able to avoid losing your personal assets, your home and your business if you are the sole proprietor. However, once you file Chapter 13, it is crucial that you stick to the repayment plan that is laid out. Failing to stick to these terms could lead to Chapter 13 dismissal which would void the entire process and make you again liable for all debts, possibly leading to the seizure of your assets. Do not confuse this with Chapter 13 discharge, which involves the successful completion of the bankruptcy process.
No matter the type of bankruptcy you file, it is important to understand that your career can continue. Any type of bankruptcy can make things more difficult for your business in the future, but these lessons will only make you stronger going forward.
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Working speech and language targets into daily routines: Meal times.
We have written about working your speech and language targets into normal, day to day activities before. You can read our tips for bath time, trips to the park and trips to the beach. So today, I am going to talk about working your targets into meal times.
Now, if meal times are really hectic you may feel this is going to be really hard. If this one isn’t for you that is fine! However meal times can provide lots of opportunities to develop your child’s speech and language skills.
Basic vocabulary: At it’s easiest level you can name the food you are eating or see if your child can remember the name. If you find at home you tend to eat relatively set meals, you can always extend this by looking at food in the supermarket as well. There are some rather exciting fruit and vegetable options out there now, even if you don’t want to eat them.
Adjectives: As an extension of the above point, you could talk about what colour the food is or how big it is. With an older child you could get them to think about adjectives to describe how the food tastes or smells. Is it a crunchy carrot or a smooth mushroom?
Verbs: This can start when you are making the food. Are you chopping, peeling or mixing? With an older child you can encourage them to think of more exciting verbs – are you separating, blending or combining the food? Once you are eating the food you can talk about nibbling, chewing and crunching. There really are lots of verbs linked to food.
Categories: A category is the bigger group that an item belongs to. So a carrot is a vegetable and a steak is meat. You could pick a food category and see how many items you can think of for that group. Be warned, fruit and vegetables are actually quite tricky if you want to be scientifically correct! (scientifically tomatoes are a fruit not a vegetable!) This could provoke some interesting discussions though.
Likes and dislikes: This may not be one to try with toddlers in case they decide they don’t like everything! But it is good to talk about what we like and don’t like and try and explain why. Do they not like the flavour or texture? Do they love the smell? It’s good to be able to express opinions and understand that we don’t all like the same things.
Instructions: Even younger children can help with making the food and getting everything ready. You can use simple instructions such as ‘where’s the table?’ all the way to complicated instructions such as ‘Please can you get enough knives and forks for everyone, set the table and get some sauces out of the cupboard”. Just remember to make the instruction appropriate for your child.
Social skills: Turn off the TV and iPad’s. Put the phones down. Actually talk to each other and find out what has been happening. You can support a child to ask and answer questions, eat politely and follow a conversation.
Speech sounds: You might need to do a little planning and thinking ahead of time with this one. But you will probably be able to find some words with your target sound in!
What other ways do you use meal times to help develop your child’s skills?