What Makes Canvas by Imagine a Revolutionary Graphic Design Platform?
Discover Canvas by Imagine AI Art Generator – a revolutionary graphic design platform merging AI magic, endless possibilities, and user-friendly creativity.
In the awe-inspiring realm of digital art and the ever-evolving landscape of AI-driven creativity, Imagine AI Art Generator has consistently dazzled enthusiasts with its groundbreaking innovations. Having already revolutionized the world of AI art, Imagine now unveils its latest masterpiece – Canvas, a tool that promises to redefine the boundaries of graphic design. Positioned as an indispensable addition to Imagine's palette of cutting-edge tools, Canvas is set to elevate the art of visual expression to new heights.
So, what exactly is Canvas by Imagine AI Art GeneratorAI Art Generator? Imagine a platform where mere words can seamlessly transform into captivating visuals, an infinite playground for your creative ideas, and a user-friendly interface that turns graphic design into an accessible and enjoyable journey. Canvas is precisely that – a game-changing graphic design platform powered by advanced AI algorithms, designed to make creativity as effortless as typing.
In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the remarkable features that make Canvas stand out. From the enchanting Text-to-Image Generator to the limitless design playground, user-friendly interface, AI Container, Brand Kit, versatile text options, and powerful layer management – Canvas promises an immersive experience for both seasoned graphic designers and enthusiastic beginners alike. Join us as we explore the wonders of Canvas and unlock the keys to unleashing your inner graphic design
1. AI Magic in Action: Text-to-Image Generation
Imagine typing a few words and poof! Your words turn into stunning visuals. Canvas integrates advanced AI algorithms that transform text into images seamlessly. The Text-to-Image Generator and Image Remix tools are like your digital art assistants, making creativity as simple as typing.
Type "Sunny Day," and Canvas might generate a beautiful sunlit landscape. It's like magic happening right on your screen.
2. No Limits, Only Possibilities: Endless Design Playground
Canvas doesn't believe in limits. It provides an infinite canvas for your ideas to roam free. Forget about size constraints; it's your playground to explore and experiment without worrying about running out of space. It's like having a canvas that stretches as far as your imagination.
Traditional graphic design tools are like coloring inside the lines; Canvas lets you paint the entire universe.
3. User-Friendly Fun: Easy Peasy Interface
Navigating Canvas is a breeze. From starting a project to exporting the final design, the user-friendly interface makes the creative journey enjoyable for everyone. It's like having a friendly guide that shows you the way, making graphic design accessible to all.
Ever wished graphic design could be as easy as using your favorite app? Canvas is the answer.
4. AI, Meet Human Creativity: The AI Container
Canvas introduces the AI Container, a space where your creativity meets the power of AI. Incorporate AI-generated elements seamlessly into your designs, adding a touch of sophistication to your artistic expression. It's like having a futuristic toolbox that enhances your creative process.
Imagine your artwork having a conversation with an AI companion; that's the beauty of the AI Container.
5. Consistency is Key: Brand Kit Feature
Maintaining a consistent brand identity is crucial. Canvas simplifies this with the Brand Kit feature. Store logos, colors, and fonts in one place for a unified look across projects. It's like having a digital wardrobe where your brand's style is always on point.
Starbucks' green logo and unique font are instantly recognizable. Canvas helps you create and maintain your brand's identity just as seamlessly.
6. Font Fiesta: Versatile Text Options
Fonts are the unsung heroes of design, and Canvas celebrates them. With a wide variety of fonts, you can easily choose styles that amplify your design. Whether you're a font expert or just exploring, it's like having a font buffet at your disposal. Question Ever felt stuck with basic fonts? Canvas lets you play with an array of fonts to find the perfect match for your vibe.
7. Export with Ease: Effortless Design Sharing
Finished your masterpiece? Now, sharing is a breeze with Canvas. Exporting in various formats like PDF and PNG ensures your creations look fantastic across different platforms. It's like sending your artistic vibes out into the world effortlessly.
Share your design on social media, a website, or even print it on a T-shirt. Canvas makes it versatile and shareable.
8. Layers for Precision: Powerful Layer Management
Layers are like the building blocks of your design, and Canvas recognizes their importance. The platform provides robust layer management, allowing you to fine-tune your layout with precision. It's like having a stack of transparent sheets, each contributing to your final masterpiece.
Layers are to graphic design what ingredients are to a recipe; Canvas ensures you have the perfect blend.
Using Canvas by Imagine: A Quick Guide
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1. Getting Started: Your Dashboard, Your Canvas
Wondering where to kick things off? Easy! Head to the Imagine AI Art Generator dashboard and spot the magic word – "Canvas" – in the sidebar. Click on it, and presto, you're in your unlimited design playground.
2. Creating a New Project: Click, Click, Create
Creating a new project is a breeze. Inside Canvas, look for the friendly "Create New Project" option. Give it a click, and voila, you've officially entered the realm of endless design possibilities.
3. Adding Elements: Mix and Match with Ease
Are you a pro with your images, or are you relying on AI-generated wonders? It doesn't matter – Canvas has your back. Upload your image or let the Text-to-Image Generator and Image Remix tools work their magic. Mix, match, and make it uniquely yours.
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No need to be a font expert! Canvas offers a variety for you to choose from. Pick the style that suits your mood, format your text, and watch your words come to life in your design.
5. Branding with Brand Kit: Consistency is Key
Keep your brand on point by creating and storing your logos, colors, and fonts in your Brand Kit. Consistency across designs has never been this simple.
6. Exporting Your Design: Save and Share the Beauty
Once your masterpiece is ready, exporting is a piece of cake. Choose from various formats like PDF and PNG. Your creation is now ready to conquer the digital world.
7. Using Canvas Features: Unleash the AI Magic
Dive into the AI Container to add advanced AI-generated elements to your designs. And don't forget about Layers – they're your go-to for alignment, cropping, and layout adjustments. Need to export with specific sizes and formats? Canvas has got you covered.
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Optimize your workflow with these quick steps:
- Upload/Input Image: Add your image or let the AI tools work their magic.
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- Layer Management: Align, crop, and adjust layout effortlessly.
- Export: Choose the format and size for your final design.
There you have it – a quick guide to using Canvas by Imagine AI Art Generator. Now, armed with this knowledge, let your creativity run wild and turn your imaginative ideas into stunning designs. Happy creating!
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In a nutshell, Canvas by Imagine AI Art GeneratorAI Art Generator is not just a tool; it's a creative wonderland. With AI magic, boundless possibilities, and user-friendly features, it's a revolution in graphic design. Whether you're a pro or a beginner, Canvas is your ticket to turning imagination into stunning designs.
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Photo by Pat GrahmCollecting dust in the corner of Washington, D.C., quartet El Guapo's practice space is the world's loneliest accordion. The poor thing: for a short time, it lived the high life—shining under the bright lights, commanding respect from the front of the stage, poised at the brink of joining the melodica and vibraphone with a new life inside indie-rock culture. But alas, if this oft-maligned instrument is ever to break free from its suffocating association with all things polka, it will no longer be by keyboardist Pete Cafarella's hands.
"It's very hard to amplify an accordion live," bassist Justin Moyer explains. "How can an instrument designed to serenade lovers strolling in Vienna compete with a full drum kit?"
The answer? Not well enough, apparently. Still the effort's indicative of the only constant among El Guapo's ever-shifting array of members, instruments and sounds since the band's inception in 1996: change. But you guessed that, right? Because by the time El Guapo's first full-length, The Phenomenon of Renewal, was released on Resin Records (co-run by former Black Eyes drummer Mike Kanin) in 1998, founding members Moyer and Rafael Cohen had already grown out of their fractured art-punk phase, moving into a hybrid of free jazz and electronic experimentation. The two live sets documented a year later on the band's second LP, The Geography of Dissolution, captured them at the peak of their improvisational period, but between the time of that record's recording and release, El Guapo had already reinvented itself once again—this time, as an avant-garde dance band.
So: Electronic dance rock? Not exactly the kind of music the D.C. area is known for producing, but for El Guapo—arguably the most enigmatic band currently on Dischord Records' roster—it's a logical progression. Perhaps more significantly, it's a sound they've decided to stick with for the long haul. Since joining Dischord in 2002, Moyer, Cohen and Cafarella have steadily chiseled away at it, applying their artistic sensibilities to the genre in order to keep things as intellectually stimulating as they are, well, ass shaking.
"Super/System, our first Dischord record, included a lot of improvisation, loose song forms, messing around in the studio," Moyer says. But with their 2003 follow-up, the unabashedly danceable Fake French, the band continued tightening up the song arrangements and placing an increasing emphasis on electronics. Now a four-piece after adding Orthrelm drummer Josh Blair to the mix and with another full-length of electronic dance-punk in the works, El Guapo's live performance has had little trouble adapting to their constantly evolving sound.
"Five years ago, we'd be like, 'All right, for this part of the set, play a lot of long tones, and I'll play a lot of short stabs and make a scratchy sound on the guitar,'" Moyer says. "Now, it's like, 'Cue up that backing track on the iPod.'"
Flailing about the stage, making as much of a spectacle of himself as possible, Moyer, at times, is almost vaudevillian ("The way I see it, rock shows are cabaret," he explains. "When someone comes to see me, I'm going to perform . . . not just stand up there and play"). But there's still enough D.C. art-punk left in Moyer to keep the spectacle respectable.
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"I try not to be too stupid," he notes. "I've reserved huge supplies of idiocy for my solo project, Edie Sedgwick." (Kim Coletta's DeSoto label will be releasing the Edie Sedgwick LP next spring).
It's not the typical formula for band success, but so far, it's one that works. Usually.
"We've received everything from blank stares in Denton, Texas, to screams for encores in Sicily," Moyer says. Sicily, huh? They're gonna be pissed when they find out there's no accordion anymore.
EL GUAPO WITH ERASE ERRATA, Q AND NOT U, AND THE PROCESS AT CHAIN REACTION, 1652 W. LINCOLN AVE., ANAHEIM, (714) 635-6067. SUN., 7:30 P.M. $10. ALL AGES.

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At the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, doctors and nurses wearing surgical masks and scarves held a demonstration Thursday to protest a critical lack of PPE — personal protective equipment.
Montefiore nurse: “We have a lot of angry nurses. Everybody is frustrated. Of course, people come off at the end of the shift, they’re crying because they don’t know what they’re taking home potentially to their families. They don’t know what they’re coming into the next day. We’re seeing a massive amount of sick patients, a massive amount of patients that are just dying because of this illness. And like I said, at the end of the day, we’re not protected.”
One 28-year-old doctor at Thursday’s protest said she heads to work each day feeling like a “sheep going to slaughter.”

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Creek Wood’s Lady Red Hawks secured a top-three spot and a home game to open the District 11 Tournament by crushing Harpeth 12-0 Tuesday. Creek Wood is scheduled to host a first-round game Friday with an opponent yet to be decided. Dickson County soccer clinched at least a tie for first place in District 10-AAA with a 4-0 win over Northwest. The Cougars got goals from Sterling Hobbs, Justin Hawkins, Trevor Daniel and Kaelen McFall while Holden Foster tallied another shutout. The Cougars are tied with Rossview for top seed in the tournament due to a 1-1 tie in the season opener. The Hawks play Henry County today and a Patriot win would hand the regular season title to the Cougars. Creek Wood soccer also will be home to open tournament action after rolling past Hickman County 4-2 Tuesday. Tyler Turpin scored three goals and Robbie Grogan added one as the Red Hawks head into postseason play hosting Greenbrier at 6:30 Saturday to open the District 10-A/AA tournament. After a 3-2 eight-inning loss to Camden Monday, the Red Hawk baseball team couldn’t stay as close to the Lions in a Tuesday rematch in Camden as Creek Wood fell 8-1 to close out the regular season. The Dickson County High School tennis teams saw their District 10 Tournament stay end Tuesday as the Lady Cougars fell to Rossview 4-0 and Clarksville blanked the Cougars 4-0. Dickson County now awaits the individual tournament to begin. The Lady Cougar softball team is scheduled to wrap up its regular season in Smyrna today, having already secured the top seed for the District 10-AAA tournament. District meetings will be held today and tomorrow to set the brackets for baseball and softball tournaments.


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Congratulations to incoming Lawler Middle School seventh grader Chaitra Thummala, who finished second at the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Thummala moved to Frisco earlier this summer from the San Francisco Bay Area. While she is new to the city and FISD, she is not new to spelling competitions.
“I found a passion for spelling when I won my first spelling bee in kindergarten,” Thummala said. “I correctly spelled the word alfalfa!”
Thummala is already settling into her new home and is happy to be reconnecting with friends who also moved here. While some things are different in Texas, her passion for her studies has not been deterred by the move.
“I am already studying for my next spelling bee,” Thummala said. “I review lots of word lists and books put out by previous finalists in the National Bee.”
Thummala, who mostly studies with her mom, finds the words that don’t follow the general language rules to be the most interesting and explains that it’s those that she focuses on memorizing.
She first competed in the Scripps Spelling Bee in the fourth grade and wasn’t nervous when it came to going to the National Bee.
“It’s thrilling to compete,” she said. “However, I would regularly pause to remind myself that I was proud of getting that far in the competition, no matter what place I got.”
While her hopes were dashed this year with the misspelling of “Neroli oil,” an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree, there is no doubt that Thummala is not done yet.
“I just keep studying almost every day,” Thummala said. “I would encourage anyone interested in delving deep into spelling to work hard because it’s only a matter of time until you reach your goal.”
Thummala enjoys playing tennis in her free time and wants to go into the medical field upon high school graduation.
Congratulations to Thummala on her second-place finish. Lawler Middle School and FISD look forward to welcoming her to campus and cheering her on in upcoming competitions!

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TRISTÃO INTERNATIONAL is a green coffee trade house based here in the Isle of Man.
TRISTÃO TRADING Inc., New York also comes under our umbrella here. Both are sister companies within the Tristão Group from Brazil.
TRISTÃO INTERNATIONAL is responsible for trade activities across Europe and Asia, with Tristão Trading Inc. responsible for activities in USA, Canada and Mexico.
We specialise and focus in the trading and exporting of Brazilian green coffee:
We have an experienced team of trading and logistical staff. Our aim is to continue the values existing within this long standing family business over the last 80 years and continually improve on the expertise, service and recognition that has been built up over this time.
For initial enquiries please contact us.

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|Publication number||US4655465 A|
|Application number||US 06/803,602|
|Publication date||Apr 7, 1987|
|Filing date||Dec 2, 1985|
|Priority date||Nov 8, 1985|
|Also published as||CA1244648A, CA1244648A1|
|Publication number||06803602, 803602, US 4655465 A, US 4655465A, US-A-4655465, US4655465 A, US4655465A|
|Original Assignee||Lyle Giffin|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (49), Classifications (5), Legal Events (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
In ice skates, it is important to provide good lateral support either side of the ankle joint and the general trend in skate design has been stronger and harder materials to enhance lateral support. In addition to lateral support, provision must be made for pivotal movement about the ankle joint, both forwardly and rearwardly to accommodate the natural movement of the skater's leg and foot. Unfortunately, this motion has been restricted by the use of these new materials reducing the effectiveness of the skater and often contributing to injuries of the soft tissues adjacent the achilles tendon region. These injuries can be extremely painful, are slow to heel and easily recur.
Some attempts have been made to provide additional movement about the ankle, for example, two piece boots have been proposed where a lower portion of the boot cooperates with an upper hinged piece whereby forward and backward movement about the ankle joint is provided. Skates of this design do work satisfactorily, however, they generally require a separate inner boot to be placed within outer moldings.
Another approach to this problem is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,537,716, which issued to Norgiel, Nov. 3, 1970, where the upper portion of the skate has an enlarged throat portion such that the upper portion of the foot can move forwardly and rearwardly within this enlarged throat portion to provide the necessary movement. With this design, there is no flexing of the upper portion of the skate as the leg merely moves within an enlarged region. This solution is not satisfactory for a number of reasons, primarily due to its inability to provide the necessary lateral support, while allowing this forward and rearward movement.
According to the present invention, the boot of the skate is weakened in the anchilles tendon region by weakening or removing a portion of the boot along the generally vertical axis of the skate. A reinforcing member, when necessary, is placed over the weakened region and is adapted to facilitate the pivoting movement about the ankle joint. The weakened area of the body reduces the force required to pivot forwardly or rearwardly and the reinforcing member, as it somewhat oversized relative to the opening, provides additional lateral support.
According to preferred aspect of the invention, the weakened area is produced by cutting out a diamond shaped region at the back of the boot, generally along the vertical axis.
According to a further aspect of the invention, the reinforcing member includes a number of generally horizontally disposed slits, which in the normal position of the skate, at least some of them have a center gap which are reduced with pivotal movement rearwardly and all gaps tend to expand with pivotal movement forwardly.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings wherein;
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a figure skate according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of the anchilles tendon region of the figure skate;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the figure skate;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view through the heel region of the figure skate; and
FIG. 5 is a side view of the figure skate.
The ice skate 2 of the FIG. 1, is in the form of a figure skate although this invention is equally applicable to hockey skates or other forms of skates. This skate is designed to minimize or at least substantially reduce injuries to the soft tissues around the ankle joint, and it accomplishes this by providing forward and rearward flexing about the ankle joint. A weakened region generally shown as 20 in FIG. 2, is preferably a diamond shape cut-out and allows forward flexing of the boot or rearward flexing of the boot about the ankle joint. The diamond shaped cut preferably has a maximum dimension of about 2 cm. to 3 cm. and a width of about 2 cm. The width is preferably centered and generally should be less than about 4 cm. in length. Other shaped cut-out areas are possible, such as triangular, oval, circular or rectangular, as but some non limiting examples. It is somewhat desirable to have a varying width with respect to the vertical axis as this results in a predetermined maximum weakened area, which in the case of the diamond would be a horizontal line through its midpoint.
The cut-out area need not be entirely removed, for example this area could be softened, slit and/or partially removed. In most cases, a cover 22 is placed over the opening to close the same, and the reinforcing member 12 covers both. The reinforcing member 12 preferably is stitched to the body portion 4 of the ice skate, and includes a number of generally horizontal slits 18 in the anchilles tendon region of the skate generally shown at 16. These slits 18 when sewn to the body of the skate have a central gap which will allow forward and rearward flexing of the skate. During forward flexing of the skate as shown in FIG. 5, the gaps tend to enlarge, and upon rearward flexing of the skate caused by pointing of the toe of the user, these gaps compress.
The reinforcing member 12 is designed to allow the forward and rearward flexing of the skate while also providing additional lateral support which may be necessary due to the portion removed. In some cases the reinforcing member may not be required.
To assist in the forward flexing of the boot, the front portion of the skate generally shown as 30 in FIG. 3, is quite open with the tongue 8 filling the gap at the front of the foot. This front portion either side thereof includes a plurality of fastening members in the form of eyelets 32 and fastening hooks 34 for cooperating with a lace 36 used to tighten the body portion 4 to the foot of the user. Generally, opposite the weakened area to the other side of the ankle portion, the front portion includes a number of "V" shaped notches 38 which extend rearwardly of the eyelets 32a and 32b. These notches are of increasing width from the base of the notch to the exterior and facilitate movement of the skate during flexing forward. This gap will narrow during forward flexing and will increase in width during rearward flexing. Therefore, the portion of the skate to the front of the ankle portion has been weakened with these "V" shaped notches 36, and the anchilles tendon region of the skate has been weakened with respect to forward flexing by the area 20.
In the sectional view of FIG. 4, a cut through the anchilles region and heel portion of the skate is shown including the reinforcing member 12, followed by the cover member 22, followed by the outer boot layer 24 of the body portion 4, followed by a layer of padding identified as 26 and an interior liner 28. The cover member 22 is shown somewhat bulged within the gaps of each of the slits 18 and in this case acts as a barrier to water or ice entering the cut-out region.
With the skate as shown in the Figures, significant reduction in anchilles tendon injury and injury to the soft tissue therearound, has been achieved without decreasing and perhaps increasing the skaters abilities. The body portion of the skate can easily be used in the figure skate design shown, or as a hockey skate.
It is preferred that the body portion of the boot be made of leather and the reinforcing member be made of leather, however, other materials may be suitable. Certainly substantial commercial success has been achieved with various molded plastic skates and the same degree of flexing should be possible with these materials. Depending upon the material of the boot of the skate, different securing of the reinforcing member to the body portion will be used and in some cases the reinforcing member may not be required. In the case of a leather boot, it is preferred to use stitching.
Although various preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described herein in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, that variations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.
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|Jan 27, 1986||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: LYLE GIFFIN, R. R. # 4, BLENHEIM, ONTARIO, CANADA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF 1/2 OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SCHAEFFER, GASTON;REEL/FRAME:004519/0110
Effective date: 19860106
Owner name: LYLE GIFFIN,CANADA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF 1/2 OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SCHAEFFER, GASTON;REEL/FRAME:004519/0110
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I hope everybody had a fabulous Friday. Mine was decent, can’t complain. I forgot my camera at home today, so I didn’t get a photo of most of today’s eats 😦
The scone flavor I chose this morning was an Apple Cranberry, it looked the same as my Apple Cinnamon from last week, just with added cranberries :). It was delish, and there were tons of plump cranberries. Definitely made my morning!
Lunch today consisted of a ‘make your own salad’ from a local skyway restaurant called d.brians. My salad included:
Along side, I had a piece of ciabatta bread. This salad filled me right up, and was quite healthy! Score and score.
This afternoon, I had my Vitamuffin, BlueBran flavor, smeared with some almond butter. It was complete bliss. If you haven’t tried the Vitalicious brand, it comes highly recommended. I think my favorite has been the chocolate Vitamuffin, but I haven’t had one flavor that I haven’t liked!
The power went out on us again tonight, andddd, once again, only in our unit. Grrr. Mike and I were planning on having some wine, watching movies and making some homeade pizza. That plan got derailed!
We called our property management company to report our outage and found out it was going to be an hour before anybody could come and fix it for us. They promised next week they would look into the issue for us… I sure hope they do! All my ice cream is completely freezer burned/crystalized now :(.
Instead of hanging out in the dark, we went for a walk around the neighborhood. On the way home, we stopped and got one of our favorite beers, Magic Hat #9. Has anybody had this kind of beer before?
It is a very refreshing brew. It has a strong apricot taste to it, or so Mike and I think!
We both enjoyed one of these up on our rooftop deck, while Mike played the guitar. Can you say relaxing??
Needless to say, we were both starving by the time we were home and the power was back on. Instead of making the pizza from scratch and waiting another two hours, we settled on a frozen pizza. Not the healthiest, but it was darn good, so I’m not sweating it.
I jazzed up the plain old pepperoni pizza with some black beans on my portion… great addition. Mike thought I was disgusting though, LOL.
I had the two pieces shown, plus another half of a slice.
We are hanging out and watching Dexter now. I was really eyeing up the ice cream to have for dessert, but now I will have to come up with another game plan. Hmmm, what to have?
What is your favorite pizza topping? Where is your favorite pizza from?
I am a fan of the supreme za’. My favorite pizza of all time is from Gino’s in Chicago; Chicago deep dish baby!
Have a wonderful evening!

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Recent years have seen where we live – from our homes to our cities – increasingly connected via the Internet of Things. While this connectivity can have huge benefits, such as reduced energy costs and improved traffic safety, these systems can also be vulnerable to hacking and other cybersecurity threats, warns Natalie Allen. She writes that city officials must ensure that security is built into smart city technologies as they are implemented rather than responding after a crisis has occurred.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already deeply embedded in cities, making them smarter and providing public officials with data and resources to make them more efficient and cost-effective. As the IoT continues to grow and its innovations improve city life and management, it’s key for public officials to actively work on addressing the real security concerns that come with network connections while the IoT is in its infancy. The costs of ignoring the security risks posed by networked objects are high: fraud can remove efficiency gains and unguarded IoT technologies leave cities vulnerable to costly and/or dangerous digital attacks.
Broadly speaking, the Internet of Things is a network of interconnected physical objects that allows these items to collect and share data. In addition to city-level integration, these networked devices are being used in private homes, for instance Google’s Nest thermostat uses sensors, weather forecasts, and your preferences to adjust your home’s temperature to keep you comfortable and reduce your energy usage. Comparable to the way IoT technologies are improving city life, personal use of these networked devices can help cut costs and streamline your life. However, these personal benefits pale in comparison to the possible improvements that IoT devices can have, and have already had in cities. Smart grid technology can save cities millions, sensor networks can monitor noise and air quality, which allow police to respond to gun fire before it is reported and city officials to focus on re-routing traffic and other solutions in heavily polluted areas, while public transit, parking and waste collection can all be made more efficient through smart technology.
Similarly, the safety and security issues surrounding personal IoT devices are a magnitude smaller than the cybersecurity weaknesses that threaten smart cites. This is not to say that these concerns are not serious, sales of Nest’s smart fire alarm had to be temporarily halted after it was discovered that they could be accidentally turned off through user motions, which could have had deadly implications. However, cybersecurity weaknesses at the city level could result in huge financial losses and leave our cities vulnerable to remote, malicious attacks. Beyond this, city officials are extraordinarily well positioned to combat these flaws and affect change in the way that a normal consumer is not. For these reasons, it is crucial to focus on what public officials can do to address cybersecurity concerns with the integration of IoT devices.
Hackers are why we can’t have nice things
Insecurities within publicly used IoT devices have already been exploited in ways that affect both its efficacy and pose major risks to the public. In 2012, the FBI reported that an electrical utility company in Puerto Rico had asked for help after its smart meters, intended to improve efficiency across the electrical grid, were repeatedly hacked and reprogrammed to allow people to steal power or pay a significantly reduced rate. The FBI estimated that the losses from such smart meter fraud could cost the utility almost $400 million annually without accounting for negative externalities, such as increased pollution, that would accompany a rise in power consumption.
Fraud caused by hacking IoT technology creates serious inefficiencies that can ultimately be more costly than analog systems—exactly the opposite of the goal of smart cities. At best, this could make others hesitant to implement networked technologies. It could also lead cities to cease implementing or abandoning these highly beneficial technologies. While this would be a significant blow to progress, far more serious security issues in IoT technologies can actively threaten citizen safety.
Car accidents kill nearly 33,000 people in America each year, while many more are injured. IoT technologies that already exist or are currently being developed hold enormous promise for significantly reducing the number of auto accidents by using data and innovations like smart stoplights to better manage traffic flows, sensors that gauge where cars are in relation to other objects, and eventually the ability to eliminate human error altogether through driverless cars.
These technologies have already proven susceptible to security breaches, albeit with no serious consequences to date. This past summer altruistic hackers demonstrated car computers’ vulnerabilities when they remotely took control of a Jeep Cherokee while it was on the highway and shut it down. Similarly, University of Michigan security researchers hacked into local traffic lights and were able to change their colors as they desired, while hacking road signs has become a beloved internet meme. It is not hard to imagine the chaos a malicious attack on this infrastructure could create.
We haven’t seen any physical attacks yet, but unguarded IoT technologies have already played a hand in enabling digital attacks. Recently, 900 CCTV cameras around the world were used to carry out a denial of service (DDoS) attack. These cameras are easy to hack in part because many still think of them as cameras, rather than small computers. As a result, all of the offending devices were not properly secured, and were accessible through their default login credentials—something that would be unthinkable for a standard computer. In 2014, there were 245 million CCTV cameras operating throughout the world, with more coming online every day. DDoS attacks are costly, Kaspersky estimates that a single DDoS attack can cost a company between $52,000 and $444,000, and as IoT technologies become more widespread, they could become an invaluable resource to hackers if they are not properly secured.
So what do we do?
Given the threat an insecure Internet of Things poses to government, business, and citizens, direct and immediate action is needed while we are still in the early days of this technology. While many IoT technologies have already been incorporated into cities, the number of connections that currently exist is expected to more than quadruple by 2020. It is both easier and more efficient to build security into these technologies as they are implemented, rather than retroactively responding to a crisis.
Some city officials have already taken steps to ensure that smart technologies are properly secured. The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, signed an Executive Directive creating a Cyber Intrusion Command Center, in order to lead cybersecurity preparation and response efforts across city departments. All cities should follow this example and create similar centers, tasked with checking to ensure that all IoT enabled-technologies purchased by the city are designed with cybersecurity in mind, that these devices are installed properly, the incorporated software remains up to date, and that they are monitored for evidence of unusual activity. Plans and procedures should be preemptively put in place to isolate and remediate malicious software as it is detected.
Companies must also ensure that security is not an afterthought when creating and using smart technology. To date, many companies creating IoT devices have not made cybersecurity a priority, in large part because consumers currently care more about affordability and are often unaware of the security threat posed by insecure networked devices. Once again, this is often a result of an outdated mindset that thinks of their internet-enabled thermostat as a normal thermostat rather than a small computer. Efforts are currently being made the create a cybersecurity rating system for IoT devices to better inform consumers about the security of their devices, but cities are in a unique position to use their large buying power to shape the market. Similar efforts are already underway in San Francisco and other US cities to encourage gun safety by only purchasing firearms from “socially responsible” manufacturers who adhere to the city’s seven proof of practices.
The federal government has also taken steps to ensure IoT manufacturers take security into account, as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a set of best practices to “enhance and protect consumers’ privacy and security.” The FTC has also begun to prosecute cases against companies who have failed to secure their networked devices and it is not hard to imagine future lawsuits for negligence if consumers are harmed by a company’s failure to reasonably secure a car computer or similar device.
The IoT has already created real benefits in cities by arming officials with data and making city infrastructure more efficient, cost-effective and responsive. In the midst of all of these benefits, cities must keep an eye toward cybersecurity in order to prevent fraud from cutting into these gains, thwart costly digital attacks, and ultimately protect their citizens’ safety. These risks can be mitigated through ongoing and dedicated attention to security.
Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of USAPP – American Politics and Policy, nor the London School of Economics.
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Natalie Allen – The Atlantic
Natalie Allen received her MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics in 2014. While pursuing her degree, she also worked as an Assistant Editor on the LSE’s USAPP blog. A 2013 graduate of Vassar College, Natalie is currently working as a production coordinator on the live events team for The Atlantic. She tweets at @nnallen on conflict, feminism, and Latin America.


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Shahrukh, Anushka to star in Anurag Kashyap’s next
Shahrukh Khan will be seen in critically acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap’s next movie. The film may star Anushka Sharma opposite King Khan. For the first time, Shahrukh Khan will work with one of the most noted directors of Bollywood, Anurag Kashyap.
The director met Shahrukh Khan at his London residence and both discussed the project extensively. Actually, it was Anushka Sharma’s decision to cast Shahrukh Khan in the film. While shooting ‘Bombay Velvet’ in Sri Lanka, Anurag discussed the project will the ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ actress and then when the actress expressed her thought of casting Shahrukh Khan. If the project goes on floor then this would be Anushka's third film with King Khan. She debuted with SRK in 'Band Baaja Baraat' and later worked in 'Jab Tajk Hain Jaan'.
It was actually Anushka Sharma who fixed the meeting with Anurag Kashyap and King Khan.
“After Anushka signed ‘Bombay Velvet’; Anurag developed a great equation
with her. Post the initial script reading sessions, they started discussing
other projects and that is when Anurag happened to discuss a script which
Anushka thought was a perfect fit for SRK,” the daily quoted sources as saying.
Without any delay, Anushka quickly fixed a meeting with Shahrukh Khan.
Rumor also spread in the industry that according to the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ director Shahrukh Khan is not fit for the type of movies that he make but the director later denied having this wrong thought.
However, it is reported that after Farah Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’ shoot wraps up, King Khan may consider Anurag Kashyap’s next. Currently, Anurag Kashyap is making ‘Bombay Velvet’ with Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar and Anushka Sharma in Sri Lanka.
'Bombay Velvet' is based on real events of the 1960’s. The film is being produced by
Danny Boyle of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame.

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- to propel blood
- to maintain blood pressure
Function of the blood
- to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
- to deliver nutrients and hormones
- to remove waste products
- to assist in defense against disease
Function of blood vessels
- to distribute blood throughout the body
Blood vessels consist of:
- arteries, which carry blood from heart to capillaries
- capillaries, the smallest of the vessels and sites of exchange between blood and interstitial fluids
- veins, which return blood from capillaries to the heart
Arteries are large diameter vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart. Arteries gradually decrease in size to become arterioles, the smallest vessels of the arterial system. From here, blood enters the capillaries to serve local tissues.
Blood flowing toward the heart begins in the tissues and flows through venules, which are the smallest vessels of the venous system. The pathway increases to larger and larger vessels called veins, which carry non-oxygenated blood back toward the heart.
Arteries and veins often lay side by side in a narrow band of connective tissue.
The walls of arteries and veins contain three layers:
- tunica interna (tunica intima) is the innermost layer, which includes the endothelial lining and an underlying layer of connective tissue dominated by elastic fibers.
- tunica media is the middle layer of smooth muscle tissue in a framework of collagen and elastic fibers. When the smooth muscles contract, the vessels decrease in diameter. When they relax, the diameter increases. The tunica media of an artery contains more smooth muscle and elastic fibers than a vein does.
- tunica externa (tunica adventitia) forms a sheath of connective tissue around the vessel. Its collagen fibers may intertwine with those of adjacent tissues which stabilize and anchor the blood vessel.
- small and large intestines
Accessory organs include:
- salivary glands
- Endocrine glands: adrenals, gonads, hypothalamus, pancreas, parathyroid, pineal, pituitary, thymus, thyroid
- Other organs that secrete hormones: heart, kidneys, digestive tract, pancreatic islets, gonads
- protection of soft tissues;
- mineral storage;
- blood formation.
There are 206 bones in the human body.
The skeleton is divided into two sections:
- axial skeleton: consists of the skull, vertebrae, sacrum, ribs, and sternum. The axial skeletal system protects the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and soft tissue of chest cavity and supports the body weight over the legs.
- appendicular skeleton: consists of the limbs and supporting bones. The appendicular skeletal system provides internal support and positioning of arms and legs. It also supports and moves the axial skeleton.
Types of Bone Tissue:
- Compact bone is comprised of osteon or haversian system, a term describing the very precise arrangements of osteocytes, matrix, and blood vessels of bone. Halversian was named for Clopton Havers, a 17th century English anatomist who wrote a book on bone structure. The arrangement involves cylinders of bone matrix with osteocytes in concentric rings around central haversian canals (blood vessels). The osteocytes (bone cells) are in contact with the blood vessels and with each other through microscopic channels (canaliculi) in the matrix. The matrix of bone contains calcium salts (calcium carbonate – CaCO3, and calcium phosphate – Ca3(PO4)2, and collagen.
- Spongy bone is named for its appearance. Osteocytes, blood vessels, and matrix are present, but not arranged in haversian systems. The cavities often contain red bone marrow, which produces RBCs, platelets, and five types of WBCs.
Classification of Bones:
- Long bones are the bones of the arms, legs, hands, and feet. The shaft is called the diaphysis (hollow, but made of compact bone to form a canal within the shaft known as the marrow canal). The ends are called epiphyses (made of spongy bone covered with a thin layer of compact bone, as are the short, flat, and irregular bones). The marrow canal, or medullary cavity, contains yellow bone marrow, which is mostly adipose tissue which gradually replaces the red bone marrow during aging.
- Short bones are the bones of the wrists and ankles.
- Flat bones are the bones of the ribs, shoulder blades, hips, and cranium.
- Irregular bones are those of the vertebrae and face.
- Largest are the right lobe and the left lobeSmaller are the caudate lobe and quadrate lobe
Falciform ligament is the tough connective tissue fold that divides the right and left lobes.
The liver lobule is the basic functional unit of the liver. There are about 100,000 of them in the liver.
Hepatocytes are liver cells. They are arranged in a series of irregular plates like the spokes of a wheel. Liver cells produce about one liter of bile every day. Bile is secreted and released into a network of channels called bile canaliculi, which carry the bile away from the central vein and toward larger bile ducts leading to the common hepatic duct. This eventually ends up in the gallbladder for storage. The gallbladder lies under the right lobe of the liver.
Sinusoids are specialized highly permeable capillaries that form passageways between the plates, emptying into the central vein. The sinusoid lining is made up of the typical endothelial cells as well as a large number of phagocytic cells called Kupffer cells, which engulf pathogens, cellular debris, and damaged blood cells. Blood enters the sinusoids from branches of the hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery and leaves through the central vein of the lobule.
Liver diseases lead to degenerative changes in the tissue that cause constriction of blood flow, causing the tissue to die. Liver disease is often the result of such conditions as fibrosis, cirrhosis, or hepatitis. One or more of these three conditions can exist at the same time.
Fibrosis is the initial stage of scar tissue formation.
Cirrhosis is the irreversible scarring of the liver.
Hepatitis simply means an inflammation, but the effects are far from simple.
The lymphatic system consists of
- lymph – a fluid that resembles plasma but with much lower concentrations of proteins
- lymphatic vessels – called lymphatics, a network that carries lymph from peripheral tissues to the venous system
- lymphoid organs – including lymph nodes, tonsils, thymus gland, and spleen. They are connected to lymphatic vessels and contain large numbers of lymphocytes.
- lymphatic tissues – connective tissues dominated by lymphocytes
The lymphatic system is widely scattered throughout the body and has three main functions.
- Its vessels return cleansed tissue fluid to the blood.
- Its capillaries (lacteals) play an important role in the intestinal absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins.
- Its tissues help the body defend itself against disease.
The muscular system consists of all skeletal muscles that can be controlled voluntarily.
Skeletal muscles (700):
- provide skeletal movement;
- control entrances and exits of digestive tract;
- produce heat;
- support skeletal position;
- protect soft tissues.
Almost all skeletal muscles either originate or insert on the skeleton producing various forms of movement: flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, protraction, retraction, elevation, depression, rotation, circumduction, pronation, supination, inversion, or eversion.
Axial muscles support and position axial skeleton.
Appendicular muscles support, move, and brace limbs.
Cardiac muscle is found only in the heart and consists of specialized cells that establish a regular rate of contraction independent from nervous system influence.
Smooth muscle acts either independently or in response to neural activity. Smooth muscle is found within almost every organ forming sheets, bundles, or sheaths around other tissues regulating movement of that particular organ:
- walls of blood vessels
- hollow organs such as urinary bladder
- layers around respiratory, circulatory, digestive, and reproductive tracts
The primary reproductive organs are called gonads.
Female gonads are called ovaries.
Male gonads are called the testes (or testicles).
Gonads have two functions:
- secrete hormones
- produce gametes (eggs or sperm)
The Respiratory System consists of
- nasal cavities and sinuses
- larynx, trachea
- bronchial tree
- pleural membranes
Functions of the Respiratory system
- Breathing – Inhalation and exhalation moves air into and out of the lungs. One of each forms the respiratory cycle.
- Exchange of the respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) occurs in the alveoli and pulmonary capillaries.
- Blood transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and the body cells.
There are four major tissue types in the human body.
The urinary system consists of
- urinary bladder
The main function of the urinary system is to eliminate excess water, salts, and waste products.
Main structures and function
- Kidneys – form and concentrate urine – regulate chemical composition of the blood
- Ureters – conduct urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
- Urinary bladder – stores urine for eventual elimination
- Urethra – conducts urine to exterior
Organs of excretion
- Kidneys eliminate water, electrolytes, nitrogenous waste, and drugs.
- Skin sweats out water, electrolytes, and nitrogenous waste.
- Lungs eliminate carbon dioxide and water through respiration.
- Intestines eliminate digestive waste and bile pigments.


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text: Vascular trauma in the military has special importance as combat-related injuries to major vessels offer unique surgical challenges and comprise the majority of potentially preventable deaths on the modern battlefield. The front lines of a battleground are predictably dirty, noisy, and located in predominantly harsh climates. You will routinely perform surgery in tents or abandoned buildings that lack suitable light and ventilation. These austere conditions demand early deliberate preparation to ensure successful management of vascular wounds. Lessons learned during US military operations continue to advance the practice of vascular trauma surgery and now translate into the current recommended surgical practices. Despite the fact that Vascular Surgery has become largely separated from General Surgery, all military surgeons must be well versed in basic vascular anatomy and reconstruction techniques. The majority of combat vascular injuries are not being handled by Vascular Surgeons, and you are unlikely to have one available to guide or assist you. Be prepared, you can be the difference between limb salvage or loss.


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EAGAN, Minn. – Connie Thompson knows the importance of early detection.
In 2016, doctors discovered Thompson's triple-negative breast cancer early on, making it possible to combat the disease with a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and 14 weeks of radiation.
Thompson had been completely cancer free until this past January, when it was discovered she had DCIS, the earliest form of breast cancer, on the other side. She underwent a second lumpectomy and radiation and currently is taking Tamoxifen.
Thompson consistently worked as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society, an organization she credits for being a survivor.
"Many years ago, they didn't even know about triple-negative. So the research that was done probably helped save my life," she said. "I feel like I want to give back, and the way I do that is by sponsoring fundraisers at my house. … I love all the people I've met at ACS; they're wonderful."
Thompson also is grateful for Vikings fullback C.J. Ham and his wife Steph, who annually host the "Pamper Her Purple" event to honor women who have survived cancer or who are currently battling. The event is held in conjunction with the NFL's "Crucial Catch: Intercept Cancer" initiative.
"I'm totally amazed with the two of them," Thompson said. "I follow C.J. every Vikings game, and Stephanie is just such a wonderful person. I think it's wonderful the NFL and Vikings sponsor Crucial Catch because it's so, so important. Both of my instances were caught really early, and because of that, I had treatment right away and am still alive."
C.J. and Steph started Pamper Her Purple in part to honor the memory of C.J.'s mother Tina, who courageously fought pancreatic cancer before her passing in 2021. In partnership with ACS and Sleep Number, the event provides women with a full afternoon of spa treatments at the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel and concludes with a special evening reception.
"Seeing what my mom went through three years ago and knowing a lot of these women have experienced a lot of those same things and are still going through some of those things today … my mom was the strongest person I ever knew. And I know all these people here are just as strong," C.J. said. "They wouldn't be here if they weren't. So [I encouraged them] to keep on fighting and just to enjoy today and everything that comes with it."
This year, Pamper Her Purple held a few extra surprises for the 14 women and Camille, a 7-year-old survivor of pediatric cancer.
Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell stopped by to greet the group following a brief tour of Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center, and he encouraged them in their respective journeys.
"My family has been directly impacted by cancer, and we all have our own stories, none more personal than your guys' stories here today," O'Connell said. "I have so much faith and admiration for the people who are faced with adversity and willing to fight the fight, because that's what it's all about. And more importantly, fighting the fight knowing you've got the support of so many.
"It's important that everyone here knows that not only myself, but our whole team, C.J., we're all right there with you, every step of the way," O'Connell added. "Every single moment that adversity continues to hit in our lives, and none much greater than cancer, the only thing you can do is get up the next day and keep on fighting. And when the next day comes, you just keep on getting up and keep on fighting, and eventually we will beat this. And we'll beat it together."
View photos of the 3rd annual 'Pamper Her Purple' event hosted by C.J. and Steph Ham at the Twin Cities Orthopedic Center and Omni Viking Lakes Hotel.
O'Connell connected 1-on-1 with Camille, complimenting her courage in defeating the disease at such a young age, as well as her parents and younger brother.
Each Pamper Her Purple guest received a pillow and throw blanket, courtesy of Sleep Number, and an authentic Crucial Catch football. They also were treated to a beautiful rendition of the song "Rise Up" by Vikings Legend Esera Tuaolo that moved many of the women to tears.
Then, C.J. offered a final surprise.
"I hope you all don't have anything going on Sunday," he said, "because we'd like you all to come out to our game against the Chiefs!"
Cheers erupted from the guests, who each will receive two tickets to Sunday's matchup against the Chiefs.
"We're at the stadium every weekend, so you can sometimes forget the excitement and energy of [being at a game in-person]," Steph said. "To honor them and have them here for such a big game – it's going to be a fun game – it's just going to be so special."
Added C.J.: "October, Crucial Catch month, has always been very important, but over the past handful of years it's been even more important. To be able to have them come to the game and be honored and have all eyes on them, it's super special."
Vikings Chief Operating Officer Andrew Miller also addressed the group, sharing that his father battled prostate cancer and eventually passed away from lymphoma.
"Crucial Catch is so important," Miller said. "Cancer has impacted every single one of us. It's encouraging to see all these women here today … and it's important to us as an organization to support them as they try to beat cancer."
Dave Benson, Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society's North Region, shared some encouraging statistics around cancer and the rise in survival rates.
According to Benson, there currently are 18 million cancer survivors living in the United States. Mortality rates have also fallen an incredible 33 percent since their peak in 1991.
"We're flattening the curve on cancer mortality, and what that means is if we hadn't done that, if we hadn't had that progress, about 3.8 million more people would have lost their lives to cancer. But that's not what happened. Instead, those are 3.8 million lives saved," Benson explained. "If there's one message we want to get out through Crucial Catch, it's that cancer screening saves lives.
"We really encourage people to talk to their doctors, use The Defender tool, to learn about what cancer screenings you should be considering," Benson added. "We know that when we detect cancer early, it's more treatable and you have a better chance of surviving that cancer diagnosis. That's so, so important and will help us continue to create more survivors in this country."
Benson emphasized the impact C.J. and Steph make through Pamper Her Purple.
"Cancer is so hard. It just rocks people's word. But this has been a huge opportunity for us to create hope," Benson said. "These cancer survivors who are here today, they've been fighting and fighting. So a chance for C.J. and Stephanie to give them a day where they can just feel the hope and the love of this community, it speaks volumes about C.J., Stephanie and the whole Vikings organization. It's an incredible day."
And for C.J., the day provides an opportunity not only to give back but to keep Tina's memory and legacy alive.
He knows she would have loved Pamper Her Purple and its mission.
"I wish my mom was here, for sure. But I think now looking back at it, with the platform that I have, I can try to do all I can to help," C.J. said. "Whether that's partnering with the American Cancer Society, an organization that does so much against terrible disease; being able to share my story, my mom's story, my family's story; and just being able to reach out to people who are going through those same things. It's important."


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Thursday, August 2, 2018
Summary Judgment for Golf Course Reversed In Action by Woman Stung by Yellowjackets
By a MetNews Staff Writer
The First District Court of Appeal yesterday reversed a summary judgment granted to a golf club that was sued by a woman who was attacked by a swarm of yellowjackets while playing golf, holding that there is a duty to inspect the property for nests in order protect patrons from harm.
Hospital nurse Carolyn Staats on July 8, 2013, incurred nearly 50 stings and, according to testimony, nearly died. She sued based on premises liability.
Napa Superior Court Judge Diane M. Price awarded summary judgment to defendant Vintner’s Golf Club, LLC in 2015 based on its “lack of knowledge” of “swarming yellow jackets or subterranean yellow jacket nests on the golf course fairway.”
Presiding Justice Jim Humes wrote for Div. One in declaring that Staats is entitled to a trial. He wrote:
“We hold that the duty of golf course operators to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition includes a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect patrons from nests of yellow jackets on the premises. The measures a golf course operator must take to satisfy this duty may vary, and we do not address whether the Club breached its duty, or whether any such breach caused Staats’s injuries. Here, those questions involve unresolved issues of material fact that must be determined by the trier of fact in the first instance.”
He noted that yellowjackets are common in Northern California, and declared:
“[B]ecause we must assess whether the presence of nests on a golf course creates a general risk of foreseeable injury—i.e., the possibility that yellow jackets will swarm and attack a golfer—we find it of marginal importance that the Club claims it was unaware of any previous swarm or sting.”
The club argued that the duty Staats sought to impose on it would entail an “immense burden of inspecting its entire outdoor property—including every hole, crevice, tree, shrub, etc.—for every conceivable danger that might someday come into being under precise circumstances,” adding:
“It is difficult to imagine the limits of such a duty—it would extent to every type of insect, rodent, bird, and other natural creature that could someday resort to its base instinct and harm a patron.”
“We are not convinced.”
He said the only issue before the court is keeping patrons safe from yellowjackets, not other dangers, and it’s up to the trier of fact to determine how extensive an inspection must be to constitute a reasonable one.
Justice Kathleen M. Banke wrote a brief concurring opinion.
The case is Staats v. Vintner’s Golf Club, LLC, A147928.
Copyright 2018, Metropolitan News Company


At Twisted Metal Off Road & Diesel in Tampa, we know you’re busy. We also know that while there are certain issues with your car, truck, or SUV you can ignore for a while, some of them shouldn’t wait. While serious issues are often obvious, sometimes they aren’t - ball joints are one such case.
How long have you been driving? Most people say since they were sixteen years old or even younger. Driving for that long will obviously improve anyone’s driving, but there will always be room for improvement. Whether that’s getting rid of distractions or simply changing how you drive, here are some tips that are sure to better your driving.
When you get in your car, truck, SUV, or minivan to drive and the A/C does not work what could be wrong? Here at Twisted Metal Off Road & Diesel, we have some simple answers to help you understand how your vehicle A/C system works. The first question we are asked is "Why isn't my air conditioner blowing cold air?" Let's talk about what could be happening.
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2023 Construction Employers Federation Awards
The 2023 Construction Employers Federation Awards saw BSG qualify as a finalist in three categories:-
- Excellence in Health & Safety and Wellbeing
- Excellence in Training
- Infrastructure Project of the Year
It was a significant achievement to be nominated in three categories and the endorsement of the judging panel reflects the standards by which BSG operate.
Thanks to all involved for helping to ensure our staff are safe and well trained in carrying out their roles and that we continue to play our part in delivering sustainable infrastructure for NI Water.


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Daimler aims to increase annual output to three million vehicles as demand grows
Daimler is committed to raising its production rate for its vehicles to around three millions units per year.
The German automaker, which owns Mercedes-Benz, is set to react to growing customer demand around the world by increasing its annual output by a significant 25% from 2.4mn vehicles.
Details published by weekly magazines Automobilwoche revealed Daimler's commitment to opening three new major production sites around the world and ringfencing €3bn of capital to achieve its lofty target. Mercedes-Benz is also set to increase its number of models to 40.
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"The sites in our global production network are running at high utilisation rates," Markus Schaefer, board member in charge of manufacturing and procurement at Mercedes-Benz Cars, told Automobilwoche. "That’s why we are expanding our capacities according to market demand and are moving towards three million units."
The investment's impact on Daimler's bottom line will be countered by further spending on new technologies as the manufacturer pours more money into electric and autonomous solutions, with earnings before tax set to stay at a similar level in 2018 as 2017.
Earlier this month, Business Chief reported that Daimler is primed to acquire 100% control of German carsharing service car2go Europe for €70mn from Europcar Group.
SAS: Improving the British Army’s decision making with data
SAS’ long-standing relationship with the British Army is built on mutual respect and grounded by a reciprocal understanding of each others’ capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Roderick Crawford, VP and Country GM for SAS UKI, states that the company’s thorough grasp of the defence sector makes it an ideal partner for the Army as it undergoes its own digital transformation.
“Major General Jon Cole told us that he wanted to enable better, faster decision-making in order to improve operational efficiency,” he explains. Therefore, SAS’ task was to help the British Army realise the “significant potential” of data through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate tasks and conduct complex analysis.
In 2020, the Army invested in the SAS ‘Viya platform’ as an overture to embarking on its new digital roadmap. The goal was to deliver a new way of working that enabled agility, flexibility, faster deployment, and reduced risk and cost: “SAS put a commercial framework in place to free the Army of limits in terms of their access to our tech capabilities.”
Doing so was important not just in terms of facilitating faster innovation but also, in Crawford’s words, to “connect the unconnected.” This means structuring data in a simultaneously secure and accessible manner for all skill levels, from analysts to data engineers and military commanders. The result is that analytics and decision-making that drives innovation and increases collaboration.
Crawford also highlights the importance of the SAS platform’s open nature, “General Cole was very clear that the Army wanted a way to work with other data and analytics tools such as Python. We allow them to do that, but with improved governance and faster delivery capabilities.”
SAS realises that collaboration is at the heart of a strong partnership and has been closely developing a long-term roadmap with the Army. “Although we're separate organisations, we come together to work effectively as one,” says Crawford. “Companies usually find it very easy to partner with SAS because we're a very open, honest, and people-based business by nature.”
With digital technology itself changing with great regularity, it’s safe to imagine that SAS’ own relationship with the Army will become even closer and more diverse. As SAS assists it in enhancing its operational readiness and providing its commanders with a secure view of key data points, Crawford is certain that the company will have a continually valuable role to play.
“As warfare moves into what we might call ‘the grey-zone’, the need to understand, decide, and act on complex information streams and diverse sources has never been more important. AI, computer vision and natural language processing are technologies that we hope to exploit over the next three to five years in conjunction with the Army.”
Fundamentally, data analytics is a tool for gaining valuable insights and expediting the delivery of outcomes. The goal of the two parties’ partnership, concludes Crawford, will be to reach the point where both access to data and decision-making can be performed qualitatively and in real-time.
“SAS is absolutely delighted to have this relationship with the British Army, and across the MOD. It’s a great privilege to be part of the armed forces covenant.”


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Pharrell Sings 'Happy', Karen O Duets With Ezra Koenig at Oscars
Pharrell Williams was among stars who performed at the Academy Awards. The singer took the stage at the event to perform his nominated song "Happy", which also serves as the soundtrack to animated movie "Despicable Me 2".
Wearing his famous big hat by Vivienne Westwood, the Grammy Award-winning producer made everyone happy as he energetically sang while being surrounded by a bunch of dancers. He then walked off the stage and approached stars like Lupita Nyong'o, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams who sat in the front row.
Karen O also performed her nominated song at the annual awards show. She invited Vampire Weekend's vocalist Ezra Koenig for a duet version of "The Moon Song" from "Her" movie. Looking gorgeous in a red gown, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman sat next to Koenig, who played his guitar, in front of a moon backdrop.
Later in the show, U2 came out to perform "Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" while Pink, wearing a floor-length sparkly red dress, sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
Idina Menzel then graced the stage to deliver the live performance of "Let It Go", the "Frozen (2013)" soundtrack which won the Best Original Song award after edging out nominated songs by Pharrell, O and U2.
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Dearest heart sisters,
If you live with an invisible illness (as almost all heart patients do), this is your week, no matter what your diagnosis. I encourage you to visit the Invisible Illness Week site, all about those of us living with serious health conditions that nobody else can see. It’s an annual educational campaign about how often illness is utterly invisible to others, how to be sensitive to those living with these challenges, and how to learn from their unique experiences.
At some point during this week, I hope you will complete this interesting project called “30 Things You May Not Know About My Invisible Illness“. You can share your finished 30 Things essay with others (or not) but either way, it’s an interesting and self-reflective exercise. Here’s what I wrote a year ago about my own invisible illness.
On the Invisible Illness site, you’ll find personal essays that help to answer questions like:
- Why is it when you tell someone who is ill that they look good, they are offended?
- What practical ways can you encourage someone who is ill?
- What is it like to have a child living with a chronic illness?
- What happens when people with an invisible illness use their handicapped parking permit?
- How can you can support a friend who’s been newly diagnosed with an invisible chronic illness?
- What’s the difference between a visible and invisible illness when it comes to one’s career?
- What’s it like to go to college with an invisible chronic illness?
- What’s it like to be ill when you have a new baby? A tween? A teen?
- 30 little things about my invisible illness you may not know
- ‘Healthy Privilege’ – when you just can’t imagine being sick
- “But you don’t look sick…”
- When we don’t look as sick as we feel
- “You look great!” – and other things you should never say to heart patients
- Looking good for your doctor’s appointment: oui ou non?
- “Smile, Though Your Heart is Aching”: is fake smiling unhealthy?
7 thoughts on “It’s Invisible Illness Awareness Week!”
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“Thanks for this I am reblogging as many live with an invisible illness including Lymphedema.”
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Thanks for that, Helen. Invisible Illness Week is for virtually ALL chronic illnesses!
I also have an Autoimmune disorder. So invisible the Drs are yet to diagnose properly!!!
Now that’s an invisible disorder!
Carolyn Thomas you are awesome!!
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Get an overview of this hotelRiverfront hotel with free breakfast and 24-hour front desk
Located in the heart of Steamboat Springs, this hotel is 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Old Town Hot Springs and 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Steamboat Ski Resort. Steamboat Springs Alpine Slide and Steamboat Art Museum are also within 10 minutes.
This hotel features a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a computer station, barbecue grills, and a picnic area are onsite.
All 65 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include coffee makers, free newspapers, and free local calls.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Rabbit Ears Motel
A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers barbecue grills, a picnic area, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Picnic area
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 65
- Television in common areas
- One meeting room
- Free self parking
- Number of floors - 2
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Computer station
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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Free self parking
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Access via exterior corridors
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 5:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Start your day with a free continental breakfast, available daily from 5:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snowboarding nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Kayaking nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per pet, per day
- Dogs and cats only
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
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- Pet fee: USD 20 per pet, per day
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End-of-year exams can create high stress for school-leavers, and for many, the anxiety lingers until ATAR results come in.
La Trobe University Assessment and Pedagogy Lecturer Dr Kate Lafferty told EducationDaily that there are many ways graduates can mitigate the pressure they may be feeling while they wait for their results.
The first step is to have a contingency plan.
“There are a number of options for students who don’t achieve their desired ATAR outcome,” she says. “There are many pathways available for most courses, and it will be a matter of researching your desired course and determining the options. For example, a student might start with a diploma as a pathway into a bachelor’s degree or commence a less competitive bachelor’s degree – then transfer into the desired course (as long as they meet the criteria).”
To remind students that the ATAR is just one metric that measures academic achievement at a period in time, she says it’s important to reinforce “it does not define you, nor does it measure your value”.
“In fact, this is the only time that ATAR will be a focus for you. No one asks about ATAR or even looks at it beyond this time,” she says.
Exams are over – so enjoy it
Encouraging graduating secondary students to relish their time off school and focus on exercise or social activities they enjoy while waiting for their results is a positive strategy.
“Worrying about the outcome won’t alter it, and it’s important to remember that there are various options available,” she says.
“Reach out to your school’s key career and pathways staff as early as possible [when you receive your result] to explore the multiple options to access your preferred course.”
For parents, Dr Lafferty says supporting an anxious student involves encouraging your child to talk about their feelings and offering strategies to manage worries and stress.
“Reinforce the many paths their child can take to achieve their goals,” she says.
“If anxiety is becoming overwhelming, consider talking to a mental health professional. They will be able to provide targeted support and strategies.”

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Afro-Americans™ Black Girl with Balloon Black Lives Matter T-Shirt
Afro-Americans™ Black Lives Matter T-Shirt
This t-shirt features a young black girl with her fist thrust forward as a Black Lives Matter balloon fly away from her. A Banksy remix, it represents the daughters left behind not only due to police brutality but also violence that takes place in our own neighborhood.
Crafted from premium cotton, this T-shirt features a classic design perfect for casual, everyday wear. Its relaxed fit enables unrestricted movement, while its sturdy construction ensures lasting durability.
- 100% cotton
- Fabric weight: 5.0–5.3 oz/yd² (170–180 g/m²)
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The trail to find waterfalls, also paralleled Deep Creek for about a mile. It crossed over the stream via footbridges a couple of times. What a wonderful combination of water, rocks, and cascades it was!
At one point, the trail was blocked by a crew that was cutting back shrubbery from the trail; so, I climbed down an embankment to the creek in order to bypass them. Making my way along the rocky bank was a bit challenging at times, though.
I was glad to get up close to the creek. The water flowing around, and cascading over the rocks and boulders provided lots of visual excitement. The edge of the creek also had interesting formations and vegetation.
The variety of textures and colors was stimulating. I expect in the springtime, when the rhododendrons lining the creek are in bloom, it would be fantastic.
Not sure if something happened with the camera in the last photo; but, it almost looks like a painting to me. I enjoyed experiencing Deep Creek, as much as seeing the waterfalls along the trail.
Camp: Deep Creek CG-NPS drycamp
Scene: Creek, rocks
Note: This visit occurred in October.

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Liverpool claimed a 3-0 win at Anfield over the Saints, and while van Dijk hardly covered himself in glory for Mohamed Salah’s second goal of the game, other than that blip he wasn’t bad despite the scoreline.
It’s expected that Liverpool will return to try to sign the 26-year-old in January, but the Daily Mirror are reporting that the Reds will face competition in the shape of Manchester City.
City were admirers of Van Dijk in the summer and Pep Guardiola has admitted that they could look to recruit a new defender in January after John Stones’ recent hamstring injury.
Van Dijk did have his heart set on a move to Anfield in the summer ... but could that change? Perhaps so - especially if Southampton choose to do business with City instead of Liverpool, writes the Liverpool Echo.
The Daily Mirror are also reporting that Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is now intent on leaving the club.
According to the report, Sturridge is thinking about leaving Liverpool in January to ensure he is in England’s World Cup squad next summer.
It’s true that Sturridge has become something of a fringe player under Klopp, and that could impact on his World Cup chances.
But will he push for a departure? And who will go for him? At what price?
January is set to be an interesting month indeed.

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BlackBerry “Mercury” rumors are in full swing after the phone’s sighting at GeekBench. With the DTEK50 and DTEK60 already announced, the Mercury might as well have the same naming scheme at this point. The DTEK70, maybe? Ugh, “DTEK”.
BlackBerry “Mercury” (Rumored Specs)
- 2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor
- 3GB RAM
- 4.5-inch FHD display, 1920 x 1080 resolution
- 32GB internal storage
- 18-megapixel rear camera
- 8-megapixel front camera
- Android 7.0 Nougat
- 3400mAh battery
Aside from the specs listed in the benchmark, the Mercury is also expected to come with a physical keyboard, which will definitely please BlackBerry fans.


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No one feels like making money on Wall Street these days. That's an amazing statement, given that making money is the only reason you go to Wall Street to begin with. The pulse of the place always put you in the mood to coin cash, right from the moment you got out of the cab, beat it through the Holland Tunnel, or jumped out of the 4 or 5 on Broadway. The jam-packedness, the sense of all-business-all-the-time, the breathless hustle -- that's what made Wall Street so gloriously special. When I forsook midtown for downtown two decades ago, I did it because of the relentless cadence that stopped for nothing non-cash-related, except maybe a woman's emergency hosiery run to Century 21 or a trip to Brooks Brothers after some errant lunchtime spill annihilated that Hermès tie your wife got you for Christmas.
That's all gone now. I didn't know how gone until I was sitting on a Jersey pier last week, waiting for a ferry, staring at the gap-toothed frown of lower Manhattan as smoke drifted up from the blank space where those two gleaming front teeth used to stand . . . before they were punched out so surgically two weeks ago. By 6 a.m., the World Trade Center was crawling with activity, but it was the wrong kind of activity: vain search-and-rescue bustle instead of people racking up commissions on stocks and bonds.
Everything else was eerily quiet and, I might add, antiseptic, the usual and comfortable grime had been power-washed off, along with the four inches of gray dust that had stuck fast to everything. Welcome to the Wall Street Museum, I half expected the guard to say to me at 100 Wall Street. We used to trade and do business and make money here. Right here in these gleaming buildings, before the apocalypse.
But the guard said nothing. Because he was a National Guard. In camouflage fatigues and those new helmets that up close really do look like something from the Wehrmacht.
A jackhammer kicked into gear, and everyone around me did double-takes in horror. Was it another one? Another plane flying too close? There was a time when we would talk louder over the noise; now we just hoped no one saw how scared a little hammering made us. A flatbed eighteen-wheeler rumbled by, the only traffic, and on it was a twelve-inch-thick girder twisted like a Mueller's noodle by an inferno some 500 degrees hotter than the one at the mill that made it straight in the first place. Steel pasta. No tomato sauce.
And all of these people were walking by me with surgical masks, making me feel like some sort of risk-taker for breathing the air that still stank like fried plastic. The guards in my building, who have known me for years, now make me sign a book and show my license. There, take that, you Taliban-backer! You won't get into this building with an out-of-state license, unless it's from Jersey. Still, I guess it's better than nothing.
The stocks fit the mood of Downtown. Barren and sad and profitless and painful.
Sure, we got the exchange up and running, and the herculean effort restored faith inthe system, in the elements of commerce. But there was nothing to buy.
Most of the time, after a big decline like the one we've been having all through 2001, you get an event of such egregious significance that the wise men among us say, "See, now I know why we were selling off all along; the market knew well ahead of the big bad event." The market seemed to know about the Kennedy assassination minutes before the rest of the country, and the oil-service stocks knew to rally back in 1990, telegraphing the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
This time, though, the market has been going down for eighteen months, and the towers of terror have simply given us one more reason to sell everything that isn't nailed down. A four-day respite from trading, the longest since the Bosch battled the French in Flanders Fields, brought only sellers, not buyers, as peoplem suspected that the bull, wounded by months of selling, was now ready for the final carving.
And who can blame them? The folks who have kept the balls in the air for so long, perhaps much longer than they should have, were busy trying to figure out where they should report to. Like so many soldiers overrun on the battlefield, they straggled back to other companies' headquarters hoping to find remnants of their units. Most didn't.
After taking my own break for a couple of days -- coached some soccer, even read an actual book, Ghost Soldiers -- I almost felt renewed. I had turned the TV off. Just didn't want to watch anymore. But once back in the old office, with the screen frozen on some e-mail saying, "We haven't heard from you, are you okay," and a Rolodex open to a now-dead employee of Keefe Bruyette, I quickly fell back into the funk that engulfed me the week before. At first, I still really believed that patriotic buyers had a shot at routing the doomsayers, and sure enough, the big sellers did seem to take a break the first day back. But the mood on the Street, like the acrid air, was just too grim. By the end of the week, the sellers and short-sellers were back in force, and the patriots had run out of ammo. We've had two phony rallies since the tragedy, one of 100 points on Tuesday and another of 300 points on Wednesday, and both yielded immediately to more selling, as if the market gods were saying, "Don't even think about it. We aren't through with you yet."
It was touching how, as the week began, everyone wanted to reassure everyone else. But secretly they couldn't help feeling that after terror struck once, it could strike again, and no one wanted to commit good capital after bad. We are in the business of making odds on stocks, and until September 11 the odds would shift because of changes in mundane macro data like consumer price indices, unemployment reports, and purchasing managers' data -- easy variables in retrospect. But how do you game suicide attackers? How does Disney fare in a holy war? Better than Boeing? Worse than Carnival Cruise?