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Last week I posted about our collective belief, as a nation, that weight loss and maintenance is a problem solved by simple math - balance the "in" with the "out" columns of the calorie ledger and weight will be lost when the "out" exceeds the "in" and will be maintained when the two are equal.
Or so we're told.
I threw out the idea that weight isn't simply about math, but about chemistry.
The latest issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is out, and within is a very intriguing study where this very issue was central to the research conducted. It's one piece of the "weight is chemistry" equation, so let's take a look.
In the study, A novel interaction between dietary composition and insulin secretion: effects on weight gain in the Quebec Family Study, researchers followed subjects for six years to see what effect, if any, levels of insulin secretion had on weight.
The objective was to "determine whether physiologic differences in insulin secretion explain differences in weight gain among individuals consuming low- and high-fat diets."
This interest to investigate such was born from clinical trials where subjects consumed low-fat diets where results often revealed that there are huge variations between individuals consuming similar dietary ratios of macronutrients and reported calories; these differences are often chalked up to psychological and behavioral factors - motivation, compliance with diet, under-reporting of foods consumed, etc., ignoring the possibility that there is a physiological variation that may be at work.
In this study, the researchers noted the findings of Dansinger et al who compared four dietary approaches (Atkins, Ornish, LEARN and Zone), noting that "Of those assigned to the Ornish very-low-fat diet, mean weight loss was again small, 2 kg, but individual weight change ranged from almost –30 kg to >10 kg. This interindividual variation is commonly attributed to differences in motivation and compliance, but biological factors may also be contributory."
Thus the researchers in this study considered the the following for a test hypothesis: Low-fat diets are inherently high in carbohydrate because, for most people, the third major nutrient, protein, remains within a fairly narrow range. Carbohydrate has the most potent effect on insulin secretion of the major nutrients. Therefore, individuals with high insulin secretion consuming a low-fat diet might be especially susceptible to weight gain.
To investigate this, they "examined the associations between insulin concentration at 30 min (insulin-30) during an oral-glucose-tolerance test (OGTT) and change in body weight or waist circumference in the Quebec Family Study (QFS)" over a period of six years."
The findings were very interesting.
The primary findings of this study are that a proxy measure of insulin secretion strongly predicted weight gain and change in waist circumference over 6 y in adult whites, especially among those consuming lower-fat diets.
...our results and those involving GI suggest the existence of a unique physiologic phenotype that responds poorly to high insulin-stimulating diets, regardless of whether these diets are high in carbohydrate or have a high GI. Moreover, the combination of a high-carbohydrate and high-GI diet—that is, a diet high in glycemic load (GL)—may produce especially great weight gain among individuals with this phenotype.
While the researchers reached the conclusion that these findings suggest there exists a "unique physiological phenotype that responds poorly to high insulin-stimulating diets" - such assumes we're supposed to consume a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet; if we're not responding well to such a diet, it's because some have a unique physiological phenotype rather than consuming a diet that is at odds with human physiology.
I'd counter that it's just as likely it has nothing to do with a "unique phenotype" among us, but rather the expected results of a modern diet at odds with our physiology. Minor quibble.
Nonetheless, the finding is important as it points directly to individual metabolic factors playing a role within the context of the diet - low fat verus high fat - not just calories. In this study, it was insulin secretion. It mattered, especially in those consuming a low-fat diet.


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After dark, Matthew Gray caught a glimpse of life beneath the surface in the Jordanian capital. Photo: Matthew Gray. A string of encounters made it a far more interesting evening and early morning than I had anticipated, cementing my interest in the Middle East and giving me fresh insight into that fascinating, complex and at times infuriating part of the world.
The Public Security Department PSD Press office announced arresting 8 Arab nationals and 7 domestic workers from east Asian nationalities who have reportedly run away from their residential employees. The arrested individuals are suspected of running prostitution and drug activities in rented apartments in Jabal Amman, they were questioned and will be referred to the judiciary, PSD said. PSD noted that after receiving several complaints of 'illegal and immoral' activities in the rented apartments in Hay al-Masara in Jabal Amman, a team of Anti-Narcotics cadres was formed to investigate the claims.
Following surveillance and monitoring of the apartments, and taking s from neighbors, the apartments were raided and quantities of narcotics and illegal drugs were seized from the apartment. The 8 Arab nationals, pd to be workers and building guards, and 7 domestic workers of east Asian nationalities were arrested during the raid, suspected of prostitution and drug handling.
PSD applauded the 'positive role' of citizens and neighbors who alerted the authorities of the illegal activities, which led to foiling the ring. Prostitution, drug ring foiled in Jabal Amman. Copy Right Ammonews.

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The conversion to Christianity in the tenth century of the Slavs inhabiting the lands of present-day Russia and Ukraine had a momentous effect on art and architecture. Converted by Greek missionaries, the grand prince in Kyiv, then the center of the East Slavic federation, received and inculcated Christian culture in its Byzantine forms. Churches were built, and icons and frescoes for ritual and decoration became an immediate need. The forms and technical know-how came from Constantinople. Local styles evolved around the principal cities such as Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, and Moscow. These styles in turn ramified in remote areas such as the Ural Mountains and the White Sea and Lake Onega regions of the north. Bronze Horseman carries historical surveys and overviews on the origins of art in Rus’, on icons and frescoes of the tenth to the seventeenth century, on the first schools of secularized religious art in the eighteenth century, the so-called late icon (pozdniaia ikona
Bronze Horseman also imports monographs on specific themes: schools and regional styles, particular churches and icon-painters, technique and preservation. Collection catalogues, publishing works belonging to specific museums, churches or monasteries, add palpably to the sources for study of works of art not readily accessible to scholars in the West. Research on icons and frescoes in the last two decades has flourished: as opposed to the Soviet period, scholars have been free to study works of religious art from all points of view. Also in this section are books on Byzantine art, in which Russian museums abound: such historians as F. I. Buslaev and N. P. Kondakov laid the foundation in the late nineteenth century for research on Byzantine art, and the work of Russian Byzantinists is reflected in Russia’s collections of Byzantine icons and applied arts.
For a complete list of books on Icon Painting, Medieval Russian Art, and Byzantine Art, email: firstname.lastname@example.org
G. V. Popov
The director of the Andrei Rublev Museum of Medieval Russian Art surveys
the certain and probable works created by Rublev in the late fourteenth
and fifteenth century. Besides surveying the well-known icons, Popov
looks into Rublev’s work in manuscript illumination and frescoes.
Illustrations are exceptionally well reproduced, capturing the clarity
of the forms and brightness of the colors; the publisher took pains to
photograph anew many works and print the book in Italy.
213 pp., 10 1/2 x 11 1/2 ins., 24 b-&-w illus., 122 color, sewn pb., Rus. and ENGLISH, 2007, $72.00
Pamiatniki vizantiiskogo prikladnogo iskusstva IV–VII vekov. Katalog kollektsii (Monuments of Byzantine Applied Art of the 4th to the 7th c.: Catalogue of the [Hermitage] Collection)
V. N. Zalesskaia
As she catalogues the art, the Hermitage’s curator and eminent Byzantinist uses the museum’s rich collection to write an authoritative survey of four centuries of Byzantine applied and decorative art: metalwork (silver, bronze), jewelry, glass, carved ivory, and ceramics. Located in the Eastern Orthodox world and pioneers in the study of Byzantine art, the Russians naturally built up copious and well-chosen collections, and many of the works ended up the Hermitage. This catalogue of the collection will be essential for reference on a major branch of world art.
272 pp., 8 ¾ x 11 ins., 13 b-&-w illus., 677 color, sewn cl., Rus.with intro. in ENGLISH, 2006, $162.00
Pskovskaia ikona 13 – 16 vekov (Pskov Icons of the 13th to the 16th c.)
The Pskovian school of icon-painting has long been recognized as an artistic phenomen in its own right. Having the good fortune to escape Tatar-Mongol devastation, Old Pskov, like Novgorod, carefully preserved its artistic traditions through the centuries. Pskov icons painted in keeping with ancient Greek prototypes are profoundly philosophic and poetic. They combine an intense spirituality of the images, as revealed by the contemplative expression of the saints’ eyes, with original iconography and a rare pictorial temperament. The distinctive features of the Pskovian school are most clearly demonstrated by the icons of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, which occupy a special place in the treasure trove of early Russian art. Also noteworthy are sixteenth-century icons which bear witness to a deep-rooted continuity in the work of medieval Pskov painters.
Published are the most important restored icons which were attributed to the Pskovian school on the basis of their provenance, material and stylistic features, as well as historical records. In addition, there are some works whose artistic qualities, subject matter and history speak in favor of their assignment to the circle of Pskovian icon-painting. In the main, they come from the Pskov Museum, the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Hermitage, the Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Art, and the Historical Museum. The curator of the Pskov Museum has selected the works and written the the text and catalogue.
128 pp., 10 x 12 ins., 117 color and 11 b/w illus., cl., Rus., 2007, $55.00
Stupeni masterstva: Katalog ikon, restavrirovannykh studentami Rossiiskoi akademii zhivopisi, vaianiia i zodchestva 1997 – 2007 (Steps of Mastery: Catalogue of Icons Restored by Students of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 1997–2000)
T. N. Nechaeva, L. Iu. Iasnova
The works published here from the Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art date from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Many of them were salvaged from neglected churches by the museum’s scholarly expeditions and now that they are restored can for the first time be studied as part of Russia’s rich heritage of icon-painting.
248 pp., 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 ins., 30 b-&-w illus, 141 color, sewn cl., Rus. and ENGLISH, 2007, $68.00
Sophia: Sbornik statei po iskusstvu Vizantii i Drevnei Rusi v chest’ A. I. Komecha (Sophia: The Art of Byzantium and Rus’: Festschrift for A. I. Komech)
A. L. Batalov, E. S. Smirnova et al.
The late Aleksei Il’ich Komech was one of Russia’s most authoritative historians of architecture. His path in the Soviet period was not an easy one, as he insisted on writing from the evidence of the sources rather than from any ideological point of view. His reputation as a scholar and as a champion of preservation was earned through excellent scholarship, a keen analytical mind, and great perseverance. The introductions trace Komech’s career and provide a bibliography of his works. The articles present research by leading scholars of medieval Russian and Byzantine art and architecture from Russia, Greece, Serbia, France and the United States.
600 pp., 6 x 9 ins., 172 b-&-w illus,49 color, sewn cl., Rus., ENGLISH, and French, 2006, $83.00
Sviatye zemli russkoi (Saints of the Russian Land)
T. Vilinbakhova, I. Sosnovtseva, et al.
The authors publish and describe hagiographical icons from the collection of the Russian Museum that are both artistically significant and well preserved. The collection comprises works of most centuries and schools from the first centuries of Russian Orthodox art, when most of the icons represented saints from the Byzantine canon, through the medieval, Muscovite and Imperial periods, when a distinct body of images about specifically Russian holy men accrued. Entries concentrate on the content rather than the style of the icons, summarizing saints’ lives and the history of each icon type.
256 pp., 10 x 13 ins., 177 color illus., sewn cl., ENGLISH, 2010, $110.00
Pechati vizantiiskikh imperatorov. Katalog kollektsii (Seals of the Byzantine Emperors: Catalogue of the [Hermitage] Collection)
I. V. Sokolova
One of the three best collections in the world, the Hermitage has approximately 12,000 Byzantine seals, many deriving from the pre-revolutinoary collecting and research of N. Likhachev and the Russian Archeological Institute in Constantinople. Other sources were S. G. Stroganov’s collection and the archeological expeditions at Chersonesos. Incorporating the latest research, the author revises many dates and attributions, cites a range of literature, identifies analogous works in other collections, and notes changes in materials and imagery from period to period (e.g., iconoclasm).
120 pp., 8 ¾ x 10 ½ ins., 204 b-&-w illus., 181 color, sewn cl., Rus. with intro. in ENGLISH, 2007, $88.00
Moskovskaia ikona 14 – 17 vekov (Moscow Icons of the 14th to the 17th C.)
Formed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Moscow school of icon-painting is celebrated as the alma mater of such geniuses as Andrei Rublev and Dionysius. Rublev is credited for heralding a new period in the history of Moscow icon-painting. In his work he was able to fuse together the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century artistic legacy of the central Russian principalities, particularly that of Rostov the Great, and the time-honored traditions of Byzantine masters including Theophanes the Greek. His best-known masterpiece, The Old Testament Trinity – a tribute to St Sergius of Radonezh, was widely imitated. The late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries saw the creative activities of Dionysius who dominated Moscow’s artistic scene, leaving a large number of pupils and followers. Published here are chiefly icons of great artistic and historical interest.
112 pp., 10 x 12 ins., 2 b-and-w illus., 116 color, cl., Rus., 2008, $55.00
Drevnerusskoe iskusstvo: iskusstvo rukopisnoi knigi. Vizantiia. Drevniaia Rus’ (Medieval Russian Art: the Art of the Manuscript Book in Byzantium and Rus’)
E. S. Smirnova, N. K. Kvlividze, M. A. Orlova et al.
This is the first edition of the prestigious series since 1983 to devote all the chapters to manuscripts. The advances in manuscript studies since that publication are evident in the work of the scholars published here; often employing new methods and findings, they cover most aspects of manuscript study and thus offer a good overview of the state of manuscript research. Subjects of articles range from the technology of paper to the stylistic analysis of manuscript illuminations; most originated in a 1998 conference at the Institute of Art History in Moscow.
480 pp., 8 1/2 x 11 ins., 149 b-&-w illus., sewn cl., Rus. with summaries in ENGLISH, 2004, $65.00

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In last week’s Gentle Breezes earrings video we used a purchased texture plate to make a texture in polymer clay. It’s a quick and easy way to do it, but I really prefer to create my own textures.
In today’s video I give you a wide variety of ideas for creating unique textures for your polymer clay projects. Not only can you use unexpected household items, but consider going outdoors to see what you can find. Or just take a closer look at everything.
Who’d a thunk it? Peach pits!
Here are several ideas that didn’t make it into the video:
- Using bits and pieces in handmade texture tools
- Using scrap clay for handmade texture tools
- More ideas for using a hot glue gun to make texture rollers
- Yet more clay rollers, hers are pottery, but polymer would work just fine
- Making textures with pasta!
- This video by Anna Oriona shows how to make 10 textures using simple tools
- Sculpey Style and Detail Tools (ball tools)
- Clay Blade
- Armor All (not needed if using silicone molds)
Enjoy the video and happy creating!
Watch the Creating Textures For Polymer Clay video over at YouTube.

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A luxury modern and stylish bedding collection in solid color, the Metro Luxe Thermal Nights Hunter Green and Taupe bedding collection will transform your bedroom into a chic and modern space. The Thermal Nights Hunter green and Taupe bedding is perfect for complementing contemporary bedroom decor. Available in Twin, Full-Queen and King sizes, the Metro Luxe Thermal Nights Hunter Green and Taupe comforter set includes a comforter and standard shams. The comforter is made from 100-percent easy care microfiber in solid hunter green filled with a 100-percent hypoallergenic down alternative fill and reverses to a solid taupe that is a super warm and cuddly polyester fleece. Standard shams are in solid hunter green on one side and solid taupe on the other side. This solid color comforter and sham set is designed to be durable and keep you warm at night.


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Are you looking for a variety of 100mm baubles to choose from for your Christmas decoration? You have come to the right place! Amazing Christmas offers an impressive array of 100mm baubles, perfect for your wreaths, garlands, and Christmas trees. From your classic favourites to designer baubles in different colours, we got them all here!
All our Christmas baubles have a string attached for easy hanging. They are available in four (4) premium finishes: matt, gloss, glitter, and high gloss pearl to fit your design aesthetic. These baubles are made with the finest materials to ensure their shatterproof quality. They come in varying colours and sizes with a reusable PVC tube container or box.

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New Type Substation Intelligent Cabinet Lock Scheme
As the carrier of electrical products, the cabinet in the mechanical structure provides installation, support, connection, protection, decoration, and other functions for the protection and measurement, and control equipment in the substation station. As the cabinet door lock, it is an indispensable part of the cabinet door and is used to protect equipment and personnel.
However, the traditional mechanical cabinet door lock has its shortcomings:
1. The mechanical cabinet door lock’s ability to prevent technical opening is very poor. Regardless of the structure of the mechanical cabinet door lock, it can be opened by other means, and the key can be copied and there is a great security risk.
2. At present, in substations, the cabinet locks and keys provided by the same equipment manufacturer are generally the same. This type of key can be used with all cabinet locks provided by this manufacturer, which invisibly lays hidden dangers for misoperation by operators.
In response to the above-mentioned defects, the new cabinet lock solution developed and produced by JWM has changed the traditional mechanical key management into password and authority management in field applications: effectively enhancing the safety of substation protection and measurement and control equipment, and realizing construction for operation and maintenance personnel The effective management of the operation has raised the demand for internal management of the power system and ensured the reliable operation of the equipment in the station.
This smart passive electronic cabinet lock does not have a power supply installed in the lock itself, so that wiring operations are avoided. The power supply is set on the key to avoiding frequent maintenance of the lock.
So, how does the cabinet lock achieve safe unlocking? There are two ways to unlock the cabinet lock. One way is to make an appointment to authorize unlocking, and the other way is to use a mobile phone to authorize unlocking. Appointment to authorize unlocking: When an employee has an unlocking task, he needs to obtain the smart key in advance. At this time, the administrator will give the key the unlocking authority for a certain period of time. The employee can then use the key to open all cabinet locks within the authority. After returning the key Relevant data will be recorded and documented. Mobile phone authorization unlocking: The employee uses the mobile phone APP to initiate an unlock request, and the administrator will authorize the unlocking in the background. After obtaining the unlocking permission, the passive electronic lock will be opened to complete the entire unlocking process.
JWM’s intelligent electronic passive cabinet lock, no matter what method is used to unlock, it needs to be authorized by the administrator, otherwise, it cannot be unlocked. This is also the advantage of the intelligent cabinet lock. The smart passive cabinet lock uses a hexadecimal 12-digit code, three-layer password, and protocol protection, and cannot be cracked at present; in the case of a lost key, the administrator can delete it in the background, even if someone else finds the key. unlock. And has the effect of waterproof and dustproof, completely suitable for outdoor installation applications.


A research crew from the University of Florida, led by a wildlife ecologist who has studied alligators for decades, has discovered that the alligators living in the Everglades are getting more and more emaciated.
"They're skinnier, they're fewer, they grow slower," U of F ecologist Frank Mazzotti told CBS News. "Most other places, if an alligator is 10 years old, it's easily six feet long -- not so in the Everglades. At 10 years [old], it's only four or five feet."
When observing the gators, Mazzotti notes, "Essentially it looks like a skeleton with skin hanging on it."
So what the hell is happening to the alligators?
Not surprisingly, it turns out that people may be the reason the gators are getting skinnier every year. Scientists believe that building and expanding a city on top of a swamp might be contributing to the animals' poor health. A massive draining project built back in the 1950s in order to develop metropolitan South Florida has drained huge swaths of the Everglades into the ocean.
As a result, pollutants and fertilizers have streamed through the swampland and shrunken the habitat. Moreover, the drainage might also be limiting the gators' diet, since the farther north you go, the fatter the gators get.
Pumps that were constructed on the Everglades to drain them also polluted the habitat. Now, according to Mazzotti, only 50 percent of the original Everglades remains. And what remains is damaged.
So, even with billions being poured into restoring the Everglades, the consequences of infrastructure might be slowly killing the alligators.
Back in 2013, the Central Everglades Planning Project called the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan "the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history."
"No one set out in the beginning of the 20th Century to destroy a world-class ecosystem," Shannon Estenoz, director of Everglades Restoration Initiatives, told CBS News. "There was just a lack of appreciation and understanding of the damage that was being done.
"Cities like Miami and Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach and other cities could not have grown in the way that they grew without this drainage project," Estenoz added. "It's the unintended consequences that it took us a few decades to figure out."
Meanwhile, Mazzotti says the gator population in the Everglades is less than half of what you'd expect in a thriving habitat.
"The best of them are skinny," he says in the report. "They weigh maybe 80 percent of what an alligator should weigh. But what is of much greater concern to us is the proportion of alligators that are emaciated."
"When they're not doing well, something is going wrong in the ecosystem," Estonez says. "They are the canary in the coal mine."


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UW–Madison researchers discovered that methylbutenol, a type of alcohol produced by the needles of some pine trees, outperformed two more common biofuels in reducing pollution and engine knock.
When it comes to making internal combustion engines run better, the solution may come from trees.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered that when blended with gasoline methylbutenol, a type of alcohol produced by pine trees, produces less air pollution and is more effective than other alcohols at reducing engine knock, an annoying and sometimes destructive phenomenon that happens when fuel ignites when it’s not supposed to.
Together the findings suggest methylbutenol is a promising low-carbon biofuel that could be mixed with gasoline.
“Everything we’ve seen has been very, very favorable,” said David Rothamer, UW–Madison professor of mechanical engineering and coauthor of the studies published in the journals Combustion and Flame and Fuel.
With support from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a federally-funded research hub based at UW–Madison, Rothamer and his graduate student Stephen Sakai decided to investigate how three types of alcohol perform when mixed with gasoline in an internal combustion engine.
They compared ethanol with isobutanol and methylbutenol, which contain more carbon atoms, making them more similar to gasoline than ethanol.
With higher energy content and corrosion resistance, these next-generation biofuels are considered “drop-in” fuels that can replace gasoline without the need for modifying engines. GLBRC research is focused on eliminating barriers to cost-effective production of isobutanol and other chemicals from non-food plants like switchgrass and poplar.
Produced by many species of North American pines, methylbutenol is a type of terpenoid, a group of organic compounds that are a source of flavors, fragrances and medicines. Similar to isobutanol, it can also be produced using bioengineered microorganisms to ferment sugars in plant cells.
But unlike ethanol and isobutanol, methylbutenol has not been widely studied as a fuel additive.
“There hasn’t been much work done on these particular isomers, the C5 methylbutenol isomers,” Rothamer said. “At the time when we started there were just one or two papers written on them related to combustion behavior.”
Particulate matter, also known as soot, in vehicle exhaust is a major environmental and health concern.
Engine knock occurs when fuel explodes under high pressure, emitting pressure waves that cause wear and tear and in severe cases can destroy engine parts.
Knock is also one of the biggest barriers to increasing fuel efficiency because the higher compression needed to extract more energy from a drop of fuel can cause that fuel to ignite before it’s supposed to.
Most modern engines can automatically adjust the timing of the spark to eliminate knock, but this reduces efficiency, so refineries blend in additives to increase octane ratings, a measure of fuel’s ability to resist knock.
Historically refiners used tetraethyl lead, which spewed toxic fumes out the tailpipe, until the U.S. government began phasing out leaded gasoline in the 1970s. Today most gasoline is blended with ethanol, which boosts the octane rating but has some drawbacks: it contains less energy than gasoline and changes the fuel's properties in ways that can increase air pollution.
Rothamer and Sakai used a special single-cylinder engine in their lab on the UW–Madison campus to test each alcohol blended with gasoline at three levels based on the oxygen content.
For the first study, published in September, Rothamer and Sakai showed that increasing the amount of alcohol consistently reduced sooting and particulate emissions in each blend.
At the lowest blend levels, all three alcohols performed similarly. But at higher concentrations, methylbutenol produced the lowest level of soot, followed by isobutanol and ethanol.
That was surprising, Sakai said. “Based on its molecular composition you would expect it to soot more.”
Rothamer said the findings suggest there’s a molecular interaction that requires more investigation to understand.
In terms of knock suppression, ethanol and methylbutenol were slightly better than isobutanol at low blend levels. At higher levels, ethanol and isobutanol performed similarly, but methylbutenol did significantly better.
Rothamer said his findings, combined with recent Department of Energy research showing prenol can improve efficiency in turbocharged engines, indicate that terpene alcohols merit a closer look.
But don’t expect to fill your tank with methylbutenol anytime soon.
Sakai said much more research and analysis is needed to determine the lifecycle carbon footprint and whether it’s cost effective to produce methylbutenol as well as factors like toxicity, stability and material compatibility. The fuel would also need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency.
“It is promising as it stands now,” Sakai said.

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As Donald Trump's controversial decision to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel's capital continues to make headlines all over the world, the real estate mogul-turned-president has faced a new wave of opposition at home and from fellow Western leaders.
Jewish organizations in the United States slammed Trump's controversial move on Thursday, saying that the decision puts the two-state-solution at risk.
"President Trump's ill-timed, but expected, announcement affirms what the Reform Jewish Movement has long held: that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. While we share the President's belief that the U.S. Embassy should, at the right time, be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, we cannot support his decision to begin preparing that move now, absent a comprehensive plan for a peace process," Union of Reform Judaism said in a statement.
"Additionally, any relocation of the American Embassy to West Jerusalem should be done in the broader context reflecting Jerusalem's status as a city holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike...the White House should not undermine these efforts by making unilateral decisions that are all but certain to exacerbate the conflict. We urge the President to do everything in his power to move forward with efforts to bring true peace to the region and take no unilateral steps that will make that dream more distant."
Another Jewish organization in the U.S., J Street also released a statement criticizing Trump's decision. While acknowledging that Israel's capital is Jerusalem "without question," the "Home of Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Americans" said a Palestinian capital must also be established in East Jerusalem.
"The effect of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or of declaring that Jerusalem is Israel's capital prior to a negotiated agreement will be to anger key Arab allies, foment regional instability and undermine nascent U.S. diplomatic efforts to resolve the larger conflict. The administration has set an important goal – one which J Street shares – to reach a comprehensive resolution to the long-standing conflict between the Jewish and Palestinian peoples that hurts American interests and threatens Israel's long-run security," Jeremy Ben-Ami, the President of J Street said in the statement.
Urging the administration to act with commonsense and heed warnings by U.S. and Israeli security experts, the president of the organization warned that "any move that prejudges the outcome of negotiations around Jerusalem could deal a devastating blow to jumpstart the diplomatic process."
The New Israel Fund also denounced the move.
"President Trump many not understand what's at stake here, but we do. Moving the embassy risks igniting the tinderbox of anger, frustration and hopelessness that already exists in Jerusalem. Throwing...balance off with this unilateral gesture could have grave consequences," it said.
U.S. lawmakers were also critical in the aftermath of the controversial decision.
"When President Jimmy Carter sat down at the negotiating table with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978, he reiterated that Jerusalem's final status would not be decided unilaterally. Every successive U.S. administration since then has upheld that approach," Representative Gerry Connolly reminded Trump.
"With President Trump's announcement today, he has abandoned that commitment and it is incumbent on his Administration to explain to the world how this decision brings us closer to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
Calling Trump's declaration of the new Israeli capital "an unhelpful step with no tangible benefits" and "only serious risks," Representative Lloyd Doggett warned that the move "could seriously undermine the administration's stated commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," and said it also went against long-standing bipartisan presidential policy and threatened Israel's security while "alienating Arab regional partners."
Senator Tom Udall also harshly criticized the President for the recognition.
"President Trump thrives on chaos, but chaos in foreign policy is often the enemy of peace and security. Like the chaotic positions taken regarding North Korea and Iran, this decision increases the danger to Americans and potentially risks lives in a volatile region," he said, adding that the move is a major setback in years of efforts to achieve peace "in one of the world's most troubled regions."
"The president has undermined America's role as the most effective broker for a two-state solution to the conflict, and his decision will have long-lasting implications," he warned.
Senators of Jewish origin, Dianne Feinstein and Bernie Sanders also slammed the controversial move, implying the fact that the recognition is bound to fuel anti-Semitism, and threaten stability in the region.
"Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital - or relocating our embassy to Jerusalem - will spark violence and embolden extremists on both sides of the debate...If you break with this long tradition of bipartisan foreign policy [of not recognizing to remain impartial], you'll erode American credibility as an unbiased mediator, alienate us from our international partners - such as Jordan - and undermine any remaining hope for a two-state solution," Feinstein said.
The former presidential hopeful also warned Trump, saying that "there is a reason why all past U.S. administrations have not made this move and why leaders around the world have warned Trump against it."
Sanders said that the recognition would undermine the prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and "severely, perhaps irreparably, damage our ability to broker it."
European leaders also did not keep silent on the move. "I cannot remain silent about my deep concern for the situation that has developed in recent days. And at the same time, I wish to make a heartfelt appeal to ensure that everyone is committed to respecting the status quo of the city, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations. Jerusalem is a unique city, sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, where the Holy Places for the respective religions are venerated, and it has a special vocation to peace," Pope Francis said.
European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini also criticized Trump.
"During our bilateral meeting we discussed mainly four issues; first of all, the Middle East peace process, the European Union support, the resumption of a meaningful peace process towards a two-state solution. We believe that any action that would undermine these efforts must absolutely be avoided. A way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of both states so that the aspiration of both parties can be fulfilled," she said.
Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, also cautioned Trump, saying that Jerusalem should "ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states."
President of France, Emmanuel Macron called the decision "regrettable."
"France and Europe are committed to a two-state solution," he said.
German officials also slammed the recognition, with Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel saying "The U.S.' recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will be counterproductive and only worsen the crisis. A solution to the issue of Jerusalem should be achieved through negotiations."
Chancellor Angela Merkel also said that she supports the two-state solution: "The status of Jerusalem is to be resolved in the framework of a two-state solution."
Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni also warned Trump, saying that a peace process based on two states is critical.
"Jerusalem's future will be defined within the framework of the peace process based on the two states, Israel and Palestine," he said.
Turkey also strongly reacted against the decision and slammed the U.S., while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned the country could cut diplomatic relations with Israel.
As part of his election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to relocate the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The recent move has been opposed by a number of world powers, including France, the U.K., EU, Turkey and the Arab League.
While Israel considers Jerusalem as its capital, the world opposes this, saying that the city's status should be determined in peace talks with Palestinians, who consider the eastern part of the city as their future capital.


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|I took this picture from the book “…y la comida se hizo, para celebrar”. ISBN 968-24-1875-5. so you can see the engraving on the metate.|
THIS RECIPE WILL MAKE ABOUT 4 LBS. OF DOUGH/MASA.
- 2 pounds of Blue corn
- 2 Tablespoons Cal (Calcium Hydroxide)*
- Filtered water (enough to cover the corn)
* Calcium Hydroxide, can be found at the grocery store in the canning section or in our Amazon Store, as well as the white and blue corn.
- Keep the soaking time in mind and cook the corn the previous evening.
- 2 pounds of Blue corn
- 2 Tablespoons Cal Calcium Hydroxide*
- Filtered water enough to cover the corn
First of all, make sure that the corn is clean of any debris or little rocks. Place corn in a colander under the water faucet and rinse. Shake a little to remove any excess water.
Place corn into a non-corrosive pot. Add enough water to cover the corn. Some kernels will float, those are old or spoil kernels, discharge them.
Dissolve 2 Tablespoons of Cal (Calcium Hydroxide) in 1/2 cup of water. Stir well.
Place the pot on the stove and turn the heat to medium high. When the water starts boiling, add the Cal and water mix. The corn will turn a bright yellow color.
Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. After 15 minutes, check the corn and rub a few grains between your fingers. If you see a fine skin peeling from them, then they’re ready. Turn down the heat and remove from stove. If after 15 minutes your corn skins are not peeling, keep cooking for 5 more minutes and check again.
Cover the pot with a lid and let it rest overnight or for at least 8 hours.
The next day, the corn and its residue will be settling at the bottom of the pot, and the skins will be easily removed when rubbing some kernels with your fingers.
Remove the liquid , reserving some of it to add to the grinding process.(also known as “nejayote”) and rinse the corn two or three times, rubbing off the loose skin, until the water looks clean. Place in a colander to drain well.
The corn is now ready for the grinder. Start grinding the corn in small batches twice or three times until it has a fine texture. The picture at the bottom right is how it will look after the first grinding. The corn grinder has to be tightly fitted to a stable surface to make this step as fast and smooth as possible. The corn grinder was meant to be screwed up to a working area where it will always reside.
10. After you’ve grinded the corn 2 times, add some of the cooking water little by little to form the dough-masa. Knead a little until your dough is smooth. This dough will still be grainy, but good enough to make tortillas or any other food you plan to cook with it. Sometimes, I grind the corn and don’t add water, then I place it in plastic bags to store in the freezer. When ready to use, just let it sit until room temperature and then add the water to form the dough. To extend the life of the masa add a pinch of cal while grinding the corn.
11 (OPTIONAL). I know it will be hard for many to get a hold of a Metate, so this step is just in case you have one and want to have a finer texture in your masa dough. Place a small amount of the dough on the top part of the metate with the help of the “mano” (hand of the metate). Press down on the dough from side to side (from the top part to the bottom part), passing a small amount of dough to the other side every time you press it down. This is done in a rhythmical movement, with your hands holding tightly onto the metate hand and pressing back and fort until all the dough that was at the top now is at the bottom part of the metate. The difference of giving the final grinding to the corn dough with the metate can be seen in the picture below.
• * Calcium Hydroxide, can be found at the grocery store in the canning section or in our Amazon Store, as well as the white and blue corn.
• Keep the soaking time in mind and cook the corn the previous evening.
Now… I have some questions for you: Why do you want to make corn masa? and where are you reading this post from? If you are interested in buying any a Metate, please send me an email.


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The legal back-and-forth between CapStar Financial Holdings Inc. and the bank's largest shareholder, Gaylon Lawrence Jr., continues, and now the frequent bank investor wants the $1.3 billion lender's records. In a letter dated Dec. 1, obtained by the Nashville Business Journal, Lawrence's attorneys "demand inspection of the books and records of CapStar" in accordance with the bank's bylaws. The legal sparring between CapStar (CSTR) and Lawrence — who has a 10.2 percent stake in the bank — continues to mount after the bank filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas billionaire for allegedly violating state and federal banking laws in his attempts to mount a takeover.
Gaylon Lawrence Jr. is firing back after CapStar Financial Holdings Inc. accused the investor of mounting a "creeping takeover" of the $1.3 billion lender, calling the lawsuit a "fishing expedition" and intimidation tactic. In his legal response opposing CapStar's request for expedited discovery, filed Thursday morning, Lawrence claims: "This lawsuit amounts to nothing more than an attempt by CapStar's current chairman of the board of directors, Dennis C. Bottorff, to intimidate Gaylon Lawrence and to deter him from individually acquiring any additional shares of CapStar stock.
After a rough first year on the public markets, CEO Claire Tucker and her team at CapStar Financial Holdings Inc. are trying to make up for lost ground, starting with their first solid quarter of the year. On Monday, the bank announced its third-quarter earnings, generating more than $4.4 million in net income and beating analysts' expectations. For analysts, that type of performance was critical.
The bank, based in Nashville, Tennessee, said it had earnings of 35 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $16.9 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $14.2 million. Capstar ...
Gaylon Lawrence Jr. has upped his stake in CapStar Financial Holdings Inc. for the fourth time. The Arkansas businessman — who is known for investing in banks — now owns 1,034,573 shares, or a 9.2 percent stake, in the $1.4 billion Nashville-based lender, according to new filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission . Lawrence’s activist stake in CapStar (CSTR) comes as community lenders face increasing pressure to grow or consolidate.
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They are definately very nice, but I saved a ton of money by buying a used Franchi AL 48. Its light, well made, and semi auto.
All in all I think that they are worth what they are asking. You can't really compare them to a mossberg or remington, although some will try, they are just finished to alot higher level. I just didn't want to spend that kind of money and I'm not that used to pump action since I've been using o/u's and semi auto for so long. They are especially nice in the higher grades.
If you go to shotgun world you should find alot more information under the ithaca section.
I love them. That bright colored bead and the style of gun was pretty advanced for its time.
One thing about model 37's that I loved (its been 20 years) was that if you hold the trigger and keep working tha action, the gun goes off when the breech closes. I had a 12 ga that was [censored] for decoying birds.
It did kick like a mule though.
Great gun, especially in 28 ga. I'd take it out for ducks in a heart beat.
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I had a moment today. I know we have all had these. Noa began his Soul Cycle class with “Angie” by the Stones (stop reading this blog right now if you don’t know this song. You should be embarrassed). It was the perfect way to start the 5pm class. 5pm is a TOUGH time on a Friday but I need those 45 minutes to start my weekend. I wouldn’t trade them for anything. It could be my favorite 45 minutes of the week. no joke. Happy wife = Happy life. Anyway, I was dying to listen to “Angie” again when I left. I turned on my car, drove for 2 minutes and I shit you not, Angie came on the radio. This is when I believe there is something so much bigger than all of us in this universe. Not to sound like a total freak but I just know it. It is like when you dream about someone you haven’t seen in a long time and you see them the next day. This happens to me ever so often. It is so weird!! Has this happened to you?
I had my last session with Pam and feel like I broke up with my boyfriend, lol. Pam is just one of those people you want in your life forever. She is NO bullshit and she tells you like it is (which I LOVE). She does NOT waste your time. Pam is a gem. She is an investment in yourself. that is it. pure and simple. We all spend money on so many things we do not need. Pam is one of the best investments I have ever made. My 3 months with her were unforgettable and she has fully set me on a path to wellness. I was so sad to walk out of her office. She made me a book of all of her favorite recipes, I was hoping for a mix tape but I will settle with the book. It’s actually AWESOME and I am psyched to dive in and start cooking. I will share with you as I make them.
Speaking of cooking – I know I have promised to post this ice cream sandwich recipe.
There are two cookie recipes that I actually wanted to share. The first one is extremely simple and can be made in 10 minutes:
Just mash together 1 banana with 1 cup of oats and add vegan chocolate chips. Form into cookies and bake for 10 minutes at 375. (yes that easy!)
To create the ice cream sandwich, take two of those beauties, blend a frozen banana in a mixer, and place between two cookies AMAZING!
Another cookie recipe I stumbled upon are these Vanilla & Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies (they are dairy free, gluten-free and vegan). You can make them nut free by substituting ground sunflower seeds.
These are the perfect guilt-free, soft centred chocolate cookies. Just a warning, the cookie dough from these is incredibly addictive… which is fine because they’re paleo, egg free, high in protein and vegan too. All the proof I need that healthy is more than delicious. If you are allergic to nuts, you can replace the almonds for ground down sunflower seeds. Cacao is used for chocolate in this recipe. It can be found in health food isles/stores (I actually put a link on it below if you want to order it online)- cacao is the raw, unprocessed version of cocoa and is considered a superfood. The nibs are the cacao beans minus the skin. High in vitamins and minerals, magnesium (which reduces stress and headaches), super high in antioxidants (anti-ageing), great for heart health and filled with naturally occurring ‘bliss chemicals’ which make you feel good, boost your energy and is an aphrodisiac!
- 1½ cup almond meal
- 2½ tablespoon melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup Cacao Nibs
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt flakes
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
Preheat oven to 340. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. On a lined baking tray, measure and roll out 1 tablespoon of batter and press lightly in center. Bake for 13-15 minutes until gold. They will be soft when removed but will firm up as they cool. Centers will stay soft and fudgey when cool, if preferred crunchy, place back in oven for another 3-5 minutes.
Store in a sealed container for up to 5 days.
Enjoy your healthy cookies! One last thing about Pam, I asked her if there was something I could give to my readers since I feel like everyone need’s Pam in their life and she offered her initial consultation free of charge if you mention Lulu and Lattes. Super nice!
By the way, take 5 minutes out this weekend, find a quiet place BY YOURSELF, throw on headphones and listen to Angie. Such a great fucking song. Headphones only.
Wholefully Aware, Pam Yudko. 917-797-8950


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Doing certain activities become more difficult as one grows older. However, aging individuals should not see this change as something negative. Rather, they should see this as an opportunity to try new things. With the assistance of home care, elderly people should try various activities and find their passion.
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It is important to keep yourself physically fit as much as possible. Even as you age, you should make it a point to work out regularly as this can help reduce the risk of developing different diseases. It can also help you control your weight, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.
Gardening can serve as a form of exercise for older people. You’ll definitely work up a sweat since this activity involves moving your arms and legs regularly. Sometimes, exercising can be boring. With gardening you can work out while having fun!
Osteoporosis is a condition that affects the bones, making them so weak and brittle that even the simplest of actions ‘ such as bending down or sneezing ‘ can result in a fracture. This disease affects anyone although women are more likely to develop this disease.
One of the ways to prevent osteoporosis is by exercising. People who spend most of their time immobile are at a higher risk of contracting this disease. Exercising, such as gardening, will help keep your bones strong. Moreover, gardening involves staying under the sun especially during the mornings. This will allow you to get the right amount of vitamin D which can also help prevent osteoporosis.
Do you know that spending time surrounded by nature is therapeutic? Horticultural therapy is a form of therapy where you immerse yourself in nature. This helps reduce stress and promote relaxation.
According to some studies, letting yourself be enveloped by nature’s embrace can help your body react better to stress. Walking around your garden in the afternoons will bring you a sense of calm, allowing your body to relax and your problems to slip away. Reducing stress with the help of gardening can help boost your immune system and enhance your mood.
SOURCE OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD
Gardening will not just keep you physically fit, help you prevent osteoporosis, and reduce stress. This activity can also help you acquire nutritious food! Instead of purchasing fruits and vegetables in the market, you can just grow them in your garden. This way, you get to work out and get healthy foods for free.
Organic foods are free of preservatives which can damage your health. And as you grow older, you should include more organic foods in your meal plans so as to avoid developing diseases and to keep yourself healthy.
Don’t let your age hold you back from trying out various activities, such as gardening! But before you go and pick up a shovel, remember that there are a few things to consider like existing health conditions and adjusting gardening tools to make them easier to use.
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MONITORING DESK: A 78-page citizens’ report titled ” Kashmir Civil Disobedience” seems to be the most authentic document that has emerged from within India since August 5, 2019.
The report indicates that the people in Kashmir (read as Indian Occupied Kashmir) are no longer interested in an interaction with the Indian state. Offering 17 recommendations, the report indicates that New Delhi has lost Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) forever and only subjugation is the only tool being used by India to keep IOK along with New Delhi.
The report is a work of human rights activists like Shabnam Hashmi, Anirudh Kala, Brinella D Souza, and Revati Laul.
Recommendations of Citizens’ Report
- Immediate restoration of Articles 370 and 35A and statehood.
- Restore landlines, mobile, internet, broadband services with immediate effect.
- Release all political leaders, social activists, youth, and children, withdraw all cases.
- Withdraw army and paramilitary forces.
- Remove restrictions on the movement of people
- Immediate steps to restore people’s faith in democracy.
- Government of India must work with all stakeholders to bring about peace and normalcy in the state and ensure that decisions regarding the political future of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) are made through a process of dialogue and consultation and after ascertaining the will of the people.
- Restore tourism and all other livelihood activities
- Provide mental health services in every district with immediate effect as mandated under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017.
- Digitize records – land records, hospital records, and jail records.
- Postpone block level elections until all political prisoners are released.
- Put in place confidence building and safety measures so that children and young people can go back to school and colleges without fear. Make every effort to mitigate the psycho social consequences of the conflict on children.
- Provide compensation to families of those who died because they weren’t able to access timely medical support due to the communication blockade and security clampdown.
- Undertake an assessment of the economic losses faced by orchardists, businesses, and traders due to communication and transport blockade, and provide appropriate compensation and relief.
- To look into allegations of excesses by the army and paramilitary forces, and undertake time-bound inquiries.
- Lift restrictions on movement of journalists so that there can be genuine on ground reporting. Refrain from monitoring, surveillance and intimidation of journalists.
- Judiciary should give an urgent patient hearing to the representations and restore the constitutional safeguards.
Other extracts from the report:
- “Now there is only room for either completely pro-India or pro-Pakistan people. The middle ground is gone.”
- “60% of the people in India have declared they are anti-Muslims. Had Pakistan not been there, we would have been massacred,” this man continued.
- The Indian government has spun the story that their clampdown on civil liberties in Kashmir with an increased military presence, summary arrests of all mainstream and separatist leaders and the communication blockade has made the unfolding of this new reality peaceful. But we found exactly the opposite. Kashmir is on an edge – humiliated, angry, disturbed and ‘disrobed’, as a journalist who spoke to us described it. It is an active and collective choice being exercised each day to observe a civil disobedience. In feeling rejected and betrayed by the Indian state, Kashmiris have chosen to respond back, through a largely non-violent protest.
- Firstly, it points to an internalizing of the trauma caused after the abrogation of Article 370 in a radically new way from the previous instances of state versus people. This time, there is no leader and no call to protest from anyone. So the decision to keep shops and businesses shut is one that individuals have taken across Kashmir, largely on their own.
- The people in Kashmir are no longer interested in an interaction with the Indian state. That space is now dead. From those who have been hardliners to separatists demanding a union with Pakistan or Azadi (Independence) to those siding with India – they have all reacted to the current political situation as a big, abominable trauma. The collective shock, fear of reprisal has however turned them into silent protestors. They say that this may well be the lull before the storm or the making of molten mass that is bound to erupt; but regardless of what comes next, these 60 days need to be recorded as a phenomenon in its own right.
- Finally, we have spoken to a spectrum of people from politicians (those who were not in jail), bureaucrats, homemakers, schoolteachers, traders, fruit-sellers, taxi unions, students, teachers, intellectuals, poets, writers, farmers, children, journalists, civil society workers, Pandits, Sikhs and Christians and even wedding caterers across five districts over eight days. From Srinagar to Baramulla to Anantnag to Badgam and even Jammu, all had one thing in common – every single interaction was an emotional outpouring.
- When Article 370 was struck down, the picture painted across much of the national media was that Jammu was celebrating. However, our initial research suggested that this was a completely untrue or at best a distorted picture.
- “Jammu university is hub of the RSS.” “After August 5, the RSS is organizing programmes openly within the university campus. About 20-25 professors are part of the RSS and they organize shakhas or the RSS group meetings on campus and play these out on loudspeakers. Some 4-5 professors have RSS programme posters in their rooms.”
- “The government constantly says that the abrogation of Article 370 has been done to develop Jammu and Kashmir. As compared with other states, J&K was always well developed. There are people from Bihar and other states who come here to work. Why would they if they didn’t make money? J&K is considered the Gulf for many. They should do some development in the cow-belt. And they should be candid enough to tell us that their real motive is to convert a Muslim-majority state to a Hindu majority state. Why aren’t they open about it?”
- There is often the risk with putting out the extreme end of an emotional graph in print. That it will either be distorted or used maliciously to paint an even more polarized picture than what is really out there in the firmament. So we are telling these stories as part of a long continuum of responsible storytelling where we find it imperative to show how deep the sense of hurt and anguish is in Jammu and Kashmir. And also know that sometimes, an outpouring has the effect of changing the space. In saying, in speaking out, in letting out all the unbridled emotion, the long withheld anger, it doesn’t stay where it is. At the same time, the anger is indicative of the political space and toxicity that is now in the mix, even more so after the abrogation of article 370.
- A butcher in an upmarket part of Srinagar said, “I hope Allah makes Imran Khan reach greater and greater heights, masha’llah. Let him be the harbinger of peace. We have Allah up in the heavens and Imran Khan on our side here on earth.” A senior journalist explained, “Imran Khan is the only leader right now because all the others are jailed. The abrogation of Article 370 has united various people.”
- “After 55 years, Kashmir is on the UN Security Council agenda. What have we done? We have undone everything. Trump for the 6th time is saying – resolve this. Have we achieved anything or have we gone back to 1965?” (He was referring here to the end of the Indo-Pak war of 1965 with a UN mediated ceasefire). Another journalist added that there is a difference between militancy, extremism and radicalization. Militancy came in historically on the back of a failed or rigged election in Kashmir and was sponsored by Pakistan. But in recent years, political extremism, the journalists explained is home grown.
- They said that when they heard propaganda in the mainstream media about plans afoot to construct 50,000 temples in Kashmir it put them in a state of collective shock and disbelief. “Where are our fundamental rights?” they remarked in unison.
- “Even in Hong Kong, the people are out protesting and their rights aren’t taken away. The right to assemble, the right to education, the right to information, where is all of that?”

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Providence Health & Services officials said they won’t renew a commercial health-insurance contract with Premera for 2017, a move that could affect 500,000 people in Washington, including those who receive care through Swedish Medical Center.
Providence Health & Services officials announced Wednesday they will not renew a commercial health-insurance contract with Premera Blue Cross for 2017, potentially affecting more than 500,000 people in Washington.
The decision affects patients who receive Premera coverage for care at Providence, Swedish Medical Center and Kadlec Regional Medical Center sites in Washington, as well as affiliated doctors and clinics. Starting Jan. 1, those providers will be out of network for consumers who have Premera insurance. Until then, care will continue as usual.
A new contract remains possible, officials said, with talks continuing.
Providence officials said Wednesday the decision followed unsuccessful contract negotiations. Talks began in 2015, when the two parties reached a compromise agreement for 2016. But they were unable to come to terms on a 2017 contract, according to a statement by Colleen Wadden, a Providence spokeswoman.
Issues included rates, standard contracting terms across the system, and “the development of a quality incentive program that aligns our work with the goals established at the state and federal level for advancing high quality, accessible health care,” the Providence statement said.
Premera officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Providence officials have posted a list of affected facilities and clinics at www.providence.org.
Providence officials said that more than 60,000 patients in their system have Premera coverage, but when factoring in providers that use Providence facilities, the impact could exceed 500,000 patients.
List of affected facilities and clinics from Providence.org:
Facilities and clinics terminating all Premera networks effective 1/1/17
• Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
• Providence St. Peter Hospital (Olympia)
• Providence Centralia Hospital
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane)
• Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital (Spokane)
• Providence Holy Family Hospital (Spokane)
• Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center (Chewelah)
• Providence Mount Carmel Hospital (Colville)
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Walla Walla)
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center
• Swedish Medical Center First Hill
• Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill
• Swedish Medical Center Ballard
• Swedish Medical Center Edmonds
• Swedish Medical Center Issaquah
• Affiliated Medical Groups and Physician Offices including:
• Providence Medical Group
• Swedish Medical Group
• Pacific Medical Centers (PacMed)
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An event is happening at the Washington Public Library tomorrow in celebration of Read Across America day.
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A bipartisan effort in Kentucky is moving to treat drug addicts rather than jailing them. Is this a good idea?
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The ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 is the latest flagship router from this Asus. This is not the first WiFi 6E router we have seen, as it is an update to last year’s ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000. However, this year’s model is a quad-band router, including the 6 GHz frequency. While there are more routers to market with the WiFi 6E standard, clients currently aren’t commonplace in the market. his is slowly improving, though, with USB adapters arriving on the market that support the standard.
The GT-AXE16000 uses a horizontal design in a larger body, which has become Asus’ design formula for its flagship routers. It has eight non-detachable antennas and a power cord with a larger power brick. Taking it a step beyond its previous flagship router, Asus adorns this model with a piece of clear plexiglass that covers about two-thirds of the top surface and can be illuminated with RGB LEDs. This is a distinct nod to the gaming community, but thankfully the LEDs can be disabled (for use in a bedroom setting, for example).
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There is also a power switch to facilitate restarts, which we appreciate as some models no longer have one.
Looking at the specs for the GT-AXE16000, Asus clearly pulls out all the stops. As the quad-band wireless support is the big story, we will focus on that first. There is a single 2.4 GHz band with a max speed of 1,148 Mbps, a pair of 5 GHz bands that top out at 4,804 Mbps, and a 6 GHz band with the same max of 4,804 Mbps. It is Wi-Fi 6E, on the 802.11ax standard, and backward compatible with prior standards such as 802.11ac. The wireless features include Beamforming, OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), 20/40/80/160 MHz bandwidth and a 1024-QAM high data rate.
The wired connections also are solid. These include a single 2.5 GB WAN port, a pair of 10 Gigabit WAN/LAN ports, and four Gigabit LAN ports, so many folks won’t need a separate switch. There are also a pair of USB ports, the first USB 2.0, and the other USB 3.2 Gen 1.
The hardware specs are strong as well and include a 2.0GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of DDR4 RAM and 256MB of NAND flash storage. However, power usage is on the high side, which is not unexpected for a full-size flagship router, with a maximum power draw of 65 watts.
Getting this Asus GT-AXE16000 up and running was quick and simple, as we expect from a company with mature software. We went through the browser-based option for a “Quick Internet Setup,” and it walked us through the steps, automatically updating the firmware along the way to the latest version. For flexibility on a network, it can also be configured to perform a variety of tasks: router, repeater, access point, media bridge and AiMesh.
The Asus GT-AXE16000 has plenty of security features built in, which are powered by TrendMicro, which has provided security solutions to the industry since 1988. This security suite includes a router security assessment to identify problems. There is also a “Malicious Sites Blocking” tool to keep users from inadvertently going to known corrupt websites, and “Two Way IPS,” which is an intrusion prevention system. Furthermore, there is a feature to keep infected devices from joining a botnet or zombie attack. Finally, there is also a log available for each of these events, so you can track how effectively it is working over time.
While some routers have parental controls with only limited functionality, the Asus GT-AXE16000 allows the parent to set limits to both the websites that can be visited, and the amount of time spent by each device. The system is robust enough to fully block a device without shutting down the entire network.
|2.4 GHz near||2.4 GHz far||5 GHz near||5 GHz far|
|123.6 Mbps||72.2 Mbps||914.1 Mbps||509.7 Mbps|
We ran the Asus GT-AXE16000 through our usual suite of network benchmarks. First we tested the wireless throughput with our wireless client, an Asus ROG laptop featuring an Intel AX201 wireless card. This card is Wi-Fi 6, meaning that it lacks Wi-Fi 6E so we cannot test the 6 GHz throughput which promises faster speeds with less interference.
Still, the throughput is solid for this router, but not record-setting. On our 2.4 GHz near test, with the client positioned 5 feet away, the throughput measured at 123.6 Mbps. When we increased the distance to 30 feet away on a higher floor of the router, the speed dropped off quite a bit to 72.2 Mbps.
The 5 GHz band yielded solid results as well, with even faster throughput than with the 2.4 GHz testing. Here, the near test gets us throughput of 914.1 Mbps, and the 30 feet far test dropped this to a still speedy 509.7 Mbps.
|Testing Configuration||QoS||FRAPS avg||min||max||8k dropped frames||Pingplotter spikes||Latency (ms)|
|Ethernet + 10 8k videos||no||23.4||0||127||30.20%||20||356|
|Ethernet + 10 8k videos||yes||–||–||–||28.50%||22||unable to play|
|5 GHz + 10 8k videos||no||–||–||–||43.40%||1||unable to play|
|5 GHz + 10 8k videos||yes||17.02||0||60||39.50%||1||114|
|2.4 GHz + 10 8k videos||no||20.2||0||109||32.40%||2||160|
|2.4 GHz + 10 8k videos||yes||5.47||0||17||9.60%||4||466|
We next put the Asus GT-AXE16000 through our network congestion testing, which is designed to test the QoS settings of the router. For this test, we run the game Overwatch at 1080p (fully updated to the latest version) and take metrics, including in-game latency and frames per second (FPS). Next, we add ten 8k videos to simulate loading up the network with congestion (chosen to saturate our 300 Mbps cable-based broadband connection). We then toggle on the QoS to allow the router to prioritize the gaming traffic. We also report the dropped frame rates of the first 8K video to see how well a router can deal with a saturated network congested with video streaming traffic and gaming. Gaming generally uses a low amount of bandwidth but needs a high priority for that traffic to avoid stutters and freezes. When gameplay drops below 30 frames per second, it is quite noticeable and quickly progresses to unplayable as it drops even further.
To say that we are disappointed with the gaming performance of the Asus GT-AXE16000 would be an understatement as a flagship ROG router. We also had to perform some additional testing to confirm our conclusions. The firmware that we conducted the testing on is 18.104.22.168.386.49533.
The issues begin with our Ethernet tests, generally thought of as the fastest and most stable way to play a game. When we did the first wireless test, even without any of the videos playing, we could only play the game at 32.5 fps. The frame rate was nearly identical with the QoS enabled. Adding in the 8K video congestion with the QoS reduced our fps to 23.4, with the game freezing, as indicated by the zero minimal frame rate. Furthermore, when we turned on the QoS to manage the congestion of the simultaneous video streams, it worked against us, and the game became completely unplayable.
Overall, this made little sense as last year’s model of this router, the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 WiFi 6E, garnered a speedier 125 fps under identical conditions.
The wireless testing also demonstrated a poor implementation of QoS, among other issues. On the 5 GHz test, with no simultaneous video streams, we observed a healthy 119.6 fps. Unfortunately, adding in the videos with the QoS gave us a high 43% dropped frame rate, and the game did not play at all. Turning on the QoS with the videos still playing, with a priority set to gaming, did at least allow the game to be played, but at a quite low 17 fps. On 2.4 GHz, we achieved 122 fps with just the game playing, our best test of any configuration, confirming the weak Ethernet performance. Adding in the same video streams delivered just 20.2 fps with the QoS off. Enigmatically, turning on the QoS while the video streams played reduces the fps to a really low 5.47, which makes little sense given that the frame rate was almost four times higher with the QoS off!
At this point, we did our due diligence by contacting Asus and shared our data and concerns. We then waited patiently for a firmware upgrade, 22.214.171.124.386.50168, which we installed on our router. We then ran a retest, but the router, unfortunately, performed the same in our Ethernet test. The fps remained the same without the simultaneous video streams, and the game remained unplayable with the video streams on and the QoS enabled.
In all fairness, aside from our quite aggressive “Torture test” consisting of ten 8K videos and a simultaneous game, the router is able to play 1080p video streams smoothly without any issues when not overloaded.
Pricing and Bottom Line
Getting your network to the bleeding edge of performance has a price, and in this case it is $699 for the Asus GT-AXE16000. That unfortunately puts this product at the higher end of the upper tier of consumer routers. On the one hand, this router offers solid throughput, multiple security features, quad-band performance, and granular control of most settings. However, as a gaming router, we think that at this lofty price, most users would expect more consistent performance with better QoS. After all, we have seen cheaper routers better manage mixed network traffic and not have our plethora of hiccups on gaming performance.
Given the price point and performance issues we encountered, we would recommend users choose a more mature, and stable product for their network routing needs.