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Seems that there is some trouble in paradise for Fifty Shades of Grey. The movie is currently shooting, but there are reportedly some tensions between director Sam Taylor-Johnson and book author E.L. James. Apparently James is arguing about how the script is written and wants the movie to be a page by page adaptation of the book. Taylor-Johnson responds with telling James she should stick to writing books.
In addition to that, there have been problems with the Vancouver residents. During a recent scene in the rain, local residents were very vocal about their disapproval of the rain machine and stated if any water got into their homes they would sue to the production. The producers had to meet halfway and eventually wound up moving to a new location. Sources say one resident took it upon himself to shake a cowbell out his window and ruin every take.
You know.... sometimes people should take it as a sign. Maybe this movie just shouldn't be happening.
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I've read a bunch of Richard Dawkins' books before this and Wilson's book is just icing on the cake. Wilson writes better than a poet and really has a lot to say that's interesting in the field.
How special are we? We no longer consider ourselves the center of the universe, but we are in a fortuitous place and time for understanding our place in the universe, and complex life can exist at the nexus of order and chaos at least we have one data point.
Most of the current thought about our place in the universe rest on false premises and incorrect conclusions. This book gently takes the listener through the step by step process necessary in order to think about the problem in the most correct way. We generally make two kinds of a error in thinking about the problem 'a priori' and 'a posteriori' errors, before the fact and after the fact. (Did you know that most biographies on Thomas Bayes start off with the statement "he was probably born in 1701", funny stuff and this book will tell you why that kind of thinking is needed to understand our place in the universe).
There our subtle faults in most fine tuning arguments and purely probabilistic arguments for calculating life such as the Drake's Equation (though, I don't think the author used the eponymous equation by name). The author looks at both the telescopic and microscopic data we have, and for example delves into the Prokaryotic (simple single cell) merging into a Eukarotic (complicated single cell, the building block of complex life) and how unusual such an event really is.
This book is full of cool ways of thinking about the problem. I did not realize how unstable our solar system is and how our current epoch or order within our solar system will almost for sure not last for more than 10 million years or so. The planets orbits aren't stable and the three body problem's solution is always robust (sensitive to initial conditions). The architecture we have to observe leads to how we understand, and the better our tools the better are data becomes.
The author is just a good science writer. His books should be read by a larger audience, because he really does explain science that well. The author doesn't answer the question whether or not we are the only complex life in the universe, but he teaches the listener how to think about the problem so as not to make the common errors in thought while thinking about the problem.
There's a revolution going on around big data and this book explains it better than any other that I've read so far. The author explains how data is cataclysmic (like a flood), how it is changing the way we can study the world, and what are some of the kinds of conclusions we can draw about people by analyzing the data correctly.
Today is a social scientist's dream world. We can learn things about how individuals (or segmented groups) behave unlike any other time before in history and our abilities to understand our networks, desires and motivations are just waiting for some behavioral scientist (or even more nefariously an evil corporation or a corrupt government) to fully analyze the data trail we leave behind. Instead of guessing about human nature we are in a position to know about our behavior (at least for people up to the age of 50!, post 50 year olds aren't always fully represented in the datasets).
There is one warning about this book for audible listeners. Of all the books I have listened to this one handled tables and graphs the least effectively. Note to author: take a minute or two and re-write the graphs and tables with the audio version in mind. Sometimes the narrative got lost in reading a table out loud. I could follow the conversation, but it got deadly boring at times.
This book reminds me of a Gladwell book or Freakenomics, but is much better because it never strays from the data and never lets the model under discussion stray to far from what the data (reality) is really saying. The real strength of this book is not so much the specific examples he gives in the book, but it acts as a guide to how a smart person can change the data from just a bunch of messy information, to organized data, then to knowledge and then finally wisdom.
Very good fiction can be better than non-fiction at explaining your place in the universe and this book does just that by considering the life and times of just one character, William Stoner. There's not much to his story but for those of us who have had a fairly mediocre life (and who embrace that mediocrity) Stoner's story helps us understand ourselves just a little bit better. It's good to see that university politics never change over time. The stakes are so small making the professors ever more vicious.
As for the narrator, he made the events come alive and at times I felt as if I were alive in the early part of the last century while being transfixed by the story and the storyteller.
The hard question is "what is consciousness". In the past we had Leibniz's monads and Descarte's homunculus unsatisfactorily explaining consciousness. 'Cogito ergo sum' gave western thought the mistaken impression that there is a single self inside the brain. The author suggests another path for understanding the hard question namely gaining self awareness (of our non-existence) through meditation from which one can discover the illusion of the self which leads the individual to 'enlightenment' and the realization that the 'self' does not exist.
The author puts his spiritualism without mysticism in to context by reasonably looking at how we think about thinking and gives the listener just enough names of the brain parts without overwhelming the listener, and all the time supporting his path to self understanding by learning to first deny the self.
In the end the author thinks that the denial of self leads to a greater understandings about who we are and that a guru or some selective use of drugs will help the listener achieve enlightenment and lead to a more ethical person with greater appreciation for life. As for me, I think I'll continue learning about the universe by looking outside of myself and use reason, coupled with empirical data (induction) and properly constructed models and seek enlightenment that way and not get a guru or use drugs and spend too much time thinking about denying myself through meditation and self reflection.
This book is more frightening than any book you'll ever read. The author makes a great case for what the future holds for us humans. I believe the concepts in "The Singularity is Near" by Ray Kurzweil are mostly spot on, but the one area Kurzweil dismisses prematurely is how the SI (superintelligent advanced artificial intelligence) entity will react to its circumstances.
The book doesn't really dwell much on how the SI will be created. The author mostly assumes a computer algorithm of some kind with perhaps human brain enhancements. If you reject such an SI entity prima facie this book is not for you, since the book mostly deals with assuming such a recursive self aware and self improving entity will be in humanities future.
The author makes some incredibly good points. He mostly hypothesizes that the SI entity will be a singleton and not allow others of its kind to be created independently and will happen on a much faster timeline after certain milestones are fulfilled.
The book points out how hard it is to put safeguards into a procedure to guard against unintended consequences. For example, making 'the greater good for the greatest many' the final goal can lead to unintended consequence such as allowing a Nazi ruled world (he doesn't give that example directly in the book, and I borrow it from Karl Popper who gave it as a refutation for John Stuart Mill's utilitarian philosophy). If the goal is to make us all smile, the SI entity might make brain probes that force us to smile. There is no easy end goal specifiable without unintended consequences.
This kind of thinking within the book is another reason I can recommend the book. As I was listening, I realized that all the ways we try to motivate or control an SI entity to be moral can also be applied to us humans in order to make us moral to. Morality is hard both for us humans and for future SI entities.
There's a movie from the early 70s called "Colossus: The Forbin Project", it really is a template for this book, and I would recommend watching the movie before reading this book.
I just recently listened to the book, "Our Final Invention" by James Barrat. That book covers the same material that is presented in this book. This book is much better even though they overlap very much. The reason why is this author, Nick Bostrom, is a philosopher and knows how to lay out his premises in such a way that the story he is telling is consistent, coherent, and gives a narrative to tie the pieces together (even if the narrative will scare the daylights out of the listener).
This author has really thought about the problems inherent in an SI entity, and this book will be a template for almost all future books on this subject.
Books like this one are easy to enjoy. They are topical, informative and tell their story fairly fast. The digital age with its exponential growth and co-relational development is leading us to an inflection point.
The authors steps the listener through the changes happening and demonstrates how the old metrics aren't always meaningful. Some of the digital changes such as Wikipedia (who buys encyclepedias today?) or Craig's List (who uses classifieds?) add immense value but they really don't show up in GDP, but yet add immense value to society. Predicting sunspot activities or automobile accidents can be determined better by individuals who aren't experts in the field as stated in this book. The second machine age is affecting change and the book presents many good examples.
They take their premise to the point where the machines (androids) will start to replace most of what we do now. The authors delve into the economics and what the ramifications will be. The authors give a bunch of prescriptions to solving some of the problems they perceive coming down the pike. This is where the book is weakest.
I thought Piketty's book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" covered the economic ramifications of capitalism and Tim Wu's book "The Master Switch" covered changes that the digital explosion have brought better than this book did.
Maybe everything they are suggesting (mostly government intervention of some kind) is correct and should be done, but the authors make a mistake of getting ahead of the conversation. It's good to be right, but one doesn't want to be right to far ahead of everybody else because nobody will hear what you have to say, and that's a problem with the authors prescriptions, and that was the real reason they wrote this book.
The author does a definitive survey of political development through out the world while avoiding the ODTAA ("one dang thing after another") trap survey books of this kind can often fall into. This kind of information often pops up in many of the books I read, but is never covered as a primary topic nor as definitively as this author covers this topic. Usually, it's hard to get a good description of the political history of Islam, India and China, and most authors force the story into their comic book characterization narrative of those societies so that it will fit into their narrative so that they can show the supposed superiority of the West. This book doesn't do that whatsoever and gives each region it's full due respect.
The author not only looks at each major civilization and parts thereof as an end in itself but will contrast it with the familiar when needed.
Political systems need three things in order to prosper fully: accountability, transparency, and "rule of law". All three aren't necessary, but each sure do help. The earliest systems start with a "kin and friend" system and develops from there. The author steps the reader through the process and how it differs depending on the civilization.
The author shows that Rousseau (man is perfect until government corrupts him) is wrong about everything, Hobbes (government is only to protect against violent acts) only gives a barely adequate government, and Locke (live, liberty and pursuit of property) gives the most responsive government, and the author shows how these stages can develop or never existed in this first place as in the worldview of Rousseau for the different societies studied in this book.
The author speaks with authority on the topic and this book filled in a lot of holes on the topic that I got from reading other books which never fully developed the topic.
The author starts his story with the return of the POWs from Vietnam and ends it with the nomination of Gerald Ford at the Republican Convention. As we're living life and experiencing it as it's happening we don't have the time to put the events into proper context and give it a narrative to tie the pieces together. This is were the author excels. He gives the listener the context and a narrative to tie the story together in a coherent way and enables the listener to understand what was really going on in a big picture kind of way.
The author is expert at not missing any detail or major pop cultural event and weaving it into his framework. "Happy Days", "The Exorcist", "Nashville" the movie, as well as "Convey" the song are all tied into his story and almost any other event those of us who lived through this time period might remember. Often, as we were living the events during the time period, only part of the story was fully told (e.g. "The Mayaguez" ship, Richard Welch, CIA agent killed, Patty Hearst, and so on) and the author gives us "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say and does in the book. The author doesn't miss a story that shaped who we are and how they lead to the rise of Reagan.
Reagan's worldview and how the world was changing is at the heart of the book. The author is always aware of his narrative that Reagan is always optimistic, believes if America has done it, by definition it can't be wrong, and "God put America here because we are exceptional", seeing the world in two parts: good and evil, and so on. This is why the book works so well. Every event is seen through the central narrative on how Reagan sees the world.
I loved relearning these events and putting them into their proper historical context after all of these years and with the perspective of history and hindsight.
A linear detailed presentation of a bunch of Roman Emperors and wannabe emperors after the reign of Marcus Aurelius for which you most likely have never heard of. There's no doubt Gibbon writes better than almost anyone ("all the German men were brave, and their women were chaste, and notwithstanding the latter of these virtues is acquired and preserved with much more difficulty than the former"), but there is a reason why the emperors after 150 AD to 300 AD are so little known today and are best just a footnote instead of the main story of a history.
Read at your own risk. Beautifully written, but comprehensive to the point of tedium. Beautifully read by narrator, but doesn't change the fact that the story leaves little impression with the listener.
There is no refutation for the standard proofs of supernatural or magical thinking mumbo jumbo that this book doesn't address. Usually, if you watch a debate on youtube for the proof of God and the person's specific religion all the arguments follow the same six forms: design and teleological, first cause, morality, ontological, purpose of life, and proof of the resurrection. This book leaves no stone unturned and provides a scientific basis and explanation for all supernatural phenomena and the standard proofs of magical thinking. We never appeal to the supernatural anywhere else is life, why make an exception for the unknown?
The author is actually very gentle as he dismantles each argument. The book is really encyclopedic in its presentation, but he lets his arguments flow into the next such that the listener thinks he's listening to one thematically tied together story with an easy to understand narrative and not realizing the encyclopedic nature of the story. He's not really an expert on most of the topics he's discussing but he does a great job in explaining everything, but sometimes he lacks depth.
Science is hard. Religion is easy. Science must always deal with doubt and probabilities. Religion has no doubts. (Scientific) Truth is only a probability. The best we can do is have a 'corresponding theory of truth" and if our theories correspond to reality we use them, when they don't we modify or get better ones. He correctly points out the facts of evolution existed before Darwin and the Theory of Evolution is the model that goes about explaining the data better than any other model before it. Even if the model gets rejected there are still the facts of Evolution. They will always exist.
He does give the listener many interesting ways of thinking about science and religion and can convince any serious listener that the world can be explained with naturalistic means. He makes many insightful points and almost every reader will profit from reading (or listening) to this book. He defines a "hard atheist" as someone who doesn't believe in any of the currently known God(s). Thus not necessarily rejecting all supernatural explanations. I think that's a good way of framing the problem. It's easy to reject all the currently known God(s), but perhaps a good supernatural explanation will come along (something coherent, consistent, and non-contradictory), and moreover will have an iota of data or theory to support it. The theory of atoms came before ever seeing one, but the coiner of the word "quanta" and real developer of the second law of thermodynamics, Ludwig Boltzman, was driven to suicide because his correct ideas were rejected by the establishment. I'm not willing to reject any reasonable theory about a God or a supernatural entity. I just haven't come across a reasonable theory as of yet.
I liked the book and I can recommend it. It's a good book for a religious person who is starting to question non-naturalistic explanations. The only real problem is the author covers everything but he doesn't ever get to cover anything in depth and gives it the nuance that the topic requires. For example, he does talk about the Historicity of the Resurrection and does a good job, but, Bart Ehrman's latest book covers it in much more detail and gives the nuances that's required to understand the real issues. Matter of fact, if I were to recommend one book to help someone deconvert from Christainity it would be to read Bart Ehrman's book, "How Jesus Became God", it can open ones eyes to what it means when someone says "the bible says". Or if someone's faith was tied up in the truth of The Theory of Evolution, I would recommend Dennett's "Darwin's Dangerous Idea", it gives a complete story on why Evolution Theory is correct and how to think about science.
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On this sample police officer cover letter, it is short and to the point. You do want to tie any applicable experience to the job that you are applying for. If you don't have job experience, use academy training, life experience, education or if you have too, desire. Desire is the toughest thing to sell an employer because you want to show desire without showing that you might be over zealous.
Cover letter sample for Police Officer positions. Example of Police Law Enforcement Cover Letter. Become a Cop
This is one basic layout of a cover letter for Police Officers. You can adapt it and put it into your own words. I just wanted to give you an idea of what a cover letter for these agencies may look like.
Dear MR.,MS. MRS. Captain, Chief of Police, Whatever applies:
It is my understanding that you are hiring police officers with experience in (state what they are after, patrol duties, traffic enforcement, whatever they are after), after serving (how long) in the (name of department and the division that makes you qualified for the job). While there, I (briefly state your police experience that would apply like "handled all traffic fatalities as a certified accident investigator. Cater it to whatever they want that YOU can offer!)
I'm writing this cover letter to confirm my attendance at your Police Officer Testing Site in Sante Fe on July 11, 2123
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By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast)-
Billi Wang (Awkwafina) is in a rut. She’s struggling financially, and has been turned down by the Guggenheim for a fellowship, and has just learned that the one person in her life she feels truly understands her, her Grandmother (Zhao Shuzhen), is dying of cancer. Her family has determined that grandmother (or “Nai Nai” as she is affectionately referred), is better off not knowing the truth. And because of this, Billi is told not to visit China with the rest of her family, as she seems uninterested/unable to hold onto the lie. Nevertheless, despite her recent hardships, she ventures to China to join her family and spend some time with Nai Nai, knowing it will probably be the last time.
Seems sad, right?
All of what I mentioned above should have made for a supremely depressing experience. But the biggest surprise with The Farewell is how no matter how dark it gets, it leaves room for hope. Director Lulu Wang brilliantly and subtly directs this film to the nines. She focuses on the human element in a way that is universally relatable, even when focusing on cultural traditions which differ considerably from Western norms. What makes this film work so well is that it strays itself away from feeling like “the other” and instead heaps a lofty focus on universally connecting themes. We all have good reason to fear death, and every culture has its way of addressing the question. Some approach it head-on, others work harder to avoid it. Lulu Wang doesn’t seek to find forgiveness for the family that decides to hide the truth from Nai Nai, but instead she finds ways to empathize with the situation everyone in the family is facing on an individual level.
Poignant, and just a little silly.
Perhaps what is most compelling about the film is the way every character is handled. Lulu Wang finds ways to make every character count, no matter how brief the screen-time or no matter how little dialogue they might have. As an example of this, one of the film’s major plot elements is that the family is holding a wedding specifically as an excuse for Nai Nai to be around so many people without becoming suspicious. The character Hao Hao (Chen Han) is the groom of the wedding, and has maybe three or four lines in the entire film. But his physical performance is truly telling and conveys his emotional experience far more competently than many films would do with pages of lines.
For her part, Awkwafina is nothing short of amazing in handling the mixed emotions of her character’s experience. On one hand, she is desperately trying to make the most of her time with Nai Nai. But she also knows she’s limited in how she can express herself around her, owing to the pressure from her family. Everyone has been in a position where they had to live in two worlds at once, and Awkwafina makes that feeling known powerfully. This is not a film that sticks to stereotypes; everyone in the family is their own person, with their own vices and their own virtues.
In spite of the darkness explored by the movie, the most important aspect of the film is its humor. Without feeling like a “comedy” by convention, the movie has plenty of deep and hearty laughs. Mostly because Lulu Wang knows how to mine laughs from real life awkwardness and situations. Lulu Wang should also be commended for her subtle eye for visuals. Along with Cinematographer Anna Franquesa Solano, she packs the film full of quietly gorgeous moments that perfectly encapsulate the gravity of the moment.
The Farewell is a splendidly life-affirming movie about death. While that sounds like it should be a contradiction in terms, it’s incredibly meaningful to anyone who has gazed upon the risk of oblivion.
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Navigating complex terrains requires dynamic interactions between the substrate, musculoskeletal, and sensorimotor systems. Current perturbation studies have mostly used visible terrain height perturbations, which do not allow us to distinguish among the neuromechanical contributions of feedforward control, feedback-mediated, and mechanical perturbation responses. Here, we use treadmill-belt speed perturbations to induce a targeted perturbation to foot speed only, and without terrain-induced changes in joint posture and leg loading at stance onset. Based on previous studies suggesting a proximo-distal gradient in neuromechanical control, we hypothesized that distal joints would exhibit larger changes in joint kinematics, compared to proximal joints. Additionally, we expected birds to use feedforward strategies to increase the intrinsic stability of gait. To test these hypotheses, seven adult guinea fowl were video recorded while walking on a motorized treadmill, during both steady and perturbed trials. Perturbations consisted of repeated exposures to a deceleration and acceleration of the treadmill-belt speed. Surprisingly, we found that joint angular trajectories and center of mass fluctuations remain very similar, despite substantial perturbation of foot velocity by the treadmill belt. Hip joint angular trajectories exhibit the largest changes, with the birds adopting a slightly more flexed position across all perturbed strides. Additionally, we observed increased stride duration across all strides, consistent with feedforward changes in the control strategy. The speed perturbations mainly influenced the timing of stance and swing, with the largest kinematic changes in the strides directly following a deceleration. Our findings do not support the general hypothesis of a proximo-distal gradient in joint control, as distal joint kinematics remain largely unchanged. Instead, we find that leg angular trajectory and the timing of stance and swing are most sensitive to this specific perturbation, and leg length actuation remains largely unchanged. Our results are consistent with modular task-level control of leg length and leg angle actuation, with different neuromechanical control and perturbation sensitivity in each actuation mode. Distal joints appear to be sensitive to changes in vertical loading but not foot fore-aft velocity. Future directions should include in vivo studies of muscle activation and force–length dynamics to provide more direct evidence of the sensorimotor control strategies for stability in response to belt-speed perturbations.
This study examined the interaction of gait-synchronized vibrotactile cues with an active ankle exoskeleton that provides plantarflexion assistance.
An exoskeleton that augments gait may support collaboration through feedback to the user about the state of the exoskeleton or characteristics of the task.
Participants ( N = 16) were provided combinations of torque assistance and vibrotactile cues at pre-specified time points in late swing and early stance while walking on a self-paced treadmill. Participants were either given explicit instructions ( N = 8) or were allowed to freely interpret (N=8) how to coordinate with cues.
For the free interpretation group, the data support an 8% increase in stride length and 14% increase in speed with exoskeleton torque across cue timing, as well as a 5% increase in stride length and 7% increase in speed with only vibrotactile cues. When given explicit instructions, participants modulated speed according to cue timing—increasing speed by 17% at cues in late swing and decreasing speed 11% at cues in early stance compared to no cue when exoskeleton torque was off. When torque was on, participants with explicit instructions had reduced changes in speed.
These findings support that the presence of torque mitigates how cues were used and highlights the importance of explicit instructions for haptic cuing. Interpreting cues while walking with an exoskeleton may increase cognitive load, influencing overall human-exoskeleton performance for novice users.
Interactions between haptic feedback and exoskeleton use during gait can inform future feedback designs to support coordination between users and exoskeletons.
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p= 0.001) and metabolic rate decreased by 19% ( p= 0.007), resulting in a 25% decrease in energetic cost of transport ( p= 8 e-4) compared to walking with exoskeletons applying zero torque. Compared to younger participants in studies optimizing a single objective, our participants required lower exoskeleton torques, experienced smaller improvements in energy use, and required more time for motor adaptation. Conclusions
Our results confirm that exoskeleton assistance can improve walking performance for older adults and show that multiple objectives can be simultaneously addressed through human-in-the-loop optimization.
Soft robotic exosuits can provide partial dorsiflexor and plantarflexor support in parallel with paretic muscles to improve poststroke walking capacity. Previous results indicate that baseline walking ability may impact a user’s ability to leverage the exosuit assistance, while the effects on continuous walking, walking stability, and muscle slacking have not been evaluated. Here we evaluated the effects of a portable ankle exosuit during continuous comfortable overground walking in 19 individuals with chronic hemiparesis. We also compared two speed-based subgroups (threshold: 0.93 m/s) to address poststroke heterogeneity.
We refined a previously developed portable lightweight soft exosuit to support continuous overground walking. We compared five minutes of continuous walking in a laboratory with the exosuit to walking without the exosuit in terms of ground clearance, foot landing and propulsion, as well as the energy cost of transport, walking stability and plantarflexor muscle slacking.
Exosuit assistance was associated with improvements in the targeted gait impairments: 22% increase in ground clearance during swing, 5° increase in foot-to-floor angle at initial contact, and 22% increase in the center-of-mass propulsion during push-off. The improvements in propulsion and foot landing contributed to a 6.7% (0.04 m/s) increase in walking speed (
R 2= 0.82). This enhancement in gait function was achieved without deterioration in muscle effort, stability or cost of transport. Subgroup analyses revealed that all individuals profited from ground clearance support, but slower individuals leveraged plantarflexor assistance to improve propulsion by 35% to walk 13% faster, while faster individuals did not change either. Conclusions
The immediate restorative benefits of the exosuit presented here underline its promise for rehabilitative gait training in poststroke individuals.


NORTH ROYALTON – Preliminary, conceptual site plans for the Bennett’s Corners development have been given the green light by planning commission.
Members seem pleased to see, what’s been referred to repeatedly as the “mini Crocker Park,” on the horizon for the community. Most everyone said they agreed something like this is needed in North Royalton.
A few nearby residents attended the recent meeting where the project was discussed in depth to learn more about the development and asked questions pertaining to proximity and storm water.
Bill Baumann, the North Royalton resident and businessman who owns the 13-acre site on West 130 Street between Boston and Bennett roads, and his team presented preliminary plans and conceptual ideas for that property and answered those questions.
Residents live immediately adjacent to the southeast portion of the project on Boston.
Another lives to the northeast on Old Bennett next to the three homes Baumann owns that will eventually come down to make way for the development.
A later phase of the project includes a residential component with 18-20 single family homes that will provide a buffer between the project and residents on Boston.
Baumann promised that the development would be mindful of neighbors.
“We’re always going to be mindful, and the city will be there monitoring it. You can’t just build anything. You have to go through them, and they will approve it before anything is done,” he said.
Same goes for this project in relation to storm water.
“There is going to be retention. The city is not going to let us do just anything. It all has to be designed and engineered before anything can be put into place,” Baumann said.
This project will include the construction of a retention basin near the creek that runs along the southern border of the project. Baumann said it should act to slow any storm water heading into that creek and actually improve conditions for neighbors, preventing any issues there.
He said he has high hopes for this project. As a resident, he believes it is needed.
“I hope it happens. We’ll see if it can get some legs. I think it will. We’re going to take it a little bit slower to be sure we get the right people up there. But the area really needs this,” Baumann said.
Planning commission Vice Chair Timothy Miller said this is a great idea for a region that’s still on the mend.
“It’s a good thing for North Royalton. I think Royalton is on the uptick like most of northeast Ohio. It’s in the early stages. We’ll see where it goes,” he said.
Planning commission Member Frank Castrovillari likes what he sees so far.
“This is something Royalton really doesn’t have. This will be fabulous for North Royalton. Upscale restaurants will be going in which is something Royalton really needs. The outdoor courtyard will allow for nightlife, maybe a bar will have different bands come in. Maybe a restaurant will have seating outside. It’ll be nice to have something like that here,” he said.
He said the city is very much aware of the neighborhood, especially when it comes to storm water.
“When the project moves along, there will be regulations that deal with those issues. Plans did show a retention pond, so hopefully that will alleviate any issues the site may have,” Castrovillari said.
He did admit that he is a bit concerned with the site’s location being in the far southwest corner of town, but is hopeful it won’t have too much of an impact.
“I hope the fact that it’s a little off the beaten path, off the highway, doesn’t impact it that much. But you know what they say, if you build it, they will come,” he said. “Royalton needs this.”
Royalton Corners or the Shops at South Market, as the development might be named, will feature six buildings with shops on the first levels and office space above, very much resembling the Crocker Park-style feel but on a much smaller scale.
These shops would house restaurants, higher-end destination retail and professional offices with a portion of land set aside for the single-family residential development in the future.
The early site plan calls for two one-story buildings along the West 130th side of the property between Bennett and Boston that will be home to two national retailers.
The main portion of the development, in the center of the property, consists of one three-story building and two two-story buildings with retailers on the ground floor and offices above. These buildings are situated in such a way creating the outdoor courtyard for the nightlife aspect.
On the far eastern edge of the property, there is a one-story building planned as well.
Baumann said the goal would be to do this project in phases. A construction start date and timeline are dependent upon the quickness of securing interested tenants.
Mayor Bob Stefanik, a planning commission member, said the city will make sure the project is considerate of the neighborhood.
“The questions that were asked were the typical questions when a large developer comes in when you’re the neighbor. Neighbors are concerned when something changes in their neighborhood. I understand,” Stefanik said. “We’re not going to let someone come up and not be considerate of the neighborhood.”
As for water concerns, he said the retention pond is being constructed at the lowest spot to collect rainwater.
“The next door neighbors were delighted to see that that will collect water going into that creek,” the mayor said. “Everything will be done with the neighborhood in mind.
Council President Larry Antoskiewicz, who also serves on planning, said the city has worked aggressively the past seven years to reverse the storm water issues that plagued the city in the past.
“We have worked so hard to try to control the storm water that I believe all of us on planning are cognizant of any storm water issues and what needs to be done. What has happened in the past has made us so aware,” he said. “We have seen how development has gone in and no one paid attention to, outside the scope of the project, where that water was going. We are very aware of that and will do everything to make sure this won’t create a problem, but will instead, improve the situation.”
He said he was glad to see residents come out in the early stages of the project, which is the best time to voice any questions or concerns.
Baumann will have to appear before planning again for final site approval once his plans are more complete.


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Where to Stay in Myrtle Beach With Family
Myrtle Beach, located in South Carolina, is a popular vacation destination known for its beautiful beaches, family-friendly attractions, and vibrant entertainment options. When planning a trip to Myrtle Beach with your family, choosing the right accommodation is crucial to ensure a memorable and enjoyable experience. Here are some options for where to stay in Myrtle Beach with your family.
1. Oceanfront Resorts: Myrtle Beach is famous for its stunning coastline, and staying in an oceanfront resort allows you to enjoy breathtaking views and easy access to the beach. Many resorts offer amenities such as pools, water parks, and kids’ clubs, making them ideal for families.
2. Condos: Renting a condo is a great option for larger families or those looking for more space and privacy. Condos often come equipped with a kitchen, living area, and multiple bedrooms, providing a homely atmosphere for the whole family.
3. Vacation Homes: If you prefer even more space and privacy, consider renting a vacation home. Myrtle Beach offers a range of rental homes that can accommodate families of all sizes. These homes often come with amenities like private pools, game rooms, and outdoor spaces.
4. Family-Friendly Hotels: Many hotels in Myrtle Beach cater specifically to families, offering amenities like kid’s pools, on-site restaurants, and organized activities for children. These hotels are conveniently located close to attractions and provide comfortable accommodation for families.
5. Campgrounds: For families who enjoy the outdoors, Myrtle Beach has several campgrounds that offer a unique and budget-friendly accommodation option. Whether you prefer tent camping or RVing, these campgrounds provide a fun and nature-filled experience for the whole family.
6. Resorts with Water Parks: If your kids love water slides and pools, consider staying at a resort with a water park. These resorts often have multiple slides, lazy rivers, and splash pads, ensuring that your family will have a blast during their stay.
7. Boardwalk Area: The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk is a vibrant area with shops, restaurants, and entertainment options. Staying in a hotel or resort near the boardwalk provides easy access to attractions such as the SkyWheel, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, and arcades, making it a convenient choice for families.
8. North Myrtle Beach: Located just a short drive from Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach offers a quieter and more laid-back atmosphere. This area is perfect for families seeking a relaxing beach vacation with less crowded beaches and a family-friendly environment.
9. Cherry Grove Beach: Cherry Grove Beach, situated in North Myrtle Beach, is known for its serene and family-friendly ambiance. This neighborhood offers a variety of accommodation options, including beachfront rentals and condos, providing a peaceful and cozy retreat for families.
10. Myrtle Beach State Park: If your family enjoys nature and outdoor activities, consider staying at Myrtle Beach State Park. This park offers campsites, cabins, and a beautiful beach, allowing you to have a unique and adventurous family vacation.
11. Kingston Plantation: Kingston Plantation is a luxurious resort complex that offers a range of accommodation options, including villas, condos, and a hotel. With its pools, restaurants, and easy beach access, this resort provides a high-end and family-friendly experience.
1. Is Myrtle Beach a family-friendly destination?
Yes, Myrtle Beach is known for being family-friendly due to its numerous attractions, entertainment options, and safe beaches.
2. Are there any all-inclusive resorts in Myrtle Beach?
While there are no traditional all-inclusive resorts in Myrtle Beach, many resorts offer packages that include meals and activities.
3. How far is Myrtle Beach from the airport?
Myrtle Beach International Airport is conveniently located just a few miles from the city center, making it easily accessible to travelers.
4. What are some popular family attractions in Myrtle Beach?
Popular family attractions in Myrtle Beach include the Myrtle Beach SkyWheel, Ripley’s Aquarium, Broadway at the Beach, and the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk.
5. Are there grocery stores near the accommodations?
Yes, there are several grocery stores conveniently located near most accommodations in Myrtle Beach, allowing you to easily stock up on supplies.
6. Is it safe to swim in the ocean at Myrtle Beach?
Yes, Myrtle Beach has lifeguards on duty and generally safe swimming conditions. However, it’s always important to follow safety guidelines and be aware of any warning flags.
7. Are pets allowed in accommodations in Myrtle Beach?
Some accommodations in Myrtle Beach are pet-friendly, but it’s essential to check with the specific property before booking.
8. Can I rent beach equipment in Myrtle Beach?
Yes, there are several rental shops along the beach where you can rent chairs, umbrellas, and other beach equipment.
9. What is the best time of year to visit Myrtle Beach?
The best time to visit Myrtle Beach for a family vacation is during the summer months when the weather is warm, and the kids are on vacation.
10. Are there any water parks in Myrtle Beach?
Yes, Myrtle Beach has several water parks, including Myrtle Waves Water Park and Wild Water & Wheels.
11. Are there any free attractions in Myrtle Beach?
Yes, Myrtle Beach offers several free attractions, such as the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, Broadway at the Beach, and various live entertainment shows throughout the year.
In conclusion, Myrtle Beach offers a variety of accommodation options that cater to families of all sizes and preferences. Whether you choose an oceanfront resort, a vacation home, or a campground, you are sure to find a suitable place to stay for a memorable family vacation. With its beautiful beaches, family-friendly attractions, and vibrant atmosphere, Myrtle Beach is the perfect destination for your next family getaway.

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This article covers some comparison between Virtuozzo VS Hyper-V.
Hyper-V and Virtuozzo are both popular VPS platforms used by a large number of web hosting providers for the provisioning of Windows VPS hosting services, with Virtuozzo being favoured for Windows Server 2003 VPS hosting and Hyper-V being the most reliable solution for Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting services.
Advantages of using Virtuozzo over Hyper-V include:
1. Direct Linux support – Virtuozzo can be installed on their Windows or Linux VPS hosting nodes, and although Hyper-V can be used for the hosting of virtual machines running Linux it is only available for use on Windows Server 2008.
2. Web based control panel (Parallels Power Panel) – the Parallels Power Panel will allow users to manage their Linux or Windows VPS hosting server from a web based interface meaning that if they aren't in a situation where they can access their VPS server via Remote Desktop then they can use the Power Panel to restart their VPS server if necessary or to kill any services or processes which may be overloading their VPS server’s resources.
3. Separate application – the fact that Virtuozzo is a separate application which can be installed on top of the operating system can have its advantages in some cases, for example if a web hosting providers wishes to discontinue using a server for VPS server hosting then all they have to do is uninstall the application from their server, although in most cases it is advised to do an OS reload anyway to ensure that you have a blank canvas to start with.
Advantages of using Hyper-V over Virtuozzo:
1. Cost – with Virtuozzo VPS hosting web hosting providers have to pay for the cost of the Virtuozzo application and the cost of the operating system license, but because Hyper-V is part of the Windows Server 2008 operating system they will only need to pay for the operating system license – this can help to reduce the costs of Hyper-V VPS hosting services and as the cost of the operating system falls, prices will fall further and will eventually meet Virtuozzo Windows Server 2003 hosting services when it comes to price which will mean that people will gradually move over to using Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting.
2. Reliability – as Hyper-V is part of the Window Server 2008 operating system, web hosting providers are able to guarantee reliable Windows Server 2008 VPS server hosting services.
3. Native support for Windows Server 2008 – although Virtuozzo may have support for Windows Server 2008, it hasn’t been able to offer the most reliable of Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting services.


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Land Based Casinos in New Jersey
If you’re looking for a guide to land based casinos in New Jersey, look no further. New Jersey Casino List has done the hard work for you by listing out the land based casinos in New Jersey. We’ve even included reviews for our top 5 land based New Jersey casinos, alongside addresses and websites.
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Address: 1 Borgata Way, Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States
Borgata is the market leading casino in New Jersey by a considerable distance, outstripping all of its rivals in terms of revenue and win. It boasts 161,000 sq ft of casino floor space, replete with 4,000 slots, 180 table games, and 50 poker tables that feature high-stakes tournaments in conjunction with the World Poker Tour. There are 2,000 rooms, restaurants by celebrity chefs such as Wolfgang Puck and Bobby Flay and some impressive nightclubs. The 2,400-seater event center at Borgata has hosted stars like Aerosmith, Kelly Clarkson, Kings of Leon, Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani and Sting, while a 1,000-seat theater hosts shows and comedy club. It also has various stores, a spa, a convention center and a private jet for high rollers.
It first opened its doors in 2003 as a joint venture between MGM Mirage and Boyd Gaming. The design included Atlantic City’s third largest tower, which is visible for miles around. It enjoyed a $200 million expansion in 2006, including a new wing, and it opened a second hotel in 2008. Nowadays it is owned entirely by MGM Resorts, which bought out Boyd’s 50% stake and refinanced the casino in a deal valuing it at a cool $1.18 billion in 2016. It was famous for having the only racebook in Atlantic City and for owning a popular online betting site in the state of New Jersey. Visitors to Borgata can play Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, novelty games, Pai Gow tiles and Sic Bo. It has featured in a diverse range of shows, from The Sopranos to The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and it remains the most iconic resort and casino in the state.
Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino
Address: 2100 Pacific Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Caesars was the second casino to open in Atlantic City all the way back in 1979 and it has established itself as one of the most famous names in the business. Like its Las Vegas counterpart, it takes on an ancient Greco-Roman theme and it offers visitors an immersive journey through fluted columns, fountains and statues. It has 145,000 sq ft of gaming space, which plays host to more than 3,000 slot machines and 135 table games. The gaming area is separated into four distinct sections: table games, poker room, slots on the second floor and Palace East, which is the Asian gaming arena. It has 1,158 rooms and a wide range of bars and restaurants, including Atlantic Grill, Morton’s The Steakhouse, Nero’s Italian Steakhouse and Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill. Guests can unwind with a cocktail and listen to soothing beats in the rooftop pool overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, or head to The Playground Mall and go on a spending spree at a variety of stores.
It opened its doors on June 26, 1979, as the Boardwalk Regency, on the site of the old Regency Motor Hotel. Four years later it became it became Caesars Boardwalk Regency, taking on the name of its parent company, and then the name of the resort was changed to Caesars Atlantic City in 1987. It expanded greatly in the 1990s, including the addition of the 25-floor Centurion Tower, and widespread renovation was completed in 2008. Nowadays it is owned by real estate investment trust Vici Properties, while Caesars is the operating licence holder. It has staged several huge boxing matches, and played host to the likes of Frank Sinarta, Celine Dion and Woody Allen at its Circus Maximus Showroom.
Golden Nugget Atlantic City
Address: 600 Huron Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Golden Nugget sits on a prime piece of Atlantic City real estate and it has a fascinating history. Hilton Hotels built it in the 1980s, but the the State of New Jersey denied the firm a gambling license, so Donald Trump swooped in and snapped it up. It opened in 1985 as Trump’s Castle and it became famous for hosting the game show Trump Card and the game show version of Yahtzee. Trump opened a sister property, Trump Taj Mahal (now Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City), in 1990 and that hit the profitability of Trump’s Castle. After a failed scheme to sell it to Hard Rock owner Rank Organization, Trump relaunched it in 1997 as Trump Marina. New York-based Coastal Development tried to purchase it for $316 million in conjunction with the singer Jimmy Buffet and convert it into Margaritaville in 2011, but the deal fell apart. Instead Landry’s bought it for just for $38 million and rebranded it as Golden Nugget.
Landry’s spent $150 million renovating the casino and facilities, and nowadays it has a 74,252 sq ft gaming floor, with 1,300 slot machines and a range of table games, from Blackjack and Craps to Mini Baccarat and Roulette. It is popular with Blackjack players due to its wide range of variations, and it is the only Atlantic City casino to offer three levels of linked progressive jackpots on their Mississippi Stud, Let It Ride, Pai Gow Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Three Card Poker and Four Card Poker games. It has also built up a thriving online gaming site that regularly tops the New Jersey market in terms of revenue. The entertainment center has hosted the likes of Aretha Franklin, Prince and Sting, and dining options include Chart House, The Buffet, The Deck Bayfront Bar & Restaurant, The Poolside Café, Vic & Anthony’s, Michael Patrick’s Brasserie, Grotto Italian Ristorante and Lillie’s Asian Cuisine.
Resorts Atlantic City
Address: 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Resorts was the original Atlantic City casino, opened to great fanfare by Governor Brendan Byrne on May 26, 1978. Huge queues of people snaked around the corners to have a crack at the new table games and enjoy the new 1,700-seat entertainment center. The casino was initially allowed to open for just 18 hours during the week and 20 hours at weekends, and that ensured it was bustling whenever the doors were thrown open. Initially it was a roaring success, although it suffered amid competition from extravagant new builds in the 1980s. After much manoeuvring between rival businessmen Merv Griffin and Donald Trump in 1988, Griffin eventually seized control of Resorts and immediately sold it to Sun International Hotels for $350 million. The company did not manage to complete ambitious renovation work it had planned, and it ended up selling to Colony Capital for $140 million in 2001.
Dennis Gomes took over the casino in 2010 and he capitalized on the success of hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire to rejuvenate the property with a Roaring Twenties theme. The 80,016-square-foot casino now hosts 70 table games and 1,574 slot machines, open 24 hours a day. Texas Hold ‘em Bonus, Blackjack, Roulette, Mini Baccarat, Craps, Spanish 21, Three Card Poker, Four Card Poker, Let It Ride, Mississippi Stud, Pai Gow Poker and Pai Gow Tiles are among the games that visitors can enjoy. It has 942 rooms and suites in two hotel towers, 10 restaurants, a food court, meeting rooms, ballrooms, a conference center, indoor-outdoor swimming pool, health club and spa, salon and retail shops.
Tropicana Casino and Resort
Address: 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Tropicana Atlantic City is one of the largest hotel resorts in New Jersey, with 2,400 guest rooms and a 200,000 sq ft shopping and entertainment complex called The Quarter. It boasts more than 26 restaurants, a broad range of retail stores, 20 bars and lounges, four pools, an IMAX Theatre, a spa and the Tropicana Showroom, A Broadway-style theater with 2,000 seats. Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and Dionne Warwick are among the superstar crooners to perform there. Tropicana has a 125,935 sq ft gaming space, featuring 2,400 slot machines and over 132 table games, including Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Mini Baccarat, Caribbean Stud Poker, Four-Card Poker, Texas Hold ’em Bonus, Let It Ride and Hold’em 3 Bonus. There is also a High Limit Slots Area, which includes hundreds of the most in-demand high-denomination slot games.
Tropicana Atlantic City opened on November 23, 1981, as a sister resort to Tropicana Las Vegas. At the time it has 521 guest rooms and a large casino by the standards of the time. A new 604-room hotel tower went up in the mid-1990s and the casino space was extended to make it one of the biggest destinations in the state of New Jersey. By 2004, another hotel tower had been built along with The Quarter, an Old Havana-themed shopping mall costing $280 million. It remains one of the most popular malls in the city. The casino remains extremely popular, while it has built up a flourishing online gaming business that continues to attract players across the state.
Bally’s Atlantic City (includes Wild Wild West)
Address: 1900 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City
Address: 777 Harrah’s Blvd, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA
Ocean Resort Casino
Address: 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, USA


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Student Essay: The Twin TowersPublished by cami.chang on Fri, 09/11/2015 - 12:33
"The Twin Towers" by McKenzie Van Dam
On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists took control of two U.S. inbound flights and crashed them into the two World Trade Towers located in New York City, USA. This act of terrorism took the lives of 2,996 people, including the lives of those on the planes, at the Pentagon, and the lives of the hijackers.
The terrorists belonged to a group called Al-Queda, which was led by Osama bin Laden. He claimed that the attacks came due to the presence of the U.S. military troops in Saudi Arabia and sanctions against Iraq.
This attack cased many economic effects on the city of Manhattan. Wall Street was closed for a week, flights cancelled.
May we never forget this great tragedy and remember that we must always remember those who gave their life for our freedom and never take for granted where and how we are free to live as we choose.

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Background: In the nation-wide double-blind cluster-randomised Finnish Invasive Pneumococcal disease trial (FinIP, ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00861380, NCT00839254), we assessed the indirect impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV10) against five pneumococcal disease syndromes.
Methods: Children 6 weeks to 18 months received PHiD-CV10 in 48 clusters or hepatitis B/A-vaccine as control in 24 clusters according to infant 3+1/2+1 or catch-up schedules in years 2009-2011. Outcome data were collected from national health registers and included laboratory-confirmed and clinically suspected invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), hospital-diagnosed pneumonia, tympanostomy tube placements (TTP) and outpatient antimicrobial prescriptions. Incidence rates in the unvaccinated population in years 2010-2015 were compared between PHiD-CV10 and control clusters in age groups <5 and ≥5 years (5-7 years for TTP and outpatient antimicrobial prescriptions), and in infants <3 months. PHiD-CV10 was introduced into the Finnish National Vaccination Programme (PCV-NVP) for 3-month-old infants without catch-up in 9/2010.
Results: From 2/2009 to 10/2010, 45398 children were enrolled. Vaccination coverage varied from 29 to 61% in PHiD-CV10 clusters. We detected no clear differences in the incidence rates between the unvaccinated cohorts of the treatment arms, except in single years. For example, the rates of vaccine-type IPD, non-laboratory-confirmed IPD and empyema were lower in PHiD-CV10 clusters compared to control clusters in 2012, 2015 and 2011, respectively, in the age-group ≥5 years.
Conclusions: This is the first report from a clinical trial evaluating the indirect impact of a PCV against clinical outcomes in an unvaccinated population. We did not observe consistent indirect effects in the PHiD-CV10 clusters compared to the control clusters. We consider that the sub-optimal trial vaccination coverage did not allow the development of detectable indirect effects and that the supervening PCV-NVP significantly diminished the differences in PHiD-CV10 vaccination coverage between the treatment arms.

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Still, as the saying goes, absence of evidence isn’t necessarily evidence of absence, and there’s a reason we don’t have a ton of solid research on CBDs yet — “to study it, we need a good source, ” said Ziva Cooper, who is an associate professor at Columbia University and was on the National Academies committee. CBD is hard to get because it’s still technically a Schedule I drug, which limits its availability, Cooper said.
Our full spectrum certified USDA organic CBD hemp oil for dogs and cats is extracted from our proprietary strain of hemp, PR-33. PR-33 is grown at our joint-venture certified USDA organic hemp farm in eastern Colorado and was selected because it’s cannabinoid profile was the most optimal for pets. In order for CBD oil for pets to be as beneficial as possible, every cannabinoid naturally found in the hemp plant must be present, THC included. This is because all of the cannabinoids in the hemp plant work together in what is called the “entourage effect,” this is why Pet Releaf never uses CBD isolate, CBD alone loses the majority if it’s medicinal benefits. The PR-33 strain is extremely high in the beneficial cannabinoid CBD and extremely low in THC at an almost undetectable level of 0.1%. PR-33 is a proprietary strain and will only ever be found in Pet Releaf products. We extract our CBD hemp oil using a super critical CO2 method, meaning we only use pressurized air to remove the CBD from the plant and never any toxic solvents or chemicals. Our CBD hemp oil for pets uses the flowers, leaves, and some seeds so that our products contain the full spectrum CBD that is extracted from the plant as well as the protein benefits of the seeds.
Because it takes a significantly larger amount of hemp stalks to produce hemp oil, there is an increased risk of contamination of toxins contained within the plant. This is a result of hemp's strong bio-accumulator properties, where it pulls toxins from the soil it grows in. Many hemp oils are also known to lack the full spectrum of terpenes and other cannabinoids that are believed to act synergistically with the CBD, meaning that consumers receive less of a benefit. That being said, there are some brands that test rigorously to make sure that the CBD content, as well as the terpenes and other cannabinoids, are up to par. It's a good sign if they offer to provide a certificate of analysis, which will tell you what kind of compounds are in the hemp oil and in what concentrations
My dad has severe advanced stage Dementia. Will CBD oil help him at this point? He is now refusing to eat any solid food, but will accept most drinks.In addition, he has lost a great deal of weight even though they're giving him Mega Shakes containing a full meals worth of proteins, etc. He gets at least 4 of these a day..some which he refuses. Is his Dementia too far gone for CBD oils to help him?
Canabidol™ Oral Capsules deliver 100% Cannabis Sativa L. from specifically bred industrial hemp plants containing high potency Cannabidiol. Each CBD capsule contains all the Cannabinoids, terpenoids, essential oils and all the other compounds of the cannabis plant. A packet of 30 capsules contains 15,000mg of Cannabis Sativa L. and 300mg of CBD (Cannabidiol) Each capsule contains 500mg of Cannabis Sativa L. and 10mg of the active ingredient CBD
Hemp oil is a "drying oil", as it can polymerize into a solid form. Due to its polymer-forming properties, hemp oil is used on its own or blended with other oils, resins, and solvents as an impregnator and varnish in wood finishing, as a pigment binder in oil paints, and as a plasticizer and hardener in putty. It has uses similar to linseed oil and characteristics similar to tung oil.
Until 2017, products containing cannabidiol that are marketed for medical purposes were classed as medicines by the UK regulatory body, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and could not be marketed without regulatory approval for the medical claims. CBD oil with THC content not exceeding 0.2% was legalized throughout the UK in 2017. Cannabis oil, however, remained illegal to possess, buy and sell.
About 49% of the weight of hempseed is an edible oil that contains 76% as essential fatty acids; i.e., linoleic acid, omega-6 (LA, 54%), alpha-linolenic acid, omega-3 (ALA, 17%), in addition to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, 3%), monounsaturated fat (5% to 11%), and stearidonic acid (2%). Hemp seed oil contains 5% to 7% saturated fat. In common with other oils, hempseed oil provides 9 kcal/g. Compared with other culinary oils it is low in saturated fatty acids.
The CBD oil we offer has a couple different applications. You can hold a sublingual dose under the tongue for 30-60 seconds (recommended for fastest absorption), apply the oil topically to your skin (can be applied directly to a problem area or mixed with your favorite moisturizer), or blend the oil in a health-conscious smoothie. We will include further dosing instructions with the product.
At Denver’s LivWell, which has an enormous indoor growing operation, workers remove marijuana leaves before the buds are trimmed, keeping the plants destined for medical use separate from those for recreational use. After Colorado legalized marijuana, thousands of young people from all over the world flocked to the state to participate in the multimillion-dollar business phenomenon that’s been called the Green Rush.
You only have to read the reviews under a CBD product on the Holland & Barrett website to see the extent to which anecdotal reports cannot be trusted. More than 100 customers gave Jacob Hooy CBD+ Oil five stars, with a few saying they always noticed if they missed a dose (presumably this made them less relaxed, although they did not reveal what they were taking it for), while 93 people gave it one star, saying it did nothing, or was too weak. One couple even said it gave them palpitations and a sleepless night. All these people had different conditions, expectations and situations. “And,” says McGuire, “you have to remember that anything can have a placebo effect.” While it looks unlikely that the recommended doses of these products will do any harm, McGuire’s guess is that doses are so small “that it’s like homeopathy – it’s not going to do anything at all”.
No, hemp oil is not the same as cannabis oil. All-natural hemp oil is obtained by cold pressing of hemp seeds whereas cannabis oil is obtained by separating the resins from cannabis flowers. Their uses and chemical composition are quite different. Cannabis oil is much higher in THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) content, which has certain effects, whereas hemp oil tends to be higher in CBD (cannabidiol) levels.
Dan Frey, a physical therapist in Portland, Maine, says that his patients report the most success using CBD to treat long-term trouble spots rather than acute injury sites. Frey, who doesn’t prescribe medication or supplements, says his conversations about CBD are initiated by patients. Many also tell Frey they find it helps with pain management, especially when used in conjunction with other treatments such as massage and a targeted strengthening and mobility program.
Runners pushing themselves daily might want to try more. Floyd’s of Leadville owner Bob Bell says that the company’s 50-milligram soft gels are its top seller. Talansky says his baseline is a 25-milligram gel, plus applying a strong topical cream three to five times a day if a specific body part is bothering him. He takes more on his hardest training days to speed recovery.
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Hemp seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the hemp plant typically using a cold-press process. Hemp seeds contain as much as half of their weight in oil, which is easily extracted and commonly used as a substitute for olive oil and other cooking oils. While it has a host of beneficial uses and is full of antioxidants and healthy fats, hemp seed oil is used for its nutritional value and is not the same as the whole-plant hemp oil we produce.
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Renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman has come under fire for his new painting that shows Prime Minister Justin Trudeau partially nude, on all fours, preparing for what Monkman called “a consensual act” while Indigenous women surrounding him laugh. The painting, titled Hanky Panky, has been condemned by many who believe it portrays sexual violence and disrespects First Nations traditions. But it is also being praised by some, including Ojibway Senator Murray Sinclair. Monkman posted the work on Facebook on Saturday and said the piece was meant to highlight problems with “the Canadian (in)justice system” and the victimization of Indigenous women, who experience violence and sexual assault at rates higher than other women in Canada. But it provoked a backlash.

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Cancer in Context, Mina Bissell
At TEDGlobal 2012, Mina Bissell, a researcher associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory gave a talk on how the microenvironment can trigger and activate cancer genes, which immediately caught the media’s attention. This “big idea” (according to Mrs. Bissell’s own words) is actually more then 30 years old.
Well before Mrs. Bissell first presented her discovery, a French researcher named Mirko Beljanski, a Doctor of Science working at the Pasteur Institute, the recipient of the Charles Leopold Mayer award for his work on the role of RNA in the process of protein synthesis discovered and published on the very same thing!
Mirko Beljanski dedicated his entire life to investigating the mechanisms involved in the activation and inactivation of genes and the key problems of cell division and tissue development, both in healthy and pathological states. From the very beginning Beljanski was interested in the study of DNA and RNA.
He made a fundamental discovery: the DNA coming from a tissue with unregulated multiplication contains a destabilized secondary structure, which is not the case with the DNA isolated from healthy tissue. A substance capable of amplifying this destabilization affects gene expression and causes an accelerated replication of the DNA. Once this process has started, it is cumulative and the destabilization becomes pernament. In other words, substances present in the environment can alter the structure of the DNA and lead to its abnormal replication – the primary cause of cancer. This discovery is precisely the foundation of what we today call environmental medicine. It has now been almost 30 years since the initial discovery!
Mirko Beljanski’s discovery was not merely a purely theoretical one. The Oncotest, invented by Mirko around 1976 is based on a comparison of the in vitro replication rate of the DNA from a healthy and cancerous tissue, in the presence of a test compound. It draws on the repeated observations made by Mirko’s research team: the substances with carcinogenic potential in our microenvironment strongly and specifically stimulate the replication of cancerous DNA. At the time, the idea was a novel one, and Beljanski received a patent for it.
Despite facing many adversities because of his controversial ideas for which he was eventually removed from the Pasteur Institute, Mirko Beljanski published his findings in 1982. They can be found at: Mr. Beljanski, “Oncotest: screening potential carcinogenic and anti-cancer specifically.” Designs and new perspectives in cancer. Environment and new medicine. No. 2, 1982, p. 18-23.
It is time to demand an explanation why the scientific community is willing to ignore a discovery of international interest. Why is this discovery, with the complicity of complacent media, attributed to another scientist? Why is a 30-year-old discovery described as new?
Was Beljanski so far ahead of his time that Mrs. Bissell and other are only now catching up? Beljanski went on to use his test to find compounds with anti-cancer properties. The story of Mirko Beljanski’s research and his breakthrough discoveries has just recently been described in a new book “Cancer’s Cause, Cancer’s Cure”, as the scientific community is finally rediscovering his work. I highly recommend it myself.


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In 2006 Luca Nichetto founded a multidisciplinary design studio in Venice, Italy, which
specialised in industrial design, product design and design consultancy. From the very
beginning, this studio collaborated with a number of different brands and organisations,
quickly expanding its influence far beyond Venice and Italy's borders.
Five years later, in 2011, Nichetto opened a second studio in Stockholm, Sweden. This
practice was founded in response to an ever growing number of requests for collaborationfrom international companies, with the studio's work also broadening out from its initialfocus on designed objects.
Nichetto Studio has since expanded into areas such as interior design and architecture.
Today, Nichetto Studio works with a variety of brands and clients from all around the
worid, and its expertise is sought out across all design disciplines.
A deep passion for, and knowledge of, industrial and craft manufacturing processes runs
through every aspect of the studio's work. Nichetto Studio's projects abound in carefully
selected cultural references and a keen attention to detail. The practice’s unique position
within both Scandinavian and Italian design culture has given Nichetto Studio worldwide
recognition. Appreciation of its work extends far beyond the confines of the design
Luca Nichetto was bom in 1976 in Venice. He studied at the city's Istituto statale d'arte,
before undertaking a degree in industrial design at the University luav di Venezia, from
which he graduated in 1998.
In 1999, Nichetto began his professional career with Murano-based glass maker Salviati,
later becoming a product designer and consultant for lighting company Foscarini. In
2006, he founded his eponymous practice in Venice. In 2011 he moved to Stockholm,
Sweden, to open a second studio and he continues to live in and work from this city.
Over the course of his career, Nichetto has served as art director for many international
design brands and he has developed an in-depth knowledge of the design industry. He
has lectured and led workshops at various universities, including serving as a professor
of design at the University luav di Venezia, as well as sitting on juries for assorted
international design competitions.
Nichetto's work has been exhibited worldwide and has been the subject of retrospectivesin cities such as Venice, London, Paris and Stockholm. He has been awarded numerousinternational design awards for his highly researched, innovative design projects, whichrange across products, furniture and accessories, as well as incorporating architectureand exhibition design.


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Dazed Digital reports that the short film directed by Roman Polanski, staring Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman premiered today at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome. The film is part of a project titled Greed by artist Francesco Vezzoli.
Vezzoli is known for art pices that tease his audience like trailers for movies that will never be made and ads for candidates who aren’t running for office. This part of the project focuses is an ad for a perfume, Greed, which does not actually exist.
The film alludes to Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, but aside from it’s serious artistic chops we’re up for watching anything featuring these two stylish ladies.


Iraq PM says Turkish remarks do not show respect
BAGHDAD - Agence France-Presse
AFP PhotoIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki criticised Turkey today for remarks he said did not show "mutual respect", in the latest bout of a weeks-long spat between the two neighbors.
Maliki's comments came as Turkey said it would not extradite fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is accused of running death squads and is the subject of an Interpol international Red Notice.
"We do not have any problems with Turkey," Maliki to according to a statement issued by his office.
"We do not want to antagonise Turkey, or Iran, or America, or Saudi Arabia, or any other country, but what happened and the remarks issued by Turkey do not show mutual respect."
His remarks come after Iraq and Turkey last month summoned each other's ambassadors to express their displeasure over a worsening row.
At the time, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Maliki, a Shiite, of stoking sectarian tensions between Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and of monopolizing power.
Maliki fired back, saying such comments "will damage Turkey's interests and makes it a hostile state for all."
The Iraqi premier's latest comments came as Turkish deputy prime minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Wednesday that Ankara would not extradite Hashemi, whose trial in Baghdad is due to begin on May 15 after two delays.


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